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HISTORY 


OF 


IN  THREE  PARTS. 


BY  JOHN  HODGSON,  CLERK,  M.R.S.L., 

VICAE  OF  WHELPINGTON,  PERPETUAL  CURATE  OF  JARROW  WITH  HEWORTH,  SECRETARY  TO  THE 
ANTIQUARIAN"  SOCIETY  OF  NEWCASTLE  UPON  TYNE,  &C.  &C. 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


»ES  AEDUA,  VETUSTIS  NOVITATEM  DARE,  NOVIS  AUCTORITATEM,  OBSOLETIS  NITOEZM,  OBSCURIS  tUCKM,  FASMDHCIS  GKATIAU, 
DUBUS  FIDEM,  OMNIBUS  VKRO  NATURAM,  ZT  KATUR^  SVJE  OMNIA.— (C.  PlMlttj 


NEWCASTLE  :  FOB  THE  AUTHOR. 


1832. 


CONTENTS. 


MORPETH  WARD,  WEST  DIVISION.  \ 


MORPETH  WARD,  EAST  DIVISION.  - 


PARISH, 

RlVERGREEN,  EXTRA  PAROCHIAL, 
MITFORD  PARISH,     - 
LOXGHORSLEY  PARISH, 
HEBBURST  CHAPELRY, 
MORPETH  PARISH, 
BOTHAL  PARISH, 
ULGHAM  CHAPELRY, 
WOODHORN  PARISH, 


NEWBIGGING  CHAPELRY, 
..WlDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY, 
CASTLE  WARD,  EAST  DIVISION.         HORTON  CHAPELRY,      - 
CASTLE  WARD,  WEST  DIVISION.       STANNINGTON  PARISH, 


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NEWCASTLE  UPON  TYNE  :   PRINTED  BY  CHARLES  HENRY  COOK, 

.BOOKSELLERS:   R.  AND  j.  AKENHEAD,  AND  EMERSON  CHARNLEY. 


PREFACE. 


1  HIS  volume  closes  the  History  of  one  of  the  Deaneries  of  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Northumberland,  a  district  which  extends  throughout  the  heart  of  the  country  from 
the  border  of  Scotland,  on  Carter  Fell,  to  the  German  Ocean;  and  comprizes  nearly 
the  whole  of  Morpeth  Ward,  and  considerable  portions  of  Castle,  Coquetdale,  and 
Tindale  Wards.  I  had  hoped  to  complete  it  in  less  room;  but  to  keep  the  work  in  some 
degree  of  uniformity,  and  to  finish  the  district  with  the  volume,  I  have  been  compelled 
to  be  at  more  expense  than  the  impression  can  repay  me  :  for  the  great  quantity  of  small 
types  used  in  the  notes,  and  especially  in  the  pedigrees  and  Latin  authorities,  has  made 
it  chargeable  to  me  far  beyond  my  first  calculations. 

The  accompanying  lists  of  Plates  will  serve,  in  some  degree,  to  show  the  point  of 
support  and  patronage  to  which  this  work  has  arrived,  and  for  which  the  author  is 
indebted,  and  has  now  the  pleasure  of  requesting  the  several  contributors  of  them  to  accept 
his  best  and  most  grateful  thanks;  but  besides  these,  he  is  under  obligations  for  other 
gratifying  tokens  of  approbation.  Immediately  after  the  publication  of  the  volume  of  Paro- 
chial History,  which  preceded  this,  it  obtained  the  kind  approval  of  Sir  J.  E.  Swinburne, 
baronet,  by  his  becoming  a  sharer  with  me  in  the  expences  of  printing  it :  and  to  himself 
and  family  I  am  indebted  for  various  extracts  from  manuscripts,  and  rare  printed  books  in 


iV,  PREFACE, 

the  British  Museum.  The  Bishop  of  Durham  has,  in  a  very  kind  manner,  approved  of  my 
labours ;  and  the  copious  extracts  I  have  made  from  the  minutes  of  the  Parochial  Visitations 
of  Dr.  Singleton,  Archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  and  from  the  books  of  his  predecessors, 
Mr.  Sharpe,  and  Drs.  Robinson  and  Sharpe,  will  show  how  much  this  volume  is  enriched 
by  the  free  permission  given  to  me  to  make  whatever  use  of  them  I  pleased.  Sir  Charles 
M.  L.  Monck  enabled  me,  while  in  London,  in  1830,  to  employ  the  hands  of 
amanuenses  in  copying  several  important  papers.  ,  John  Hodgson,  Esq.,  M.  P.  for 
Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  presented  me  with  a  volume  of  extracts  made  by  himself  from 
the  sessions  books  of  Northumberland;  and  has  sent  me  extracts  gleaned  from  MSS. 
in  various  parts  of  the  kingdom.  From  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  Esq.,  of  Wallington,  I  have 
received  large  collections  of  materials  from  Dodsworth's  manuscripts  in  the  Bodleian 
Library,  and  from  that  of  Miss  Currer,  at  Eshton-hall,  in  Craven ;  and  from  his  sister, 
Mrs.  Wyndham,  a  remarkably  correct  and  copious  index  to  Ridpath's  Border  History, 
all  compiled  and  written  by  her  own  hand.  H.  Petre,  Esq.,  keeper  of  the  Records  in 
the  Tower,  and  C.  J.  Young,  Esq.,  York  Herald,  and  Registrar  at  Herald's  College, 
have  cheerfully  and  gratuitously  given  me  such  assistance  as  I  have  solicited  from  them. 
The  generous  and  graphic  hand  of  Edward  Swinburne,  Esq.,  still  continues  to  transfer 
to  my  work  views  of  the  scenery  of  the  county,  and  of  the  residences  of  its  antient  barons 
and  gentry,  with  that  happy  simplicity  and  brilliance  which  so  pre-eminently  characterize 
the  productions  of  his  pencil ;  and  to  the  zeal  and  kindness  of  Mr.  Sopwith,  surveyor,  I 
am  indebted  for  correct  delineations  or  engravings  of  various  churches,  chapels,  and 
other  subjects,  as  expressed  in  the  list  of  plates;  as  well  as  for  copies  of  several  interesting 
papers  relative  to  Northumberland  matters,  in  the  Cottonian  Library,  in  the  British  Mu- 
seum. The  fine  miniature,  from  which  the  portrait  at  the  beginning  of  this  volume  has 
been  engraved,  was  painted  expressly  for  it,  by  Miss  H.  F.  S.  Mackreth,  at  her  own 
particular  request,  and  gratuitously  presented  to  the  author;  and,  after  the  Preface, 
is  given  a  list  of  those  friends  to  the  work,  who  have  honoured  him,  through  their 
Secretary,  Mr.  Mackreth,  with  the  finely  executed  plate  and  impressions  of  the  por- 
trait. John  Dobson,  Esq.,  and  Robert  Mackreth,  Esq.,  have  also,  without  previously 
mentioning  their  kind  intentions  to  me,  interested  themselves  in  embellishing  my  book, 
by  obtaining  for  it  the  lithographic  views  of  seats,  now  presented  to  the  reader  at  the 
expense  of  their  several  proprietors.  Mr.  Thomas  Bell,  land-surveyor,  has  to  all  my 
applications  for  assistance  in  genealogical  enquiries,  paid  early  and  prompt  attention; 
and  it  is  to  him  that  I  am  indebted  for  a  copy  of  the  widely-spreading  tree  of  the  Wid- 
drington  family,  from  which  I  have  drawn  the  outline  of  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
Widdrington  pedigree. 

The  active  mind  and  ready  pen  of  Mr.  Wm.  Woodman,  solicitor,  in  Morpeth,  left 
me  comparatively  little  to  do  in  searching  for  materials  for  my  account  of  the  corporation 
of  that  town,  in  which,  however  copious  it  may  seem,  I  have  inserted  only  a  very  small  part 
of  the  information  he  has  given  me  from  the  books  of  the  several  companies ;  and  to  the 


PREFACE.  V. 

Bailiffs  and  Aldermen  of  Morpeth  my  thanks  are  due,  for  leave  to  copy  from  the  muni- 
ments deposited  in  their  Town's  Hutch,  the  numerous  charters  and  other  documents  and 
papers  of  which  the  lengthened  '  Annals  of  Morpeth'  are  principally  composed ;  and 
finally,  to  all  other  patrons  and  encouragers  of  this  work  by  subscribing  for  copies  of  it, 
my  best  thanks  are  due,  and  hereby  most  cheerfully  and  gratefully  rendered. 

I  lament  that  so  long  an  interval  has  elapsed  since  my  subscribers  received  a  volume 
of  this  work  in  March,  1828.  Many  causes  have  retarded  its  progress ;  but  none  over 
which  I  had  a  controlling  power.  Though  much  care,  expence,  and  labour  have  been 
employed  in  rendering  it  as  correct  and  perfect  as  my  means  would  enable  me  to  do, 
still  it  contains  many  errors  and  imperfections,  the  principal  of  which  I  have  endeavoured 
to  supply  by  an  Appendix  of  Errata  and  Addenda.  Judicious  and  candid  readers,  when 
they  consider  where  and  by  whom  it  is  written,  will,  I  doubt  not,  be  tender  over  its 
demerits.  It  is  not,  perhaps,  possible  without  great  facilities  in  means,  books,  and  situa- 
tion, to  go  on  rapidly  with  a  work  so  varied,  large,  and  profitless  to  its  author  as  this 
is:  and  when  I  say  that  one  who  engages  in  a  performance  of  this  kind  ought  to  be  ridhr 
and  childless,  I  beg  I  may  not  be  considered  as  doing  so  in  despondency  and  complaint, 
but  as  apologizing  for  imperfections  which  I  could  not  supply.  I  rise  to  this  labour 
every  morning  with  increasing  desire  to  complete  it.  It  keeps  in  deligjitful  employ- 
ment a  mind  that  finds  it  as  impossible  to  be  idle,  as  to  be  soured  by  disappointment,  or 
insensible  to  encouragement.  Periculorum  praemia  et  laborum  fructum  contemnere,  is  a 
stoical  virtue  which  I  cannot  boast  of;  and  for  the  distinguished  encouragement  I  have  re- 
ceived, I  feel  cheered  and  gratified.  With  all  its  imperfections  there  is,  however,  one  thing 
which  I  can  fearlessly  venture  to  say  of  my  book — if  it  d6es  not  spangle  with  the  bright 
jewels  of  genius  and  wisdom — if  it  does  not  captivate  with  the  charms,  of  "  Useful  and 
Entertaining  Knowledge" — if  it.  is  not  .robed  in  the  elegant  and  costly  attire  of  oratory — 
nearly  the  whole  of  it  is  original,  and  now,  for  the  first  time,  makes  its  appearance  before 
the  public,  and  all  of  it,  I  hope,  in  the  simple  garb  of  truth.  I  have  never  yet  sat  down  at 
my  loom  to  weave  into  the  web  of  any  person  or  family's  history,  the  airy  visions  of  apo- 
chryphal  ancestry,  or  the  flaring  colours  of  adulation.  As  I  have  stood  by  the  stream  of 
time,  I  have  perhaps  collected,  in  their  passage  down  it,  many  an  unimportant  fact;  but  I 
know  that  I  have  suffered  many  a  foul  tale  of  slander  and  dishonour  to  glide  silently  past 
me,  and  to  sink  in  its  course.  To  appetites  habituated  to  riot  on  the  rich  luxuriance 
of  Novels  in  the  form  of  Melo-dramatic  History,  I  know  I  am  offering  tasteless  and  unex- 
citing food  ;  and  I  cannot  here  ask  the  classical  scholar  to  a  rich  repast  of.  the  history, 
manners,  and  literature  of  the  kings  and  people  of  a  mighty  nation ;  but  I  invite  the  ingenu- 
ous and  curious  inhabitants,  and  especially  the  young  people  •  of  th$  places,  I  have  written 
upon,  to  partake  of  aliment,  calculated,  I  hope,  to  make  them  honest  and  single-hearted  pa- 
triots, and  keep  within  them  a  joyous  and  imperishable  love  for  the  places  of  their  nativity. 
Whelpington,  Feb.  3,  1832.  J-  H. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  b 


VI. 


An  Alphabetical  List  of  the  Subscribers  to  whom  the  Author  is  indebted  for  the  Engraving 
of  the  Portrait  which  fronts  the  Title  Page. 


Adamson  John,  Esq.,  F.A.S.,  M.R.S.L.,  &c. 
Antiquarian  Society,  Newcastle. 
Atkinson  R.  A.,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 

Beaumont  Thos.  W.,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Bywell. 
Bell  Matthew,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Woolsington. 
Bentham  Wm.,  Esq.,  F.A.S.,  of  Upper  Gower 

Street,  London. 
Bewicke  Mrs,  Close  House. 
Bigge  Chas.  Wm.,  Linden,  Esq. 
Birkett  the  Rev.  James,  Haydon  Bridge. 
Bird  the  Rev.  Christ.,  Vicar  of  Chollerton  and 

Warden. 

Brandling  John,  Esq.,  Gosforth. 
Brandling  William,  Esq.,  Gosforth. 
Buddie  John,  Esq.,  Wallsend. 
Brockett  John  Trotter,  Newcastle,  Esq.,  F.A.S. 

Carr  Ralph,  of  Dunston,  Esq. 

Charnley  Em.,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 

Clayton  John,  of  Newcastle,  Esq. 

Clayton  Nathaniel,  Chesters,  Esq. 

Clennell  Thos.,  Harbottle  Castle,  Esq. 

Collinson  the  Rev.  John,  Rector  of  Gateshead. 

Cook  the  Rev.  Joseph,  Newton  Hall,  Vicar  of 

Shilbottle,  &c. 
Coulson  Col.,  Blenkinsopp  Castle. 

Darnell  the  Rev.  W.  N.,  Rector  of  Stanhope. 
Davidson  the  Misses,  Newcastle. 
Dobson  John,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Donkin  Armourer,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Durham  the  Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of 

Ellison  Cuth.,  Hebburn  Hall,  Esq. 
Ellison  Miss,  Newcastle. 

Falla  Wm.,  Esq.,  Gateshead. 

Fenwicke  the  Rev.  Geo.  Ousley,  Vicar  of  Kemp- 

ston,  Bedford. 

Fenwick  John,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Fenwick  Perceval,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Forster  John,  Esq.,  East  Shaftoe. 

Haigh  the  Rev.  Wm.,  Vicar  of  Wooler. 
Hedle  jthe  Rev.  Anthony,  Chesterholm. 
Hill  George,  Esq.,  Kenton. 


Hodgson  John,  of  Elswick,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Kirsopp  John,  Esq.,  Hexham. 

Lambert  John,  Esq.,  Alnwick. 

Lawson  Will.,  of  Longhurst,  Esq. 

Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  Newcastle. 

Mackreth  Robert,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Maughan  Nicholas,  Newbrough  Lodge,  Esq. 
Monck  Sir  C.  M.  L.,  Belsay  Castle,  Bart. 

Northumberland  His  Grace  the  Duke  of 

Ogle  the  Rev.  John  Saville,  of  Kirkley,  Prebend- 
ary of  Durham. 

Ord  Wm.,  of  Whitfield,  Esq.,  M.P, 
Orde  Wm.,  of  Nunnykirk,  Esq. 

Prudhoe  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord 

Purvis  Thomas,  of  Plawsworth  Cottage  and  Lin- 
coln's Inn,  Esq. 

Raine  the  Rev.  J.,  Rector  of  Meldon,  and  Little 
St.  Mary,  Durham. 

Ridley  Sir  M.  W.,  of  Blagdon,  Baronet,  M.P. 

Sharpe  the  Rev.  A.,  Bamborough. 

Silvertop  George,  of  Minsteracres,  Esq.,  High 

Sheriff  of  Northumberland. 
Smith  Sir  David,  of  Alnwick,  Baronet. 
Straker  John,  Esq.,  Jarrow  Lodge. 
Swinburne  Edward,  sen.,  Esq.,  Capheaton. 
Swinburne  Sir  J.  E.,  of  Capheaton,  Baronet, 

F.R.S.  F.A.S.,  M.R.S.L.,  &c.  &c. 
Surtees  Robt.,  of  Mainsforth,  Esq.,  F.A.S. 

Thompson  Benjamin,  Esq.,  Newcastle. 
Trevelyan  Sir  John,  of  Wallington,  Bart. 
Trevelyan  W.  C.,  Esq.,  Wallington. 
Turner  the  Rev.  Wm.,  Newcastle. 

Vernon  the  Hon.  G.  J.,  of  Sudbury  Hall,  Der- 
byshire, Esq.,  M.P. 

Ward  William,  Esq.,  Durham. 
Wallace  Albany,  Esq.,  Queen  Anne  Street,  Lon- 
don. 
Wallace  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord. 


PLATES,    VIGNETTES,    &c., 

BELONGING  TO  THIS  VOLUME. 


V  The  contributors  to  whose  names  an  obelisk  (f)  is  attached,  have  presented  the  Author  both  with  the  plates 
and  the  impressions :  and  the  double  obelisk  (J),  denotes  that  the  contributors  favoured  the  Author  with  the  use 
of  the  wooden  blocks  on  which  the  subjects  are  engraved. 


SUBJECT. 

Portrait  of  the  Author, 

Title.— Morpeth  Church, 

Preface,  page  iii. — West  Boat  Ferry, 
Hexhani,  

PAGE 

1.  Meldon  Church, 

14.  Arms  of  Lords  of  Meldon, 

26.  Mitford  Church, 

27.  Reveley  Tomb, 

55.  Keep  of  Mitford  Castle, 

55.  Remains  of  Mitford  Castle, 

56.  Bird's-Eye  View  of  Mitford, .... 
89.  Longhorsley  Church, 

130.  Hebburn  Chapel,  

139.  Cockle  Park  Tower, 

145.  Bothal  Church,  

156.  Plan  of  Bothal  Castle,  

163.  Longhurst, 

175.  Figures  carved  on  a  Stone  in 

Ulgham  Chapel, 
1 84.  Woodhorn  Church, 

204.  Cresswell  Tower,  &c. 

205.  Cresswell  Fossil, 

206.  Cresswell  House, 
214.  Newbigging  Chapel 
222.  Widdrington  Chapel, 
266.  Horton  Chapel, 
279.  Stannington  Church, 
352.  Bedlington  Church, 
355.  Remains  of  a  Cross, 

374.  Seal  of  R.  de  Merlay  I.: 

375.  Seal  of  R,  de  Merlay  II.     (See 

also  page  480), 

375.  Seal  of  R.  de  Merlay  III., 


DESIGNED  BY  ENGRAVED  BY 

MissH.F.S.Mackreth,Edward  Scriven, 
T.  Sopwith,  Isaac  Nicholson, 


CONTRIBUTED  BY 

68  Subscribers  to  this  Work.f 
The  Author. 


Edw.  Swinburne,  Esq.  John  Jackson,  London,  Edward  Swinburne,  Esq.f 


Isaac  Nicholson, 

Rev.  James  Raine, 

Edw.  Swinburne,  Esq. 

Robert  Mackreth, 

Ditto, 

Ditto, 

Capt.  Mitford,  R.  N. 

The  Author, 

Isaac  Nicholson, 

Edw.  Swinburne,  Esq. 

Ditto, 

Wm.  Lawson,  Esq. 

J.  Dobson,  Architect, 


Isaac  Nicholson, 

Ditto, 

Ditto, 

Capt.  Mitford,  R.  N. 

Robert  Mackreth, 

Ditto, 

Capt.  Mitford,  R.  N. 

Isaac  Nicholson, 

Ditto, 

Ditto, 

Ditto, 

Ditto, 

Robert  Mackreth, 


The  Author. 

Rev.  James  Raine. $ 

The  Author. 

Capt.  Mitford,  R.  N.f 

Bertram  Mitford,  Esq. 

Ditto. 

Capt.  Mitford,  R.  N.f 

The  Author. 

Ditto. 

Ditto. 

Ditto. 

Ditto. 

William  Lawson,  Esq. 


21,  The  Author, 

Isaac  Nicholson, 

The  Author. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

[,  Ditto, 

Thomas  Sopwith, 

T.  Sepwith.f 

e,  T.  M.  Richardson, 

William  Millar, 

A.  J.  Cresswell  Baker. 

ipel,  T.  Sopwith, 

Isaac  Nicholson, 

The  Author. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Miss  Errington, 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

!erlav  L,  .          ..  Rev.  James  Raine, 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

Isaac  Nicholson, 
The  Author, 


Ditto, 


Ditto. 
Ditto. 


Vlll. 


SUBJECT.                                            DESIGNED  BY 

379.  Seal  of  William  Lord  Dacre,  ....  Isaac  Nicholson, 

ENGRAVED  BY 

Isaac  Nicholson, 
William  Collard, 

CONTRIBUTED  BY 
S.  A.  P.  JE$  (a) 

The  Author. 

—  Arms  on  Serjeant's  Mace,  Mor- 
peth,    William  Collard, 

Ditto, 

Ditto. 

395.  TJlgham  Chapel,  T.  Sopwith, 

Isaac  Nicholson, 

Ditto. 

426.  Morpeth  Old  Bridge  and  Chapel,  Wm.  Collard. 
433.  Seal  of  the  Corporation  of  Mor- 

Ditto, 
Ditto, 

Ditto. 
Ditto. 

437.  Plan  of  Northumberland  County 

William  Collard, 

C.  W.  Bigge,  Esq. 

GIVEN  AT  THE  END  OF  THIS  VOLUME,  FOR  FORMER  AND  FUTURE 
PARTS  OF  THIS  WORK. 


%"  The  contributors  to  whose  names  an  asterisk  (*)  is  fixed,  have  presented  both  the  plates  and  impressions  tc 
the  Author;  those  with  (f)  have  presented  the  impressions;  and  those  with  ($)  the  plates. 


SUBJECT. 

Edlingham  Castle, ,.... 

Belsay  Castle, 

Whelpington, 

Whitfield  Hall, 

Jesmond  Chapel, 

Nafferton  Hall,  , 

Wallington, 

Aydon  Castle,    i'. 

Chesters,  with  Chollerford  Bridge  in 

the  Foreground, 

Lilburn  Tower, 

Nunnykirk, 

Fire-place  in  Edlingham  Castle, 

R.  Thornton's  Tomb, 


DESIGNED  BY  ENGRAVED  BY 

Edw.  Swinburne,  Esq.  William  Millar, 

Ditto,  Ditto, 

Ditto,  Ditto, 

Ditto,  F.  C.  Lewis, 

J.  W.  Carmichael,       Ditto, 

Edw.  Swinburne,  Esq.  Ditto, 

Mrs  Wyndham,          W.  H.  Lizars, 

J.  Dobson,  Architect,  Robert  Mackreth, 

Robert  Mackreth,       Ditto, 

J.  Dobson,  Architect,  Ditto, 

Ditto,  Ditto, 

W.  C.  Treve}yan,       W.  C.  Trevelyan, 

T.  Sopwith,  Mark  Lambert, 


CONTRIBUTED  BY 

Sir  J.  E.  Swinburne,  Bart.* 
Edward  Swinburne,  Esq.* 
Ditto,  and  others.* 
William  Ord,  Esq.,  M.  P.* 
James  Losh,  Esq.* 
F.  Cholmley,  Esq.* 
Sir  John  Trevelyan,  Bart-f- 
Sir  Edward  Blackett,  Bart. 

John  Clayton,  Esq. 

H.  J.  Wm.  Collingwood,  Esq. 

William  Orde,  Esq. 

W.  C.  Trevelyan,  Esq.$ 

T.  Sopwith.f 


a  Socictas  Antiquariorum  Pontis-^lii. 

b  This  plate  contains  the  arms  on  the  mace  of  the  corporation  of  Morpeth  j  and  I  cannot  but  express  my  thanks  to  Mr.  Collard  for  the  care 
and  skill  he  has  employed  upon  it. 


MELDON  CHURCH. 


PAROCHIAL   HISTORY. 


MELDON  means  the  middle  hill*  and  is  the  name  of  a  parish  and  a  village, 
the  latter  of  which  stands  upon  an  elevated  ridge,  which  is  thrown  into  several 

*  From  mel,  middle  or  between,  and  dun,  a  hill ;  for  mel  is  a  very  old  word,  signifying  the  same 
as  mid  or  between,  as  in  the  term  mel-doors,  which,  in  old  farm-houses  in  Westmorland,  means  the 
space  in  the  passage  between  the  front  and  back  doors.  And  I  would  suggest,  that  btt  (ml)  in 
Hebrew,  which,  in  one  sense,  signifies  to  divide;  and  mel  in  Celtic,  pvto  in  Greek,  and  MOLA  in 
Latin,  all  meaning  a  mill,  with  numerous  other  words  in  these,  and  other  languages,  be  not,  in  one 
figurative  sense  or  another,  derived  from  the  antient  root  mel,  the  primitive  meaning  of  which  com- 
prehended in  it  the  ideas  of  comprising,  including,  pounding,  crushing,  or  grinding  one  substance 
placed  between  other  two.  A  house  called  Mell-waters,  and  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Joseph  Taylor, 
of  Worcester,  stands  between  the  Greta  and  the  "  ThuresgilP'-beck,  near  their  junction,  opposite  to 
the  second  milestone  south  of  Bowes,  in  Yorkshire.  The  two  Mel-fells  in  Cumberland,  and  Mel- 
fell  on  the  eastern  side  of  Westmorland  are  conical  hills,  rising  up  between  others.  As  a  verb,  the 
word  means  sometimes  to  bruise  or  pound,  but  generally  to  interfere,  intermeddle,  or  go  between, 
as  "  do  not  mell  with  us."  Harding,  Spenser,  and  Shakespeare  use  it.  "  Again  all  other  that 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  B 


2  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

downs  or  low  roundish  hills.  This  ridge  is  a  mass  of  diluvial  deposit,  con- 
sisting of  sand  in  the  uppermost  parts,  and  a  stiff  clay  below,  embedded  with 
roundish  pieces  of  limestone,  sandstone,  and  such  other  rocks  as  are  found  in 
situ  in  the  western  districts  of  Northumberland :  it  seems  to  have  formed  the 
eastern  shore  of  a  lake,  which  covered  the  Angerton  meadows  before  the 
united  streams  of  the  Wansbeck  and  the  Hart  wore  back  a  channel  from 
the  flat  grounds  below,  to  the  level  of  the  bottom  of  the  lake  at  their  junction. 
This  parish  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  parish  of  Mitford,  and  the  extra- 
parochial  township  of  Rivergreen ;  on  the  south  by  the  parishes  of  Whalton 
and  Bolam ;  and  on  the  west  and  north  by  the  parish  of  Hartburn.  In  1821, 
it  contained  32  families,  inhabiting  28  houses,  and  consisting  of  156  persons. 
According  to  a  survey  made  in  the  time  of  the  earl  of  Derwentwater,  it  con- 
tains 996  acres,  exclusive  of  30  acres  taken  up  by  the  river  Wansbeck,  roads, 
and  the  village  of  Meldon.b  Its  soil  along  its  southern  boundary  is  clayey, 

would  with  justs  mell." — (Chron.  cap.  191.)  "  With  holy  father  fits  not  with  such  things  to 
mell."— (Fa.  Queen  B.  I.  Cant.  L  st.  30.) 

"  And  say,  a  soldier,  Dian,  told  thee  this, 

"  Men  are  to  mell  with,  boys  are  but  to  kiss."— f  All's  Well,  A.  4.  S.  3.} 

Meal  is  the  rough  produce  of  corn  ground  in  a  mill ;  a  melder,  a  making  of  meal ;  and  a  meal,  a 
repast,  of  which  bread,  or  meal  prepared  in  some  other  way,  was  formerly  the  principal  article. 
The  mell-doll  or  corn  baby  is  an  image  gayly  dressed  like  a  female  child,  and  carried  by  a  woman 
on  a  pole,  in  the  midst  of  a  group  of  reapers,  as  they  go  dancing  and  screaming  to  and  from  the 
fields  on  "  a  shearing  out  day."  These  parties  generally  consist  of  women ;  but  after  the  day's 
work  is  done,  Ihe  mell-doll,  perhaps  meaning  the  meal-doll,  graces  the  board  where  the  swains 
partake  with  their  female  partners  in  reaping,  in  a  plentiful  meal,  and  the  evening  concludes  with 
mirth,  "  music  and  dancing."  A  place  of  the  name  of  Meldon*  occurs  in  Cal.  Inq.  ad.  q.  Dam- 
num,  p.  224,  and  there  are  numerous  places  in  the  kingdom,  of  which  Mel  forms  the  first  syllable, 
as  Melford,  Melton,  &c.  Moel,  however,  in  the  Celtic  language,  means  a  hill  (See  Llhyd,  under 
Bald) ;  and  Mel  was  the  name  of  a  Scottish  earl,  who  flourished  in  the  time  of  David  I. — (Ridp. 
Bora1.  Hist,  p.  85,  note  f. ) 

b  In  this  survey  mention  is  made  of  a  field  called  Gillian's  Foord,  of  13  ac.  3  ro.  24  perches  ;  of 
the  Orchard,  3  ac.  3  ro.  20  perches ;  the  New  Orchard,  7  ac.  2  ro.  8  perches ;  the  Ewe-close  and 
Sunny-kirkehill,  218  ac.  3  ro.  24  perches;  and  the  Parson*  s-garden,  2  ro.  22  perches. — (MS.  penes 
J.  Ellis,  Esy.  of  Otter  burn  Castle.) 

*  "  There  is  in  the  Augmentation  Office,  a  charter  of  king  Stephen,  in  which  Maiden,  in  Essex,  is  called 
Meldon."— J.  R. 


MELDON    PARISH. 


and  adapted  to  the  growth  of  wheat :  nearer  the  Wansbeck,  it  is  light  and 
gravelly,  and  suited  to  grazing,  green  crops,  and  dairy  purposes.  Its  surface, 
especially  in  the  part  called  Meldon  Park,  is  wavy  and  bold;  and  the  banks  of 
the  Wansbeck,  which  runs  from  east  to  west  through  it,  are  fringed  with 
alder,  or  covered  with  natural  or  planted  trees,  to  which  much  praiseworthy 
attention  has,  in  latter  years,  been  paid  by  the  proprietors  of  the  estate.  This 
Park  contains  359  acres  on  the  south,  and  108  acres  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Wansbeck  ;  and  extends  from  the  village  of  Meldon  to  the  northern  boundary 
of  the  parish  :  it  is  surrounded  with  a  stone  wall  laid  in  mortar,  which,  till 
within  the  last  20  years,  was  in  many  places,  12  feet  high,  but  has  been  uni- 
formly reduced  to  about  5  feet.  It  was  probably  made  by  the  Ratcliffe  family. 
Deer  horns  are  frequently  found  here  :  one,  in  particular,  remarkable  for  its 
size,  was  turned  up  by  the  plough,  five  or  six  years  ago,  in  the  low  wet  ground 
to  the  south-west  of  the  bridge,  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr  Wailes, 
one  of  the  receivers  of  Greenwich  Hospital.  The  Park-keeper's  house,  an  old 
grey  building,  on  the  southern  banks  of  the  river,  though  in  a  low  and  warm 
situation,  is  raised  high  enough  to  give  its  tenant  a  supervisor's  eye  over 
nearly  the  whole  area  of  the  park  ;  and  in  the  arrangement  of  its  chimney 
tops,  and  the  mullions  and  weather  mouldings  of  its  windows,  was,  no  doubt, 
at  the  time  it  was  built,  a  crack  specimen  of  the  architecture  of  the  seven- 
teenth century. 

MELDONC  was  a  manor  in  the  barony  of  Mitford,  till  Roger  Bertram,  in  the 


c  MISCELLANEA  HESpECTiwa  MELDON. 
AH  MS  of  the  Lords  of  Meldon,  p.  14. 

No.  1 — From  the  seal  of  Roger  Bertram,  attached  to 
a  deed  in  the  Chapter-house,  Westminster,  and  abridg- 
ed below  at  p.  4,  Evid.  2,  a. 

No.  2. — Enlarged  from  the  shield  on  the  arm  of  the 
knight  in  Surtees's  SEALS,  pi.  7,  No.  1,  which  is  an  en- 
graving of  the  seal  of  Roger  Bertram,  of  Mitford.  See 
also  in  Surtees's  SEALS,  pi.  11,  No.  15  &  16,  and  Evid.  2. 

No.  3. — From  a  deed,  Evid.  2,  6.  in  the  Treasury  of 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham. 

No.  4 — The  seal  of  Edmund  de  Denum.  "  At  this 
period,  it  was  not  unusual  for  families  to  assume  armo- 
rial bearings  allusive  to  the  names  of  their  estates. 
Hence  the  mells  or  mallets  upon  the  shield  of  the  De- 
nums." — J.  R.  This  seal  is  from  a  document  in  the 


Treasury  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham,  and  is 
engraved  in  Surtees's  SEALS,  pi.  11,  No.  32. 

No.  5. — William  de  Denum,  from  receipts  at  Evid.  4. 

No.  6. — Heron,  of  Meldon,  from  Randal's  Additions 
to  Guillim's  Heraldry,  penes  Surtees,  of  Mainsforth. 

No.  7- — Sir  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Meldon,  from  the  offi- 
cial entry  of  his  funeral,  in  the  memorandum  book  of 
Withie  the  Herald.— (Harl.  MS.  1372,/o/.  7,  A.) 

The  paternal  arms  of  Dorothy,  daur.  and  co-h.  of  sir 
William  Fenwick,  of  Meldon,  as  they  were  allowed  by 
the  College  of  Heralds  to  her  husband  Edward  Moore, 
of  Bankhall,  coun.  of  Lancaster,  esq.  stand  thus  in  the 
Harl.  MS.  6821. 

1.  Fenwick,  party  per  fess  gules  &  argent,  six  martlets  of  the 

same  counterchanged. 

2.  Mutgrave,  azure  six  annulets  3,  2,  and  1  or. 


4  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

time  of  Henry  the  Third,  sold  34  acres  of  land  in  Molesdon,  and  his  seigni- 
oral  rights,  amounting  to  one  and  a  half  knight's  fees,  in  Meldon  and  Prest- 


8.  Grey,  qf  Wark  (and  of  Splndlestone),  gules,  within  a  bor- 
der engrailed,  a  lion  rampant,  argent. 

4.  Contyn,  or,  3  garbs,  2  and  1,  gules. 

5.  Hi-ton,  vert,  within  a  border  engrailed,  a  lion  rampant, 

argent. 

6.  Grey,  qf  Horton,  barry  of  six  argent  and  azure,  on  a  bend 

gules,  an  annulet  argent. 

7.  Fitohugh,  <tf  Ravenmuorth,  azure,  a  chief,  and  three  chev- 

ronells  Interlaced  or. 

8.  Marmion,  qf  Tanficld,  vaire  argent  and  azure,  a  fess  gules. 

No.  8 — The  coat  of  Radclyffe,  of  Dilston. 

No.  9. — Arms  of  sir  Francis  Radclyffe,  who  married 
Catherine,  daur.  and  co-h.  of  sir  William  Fenwick,  of 
Meldon.  On  the  shield  of  pretence  Fenwick  quartering 
Grey,  of  Spindleston.  From  an  impression  of  his  seal  in 
the  Consist.  Court  at  Durham.  See  Dilston  for  a  cu- 
rious letter  on  the  subject  of  the  armorial  bearings  of 
the  Radclyffes,  when  they  were  elevated  to  the  peerage. 

EVIDENCES  TO  ACCOUKT  OF  MELDON  PARISH. 

1.  Rot.  Cart.  5  Edw.  I.  No.  22. — R.  archiepis  epis 
tc.  satm  .  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  -  Wal?o  de  Cambhou 
qd  ipe  rt  hedes  sui  imppetuu  heant  lifiam  warenna  in 
oinibj  dnicis  ?ris  suis  de  Cambhou,  Shafthou,  Denum, 
Colewell,  Meldon  *t  Reuehou  in  com'  Northumfcr  dum 
tn  ?re  ille  non  sint  infra  metas  foreste  nre  .  Ita  qd  nul- 
lus  intret  £ras  illas  ad  fugandum  in  eis  vel  ad  aliquid 
capiend  qd  ad  warenna  ptineat  sine  licencia  1  voluntate, 
gdci  Walft  vi  hered  SUOT?  sup  forisfcuram  nfam  decem 
lib?  .  Quare  volumus  .  tc  .   Hijs  testib3  1c — Dat  p 
uianu  ni  am  ap  Wygorn'  xxv.  die  Jan.—  (Ex.  Orig.  in 
Tur.  Land,  certified  by  HENHY  PETRIE.^) 

2,  a.  Carta  Rogi  Bertram  dni  de  Mitford  dno  Witto 
de  Valentia  dno  Pembrock — tolas  villas  de  Merdesffen  . 
Calverdon  .  1  parva  Eland  habend  in  feodo  1  heditate  . 
Reddend  un'  denr.  s.  d — See  Seals,  p.  14,  No.  2. 

2,  6.  Omibj — Witts  de  Cammou  filius  dni  Walft  de 
Cammou  stm  in  dno  .  No$itis  me  relaxasse— p  me — 
WydoniDaraynzet  hed3 — totu  jus — qd  hui  in  ftisquas 
hui  de  gdto  Wydone  in  Hwyttintunstalle— Hiis  testib3 
Wal?o  de  Cammou  .  dno  Johe  de  Swynburne  .  Nichao 
de  Hechame  .  Rotto  de  Buteland  .  Ricardo  tysun  .  1 
aliis. — See  Seals,  p.  14,  No.  3. 

3,  a.  Omibus — Johes  de  Cambhou  miles  .  saltm  in 
dno  .  NoQitis  me  remississe,  &c.    Johi  filio  Rotiti  de 


Denu  totu  jus — in  vno  annuo  redditu  viginti  solidoT? 
exeunte  de  mafiio  de  Magna  Whitington  &c.  Hiis  tes- 
tib3  Nicho  Scot  tuc  vie  Northumbf  .  Witto  de  Felton  . 
Adam  de  Swinburne  .  Thorn  de  Bekering  militib;  . 
Witto  de  Shafthou  .  RotJto  de  Boteland  .  Simone  de 
Welteden  .  Johe  Gray  de  Herl  .  1  aliis  .  Dat  apud 
nouu  castru  sup  Tynam  24°  Aprilis  a.  r.  r.  Edw.  fit  reg. 
Edwardi  octavo. — (Swinb.  Misc.  p.  1.) 

3,  b.  Pateat  unversis  p  gsentes  qd  Witts  fit  Rotiti  de 
Denum  concessi  &  ad  firmam  dimisi  Witto  filio  Sibille 
sororis  meae  omnia  terr'  &  tenta  mea  cu  ptin'  q  fiui  in 
Denum  t  Wallington  excepto  annuo  redditu  12  solidoty 
p  ann'  quern  reddit  Johes  de  Wallington — Hend  &c. 
dco  Witto  filio  Sibille  1  hered  1.— Test,  dnis  Rofcto 
Darays  vie.  North'  .  Johe  de  Fenwyke  .  Witto  de  Tyn- 
dale  milit  .  Thoma  de  Schafthow  &c.    Dat.  die  lune 
viz1,  in  fto  apploi?  Phil,  "t  Jacobi   1340 — (Lansd.  MS. 
326,  Ogle  Deeds,  No.  119.,) 

4,  Pateat — qd  ego  Witts  de  Denom  recepi  de  dno 
meo  priore  Dunelin  qdraginta  solidos  de  arreragiis  feodi 
mei  qdraginta  solidoi?  p  annii  .  Incujus  tc.     Data  apd 
Camhus  die  dnica  px'  post  tin  sci  Martini  in  leme  anno 
regni  Regis  Edwardi  ftj — undecimo.    ( Raine's  Charters, 
V.  36.^     Another  receipt  is  for  40s.  "  de  feodo  meo 
unius  robe  &  40  solidoi? — apud  Camhus  14  Ed.  III." 
There  are  16  similar  receipts  to  22  Edw.  III.  all  sealed 
and  in  the  treasury  at  Durham.  See  Seals,  p.  14,  No.  4. 

5,  a.  Inquis'  capt.  apud  Novum  Castru  sup  Tynam  in 
castro  ibidem  coram  Johanne  de  Scotherskelf  esc' — 8 
Sep.  1367 — p  sacfm  Johis  Laweson   .   Nichi  de  Gren- 
don  .  Gilfcti  Laweson  .  Rici  de  Cramlington  .  Witti  fit 
Thome   de   Stiford   .   Nichi   de   Houghon   .   Rofiti  de 
Eland  .  Witti  de  Hidewyn  .  Johis  Killingworth  jun. 
Johis  fit  Henr'  de  Faudon   .   Witti  de  Birteley  jun. 
Qui  die'  p  sacrm  suu  qd  Issabett  q  fuit  ux°  Witti  de 
Denom  tenuit  die  quo  obiit  qdem  ft-'  1  ten  cu  ptin'  in 
Melden  eidem  Is.  1  hedib3  masctis  de  corpe  ipius  Witti 
quond  viri  sui  exeunt  .  ita  qd  si  idem  Witts  obierit 
sine  hede  mascto  de  corpe  suo  legitie  pcreat.  tune  dca  9r. 
— M'gie  fit  gdci  Witti  remaneant  .  Et  die'  qd  gdcus 
Witts  de  Denom  obiit  sine  hede  masculo  de  corpe  suo 
legitie  pcreat.    Et  die'  qd  gdca  ?r.  °t  ten.  tenent'  de  dno 
R.  in  capite  p  Svic  milit.  que  q'dm  9r.  t  ten.  sunt  in 


MELDON    PARISH.  5 

wick,  to  sir  Walter  de  Camboe.d     In  1270,  Robert,  son  of  this  sir  Walter, 
and  Isabell  his  wife,  released  to  sir  John  de  Plessis  the  mills  of  Plessis,  which 

d  III.  i.  104. 


manibj  tenenc  ad  voluntatem  1  reddunt  p  annu  iiii  ti. 

Ifm  die'  qd  gdca  Isabett  tenuit  in  dnico  suo  ut  de  feodo 
die  quo  obiit  qdm  ¥r.  1  ten.  in  Molesdon  q  sunt  de  ptin. 
dco^i  ten.  in  Meldon  de  dno  R.  in  cap.  p  §vic'  milif  1; 
sunt  in  inanib;  tenenc'  ad  voluntatem  .  t  reddunt  p 
annu  xx.  s. — Ifm  die'  qd  gfata  Isabett  tenuit  in  dnieo 
suo  ut  de  feodo — medietatem  ville  de  Riplington — in 
manibj  tenenc.  ad  volunt.  t  reddit  p  annu  xx.  i.— 1 
tenent'  de  epo  Dunelm.  p  fidelitatem.  Ifm  die'  qd 
dca  Isabella  obijt  seisit.  in  dnico  suo  ut  de  feodo  die  quo 
obijt  de  uno  mess.  rt  xx.  acr.  terr.  in  Chapyngton  q 
sunt  in  manibj  tenenc.  ad  voluntatem  1  reddunt  p  annu 
x.  s.  1  tenentur  de  epo  Dunolm.  p  fidelitatem.  Et  die.' 
qd  dca  Is.  languens  in  extremis  apud  Camboys  die 
safetiti  px.  ante  fm  assencionis  Dni  ultio  p'frto  fecit  se 
asportar  ext'  cameram  suam  mafiij  de  Camboys  usq,  ad 
capett  ejusdm  mafiij  el  in  fraudem  ad  exclud  dnm  R.  de 
exit  1  pfic'  dci  mafiij  de  Camboys  ac  rY.  t  ten.  in  West- 
dicheburn  T.  Bedelyngton  eidm  mafiio  ptinenf.  Et 
tune  eadm  Is  feofFavit  Johem  de  Stryvelyn  1  hedes 
suos  imppetuu  in  mafiio  "t  ten'  jidcis.  Et  die'  qd  dca 
Is.  obijt  in  eodm  mafiio  die  dnica  px.  sequent,  post  dcm 
diem  Safcfiti  &c.  Et  die'  qd  Ricus  fit  Rici  Scot  fit  pdce 
M'gie  fit  pdce  Is.  est  heres  dee  Is.  ppinquior  de  pdcis 
ten.  in  Meldon  1  Molesdon.  1  est  etatis  xxvj  annoy  1 
ampli'  .  Et  die.  qd  gdcus  Ricus  fit  Rici — 1  Hug'  Galon 
etatis  xxx  anno  v  't  Ricus  Gal  way  etatis  xxviij  anno; 
sunt  ppinquiores  heiedes  ipius  Is.  de  jklco  mafiio  de 
Camboys — cu  ten'  in  Westdickeburn  &  Bedelington — 
et  de  pMcis  ten  in  Ripplington  &  Chapyngton  .  In  cuj' 
&c. 

5,  b.  NOHTHUMBR.  comptu  est  p  inquisicoem  p  Johem 
de  Scotherskelf  escaetorem — qd  Isabella  que  fuit  ux' 
WiWi  de  Denom — langens"  (sic  in  recordo)  "  apud 
Camboys  die  sabbati  px  ante  festum  ascentois  dni  a°. 
r.  r.  E.  31.  xli  fecit  se  asportari  extra  camam  suam  ma- 
fiii  de  Camboys  usq,  ad  capellam  ejusdem  mafiii  1  in 
fraudem  ad  excludend  dnm  regem  de  exitib5  1  pficuis 
dci  mafiii  de  Camboys  ac  ?raT7  t  ten'  in  Westdicheburn 
&  Bedlyngton  eidem  mafiio  ptinentibj  fi  tune  fesffavit 
Johem  de  Strevelyn  t  heredes  suos  imppm  de  mafiio  t 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  ( 


ten'  gdcis  1  qd  eadem  labetf  in  eodem  mafiio  die  dnica 
px  sequente  post  dcm  diem  sattbis  obijt  de  tali  statu 
seisita  de  mafiio  &c.  t  gdcus  Johes  de  Strevelyn  in  can- 
cellar'  ipius  regis  apud  Westm  in  mense  (sic)  Sci  Michis 
a.  r.  ipsius  regis  xli. — psonaliP  comparens  quo  ad  hoc  qd 
pdcam  inquisicoem  supponit'  qd  gdca  Isabett  obiit  seisita 
de  dco  mafiio  de  Camboys  ac  de   quibusdam  ten'  in 
Westdicheburn  t  Bedelyngton— ac  de  uno  messuagio  t 
viginti  acris  £re — in  Chapyngton  dicit  qd  ilia  ten'  que 
p  dcam  inquisicoem  supponunt'  esse  in  Westdicheburn 
sunt  in  Slikburn-west  absq,  hoc  qd  fidcus  Johes  tenet 
aliqua  ten  in  ahqua  villa  in  com'  gdco  vocata  West- 
dicheburn' ^t  dicit  qd  eadem  Isabella  in  vita  sua  de  eis- 
dem  ten'  in  Slikeburn  West  ac  de  gdcis  mafiio  t  ten'  in 
Chapyngton  t  Bedelyngton  cum  ptin'  gfato  Jofti  de 
Strevelyn  t  Johi  fit  suo  jam  defuncto  se  demisit  hend 
ct  tenend  ad  totam  vitam  ipius  Johis  de  Strevelyn  t 
Johis  fit  sui.     Ita  qd  post  mortem  gdco^  Johis  &c.  pdca 
mafiiu,  &c.  integre  remanerent  Isabelle  fit  Rici  Scott 
de  Novo  Castri  sup  Tynam,  t  heredibj  de  corpore  suo 
pcreatis  et  si  eadem  Isabella  filia  Rici  Scot  obierit  sine 
hf  de  corpore  suo  pcreato  pdca,  &c.  integre  remanerent 
Agneti  de  Dudden'  "t  her'  suis  imppm.     Et  qd  iidem 
Johes  de  Strevelyn  t  Johes  fit  ejus  de  mafiio  "I  ten' 
gdcis  sic  seisiti  dimiserunt  eadem  mafiiu  t  ten'  cu  ptin' 
ptate  Isabelle  de  Denom  hend  ad  ?minu  quadraginta 
annoi?  reddende  inde  annuatim  gfatis  Johi  de  Strevelyn, 
et  Johi  fit  suo  quadraginta  libras  absq,   hoc  qd  gfata 
Isabella  de  Denom  obiit  sesita  de  maftio  t  ten'  gdcis  in 
dnico  suo  ut  de  feodo  seu  aliquem  aliu  statum  inde  huit 
die  quo  obiit  nisi  ad  ¥minu  annoT?  fm  put  idem  Johes  de 
Strevelyn   supius  allegavit  1  hoc  parat'  est  verificar'. 
Et  Michael  Skilling  qui  sequit'  p  dno  rege  dicit  qd 
pdca  Isabella  de  Denom  obiit  seisita  in  dnico  suo  &c. 
Et  pdcus  Johes — dicit  qd  pdca  Isabella  de  Denom  non 
obiit  seisita  ^c.     Set  qd  iidem  Johes — &  Johes — erunt 
seisiti  de  mafiio — &c.  vertute  feoffamenti  pdci  &c.  "I  hoc 
petit  inquir'  p  priam  .  t  pdcus  Michael  qui  sequit'  &c. 
Ideo  datus  est  dies  &c.     Et  p"ceptum  est  vie.  North- 
umbf  qd  venif  fac.  coram  rege  &c.  viginti  t  quatuor 
tarn  milites  q'm  alios  pbos  t  leg'  holes  de  visu  de  Cam- 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


he  gave  to  them  in  marriage  with  a  deed  of  feoffment,  and  in  perpetuity,  so 
that  neither  they  nor  their  heirs  could  in  future,  under  pretext  of  their  mar- 


boys  Slikburn-West  Bedelyngton  *t  Chapyngton  qui 
ptatu  Johera  de  Strevelyn  aliqua  affinitate  seu  con- 
sanguinitate  non  attingant  ad  recognoscend  p  sacfm  suu 
sup  pmissis  plenius  veritate  .  Quia  &c. — (Ex  orig.) 

5,  c.  Inquis'  capta  in  castro  Novi  Castri  sup  Tynam 
coram  Jolie  de  Scotherskelt  esc  dni  regis  in  com'  North- 
umbr  die  Jovis  in  9da  Septiana  q'd'gesie  a"  r.  r.  E.  rcii 
post  conquestu  xlijl'°  p  sacim  Johis  de  Walyngton  . 
Rofcti  de  Middelton  .  Jotiis  de  Farnylaw  .  Rotti  de 
Louthre  .  Gilfcti  Vaus  .  Johis  de  Meslay  (sic)  .  Rici  de 
Horsley  .  Henr*  Tailboys  .  Rofeti  de  Eland  .  Rici  del 
Park  .  Johis  de  Wodburn  .  1  Witti  de  Shafthowe  juf  . 
Qui  die'  sup  sacfm  suu  qd  Is.  que  fuit  ux  Witti  de 
Denotn  non  tenuit  aliqua  9r.  seu  ten  de  dno  rege  in 
capita  in  dnico  suo  ut  de  feodo  die  quo  obiit  in  eodm  com 
nee  alibj  in  battia  dci  esc  .  Set  die'  qd  p*dca  Is.  ftiit  con- 
junctim  feoffata  cu  Jdcb  Witto  quond  viro  suo  sibi  t 
tiedibj  de  corpibj  eoTjdem  ligitime  per  de  maSiis  de  Mel- 
don  1  Ripplyngton  .  Et  die'  qd  gdca  Is.  post  mort 
pdci  With'  quond  viri  sui  feoffavit  Ricum  Scot  de  pdcis 
maSiis  tenend  ad  totam  vitam  ipius  Is  .  Et  sic  die'  qd 
p\lca  IS  obiit  seisita  de  mafiiis  gdcis  in  feodo  T;  jure  .  Et 
die'  qd  marnum  de  Meldon  tenet'  de  Rofeto  de  Fenwyk 
p  §viciu  militaf  "I  p  Sviciu  vis.  viiid.  solvend — Et  die'  qd 
gdcm  mam'u  de  Ripplyngton  tenet'  de  Thoma  de  Rip- 
plyngton p  fidelitat  1  p  §viciu  uni'  denar  p  annu  p 
omibj  §viciis  .  Et  die'  qd  pdcm  mafiiu  de  Meldon  valet 
p  annu  in  oinib3  exitibj  iiii1'.  Et  maner'  de  Ripplyng- 
ton vat  p  annu  in  ofnibj  exitibj  xxs.  .  Itm  die'  qd  gdca 
Isabett  obiit  die  Saftftti  px'  post  ftn  invencois  see  crucis 
(May  3.)  ultio  gftto  .  Et  die'  qd  Hugo  Galon'  fit  1 
heres  Lucie  Galon  uni'  filial?  1  hedii  gdcoi?  With'  1 
Isabett  .  Et  Ricus  Scot  junior  fit  1  fees  M'gie  Scot  alfc' 
filial?  1  hedu  dcoT?  Wilti  1  Isabett  .  Et  RoBtus  Galway 
fit  1  fees  Cristiane  Galway  9cie  fit  1  hedu  dcbu  Wiffi  1 
Is  sunt  consanguine!  't  ppinq'ores  hedes  gdce  II  .  Et 
fdcus  Hugo  est  etatis  triginta  1;  quatuor  annoi?  .  1 
pdcus  Ricus  Scot  junior  est  etatis  triginta  anno1?  .  Et 
dcus  Rot5tus  est  etatis  viginti  quatuor  anno"?  1  ampli'  . 
Et  ulft'  die'  qd  qued  Is.  de  Riggesby  quarta  fit  t  hedu 
pdcoiz  Wiffi  1  Is.  concessit  p  finem  Witto  Heron  chivaler 
1  Johi  Heron  chivaler  revsionem  quarte  ptis  maSioT? 
gdcoi?  quam  sibi  refti  deberet  post  mortem  gdce  Is.  de 
Benom  tenend  sibi  t  hedibj  suis  imppetuu  .  Et  die'  qd 


gdca  Is.  de  Riggesby  obiit  sine  feede  de  se.     In  cuj'  &c. 

6.  Nicholaus  Heron  filius  1  heres  Thome  Heron  de- 
functi  natus  fuit  apud  Meldon,  et  in  ecclesia  dicte  ville 
baptizatus,  et  est  etatis  viginli  unius  amiorum  in  fest 
conversionis  sancti  Pauli  proximo  preterite — (Extracted 

from  the  orig.  by  J.  BAILEY,   13th  Aug.   1822.) 

7.  Inquisitio  indentata  capta  apud  villam  de  Morpeth 
—  die  Mercurij  26°  die  Septembris  anno  regni  domino- 
nostrae   Eliz. — 41°   coram   Anthonio    Felton   armigero 

!  escaetori— post  mortem  Alexandri  Heron  de  Meldon 
;  generosi  —  per  sacramentum  Thome  M  iddleton  .  Josue 
Delavale  .  Richardi  Ogle  .  Cuthberti  Ogle  .  Johannis 
Horslie  .  Thomae  Tompson  .  Cuthberti  Hedlie  .  Ja- 
cobi  Rames  .  Gawini  Ainslie  .  Thome  Redhead  .  Ed- 
wardi  Gallon  .  Willielmi  Browne  .  Thome  Anderson  .  et 
Humfridi  Grene  juratorum  .  Qui  dicunt — quod  pre- 
dictus  Alexander  Heron  die  quo  obijt  fuit  seisitus  in 
dominico  suo  ut  de  feodo  de  et  in  manerio  sive  villa  de 
Meldon — Ac  de  et  in  uno  messuagio  sive  hamletto 
vocat  Heron's  Close  juxta  Fenrother — Ac  de  et  in  uno 
alio  messuagio  sive  hamleta  vocata  Deneham — Ac  de  et 
in  medietate  ville  sive  Hamlete  de  Ripplington — Ac  de 
et  in  uno  messuagio  sive  tenemento  cum  suis  pertinen- 
tiis  in  Qwalton.  Ac  de  et  in  uno  messuagio  sive  tene- 
mento in  Thornton — Et  ulterius — dicunt — quod  pre- 
dictum  manerium — de  Meldon  tenebatur  de  dicta 
domina  regina  per  servitium  unius  feodi  militis  ut  de 
manerio  suo  de  Mitford  et  valet  per  annum  in  omnib3 
exitibus  ultra  reprisas  quinque  libras— Et  quod  predic- 
tus  Alexander  Heron — obijt  30°  die  Septembris  anno 
regni  dicte  domine  regine  quadragesimo  .  Et  quod  Ro- 
bertus  Heron  est  frater  et  heres  prefati  Alexandri 
Heron — et  est  etatis  die  captionis  hujus  inquisitionis 
viginti  trium  annorum  et  amplius  &c." — (From  a  copy 
out  of  the  Rolls  Chapel  certified  by  JOHN  KIPLING.) 

8.  Inquis.  11  Oct.  7-  Jac.  1 — Robertus  Hearon  ten. 
mediet'  ville  sive  hamlett.  de  Riplington    de   rege  p 
servic'  10  ptis  feodi  vnius  milit'  vt  de  maffto  suo  de 
Whalton  .  obijt  1°  Maij  vlt'  gterit'  :  Wittus  fit  1  heres 
etat'  tempe  capcbis  12  annoi?  ct  4  mensiu. — fMickleton 
MS.  in  Sibi.  Ep'i  Dun.   No.  33,  fol.  210.) 

9.  Will  of  Robert  Heron,  of  Meldon — My  will  and 
mynde  is,  that  all  those  my  lands  and  heredilaments 
lying  in  Meldon — That  Thomas  Lumsden  esquier  and 


MELDON    PARISH. 


7 


riage,  assume  any  claim  to  right  or  title  in  the  mills.     This  release  was  made 
on  the  consideration  of  a  grant  to  them  by  the  said  John  de  Plessis  of  the 


his  assigns  shall  quietly  have  and  enjoy  ihe  same  during 
the  residew  of  the  years  in  his  lease — and  after  thend 
of  the  said  years — unto  the  right  heirs  of  me  the  said 
Robert  Heron  forever — My  lands  tents  and  heredita- 
ments lying  in  Riplington  after  the  decease  of  Roger 
Hearon  my  loving  father  I  give — unto  Catharine  my 
loving  wife  &  to  my  children  to  be  equally  divided 
amongest  them. — My  said  wife  Catharine,  said  Thomas 
Lumsden,  and  Josua  Delaval  of  Ryver's  Greene  gent. 
my  executors  &c.  dated  31  May,  1609.  Witnesses 
Thomas  Elwood  scriven*  .  Thomas  Radcliff  notar' 
public  .  Wittm  Fenwick  .  Peter  Watson. — INVENTORY 
of  his  goods  among  other  things  : — "  VIII  oxen  which 
Sir  William  Fenwick  destrened  for  rent  at  Whitsontyd. 
— Item  hard  come  20tie  bowells  £6,  13s.  4d.  Item 
bigg  3  bowles,  39s.— Item  oats  36  bowles  £9." — Besides 
the  following  household  furniture,  viz. : — "  2  fether 
beds  5  bolsters  6  pillowes  4Os. — Item  10  coverings  and 
5  pe  of  blancketts  33s.  4d. — Item  13  quishions  2  long 
carpetts  and  3  short  carpets  16s. — Item  3  cubbords 
and  a  pressor  30s. — Item  three  liverie  tables  and  five 
long  tables  26s.  8d. — Item  3  formes  7  buffet  stooles, 
4  long  settles  &  3  chairs  16s. — Item  2  iron  chimnies,  2 
crookes,  3  iron  barres  'I  4  spittes  20s.  —  Item  4  brasse 
pottes,  4  cawdrons,  2  kettles  &  a  little  pann  56s  8d. 
— Item  a  frying  pan,  a  bread  grater,  and  a  lattin  kettle 
2s. — Item  5  chests  &  coffers  &  a  setting  sticke  5s.  4d. — 
Item  milking  vessell  xi  s. — Item  a  water  sve,  3  leven 
tubbes,  3  butter  kitts  3s — Item  a  brewing  tubb,  Z 
wort  tubbes  &  two  beare  barrells  3s.  4d. — Item  hemp 
2s. — Item  2  bee  hives  4s — Item  a  cheste  for  corne  2s. 
— Item  pewther  vessell  30tie  peaces  &  16  spones  24s. 
8d — Item  fowre  silver  spones  12s. — Item  a  pewther 
chamber  pot  and  one  of  glass,  a  can  and  4  drinking 
glasses  18d. — Item  5  candlesticks  2s.  4d. — Item  a  brasse 
mortar  T:  a  pestell,  a  bottle,  and  a  stone  pott  3s.  4d. — 
Item  an  old  window  cloth,  with  seckes,  wallets,  and 
poakes  20d — Item  a  woullen  wheile  &  wollen  cards  20d. 
Item  4  table  clothes  &  one  ewer  clothe  12s. — Item  12 
yards  of  linen  clothe  12s. — Item  3  hand  towells  2  dozen 
Ik  4  table  napkinges  1 1  s. — Item  one  pair  of  curtons  and 
vallances  12s. — Item  2  dozen  trenchers  12d. — Sum 
£62.  16s.  9d." — (Raines  MSS.J 

11.  ","  Roger  Fenwick,  of  Meldon,   was  made  de- 


puty keeper  and  forester  of  the  king's  woods  of  Chop, 
well  in  1631,  as  appears  by  the  following  extract  from 
his  appointment : — Omnibus — Robertus  Worral  de  Lon- 
don gen.  Salutem — Cum  Carolus  d.  g.  Rex  p  i(  patent, 
sub  sigillo  cur  scac'ij  dat  apud  Westm.  ixmo  die  De- 
cemb.  a.  r.  s.  6to  constituit  ftfat.  RoEtum  Worral  ad 
officiu  &  offic  custod  1  fforestaf  bosc.  R.  de  Chopwell 
parcett  possession'  Johis  Swinburne  attinct — Habend 
tarn  p  se  quam  sufficient  deput — SC'.ATIS  me  consti- 
tuesse  Rogeru  ffenwicke  de  Meldon  mourn  verum  de- 
putat'  &c.  Dat.  15  Oct.  1631. — (Stanton  Papers. ) 

12.  Commissio   super  capellam  de   Meldon W. — 

dilecto  filio  officiali  nostro  Eboracensi—  In  causa  que 
super  capellam  de  Meldon — quam  Robertus  de  Lesseth 
rector  ecclesie  de  Mitford — asserit  ad  suam  acclesiam 
pertinere  in  curia  nostra  Eboracensi  inter  eundem  ma- 
gistrum  Robertum  ex  parte  una  et  Johannem  de  Nor- 
ham  capellam   predictam  ut  asseritur   detinentem  ex 
altera  vertitur  seu  verti  speratur  vobis  cum  potestate 
privandi  distituendi  seu  amovendi  prout  de  jure  fuerit 
faciendum  necnon  cujuslibet   cohercionis  canonicae  com- 
mitimus  vices  nostras.     Valeatis.     Dat.  London  V.  kal. 
Martij  anno  grade  MCCC  septimo  et  pontificatus  nostri 
tertio. — (Ex  reg'ro  Archiep?  Ebor.  penes  reg'r'um,  ibid. 
18  Aug.  1827-)— J.  R- 

13.  Reverendo — Ricardo — Dunolm.  episcopo— Oifici- 
alis  domini  archidiaconi  Northumbrie— Mandatum  ves- 
trum  vii  idus  OcLobris  a.  d.  1317  recepi  in  hec  verba. 
Ricardus  &c.  presentaverunt  nobis  religiosi  viri  prioi  et 
conventus  ecclesie  nostre  Dunolm'  magistrum  Johannem 
de  Nassington  clericum  suum  ad  ecclesiam  de  Meldon 
— Quocirea  vobis  mandamus  quatenus  &c.  diligenter  in- 
quiratis  an  dicta  ecclesia  vacat  &c.     Dat.  apud  Dunolm 
3°  die  Oct.  1  consecrationis  nostre  anno  sexto  .  Aucto- 
ritate  igitur  hujus  mandati  diligentem  feci  inquisitionem 
per  dovninos  Robertum    de    Bothal   .   Willielmum  de 
Whelpington  .  Johannem  de  Stannmgton  ecclesiarum 
rectores  .  dominos  Willielmum  de  Novo  Castro  .  Jo- 
hannem de  Tynemwe  .  Philippum  de  teuton  in  Glen- 
dale   .    Robertum   de   Chevelingham    .   Johannem   de 
Ponteland  .  Gilbertum  deNewburn  ecclesiarum  vicarios 
dominos  Johannem  de  Prudhow  .  Nicholaum   Tyok  . 
Thomam  deRouthebery  T.  Willelmum  de  Werkeword  ca- 
pellanos  parochiales  de  Novo  Castro  .  Qui  dicunt  jurat! 


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MORPETH  DEANERY,  CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


manor  of  Meldon,  as  was  more  circumstantially  set  forth  in  the  writings 
hetween  the  parties  respecting  this  transaction.6     Seven  years  after,  the  same 

*  Cart.  Rid.  p.  80 ;  II.  i.  279. 


quod  dicta  ecclesia  vacat  et  vacavit  fere  a  festo  Sancti 
Marei  Evangeliste  a.  d.  1316  per  admissionem  domini 
Roberti  ultimi  rectoris  ejusdem  ad  vicariam  de  Herte- 
burne  quam  vicar  iam  idem  Robertas  possidet  .  Item 
dicunt  quod  religiosi  viri  prior  et  conventus  ecclesie 
Dunelm'  sunt  veri  patroni  ejusdem  T;  ultimo  tempore 
pacis  presentaverunt  rt  sunt  in  possessione  presentandi 
1  valet  annuatim  decem  marcas  .  Non  est  pensionaria 
nee  liligiosa  &c.  Data  apud  Novum  Castrum  super 
Tynam  iii°  idus  Oct.  a.  d.  1316 — (Reg.  Eccles.  Dunelm. 
I.fol.  110.) 

"  In  expens  cticoT?  apud  Novu  castru  circa  Ecclesiam 
de  Meldon — vij  s.  viij  d." — (Ex  Rot.  Burs.  EccV  Dunelm. 
a".  1316.) 

RECTOHS  OF  MELDON. 

John  de  Tinmue,  presented  by  Sir  Roger  Bertram. 
— fill.  u.  50J 

Odonel  de  Ford,  presented  by  Sir  Roger  Bertram  on 
the  death  of  Tinmue.— (Id.) 

Simon  de  Bitterley,  collated  by  Robert  de  Stichell, 
bishop  of  Durham. — (Id.) 

Roger  de  Askeby,  collated  by  Rob.  de  Insula,  bishop 
of  Durham. — (Id.) 

John  de  Norham,  presented  by  the  prior  and  convent 
of  Durham.— 1280— 1310. 

Galfrid  de  Edenham,  presented  by  the  P.  &  C.  of  D. 
about  the  year  1310,  when  their  suit  with  the  canons 
of  Lanercost  ended.  He  resigned  Oct.  3,  1315,  for 
Woodhorn. — (See  Coniscliff.)  On  the  death  of  one 
Adam  de  Thornton,  a  parishioner  of  Meldon,  his  best 
animal  and  best  garment,  according  to  the  custom  of 
these  parts,  were  due  to  the  rector  of  Meldon  as  a 
mortuary  :  but  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  in  Thornton's 
last  sickness,  drove  away  his  best  horse  and  detained  it, 
to  the  prejudice  of  this  Galfrid  de  Edenham,  who  com- 
plained to  bishop  Killawe  of  the  injury  done  him,  and 
the  bishop  referred  the  matter  to  the  archbishop  of 
York. — (Rainess  MSS.) 

Robert  de  Tymparon  was  appointed  a  prebendary  of 
Auckland,  23  May,  1313-  ( Kellawe^s  Reg.  fol.  84  J  ; 
presented  to  Meldon,  6  Id.  Nov.  1315  ;  ordained  priest 
in  I316-(7d.  /.  164; ;  presented  to  Hartburne,  after 


the  death  of  John  de  Percy,  4  July,  1316— fld.f.  167;  ; 
resigned  in  13)6. 

John  de  Nassington,  on  whose  presentation  there  was 
an  inquest  holden  3d  Oct.  1316,  upon  the  right  of  the 
prior  and  convent  of  Durham  to  the  patronage  to  this 
church,  which  was  found  to  belong  to  them.  The 
jurors  were  Robert,  rector  of  Bothale;  Hugh,  rector 
of  Qwelpington ;  John,  rector  of  Stanyngton  ;  William, 
vicar  of  Newcastle  ;  John,  vicar  of  Tynemwe ;  Philip, 
vicar  of  Newton,  in  Glendale ;  Thos.  vicar  of  Alnham  ; 
John,  vicar  of  Ponteland  ;  and  Gilbert,  vicar  of  New- 
burne  ;  and  John  de  Prudhou,  Nicholas  Tyak,  Thomas 
de  Rouchestre  and  Wm  de  Ireby,  parochial  chaplains 
in  Newcastle.  (Ewd.  Supra,  p.  7,  -ZVo.  13.; 
This  John  de  Nassington,  at  the  time  of  his  presenta- 
tion, was  official  general  of  the  bishop  of  Durham. 

William  de  Darlington,  in  1354,  exchanged  Meldon 
for  Stamfordham,  with  Alan  de  Ulkiston. — (Hatfielfs 
Reg.  fol.  34. ; 

Alan  de  Ulkiston  was  vicar  of  Stamfordham  from  1326 
till  1354,  when  be  became  rector  by  exchange  as  above. 

William  Pulhore,  chaplain,  presented  26th  June, 
1364.  , 

Nicholas  de  Ingelby  exchanged  Meldon  with  John  de 
Ingelby,  for  the  vicarage  of  Bywell  Peter,  22  July, 
1369— (Half.  Reg.  f.  Q^.) 

John  de  Ingleby,  as  above. 

John  de  Gateway  resigned  29  June,  1378,  for  the 
church  of  St.  Peter  the  Less,  in  York,  when  there  was 
another  inquest  on  the  right  of  patronage  to  this  rectory. 
—  (Hatf.  Reg.  fol.  143  b.  145  b.j 

Reginald  Porter,  clerk,  instituted  19  Sep.  1378 — (Id. 
fol.  150;,-  vicar  of  Pittington  and  master  of  St.  Ed- 
mund's Hosp.  in  Newcastle. — fv>  Hutchn.  $  Brand.} 

William  de  Graystanes  had  a  mandate  from  the  bishop, 
1st  March,  1381,  for  his  induetion  into  this  church, 
after  the  resignation  of  it  by  Reginald  Porter. 

Richard  de  Thornton  was  rector  here  in  1382,  as  ap- 
pears by  a  "  Procuratorium"  of  his  in  the  2nd  Box  in 
the  Treasury  of  Durham. 

John  de  Riggeton  resigned  in  1384  ;  was  vicar  of  Hes- 
leden  in  1380 — (  Surtees,  I.  50.; 


MELDON    PARISH. RECTORS. 


9 


Walter  de  Camboe  obtained  a  licence,  from  Edward  the  First,  of  free  warren 
in  Meldon,   and  the  adjoining  manor  of  Revehow,  as  well  as  in  Camboe, 


William  Marmill,  presented  31  May,  1384,  on  the 
resignation  of  Riggeton. 

John  Burgeys,  presented  11  June,  1384,  having  made 
an  exchange  with  Marmill. 

Robert  de  Aukland,  presented  2  Oct.  1387;  vicar  of 
Hartburn  from  1362  to  1364,  and  again  in  1375. 

Henry  Flynton  exchanged  Edmundbires  with  Robert 
de  Aukland  for  this  place,  to  which  he  was  presented 
15  Jan.  1411. 

Henry  Driffield  occurs  as  rector  here  in  1 425 ;  but  is 
this  right  ?  One  of  the  same  name  was  rector  of  Ilder- 
ton  from  1378  to  1415,  when  he  died — (Rand.  \\.) 

Thomas  Hebbedon,  LL.  D.  occurs  as  licentiate  in  law, 
17  Dec.  1425;  chancellor  and  examining  chaplain  to 
the  bishop  of  Durham,  17  Dec.  \42S—( Langl.  Reg.  f. 
162J  ,•  continued  chaplain  till  1432  ;  presented  to  Mel- 
don, 5  May,  1430,  on  the  death  of  Henry  Flynton; 
and,  July  7*  exchanged  the  living  of  Boldon,  in  the 
county  of  Durham,  for  the  rectory  of  Welleton,  in 
Yorkshire.— f/6.  169.  >  On  Dec.  29,  1431,  collated  to 
the  deanery  of  Auckland ;  resigned  Meldon,  30  Dec. 

1431 (Ib.fol.  183.;     By  his  will,  which  is  dated  21 

June,  1435,  and  proved   18  July  same  year,  he  left 
20s.  to  the  parish  church  of  Meldon.— fib.  220. ) 

William  Doncastre,  dean  of  Auckland,  on  the  death  of 
Hebbedon,  presented  20  April,  1436,  and  again  22 
April,  1437;  vicar  of  Bedlington,  in  1418  and  1419 ; 
in  1420,  made  guardian  of  the  spiritualties  of  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham,  in  Allertonshire — (Reg.  III. 
f.  76.  b.) 

Alexander  Surtees,  presented  25  July,  1439,  on  the 
death  of  Doncastre.— (Id.  239. ) 

William  Essby,  chaplain,  presented  12  March,  1440, 
on  the  resignation  of  Surtees. — (Id.  262.  J 

Richard  Kighley  (in  Randall  RUey)  presented  1453, 
p.  m.  Essby.  He  was  also  vicar  of  Mitford. 

Adam  Murland,  bachelor  of  canon  and  civil  law,  pre- 
sented 2#^>ril,  1467,  on  the  resignation  of  Kighley. 
He  resigned  this  living  in  the  house  of  John  Tyele, 
succentor  df  Salisbury  Cathedral,  3  Oct.  1474.— 
(Id.  215  > 

John  Clerk,  LL.D.,  canon  regular  of  Carlisle,  pre- 
sented 8  Sep.  1474,  on  the  resignation  of  Morland; 
and  had  a  dispensation  from  the  pope  to  hold  this  living  ! 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  D 


with  his  other  preferments. — (Reg.  IV.fol.  21 2y  ;  rector 
of  Rothbury  from  1512  to  1523. 

George  Heron,  presented  27  March,  1487,  on  the 
death  of  Clerk.— (Reg.  V.fol.  3.J 

Christopher  Wardell,  LL.  B.,  presented  5  Oct.  1503, 
after  the  resignation  of  Heron — (Id.  fol.  77)  ;  vicar  of 
Aycliffe,  Durham,  in  1520. 

John  Lambe,  chaplain,  presented  10  April,  1506,  after 
the  resignation  of  Wardell — (Id.  f.  80)  ;  summoned  to 
a  visitation  in  the  Gallilee  of  the  cathedral  chuich  of 
Durham,  4  Oct.  1507— (Id.  fol.  88);  resigned  Meldon, 
before  proper  witnesses,  in  the  cell  of  Jarrow. 

Anthony  Heron,  presented  9  Aug.  1515,  on  the  re- 
signation of  Lambe. — (Id.  fol.  160.) 

Edward  Fenwick,  presented  20  Jan.  1516,  after  the 
dentil  of  Anthony  Heron — (Id.  fol.  1 70.)  •> 

Thomas  Davison,  presented  25  Feb.  1572^f  by  the 
bishop  of  Durham  by  lapse— (Reg.  in  Cur.  Consist.  Du- 
nelm,  fol.  70)  ;  vicar  of  Longb«rsie"y  from  157^10  1582  ; 
curate  of  Alnwick  from  1577  to  the  time  of  his  death 
in  1582. 

Henry  Duxfield,  presented  6  Oct.  1575,  after  the  re- 
signation of  Davison — (Reg.  Whittingham,  2  fol.  338,  i.) ; 
vicar  of  Bolam  from  1578  to  1587. 

Humphrey  Greene,  presented  3  Oct.  1587,  p.  m.  Dux- 
field — (Matth.  Reg.  158,  1 60); "curate  of  Cramlington, 
29  Oct.  1621 ;  curate  of  Bothal,  1585  ;  vicar  of  Bolam, 
1587. 

Thomas  Whitacres,  presented  5  Oct.  1602,  after  the 
resignation  of  Greene. — (Reg<  J tones,  f.  158.)' 

John  Wood,  A.  B.,  presented  12  Jan.  1610,  p.  m. 
Whitacres.  A  writ  was  issued  out  of  the  Exchequer 
against  him,  1628,  for  £6 — (Swinb.  MSS.  Hi.  247.)  In 
1637  and  1638,  there  were  proceedings  against  him  be- 
fore the  High  Commission  Court,  in  which  he  was 
charged  with  having  "  neglected,  if  not  deserted,  the 
cure  of  Meldon,  of  which  he  was  parson  ;"  and  after  time 
being  given  him  for  answering,  he  "  by  his  counsel 
moved — That  his  cure  of  Meldon  was  supplied  by  a  suf. 
Sclent  minister,  and  that  he  could  not  personally  reside 
thereon  by  reason  of  the  want  of  an  house,  which  he 
was  about  to  build,  at  his  great  charge,  and  that  the 
serving  of  the  cure,  and  repairing  of  the  house,  did  take 
up  the  most  part  if  not  all  the  profits  of  the  said  rec- 


JkxV^v-s, 


10 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,   W.  D. 


Shaftoe,  Denum,  arid  Colwell  ;f  and  the  lands  of  this  manor,  on  the  death  of 
the  mesne  proprietor,  in  1367,  were  found  to  be  holden  of  that  branch  of  the 

'  Meldon  Evid.  No.  I. 


lory,"  &c.  &c — (From  the  Book  of  Proceedings,  $c.  in 
the  Lib.  of  Dur.  Cath.) 

Thomas  Bendlowes  held  Meldon  with  Mitford  from 
1652  to  1660,  which  livings  were  united  by  the  par- 
liamentary commission.  He  resided  in  the  parsonage 
house  at  Meldon  ;  but  after  the  Restoration,  became  a 
barrister  and  a  justice  of  peace.  He  died  between  1705 
and  1708.  For  some  notice  respecting  the  antient  fa- 
mily of  Bendlowes,  see  Whitaker's  Richmond,  and 
Surtees's  Dur.  ii.  15,  16. 

John  Wood,  restored  in  1660.  He  was  rector  of 

in  Yorkshire,  and  died  in  1675,  sixty -five  years  from 
the  date  of  his  first  presentation  to  Meldon. 

George  Forster,  ordained  priest  24  Sep.  1637 ;  insti- 
tuted to  Bolam  in  1640;  presented  to  Meldon,  15 
April,  1675,  after  the  death  of  Wood — (See  under  Bo- 
lam  II.  i,  340,  341.)  The  farm  which  Forster  is  there 
stated  to  have  taken,  was  in  Low  Angerton,  at  the  foot  of 
the  hill  upon  which  his  church  stands.  Leaver,  the  in- 
truder, during  his  short  incumbency,  set  about  re- 
building the  vicarage  house  at  Bolam  ;  and,  whilst  the 
work  was  in  progress,  Forster  frequently  walked  up  the 
hill,  gave  the  masons  and  carpenters  a  shilling  for 
drink,  and  would  say  to  them,  "  work  on,  my  bonny 
lads,  I'll  be  back  again  by  and  bye." — (Bolam  Regr.~) 
His  eldest  son  settled  at  Rugley,  par.  Alnwick. 

Charles  Pye,  A.  B.,  of  Christ's  Col.  Camb.,  ordained 
deacon  in  Dur.  Cath.  20  Sep.  1685  ;  presented  to  Mel- 
don in  1695 ;  buried,  at  Morpeth,  27  Nov.  1726.  He 
collected  and  left  many  useful  papers  respecting  the 
rights  of  this  living,  which  fell  into  the  hands  of  Mr 
Raine,  the  present  rector,  who  is  intending  to  erect  a 
monument  to  Mr  Pye's  memory  in  this  church. 

William  Noble,  A.  M ,  presented  29  Nov.  1726,  after 
the  death  of  Pye.  Curate  of  Kyloe,  1?39  ;  also  of  Bel- 
ford.  At  the  primary  visitation  of  bishop  Trevor,  in 
1754,  he  certified  that  his  curate,  Mr  Gordon,  vicar  of 
Mitford,  read  prayers  and  preached  here  once  a  month 
on  the  Sunday  afternoons,  which  was  the  only  service 
then  performed.  He  died  at  Kyloe  in  1762. 

Isaac  Nelson,  1?62 ;  vicar  of  Mitford,  1759  ;  drowned 


at  one  of  the  stepping-stones  between  Mitford  and 
Morpeth,  Friday,  20  March,  1772. 

Richard  Witton,  curate  of  Hartburn,  presented  20 
July,  1 772,  p.  m.  Nelson ;  perpetual  curate  of  Rock 
and  Rennington,  at  which  last  place  he  died,  27  Feb. 
1820.  He  was  a  long  time  curate  of  Hartburn. 

William  Smoult  Temple,  presented  20  July,  p.  m. 
Witton  ;  vicar  of  Dalton-le-Dale,  Co.  Durham ;  and 
minor  canon  of  Durham  Cathedral. 

James  Raine,  M.  A.,  principal  surrogate  of  the  Con- 
sistory Court  of  Durham,  and  librarian  of  Durham  Ca- 
thedral, presented  20  July,  1822,  on  the  cession  of 
Temple.  The  author  is  indebted  to  Mr  Raine  for  the 
greater  part  of  the  materials  for  the  history  of  this  pa- 
rish, and  for  the  wood-cuts  of  the  seals  which  .accom- 
pany it,  both  in  this  volume,  and  in  part  iii.  vol.  ii. 
pp.  51  and  55  ;  besides  numerous  other  valuable  con- 
tributions to  the  work,  acknowledged  in  the  prefaces  of 
the  volumes  in  which  they  are  inserted. 

PATRONAGE,  &c. — This  living  is  in  the  gift  of  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham  ;  valued  at  £4.  7s.  lid. 
in  the  king's  books,  is  discharged  from  the  payment  of 
8s.  9£d.  yearly  tenths,  and  pays  4s.  4d.  episcopal  pro- 
curations. 

THE  PARISH  REGISTERS  begin  in  1706,  and  contain 
the  following  entry : — "  Thomas  Middleton  and  Re- 
becca Guy,  of  Rivergieen,  extra  parochial,  were  mar- 
ried at  Meldon  Chapel,  being  nighest  at  hand,  21  Sep. 
1759." 

The  following  extracts  from  them,  respecting  the  fa- 
mily of  Coul,  four  brothers  and  four  sisters,  were  made 
Nov.  1,  1827,  when  all  of  them  were  living,  and  their 
united  ages  amounted  to  625  years,  and  the  average 
age  of  each  to  78  : — "  John  Coul,  born  Dec.  13,  1739, 
and  died  in  Nov.  1827  ;  William,  born  Oct.  9,  1741  ; 
Anne,  born  Sep.  2,  1744 ;  Jane,  born  May  10,  1749  ; 
Eliz.  born  April  27,  1751  ;  Robert,  born  May  22, 
1753  ;  Joseph,  born  April  18,  1755  ;  Mary,  born  August 
18,  1759."  They  had  also  a  brother  named  James, 
who  was  born  August  13,  1756,  but  died  two  days 
after. 


MELDON    PARISH. MISCELLANEA. 


11 


Fen  wicks,  who,  by  the  female  line,  were  the  representatives  of  the  Camboe 
family/  by  military  service,  and  the  payment  of  6s.  8d.  a  year ;  but,  on  the 


*  See  Evid.  5,  c. ;  and  II.  i.  284,  285. 


PRESENTATIONS — Morpeth,  7  April,  1556 — Mel- 
don  .  Offic  dni  contra  Rog.  Heron  gen.  p  fbrnicac.  cu 
Margeria  Softlie,  &c.  Penance  enjoined  "  vest'  lineis 
in  eccHa  sua  duobj  dieb5  dnicis,"  but  commuted  by  the 
payment  of  20s.  to  the  fabric  of  the  church  of  Meldon. 
28  Mar.  1599 — Meldon  .  Offic'  con.  guard — There 
church  is  downe  &  unslated  in  default  of  Roger  Heron, 
who  hath  all  the  ly  ving  of  the  parish  in  his  hands.  &c. 

MELDON  CHURCH  was  many  years  without  covering 
or  walls,  and  was  rebuilt  and  repaired  by  the  charity  of 
Dr.  Thos.  Eden  (official  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Durham),  in  the  year  1736,  and  is  now  covered  de- 
cently with  slate  ;  "  and  I  myself  purchased  a  decent 
pulpit  and  reading  desk,  and  a  full  set  of  pews,  with 
Dr.  Eden's  money,  out  of  a  given-over  meeting-house 
in  Morpeth.  The  church-yard  is  a  part  of  Meldon 
farm  ;  but  still  retains  its  own  known  bounders." — Aug. 
1.— GEO.  GORDON,  curate.— (Randaffa  MSS.  I.  352.; 

CHURCH  PLATE. — A  chalice  and  paten  of  silver  were 
presented  to  the  church  by  the  present  incumbent. 

INSCRIPTION  on  a  grave-stone  in  the  floor  of  the 
aisle  of  the  church : — "  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr 
Arthure  Skinner,  who  was  a  faithfull  frind  and  sarvant 
of  Sir  John  Swinburne,  Bart.  Jan.  2?.  1667."  The 
arms  on  the  stone  are  defaced ;  but  the  boar's  head  of 
the  Swinburnes  in  the  crest  is  still  plain.  Sir  John 
Swinburne  resided  here  in  1667  and  1668,  while  Cap- 
hcaton  Castle  was  rebuilding. 

THE    ALTERATIONS    AND    IMPROVEMENTS    made    OH 

the  Meldon  estate  and  its  appurtenances,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Governors  of  Greenwich  Hospital,  are 
described  in  the  following  manner  in  their  Report,  in 
1813: — "  With  the  exception  of  Hartburn-grange,  and 
Moor-farms,  and  Lorbottle  tithes,  which  were  let  in 
1805,  the  whole  of  this  estate  was  re-let  5n  1809,  and  the 
rent  increased  from  =£2094  16s.  to  =£4509  14s.  A  new 
arrangement  of  the  lands  at  Meldon  was  made  at  the 
last  letting ;  and  the  farms,  which  were  principally  ap- 
propriated to  grazing,  were  converted  to  tillage,  where- 
by the  tent  was  greatly  increased.  Additional  buildings 
of  course  became  necessary  on  this  estate,  which,  with 
the  expence  of  rebuilding  decayed  offices,  amounted 


(including  a  thrashing  machine  to  go  by  water,  stipu- 
lated for  in  the  proposal  for  Meldon-park  farm)  to 
£7400,  and  the  fencing  and  draining  on  about  3700 
acres  of  cultivated  land  to  £4000.  The  whole  of  these 
farms  are  in  the  highest  possible  state  of  cultivation, 
and  are  considered  as  models  for  the  imitation  of  the 
surrounding  country.  Upwards  of  50  acres  have  been 
planted  since  the  visitation,  with  oak,  ash,  beech,  elm, 
larch,  and  fir,  all  of  which  are  rapidly  improving.  The 
timber  in  the  ancient  woodlands,  containing  about  140 
acres,  has  been  lately  thinned,  and  is  in  general  in  a 
thriving  condition,  but  not  any  part  has  yet  attained  its 
full  growth.  It  is  estimated  to  be  worth  =£5000." 

According  to  a  statement  of  the  "  Accounts  of  the 
Establishment,  Estates,  Officers,  and  Management  of 
Greenwich  Hospital,"  printed  by  the  House  of  Com- 
mons in  1822,  the  sum  of  =£206  14s.  was  expended  in 
repairing,  and  =£198  17s.  8d.  in  building,  in  1819; 
=£191  4s.  3d.  in  repairing,  =£40  in  extending,  and  =£128 
3s.  4d.  in  building,  in  1820;  =£180  12s.  in  repairing, 
=£185  11s.  5d.  in  extending,  and  =£284  in  building,  in 
1821,  upon  Meldon  and  other  estates,  among  which  are 
included  East  Thornton  and  Hartburn-grange  estates, 
in  the  parish  of  Hartburn,  with  the  rectorial  rights 
over  the  greater  part  of  that  parish ;  and  the  farm, 
called  the  Whitelees,  in  the  parish  of  Elsden. 

The  only  antient  WATER  CORN  MILL  known  to  have 
existed  upon  the  Meldon  estate,  stood  at  the  foot  of 
the  Temple-bank,  a  little  within  the  west  wall  of  the 
park,  and  about  100  yards  below  the  dam  or  wearhead 
of  the  present  mill,  which  dam  was  made  for  the  race  of 
a  fulling-mill,  built  on  the  south  side  of  the  water  in 
1788,  and  pulled  down  when  the  present  excellent  and 
sweetly  situated  mill  and  farm  premises,  called  Meldon 
Park,  were  built  in  1809. 

MEG,  or,  as  some  call  her,  THE  MATD  OF  MELDON, 
was,  according  to  tradition,  a  person  of  considerable 
celebrity  in  her  day  as  a  witch  and  a  miser ;  and  since 
her  death,  has  continued  the  subject  of  many  a  winter 
evening's  ghost  tale.  That  she  was  Margaret  Selby,  the 
mother  of  sir  Wm.  Fenwick,  of  Meldon,  is  I  think 
plain  from  the  following  circumstances.  After  her 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


death  of  Thomas  Heron,  in  1404,  one-fourth  of  it  was  found  to  be  ho] den 
under  the  king  in  chief,  by  knight's  service,  and  only  three-fourths  of  it  under 
Alan  de  Fenwick  ;  while,  in  the  time  of  queen  Elizabeth,  a  jury  found  that 


death,  she  used  to  go  and  come  from  Meldon  by  a  sub- 
terraneous coach  road  to  Hartington  Hall,  which  was 
her  residence  after  her  husband's  death.  The  entry 
into  this  underground  way  at  Hartington  was  by  a  very 
large  whinstone  in  the  Hart,  called  the  battling  stone, 
from  its  being  used  to  beat  or  battle  the  lie  out  of  webs 
upon,  in  the  bleaching  season.  Some  years  since,  in 
repairing  Hartington  Hall,  and  removing  a  thick  coat  of 
white-wash  from  the  walls  of  the  most  westerly  room  in 
the  second  story,  the  stucco  work  was  found  to  be  or- 
namented with  family  pictures,  one  of  which  some  old 
persons  remembered  to  have  seen  before  it  was  covered, 
and  said  it  was  always  called  Meg  of  Meldon.  JLike  a 
picture  of  the  same  lady,  which  was  at  Seaton  Delaval 
in  1810,  this  was  habited  in  a  round  hat  with  a  large 
brim  tied  down  at  each  ear,  and  in  a  stuff  gown  turned 
up  nearly  to  the  elbows,  with  a  vandyked  sleeve  of 
linen  ;  the  whole  shoulders  were  covered  with  a  thickly 
gathered  ruff  or  frill.  Portraits  said  to  be  of  her  and  her 
husband,  sir  Wm.  Fenwick,  are  preserved  at  Ford  Castle. 
The  traditional  superstitions  of  the  neighbourhood  say 
that,  as  a  retribution  for  her  covetous  disposition  and 
practice  in  unearthly  arts,  her  spirit  was  condemned  to 
wander  seven  years  and  rest  seven  years.  During  the 
season  she  had  to  walk  her  nightly  rounds,  she  was  the 
terror  of  the  country  from  Morpeth  to  Hartington 
Hall.  The  places  of  her  most  usual  resort  were  those 
in  which  she  had  bestowed  her  hoarded  treasure — 
places  she  always  abandoned  after  her  pelf  was  found 
and  turned  to  useful  purposes.  Many  nights  of  watch- 
ing and  penance  are  said  to  have  been  spent  over  a  well 
a  little  to  the  south  east  of  Meldon  Tower,  where  she 
had  deposited  a  bull's  hide  full  of  gold,  which  has  never 
yet  been  discovered,  though  the  present  unbelieving 
generation  can  never  see  the  phantom  of  its  departed 
owner  performing  its  vigils  over  it.  Several  large  for- 
tunes, within  the  last  century,  are  attributed  to  the 
discovery  of  bags  of  her  gold.  The  most  frequent  scene 
of  her  midnight  vagaries  was  about  Meldon  Bridge, 
along  the  battlements  of  which  she  was  often  seen  run- 
ning in  the  form  of  a  little  dog.  But  she  was  Proteus- 
like,  and  appeared  in  a  thousand  forms,  lights,  and 
colours,  flickering  over  the  Wansbeck,  or  under  a  fine 


row  of  beech  trees  by  the  river  side,  in  the  lane  be- 
tween the  bridge  and  Meldon  Park.  One  of  her  most 
favorite  forms  was  that  of  a  beautiful  woman.  The 
people  of  Meldon,  however,  became  so  familiarized 
with  her  appearance,  as  to  say  when  she  passed  them, 
"  there  goes  Meg  of  Meldon."  The  ceiling  of  Meldon 
school-house  once  gave  way  with  the  weight  of  a  bag  of 
her  money,  while  the  master  was  out  at  his  dinner,  and 
the  varlets,  who  were  fortunate  enough  to  be  in,  and 
devouring  the  contents  of  their  satchels  at  the  time, 
had  a  rich  scramble  for  it.  Another  of  her  haunts  was 
in  an  antienl  stone  coffin  on  the  site  of  Newminster 
Abbey,  where  those  who  had  the  gift  of  seeing  ghosts, 
have  seen  her  sitting  in  a  doleful  posture  for  many 
nights  together.  This  coffin  was  called  by  the  country 
people,  the  trough  of  the  Maid  of  Meldon ;  and  water 
found  in  it,  was  a  specific  in  removing  warts,  and 
curing  many  inveterate  complaints.  Such  are  the  fables 
with  which  the  calumny  of  an  ignorant  and  superstitious 
age  aspersed  the  character  and  the  memory  of  a  person, 
who  was  probably  much  more  enlightened  and  virtuous 
than  her  credulous  contemporaries.  So  bad  a  name 
may  not,  however,  owe  all  its  origin  to  the  wickedness 
of  wondering  gossips.  If  she  was,  as  they  say,  a  pitiless, 
money-getting  matron,  she  could  not  be  a  greater  curse 
to  the  poor  of  her  neighbourhood,  than  vain  extrava- 
gant mothers  are  to  their  families.  The  investment  of 
her  fortune  in  the  moitgage  of  Meldon,  and  the  hard 
case  of  young  Heron  being  forced  to  join  in  conveying 
the  antient  seat  and  lands  of  his  ancestors  to  her  son, 
while  they  tell  no  good  tale,  either  for  her  or  the  Fen- 
wick family,  were  circumstances  likely  enough  to  cause 
a  strong  popular  feeling  in  favour  of  the  ousted  heir, 
and  as  strong  a  hatred  to  his  wealthy  oppressors. 

MICHAEL  DE  MELDON,  in  1312,  brought  his  brief 
of  Utrum  vers  un  tenant — (Year  Book,  I.  394)  ;  and  16 
October,  1313,  was  included  in  the  pardon  to  the  earl 
of  Lancaster  and  his  adherents,  for  the  murder  of  Peter 
de  Gaveston.— (Rymer  i.  23,  231.  2nd  Ed.) 

The  Author  is  indebted  to  Mr  Lenox,  of  Meldon, 
and  Mr  Wailes,  of  Meldon  Park,  for  information  respect- 
ing this  parish,  and  civilities  to  himself. 


MELDON    PARISH. 


the  whole  of  it  was  holden  of  the  crown  by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  as 
of  the  manor  of  Mitford.h  The  escheats,  however,  with  respect  to  tenure, 
often  vary,  and  both  in  that  and  other  respects  are  contradictory. 

The  mesne  lord  of  this  manor,  in  1165,  was  John  Fitz-  Simon,  who  held  it 
by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee.1  This  person  often  occurs  as  a  witness 
to  deeds  in  the  Brinkburn  and  Plessy  charters,  and  was  succeeded  in  his  pos- 
sessions by  one  of  the  same  name,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill 
as  holding  "  Meldon  and  Prestwic,"  of  Roger  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  by 
one  knight's  fee  and  a  half  of  the  old  feoffment.  John  Fitz-  Simon  also 
gave  lands  in  "  Whittingham,  Thrownton,  and  Barton,"  to  the  priory  of  Brink- 
burn  ;j  and  19  Hen.  III.,  1235,  a  fine  was  levied  between  John  Fitz-Simon, 
as  petitioner,  and  Michael,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  Con- 
stance and  Maud  de  Flamville,  Alice's  sisters,  as  tenants,  respecting  four  caru- 
cates  of  land  in  Throwinton,  Barton,  and  Glantedon,  two  of  which  were  acknow- 
ledged to  be  the  right  of  the  petitioner.11  From  the  time  of  this  last  John  Fitz- 
Simon,  I  find  no  mention  of  the  mesne  proprietors  of  this  place  till  1360,  when 
Isabella  de  Denom  paid  a  fine  of  100s.  to  the  crown  for  a  licence  to  acquire  cer- 
tain tenements  here,  and  in  Molesden,  in  the  parish  of  Mitford  ;'  and,  in  one 
of  the  inquests  after  her  death,  in  1367,  her  property  here  is  described  as  entail- 
ed upon  her  and  her  heirs  male  by  her  late  husband  William  de  Denom,  with 
remainder  to  their  daughter  Margery,  and  that  it  was  then  in  the  hands  of 
tenants  at  will.  It  seems,  however,  that  she  left  no  surviving  male  issue  ; 
but  that  her  estate  descended  in  shares  to  her  four  daughters  and  their  chil- 
dren, with  whom  all  connection  with  the  future  history  of  this  place  seems  to 
be  broken  off,  excepting  in  the  feeble  link,  which  conveys  the  purparty  of  her 
daughter,  Isabella  de  Riggesby,  to  sir  William  and  sir  John  Heron,  of  Ford, 
before  Isabella  de  Denom's  death,  in  1367  ;m  after  which  time,  it  seems  cer- 
tain that  sir  William  Heron's  son  Thomas,  and  his  descendants,  continued 
upon  it  till  a  mortgage,  in  the  time  of  James  the  First,  put  it  into  the  strong 
gripe  of  the  family  of  Fenwick,  from  whom  it  passed  by  a  co-heiress  to  the 
Radcliffes,  of  Dilston,  earls  of  Derwentwater,  and  from  them  by  forfeiture  to 
the  crown,  by  which  it  was  given  to  the  Governors  of  Greenwich  Hospital, 
the  present  lords  of  Meldon. 

•       .  h  Evid.  7.  '  Lib.  Nig.  331.  J  Brink.  Cart.  fol.  61. 

k  Harl.  MS.  294,  from  Brinkb.  Cart.  fol.  92.  >  III.  ii.  327.  m  Evid.  5,  a,  b,  c. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  E 


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of  t&e  Horfcs  of  JttelUom 


See  p.  3. 


No.  2. — BERTRAM. 


No.  1.— BERTRAM. 


No.  4.— DKNOM. 


No.  6.— HERON. 


No.  9.— RADCLIFFE,  FJENWICK,  &c. 


No.  7. — FINWICI. 


No.  S — CAMBOE. 


No.  5.— DKNOM 


No.  8. — BADCUFFE. 


Contributed  by  the  Rev.  James  Raine,  A.  M.,  Rector  q/  Meldon. 


MELDON    PARISH. DENOM    PEDIGREE. 


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PEDIGREE  OF  DENOM,  OF  MELDON. 

1. — Robert  de  Denom,  whose  son  John  had  a  release,  Ap.  24,  1315,  from  John  de  Cambhou,  of  a  rent  of  20s.  a  year  out  of=p 

the  manor  of  Whittington.— (Evid.  3,  a.) 

I 1 1 — 

2. — i.  John  de  Denom  occurs  as  a  partyr=Margaret ,  who  re-married  to    Sybill,  to  whose  son  William,  his  uncle  Wm, 

to  a  fine  respecting  Ogle,  in  1303. — (II.    John  Gernon. — (Hart.  MS.  224.;          son  of  Robert  de  Denum,  grave  all  his  lands  in 
«.  388.;     He  was  one  of  the  "  men  at  Denum  and  Wellington,  excepting  a  rent  of 

arms"  in  Northumberland,  whose  names  were  returned  into  chancery  in  1314.    12s.  a  year,  which  John  de  Wallington  paid 
— (Colt.  MS.  C.  ii.fol.  56.;     He  died  in  1328,  seized  of  lands,  &c.  in  Offerton,    to  him  out  of  Wallington — (Evid.  3,  b.) 
Pencher-wood,  the  Wodehal  in  West  Herrington,  half  of  Coxhow,  and  Herd- 
wyk  near  Hesylden,  in  co.  Dur. — (Surtees,  i.  192.     See  also  Denum  notes,  beloui.J 

2.  William  de  Denom,  brother  and  heir  of  John-r-Isabella — (See  Surt.  i.  20.}    In  1359,  she  gave  20  marks  to  the  crown 

for  the  manors  of  Cambowes  &  Slikeburne-west,  and  for  other  lands ;  (III. 


de  Denum,  was  60  years  old  in  1328. — (Surt.  i. 
192.;  In  1338,  he  held  some  office  under  the 
prior  of  Durham,  for  which  he  had  a  stipend  of 
40s.  a  year,  for  several  years,  till  1349,  and  for 
which  many  of  his  receipts  are  dated  at  "  Cam- 
bus,"  (Evid.  4;  of  which  ville  bishop  Beaumont 
gave  him  a  sixth  part,  besides  30  acres  of  land 
in  Chabington,  and  lands  in  Cornhall  and  Gose- 
wick,  in  North  Durham. — (Beg.  u.  327,  328.; 
There  is  an  inquest  after  his  death,  dated  in 
1350,  when  he  was  found  to  have  holden  one- 
third  part  of  Cambhous  and  one-half  of  West- 
Slykburne. — (Surt.  i.  192.;  A  person  of  the 
same  name  made  a  considerable  figure  as  a 
statesman  and  a  lawyer,  in  the  beginning  of  the 
14th  century.  Wm  de  Devon  (properly  Denom) 
and  John  de  Duddon  served  in  parliament  for 
Northumberland,  in  1306,  instead  of  John  de 
Vaux  and  Roger  de  Corbet,  who  were  detained 
in  the  county  on  account  of  war. — (Palg.  Writs, 
i.  172.;  In  1312,  he  occurs  as  temporal  chan- 
cellor to  Richard  Kellow,  bishop  of  Durham. — 
(Hutch.  Dur.  i.  322,  Svo.  Ed.)  In  Oct.  1327,  he 
was  joined  with  Henry  Percy  to  negotiate  a 
peace  with  Scotland ;  and  on  Nov.  23,  in  the 
same  year,  was  on  a  commission  for  the  same 
purpose. — (Rot.  Scot.  i.  223. ;  At  the  assizes  at 
Nottingham,  In  1329,  and  at  Derby,  in  1330,  he 
pleaded  for  the  king  under  the  statute  de  quo 
waranto,  William  de  Harle,  at  the  same  times, 
presiding  as  one  of  the  judges. — (Placita  de  q.  u>. 
133,  Ac.  610.  See  also  Harle  pedigree,  II.  i.  239, 
gen.  6.;  In  March,  1333,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  barons  of  the  exchequer  ;  (III.  H.  367; 
in  June,  in  the  same  year,  the  king  sent  him 
on  a  mission  into  Yorkshire,  to  give  the  com- 
missioners for  raising  forces  in  that  county  the 
benefit  of  his  advice ;  (Rot.  Scot.  i.  245;  at  New- 
castle, August  2,  he  was  made  chief  justice  of 
Berwick  ;  and  Oct.  20,  in  consideration  of  his  _ 
being  stationed  there  for  some  time  to  transact  ~~ 
the  legal  affairs  of  the  crown,  the  chamberlain  of  Berwick  had  orders  to  pay  him  all  reasonable  expences  during  his  stay,  and 
in  travelling  between  that  place  and  York.— (Id.  259.)  Numerous  inquests  were  holden,  at  Berwick,  before  him  and  Thomas 
de  Bamburgh,  principally  respecting  forfeited  property— (U.  264,  268.)  His  opinions  and  reasonings  on  cases  reported  in 
the  Year  Books  show,  that  he  was  a  skilful  lawyer  and  a  subtile  casuist. 


a.  326.;  and,  in  the  following  year,  she  paid  100s.  for  a  licence  for  acquiring 
certain  tenements  in  MELDON  and  Molesdon. — (Id.  327.;  There  are  two 
inquests  after  her  death ;  the  first,  holden  in  the  castle  of  Newcastle,  8  Sep. 
1367,  states  the  following  particulars,  viz.  :—  That  she  died  seized  of  lands 
and  tenements  in  Meldon  to  her  and  her  heirs  male  by  her  husband  Wm  de 
Denom  ;  rem.  to  her  daur.  Margery : — That  her  said  husband  died  without 
issue  male :  that  she  held  Meldon  in  capite  by  knight's  service  .  that  the 
lands  there  were  in  the  hands  of  tenants  at  will,  and  yielded  a  rent  of  £4  a 
year :  that  she  was  also  seized  in  fee  of  lands  in  Molesdon,  which  were  par- 
cel of  her  lands  in  Meldon,  and  holden  by  her  in  capite,  and  of  her  by  tenants 
at  will,  and  yielded  a  rent  of  20s.  a  year  :  that  she  held  in  fee  half  the  manor 
of  Riplington,  which  also  was  in  the  hands  of  tenants  at  will,  and  yielded  a 
rent  of  20s.  a  year :  that  she  had  also  in  fee,  a  messuage  and  20  acres  of  land 
in  Chopington :  that  finding  herself  languishing  in  the  grasp  of  death,  she 
ordered  herself  to  be  taken  from  her  manor  house  at  Camboys  to  the  chapel 
there,  for  the  fraudulent  purpose  of  enfeotting  sir  John  de  Strivelyn  and  his 
heirs  in  that  manor,  and  in  lands  in  West  Dichburn  and  Bedlington,  and 
thereby  of  cheating  the  king  of  his  issues  and  profits  out  of  her  estates  in 
these  places — to  which  charge  sir  John  de  Strivelyn,  personally,  at  West- 
minster, answered,  that  the  lands  which  the  inquest  stated  to  be  in  West 
Dichburne,  were  in  West  Slikeburn ;  and  that  Isabella  de  Denom,  in  her 
lifetime,  demised  her  lands  there,  and  in  Chopington  &  Bedlington,  to  him, 
and  to  his  son  John  (who  was  since  dead),  for  the  term  of  their  lives,  with 
rem.  to  Isabella,  daur.  of  Richard  Scot,  and  her  issue ;  rem.  to  Agnes  de 
Dudden,  and  her  heirs,  for  ever;  and  that  they  the  said  sir  John  de  Strivelyn 
and  his  son  John  let  the  said  possessions  to  the  said  Isabella  for  40  years,  at 
£40  a  year,  which  term  was  the  only  interest  she  had  in  them. — (Evid.  6, 
a,  b.)  The  second  inquest  was  also  holden  in  the  castle  of  Newcastle,  in  the 
following  Lent,  and  stated  that  she  held  nothing  in  capite ;  but  that  she  had 
been  enfeoffed  in  the  manors  of  Meldon  and  Riplington  jointly  with  her 
husband,  to  them  and  their  issue  :  that  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  she 
enfeoffed  Richard  Scot  in  these  places,  of  which  she  died  seized  in  fee  and 
right :  that  Meldon  was  holden  of  Robert  Fenwick  by  knight's  service,  and 
the  payment  of  6s.  8d. ;  and  Riplington,  of  Thomas  of  Riplington,  by  fealty, 
and  the  service  of  a  penny  a  year :  and  that  Meldon  was  worth  £4,  and 
Riplington  20s.  a  year  :  that  she  died  on  the  Saturday  after  the  feast  of  the 
Invention  of  the  Holy  Cross  last  past. — (Evid.  5,  c.)  It  is  plain  from  the 
Orignalia,  that  Edw.  III.  in  1368,  put  her  lands  in  Chopington,  West  Sleek- 
burn,  and  Bedlington,  into  the  custody  of  John  de  Strivelyn. — (III,  it.  331.) 


3. — 1.  Edmund  de  Denom.  According  to  the  Heron  pedigree,  Wm  Heron  purchased  lands  at  Thornton,  near  Norham,  &c. 
in  1346,  of  Edward,  son  of  Wm  de  Denom.— (Claus.  Ep'i  Hadf.  2  dors.  2  sch.  rot.  i.  No.  16.)  He  held  the  manor  of  Pespole,  of 
which  he  died  seized  before  1350.  The  inquest  after  his  death  was  in  1353 — (Surt.  i.  20,  192.)  See  an  engraving  of  his  seal : 

2.  ewUHamteson  oMVilHam  de  Denom,  in  1336,  had  a  grant  of  meadow  ground,  called  Milnfordhaugh,  from  John  de  Ogle ; 
and,  in  1344,  released  lands  in  the  same  township  to  Robert  de  Ogle. — (77.  i.  387.) 

1.  Lucy  de  De-    2.  Margery  de  Denom    3.  Christian    4.  Isabella  de  Denom  married  Thomas  de  Riggesby  before  1 
nom     married    married  Richard  Scot,    de     Denom    was  24  years  old  in  1350,  and  occurs  as  a  co-heir  of  Wm  de  Denom  in 
«,    SwcastTe,whowas    marr.  John    1353  and  1359.     She  died  before  1368,  without  issue .Her  husband,  by 
living  in  1368.    (Evid.    de  Galeway.    deed  without  date,  released  to  Wm  de  Menville,  all  their  lands  and  rents 
^f=  =p  in  Pespole,  Eden,  &c.  in  coun.  Dur.  ;  (Sur.  i.  20,  192)  and  she,  by  fine, 

conveyed  the'  reversion  of  a  fourth  part  of  the  manors  of  Meldon  and 
|  Riplington  to' sir  William  and  sir  John  Heron. — (Evid.  5,  c.) 

4.—  Hugh  Gallon,  84  years  old  in  1.  Henry  Scot,  son  and  heir,  aged  17,   1353;  (Evid.  b,  c.)  Robert  Galeway  was  24  years 

1368— (Evid.  5,  c.)     Sold  a  quar-  a  co-heir  of  Edmund  de  Denom.  7^1™^ i,,   i^fii 

ter  of  Pespole  in  1358.—  (Surtees,  2.  Richard  Scot,  jun.  son  and  heir  of  Margery  Scot,  was  30  a  quarter  of  Pespole  in  1^64. 

I,  go.)  years  old  in  1368,  when  he  sold  a  quarter  of  Pespole.—  --(Surt.  i.  20.) 

sflsabella,  dfur^of  Richard  Scot,  and  her  children,  in  remainder  for  West  Slikehurn  after 
the  death  of  John  de  Strivelyn  and  his  son  John. — (Evid.  5,  ft.) 


of  Newcastle. 


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DF.NOM  NOTES.— Master  Adam  de  Denom,  clerk,  In  the  time 
of  Henry  the  Third,  was  witness  to  a  deed  by  which  Guy 
Darrelns  conveyed  several  parcels  of  land  In  Whittonstall  to 
William,  son  of  William  de  Camhowe.  clerk ;  (L.  223)  and 
Master  Adam  de  Denonvis  the  first  witness  to  a  deed,  In  1284, 
respecting  common  of  pasture  in  Capheaton. — (///.  ««'.  81.) 
He  was  probably  a  law-man ;  In  fact,  his  designation,  clerk, 
imports  that  he  was  a  conveyancer. 

Richard  de  Denom  was  a  witness  to  a  deed,  by  which  Hugh 
de  Gosebeck,  a  descendant  of  the  barons  of  Bolam,  released  to 
his  sister's  husband,  Robert  de  Bespol,  all  claim  he  had  to 
lands  in  South  Mlddleton.— (II.  i.  834,  gen.  6,  #  note  *.)  On 
22  Sept.  1278,  he  occurs  as  a  manucaptor  for  John  de  Bel- 
showe. — (Palgraves  Writs,  i.  215.) 

Edward  the  Second,  In  the  17th  year  of  his  reign,  appoint- 
ed John  de  Denum  warden  of  the  castle  of  Horeston,  and 


High  warden,  of  the  king's  chase  and  parks  of  Duffieldfrith. 
—(Abb.  Rot.  Orig.  17  Ed.  2,  Bo.  11.)  In  1887,  the  heir  of  John 
de  Denom  enjoyed  a  rent  of  7s.  out  of  a  tenement  in  Berwick, 
which  he  had  obtained  by  a  grant  from  the  crown  ;  (Id.  492.) 
and,  13  June,  1347,  the  king  issued  a  mandate  to  the  cham- 
berlain of  Berwick  to  restore  to  Catharine  de  Latham,  the 
lands  in  Morthlngton  and  Longformacus,  in  Berwickshire, 
which  Thomas  de  Dalton  and  Margery  his  wife  had  granted 
to  her,  the  reversion  of  which  lands,  after  the  death  of  Agnes 
de  Morthington,  Edward  the  Third  had  granted  to  John  de 
Denom  and  his  heirs,  for  his  good  services,  and  after  his  death 

descended  to  his  sister  and  heir  the  said  Margery  de  Dalton 

(Rot.  Scot.  i.  698.)  John  de  Denom  was  constituted  warden 
of  Berwick,  26  Sep.  1334;  (Id.  281)  and  sheriff  of  Stirling,  3 
Nov.  1335— (Id.  386.) 


Such  is  the  history  of  the  family  of  the  Denoms,  in  which  Meldon  merges 
into  darkness  and  mystery,  till  it  rises  again  in  the  famous  and  powerful 
family  of  the  Herons. 


PEDIGREE  OF  THE  HERONS,  OF  MELDON. 

1.— Sir  Win  Heron,  of  Ford  Castle,  chevalier,  and  sir  John  Heron,  chevalier,  had  a  grant  by  fine  from  Isabella  de  Riggesby,=p 
fourth  daw.  of  William  de  Denom,  of  the  reversion  of  the  fourth  part  of  the  manor  of  Meldon,  which  ought  to  have  reverted 
to  them  and  their  heirs  after  her  death. 


2.— 1.  Sir  John  Heron,    2.  Thomas  Heron,  in  an  inquest  at  Newcastle,  in  1403,-r 
Of  Ford  Castle,  knt.T=    is  called  Tho.  Heron,  senior,  of  Meldon. — (Wallis,  it.  140.) 
A     The  inquest  after  his  death  is  dated  20  Sep.  5  Hen.  IV. 
140 t,  and  sets  forth  that  he  died  seized  in  fee  tail  to 

him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  of  Meldon,  with  its  appurtenances,  a  qudrter  of 
which  is  holden  of  the  king  in  capite  by  knight's  service,  and  three-fourths  of 
Alan  de  Fenwick,  by  a  rent  of  6s.  4d.,  its  value  being  then  £}0  a  year  beyond 
reprizes.  He  also  died  seized  of  a  quarter  part  of  Denom,  and  possessions  in 
"  Walton"  (Whalton),  "  Rofehow"  (Rivergreen),  Thornton,  Fenrother,  and 
Tyrtellngton. "—(///.  U.  264.) ^^ 


3.  Roger  Heron. 

4.  William  Heron,  the  Blind,  whose  great 
grand-daur.  and  heiress  married  sir  John 
Heron,  of  Ford  Castle.     This  sir  William 
resided  at  Simonburne  Castle. 

5.  Walter  Heron,  youngest  son,  married 
Cecilia,  da.  and  heir,  of  John  de  Lisle,  of 
Chipchase,  and  became  the  progenitor  of 
the  Herons  of  that  place. 


3. — Nicholas  Heron  was  proprietor  of  the  tower  of  Meldon,  about  the  year  1416. — (///.  ».  28.)  The  record=f=  2.  Thos.  Heron, 
of  the  proof  of  bis  age,  which  is  in  the  tower  of  London,  is  much  decayed  ;  but  enough  of  it  remains  to  I  jun.  supposed  to 
prove,  that  he  was  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Heron,  deceased,  that  he  was  born  at  Meldon,  baptized  in  the  I  be  living  in  1403. 
church  there,  and  21  years  old  on  the  feast  of  the  conversion  of  St  Paul,  25  Jan.  1407. — (Evid.  6.)  (SeeGen.2,No.2.) 

I — 

4.— Thomas  Heron,  of  Meldon.     This,  and  the  two  following  descents,  are  from  a  skeleton  pedigree,  without  dates,  in=p 
Vincent's  Northumberland. — (Her.  Col.  No.  149,/o/io  23.) i 

5. — Thomas  Heron,  o 


6. — 1.  Roger  Heron,    2.  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon.     Was  this  the  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon,=pMargery,  sister  and  heir 


died  s.  p. 


who  claimed  to  be  heir  to  the  Ford  estates  after  the  death  of  sir  Wm  Heron, 
of  Ford,  8  July,  1535,  aged  59,  leaving  Elizabeth,  his  grand-daughter,  then  3 


years  old,  his  heir  ?  which  Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Carr,  who,  after  a  great  feud  between  him 

and  the  Herons,  eventually  succeeded  to  the  estates  of  his  wife's  grandfather.     Alexander  Heron,  of 

Meldon,  Thomas  Fenwick,  of  Littleharle,  and  John  Dent,  of  Byker,  were  enfeoffed  as  trustees  in 

the  manor  of  Stanton,  by  Margery  Fenwick,  5  Aug.  1535. — (Stanton  Papers.)     Alexander  Heron,  of 

Meldon,  esq.  is  also  in  a  list  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  middle  marches,  in  1550  ;  (///.  ».  246)  was  a 

commissioner  for  inclosures  in  the  same  district  in  1552. — (Border  Laws,  332.)     In  March,  1557, 

Ralph  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  put  him,  and  Gerard  Heron,  of  Rtplington,  in   trust,  for  all  his  manor  of  Stanton,  and  other 

lands. — (Stanton  Papers.) — In  1568,  he  held  the  ville  of  Meldon.  Heron's  Close,  with  certain  lands  in  Morpeth,  Deneham, 

Thropple,  and  Whalton. — (Laws.  MS.fol.  17.)     He  could  not  write  his  name,  as  appears  from  his  making  his  mark  to  an 

order  taken  for  fortifying  the  middle  marches  in  1560. — (Cott.  MS.  Calig.  B.  v.  50.) 


of  sir  Thos.  Gray  ?  She, 
and  her  other  3  sisters, 
sued  their  special  livery 
out  of  the  king's  hands, 
31  Henry  8,  1540.— (A 
book  of  Spec.  Liu.  in  Chap. 
House,  Westm.fol.  84.) 


7. — 1.  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon,  5  Feb.  1590,  enfeoffed 
sir  Wm  Fenwick,  and  others,  in  Meldon,  and  in  lands  in 
Refoe,  Riplington,  Denum,  Whatrton,  Temple  Thornton, 
Heron's  Close,  Fenrother,  Morpeth,  arid  Riding,  for  his 
own  use,  with  remainder  to  his  nephew  Alexander  (son 
and  heir  of  Roger  Heron)  and  to  Margaret  Middleton  his 
wife,  and  their  heirs  male  ;  rem.  to  his  nephew  Robert ; 
rem.  to  Thomas  Heron,  uncle  of  the  said  Alexander  and 
Robert.—  (Raines  MSS.)  He  died  30  Sep.  1598. 
2.  Roger  Heron,  of  Meldon,  against  whom  there  were-p 
proceedings  in  the  spiritual  court  at  Durham  in  1595.  I 
— (Koine's  Test.  144.) 


3.  Thomas  Heron,  uncle  of  Alexander  and  Robert,  is  the  third  in 
the  entail  of  Meldon,  &c.  in  1590. 

1.  Isabella,  daur.  and  co-heiress  of  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon, 
first  wife  of  Robert  Middleton,  esq.   of  Belsay  Castle,   who  died 
about  1590. 

2.  Julian,  wife  of  Anthony  Mitford,  of  Ponteland,  esq.  whose  will 
is  dated    18  July,  1572,  and  inventory  Feb.  13,  1572-3 — (Raines 
Test.  p.  356.) 

8.  Cicely,  daur.  and  sister  of  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon,  wife  of 
Anthony  Hedworth,  second  son  of  John  Hedworth,  of  Harraton, 
esq. — (Surtees's  Durham,  it.  184;  Visit,  of  Durham  in  1575,  Phtlipson's 
edition,  p.  42.) 


MELDON  PARISH. HERON  PEDIGREE. 


17 


Issue  of  Roger  Heron  and 


8.— 1.  Alexander  Heron,  son  &  heir  of  Roger,  and  nepli.  of  Alex.  =Margaret  Middle! on. 
Heron,  who  entailed  Meldon,  5  Feb.  1590.     He  died  in  Newcastle, 


after  his  death  was  taken  at  Morpeth,  26  Sept.  15919,  arid  found  him  die  seized  of  the 
manor  of  Meldon,  Heron's  Close,  near  Fenrother,  Deneham,  half  of  Riplington,  a  tene- 
ment in  Qwalton,  and  another  in  Thornton  ;  arid  that  Robert  Heron,  his  brother  &  heir, 
was  then  upwards  of  23  years  of  age. — (Evid.  7.) 


2.  Robert  Heron,=f=Catharine 

of  Meldon,  broth.  

of  Alexander  Heron,  was  second 
in  the  entail  of  his  uncle  Alex- 
ander, in  1590.  His  will  is  dated 
May  31,  1609,  and  mentions  "  my 
loving  father  Roger  Heron." — 
(Evid.  9.  Seine's  Test.  440.) 


9.— William  Heron,  12  years  and  4  months  old,  Oct.  11,  1609.—  (Evid.  8;  but  see  Evid.  7,  with  which  this  statement,  in  point  of 
time,  does  not  agree.)  There  was  a  decree  in  the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries,  in  1 61 1,  on  the  behalf  of  this  Wm  Heron  airainst 
sir  George  Selby,  knight,  Wm  Selby,  and  sir  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  defendants,  and  another  on  the  same  subject  in 
1612  ;  by  which  decrees  it  appears,  that  Wm  Heron's  friends  contended  that  the  Selbys  and  Fenwicks  held  Meldon  by  fore- 
closure of  mortgage,  and  unjustly.  The  decrees,  however,  set  forth  that  Robert  Heron,  Wm's  father,  mortgaged  his  property 
for  £860 ;  that  the  Selbys  were  seized  of  it  in  trust  for  Wm,  the  second  son  of  sir  Wm  Fenwick,  and  for  Margaret  Selby  his 
wife,  sister  of  sir  George  Selby;  and  then  proceed  to  settle  the  equity  of  redemption  at  £590,  in  Thomas  Lumsden  a  gent 
of  his  majesty's  privy  chamber,  who  had  purchased  the  wardship  of  sir  William  Heron.  This  dispute  was  however  finally 
settled  in  1622,  by  Wm  Heron  being  driven  to  the  necessity  of  joining  the  Selbys  in  conveying  all  right  to  his  antient  patri- 


monial  fields  in  Meldon  to  sir  William  Fenwick. 


OTHER  HERONS  or  MELDON. — Gerard  Heron,  of  Ripling- 
ton,  occurs  in  a  list  of  the  gentlemen  in  the  Middle  Marches, 
in  1550. — fill.  H.  247.)  Thomas  Selby,  of  Biddleston,  esq. 
married  Agnes,  daur.  of  Gerard  Heron,  of  Meldon,  about  the 
year  1584. — (Har.  MS.  1448, /o/.  25.) 

William  Ridley,  of  Tecket,  in  the  parish  of  Simonburne, 
married  a  daughter  of  Heron  of  Meldon  ;  (Calig.  B.  V,  50)  and 


their  grandson  William  Ridley,  of  Westwood,  (near  Coastley, 
in  Hexhamshire  ?)  was  living,  and  married  to  his  2nd  wife, 

Anne,  daughter  of  Mark  Errington,  of  Ponteland,  in  1615 

(Harl.  MS.  1448,  fol.  41.) 

Nicholas  Heron,  of  Meldon,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Robert  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  by  Jane,  daur.  of  John  Mitford,  of 
Seghill.— (Wattis,  U.  312.) 


PEDIGREE  OP  PENWICK,  OP  MELDON.-rSee  Part  II.  Vol.  i.  page  256.; 
1.  Grac«,  a  daur.  and=FSir  William  Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  knt.nr2-  Margaret,  daur.  of  Wm  Selby,  of  Newcastle,  esq.    Her 


co-heiress  of  sir  John  I  Was  knighted  at  Widdrington,  by  Jas.  I. 
Forstei,  of  Edderston,    9  April,  1603.     By  his  will,  dated  3  Dec. 


will  was  dated  2  Nov.  1631  ;  and  an  opinion  upon  an 
extract  from  it  is  amongst  lord  Decies'  papers  at  Bolam. 
— (See  II.  i.  385.)  Was  this  the  famous  MEG  OF  MEL- 
DON, noticed  above,  in  the  Meldon  Miscellanea  ? 


knight.  I  1612,  he  gave  to  his  second  sort  Wm,  his 

"  lordship  of  Meldon,  Heron's  Close,  arid  the 

Lee-houses;  a  rent  of  40s.   a  year  out  of  West  Whelpington  ;  the 
parsonage  of  Hartburn,  excepting  the  tythes  of  North  Mlddleton ;  land  of  the  yearly  rent  of  6s.  8d.  in  Kirkwhelpington, 
and  of  the  same  rent  in  Gunnerton,  to  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever. 

f 


1.  Sir  John  Fenwicke,     1.  Isabella,  only=F2.  Sir  William  Fenwick,=2.  Elizabeth,  third    3.  Roger  Fenwick,    1.  Elizabeth,  w 
of  Walliugton. (See    dau.  and  heiress    -*—-"—  ----- -     —  -•-  "J—       -  -  • 


//.  i.  256,  gen.  I0.)=r      of    sir     Arthur 

/K       Grey,   of    Spiri- 

dleston,  knt.  by 

Margaret,  daughter  of  Anthony  Bulmer, 
of  Thursdale,  county  of  Durham. 


of  Meldon,  was  under  age    daur.   of  sir  Ed  w.    of  Shortflat,  marr.    of  sir  Claudius 
in  1612;  was  knighted  at    Radcliff,  of  Dilston    Margaret,  daur.  of    Forster,  knt. 
Cavers,    In    Scotland,    by    and     Spindleston ;    sir  Wm  Blakiston,    2.  Dorothy,  w. 
James  I.  in  1616;  occurs    aged  5,  in  1626  :-—    of  Gibside,  co.  Dur.    to   Cut  lib.    lie- 
as  of  Meldon,  in  a  list  of   married  2ndly,  sir    at    Whickham,     6    ron,    of   Chip- 
Northumberland    jurors    Robert  Slingsby,  of    Feb.  1626.   In  May,    chase,  esq 
in  1628.— (Sivinb.  MSS.  Hi.    Nowsells,  coun.  of    1636,    udministra-    8.  Anne. 
87.)     He  distinguished  himself  as  a  loyalist  in  the  civil  wars,  for    Hertf.    by    whom    tion  to  the  goods  of    4.  Margaret, 
which,  Cromwell's  parliament,  Nov.  2,  (that  evil  day),  in  1652,    she  had  a  daughter    Rog.  Fenwick,  late    5.  Mary. 
"  Resolved  that  the  name  of  sir  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Meldon,  knight,    Elizabeth,  who,  as    of    Shortflat,    was 
be  inserted  into  the  additional  bill  for  the  sale  of  several  lands  and    well  as  hermother,    granted  to  Robt.  Watson,  of  Walling- 
estates  forfeited  to  the  Commonwealth  for  Treason." — (Jour.  H.  C.    then  a  widow,  was    ton,  for  the  use  of  Margt.  Fenwick, 
vij.   652.)      But  a  memorandum  in  Harl.  MS.  No.    1372,  fol.   7,    living  in  1668.  widow,  and  of  Wm,  Roger,  Margt. 

shews  that  he  was  dead  on  May  29,  in  that  year ;  and  the  register  and  Mary  Fenwick,  their  children, 

of  St  Andrew,  Hoi  born,  has  the  following  entry  : — "  Sir  William  all  under  age. — (Maine's  Test.   228.)^ 

Fenwick,  knight,  from  the  further  end  of  Graye's  Inn  Lane,  was 

buried  the  31st  May,  1652."  The  sequestration  of  his  property,  and  the  proceedings  against  him  by  parliament,  probably 
railed  him  to  London,  and  the  tender  mercies  of  Cromwell  and  his  elect  being  too  heavy  a  burden  for  him,  shortened  his 
days.  He  made  no  will.  A  full-length  figure,  cut  in  coarse  sandstone,  and  remaining  within  the  altar  rails  of  Meldon 
church,  is  supposed,  but  on  what  authority  I  know  not,  to  be  an  effigy  of  him  :  it  is  in  plate  armour,  the  head  bare,  resting 
on  the  left  arm,  and  the  hair  long  and  curled.  A  portrait  of  him,  in  a  white  vest,  playing  with  a  monkey,  painted  on  wood, 
probably  by  Jameson,  was  at  Ford  Castle,  in  1813,  and  called  by  the  people  of  the  place,  admiral  George  Delaval :  it  wasi 

formerly  at  Dlssington. — (Ra.  Spearman's  notes.)  

1       I  I       I    I     I 

1.  MARY  FENWICK,  eldest  daur.  and  co- heiress,  married  firstly,  1.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  By  well,  eldest  son,  was  second  in 
sir  Andrew  Young,  of  Bourne,  near  Selby,  Yorks.  knt.  who  the  entail  made  by  his  grandmother  Margaret  Selby,  of  lands 
died  s.  p.  ;  (Harl.  MS.  4630,  fol.  730)  secondly,  sir  Thomas  in  Bolam,  to  which  he  succeeded  on  the  death  of  his  younger 
Longneville,  of  Wolverton,  co.  Bucks,  a  bart.  of  Nova  Scotia,  brother  Roger.  In  his  lifetime,  he  gave  Bolam  to  his  son 
by  whom  she  had  issue.  She  was  living  7  May,  1656,  when  a  Roger. — (Bolam  papers.) 

division  of  Scremeraton  was  made ;  (Deeds  penes  J.  Ellis,   Esq.    2.  ROGER  FENWICK  had  by  his  grandmother,  Margt.  Selby's 
Otterburn   Castle}    but  died  before  her  second  husband ;    who    will,  lands  at  Bolam  ;  but  died  without  issue,  whereupon  his 
married  2ndly,  Catharine,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  judge    Bolam  property  went  to  his  brother  William. 
Payton,  of  Knowlton,  in  the  county  of  Kent.  8  &  4.  MARGARET  and  MART  FENWICK,  both  under  age  in, 

S.  DOROTHY  FENWICK,  third  daur.  and  co-heiress  of  sir  Wm    May,  1636. 


PART  II.  VOL.   II. 


18  MORPETH    DEANERY.  -  CASTLE    WARD,    W.    D. 


Continuation  of  issue  of  sir  Wlllinin  Fenwick  and  Isabella  Grey. 


ick,  of  Meldon,  married  Edward  Moore,  of  Bankhall,  co.  Lam-aster,  between  the  year  1662  and  7  May,  1656,  when  she 
i>e  manor  of  Hallington,  Hallington  Mill,  and  the  south  part  of  Si-remerston,  allotted  as  her  purparty  of  her  father* 


Fenwl 

had  the  mai 

estates. — (Cart,  penes  Ellis,  ut  Supra.) 


the    battle  of  Melton-Mowbray,  in    the  ing  in  1657.                                    In  1663,  he  was  assessed  for  Meldon,  in  the  county 

year  1644  1  rate>  at  £loO. — (///.  i.  324. )» 

'    i '• I 1    i    I    i r— r— i — i 

Isabella  only  daughter  and  heir,  married  Edward  Radcliffe,  second  earl  or=rLady  Mary  Tudor,    Four  other  sons  and  4  daurs. 

sir  John  Swinburne,  of  Capheaton,  bart.  Derwentwater,  eldest  son  &  h;    n.  d.  of  king •Chas. 


—(See  under  Capheaton,  II.  i.  233,  gen.  15.)    married  18  Aug.  1687 ;  died  29 
=T=  Ap.  1705 ;  buried  in  the  chapel 

at  Dilston. 


II.  ;  born  16  Oct.  1673;  married  2ndly,  Henry 
Graham,  of  Levens,  co.  Westm.  esq.  ;  and  Sdly, 
James  Kooke,  esq.  whom  she  survived ;  but  died 
at  Paris,  Nov.  5,  1725. 

James  Radcliffe,  third  earl  of  Derwentwater,  &c. ;  born  28=Anna  Maria,  eldest  daur.  of  sir  John  Webb,  of  Canford,  coun. 
June,  1689;  reluctantly  engaged  in  the  Rebellion  of  1715,  for  Dorset,  bart.  Marriage  settlements  dated  24  June,  1712;  died 
which  he  was  beheaded  24  Feb.  1716.  His  estates  were  con-  30  Aug.  1723,  aged  30  ;  buried  at  Louvaine. — (See  in  II.  i.  p. 
sequently  confiscated ;  and,  in  1723,  advertised  in  the  London  226.  Letters  176,  c,  $c.}  Lord  Derwentwater,  to  avoid  any 
Gazette,  to  be  sold  under  authority  of  an  act  of  parliament ;  intercourse  with  the  rebels,  in  1715,  is  said  to  have  privately 
but,  ten  years  after,  a  committee  of  the  house  of  commons,  withdrawn  from  his  residence  at  Dilston,  and  concealed  him- 
tindtng  that  the  bargains  for  them  had  been  nefariously  con-  self  in  Mr  Bacon's  house  at  Low  Staward  for  sevend  days, 
eluded,  and  never  lawfully  perfected,  government  resumed  but  not  long  enough  to  prevent  his  being  enlisted  under  the 
possession  of  them  ;  (Reports  of  Commons'  Committees,  i.  35.3,  Sfc.)  rebel  standard  ;  for,  supposing  that  the  storm  of  the  insur- 
and,  in  1732,  passed  "  an  act  for  making  void  the  several  con-  rection  had  passed  southwards,  and  that  all  was  quiet  and 
tracts  for  the  sale  of  the  estate  of  James,  late  earl  of  Derwent-  serene  at  home,  he  returned  to  Dilston,  where  he  found  seve- 
water,  to  William  Smith,  esquire;  and  also  of  an  annuity  of  ral  of  the  chevalier's  friends,  and  by  their  persuasions,  and 
£200  during  the  life  of  Chas.  Radcliffe,  and  the  arrears  thereof  especially  by  the  bitter  taunts  and  reproaches  of  his  wife,  for 
to  Matthew  White,  esquire,  and  the  several  conveyances  made  concealing  himself,  and  refusing  to  support  the  cause  of  his 
In  pursuance  of  the  same."  This  act  also  provided  for  a  new  own  family,  he  pledged  his  word  to  join  them.  He  could  riot 
sale  of  the  premises  to  be  made,  by  direction  of  the  Court  of  bear  to  have  his  honour  arid  his  courage  called  in  question  ; 
Exchequer ;  (Stat.  5  Geo.  II.  p.  887,  415)  but,  in  1735,  "  an  and,  rather  than  continue  the  object  of  a  woman's  scorn, 
act"  was  passed  "  for  the  application  of  the  rents  and  profits  of  madly  rushed  into  an  enterprize  in  which  he  sacrificed  his  life 
the  estates  forfeited  by  the  attainder  of  Jas.  earl  of  Derwent-  and  fortune, 
water  and  Chas.  Radcliffe,"  which  vested  them  "  in  the  com- 
missioners or  governours"  of  Greenwich  Hospital,  towards  completing  and  building  that  hospital,  and  towards  "  the  better 
maintence  of  the  seamen  of  the  said  hospital,  worn  out  and  decripit  in  the  service  of  their  country."— (Stat.  8  Geo.  II.  p. 
699,  707.)  In  the  rental  of  lord  Derwent  water's  estates,  as  published  for  their  snle,  in  July,  1723,  the  Meldon,  and  some 
contiguous  property,  stands  in  the  following  manner: — Ralph  Wood,  Needless-hall,  £100 ;  Robert  Twizle,  Whittles  and  Lee 
Houses,  £25  ;  Ralph  Wood,  the  Tythe  of  Hartburn  Grange,  £55  ;  Stephen  Tone,  Meldon  Park,  £71  10s.  ;  John  Tone,  £54  5s. ; 
Mary  Dunn,  £54  5s. 

*  "  The  20th  of  November,  attending  at  Theobald's,  to  deliver  his  majesty  a  petition,  his  majesty,  in  his  princely  care  of  me,  by  means  of  the 
honourable  lord  admiral,  had,  before  my  coming,  bestowed  on  me,  for  the  supply  of  my  present  relief,  the  making  of  a  knight  baronet,  which  I 
afterwards  passed  under  the  broad  seal  of  England  for  one  Francis  Ratcliff,  of  Northumberland,  a  great  recusant  (father  to  the  first  earl  of 
Derwentwater),  for  which  I  was  to  have  £700 ;  but  by  reason  sir  Arnold  Herbert  (a  gentleman  pensioner)  who  brought  him  to  me,  played  not 
fair  play  with  me,  I  lost  some  £30  of  my  bargain."—  (Pette'i  Diary,  20  Nov.  1619J^J.  K, 

MELDON  TOWER. — I  have  seen  no  description  of  the  manor-house  of  Mel- 
don. In  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth  it  was  called  the  "  tower  of  Meldon," 
and  was  the  property  of  Nicholas  Heron.  A  tablet  preserved  in  the  church, 
and  bearing  the  arms  and  crest  of  Fenwick,  with  a  crescent  for  the  second 
son,  and  the  inscription  W.  F.  1620,  probably  refers  to  some  additions  made 
to  this  house,  when  sir  William  Fenwick  removed  to  it  from  Hartington.  It 
stood  at  the  corner  of  a  hedge  about  150  yards  south-east  of  the  church,  and 
partly  in  two  fields,  where  there  are  strong  remains  of  the  walls  of  vaults  or 
cellars  60  feet  long  and  15  wide  within.  A  wide  and  covered  sewer  ran  from 
it  to  the  north.  There  are  also  strong  traces  of  the  remains  of  walls  and 
buildings  on  the  top  of  the  hill  just  south  of  the  site  of  the  church,  and  west 


MELDON    PARISH. CHURCH.  19 

of  that  of  the  tower,  to  which  last  building  they  probably  in  a  great  measure 
served  as  the  barmkin  arid  offices.  No  traces  of  the  grove  of  sycamore  trees 
in  which  it  stood  are  now  remaining,  excepting  a  few  mouldering  stumps ; 
and  of  the  orchards,  of  which  there  were  appearances  till  within  the  last  few 
years,  not  a  "  rack"11  is  "  left  behind." 

THE  CHURCH  of  Meldon,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  is 
a  humble  edifice  on  the  most  elevated  knoll  in  the  parish,  and  has  suffered 
little  in  its  form  by  time,  accident,  or  the  hand  of  innovation  since  it  was  first 
built,  its  original  walls  being  still  plumb  and  in  good  repair.  It  is  an  uni- 
form, oblong  square,  28  feet  by  15  within,  the  cancellated  space  for  the  altar 
table  being  slightly  raised  above  the  level  of  the  floor  of  the  pewed  part :  the 
font  is  on  a  similar  platform  behind  the  great  door  in  the  west  end.  The 
chancel  door  has  a  coffin-shaped  head.  The  great  door  on  the  south  has  a 
pointed  arch  way,  and  has  had  a  baptismal  door  of  similar  size  and  form  on 
the  north,  long  since  walled  up.  All  the  windows  have  pointed  heads,  and 
that  in  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  has  had  three  lights,  the  stone  mullions  of 
which  were  taken  away  only  lately,  to  admit  a  window  with  wooden  frames. 
In  1599,  the  church  was  ruinous  and  unslated  ;  and  in  the  beginning  of  the 
last  century,  in  the  same  condition.0  At  present  it  is  covered  with  free-stone 
slate,  but  unceiled  ;  and  its  bell  turret  has  either  never  been  finished,  or  has 
lost  the  usual  ball  and  triangular  head  of  such  erections,  nothing  of  it  remain- 
ing but  the  bare  stones  of  its  arch.  The  perpetual  advowson  of  this  church 
was  given  by  Roger  Bertram,  its  supposed  founder,  to  Robert  Stichhill, 

n  Rack,  in  this  famous  passage  of  Shakespeare's  Tempest,  has  been  strangely  misinterpreted. 
Rann,  however,  has  exercised  the  same  sagacity  and  happy  simplicity  over  this  word  that  he  has 
done  over  the  other  parts  of  the  works  of  the  Great  Dramatist  which  he  has  edited.  He  interprets 
it  track,  vestige;  and  quotes  Timon  of  Athens — Act  1,  sc.  1, — "  Leaving  no  tract  behind." 
My  MS.  provincial  glossary  furnished  Mr  Brocket!  with  a  similar  illustration ;  and  in  addition  to 
what  is  there  stated  I  may  add,  that,  when  I  was  a  boy  in  Westmorland,  we  called  any  scratches 
on  windows  or  tables,  ranks ;  the  furrows  made  by  the  wheels  of  carriages,  cart-racks ;  and  the 
ways  from  each  house  or  hamlet  out  of  the  dales  to  the  peat  grounds  and  sheep-walks  on  the  fells, 
rakes,  a  sense  in  which  that  word  is  found  in  the  Border  Survey  in  1542, — "  Upon  the  said 
Elterburne  we  did  p'ceyve  and  see  two  brode  waies  or  rakes  comonly  used,  occupied,  and  wome 
w01  cattal  broughte  out  of  Scotland,  &c."  —  (III.  ii.  177.)  The  keelmen  on  the  Tyne  also  call  the 
different  straight  lines  in  the  course  of  that  river,  racks;  as  the  Bill-rack ;  the  Hebburn-rack ; 
which  modern  refinement  has  corrupted  into  reaches. 

0  See  Meld.  Misc.  under  Presentments. 


20  MORPETH    DEANERY. CASTLE    WARD,    W.    D. 

bishop  of  Durham,  and  to  his  successors,  together  with  one  toft,  a  croft,  and 
their  appurtenances,  in  "  Molestone,"  which  adjoined  the  ground  of  sir  Wm. 
Daubenis,  besides  an  acre  of  his  demain  land  on  the  east  side  of  the  same 
village,  and  in  the  culture  called  "  Banrige ;""  for  which  grant  he,  and  his 
ancestors,  and  heirs  were  to  enjoy  the  perpetual  participation  of  the  prayers, 
"  beneficia,"  and  alms,  which  the  bishop,  his  successors,  and  brethren  should 
make  in  the  church  of  Durham."  The  Hundred  Rolls  also  notice  that  Roger 
Bertram  sold  to  the  parson  of  Meldon  two  acres  of  arable  ground  and  one 
toft  in  Molesden.q  On  the  2.3rd  of  March,  1277,  Robert  de  Lisle,  Stichhill's 
successor  in  the  see  of  Durham,  gave  to  the  monks  there  the  advowson  of  this 
church,  and  the  before-mentioned  lands  in  "  Mollesdone,"  in  exchange  for 
their  turn  of  presentation  to  the  church  of  Wald-Newton  in  the  diocese  of 
Lincoln/  After  this,  namely  on  the  23rd  Dec.  1310,  much  jangling  and 
dispute  having  arisen  between  the  rector  of  Mitford  and  the  incumbent  of 
Meldon,  or  perhaps  more  properly  between  the  priories  of  Durham  and 
Lanercost,  whether  or  not  this  foundation  was  a  chapel  to  Mitford  church,* 
the  prior  and  convent  of  Lanercost,  as  patrons  of  Mitford,  recognized  Meldon 
to  be  a  parochial  mother  church,  to  have  its  own  certain  and  proper  metes 
and  bounds,  right  of  tithes,  and  all  other  evidences  of  a  mother  church,  to  be 
in  no  way  subject  to  the  church  of  Mitford,  and  that  the  prior  and  convent 
of  Durham  were  the  true  patrons  of  it ;  and  two  days  after  this  recognition, 
they  entered  into  a  bond  to  pay  to  the  monks  of  Durham  £200,  under  the 
name  of  damages  and  costs,  within  two  months  after  they,  the  said  prior  and 
convent  of  Lanercost,  were  in  peaceful  possession  of  the  church  of  Mitford  ; 
and  £200  more  as  a  subsidy  to  the  crusades.1  In  pope  Nicholas*  tax- 
ation in  1291,  it  is  valued  at  £6  Os.  9d.  a  year;  and  in  1317,  is  returned  as 
of  no  value,  being  like  the  other  churches  in  the  arch-deaconry  "  penitus 
exilia  T:  destructa."  In  the  same  year,  an  inquest  on  the  right  of  patronage 
to  it,  and  on  other  matters  respecting  it,  was  taken  under  the  oaths  of  thir- 
teen clergymen  of  the  arch-deaconry,  when  it  was  again  found  that  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham  were  its  true  patrons,  that  its  usual  annual  value  was 
£6  13s.  4d.,  and  that  it  was  not  pensionary,  nor  was  there  any  dispute  exist- 
ing respecting  it.u  The  prior  and  convent  of  Durham,  as  appears  by  the 

PJIL  ii.  49,  51.  1 1TT.  i.  116.  '  III.  ii.  51,  53.  s  Evid.  12. 

4  III.  ii.  53,  56.  «  Evid.  13. 


RIVERGREEN,    EXTRA-PAROCHIAL. BOUNDARIES.  21 

bursar's  rolls  of  their  house,  paid  the  expence  of  holding  this  inquest,  pro- 
bably for  the  express  purpose  of  having  the  record  of  its  proceedings  regis- 
tered, so  that  in  case  of  future  altercation  on  the  subject,  they  could  show  that 
the  patronage  of  this  church  was  indisputably  vested  in  them.  Cromwell's 
parliamentary  survey,  now  at  Lambeth,  describes  it  in  the  following  man- 
ner : — "  The  towne  of  Meldon,  being  an  entire  parsonage  of  itselfe,  worth 
thirteene  pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  per  annum,  and  a  little  hamlet 
called  Rivergreene,  may  fitly  be  united  to  the  said  parish  of  Mitford  for 
augmentation  of  the  allowance."  This  living  has  been  augmented  by  a  bene- 
faction of  £200  given  by  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham  in  1743,  and  by 
£200  awarded  to  it  by  the  governors  of  queen  Anne's  bounty,  with  which 
sums  about  37  acres  of  land  were  purchased  at  Snitter  and  Sandilands  in  the 
parish  of  Rothbury.  In  1822,  lord  Crewe's  trustees  gave  to  it  a  benefaction 
of  £200,  which  procured  £300  from  queen  Anne's  bounty  and  the  par- 
liamentary grants ;  this  sum  of  £500  has  not  yet  been  laid  out  in  lands. 
Besides  which  sources  of  revenue,  the  rectors  of  this  place  had  for  nearly  two 
centuries  been  in  the  receipt  of  an  annual  payment  of  £13  6s.  8d.  called  a 
prescribed  rent,  due  half-yearly  at  Martinmas  and  Pentecost,  and  of  8s.  9yd. 
a  year  due  for  tenths,  which  sums  were  paid  by  the  lords  of  the  manor  as  a 
sort  of  moduses  in  lieu  of  all  the  tithes  of  the  parish  ;v  but  Mr  Raine, 
the  present  incumbent,  having  met  with  a  mass  of  evidence  collected  by 
Mr  Charles  Pye,  who  became  rector  here  in  1695,  and  other  authentic  docu- 
ments, which  showed  that  the  payment  of  £13  6s.  8d.  was  a  mere  modern 
composition,  referred  his  case  to  the  governors  of  Greenwich  Hospital,  who 
being  assured  by  their  legal  advisers,  Sir  James  Scarlett,  Mr  Roupel,  and 

Dr that  Mr  Raine's  claims  were  fully  made  out,  conceded  to  him 

the  right  of  tilhe  on  all  produce  annually  growing  and  accruing  throughout 
their  estates  in  the  parish. 

RIVERGREEN,  antiently  called  REVEHO  w,  that  is,  the  Bailiff 'or  Steward's 
Hill™  is  a  district  in  the  enjoyment  of  extra-parochial  privileges;  and  is 
bounded  by  the  Wansbeck  on  the  north,  by  the  parish  of  Mitford  on  the  east, 

T  Papers  penes  J.  Ellis,  Esq.,  Otterburn  Castle. 

*  Ire-j\ej:a  hou,  means  the  ruler's  hill,  in  which  sense  the  word  reeve  is  still  in  use  in  such  words 
as  sheriff,  i.  e.  shire-reeve,  borough-reeve,  &c.  When  this  place  was  first  built  upon  by  the 
barons  of  Mitford,  it  was  probably  made  the  residence  of  their  steward. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  G 


gg  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,   W.  D. 

Whaltori  on  the  south,  and  Meldon  on  the  west.  It  contains  by  estimation 
about  four  hundred  and  sixty  acres  ;  and,  in  1821,  its  population  consisted  of 
about  ten  families  arid  fifty-one  persons,  inhabiting  eight  houses.  It  has  a 
water-mill  upon  it  on  the  Wansbeck,  and  was  formerly  divided  into  two 
farms,  which  are  now  occupied  by  one  tenant.  In  1740,  "  a  very  good 
earthenware  manufactory,  the  best  in  the  north,"  was  advertized  to  be  let 
here  ;x  and,  two  years  after,  Matthew  White,  esq.,  of  Blagdon,  advertized 
two  farms  of  land  at  Rivergreen,  with  lime  and  coaly  upon  them.z 

The  ancient  history  of  this  interesting  and  retired  spot  is  involved  in  con- 
siderable obscurity.  Walter  de  Cambo,  in  1277,  had  a  grant  of  free  warren 
in  Revehow,  of  which  privilege  he  was  in  the  enjoyment  in  1294.a  Sir  Robert 
de  Herle,  who  died  in  38  Edw.  III.  1364,  had  lands  and  tenements  "  in 
Botteland  and  Revehow."b  In  1404, '  Thomas  Heron  died,  seized  of  it,  Mel- 
don, and  other  possessions;  and  his  successor,  Alexander  Heron,  in  1590, 
entailed  it  and  other  property  upon  his  nephew,  Alex.  Heron  and  others,  as 
is  shown  in  the  Heron  pedigree  under  Meldon.  All  these  notices,  and 
especially  the  decision  of  the  jury — that  Walter  de  Cambo  had  exercised  free 
warren  here  from  1277  to  1294 — give  to  Rivergreen  the  features  of  a  lay  pos- 
session. Other  accounts,  however,  reckon  it  among  the  possessions  of  the 
priory  of  Brinkburn,  of  which  it  is  said  to  have  been  holden  by  the  annual 
payment  of  a  pair  of  gloves.  Its  name  certainly  does  not  occur  in  any  early 

x  Newcastle  Courant,  16th  Feb.  1740. 

>  On  the  Meldon  ground,  and  close  upon  the  Rivergreen  boundary,  is  a  house,  called  the 
Clay-house,  where  considerable  quantities  of  stratified  blue  clay  were,  within  the  last  forty  years, 
worked  and  sent  to  Gateshead  for  glass-house  pg.ts.  The  limestone  stratum  here  is  about  four  feet 
thick,  and  may  be  seen  in  an  old  quarry  near  the  Meldon  boundary,  and  halfway  between  Riyergreen- 
hall  and  the  Wansbeck.  Some  think  that  this  is  the  same  stratum  as  the  one  at  Angerton,  and 
on  the  banks  of  the  Wansbeck,  in  Meldon  Park.  A  similar  stratum  also  appears  in  the  bed 
of  the  Hart,  between  Angerton  Broom-houses  and  Temple  Thornton.  The  coal  works  are  sup- 
posed to  have  been  in  the  banks  to  the  west  of  the  mill.  The  clay  for  the  Pottery  was  certainly 
mined  there,  and  the  kilns  of  the  manufactory  were  on  the  knoll  on  which  the  garden-house  stands. 
The  garden  itself  was  one  of  the  first  nursery  grounds  in  the  north,  and  was  occupied  by  one 
Walter  Turnbull.  The  limestone  bed,  which  has  been  worked  in  the  banks  between  the  mill  and 
the  garden-house,  passes  into  the  Molesden  boundary,  where  it  has  also  been  worked,  and  then 
crosses  the  Wansbeck  a  little  below  the  mill. 

2  Newcastle  Courant,  4th  Jan.  1746. 
«  Meldon  Evid.  No.  1 ;   and  III.  i.  166.  b  II,  i.  240 ;  III.  i.  82. 


RIVERGREEN,   EXTRA-PAROCHIAL. PROPRIETORS    OF.  23 

list  of  the  lands  of  that  house  which  I  have  seen,  not  even  in  the  register  of 
Brinkburn  at  Stowe ;  but  it  is  the  only  township  within  the  circuit  of  the 
barony  of  Mitford,  which  is  not  clearly  accounted  for,  as  either  belonging  to 
the  Bertrams  of  that  place,0  or  to  some  ecclesiastical  institution  prior  to  the 
year  1240.  Was  it  not  a  possession  of  the  Knights  Hospitallers,  and  does  it 
not  occur  in  the  erroneous  form  of  Roshon,  for  Rofhou  or  Refhou,  in  the 
Northumberland  list  of  the  places  belonging  to  that  highly  privileged  order, 
in  the  quo  warranto  pleadings  at  Newcastle,  in  1294  ?d  The  situation  of 
Roshon  there,  between  Whalton  and  Mitford,  points  out  its  identity  with 
Rivergreen  ;  and  the  extra-parochial  privileges  of  this  place,  and  the  omission 
of  its  name  in  the  possessions  of  Roger  Bertram,  in  1240,  are  indications  of 
an  antient  elemosinary  tenure.  Might  not  the  right,  which  the  prior  of 
Brinkburn  claimed  here,  be  some  interest  delegated  to  him  by  the  knights 
of  Malta  1  It  is  certain  that  a  grant  in  the  Court  of  Exchequer,  27th 
June,  25  Eliz.,  conveyed  to  Ralph  Delaval  lands  and  a  water-mill  at  Reve- 
hou,  in  Meldon,  late  possessions  of  the  dissolved  monastery  of  Brinkburn, 
which  lands  had  been  clandestinely  holden  by  Alexander  Heron.  The 
annual  rent  of  the  lands  to  the  queen  was  26s.  8d.  and  of  the  mill  13s.  4d. 
The  Heron  clan  resisted  Delaval's  entry  by  force  of  arms,  and  beat  off 
the  sheriff  in  a  regular  battle  ;  in  consequence  of  which,  a  decree  was 
issued  out  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer,  the  main  purport  of  which  was 
to  order  the  delinquents  to  be  brought  up,  for  opposing  the  royal  man- 
date.0 After  this,  Ralph  Delaval  conveyed  his  property  here  to  his  brother 
Joshua,  who  resided  upon  it,  and  by  his  will  proved  28th  Sept.  1614/  left  it, 
subject  to  certain  incumbrances,  to  his  "  grandchild  Robert  and  his  heirs  for 
ever,  upon  condition  that  he  made  no  claim  to  the  tithes  of  Bolam,"  which 
were  purchased  in  his  name,  but  for  his  said  grandfather's  use.  In  1663,  it 
belonged  to  Mr  William  Wallis,  of  Newcastle,  who  was  a  mercer  and  mer- 

CIII.  i.  207.  d  HI.  i.  130. 

e  Records  in  the  Auditor  of  Land  Rev.  Office,  Lon.  vol.  6.  fol.  99,  and  Martin's  Index,  "  Com. 
ad  supervidend.  terr.  voc.  Revehowe  parcel,  nuper  dissolut.  monaster.  de  Brenckborne.  P.  28. 
Eliz.  Book  of  Commissions."  The  20th  vol.  of  the  Aud.  of  Land  Rev.  Office  Records,  at  fol.  94, 
also  contained  the  record  of  some  transaction  respecting  the  parish  of  Meldon,  but  is  missing. 

f  The  inventory  to  his  goods,  &c.  was  made  by  Gavven  Aynsley,  of  Aynsley,  gent.,  and  others ; 
and  mentions  "  fower  score  gotes  with  sixtene  kids  prised  to  £13  6s.  8d." 


24  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

chant  adventurer,  and  died  23rd  Sept.  1664.  From  him  it  went  by  will  to 
his  posthumous  son  William,  who  died  llth  Jan.  1689,  aged  23,  having  pre- 
viously entailed  Rivergreen  upon  his  nephew  Robert,  son  of  Robert  Lisle,  of 
Hazon,  by  Elizabeth,  sister  of  the  second  William  Wallis.g  Robert  Lisle,  by 
will  dated  in  1722,  left  all  his  lands  unnamed  to  his  brother  Thomas.  In 
1746,  this  place,  on  account  of  his  advertizing  it  to  be  let  to  farm,  would 
appear  to  have  belonged  to  Matthew  White,  of  Blagdon,  esquire ;  and  at 
present  is  the  property  of  his  grandson  and  successor  Sir  Matthew  White 
Ridley,  of  Blagdon,  baronet.  The  mansion-house  here,  which  was  for  several 
years,  in  the  last  century,  the  residence  of  Thomas  Middleton,  esq.,  is  now 
occupied  by  the  person  who  farms  the  whole  estate,  excepting  the  mill  and 
garden-house,  and  is  a  building  in  the  style  of  the  17th  century.  It  stands  on 
the  side  of  the  woody  lane  which  leads  from  Meldon  to  Molesden.  A  farm 
house,  to  the  south  of  it,  and  belonging  to  the  estate,  is  called  Penny-hill. 
Some  accounts  say,  that  the  whole  estate  belonged  to  Mr  Middleton,  who 
sold  it  under  singular  but  advantageous  covenants  to  the  Whites.  The  mill 
is  on  a  sequestered  haugh,  about  a  mile  to  the  north-east  of  the  house,  and 
has  near  it  the  old  cottage  of  Rivergreen  Pottery,  now  called  the  Garden- 
house^  which  stands  in  a  fine  old  orchard,  and  is  occupied  by  the  wood- 
man of  the  estate.  This  is  one  of  the  lovely  and  lonely  spots  with 
which  the  sides  of  the  Wansbeck  abound.  The  mill,  the  river,  the  flowery 
haugh,  the  old  orchard  and  its  cosey  and  sheltered  cottage — and  all  these 
girt  around  with  shaggy  and  wooded  banks,  and  enlivened  with  the  miller 
and  the  woodman's  families,  form  a  panorama,  which  wants  nothing  but  some 
such  picturesque  accompaniments,  as  it  once  had  in  its  patriarch  Joshua 
Delaval,  and  his  four  score  goats  and  sixteen  kids,  to  make  it  a  subject,  by 
the  magic  of  some  master's  hand,  worthy  of  blooming  on  canvas  through  the 
live-long  year, 

«  Notes  from  Wills,  by  Raine. 


*          * 

MITFORD  PARISH. BOUNDARIES.  25 

MITFORD  parish  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  chapelry  of  Hebburn  and 
the  parish  of  Morpeth,  on  the  south  by  Morpeth  and  Whalton,  on  the  west 
by  Rivergreen,  Meldon,  and  Hartburn,  and  on  the  north  by  Longhorsley.  It 
consists  of  two  townships,  namely,  Edington  and  Molesden  in  the  west  division 
of  Castle  ward,  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck ;  and  of  nine  townships 
in  the  west  division  of  Morpeth  ward,  namely,  Mitford,  Newton,  Throphill,  and 
Nunriding,  which  lie  between  the  Wansbeck  and  the  Font ;  and  of  Spittlehill, 
Newton  Park,  Pigdon,  Benridge,  and  High  and  Low  Aighlaws,  with  the  two 
Espleys,  all  on  the  north  side  of  the  Font  and  Wansbeck.  The  whole  parish 
contains  9,426  acres,  of  which  528  are  occupied  by  woods  ;h  and,  in  1821, 
had  128  inhabited  houses,  154  families,  and  625  persons,  of  whom  107  fami- 
lies were  employed  in  husbandry.  In  1815,  it  was  assessed  to  the  property  tax 
upon  an  annual  rental  of  £11,034.  The  scenery  along  the  well- wooded  banks 
of  the  two  rivers  that  traverse  it,  and  meet  at  Mitford,  is  rich,  diversified,  and 
beautiful.  On  the  grounds  of  Mitford,  Newton-under-wood,  and  Throphill, 
much  of  the  soil  is  a  productive  loam,  on  deep,  dry,  diluvial  gravel,  and 
adapted  to  the  turnip  system.  The  rest,  with  the  exception  of  plots  of  hay 
and  grazing  ground  about  the  villages  and  farm  houses,  consists  chiefly  of  a 
strong  clayey  soil  employed  in  the  growth  of  wheat  and  oats.  A  bed  of  lime- 
stone crosses  the  Wansbeck  just  below  Rivergreen  mill,  and  is  probably  a 
continuation  of  the  stratum  which  affords  the  calcareous  deposit  that  converts 
the  gravel  into  conglomerate,  and  incrusts  the  mouths  of  the  springs  with  tufa, 
in  the  Spittlehill  banks  :  a  similar,  if  not  the  same  bed,  crosses  the  Font  a 
little  above  Newton  Park.  Coal  mines  were  worked  in  this  parish  about  50 
or  60  years  since,  at  Nunriding,  Newton-park,1  and  Coldside  ;  and  since  that 
time  other  trials  for  pits  have  been  made  in  Highlaws  and  Coldside  ;  but  all 
the  coal  that  has  been  found  is  of  such  indifferent  quality  as  not  to  re-pay  the 
expence  of  working  it.  The  woollen  manufactory,  some  years  ago  commenced 
and  carried  on  at  Mitford,  under  the  firm  of  "  Bookers,  Monkhouse,  and  Co." 
was  unsuccessful,  and  has  been  discontinued.  The  antient  water-corn-mill 

% 

h  From  the  information  of  Mr  William  Brewis,  of  Throphill,  to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  for 
other  useful  communications  respecting  this  parish. 

>  About  sixty  years  since,  a  man  was  eight  days  shut  up  in  a  coal-pit,  in  Newton- West-Bank, 
opposite  Ravensheugh.  He  had  nothing  but  a  little  water,  which  he  collected  in  his  shoe,  to  sub- 
sist on.  Though  faint  when  dug  out,  he  soon  recovered,  and  lived  many  years  after. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  H 


26  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

at  Mitford  is  in  ruins  ;  and  the  only  mills  of  that  description,  now  in  the 
parish,  are,  a  water-mill  at  Newton-under-Wood,  and  a  wind-mill  at  Eding- 
ton.  This  parish  has  no  work-house,  endowed  school,  or  public  charity  be- 
longing to  it. 


THE    CHURCH    OF    MITFORD 

Is  in  the  form  of  a  cross,  and  altogether  109  feet  long.  The  nave,  which  is 
in  bad  repair,  is  of  Norman  architecture,  measures  57  feet  by  19  feet  9± 
inches,  and  has  had  an  aisle  on  its  south  side,  the  middle  wall  of  which  has 
been  supported  by  heavy  pillars  and  plain  semi-circular  arches.  The  space 
between  one  of  these  arches  is  now  walled  up,  and  part  of  another  to  the  west 
of  the  porch,  shows  that  the  nave  had  formerly  extended  further  in  that  di- 
rection than  it  does  at  present.  Indeed,  in  digging  into  the  rubbish  on  its 
outside,  evidences  are  found  in  burnt  stones  and  pieces  of  charred  wood,  to 
prove  that  it  suffered  by  fire — probably  in  some  assault  on  the  neighbouring 
castle,  and  when  the  poverty  of  the  parishioners,  occasioned  by  the  plunder 
and  devastation  committed  upon  their  lands,  compelled  them  to  contract  the 
original  extent  of  their  church,  and  to  supply  its  tower  with  its  present  turret  for 
two  small  bells.  The  transepts  from  north  to  south,  across  the  nave,  measure 


EtrJied  ly>  CaftJtitffrJ 


MITFORD    PARISH. CHURCH.  #7 

56.f  feet :  that  on  the  south  has  been  a  chapel,  and  has  a  sink  stone  in  its  south 
wall :  the  opposite  one,  which  is  used  as  a  vestry,  has  its  short  Norman  columns 
remaining,  but  its  arch-way  walled  up.  The  chancel  is  in  the  early  English 
style,  excepting  the  southern  door- way,  which  is  round-headed  and  ornament- 
ed with  rude  zig-zag.  It  and  a  spacious  vestry,  which  has  once  been  behind 
it,  but  is  now  wholly  removed,  were  probably  built  after  the  priors  of  Laner- 
cost  became  rectors  of  this  parish.  The  chancel  itself  is  52  feet  long  by  19 
feet  ££.  inches  broad  :  has  six  windows  on  the  south,  three  on  the  east,  and 
one  opposite  to  the  altar  on  the  north,  all  lancet-headed,  of  single  lights,  and 
commencing  at  a  string  eight  feet  from  the  ground.  The  south  wall  is 
strengthened  with  a  buttress  between  each  window,  and  in  the  inside  has  three 
pointed  niches  in  it,  and  a  large  basin  for  the  altar  drain.  In  the  north  wall 
is  a  monument  in  sandstone,  which  contains,  within  an  inlaid  panel,  a  shield 
quartering  arms,  so  rudely,  and  to  me  unscientifically  done,  that  I  dare  not 
venture  to  say  to  what  families  they  belong.  By  the  pedigree  of  Reveley, 
under  Throphill,  it  will  be  seen,  that  the  bearings  of  Reveley  and  Wentworth 
ought  to  form  a  part  of  the  emblazoning.  Below  the  arms  is  the  following 
inscription  prosaically  arranged  in  twelve  lines,  Bertram  and  Reueleyy  being 
the  first  words  of  the  two  last : — 

"  HERE  .  LYETH  .  INTERRED  .  WITHIN  .  THIS  .  MOULD  . 

A  .  GENEROUS  .  AND  .  VIRTUOUS,.  WIGHT  . 
WHOSE  .  DEWE  .  DESERTED.  CANNOT  .  BE  .  TOLD  . 

FROM  .  SLENDER  .  SKILL  .  UNTO  .  HIS  .  RIGHT  . 
HE  .  WAS  .  DESCENDED  .  FROI^  .  A  .  RACE  . 

OF  .  WORSHIPFUL  .  ANTIQUITIE  . 
LOVED  .  HE  .  WAS  .  IN  .  HIS  .LIFE  .  SPACE  . 

OF  .  HIGH  .  EKE  .  OF  .  LOW  .  DEGREE  . 
REST  .BARTRAM  ,  IN  .  THIS  .  HOUSE  .  OF  .  CLAY  . 

REUF'LEY  .  UNTO  .  THE  .  LATTER  .  DAY  ." 

(  Wallis,  ii.  3<25.) 


Immediately  below  the  tablet  is  a  full-length  recumbent  figure  of  Bertram 
indifferently  carved  in  sandstone,  and  resting  on  an  altar  tomb,  "his  hands 
are  lifted  up  in  a  praying  posture,"  and  on  the  bevel  of  the  slab  on  which 
the  effigy  is  cut,  the  following  inscription  occupies  two  lines  : — «'  BARTRAM 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


TO  US  SO  DUTIFUL  A  SON,  IF  MORE  WERE  FIT  IT  SHOULD  FOR  THEE  BE  DONE, 
WHO  DECEASED  THE  7™  OF  OCTOBER  ANNO  DOMINI  1622."  The  person,  wllOSC 

deserts  are  here  so  affectionately  recorded,  but  whose  family  is  so  obscurely 
pointed  out,  was  a  Reveley,  of  Throphill,  whose  Christian  name  was  Bertram. 
He  was  born  at  Elmedon,  near  Sedgefield,  an  estate  of  the  Bulmers  ;  and  had 
his  Christian  name  from  his  uncle,  "  the  gay  and  gallant"  sir  Bertram  Buhner. 
Near  this  tomb  of  Bertram,  on  the  chancel  floor,  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — "  HERE  LYETH  INTERRED  JULIA  DAUGHTER  OF  THE  REV.  MR,  j.  LAID- 

MAN    RECTOR    OF    WHALTON    AND    CHRISTIAN    HIS    WIFE,    THE   DAUGHTER  OF  RO-  , 
BERT  MITFORD,  LATE  OF  SEIGHILL  ESQ.    WHO    DY*D    YE    9TH    OF    APRIL    AND    WAS 

BURIED  YE  11TH  ANNO  DOMINI  1721."  This  church  continued  a  rectory  in  the 
advowson  of  the.3ertram  family  till  Roger  Bertram  the  Third,  in  1264, 
under  the  name  of  "  Bertram,  of  Myteford"  granted  in  fee  to  Adam  of  Gese- 
mouth,  the  ville  of  Benrig  and  a  toft  and  an  acre  of  ground  in  Mitford, 
together  with  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Mitford. J  In  1291,  it  was  as- 
sessed in  the  "  verus  valor"  for  tenths  to  Edward  the  First  upon  the  annual 
value  of  £42  Is.  8d.  ;k  but,  in  1307,  the  right  of  presentation  to  it  belonged 
to  the  crown  ;  and,  on  the  17th  of  May  in  that  year,  the  king  granted  the 
advowson  and  appropriation  of  it,  and  of  the  church  of  Carlaton,  in  Cumber- 
land, to  the  priory  of  Lanercost,  and  an  extract  by  Dodsworth  from  the  char- 
tulary  of  that  convent  shows  that  Anthony  de  Bee,  bishop  of  Durham,  so  far 
as  related  to  Mitford,  perfected  Edward's  grant,  by  a  deed  of  appropriation 
dated  in  the  same  year.  Several  documents  are  extant  respecting  this  trans- 
action,1 which  state  as  'the  king's  reasons  for  conferring  this  boon  upon 

...         .      .  * 

J  III.  ii.  260.  k  III.  i.  349. 

1  Extracts  from  these  records,  and  several  other  documents  and  notices,  are  given  in  the  following 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  MITFOHD  CHURCH. 

1. — Papae  lex  devota  pedum  oscula  beatorum  .  Pater 
sancte,  &c.  Cum  itaque  prioratus  de  Lanercost  Car- 
liolensis  diocesis,  juxta  confinia  terrae  nostrae  Scotiae 
situs  per  combustionem  domorum,  ac  depraedationem 
bonorum  ejusdem  prioratus  per  Scotos,  &c.  inhumaniter 
perpetratas,  depauperatus  existat  plurimum  &  vasta- 
tus:  Nosque  paupertati  dilectorum  nobis  in  Christo, 
prioris  &  canonicorum  prioratus  praedicti,  piis  compati- 
entes  affectibus,  ob  specialem  devotionem,  quam  ad  be- 
atam  Mariam  Magdalenae,  in  cujus  honore  illud  coenobi- 


um  est  fundatum,  gerimus  &  habemus  :  necnon  t  prop- 
ter  diutinam  moram  nostram,  quam  nuper  in  eodem 
fecimus  prioratu,  dum  adversa  corporis  valitudine  pre- 
mebamur,  dederimus  eisdem  priori  1  canonicis  advoca- 
tiones  ecclesiarum  de  Mitford  1  de  Carlaton  Dunelfh 
et  Karliol  dioces  que  ad  nostro  sunt  patronatu,  volentes 
1  concedentes,  quantum  in  nobis  est,  quod  ipsi  ad  rele- 
vationem  status  sui,  easdem  ecclesias,  cedentibus  aut 
decedantibus  rectoribus  earumdem,  canonice  asequi  va- 
leant,  in  usus  prioprios  possidendas ;  sanctitati  vestrae 
devotis  precibus  suplicamus,  &c.  quod  ipsi  praedictas 


MITFORD    PARISH. MISCELLANEA. 


Lanercost,  the  losses  that  house  had  sustained  by  the  hostile  incursions  of  the 
Scotch  ;  the  special  devotion  he  bore  to  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene,  to 
whom  the  convent  was  dedicated,  and  the  long  time  he  had  sojourned  with 


ecclesias,  &c.  in  proprios  usus  tenere  valeant  t  habere 
&e.  Dat.  apud  Karliolum  17  die  Martij — (Rymer  ii, 
1048.; 

2. — Venerabili  in  Christo  patri  domino  P.  titulo  sanc- 
tae Priscae  Presbytero  Cardinal],  et  sanctae  Romanae  ec- 
clesiae  vice-cancellario,  amico  suo  charissimo  .  Edwardus, 
&c.  salutem  et  sincerae  dilectionis  affectum  .  Cum  pri- 
oratus  de  Lanrecost  Karliolensis  dioc.  situs  juxta  con- 
finia  terra?  nostrae  Scotiae,  per  combustionem  domorum 
et  depnedationem  ejusdem  prioratus,  per  quosdam  Sco- 
tos  inimicos  et  rebelles  nostros,  fines  regni  nostri  dudum 
hostiliter  invadentes  inhumaniter  perpetratas,  depauper- 
atus  existat  plurimum  't  vastatus ;  nosque  paupertati 
dilectorum,  &c.  [ut  supra]  paternitatem  vestram  aft'ec- 
tuose  requirimus  et  rogamus,  quatenus  ut  dominus  sum- 
mus  pontifex,  cui  super  hoc  nostras  literas  deprecatorias 
duximus  dirigendas,  praefatis  priori  et  canonicis  conce- 
dere  velit  in  usus  proprios  ecclesias  memoratas,  cum  eas 
vacare  contigerit,  sibi  et  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum 
possidendas,  opem  et  operam  velitis  nostrorum  inter- 
ventu  rogaminum  apponere  efficaces  .  Vobis  enim  ex- 
inde  specialius  teneri  volumus,  ad  ea  quae  vobis  grata 
fuerint  et  accepta  .  Datum  apud  Karliolum  17  die 
Martij."— (Prynne's  Edw.  I.  p.  1159.; 

3. — Rex,  omnibus,  &c.  salutem.  Sciatis  quod  ob  de- 
votionem  specialem  quam  erga  beatam  Mariam  Magda- 
lense  gerimus  &  habemus  necnon  t  ad  relevationem 
status  prioratus  de  Lanercost,  qui  in  honorem  ejusdem 
sanctae  in  Marchia  regni  nostri  Angliae  1  terrae  nostrae 
Scotiae  fundatus  existit  1  qui  per  combustionem  domo- 
rum 1  depredationem  bonorum  ejusdem  prioratus  per 
Scotos  nuper  inimicos  t  rebelles  nostros,  ac  etiam  per 
diutinam  moram  quam  in  prioratu  praedicto,  nuper  feci- 
mus  dum  adversa  corporis  valetudine  detinebamur  de- 
pauperatus  est  multipliciter  &  depressus,  dedimus  et 
concessimus  dilectis  nobis  in  christo  priori  1  conventui 
prioratus  praedicti,  advocationes  ecclesiarum  de  Mitford 
in  comitatu  Northumbriae  1  de  Carlaton  in  comitatu 
Cumbriae,  quae  sunt  de  patronatu  nostro,  habend,  &c. 
Et  concessimus  etiam  pro  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris 
quod  ipsi  ecclesias  illas  sibi  et  successoribus  suis  in  pro- 
prios usus  imperpetuum  possidendas,  appropriare  et  eas 
PART  H.  VOL.  II. 


sic  appropriatas  tenere  possint,  &c.  Teste  rege  apud 
Karliolum  17  die  Marcij. — (Prynne's  Edw.  I. p.  1192.; 
ORDINANCE  OF  THE  VICARAGE — The  following  as- 
signment of  stipend  to  the  vicar  of  Mitford,  occurs  in  a 
composition  between  him  and  the  prior  of  Lanercost, 
and  is  entered  into  the  register  of  bishop  Fox,  in  1499. 
After  the  parties  agree  that  the  vicar  in  future  should 
be  paid  25  marks  a  year  out  of  the  revenues  of  the  rec. 
tory,  that  sum  is  decreed  to  him,  and  then  the  docu- 
ment proceeds  to  fix  the  remainder  of  his  stipend : — 
"  Mitford  .  Vicariae  ordinaco  p  Witt  Ebo"?  archiepm, 
sede  epali  Dunelm.  vacante." — "  Ordinamus  insuper  qd 
vicarius  qi  iEm  pro  tempoie  f8it  mansu  illud  in  villa  de 
Mydfurd  ppe  dcam  ecch'am  in  solo  ejusdem  ex  pte  ori- 
entali  constructum  habeat  ad  inhitand  que  mansu  inte- 
graliter  una  cum  duodeci  acris  terre  arabilis  in  campis 
de  Aldworthe  et  toto  prato  de  Harestane  infra  parochia 
dicte  ecch'e  ad  eand  eccliam  ptinentibj,  una  cum  coeme- 
terio  eccfie  pMicte,  annexe  eid  vicario  et  vicarijs,  qui 
pro  tempore  fuerint,  tenore  presentium  assignavimus, 
Ic.  Datum  octavo  Id  Maij,  1311, 1  pontificatus  mi 
sexto."— (Fol.  31.; 

TEBKIER.— "  Anno  D'ni.  1663.  A  true  and  perfect 
terrier  of  the  glebe  land  belonging  to  the  Vicaridge  of 
Mitford  as  followeth  : — IMPRIMIS  one  vicaridge  house 
in  Midford  with  a  stable  adjoining  vnto  it  and  a  garden. 
^[  One  close  or  parcell  of  moorish  ground  called  the 
Gudgeon  close  containing  by  estimation  three  acres 
of  the  yearly  value  of  six  shillings  boundered  on  all 
sides  with  the  lands  of  the  right  hon°bie  Charles  Lord 
Howard,  Earle  of  Carlisle.  ^[  One  parcel  of  meadow 
ground  called  the  Priest's  Poole  of  about  one  acre  of 
the  yearly  value  of  five  shillings  boundered  on  all  sides 
with  the  lands  of  Mr  Robert  Mitford  of  Mitford.— 
RICHARD  TWEDLE,  JOHN  AINSLEY,  THOMAS  COOK- 
SON,  Churchwardens." 

Extracts  from  minutes  of  PAROCHIAL  VISITATIONS 
respecting  Mitford  church. — 1723.  It  is  called  a  vicar- 
age, and  valued  at  £10  6s.  8d.  in  the  king's  books  :  va- 
.ued  upon  oath,  before  the  bishop's  commissioners,  in 
1719,  at  £25.  The  impropriation,  according  to  Dr  Ba- 
zire'a  paper,  was  worth  801.  The  impropriation,  now 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


them  in  a  bad  state  of  health.  Edward  came  into  the  north  in  1306,  by 
Durham,  was  at  Lanchester  on  the  10thm,  and  at  Corbridge  on  the  14th  of 
August  ;n  at  Newbrough,  in  Tindale,  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month,  and  on 


m  Prynne's  Edw.  I.  1161. 

worth  3201.  a  year,  and  161.  13s.  4d.  paid  the  "  curate" 
by  the  impropriator. — (Dr  Thomas  Sharp.).  Visited 
Sep.  19,  1723. — Among  the  minutes  of  orders  executed, 
are  the  following : — 1724.  The  south  porch,  belonging 
to  Robert  Mitford,  esq.  is  flagged.  1725.  The  bell  to 
be  hung  up  for  public  use.  The  Pigdon  porch  to  be 
flagged,  and  the  seats  to  be  repaired  in  it :  Mr  John 
Milbank,  of  Thorp,  in  Yorkshire,  wrote  me  word  that 
he  would  order  his  tenant  to  do  every  thing  that  was 
incumbent  upon  him  in  the  said  porch.  This  porch  was 
well  repaired,  new  roofed  and  flagged,  and  the  seats  in 
it  were  put  into  very  good  order. — (Id.) 

**  1758.  George  Gordon  vicar — the  oldest  clergy- 
man, I  believe,  in  the  diocese,  being  above  87  years 
old.  Mr  Nisbet,  the  curate  of  Howick,  is  nearly  of  the 
same  age ;  and  both  of  them  are  able  to  perform  all 
parochial  duties." — (Archd.  Robinson.)  "  1760.  The 
profits  of  the  vicarage  arise  thus  : — From  the  impropri- 
ators,  Greenwich  Hospital,  161.  13s.  4d.;  a  field  let  for 
91.  or  101. :  the  hay  of  two  other  fields  21.  or  21.  15s. : 
surplice  fees  about  41. :  by  a  benefaction  of  1001.  from 
the  bishop,  501.  more  raised  by  his  lordship's  solicita- 
tion with  lord  Crewe's  trustees,  and  501.  '  subscribed  by 
other  persons,  queen  Anne's  bounty  is  procured,'  and 
laid  out  in  land  in  Knaresdale,  consisting  of  about  27 
acres,  worth  141.  a  year." — (Id.)  Visited  Jan.  16, 
1764. — The  passage  into  the  north  aisle  flagged,  and 
the  aisle  itself  re-plastered  and  white-washed.  The  old 
bell  to  be  hung  directly,  if  it  can  be  done ;  if  not,  must 
be  new  cast.  Visited  again  Jan.  4,  1765.  I  recom- 
mended to  the  parishioners  to  make  an  arch  over  the 
entrance  into  the  north  porch,  instead  of  repairing  the 
old  beams.  "  Mr  Nelson  made  a  collection  through 
the  county  of  Northumberland  towards  re-building  the 
vicarage-house  at  Mitford,  and  raised  about  951. ;  and 
has  now,  in  1764,  built  a  very  good  vicarage-house, 
which  it  is  computed  will  cost  about  2001.  before  it  be 
finished." — (Dr  John  Sharpe.) 

June  3, 1826.  The  vicar's  income  arises  as  follows : — 
Fixed  payment  from  the  impropriators  161.3s.  4d. ;  a 
small  estate  in  Knaresdale  251. ;  glebe  201. ;  and  13001. 


"  Rymer,  ii.  1017. 

in  the  hands  of  queen  Anne's  bounty,  and  producing  at 
4  per  cent.  521.  a  year,  which  13001.  was  made  up  of 
8001.  parliamentary  grant,  2001.  from  lord  Crewe's  cha- 
rity, and  3001.  from  the  queen's  bounty.  The  surplice 
fees  are  about  3h  The  parsonage  is  very  neat ;  the 
glebe  of  1 1  acres  good  and  well  ascertained  ;  the  church 
yard,  which  is  the  vicar's,  is  fenced  by  the  parish.  The 
sittings  in  the  church  1 50 ;  but  from  the  size  of  the 
building  might  be  easily  increased.  They  know  of  no 
benefactions.  There  are  two  bells,  one  of  them  bad. 
A  silver  cup,  marked  Mitford  parish,  1699.  The  clerk 
has  6d.  a  plough  and  3d.  a  house,  an  allowance  from 
the  church  rate,  and  fees  accustomed.  There  are  four 
churchwardens,  one  appointed  by  the  vicar.  The  pre- 
sent rental  of  the  whole  parish  (excepting  the  ecclesias- 
tical property),  at  one  penny  in  the  pound,  produces 
161.  There  is  no  place  of  dissenting  worship  in  the  pa- 
rish. A  stable  in  the  church-yard  was  built  for  the  use 
of  the  parishioners  resorting  to  the  church,  which  is  ve- 
nerable and  spacious,  but  the  roof  of  the  chancel  has 
had  its  leaden  covering  exchanged  for  one  of  grey  free- 
stone slate,  and  is  steep  and  decaying  :  it  is  also  unceil- 
ed  within.  The  south  porch,  belonging  to  the  Mit- 
fords,  of  Mitford,  is  also  in  a  bad  condition.  I  pressed 
for  an  immediate  reparation,  cleansing,  and  ceiling, 
where  necessary.  The  situation  of  the  church  and  par- 
sonage is  delightful. — (Archd.  Singleton's  Visit.  Book.) 

RECTOBS  OF  MITFORD. — Richard  and  John,  parsons 
of  Mitford,  stand  as  witnesses  with  Philip  of  Poictiers, 
bishop  of  Durham,  who  died  in  1 208,  to  a  deed  in  the 
Brinkburn  Chartulary. — (Fol.  30.)  Richard,  parson  of 
Mitford,  and  John  his  brother,  were  also  witnesses  to  a 
grant  of  lands  in  Upper  Felton  to  Brinkburn,  by  Wm 
Bertram,  who  died  about  the  year  1 1 99  (Fol.  22)  ; 
and  Richard,  parson  of  Mitford,  and  John  his  brother 
of  Eland,  were  witnesses  to  the  same  William's  con- 
firmation of  grants  made  by  his  grandfather  William, 
and  his  father  Roger,  to  the  same  house — (Id.fol.  3.J 

Peter,  parson  of  Mitford,  occurs  in  the  time  of  Henry 
the  Third  (Randal)  ;  and  Peter  the  priest,  son  of  John, 
formerly  parson  of  Mitford,  sold  to  the  abbey  of  New- 


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31 


the  4th  of  September  ;°  at  Bradley,  on  the  Roman  Wall,  on  the  6th  and 
7th  ;p  at  "  Hautwysel"  on  the  llth,  and  at  Thirlwall  on  the  20th  of  Septem- 
ber ;  and  continued  to  date  and  test  various  documents  at  Lanercost,  from 


0  Prynne's  Edw.  I.  1161.     Rymer,  ii.  1019. 


Rymer,  ii.  1020,  1021. 


minster  the  Grange  of  Aldworth,  which  bargain  was 
confirmed  by  Roger  Bertram  the  Third. — (Dug.  Mon. 
2  ed.  vol.  v.  p.  400.,) 

Steven  d'Ever,  alias  Evry,  rector  of  the  church  of 
Mitford,  by  the  consent  of  the  bishop  of  Durham,  ex- 
changed certain  tithes  with  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
Newminster,  for  a  parcel  of  land  called  The  Harestones, 
which  land  the  abbot  and  convent  had  of  the  gift  of 
Nicholas,  ihe  son  of  Matthew  de  Mitford. — (Newminster 
Chart,  fol.  20,  communicated  to  the  author  by  Lord  Redes- 
dale.j 

Stephanus  de  Bella — (  Randal. )  Stephen,  rector  of 
Mitford,  was  witness  to  a  deed  respecting  Plessy  when 
Wyschard  de  Charrun  was  sheriff  of  this  county  in 
1266  and  126?.— (III.  ii.  75.; 

Robert  de  Lessette,  in  a  deed  in  1310,  is  called  late 
rector  of  Mitford — ( III.  ii.  54.; 

VICARS. — Nicholas  de  Massam,  1311,  p.  m.  Lessette. 

Gilbert  de  Barton,  1345.     Vicar  of  Hartburn  in  1326. 

Hugh  Hog,  1353,  after  the  resignation  of  Barton. 

John  of  Bernard  Castle,  1355,  after  the  resignation  of 
Hog.  Vicar  of  Edlingham  in  ISC",  and  of  Kirknew- 
ton  in  1366. 

William  of  Arthuret,  1356,  after  resignation  of  John 
de  Castro  Bernardi. 

Thomas  de  Qwham,  1376. 

David  de  Hoivick,  1400,  after  the  death  of  Qwham. 

Henry  Cole,  1417,  p-  m.  Howick. 

John  Hubie,  1422,  p.  m.  Cole.  Was  vicar  of  Egling- 
ham  in  1 420,  which  he  resigned  in  1 422  ;  probably  to 
be  collated  to  this  living. 

Richard  Kighley,  who  was  rector  of  Meldon  from 
1453  to  1467,  when  he  resigned  that  living. 

Dionysius  Garforde,  1501. 

Miles  Huddleston,  after  the  death  of  Garforde. 
Thomas  Burton,  L.L.B.,  8  May,  1531,  p.  m.  Hudil- 
ston.     Cuthbert,  bishop  of  Durham,  patron.     Vicar  of 
Woodhorn  from  1533  to  1546.  Master  of  Elishaw  Hos- 
pital from  1534  to  1544. 

John  Crawfurtfo,  S.T.P.,  12  June,  1546,  p.  m.  Bur- 
ton. 


Roger  Venys,  presbyter,  collated  16  July,  1561,  after 
the  resignation  of  Crawfurthe. — (Pilk.  Reg.  f.  56,  I.) 
"  Venis  was  deprived  for  gross  neglect  of  his  duty, 
being  frequently  absent  from  the  church  for  several 
weeks  together,  and  no  duty  being  performed  in  it."— 
(Hunter's  MSS.  20?.;  3  Q 

William  Duxfield,  collated  16  Aug.  15$£  after  the 
lawful  deprivation  of  Roger  Venis.  Rector  of  Ship- 
wash  from  1571  to  1587;  deprived  ofBothal  in  1578; 
vicar  of  Ellingham  in  1579,  and  of  Chillingham  in 
1586. 

Gawin  Bron,  minister  of  God's  holy  word,  4  Dec. 
1572,  after  the  resignation  of  Duxfield. 

William  Herte,  M.V.D.,  collated  25  July,  1575,  after 
the  lawful  deprivation  of  Gawin  Bron,  clerk. 
Charles  Vicars,  clerk,  1598,,, 

Thomas  Astell,  jplerk,  collated  25  May,  1621,  after 
the  death  of  the  last  incumbent;  resigned  12  Oct.  same 
year.  Vicar  of  Haltwhistle  in  1 623.  Had  a  preacher's 
licence  for  the  whole  diocese,  24  Ap.  1625. 

Stephen  Bell,  collated  Oct.  16,  1621,  p.  r.  Astell.  The 
sheriff  of  Northumberland,  in  1628,  had  writs  of  scire 
facias  and  capias  against  him  for  £10.  vi.  s.  viij  d.  "  p 
libf  intrusf ."— (Swinb.  MSS.  Hi.  247.; 

Thomas  Bendlows  held  this  living  and  Meldon  from 
1652  to  1670.     After  he  was  deprived  of  these  livings 
he  became  a  counsellor  and  a  justice  of  the  peace. — 
(Palmer's  Calamy,  Hi.  75.; 
Richard  Preston,  in  1670. 
Isaac  Wallis,  was  vicar  of  Allenton  in  1683. 
Thomas  Richardson,  vicar  of  Mitford,  entered  to  this 
place  the  24th  Nov.  1698.— (Parish  Register.) 

George  Gordon,  clerk,  16  Aug.  1?22.  Held  by  se- 
questration. 

Isaac  Nelson,  clerk,  1759,  after  the  death  of  Gordon. 
Rector  of  Meldon  in  1762.— (Above,  p.  10.;  He  re- 
built the  vicarage-house ;  and  exerted  himself  in  pro- 
curing benefactions  to  obtain  the  Queen  Anne's  boun- 
ty to  this  living,  with  which  the  estate  belonging  to  it 
in  Knaresdale  was  purchased.  But,  as  he  was  returning 
home  from  Morpeth,  on  Friday,  20th  March,  1772, 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


October  4,  in  that  year,  to  February  8,  in  1307.q  After  bishop  Bee's  death, 
in  1311,  and  before  the  election  of  his  successor  in  the  same  year,  the  arch- 
bishop of  York  ordained,  that  the  stipend  of  the  vicar  of  this  church  should 
consist  of  25  marks,  paid  annually  by  the  prior  of  Lanercost,  and  that  he 
should  have  the  manse  built  on  the  east  side  of  the  church  to  live  in,  and  for 
his  further  support  12  acres  of  meadow  or  arable  land  in  Aldworth,  and  all 
the  meadow  in  the  field  of  Harestane,  belonging  to  the  church  of  Mitford, 
together  with  the  church-yard/  By  a  terrier  of  the  possessions  of  this  church, 
made  in  1663,  and  printed  in  the  Miscellanea  respecting  this  church,  it  would 
appear  that  the  vicar's  glebe  had  at  that  time  dwindled  into  three  acres,  called 
Gudgeon,  and  one  acre  called  Priest's  Poole.  Gudgeon,  at  present,  is  called 
Gubion,  estimated  at  8  acres,  and  is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck, 
in  the  portion  of  Morpeth  High  Common,  belonging  to  this  parish.  Harestane 
is  now  in  two  fields  in  the  farm  of  East  Coldside,  and  the  vicar  has  still  the 
sweepings  in  the  field  called  East  Harestone.  Besides  which  he  has  a  small 
farm  called  Bamsrow,  in  the  parish  of  Knaresdale,  in  this  county,  purchased 
by  the  governors  of  Queen  Anne's  bounty  ;  and  the  interest  of  £1400,  vested 
in  the  same  corporation. 

The  BARONY  OF  MITFORD  extended  over  the  whole  of  the  parishes  of  Mit- 
ford, Meldon,  Ponteland,  and  Felton,  in  this  county,  and  of  Greatham,  in  the 


ild.  1021,  1025,  1157,  1189. 

he  was  drowned  at  the  stepping-stones  at  Mitford. — 
(Newc.  Cour.  28  March,  1772.^ 

Hugh  Nanney,  M.  A.,  27  Aug.  1772  ;  vicar  of  Halt- 
whistle  about  the  year  1783  ;  died  in  1809.— (See  Fed. 
pt.  M.  vol.  i.  p.  356,  gen.  15.; 

Thomas  Capstack,  on  the  resig.  of  Nanney ;  curate  of 
Esh  and  Satley,  in  coun.  of  Durham,  1783  ;  also  of  St. 
Andrew's  Auckland,  where  he  died  in  1805. 

Lens  succeeded  Mr  Capstack  in  178  .  ;  but  ne- 
ver resided.  He  was  master  in  a  school  in  London. 

Edward  Nicholson,  L.L.B.,  on  the  resig.  of  Lens; 
inducted  22  Nov.  1793;  vicar  of  Mysen,  in  Notting- 
hamshire, 20  July,  1803,  on  which  occasion  he  ceded 
Mitford,  but  was  re-collated  to  it  12  Aug.  1803.  The 
author's  thanks  are  due  to  Mr  Nicholson  for  access  to 
the  registers  of  this  parish,  and  for  other  information. 

PATRONAGE,  PROCURATIONS,  &c.    This  chuich  is  in 


r  Mitf.  Ch.  Mj^c.  No.  1,  2,  3. 

the  patronage  of  the  bishop  of  Durham  ;  is  returned  in 
the  king's  books  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  £24  ;  pays 
yearly  tenths  £1  Os.  8d. ;  episcopal  procurations  4s.; 
and  archdeacon's  procurations  1 2s. 

THE  PARISH  REGISTERS  begin  in  1652,  from  which 
time,  with  few  exceptions,  they  are  tolerably  perfect. 
Some  leaves,  containing  entries  of  persons  descended 
from  the  Fenwicks,  of  Nunriding,  are  said  to  have  been 
cut  out  of  them  while  they  were  in  the  custody  of  the 
parish-clerk,  and  occasionally  taken  to  the  village  ale- 
house to  be  consulted. 

PRESENTMENTS "  June  9th,  1680.  One  of  our 

bells  is  useless.  No  terrier  of  the  glebe.  John  Davi- 
son,  Roger  Burke,  and  Thomas  Trumble,  for  playing 
on  the  Lord's  days  at  bobbe  hand-ball."  "  Sept.  16801 
Our  quire  is  out  of  repaire.  RICHARD  PRESTON,  vicar." 
—(MS.  penes  I.  Bell.) 


MITFORD  PARISH. BARONY  OF  MITFORD.  33 

county  of  Durham,  and  with  the  exception  of  such  parts  of  it  as  were  given 
in  free  alms  to  the  clergy  of  its  several  parishes,  and  to  monasteries  and  hos- 
pitals, continued  in  the  possession  of  the  antient  family  of  Bertram,  unincum- 
bered  and  entire,  till  the  death  of  Roger  Bertram  the  Second  in  1242.  Tra- 
dition holds  her  dim  torch  over  it  into  times  prior  to  the  conquest :  the  steady 
rays  of  history  do  not  begin  to  beam  upon  it  till  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Second. 

John,  lord  of  Mitford,  had  an  only  daughter,  Sigil  or  Sybil,  whom  the  Con- 
queror married  to  sir  Richard  Bertram,  a  son  of  the  lord  of  Dignam,  in  Nor- 
mandy. This  Sigil  is  said  to  have  had  an  uncle,  Matthew  de  Mitford,  from 
whom  the  families  of  Mitford,  of  Mitford  and  Exbury,  and  of  baron  Redes- 
dale,  of  Redesdale,  derive  their  descent. 

Roger  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  in  1165,  certified  that  his  barony  was 
holden  in  capite  of  the  crown  by  the  service  of  five  knight's  fees  ;  and  that  his 
father  and  grandfather,  prior  to  the  death  of  Henry  the  First,  had  enfeoffed 
military  tenants  under  them  in  it  to  the  amount  of  six  and  a  half  knight's 
fees.  The  names  of  the  tenants  were  Ralph  de  St  Peter,  who  held  two 
knight's  fees  ;  and  Wm  de  Fraglinton,  Wm  de  Diffleston,  Wihelard  de  Trophil, 
John  the  son  of  Simeon,  each  of  whom  held  one  knight's  fee,  and  Pagan  de 
Hallesdune,  who  held  half  a  one.s  The  parcel  of  this  estate,  which  was  situ- 
ated in  the  county  of  Durham,  occurs,  for  the  first  time  that  I  have  met  with 
it,  in  the  Northumberland  Pipe  Roll  for  8  Richard  I.,  1196 — 7>  which  record 
rates  the  barony  "  of  William,  son  of  Roger  Bertram,"  in  the  following  man- 
ner:— "Greatham,  30s. ;  Felton,  41s. ;  Mitford,  41s. ;  andEeland,  10s."'  The 
Testa  de  Neville,  made  about  the  latter  end  of  the  reign  of  King  John,"  also 
enumerates  the  knight's  fees  in  this  barony  at  five,  and  says,  that  all  the  an- 
cestors of  Roger  Bertram,  then  baron  there,  held  it  by  the  same  service  from 
the  conquest  to  that  time,  and  that  nothing  had  then  been  alienated  from  it, 
or  given  away  in  dower  or  in  frankalmoigne  to  the  detriment  of  the  king.v 

The  next  notice  of  this  barony  enumerates  the  names  of  the  places  and 

8  Liber.  Nig.  331.  *  Dug.  Bar.  i.  543. 

u  The  Testa  de  Neville  is  an  inquest  respecting  knight's  fees,  made  in  the  time  of  Eustace 
de  Vescy,  who  was  slain  in  1216.  It  also  mentions  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  lord  of  Werkworth,  who 
died  in  1215. 

*  III.  i.  233. 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  K 


34  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

tenantry  within  it,  and  is  contained  in  the  account  of  knight's  fees  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  aid  for  knighting  Edward  the  First :  it  is  as  follows  : — 

"  THE  BARONY  OF  MITFORD. — Roger  Bertram  holds  in  capite  of  our  lord 
the  king,  Mitford  with  its  members,  to  wit,  Newton- Underwood, w  Throphill, 
Molliston,  and  Benerigg ; — also  Meldon,  Idington,  Pykeden,  Aldewrth,  Es- 
peley,  and  the  Grange  of  Heylawe ;  Eland  with  its  members,  namely,  Mer- 
disfen,  Crikelawe,  Calverdon.  Valence,  and  Donington  ; — also  Brinklawe, 
Prestwick,  Calverdon- Araynis,  Berewick,  Caldecotes,  North  Milburn,  South 
Milburn,  and  the  Grange  of  Horton  ; — Feltori  with  its  members,  Eshet  and 
Bokenfield,  Thriston,  La  Chauce,  Little  Felton,  Aketon,  Swarland,  Overgairs, 
Glantley,  andFramlington,  by  four  knight's  fees  of  the  old  feoffment: — Of  which 
the  following  persons  were  tenants  by  knighfs  service  under  Roger  Bertram  : — 
The  heirs  of  Walter  de  St  Peter  ought  to  hold  Pikederi,  Idington,  and  Ber- 
wick, by  two  knights  fees  of  the  old  feoffment : — the  heirs  of  Henry  de  Fer- 
lington  held  Brinklawe  and  Donington  by  a  quarter  of  the  old  feoffment ; — 
Simon  de  Diffleston  held  North  Milburn  by  one  fee  of  the  old  feoffment ; — 
and  John  Fitz- Simon  held  Meldon  and  Prestwick  by  one  and  a  half  knight's 
fee  :  Besides  whom,  the  heirs  of  John  Fitz-Robert  are  assessed  for  Eshet  and 
Bokenfield  at  a  quarter  of  an  old  fee  ;  Wm  de  Hardrishill  for  100  solidates  of 
land  in  Thriston  by  one-twentieth  part  of  a  new  fee  ;  Robert  de  Merieville 
for  South  Milburn  at  half  a  fee  of  the  old  feoffment ;  Guy  de  Ayranis  for 
Calverdon  at  a  quarter  of  a  new  fee  ;  One  Plescencia  also  held  in  Calverdon 
a  carucate  of  land  by  one-thirtieth  part  of  a  new  fee  ;  and  John  de  Ellington, 
William  de  la  Tur  and  Margery  his  wife,  Adam  Hyring  and  Maud  his  wife, 
Thomas  Brian  and  Isabella  sister  of  the  said  Maud  held  Framlington  by  half 
an  old  fee.x  And  besides  these  military  tenants  the  baron  of  Mitford  had 
under  him  at  the  same  time  the  following  long  array  of  soccage  tenants  : — 
Gilbert  Hiring  who  held  32  acres  of  land  in  Benerig  by  the  payment  of  a  rent 

w  Some  emendations  have  been  made  to  the  text  at  III.  i.  207,  from  the  Lawson  MS. ;  but  the 
two  copies,  not  only  respecting  this,  but  several  other  places,  are  not  only  at  variance,  but  in 
some  measure  irreconcileable.  The  order  of  the  mesne  tenants  has  also  been  transposed  to  suit 
the  arrangement  in  the  Liber  Niger,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  see  a  probable  coincidence 
between  the  families  holding  by  knight's  service  in  this  barony  in  1165  and  1240.  The  Lawson 

MS.  says,  "  the  lord  held  of  the  crown  by  six  knights  fees  and  parts,  besides  having  a 

place  called  Highley." 

*  III.  i.  207,  208. 


MITFORD  PARISH. BARONY  OF  MITFORD.  35 

of  2s.  ; — Alan  the  Chaplain  two  bovates  of  land  in  Benerig  by  a  pound  of 
cumin  ;  Humphrey  de  Mendham  and  William  de  la  Tur  each  one  carucate 
of  land  in  Thropphill  by  2s.  each  : — The  heirs  of  Richard  Blundell  half  a 
carucate  in  Newton  by  two  pounds  of  pepper  : — Brun  le  Vilur  48  acres  in 
Molston  by  6d.  : — William  de  Espeley  by  one  pound  of  pepper  held  all  Espe- 
ley except  20  acres,  which  Cecilia  de  Espeley  held  by  one  pound  of  cumin  : — 
Nicholas  son  of  Matthew  half  a  carucate  in  Mitford  by  one  pound  of  pepper : — 
Matthew  Marescall  15  acres  in  Mitford  by  the  payment  of  certain  horse- 
trappings  ; — William  Pole  12  acres  in  Mitford  by  2s.  : — Peter  de  Aldworth 
one  carucate  in  Aldworth  by  13d.  : — William  Corbet  four  bovates  of  land  in 
Aldworth  by  six  barbed  arrows  : — Gilbert  of  Eland  one  carucate  in  Eland  by 
certain  white  gloves  and  one  bridle : — Adam  de  Calverdon  half  a  carucate  in 
Eland  by  5s.  :  Thomas  Burgilun  and  Hugh  Bell  each  40  acres  in  Crikelawe 
(Kirkley)  by  half  a  mark  each  : — Marjery  de  Crikelawe  one  quarter  of  Crike- 
lawe by  one  mark  : — William  son  of  Osolf  four  score  acres  of  land  in  Merdis- 
fen  by  half  a  mark  : — Stephen  the  son  of  Utred  40  acres  in  Calverdon  by 
4S. :. — Marjery  de  Rucester  other  40  acres  in  Calverdon  by  12d.  ;  William  de 
Schauceby  and  William  son  of  Payne  40  acres  in  Little  Felton  by  carrying 
writs  -. — Nicholas  de  Aketon  held  Aketon  by  24s.  : — William  son  of  the  Cook 
half  a  carucate  in  Swarland  by  6d. : — David  the  Waylaysy  40  acres  in  Over- 
garis  by  10s.  : — Robert  de  Camtiz  38  and  a  half  acres  in  Great  Felton  by 
2s.  : — Hugh  de  Lanark  and  Agnes  his  wife  12  acres  in  the  same  Felton  by 
12d.  : — Robert  Gardiner  12  acres  in  the  same  Felton  by  3s.  : — The  widows 
Lsould  and  Aviz  12  acres  in  the  same  Felton  by  one  pound  of  cumin  ; — Adam 
Maufetur  one  carucate  in  Thriston  by  3s.  : — The  abbot  of  Newminster  the 
granges  of  Horton  and  Heychelawes  (Highlaws)  by  20  marks  ; — Joseph  the 

y  Le  Waylays,  le  Waleys,  le  Gallois,  mean  the  Welshman;  and  the  surnames  Wallis  and  Wal- 
lace are  derived  from  the  country  of  Wales,  as  Scot  comes  from  Scotland,  English  from  Eng- 
land. In  the  same  way,  the  people  of  Wales  are  called  in  old  records  Galoys,  Galees,  le  Waleys, 
&c. — (See  Rot.  Par.  mV746,  606.)  Galway,  in  Scotland,  was  a  district  of  the  Gallois  or  Welch. 
Wallace,  the  champion  and  redeemer  of  Scotland,  I  have  no  doubt,  had  his  name  from  the  same 
origin.  "  The  Scottes  made  them  a  captain,  whome  they  named  William  Walys,  a  man  of 
vnknown  or  low  birth,  to  whom  they  obeyed  as  their  king." — (Graf ton,  1298.,)  Buchannan  calls 
him  "  homo  nobili  &  antiqua  familia,  sed  in  re  tenui  natus  et  educatus." 
z  «  Rob1,  de  Cannill."— (Lawson  MS.fol.  52,  b.) 


36  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

chaplain  held  La  Chauce,  and  the  prior  of  Brinkburne  Little  Felton  except 
40  acres  in  free  alms  and  without  doing  any  service."3 

The  bonds  which  had  hitherto  united  this  extensive  barony  were  not 
destined  to  continue  long  unbroken ;  for,  soon  after  this  return  was  made, 
the  affairs  of  the  baron  of  Mitford  received  a  shock  from  which  they  could 
never  afterwards  recover.  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  became  an  active  pro- 
moter of  the  barons'  wars  against  the  crown  ;  and,  being  taken  prisoner  at 
Northampton,  in  1264,b  the  parts  of  his  estates  which  had  not  been  expended 
in  the  cause  of  rebellion  were  either  sold  or  deeply  mortgaged  to  raise  the 
sum  required  for  his  ransom  from  captivity.  The  commissioners  for  making 
the  inquests  contained  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  have  entered  numerous  informa- 
tions against  him  for  alienation  of  property  prior  to  the  year  1275.  To  Peter 
de  Mitford  he  sold  the  ville  of  Glantley,  in  the  parish  of  Felton  :  to  Agnes  de 
Cousedine  the  ville  of  Swarland  :  to  William  son  of  Ralph  the  ville  of  Over- 
gares  ;  and  to  Robert  Galmetorpe  a  carucate  of  land  in  the  same  place.c 
These  were  alienations  of  his  soccage  tenures  :  besides  which  he  injured  the 
revenues  of  the  crown  by  the  sale  of  several  estates  holden  by  military  ser- 
vices. Great  Eland,  Merdisfen,  Little  Eland,  and  Calverdon,  were  sold  to 
William  de  Valencia,  earl  of  Pembroke,  and  half  brother  of  Henry  the  Third : 
The  park  of  Mitford,  Kirkley,  and  the  service  of  Constance  de  St  Peter,  con- 
sisting of  one  and  a  half  knight's  fee,  as  well  as  John  de  Ferlington's  service 
of  half  a  knight's  fee,  and  that  of  Roger  Arrenis  of  one- third  of  a  fee, 
were  parted  with  to  Hugh  de  Eure : — Babington  went  back  to  the  Umfre- 
villes,  of  whom  the  Bertrams  had  it  in  dower  ; — Thropill  was  given  to  his 
own  son  Thomas  ;  Newton,  with  a  carucate  of  demesne  land  in  Mitford,  to 
Wyschard  de  Charun ;  Benrig,  with  the  park  of  Wychenley,  to  Ralph  de 
Cotun ;  34  acres  of  land  in  Moliston,  with  one  knight's  fee  and  a  half  in 
Meldon  and  Prestwick,  to  Walter  de  Cambhow ;  40  acres  of  land  in  Benrig, 
with  a  rent  of  20  marks  a  year  to  the  abbot  of  Newminster ;  besides  the  wood 
of  Holm  and  the  demesne  lands  in  the  township  of  Aketon  to  Wm  Heron.d 
And  another  part  of  the  same  inquest  finds  that  he  abridged  his  property 
holden  by  military  services  by  the  following  alienations : — To  Thomas  of 
DeVeleston  he  sold  a  service  due  from  himself  to  the  crown  of  half  a  knight's 

a  III.  i.  216.  b  III.  ii.  360.  c  III.  i.  91.  *  Id.  104. 


MITFORD  PARISH. BARONY  OF  MITFORD.         ^       37 

fee  :— -to  the  Parson  of  Meldon  2  acres  of  land  and  one  toft  in  Mollisdon  : — 
to  Adam  of  Gesemouth  one  messuage  and  one  acre  of  land  in  Mitford,  with 
the  advowson  of  the  church  there,  the  ville  of  Benrig,  and  the  wood  of  Wich- 
enley : — to  Peter  de  Montefort  27  acres  of  land,  one  toft,  and  one  acre  of 
meadow  ground  in  Great  Eland,  with  the  advowson  of  the  church  there  : — 
to  Master  Gilbert  de  St  Bees  one  toft  and  four  score  acres  of  land  in  Ben- 
rig  : — all  these  alienations  seem  to  have  been  made  in  the  time  of  Henry 
the  Third ;  and,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  First,  he  gave  to  his  grand 
daughter,  Agnes  Bertram,  the  castle,  ville,  and  mill  of  Mitford,  and  the  ville 
of  Mollisdan,  which  she  sold  to  Alianor,  queen  of  England,  who  sold  them  to 
Alexander  de  Balliol  and  to  Alianor  de  Genevre  his  wife.6  The  quo  warranto 
pleadings  at  Newcastle,  in  1294,  which  originated  out  of  the  preceding  in- 
quests and  informations,  give  us  a  nearer  view  of  this  transaction  between  the 
Balliols  and  the  Bertrams.  They  show  us  how  the  wreck  of  the  barony  was 
collected  and  re-edified  by  the  former  family,  and  the  state  in  which  it  was 
transmitted  to  their  successors.  Robert  de  Stutteville,  at  that  time,  had 
married  BallioPs  widow,  and  he  and  his  wife  Alianor  de  Genevre  appeared 
and  said  that  the  tenements  which  they  held  in  Mitford  and  Felton,  had  be- 
longed to  Roger  Bertram,  which  Roger  and  all  his  ancestors  had,  from  time 
beyond  all  memory,  uninterruptedly  exercised  the  liberty  of  free  warren  in 
both  places,  and  free  chase  in  Felton,  besides  having  the  privilege  of  appre- 
hending and  executing  felons  within  Mitford  ;  that  after  this  Roger's  death, 
his  daughter  and  heir  Agnes  Bertram  entered  upon  these  tenements  and  li- 
berties, which  she  gave  to  Alianor,  queen  of  England,  and  mother  of  Edward 
the  First ;  which  queen  enfeoffed  Alexander  Balliol  and  his  wife  Alianor  in 
the  premises,  in  free  marriage  to  them  and  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  Alianor, 
Balliol's  wife,  with  mills,  knight's  fees,  advowsons  of  churches,  wards,  es- 
cheats, and  all  other  their  appurtenances,  and  bound  herself  and  her  heirs  to, 
warrantry.  They  also  showed  that  the  said  Agnes  and  queen  Alianor,  while 
the  premises  were  in  their  possession,  enjoyed  the  privileges  recited  ;  that  if 
the  claimant  Alianor  died  without  issue,  the  premises  would  revert  to  the 
crown  ;  and,  in  evidence  of  the  said  gift,  warrantry,  and  reversion,  they 
produced  the  queen's  grant  of  them  before  the  court :  but  though  the  jury 

elll.  i.  116,  128. 

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38  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

found  that  these  liberties  had  been  regularly  used  by  the  claimants  and  their 
predecessors  in  the  barony,  the  court  deferred  giving  judgement  upon  the 
case  till  its  sittings  in  the  octave  of  St  John  the  Baptist  at  York ;  and,  if 
the  matter  was  ever  judicially  determined,  the  record  of  the  judgement  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  recorded/  The  same  document  also  states  that  Stutte- 
ville  and  his  wife  held  the  manor  of  Stamford    (which  had  belonged  to 
Simon  de  Montfort,   the  rebel  earl  of  Leicester),   by  the  demise  of  Edmund 
earl  of  Lancaster,  the  king's  brother,  till  such  times  as  two  mills  in  Mitford 
and  Felton  and  the  Great  Park  of  Mitford  should  revert  into  the  sesin  of  her 
and  her  heirs.     What  right  Agnes  Bertram  enjoyed  in  Mitford  at  the  time  of 
her  death  in  1282,  I  have  no  means  of  ascertaining.     All  that  I  know  on  the 
subject  is  given  in  the  pedigree  of  her  family  ;  and  the  pedigrees  of  the  fami- 
lies who  succeeded  the  Bertrams  in  their  possessions  here,  contain  a  connect- 
ed sketch  of  the  descent  of  the  barony  from  the  Stuttevilles  to  the  family  of 
de  Valence  earls  of  Pembroke,   and  their  lineal  descendants  the  Cumins  of 
Badenach  in  Scotland,   Strathbolgies  earls  of  Athol,  the  Percies  of  Athol, 
and  the  lords  Brough,  of  which  last  family,  William  lord  Brough,  in  4  Philip 
and  Mary,  granted  all  his  lands  in  Mitford  to  Cuthbert  Mitford  and  his  son 
Robert,  reserving,  however,  to  himself,  the  site  of  the  castle  and  the  royal- 
ties,8 which  James  the  First  granted  to  James  Murray11  second  earl  of  Annan- 
dale,  who  died  in  1658  without  issue,  and  Charles  the  Second  gave  to  Robert 
Mitford,  of  Mitford,  esq.  who  died  in  1666,'  and  was  direct  lineal  ancestor  of 
Bertram  Mitford,  esq.  the  present  baron  in  fee  of  this  antient  and  extensive 
seigniory.     There  is  a  manuscript  in  the  library  of  Durham  Cathedral  which 
commences  with  "  A  rent  roll  of  the  copyhold  rents  in  the  manor  of  Kirby- 
moorside,  in  the  county  of  York,  due  to  his  grace  the  duke  of  Buckingham, 
for  one  year,  ending  at  Mich.  1668,"  and  also  containing,   on  its  first  leaf, 
this  inscription  :-— "  Witt  Davison,  March  17°,  1666°— 7°,  Greyes  Inn."     It 
contains  also  the   call  rolls  of  several  other  manors  in  Yorkshire,  and  at  p. 
98, j  the  call  roll  of  the  barony  of  Mitford,   in  which  the  manors  and  places 
that  answered  to  the  court  are  enumerated  in  the  following  order,   and  have 

f  III.  i.  128,  197,  198.  *  Wallis,  ii.  322.  h  Id.  »  Id. 

J  It  is  headed  thus  :— «  BARONIA  DE  MITFORD. — MITFORD  CALL."     It  has  probably  been 
used  on  several  court  days,  as  many  names  are  crossed  out,  and  others  added  over  them ;  and 


MITFORD    PARISH. PEDIGREE    OF    BERTRAM,  OF  MITFORD.  SQ 

to  each  of  them  the  names  of  their  several  freeholders  and  tenants  annexed  : 

"  Throple,  Newton- Vnderwodd,  Newton  Parke,  Eddington,  Gubeon  ats  Gud- 
geon, Aldworth  ats  Ealdworth,  Benridge,  Meldon,  Pigdon,  Espley,  High 
Highlaws,  Mitford,  Mosden,  Cawdside,  Little  Felton  afs  Acton,  Bokenfield, 
Esshett,  Swarland,  Glantlees  and  Snuckbank,  Long  Framlington,  Overgrasse, 
Low  Framlington,  Pont  Island,  Island  Hall,  Island  Greene  and  Mason,  Din- 
nington,  Prestwick,  Callerton,  Little  Callerton,  Darish  Hall,  Brenckley, 
Caldcoats  del  North,  Caldcoats  del  South,  Horton  Grange,  Milburn  del  South, 
Kirkley,  Benridge,  Higham  dikes,  Carter  moor,  and  East  Duddoe."  It  is 
not  said  in  this  "  call,"  for  whom  Mr  Davison  held  the  court,  but  the  omis- 
sion in  it  of  Mr  Mitford's  name  among  the  freeholders  of  the  township  of 
Mitford,  shows  that  it  was  holden  for  him  :  for  if  it  had  been  holden  for  the 
king  or  any  other  lord,  then,  as  principal  freeholder,  he  would  have  been 
called  ;  but  his  name  is  omitted,  inasmuch  as  he  was  not  answerable  to  his 
own  court. 

PEDIGREE  OF  BERTRAM,  OF  MITFORD. 

(See  Dugdale'i  Baronage,  i.  543,  544.     The  other  authorities  are  referred  to  in  their  proper  placet.) 

ARMS. — Or,  an  orle,  azure.     BERTRAM,  in  German,  means  fair  or  Ulustriout  (Ainsw.)  .-  it  is  also  the  name  in  the  same 
language  of  Anthemu  pyrethrum,  or  Spanish  pellitory.—  (Philipi.) 

I .— RICH  ABU  BERTRAM,  a  son  of  the  lord  of  Dignam,  In  Normandy,  and  a  followerT=SiGiL,  or  SYBIL,  only  daur.  and  heir  of 
of  William  the  Conqueror,  had  enfeoffed  tenants  in  the  barony  of  Mitford  prior  to  the  I  John  lord  of  Mitford,  in  the  time  of 
death  of  Henry  the  First,  in  1135. — (Walli*,  n.  318;  Evid.  No.  I.) |  Edward  the  Confessor. 

II.— WILLIAM  BERTRAM  I.  who,  with  his  wife  Hawys,  and  his  sons  Roger  and  Guy,  William  and=pHAWYSE,  whom  Wallis 
Richard,  founded  the  priory  of  Brinkburn,  where  he  lies  buried,  with  this  inscription  : — "  me  .  I  calls  Alice  daur.  of  sir 
JACET  .  ROGERVS  .  BERTRAM  .  FVNDATOR."  He  also  gave  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster  lands  between  I  William  Merlay.  of  Mor- 
that  house  and  Mitford.  He  had  a  brother  Alex,  mentioned  below  in  the  account  of  his  son  Roger.  |  peth,  knight. 

I  ~ • — / 1 1 

III.— ROGER  BERTRAM  I.  with  hfs  cross  confirmed  his  father's  foundation-pADA,  wife  of  Roger  Bertram  the    GUT. 
deed  of  Brinkburn  Priory.     In  1157,  he  gave  60  marks  for  a  market  at  Mit-  I  first  was  a  benefactor  toNewmin-    WILLIAM. 
ford. — (Dug.  Bar.  i.  543.;     Held  of  the  crown,  in  1 165,  by  the  service  of  five  j  ster  Priory. — (Dug.  916.  J  RICHARD. 

knight's  fees,  by  which  his  father  and  grandfather  had  holden  under  Hen.  the  —  — i 

First.—  (Evid.  1,J  In  1172,  he  paid  £6  10s.  scutage,  to  excuse  his  either  going  himself  or  sending  a  proxy  with  "Henry  the] 
Second  to  the  conquest  of  Ireland.  To  the  monks  of  Newminster  he  gave  the  granges  of  Highlaws,  in  this  parish,  and  of) 


each  name  has  after  it  several  short-hand  remarks,  such  as  a.  or  ap.  I  suppose  for  appeared;  ess. 
for  essoined ;  and  d.  or  d.  perhaps  for  dead.  At  Little  Callerton  the  names  stand  thus : — 

George  Pfoctor  2s.     2s.  }  de* 
Wm  Robinson   2s.     2s. 

Mr  Davison,  to  whom  the  manuscript  belonged,  was  proprietor  of  Thornley-Gore,  in  the  county  of 
Durham:  admitted  at  Grey's  Inn,  May  1,  1656;  barrister- at-1  aw,  aged  26,  1666;  and  died  at 
Hardwick,  26th  April,  1696.— (Surtees,  ii.  167  J 


40  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Roger  Bertram  I.  and  Ada 


Horton,  in  the  parish  of  Ponteland,  and  part  of  a  peat  moss  (Dug.  Man.  ii.  916}  :  to  the  nuns  of  Halystane,  the  wood  called 
Baldwiuswood,  and  afterwards  Nunriding. — ( See  Nunriding  below. )  This,  I  apprehend,  was  the  Roger  Bertram  who  con- 
firmed his  father's  grants  to  the  monks  of  Brinkburn,  and  gave  to  them  the  church  of  Felton  ;  and  to  them  and  their  men 
residing  within  Feltonshire,  common  of  pasture  on  a  moiety  of  the  ground  holden  by  Kudo  de  Scauceby  in  exchange  for 
a  carucate  of  laud  which  he  had  given  to  his  uncle  in  Aid  worth.  Richard  and  Robert  Bertram,  and  Ralph  de  St  Peter  (one 
of  the  tenants  of  the  barony  in  Il(i5)  being  witnesses  to  the  grant. — (Evid.  2.J 


IV. — WILLIAM  BERTRAM  II.   in  1196,  occurs  as  son  and  heir  of  William  Bertram,=pALiCE,  dau.  of  Robert  Umfreville,  who 


and  accounts  to  the  sheriff  of  that  year  for  his  barony,  which  then  consisted  of  the 
parishes  of  Greatham  (now  in  the  county  of  Durham),  Felton,  Alitford,  and  Ponte- 
land.  He  confirmed  to  the  monks  of  Brinkburn  all  the  grants  which  his  grandfather 
William  and  his  father  Roger  had  made  to  them  (  KuM.  No.  3)  ;  and  died  about  the 
year  1199,  when  the  wardship  and  marriage  of  his  son  Roger  were  granted  to 
William  Brewer. 


gave  with  her  in  dower  the  villes  of 
Great  Bavington  and  Kirklawe,  with 
the  service  of  Robert  of  Divellestone  in 
North  Milburne,  besides  the  forest  of 
Ottercops  and  right  of  free  chase  on  cer- 
tain lands  on  the  west  side  of  the  Rede, 
about  Corsenside. — (III.  ii.  25.  J 

V. — ROGER  BERTRAM  II.  son  8s  heir  of  William,  in  1199,  had  a  grant  of  a  market  and  fair  in  Felton  ;  and,  in  1202,  during=p 
his  minority,  was  found  to  be  in  the  custody  of  Wm  Brewer,  and  agreeing  with  Wm  de  Eland,  that,  till  he,  the  said  Roger, 
was  at  age,  they  should  jointly  present  to  the  church  of  Milburn,  which  was  dependant  on  the  mother  church  of  Ponteland. 
— fill.  ii.  338.)  In  the  following  year  the  king  granted  to  him  and  his  heirs,  that  his  manor  of  Felton  "  should  be  out  of 
the  regard  of  the  forest,  as  also  that  he  might  have  free  liberty  of  hunting  there." — fid.  389. )  Dugdale,  seemingly  in  con- 
tradiction to  other  statements,  quotes  records  to  show  that,  in  1205,  the  wardship  and  custody  of  Roger,  son  of  Wm  Bertram, 
was  granted  to  Peter  de  Brus  for  300  marks  (Bar.  i.  5  -18  J  ;  for,  before  his  minority  was  expired,  Constance  de  Crammaville, 
In  1207,  complained  that  while  he  was  in  the  custody  of  Wm  de  Brewer,  Geoffry  Manduit,  the  guardian's  bailiff,  ousted  her 
of  certain  lands  which  she  held  in  the  honour  of  Mitford,  and  which  she  could  not  recover  till  she  had  given  him  40  marks  : 
she  also  further  showed,  that  Mauduit  not  only  used  threats,  but  by  deep  designs,  fair  words,  and  pretences  of  love,  prevailed 
with  her  to  let  him  have  the  lands  in  question  for  his  homage  and  service  and  1  (10  marks,  of  which  sum  he  had  not,  how- 
ever, paid  her  more  than  100s. — (IIJ.ii.3SQ.)  In  1214,  he  engaged  in  rebellion  against  king  John,  for  which  offence  his 
lands  were  seized  and  given  to  that  iniquitous  minion  of  the  crown,  Philip  de  Ulcotes,  who,  in  that  year,  was  sheriff  of 
Northumberland,  an  office  which  he  retained  for  six  successive  years  afterwards.  But  Bertram,  on  the  death  of  king  John, 
in  1216,  having  made  peace  with  the  government  of  his  successor,  by  a  fine  of  £100,  procured  repeated  orders  for  the  restitu- 
tion of  his  lands,  to  which  Ulcotes  continued  to  turn  a  deaf  ear,  till  the  sheriff  of  Northamptonshire  was  charged  with  a 
special  precept  to  let  him  know,  that  unless  he  speedily  restored  the  claimant  to  his  possessions,  immediate  seizure  should  be 
made  of  all  his  estates  in  Northamptonshire,  Yorkshire,  and  Durham.  This  threat  succeeded,  and  the  baron  of  Mitford 
soon  after  became  so  distinguished  for  his  loyalty,  that  he  was  frequently  employed  in  state  affairs  of  considerable  importance. 
On  July  15,  1220,  he  was  one  of  the  English  barons  who  swore  to  see  Henry  the  Third's  obligation  to  marry  his.  sister  Mar- 
garet to  Alexander  king  of  Scotland,  carried  into  effect. — (Rymer,  i.  X41.J  In  August  following  he  was  a  witness  to  the 
convention  between  the  king  and  Geoffry  de  Marisco,  on  the  latter  being  appointed  justiciary  of  Ireland. — (Id.  p.  244. )  In 
1224,  the  crown  discharged  him  from  the  payment  of  his  portion  of  the  scutage  of  Wales.  Robert  de  Lexington,  Roger 
Merlay,  Roger  Bertram,  and  Jordan  Hayron,  were  justices  itinerant  at  Newcastle  in  1225. — (Brand's  Newc.  it.  391.;  In  1228, 
Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  Rog'»r  de  Merlay,  himself,  and  other  northern  barons,  had  a  mandate  to  meet  Alexander,  king  of 

Scotland,  at  Berwick,  and  give  him  safe  conduct  to  a  conference  between  him  and  the  king  of  England,  at  York (Rymer, 

i.  306.  J  In  March,  1237,  he  was  a  witness  to  the  agreement  made  before  Cardinal  Otto,  the  pope's  legate  at  York,  respect- 
Ing  differences  between  England  and  Scotland. — (Id.  374J  The  sheriff's  roll  for  1242  credits  him  for  the  payment  of  30 
marks  for  not  attending  the  king  into  Gascony  ;  and  Dugdale  quotes  Matthew  of  Westminster,  to  show  that  he  died  in  the 
same  year.  His  heir,  in  48  Hen.  III.  1243 — 4,  is  described  as  in  the  custody  of  the  king. — (777.  ».  881.) 


VI. — ROGER  BERTRAM  III.   son  of  Roger  Bertram,  of  Mitford,  made  restitution  of  certain=T=JoAN,  widow  of  Roger  Bertram 
lands  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  (777.  ii.  62) ;  and,  under  the  description  of    (  ) :  re-married  to 

Roger  Bertram  the  Third,  he  quit-claimed  to  the  priory  of  Brinkburn  all  right  which  it    Robert  de  Nevill  before  the  year 
had  in  the  wood  of  Linchewood  by  the  gift  of  his  great  grandfather  William  Bertram. — (Evid.  \  1275. — (III.  i.  104.) 
No.  4.)     In  1257,  he  obtained  a  grant  of  privileges  in  Mitford,  Felton,  and  Kirkley  (///.  ii.  — 


391)  ;  and,  in  the  following  year,  with  other  northern  barons,  had  command  to  march  into  Scotland  with  all  the  force  each 
of  them  could  raise,  to  rescue  the  young  king  of  that  country  out  of  the  hands  of  his  rebellious  barons.  That  he  was  a  person 
of  a  daring  and  martial  spirit,  and  a  strenuous  opposer  of  the  arbitrary  measures  of  Henry  the  Third,  is  plain,  from  the 
active  part  he  took  against  that  monarch.  In  March,  1264,  he  had  been  summoned  to  be  a>  Oxford  in  the  Midlent  following 
(Dig.  of  a  Peer,  3rd  Rep.  Apt.  p.  34) ;  but,  regardless  of  the  royal  mandate,  he  joined  the  earl  of  Leicester  under  the  standard 
of  revolt,  and  continued  to  fight  under  it  till,  in  company  with  his  neighbour  Hugh  Gubi»n,  lord  of  Shilvington,  he  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  siege  of  Northampton,  on  the  3rd  of  April  following. — (777.  «.  360.  Knighton  inter  X  Script,  col.  2448.) 
This  desperate  adventure  shattered  the  fortune  of  his  house.  The  charges  against  him  for  alienating  parcels  of  his  barony 
•without  licence  have  already  been  enumerated.  Before  this  crisis  of  his  misfortunes  lie  had  probably  expended  a  considerable 
part  of  his  estate.  He  parted  with  Bavington  in  (255  (777.  ii.  26)  ;  and,  in  the  year  in  which  he  was  taken  prisoner,  sold 
Ottercops,  another  of  his  grandmother  Alice  Umfreville's  estates,  to  the  earl  of  Leicester  himself,  who,  besides  being  possessed 
of  the  barony  of  Emeldon,  in  this  county,  was  so  great  a  favourite  in  it,  that  after  his  death,  John  de  Vescy,  lord  of  Alnwick, 
presented  to  the  abbey  there,  one  of  his  feet,  which  the  convent  enshrined  in  a  shoe  of  the  purest  silver,  honoured  as  the  relic 
of  a  holy  martyr,  and  gave  to  it  the  character  of  emitting  invisible  virtues  of  so  divine  a  nature  as  to  heal  the  sick.  Montfort 
had  fought  for  the  monks,  and  they  attempted  to  canonize  his  memory. — (See  Gale's  Mailr.  Chron.)  May  not  the  true  cause  of 
Bertram's  ruin  be  sought  for  in  a  blind  attachment  to  the  monks  ?  They  roused  his  zeal  to  fight  the  vause  of  the  Holy  See 
under  de  Montfort's  banner  ;  and,  when  the  prodigality  of  war  made  him  feel  the  want  of  money,  his  advisers  and  his  general 
gave  him  cash  for  portions  of  his  estate ;  for  the  monks,  ever  ready  to  exchange  the  contents  of  their  coffers  for  lands  in  fee, 
obtained  beneficial  grants  of  him  for  the  convents  of  Brinkburn  and  Newminster.  He  also  gave  "  to  the  holy  nuns  of  St. 
Bartholomew  of  Newcastle  2  acres  and  an  half  of  his  pasture  of  Merdisfen  in  the  east  part  of  the  Staineley,  and  next  the  way 
one  other  and  a  half  on  that  one  part  of  the  way,  and  one  toft  in  the  town  of  Merdisfen  of  ten  partis  in  length  and  four  in 
breadth,  &c." — (Brand's  Ninvc.  i.  208.)  After  his  capture  at  Northampton,  his  castle  of  Mitford,  and  all  his  Northumberland 
estates  were  seized,  and  given  into  the  custody  of  Win  de  Valence,  the,  king's  half-brother  ;  but  probably  restored  soon  after 
on  the  payment  of  a  heavy  fine  for  his  pardon  and  ransom.  The  price  of  his  redemption  was  probably  furnished  by  de 
Valence,  and  became  the  heaviest  of  all  the  incumbrances  upon  the  estate ;  for,  in  1269,  we  find  Bertram  conveying  Great 
Ealand,  Merdeferi,  Calverdon,  and  Little  Ealand,  to  the  same  Wm  de  Valence,  whose  descendants  continued  to  have  consi- 
derable interest  in  the  castle  and  estates  of  Mitford  barony  for  several  generations  afterwards.  By  writ,  dated  at  Woodstock, 
84.  Dec.  1?64,  Simon  de  Montfort,  earl  of  Leicester]  summoned  him;  In  the  name  of  the  king,  to  beat  a  convention  at  Lotidon, 


MITFORD  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  LORDS  OF  MITFORD. 


Issue  of  Roger  Bertram  III.  and  Joan 


on  the  octave  of  St  Hillary,  about  quieting  the  differences  between  the  king  and  the  nation. — (Rymer,  i.  308.)  That  he  con- 
trived to  preserve  a  part  of  his  estates  to  his  family,  either  by  conveyance  before  their  seizure,  or  by  procuring  their  restora- 
tion afterwards,  is  plain,  from  the  interest  his  heirs  continued  to  enjoy  in  them  long  after  his 'death.  When  that  event 
happened,  I  have  seen  no  account.  Under  the  name  of  "  Bertram  de  Myteford,"  in  1274,  he  granted  in  fee  to  "  Adam  de 
Gesemuthe"  the  ville  of  Benrig,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Mitford  (///.  it.  360} ;  but  it  Is  plain  that  he  was  dead  in 
1275 — for,  an  inquest  in  that  year,  under  the  statute  quo  warranto,  says,  that  his  son  and  heir,  who  holds  in  capite,  ought  to 
liave  been  a  ward  of  the  king,  and  to  have  been  married  by  him. — (///.  i.  104.) 


\~- 

VII.  —  1.    ROGER  BER-= 
TRAM  IV.  died  5  Edw. 
II.  1311-2,  possessed  of 
the  castle  and  ville  of 
Mitford,  besides  proper- 
ty in  Molesden,  Felton, 
Framlington,  O  vergares 
Bichfleld,  and  Kirkley. 
(///.  i.  59). 

1 
=EVA.    2.  THOMAS  BER- 
TRAM,  to   whom 
his  father  convey- 
ed Throphlll   be- 
fore 3rd  Edw.  I. 
1275,  (///.  «.  10*) 
and    which     this 
Thomas    sold    to 
Hugh  de  Eure.  — 
(See  under   Throp- 

htu.}       =r 

~r 
1.  AGNES  BERTRAM 
married  Thos.  Fitz- 
william,  lord  of  El- 
meley  and  Sprotbo- 
rough,  in  Yorkshire, 
who  had  with  her 
the  manor  of  Stein- 
ton,  and  60s.  yearly 
out  of  Greatham,  in 
co.    Durham.  —  (Col- 
Knit  Peer.  v.  161.  )=p 

T~ 

2.  ISABELLA  BERTRAM 
married  Philip  Darcy  ; 
and  5  Edw.  II.  had,  as 
cousin  &  heir  of  Roger 
Bertram,  lord  of  Mit- 
ford, livery  of  ^  of  the 
mill  of  Felton,  &  castle 
of  Mitford  (Co/ling's 
Peerage,   via.   884;  ///. 
H.  294.)        =f= 

S.CHRI 
BERT 
marrie 
Ross.= 

~1  — 

STIAN 
RAM 

d 

1  "  ' 
4.  ADA  BER- 
TRAM marri- 

VIII. — AGNES  BERTRAM  had  a    JOHN  BERTRAM,  son  and    WILLIAM  FITZ- WILLIAM    NORMAN    ELI  AS  DE  PE-    ISABELLA  DE 

grant  of  Mitford  Castle,  and  other    heir,    levied    a    fine    of    married  Agnes,  daughter    DARCY.     NULBURY,HV-        VERB.     =f 

property  from  her  grandfather    Throphill  to  John,  son    and  heir  of  Thomas  lord         -r-         ing  5  Edw.  II. 

Roger  Bertram,  which  castle  she    of  Hugh  de  Eure,  and  al-    Grey,  of  Codnor. — (Col- 

ha<l  sold  before  1275,  to  Alex,    so  released  to  said  Eure    linis  Peerage,  v.  162.) 

Balliol  and  Alianora  de  Genevre    all  claim  to  Throphlll.— 

his  -wife,   which  Alianora  was    (Sec  Throphill.) 

afterwards  married,   as  shewn 

below,  to  Robert  de  Stutteville — (HI.  i.  128.)     This  Agnes,  in  1282,  is 

described  as  daur.  and  heir  of  Roger  Bertram,  and  she  and  her  castle  of 

Mitford  directed  to  be  taken  into  the  king's  hands. — (///.  ii.  346.) 


IX. — WILLIAM  FITZ- WILLIAM  married  Maud,  daur.  of  Edw.  lord  Deyn-    PHILIP  DARCY,  according  to    GILBERT  DE  AYTOK, 
court,  and  was  living  5  Edw.  II.  when  he  was  found  to  be  one  of  the    Dugdale,  was  10  years  old    living  5  Edw.  II. 
heirs  of  Roger  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford. — (Cellini's  Peerage,  v.  162.)  14  Ed.  III.  and  died  young, 

and  without  issue. — (Bar.  i.  871.) 


PEDIGREE  OF  VALENCE,  BALLIOL,  STUTTEVILLE,  CUMIN,  8TRABOLGIE,  PERCY,  AND  BOROUGH, 

LORDS  OF  MITFORD. 


I.  —WILLIAM  DE  VALENCE,-T-JOAN,  sole  dau.  RICHARD  DE  Ci:it-s 
son  &  heir  of  Hugh  le  Brim  j  of  Warine  de  HAM,  natural  son 
and  Isabella  Angouleme,  the  Muncbensi. —  of  king  John;  some- 


After  the  capture  of  Roger  |  561.) 
Bertram    at  Northampton, 


beautiful  wid.  of  king  John.     (Dugdale's  Bar.  i.    times  called   Rich- 


ard  de  Dover. 


:ROHESIA,  dau.  of   JOHN  DE  BALLIOL,=FDERVAGUILLA,  d. 


Fulbert  de  Dover,  lord  of  By  well  and 

who    built    Ful-  Barnard-castle ; 

ham  Castle.    She  founder  of  Balliol 

had  a  sister  Lora,  College,     Oxford ; 


married  to  Wm    died  53  Hen.  III. 

Marmion. (Ra-    1269. 

pin,  i.  280.) 


th»  king  ordered  Mitford  Castle  and  its  dependencies  to  be 

seized  and  committed  into  the  custody  of  his  half  brother  Wm 

de  Valence,  (///.  U.  360)  to  whom  the  said  Roger  Bertram 

alienated  Great  and  Little  Ealand,  Merdesfen,  and  Calverdon. 

—(///.  i.  103;  III.  n.  292;  and  Supra,  p.  4.)     In  34  Hen.  III.  he  had  the  wardship  of  Roger 

Fitz-Roger,  lord  of  Corbrldge.— (///.  a.  281.)     He  used  free  wan-en  in  Ponteland,  in  1294 

(///.  «.  191) ;  and  died  in  the  ides  of  June,  1296,  and  was  buried  in  St  Edmund  s  chapel,  in 

Westminster  Abbey,  where  his  monument  remains. — (Dug.  Bar,  i.  776.) 


of  Margaret,  dau. 
of  David  earl  of 
Huntingdon,  bro. 
of  Wm  the  Lion, 
king  of  Scotland. 

(See   Col.    Hot. 

Pat.  22  Hen.  III. 
p.  19,  No.  10  y  $ 
Prynne's  Edw.  I. 
p.  516.) 


II. — 1.  JOHN  DE  VALENCK  2.  WILLIAM  DE  VALENCE  was  slain  in  a  skirmish  8.  SIR  ADOMAR  DE  VALENCE,  earl 
died  young.  with  the  Welsh,  in  his  father's  lifetime.  of  Pembroke,  was  tall,  and  of  a  sallow 

countenance,    which    caused    Piers  de 

Gaveston  to  <all  him  "  Joseph  the  Jew."  He  was  thrice  married  : — Istly,  to  Beatrix,  daur.  of  Ralph  Neal,  constable  of 
France ;  2ndly,  to  a  daughter  of  the  earl  of  Barr ;  Srdly,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Guy  de  Chastillon,  earl  of  St  Paul,  which 
Mary  was,  on  the  same  day,  maid,  wife,  and  widow — her  husband  being  killed  on  their  wedding-day  in  a  tournament. 

(WalUs,U.  316.)     Leland,  however,  says  he  was  murdered,  '23  June,'   1323,  while  attending  queen  Isabella  into 

France,  "  by  reason  he  had  a  hand  in  the  death  of  the  earl  of  Lancaster." — (Dug.  Bar.  i.  778.)  He  was  a  very  valiant 
man  ;  and,  in  1307,  the  king's  lieutenant  on  the  marches  in  Scotland. — (Rot.  Scot.  i.  66.)  He  died  without  issue, 
possessed  of  Mitford  Castle,  and  a  long  list  of  its  dependencies,  given  in  Part  lii.  vol.  i.  pp.  64,  69 ;  besides  very  extensive 
property  in  many  other  counties.— (Col.  Inq.  p.  m.  i.  312,  317.)  His  widow,  the  countess  of  St  Paul,  died  in  March,  51 
Edw.  III.  possessed  of  large  estates  in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  (Id.. M.  10) ;  besides  which  she  had  in  dower  with  sir  Aymer 
de  Valence  the  manor  and  forest  of  Felton,  which,  7th  May,  46  Edward  III.  she  attorned  to  sir  Aymer  de  Athol.— (End, 
1,  a,  b.)  . 


See  Generation  II.  continued  over. 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


M 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Continuation  of  Generation  77. 


1. 

fc 

Cent,  of  issue  of  Wm  de 
Valence  &  Joan  Munchensi. 

1 

2.                                                                      3. 

Issue  of  Richard  de  Chilham               Issue  of  John  de  Balliol  and  Dervaguilla, 
and  Rohesia  de  Dover.                        daur.  of  David,  earl  of  Huntingdon. 

1 

i        j                    I 

II 

1 

r    i 

2.  ISABELLA  DE    1.  AGNES  DE=!.  HUGH  DE    DAVID  08= 

=Isabella, 

3.  ALEXANDEB.:=ALIANOR  DEI-ROBERT  DE 

4.  JOHN  DE 

VALENCE  mar-       VALENCE 

BALLIOL, 

STRATH- 

2d  daur. 

DE  BALLIOL, 

GENEVRE 

STUTTEVILLE 

BALLIOL, 

ried  John  Baron    marr.    Istly, 

28  yrs.  old 

BOLGIE, 

married 

lord  of  Bywell 

was,  with  her 

had  from 

lord  of  By- 

Hastings,     lord     to  Maurice 

in   1269; 

3th  earl  of 

2ndly 

,1 

0 

and    Barnard- 

husb.    Alex 

John,  the  son 

well    and 

ofAbergavenny,     Fitzgerald  ; 

died    s.    p.    Athol,  first 

Alex. 

de 

castle,  in  1272, 

de  Balliol,  eti 

of    Elias    of 

Barnard- 

(Dug.  Bar.  i.  57o,    2dly,  toHugh 

1272.               husband. 

Balliol 

> 

let   the  manor 

feoffed  by  A 

Stokesfleld,  a 

castle,  in 

77b)  whose  de-    de  Balliol  ;  & 

as  wh 

0 

<c 

ofWhittonstall 

lianor,  queer 

renunciation 

England,  & 

scendant,  John    Sdly,  to  John 

2.  ALAN  DE 

wife,  in  1282,  she  is 

to  Roger  d'A- 

of    England 

of   all   right 

of  Galloway 

Hastings,    died    de  Avennes. 

BALLIOL 

called  in  th 

e  Chrc 

ii 

1- 

reyns  (L.  277)  ; 

in    lands    ii 

to   him   and 

in  Scotland, 

13  Ric.  II.  s.  p.     In  1290,  A- 

succeeded 

cle  of  WE 

n  The 

n 

1. 

was  summon- 

Mitford   and 

his   "  lady 

heir  of  his 

when  Reginald    dam  de  Wo- 

Hugh,  and 

"  Isabella  de  Dover, 

ed   5  Edw.   I. 

Felton,   to 

Alyanor  de 

bros.  Hugh, 

Gray,  his  great       derington 

died  s.  p.— 

countess  of  Asolin." 

1277,  as  Alex. 

them  and  the 

Genovre  his 

Alan,  and 

grandson,    was      petitioned 

(Prynne's 

—  (Hist.   An 

ie.   Scr 

'P 

b 

son  of  John  de 

heirs  of  her 

wife,"  to  an 

Alexander. 

found  to  be  his     parliament 

Edw.  I.  516.) 

Xcol.  1934.)     Balli- 

Balliol, to  be  at 

body.  —  (777. 

acre  of  land 

—(Prynne's 

heir.  (Harl.  MS.       respecting 

1 

ol,  her  2nd 

Dusoa 

K 

1, 

Worcester.  — 

»'.  128.)    Ed- 

boundering 

Edw.  I.  p. 

294,  p.  126.)              injustices 

JOHN   DE 

was  lord  of  Cavers, 

(Dig.  of  a  Peer, 

ward  the 

on  Bywell 

516.) 

done  to  him 

STRATHBOL- 

in  Scotlai 

id,    ai 

id 

3d  Rep.  Apx.  p. 

First  having 

dam.  —  (Evid. 

Crowned 

by  Agnes  de  Valence  and  her 

GIE,     10th 

held  Chilham  Castle 

37.)    He  &  his 

granted   all 

3.         )      In 

Ikingof  Scot- 

bailiffs   in   Woodhorn.  —  (Rot. 

earl  of  Athol, 

in  right  of  his  wife 

wife  Alianor 

the  castles  & 

1294,  he  and 

land,  Nov. 

Par.  i.  46.)    In  1293,  she  was 

espoused 

(Rymer,  ii.  2 

80;7J 

lit 

bought  Mit- 

possessions 

his  wife  Ali- 

20, 1292  ;  & 

adjudged  to  have  right  of  gal- 

the   side   of 

Bar.    i.    525;      Rot. 

ford  Castle,  & 

which    had 

anor,  claim- 

died in 

lows,  &c.   in  Gainford,    near 

Robt.Bruce, 

Parl.  i.  470 

;  and 

0 

1 

the  villes  of 

belonged  to 

ed  various 

France,  in 

Bariiardcastle  (Id.  118)  ;  and, 

for  which     account  of 

his  being 

Mitford    and 

John  de  Bal- 

privileges on 

J306. 

in  the    following     year,    she 

he  was  sen-    greatly  engaged 

in 

Moiesden,  of 

liol    to  John 

their  lands 

claimed  various    privileges  in 

tenced  to  be    settling  the  affairs  of 

Agnes  de  Ber- 

earl of  Richm. 

in  Mitford  & 

5.  MARGERY 

Woodhorn     and    Newbiggen, 

hung  ;  but, 

"  John  de  j 

Uholy 

a. 

tram  ;  and  A- 

&amongstthe 

Felton.  (777. 

DE  BALLIOL 

which  places  she  held  in  dow- 

in respect  of 

son  of  Davic 

llatee 

11 

1 

dam,  son  and 

rest  Bywell 

i.    128.)     He 

marr.  John 

er  as  widow  of  Hugh  de  Bal- 

his  royal      of  Athol,  Alex,  king 

heir  of  Gilbert 

&  Woodhorn, 

died  on 

Cumin,  of 

Hol  —  (777.  i.  155,  156,  192.) 

blood,    was 

of  Scotland 

12  Ju 

iy 

de  Stokesfield, 

(which  grant 

Whitsun  eve 

Badenach, 

3.  JOAN  DE  VA-=J=JOHN  CUMIN, 

not  drawn, 

1284,  sent  a  letter  to 

quit-claimed 

Edw.  II.  con- 

1306, at  Mit- 

one of  the 

LENCE                 j  lord  of  Bade- 

as  traitors     Edw.   I.  requesting 

to  him  and  the 

firmed,   toge- 

ford Castle, 

12  competi- 

  nach,  in  Scot- 

usually 

that  Ballio 

1   mig 

it 

• 

lady  Alianor 

ther  with  the 

seized  of  that 

tors  for  the 

land,  whose  father  laid  claims 

were,  to  the    for  the  time  being, 

de  Genevre,   1 

reversion  of 

fort,    and  50 

crown  of 

to  the  crown  of  Scotland  in 

gallows,  but 

be  excused 

from 

it 

acre  of  land  at 

the  lands 

acres  of  land 

Scotland.  — 

1292  ;  but  withdrew  them  In 

set  on  horse- 

tending Edward's 

the  end  of  By- 

which  Agnes 

there,  and  2 

(Doug.  Peer. 

favour  of  John  Balliol,  after 

back,   and  • 

irmy  in    i 

>erson 

well  dam.  — 

de  Valence, 

parts  of  the 

i.  162,614.) 

whose  repeated  renunciation 

hanged  on  a 

(Rymer,  2ded.i.  280.) 

(Evid.  2.)     He 

wid.  of  Hugh 

forest  of  Fel- 

Kiel path 

of  his  right  to  it,  this  John 

gibbet  40  ft. 

died  without 

de  Balliol,  & 

ton,  which 

quotes  the 

Cumin  and  Robert  Bruce  en- 

high, his  hea 

4  fixed  on 

Lond 

01 

1 

issue  in  1278, 

Alianor  de 

he  had  hold- 

Scala  Chro- 

tered  into  a  secret  convention 

bridge,  and  his  body  burnt  to  ash- 

seized of  By- 

Genevre,  wid. 

en  by  virtue 

nicatoshow 

proposed  by  Bruce,    and  to 

es.  —  (Dttg.  Bar.  ti.  95.)=p 

well  &  Wood- 

of  Alex,  de 

of  a  grant 

tliat  "  John 

this  effect  :  —  "  Support  you 
my  title  to  the  crown,  and  I  will  give  you  my  estate,  or  give  me 

horn.  —  (777.  i. 

47.) 

Balliol,  held 
in    dower, 

made  to  his 
wife  by  Ali- 

Balliol, king 
of  Scots,  had 

your  estate,  and  I  will  support  your  title  to  the  crown 

."     But 

(F(ed.  2ndcd.) 

anor,     dow- 

3  sisters  — 

ager  queen  of  the  eld.  was 
England,  and  Margaret  of 
moth,  of  Ed.  Gillesland  ; 
I. — (Evid.  4.)  the  2nd,  the 
lady  Coney ; 

md  the  3rd  was  married 'to 
him  that  Robt.  Bruce  kill- 
ed at  Dumfries." 


III.— 1.  JOHN  CUMIN,  of  Bade-  2.  JOAN  CUMIN, 
nach,  died  in  1325-6,  possessed  eldest  daur.  30 
of  several  tenements  and  estates  yrs.  old,  &  mar- 


in  Tindale,  but  without  issue. 
— f777.  ii.  805.; 


ried  19  Edw.  II. 


3.  ELIZABETH  CUMIN,  2nd  daughter,  26  years  old 
19  Edw.  II. ;  married  sir  Rich.  Talbot,  of  God- 
rich  Castle,  in  Herefordshire,  from  whom  the 
lands  called  Talbot's  lands,  in  Tindale,  had  their 
name. — (777.  ii.  306.) 


=DAVID  DE  STRATHBOLUIE,  1  ]th    1.  JOHN  DE  STUTTEVILLE,  24  yrs.  old  at  the 

earl  of  Athol,  died   1  Edw.  III.    time  of  his  mother's  dt-ath,  4  Edw.  II 

possessed  of  property  in  Tin-  (Wallis,  ii.  314;  and  Dug.  Bar.  i.  459.;  He 
dale,  &  the  manor  of  Mitford,  granted  to  Aymer  de  Valence  his  castle  & 
with  its  several  dependencies  manor  of  Mitford  (Evid.  5),  and  to  Adam 
in  Moiesden,  Ponteland,  Little  Meyneville  all  his  right  in  the  fisheries  in 

Elaud,  Calverton,  &  Merdisfen.    Bywell (Id.  6.) 

2.  ROBERT,  son  of  Robert  Stutteville,  one 

of  the  party  indicted  for  burning  the  house  of  Agnes  de  Benerigg,  at  Mit- 
ford, in  12  Edw.  I.— (Rot.  Par.  i,  123.)  In  the  inquest  after  the  death  of 
his  father,  he  is  described  as  the  son  of  Robert  de  Stutteville  and  Alianor 

iinlw  JiriH    tonomontc  nu»- 1  u  m...-1  in  *i>n  L-ni/4   ;•, ,.,>,,.)  /-..:/     A   \ 


his  father,  he  is  described  as  the  son  of  Robert  de  Stutteville 
|ais  wife ;  and,  as  heir  ot  the  said  Alianor,  in  the  lands  and  tenements  mentioned  in  the  said  inquest.— (Evid.  4.) 


MITFORD   PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  LORDS  OF  MITFORD. 


Issue  of  David  de  Strathbolgie,  1 1  th  earl  of  Athol,  and  Joan  Cumin. 


IV. — DAVID  DE  STRATHBOLGIE,-J-CATHARINE,    1.  ELEANOR,  sole  daur.=AYMER,   or  ADOMAR  DE  ATHOL,*=f=2.  "  Marya  ux.  ' 


12t/i  earl  of  Athol,  in  1330,  on 
the  death  of  his  uncle  John  Cu- 
min, of  Badenach,  had  livery  of 
the  manor  of  "  Tirsite,"  in 
North  Tindale,  and  of  the  lands 
which  descended  to  him  as  one 
of  the  co-heirs  of  Adomar  de 
Valence. — (Doug.  Peer.  i.  134.) 
He  was  slain  in  Scotland,' Jan. 
30,  1336,  at  the  age  of  28,  and 
fighting  in  the  cause  of  Edward 
III.  when  the  inquest  after  his 
death  found  him  seized  in  Mer- 
desfen,  Ponteland,  Little  Eland, 
Calverdon,  the  castle  of  Mitford, 
and  lands  in  Molesden. — (///.  i. 
71.) 


dan.  of  Hen.    of  sir  Kobt.  Felton,  kt.    lord  of  Jesmond  &  Ponteland,  was 


—(Har.  MS.  294, 


N,,.  1110,$  Evid.) 
Ob.  before  1387. 


lord     Beau-    and  Eleanor,  dau.  of  sir    bro.  of  David,  12th  earl  of  Athol. 
mont.  Tuos.  Greystock.    This    —(Harl.  MS.  294,  No.  2188.)  Queen 

Eleanor  was  first  mar-    Philippa  appointed  him  and  John 

ried  to  Robert  Lisle,  of  Woodburne. —    de  Strivelyn,  Roger  Fulthorpe,  and  William  Kellaw, 
(Calverley  MS.  SeealsoII.  i.  174, gen.  7.)    her  justices  of  assize  for  the  franchise  of  Tindale. — 

(Swinb.  Char.  p.  23.)     In  1372,  he  was  a  witness  to  a 

deed,  dated  at  Hautwysell,  respecting  the  manors  of  Hautwysell  and  Collanwode. — (///.  it. 
34.)  David  de  Strathbolgie,  earl  of  Athol,  granted  to  him  the  reversion  of  the  manor  and 
forest  of  Felton,  after  the  death  of  Mary  de  St  Paul,  countess  of  Pembroke,  which  manor 
and  forest  he  entailed  upon  his  two  daughters  and  their  husbands  in  the  manner  described 
in  the  Evidences  under  this  generation  ;  in  consequence  of  which  the  countess  of  Pembroke 
attorned  to  him  the  premises  by  a  deed  of  May  6,  1372,  which  recites  the  entail. — (Evid.  8.) 
In  1381,  he  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  he  and  sir  Ralph  Eure 
were  knights  of  the  shire  for  the  same  county,  in  which  office  they  had  each  an  allowance 
of  4s.  a  day  during  their  attendance  on  parliament  out  of  a  rate  levied  upon  the  several 
townships  of  the  county  for  that  purpose,  and  printed  in  the  Appendix  to  Wallis's  History. 
'  The  Scottish  army,  in  its  march  from  Newcastle,  in  Aug.  1388,  besieged  "  sir  Haymon  de 
Alpliel,  in  his  castle  of  Ponteland,  where  he  was  lord,  and  after  a  sharpe  assault,  won  it,  and  took  him  prisoner.  — (//.  i. 
116,  128.)  He  died  3  Henry  IV.  1402,  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Ponteland,  holden  as  of  the  manor  of  Mitford,  and  also  of 
various  rents  and  other  property  in  Yorkshire. — (///.  it.  262.)  An  abstract  of  a  deed  of  the  same  year  describes  him  as  hav- 
ing the  manor  of  Ponteland  for  life,  the  reversion  of  it  belonging  to  sir  John  le  Scrope,  knt.  in  right  of  his  wife  Elizabeth. 
— (Evid.  7.)  Bishop  Fordham,  at  Gateshead,  9  July,  1387,  granted  40  days  indulgence  to  all  who  would  assist  in  the  repairs 
of  St  Andrew's  church,  in  Newcastle,  or  contribute  to  the  support  of  the  chantry  of  the  Holy  Trinity  in  that  church,  or  pray 
for  the  health  of  sir  Aymer  de  Athol,  knight.  From  this  mention  of  him  he  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  founder  of  that 
chantry,  in  which  he  and  his  wife  were  buried  under  a  very  large  stone,  which  has  originally  been  plated  very  curiously 
with  brass.  The  remains  of  their  effigies  are  still  partly  to  be  seen,  in  full-length  armour,  having  a  sword  on  his  left  side  : 

of  her's  nothing  remains  but  from  the  shoulders  upwards.     The  arms  are  Athol  empaling The  remaining  part  of 

the  inscription  is — "  Hie  JACENT  DOMINUS  ADOMAROS  DE  ATHOLL  MILES  ET  DOMINA  MARIA  UXOR  EJUS,  QUJE  OBIIT  QUARTO, 

DIE    MENSIS    ANNO    DOMINI    MILLESIMO    TRICBNTESIMO"    (Grey   SayS   7.)        "  ANIMARUM    PROPITIETUR."— (JSTnznrf. 

».  189.)  

— I  I \ —  — I — 

V. — DAVID  DE  STRATH--T~ELIZABETH,  dau.    AYMER  DE    ISABELLA  DE^SIR  RALPHHTCATH.  DE    2.  MARY  DE=ROBT.  DE=I. 


BOLGIE,  13th  earl  of  Athol, 
was  three  years  old  at 
the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  He  sold  Moles- 
''('ii  to  John  de  Mitford, 
in  1369;  and  died,  in 
1375,  aged  43,  possessed 
of  various  villes  &  par- 
cels of  land  in  Tindale, 


besides    Mitford    Castle,     (///.  ».  87.) 


ATHOL  was    LISLE,  of 
second  wife.    Felton. 


of  Hen.  lord  Fer-  ATHOL,           ATHOL.          DE  EURE.  A  VESCY, 

rers,    of    Groby.  mentioned  *f*  This  ac-                         daur.  and 

Lord  Hailes,  from  in  the  in-  count  of  Adomar  de  Athofs    co-heir  of 

Rymer,    vl.    32,  dulgence  daughters  is  from  Harl.  MS.    sir  William  de  Ayton,  from  whom  the 

calls  her   Catha-  by  Bishop  294,  No.  1140,  which,  for    barons  de  Eure  are  descended. 

rlne. (Douglas's  Fordham,  its  authority,  quotes  Esch. 


Peer.  i.  134.)  She 
was  marr.  SJndly, 
to  John  Mai  wayn. 


already       47  Edw.  III.  de  manerio  de  Felton.    No.  2189  of  the  same  MS.  quoting 
noticed.       an  authority  if  3  Henry  IV.  makes  Adomar  de  Atheles,  uncle  of  David,  13th 
earl  of  Athol,  to  be  then  "  sine  exitu,"  and  Elix.   wife  of  John  le  Scrope, 
the  representative  of  her  grandfather  David,  llth  earl  of  Athol,  so  that  it 


&  places  dependent  upon  —  —  I    would  appear  that  this  Isabella  and  her  sister  Mary  had  both  died  without 

it,  all  of  which  are  enumerated  in  Part  III.  vol.  i.  p.  87.1    issue  before  that  time. 

f— — I 

VI. — SIR  THOMAS  PERCY,  knight,  2nd=pELiZABETH  DE  STRATHBOLGIE,=SIR  JOHN  SCROPE,    PHILIPPA  DE=SIR  RALPH  PERCY, 


who,  with  her  sister  Philippa,"    2d  son  of  Geoffrey 


son  of  Henry  Percy,  first  earl  of  North- 
umberland, arid  Maud  de  Lucy,  heiress 
of  Cockermouth.  He  was  usually  styled 
SIR  HENRY  PERCY  OF  ATHOL.  He  mar- 
ried 51  Edw.  III.  1377;  and,  1  Ric.  II. 
in  right  of  his  wife,  had  livery  of  the 
lands  which  Mary  de  St  Paul,  countess 
of  Pembroke,  held  in  dower  during  her  life.  He  died  in  Spain,  about 
1388.— (Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  iti.  10,  11  ;  Coigns' $  Peerage,  it.  243.) 


was  a   ward  to   the    earl   of    Scrope,ofMasham 
Northumberland.    She  was  30    baron  of  Whalton, 
years  old  3  Henry  IV.  and  at    in  this  county, 
that  time  married  to  sir  John 
Scrope. — (Evid.  9.!> 


STRATHBOL-    knight,  3rd  son  of 
GIE,  o.  s.  p.     Henry,  first  earl  of 
Northumberland, 
and  Maud  de  Lucy.     He  and  his 
brother    Hotspur    distinguished 
themselves  in  the  battle  of  Otterburn.—  (II.  i.  129.) 
He  was  slain  by  the  Saracens,  in  1400,  and  left  no 
issue. 


VII.— SIR  HENRY  PERCY,  of  Athol,  was  governor  of  Alnwick  Castle,  under  his  grandfather,1 
in  1405  ;  but  not  engaging  with  him  in  his  rebellions  against  Henry  the  Fourth,  he  escaped 


Ponteland,  and  lands  in  Little  Ealand,  Callerton- Valence,  and  Mevdesfen.— ///.  ii.  271, 272.) 


:ELIZABETH,  dau.  SIR  THOMAS 

of  sir  Matthew  PERCY  died 

Bruce,  of  Gower,  in  his  youth, 

and  widow  of  at  Carlisle. 

Robt.  lord  Scales; 

died  in  14 10. 


*  The  Rolls  of  Scotland  contain  several  notices  respecting  this  personage.  I  n  1314,  he  was  put  at  the  head  of  the  men  of  Tindale,  and  had 
a  ship  allowed  him  at  Newcastle,  to  convey  provisions  for  them  to  the  seat  of  war  in  Scotland.  In  the  next  year,  he  was  in  the  commission  of 
array  in  Northumberland ;  and,  in  1346,  had  the  lands  of  David  de  Strathbolgie,  late  earl  of  Athol,  committed  to  his  custody.  On  October  2-2, 
1347,  he  was  made  sheriff  of  Dumfries;  and,  in  the  same  year,  appointed  to  receive  Scotchmen  into  fealty  with  Edward  the  Third,  and  em- 
powered to  repair  the  castle  of  Dalswinton.  In  1352,  the  English  monarch  calls  him  "  his  beloved  cousin,"  and  gives  him  a  protection  for 
persons  he  was  about  to  send  into  Ireland  to  purchase  provisions  for  his  household,  then  resident  in  Scotland ;  and  lastly,  his  name  occurs,  in 
May,  1381,  in  a  mandate  to  himself,  and  others,  on  matters  relative  to  the  borders.— (Hot.  Scot.  i.  651,  654,  GOO,  689,  706,  711,716,718,  75i< 
«.  37J 


44 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D, 


Issue  of  sir  Henry  Percy,  knt.  and  Elizabeth  Bruce. 


VIII.— SIR  THOS.  BOROUGH,*=T=ELIZABF.TH  PERCY.=SIR  WM  LUCY, 


She  died  34  Henry    knight. 
VI.  seized  aslndow- 


1.  HENRY  LORD  GREY,=:MARG.  PERCY=S.  SIR  RICHARH 
of  Codnor,   by  whom    held  in  fee  tail    VEKE,  knight, 
his  wife  Margt.  Percy    to  her  and  her 


er  of  half  the  castle  and  manor  of  had  no  issue. — (Collins,    heirs,  half  the  castle  and  manor 

Mitford,  and  the  advowson  of  the  but  sec  Dug.  Bar.  i.  712.)    of  Mitford.     She  died  in    1464, 

hospital  of  St  Leonard,  at  Mitford,  possessed  of  half  the  castle  and 

and  of  the  chapel  upon  the  "  Cawse."  manor  of  Mitford,  the  advowson  of  St  Leonard's  hospi- 


— (///.  it.  27ti.) 


of  Gainsborough,  knt.  occurs 
in  1461  as  a  witness  to  Henry 
Percy  taking  the  oath  of  fealty 
to  Edw.  IV. — (Rymer,  xi.  649.) 
In  1471,  he  and  sir  Wm  Stan- 
ley rescued  Edward  the  Fourth 
from  durance  in  Middleham 
Castle,  then  in  the  custody  of 
the  archbishop  of  York ;  and  ~~ 
when  that  monarch  returned  from  exile,  he  was  joined  by  sir  Thos.  Borough,  and  many  others,  (Tind.  Rapin,  i.  612,  note  3.) 
who  accompanied  him  to  Barnet-field,  where  he  became  victorious.  In  15  Edw.  IV.  this  sir  Thomas  Borough  had  a  licence 
from  the  crown  to  alienate  half  the  barony  and  castle  of  Mitford,  and  divers  lands  in  other  counties. — (///.  «.  387.)  We  also 
find  him  having  £384  1  Is.  6d.  for  a  quarter's  wages  for  himself,  and  men  at  arms,  and  archers,  in  an  expedition  to  France 
(Rymer,  xi.  649)  y  and  signing  a  truce  between  England  and  France,  13  August,  1475,  in  the  "  field  beside  a  village  called 
Seyntre  within  Vermondose,  a  litell  from  Peron." — (Id.  xii.  15.)  


tal,  near  Mitford,  and  lands  in  Ponteland,  Little  Ealand, 
Callerton- Valence,  and  Merdesfen. — (///.  ii.  277.) 


IX. — SIR  THOMAS  BOROUGH  was  made  a  knight  of  the  garter  by  Richard  the  Third ;  SUMI-I-MARGARET,  daur.  of  Thomas 
moned  to  parliament  from  1  Sep.  1487,  to  14  Oct.  1495,  as  Thos.  Burgh,  knight ;  and  occurs  I  lord  Ross,  of  Kendal,  and  wi- 
20  Feb.  1485,  as  party  to  a  treaty  between  Rich,  the  Third  and  the  duke  of  Brilanny. — (Rymer,    dow  of  sir  Thos.  Botreaux. 
«».  15.)     His  will  Is  dated  18  Feb.  1495  ;  died  in  1496;  burled  at  Gainsborough. j_ 

X. — 1.  SIR  EDWARD  BOROUGH,  knt.  ;  never  summoned  to  parliament.  Sir=f=ANNE,  sole  daur.  &  heir  2.  THOMAS  BOROUGH, 

Humphrey  Lisle,  knight,  died  8  Henry  VIII.  seized  of  the  manor  of  Felton,  I  of  sir  Thomas  Cobham,  8.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of 

which  he  held  of  sir  Edward  Burro,  knight,  as  of  the  manor  of  Mitford. —    of  Sterborough,  knight,  lord  Fitz-Hugh. 

(Hart.  MS.  2101,  p.  239.) I  4.  ANNE. 

XI. — THOMAS  LORD  BOROUGH  ;  summoned  to  parliament  from  the  3rd  of  November,=f=ANNE,  daur.  of  sir  Wm  Tirwhit,  of 
1529,  to  September  8,  1552.  I  Kettleby,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln. 

XII. — ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  sir  David  Owen,  knt.  Dugdale  says=T=SiR  THOMAS  LORD  BOROUGH.  =ALICE  survived  her  husband, 
she  broke  the  bonds  of  wedlock,  and  had  several  children  "  by    Will  dated  at  Ewston,  in  co.    and  re-married  to  Edmund 
some  other  person,  on  which  her  husband  obtained  a  special  act  I  Suffolk,  14  Feb  4-  Edw.  VI.  &    Rokewood.  Her  will  is  dated 
of  parliament  34  Henry  VIII.  for  bastardizing  them."  (mentions  his  wife  Alice.  24  March   1568. 



XIII.  —  1.  HENRY,  son  and    2.  "  WILLIAM  LORD  BURGH."  —  (Camden's  Eliz.  p.  209.)= 
heir,  mentioned  in  his  fa-    In  4  Philip  and  Mary,  a  fine  was  levied  between  An- 
ther's will.                                thony  Mitford,  esq.  and  Cuthbert  Mitford,  gent,    com- 
plainants, and  sir  Wm  Burghe,  knt.,  lorde  Burghe,  and 
Catharine  his  wife,  deforceants,  respecting  property  in  Callerton,  Ponteland,  Mers- 
fen,  Framlington,  and  Mitford,  for  which  the  Mitfords  gave  to  lorde  Burghe  £525. 
—(Cart.  Ridl.  43,  44.)     Wallis  refers  to  this  transaction,  and  says  that  lord  Borough 
reserved  to  himself  the  site  of  the  castle  of  Mitford  &  the  royalties.  -(Hist.  North,  a.  822.) 

-CATHARINE    8.  SIR  THOMAS  BOROUGH, 
CLINTON,      knight  ;  dead  4  Edw.  VI. 
daughter  of 
Edward,      4.  DOROTHY  his  daughter, 
earl  of  Lin-    and   sir   Anthony  Nevill, 
coin.          his  son  in  law,  all  men- 
tioned in  her  father's  will. 

XIV.— 1.— SIR  JOHN  BURGH,  knight,  slew  sir  2.  THOMAS  LORD  BURGH,  son  and  heir,  sum-= 
Wm  Drury  in  a  combat,  in  the  kingdom  of  moned  to  parliament  from  llth  Jan.  5  Eliz. 
Navarre  (Baker's  Chron.);  but  was  himself  slain,  1563,  to  14  Oct.  1597;  ambassador  to  Scot- 
in  his  32nd  year,  in  an  encounter  with  a  rich  land,  36  Eliz.  ;  and  lieutenant  in  Ireland  in 
Spanish  ship,  which  he  captured,  March  7,  40  Elizabeth,  in  which  year  he  died,  f 
1594.f 


8.  HENRY,  slain  by  Thomas 
Holcroft.f 

4.  MARY  mar.  ...  Bulkeley.f 

5.  ELIZ.  married  ...  Rider. f 

6.  ANNE  married  sir  Henry 
Ashley,  knight,  f 


XV.— ROBERT  BURGH    THOMAS  died    ELIZABETHTGEORGE  BROOK,  4th    ANNE,  wife  of    FRANCES,  wife    CATHARINE,  wife  of 
died  an  infant.  young.  BURGH.    Ason  of  lord  Cobham.        sir  Drew        of  Francis  Cop-    Thos.  Kn'jvet,  esq. 

Drury.          pinger. 

PEDIGREE  OF  MITFORD,  OF  MITFORD. 

*  t*  Mutford,  or  Mytford,  is  the  name  of  a  parish  in  Suffolk  ;  but  care  has  been  taken  in  this  account  of  the  family  of 
Mitford,  of  Northumberland,  not  to  confound  individuals  of  it  with  persons  who  derived  their  surnames  from  Mitford,  in 
Suffolk.  Sir  John  de  Mutford,  who  was  a  judge  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Second,  is  the  only  person  here  noticed,  concerning 
whose  identity  with  the  Mitfords  of  Northumberland  a  doubt  might  be  entertained.  The  fact  of  his  being  a  justice  itinerant 
in  the  palatinate  of  Durham,  during  the  episcopacy  of  bishop  Kellaw,  is  no  proof  that  he  was  a  north  country  man,  especially 
as  two  of  his  associates,  Henry  de  Guldeford  and  Robert  de  Retford,  evidently  derived  their  surnames  from  places  in  the 
south  of  England. — (See  Hutch.  Dur.  i.  322.)  I  have  also  been  unable,  by  any  species  of  evidence,  to  attach  Richard  d<!  Mitford, 
successively  lord  treasurer  of  Ireland,  and  bishop  of  Chichester  and  Salisbury,  and  John  de  Mitford,  lieut.-constable  of  Bour- 
deaux  in  1381,  to  the  pedigree  of  Mitford,  of  Mitford ;  the  early  part  of  which  pedigree  I  have  taken  from  heraldic  sketches 
In  the  Harleian  Manuscript,  1448,  pp.  36  and  48.  Branches  of  this  family  were  also  seated  at  Seighill,  Stanton,  and  Newcas- 
tle ;  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  connect  several  individuals,  chronologically  noticed  in  the  evidences  to  this  pedigree,  either 


*  This  name  is  frequently  written  Burgh,  Brough,  and  Borrow.    See  Rymer's  Foedera,  x.  605,  648,  where  Thomas  Borowe,  merchant,  of 
Lynn,  was  a  commissioner  to  treat  on  mercantile  matters  with  delegates  of  the  Hans  Towns,  in  1435. 

f  See  Banks's  Dorm,  and  Ext.  Bar.  ii.  68. 


MITFORD  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  MITFORD,  OF  MITFORD.         45 

with  the  parent  stem,  or  any  of  its  offsets.  Several  of  them,  there  can  be  no  doubt,  ought  to  be  identified  with  persons  men- 
tioned in  the  early  part  of  the  pedigree;  to  which  the  second  generation  has  been  added,  on  the  authority  of  a  pedigree  in  the 
possession  of  lord  Redesdale  :  but,  as  his  lordship  has  observed  to  the  author,  "  if  Eustace,  in  the  pedigree,  be  the  person  who 
had  the  grant  in  1254,"  as  noticed  below  in  Evidences,  No.  4,  "  and  was  the  son  of  Peter,  son  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Matthew, 
the  generations  are  uncommonly  long."  Indeed,  the  circumstance  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Matthew,  mentioned  in  No.  2,  being 
living  in  1240,  shows  that  either  the  early  part  of  this  pedigree  is  Very  erroneous,  or  that  that  Matthew  was  not  the  same  as 
the  one  who  is  stated  to  have  been  alive  at  the  time  of  the  conquest,  October  14,  1066. 

ARMS: — Argent,  between  a  fess  sable  three  moles  proper. — (Cressuiell  Tables.) 


I. —  SIR  JOHN  MITFORD,  of  Mltford,  at  the  time  of  the  conquest. ^       MATTHEW  MITFORD,  brother  of  sir  John.=T= 


II- — SIGIL,  or  SYBIL,  daur.  and  sole  heir,  married  Richard  Bertram,  son  of  the  lord11^1    NICHOLAS  DE  MITFORD  :    not  men- 
of  Dignam,  in  Normandy,  who  came  into  England  with  William  the  Conquei-or,/K     tioned  in  the  pedigree  in  the  Harleian 
and  from  whom  the  Bertrams,  barons  of  Mltford,  as  well  as  the  Bertrams  of  Botbai, 
derived  their  descent. 

III.  — PETER  DE  MITFOR 


Mi'.  1448,/oJ.  36;  but  in  one  in  the 
possession  of  Lord  Redesdale. 


IV. — EUSTACE  DE  MITFORD.= 


V. — HUGH  DE  MITFORD,  with  whom  the  pedigree  of  the-p-CHRisTiANA,  who  granted  6d.  a  year  out  of  land  in  Morpetb. 
Ponteland  branch  of  this  family  in  Harleiau  MS.  1448,  to  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  for  the  good  of  her  soul,  and  of  the 
fol.  48,  commences.  j  soul  of  Hugh,  her  husband. — (Newm.  Chart,  fd.  134.) 

I — 
VI. — ADAM  DE  MITFORD. -T- 


I 
VII.— ROGER  DE  MITFORD.= 


VIII. — GILBERT  DE  MITFORD  had  a  release  19  Edward  III.  from  John  de  Bolam,  of  all  right  to  two  tenements  in  Bolam.— =f= 

(Ex.  inf.  Joh.  dam,  de  Redesdale.} I 

I 

IX. — SIR  JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  knight,  was  a  person  of  very  considerable  note  in  his  time.  He  had,  by  deed  of  feoffment,=r 
dated  at  Newton  Hall,  May  20,  1369,  a  grant  from  David  de  Strathbolgie,  13th  earl  of  Athol,  of  all  his  lands  and  tenements 
in  the  ville  of  Molesden,  to  him  and  his  heirs  male,  to  be  holden  of  the  grantor  and  his  heirs  male,  by  the  annual  payment 
of  6d. ;  with  remainder,  on  the  failure  of  heirs  male  in  the  grantee,  to  the  earl  of  Atbol  and  his  heirs. — (Wallis,  ti.  318.)  In 
20  Richard  U.  sir  John  Scrope  also  granted  to  sir  John  MiUord  and  his  heirs  "one  place  of  land,  as  it  lieth  before  the 
front  of  the  said  sir  John  Mitford  in  length  and  breadth,  and  as  it  stands,  betwixt  the  mansion  of  the  said  sir  John  and  the 
mansion  of  the  vicarage." — (Ex.  Inf.  Joh.  dom.  Redesdale.)  There  is  an  indenture,  in  1881,  between  John  deNevill,  lieutenant 
of  Aquitaine ;  and  John  de  Mitford,  lieutenant  of  the  honourable  and  sage  Richard  Routier,  constable  of  Bourdeaux,  on  the 
other  part,  about  the  payment  of  wages  and  other  expences  incurred  in  the  wars  in  Aquitaine  (Rymer,  vii.  324) ;  but  this  was 
probably  the  same  John  de  Mitford  who  is  mentioned  in  two  other  documents  in  Rymer  (viii.  596,  597)  as  living  in  August, 
1409,  after  the  death  of  John  de  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  concerning  whom,  the  Scotch  Rolls  from  1383  to  1407,  contain  upwards 
of  40  different  documents  in  which  his  name  occurs  in  mandates,  writs,  or  commissions,  empowering  him  to  act  in  matters 
of  a  civil  or  diplomatic  nature  between  England  and  Scotland.  His  name  also  occurs  frequently  in  other  records  given  in 
Rymer. — (Feed.  vii.  324;  viii.  145,  150,  157,  323,  #e.)  From  the  kind  of  employment  in  which  he  was  generally  engaged,  he 
seems  indeed  to  have  been  bred  to  the  law  ;  for,  besides  his  being  on  numerous  "treaties  and  embassies  between  England  and 
Scotland,  we  find  him  mentioned  as  keeper  of  the  seal  to  Edward  Duke  of  York,  for  the  liberty  of  Tindale,  in  1386. — (Harl. 
MSS.  1448,  p.  226.)  His  name  also  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  at  Easthert  way  tori,  in  1389  (//.  «.  285)  ;  and  to  another,  at 
Tinmouth,  in  1391. — (Wallis,  it.  261.)  John  de  Mitford  was  also  a  trustee  in  the  settlement  made  by  Maud  de  Lucy,  of  all 
her  lands,  before  1398. — (/</.  42.)  He  was  frequently  returned  to  parliament  for  Northumberland  in  the  reigns  of  Edw.  the 
Third,  Richard  the  Second,  and  Henry  the  Fourth  ;*  and,  in  1401,  was  high-sheriff  of  this  county.  In  1402,  he  witnessed 
one  deed  respecting  Netherwitton,  which  was  dated  at  Wichnor,  in  Staffordshire ;  and  another  respecting  the  same  place, 
and  dated  at  it  in  July,  1405. — (//.  i.  324.)  His  death  was  on  July  16,  10  Henry  IV.  1409,  when  he  was  seized  of  the  manor 
of  Molesden,  a  capital  messuage  and  lands  in  Mitford,  a  field  called  Ellulefield,  8  burgages  in  Morpeth,  the  manor  of  Espley, 
besides  property  in  Benridge,  Corbridge,  Coupen,  Bebside,  &  Each  wick. — (///.  it.  265;  Cot.  MS.  Claud.  C.  vii.  ;  Wallis,  it.  327.) 


I —  — I— T 

X. — WILIAM  DE  MITPORD,  son  andTMARGARET,  daur.  of    ALEXANDER  DE  MITFORD,    MARGARET  married  sir  John  Delaval, 


heir,  was,  at  the  time  of  taking  the 
inquest  after  his  father's  death,  up- 
wards of  40  years  old. — (Wallis,  ti. 
327.)  On  July  5,  1410,  he  was  made 
a  commissioner  of  array  against 
Scotland  (Rymer,  viii.  639)  ;  &  1415, 
was  high  sheriff  of  Northumber- 
land :  for  which  county  he  also  sat 
In  parliament  in  the  2nd  and  9th 
years  of  Henry  the  Fifth.  The  in- 
quest after  his  death  was  taken  at 
Newcastle,  10  June,  1423,  and  sets  forth  that  he  died  possessed  in  fee  tail  to  him  and  his  heirs  male  of  the  manor  of  "  Mol- 
leston,"  by  the  gift  and  feoffment  of  David  de  Strathbolgie,  late  earl  of  Athol,  in  which  manor  was  a  capital  messuage  called 
"  Molleston  Park:"  he  was  also  seized  in  a  close  called  Isehaugh,  in  Mitford,  containing  16  acres,  each  acre  being  worth  one 
penny  a  year,  and  30  acres  called  Castle  land,  in  the  same  township,  also  valued  at  a  penny  an  acre,  which  manor  and  lands! 
he  held  of  Henry  de  Percy,  lord  of  Mltford. — (Wallis,  «.  327,  328.)  The  Calendar  of  the  Escheats,  for  the  year  of  his  death,] 


sir   Robert   Lisle,  of    living  41  Edw.  III.  1867,  son  of  sir  Robert  Delaval,  by  Jane  his 

Woodburn  &  Felton.    and  from  whom  the  MIT-  wife,  daur.  of  sir  Henry  Percy. 

She  is  mentioned  in    FORDS  of  PONTEL  AND  ALICE  married  John,  son  of  Matthew 

the  inquest  after  her    DESCENDED.  =f=  Whitfleld,  of  Whitfield,  who,  by  in- 

husband's  death  ;  &  A\  denture  made  in   1386,  gave  to  them 

April  12,  1452,  gave  and  their  heirs  certain  tenements  call- 

a  power  of  attorney  to  Robert  Worthey  to  give  ed  Elmeley,  Milnbank,  Taylor's  Field, 

seizin  of  the  whole  ville  of  Bucliffe,  and  half  the  Cokesfield,  Vlngvell-hill,  &  Newfield, 

hamlet  of  Portyet,  in  Hexhamshire,  to  her  be-  all  in  Whitfield — (WhUfield  Papers.) 

loved  friend  Gerard  Woderington,  esq.— (Evid.  14u) 


*  In  2  Henry  IV.  1400,  the  king  required  several  prelates,  earls,  barons,  knights,  and  esquires,  from  several  counties,  to  attend  him  and  his 
council  on  the  morrow  of  the  Assumption  then  next  to  come,  and  the  persons  so  summoned  for  Northumberland  were  monsr.  Henry  de  Percy, 
monsr.  Gerard  Heron,  monsr.  Robert  Ogle,  Robert  Umfreville,  John  Mitford,  and  David  Holgrave.— (Bib.  Cot.  Cleop.  T.  iii.  186J 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  N 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  William  de  Mitt'ord  and  Margaret  Lisle. 


has  the  following1  enumeration  of  his  property: — Diverse  messuages  in  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  the  manor  of  Mollesden,  a 
clause  in  Mitford,  Newton  and  the  vllle  of  Ellule,  both  then  waste,  the  manor  of  Esple,  besides  possessions  in  Corbridge, 
Eachwick,  Cowpen,  Bokenfteld,  Newbigging.  Trenwell,  Ponteland,  Little  Eland,  Merdesfen,  and  Callerton- Valence. — (///. 
ii.  270.)  Occurs  with  his  father  as  witnpss  to  a  deed  at  Newcastle,  20  Jan.  1409  (//.  i.  170.) 


XI. — JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  of  Mitford,  born  8  Ap.  1402  ;  was  consequently  21  years  old  in  1423. — (Wallis,  W.-T-CONSTANCE,  dau. 


S28.)  A  probate  of  his  age  was  taken  in  1403. — (///.  «.  270.)  He  gave  tenements  in  Newc.  to  the  chantry 
of  St  Thomas,  in  the  church  of  St  Nicholas,  in  Newcastle  ;  and,  in  1325,  lands  in  Eachwick,  to  the  monks 
of  Newminster  (Wallis,  ii.  309,  828) ;  and  died  May  6,  1437,  seized  of  the  manor  of  Molesden  and  a  capital 
messuage  in  Mitford,  besides  28  other  messuages  and  108  acres  of  arable  land,  and  10  of  meadow  there,  and 
a  messuage  and  lands  in  Newton,  all  holden  of  Henry  de  Percy,  lord  of  Mitford. — (Wallis,  ii.  328  .•  ///.  a. 
276,  277.)  


of  sir  Robt.  Ogle, 
living  on  the  6th 
of  October,  in  the 
38th  of  Hen.  VI. 

— (See  Kvitf.  No. 
16;  S;  II.  i.  384.) 

I  ' 

XII.— JOHN  MITFORD,  of  Mitford  and  Molesden,  was  24  years  old  at  the  time  of  taking  the  inquest  after  his  father's  death.=f 
in  \^n.— (Wallis,  U.  328.) j 

XIII. — BERTRAM  MITFORD,  of  Mitford,  released  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster,  lands  in  Eachwick^ daur. 

(Netum.  Chart,  fol.  109)  ;  and  8  Henry  VII.  1493,  Bertram  Mitford  conveyed  to  John  Wilson,  of  Weldon,  and  of  ...  Lisle, of 
others,  all  his  lands  in  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  and  in  Mitford,  Molesden,  Espley,  Morpeth,  Cowpen,  Mersfcn,  '  Felton. 
Bebside,  and  Newbiggen  by  the  sea,  in  Northumberland ;  and  all  his  lands  in  Gainsborough,  in  Lincolnshire,  " 
in  trust,  to  convey  to  the  said  Bertram,  and  Gawen  his  son  ;  and  if  Gawen  died  without  heirs  of  his  body,  half  to  remain  to 
Margaret  Bertram's  daur.  and  the  heirs  of  her  body,  and  the  other  half  to  Joan  Ayton,  Bertram's  other  daur.  and  the  heirs 
of  her  body,  with  cross  remainders  and  remainder  to  Bertram  and  his  heirs. — (Note  by  Lord  Redesdale.) 


XIV. — GAWEN  METFORTH,  of  Metforth,  occurs  in  a  list  of  gentlemen  of  the  Middle  Marches  in-j- sister    MARGARET,  wife 


of  Thomas  of  George  Park- 

Forster,  of  enson. 

Ether-  JOAN,  wife  of  ... 

stone.  Ayton. 


1560.  In  10  Henry  VIII.  1518,  John  Wilson,  of  Weldon,  released  to  Gawen.  son  of  Bertram, 
all  the  lands  in  the  before-mentioned  deed ;  and  Gawen  granted  to  Geo.  Parkenson  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife,  Gawen's  sister,  all  his  lands  in  High  Callerton,  three  houses  in  Newcastle,  and 
a  tenement  in  Mersfen,  for  life.  If  this  transaction  was  not  effected  under  some  compromise 
fcetw.  Gawen  &  his  sisters,  it  was  a  breach  of  trust. — (Lord  Redesdale.)  He  died  in  or  abt.  1550. 

I 1 1 

XV. — ANNE,  daur.-r-l.  CUTHBERT  METFORTH,  of  Metforth,  and  Anthony  Midfurth,=IsABELL,  dau.  of   2.  ROBERT  MITFORD. 

of Wallis,  of  I  of  Pont-Eland,  occur  in  1552  as  commissioners  for  inclosure    Mr  Martin  Fen-    3.  MARGERY  MITFOHD. 

Akeld.  i  on  the  Middle  Marches. — (Leg.  March.  332.)     In  1550  he  had    wick,  and  sister 

~  a  grant  from  John  Widdrington  of  a  tenement  and  lands    of  Mr  George  Fen  wick,   of  Heddon,  all 
in  Mitford,  which  had  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  and  were  on  that    mentioned  in  Cuth.  Mitford's  will, 
account  called  Our  Ladys  Lands. — (Wallis,  ii.  329.)     In  1531   one  of  the  same  name 

was  sheriff  of  Newcastle.  (Brand's  Newc.  ii.  441) ;  and,  in  1557,  sir  Win  Burghe,  knight,  lord  Burghe  and  Catharine  his  wife, 
by  fine,  conveyed  to  Anthony  Mitford,  esq.  (?  of  Pontelan  i)  and  Cuthbert  Mitford,  gent.  24  messuages,  one  water  mill,  24 
gardens,  500  acres  of  arable  land,  200  acres  of  meadow,  500  acres  of  pasture,  700  acres  of  heath,  400  acres  of  moor,  and  10s. 
rent,  in  High  Callerton,  Ponteland,  Mersfen,  Framlington,  and  Mitford,  for  £525. — (Cart.  Rid.  48,  44.)  In  1568,  he  is 
returned  in  Lawson  (the  Feodary's)  Survey  as  proprietor  of  Mitford,  Molesden,  Espley,  and  lands  in  High  Callerton  and  Ise- 
haugh. — (Quat.  Part.  Nortkumb.  fol.  17.)  In  1575,  he  occurs  as  sole  executor  to  the  will  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Horsiey 
(Raine's  Test.  337)  ;  and,  1579,  executor  to  the  will  of  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Mitford. — (Id.  120.)  His  own  will  is  dated  18  Jan. 
1593,  and  the  inventory  to  his  goods  22  April,  1594.  The  will  directs  his  body  to  be  buried  at  Mitford,  and  mentions  among 
several  others,  Mr  Ogle  my  son  in  law,  Isabell  my  daughter,  Jane  Hudspeth  my  daughter,  Margaret  Pye  my  daughter, 
Thomas  Pye  her  husband,  my  brother  in  law  George  Fenwick  of  Hedwin,  Mr  Martin  Fenwick  my  father  in  law,  Margery 
VTitford  my  sister,  Robert  Mitford  my  brother,  and  Cuthbert  Mitford  my  son  Robert's  son. — (Raines  Test.  307.)  The  Harleian 
Manuscript,  1448,  fol.  48,  calls  his  son  Robert  "nothus  natus,"  and,  at  fol.  36,  makes  "  Anne  Wallis,  of  Akeld,"  mother  both 
of  him  and  his  three  sisters — Isabell,  Jane,  and  Margaret :  but  this  statement  was  returned  to  Herald's  College  by  Anthony 
Mitford,  of  Ponteland,  and  signed  only  by  himself.  His  object  was  to  represent  Robert  son  of  Cuthbert  as  illegitimate,  and  to 
sbtain  his  estate,  in  both  of  which  objects  he  failed.  Sir  Isaac  Heard  took  much  pains  to  investigate  this  subject,  and  found 
hat  in  the  next  visitation  the  return  was  altered,  and  Robert  Mitford's  legitimacy  not  only  established  by  satisfactory  proof, 
but  his  arms  were  certified  without  a  difference,  which  could  not  have  been  done  without  evidence  to  subvert  Anthony's 
representation  being  exhibited. 

r 


divers  p'sons  to  eate,  drinke,  and  play  att  cardes  in  time  Abbey. — (See  II.  i.  330,  Grey  ped.  gen.  2.) 

of  eaveninge  praier." — (Id.  147.) 

I  I — I — I — I — I — I 1 

XVII. — 1.  CUTHBERT  MITFORD,  of  Mitford,^MARY,  daur.  of  Christoper    2.  JOHN  MITFORD,  who  lived  at  Mitford. 
is  called  "  Cuthbert  my  soti  Robert's  son"      Wharton,   of  Wingates-      3.  WILLIAM  MITFORD,  of  Clai 


in  his  grandfather's  will.  He  died  in  the 
life  time  of  his  father.  Inventory  of  his  goods 
dated  20  Nov.  1613.  Administration  to  his 
effects,  10  Dec.  same  year,  mentions  Chris- 
topher Wharton,  grandfather  of  Robt.  Mit- 
ford, his  son,  and  Robert  Mitford,  father  of 
the  deceased. — (Raine's  Test.  163.) 


re  Hall,  Cambridge,  and 

grange  and  Offertori,  in  co.    rector  of  Kirby  Overcar,  Yorkshire. — (WaUts,ii.  312.) 
Durham.    She  was  a  great    See  Evidences,  No.  1H,  for  his  children, 
niece   of    Bernard    Gilpln,    4.  ROBERT,  living  in  1615  ;  married  a  dau.  of  Daniel 
the  celebrated  northern  a-    Collingwood,  of  Branton. 

postle. — (Surt.  i.  194.)  She  1.  BARBARA,  wife  of  Geo.  Fenwick,  of  Langshaws. 
and  her  husband  both  died  2.  ELEANOR,  wife  of  Dan.  Collingwood,  of  Branton. 
at  Mitford  on  the  same  day.  3.  MARGARET,  wife  of  Nicholas  Heron,  of  Pigdon. — 
— (Wallis,  ii.  312.)  (Raint's  Test.  164.) 

4.  ISABELL,  w.  of  Rich.  Osmotherley. -(Wallis,  ii.  312.) 

XVIII. — ROBERT  MITFORD,  of  Mitford  Castlp,  esq.  aged  3  in  1615,  and  54  in  1666.  ^PHILADELPHIA,  third  daur.  of  Humphrey 
In  14  Charles  I.  1638,  Robert,  son  of  Cuthbert  Mitford,  held  of  the  king  as  of  the  |  Wharton,  of  Gillingwood,  co.  of  York. 

manor  of  Mitford,  and  by  military  service,  four  messuages  and  lands  in  Mitford,  1 

with  lands  in  Newton-Underwood,  and  the  reversion  of  the  villes  of  Molesden  and  Espley. — (Wallis,  ii.  329.)  In  1663,  his) 
estate  consisted  of  Mitford,  Molesden,  Newton-East-side,  and  lands  at  Espley,  which  altogether  were  assessed  upon  a] 
rental  of  £510  a  year  for  county  rate — r(III.  i.  324.)  He  acquired  the  castle  and  manor  of  Mitford  by  grant  from  Charles  the! 
Second. — (Wallis,  ii.  329.)  "  Mr  Robert  Mitford,  esq.  of  Morpeth,"  buried  at  Mitford,  June  28,  1674. — (Mitford  Parish] 
Registers.)  <ft 


MITFORD  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  MITFORD,  OF  MITFORD. 


Issue  of  Robert  Mitford,  esq.  and  Philadelphia  Wharton. 
XIX — 1.  HUMPHREY  MiTFounrPFRANCES,  daur.  of    2.  CUTHBERT  MITFORD,  senior  fellow    1.  BARBARA,  married  Geo.  Reve- 


of  Mitford  Castle,  esq.  eldest  son 
and  heir,  aged  84  in  1666,  oc- 
curs as  one  of  a  party  to  deeds 
respecting'  property  in  Redesdule 
In  1670  and  1673  ;  on  Oct.  29  of 
which  last  year  "  Humphrey 
Mitford,  juris-peritus,  of  Mit- 
ford," was  buried  there.  * 


sir  George  Vane,  of    of  Caius  College,   Cambridge,  rector  ley,  of  Newton  Underwood  and 

Lung  Newton,   in    of  Ingram  in  1662 ;  died  s.  p.  Throphill :    marriage  settlement 

co.  pal.  Durham.      3.  JOHN  MITFORD,  of  London,  mer-  dated  29  July,  1654. — (See  under 

chant,  married  Sarah,  dau.  &  co-heir  Throphill.} 

of  Henry  Powell.,  of  London,   merchant :  from  which  2.  MARY,  wife  of  Geo.  Tunstall, 

John   and  Sarah,  the  Mit  lords   of    Exbury,   and   John  M.D.,  who  was  appointed  town's 

Mitford,  BARON  REDESDALE,  of  Redesdale,  are  de-  physician  of  Newcastle  on  Tyne, 


scended. — (See  their  Pedigree,  II.  i.  152,  where  John  Mitford,  Aug.  27,  1660.— (Brand,  it.  863.) 
the  father  of  Lord  Redesdale,  should  have  been  called  eldest  3.  ANNE,  wife  of  Patrick  Crow, 
son  ;  Robert,  second  son  ;  and  William,  third  son.)  of  Roseden  and  Eshington,  co.  of 

4.  EDWARD  MITFORD,  M.D.,  died  s.  p.,  and  buried  at  Mitford,  Jan  2,  1672,*  aged  26.        Northumb.      He  was  buried  in 
5.  WILLIAM  MITFORD,  rector  of  Elsden.    See  an  account  of  his  family  under  Evid.  No.  20.    St  Nicholas'  church,   Newcastle, 
6.  MICHAEL  MITFORD  died  young.  where  there  is  a  Latin  inscription 

to  his  memory. — (Brand,  i.  289.) 
4.  ELEANOR,  wife  of  Thomas  Bewicke,  of  Close-house,  In  this  county. 

5.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of Coulson,  of  Jesmond. 

' — I  — I — I — I — I — I —  " 1 — \ — I — 1 

XX. — 1.  ROBERT  MITFORD,  of  Mitford^ANNE,  daur.  of   2.  GEORGE  MITFORD,  bap.  25    4.  BARBARA,  bap.  Dec.  20,  1668,  and 


Ashton,    Oct.  1666.  * 


buried  May  14,  J673.* 


of ,  in  the    3.  JOHN  M.  bap.  16 Jan.  1668;  5.  FRANCES,  bap.  10  Aug.  1671.* 

county  of  Lan-    buried  Aug.  31,  same  year.*  6.  MARY,  bap.  17  Oct.  1672.* 

caster.  1.  ELIZ.  MITFORD.  7.  SARAH,  daughter  of  Frances,  relict 

2.  PHILADELPHIA,  buried  at  of  Humphrey  Mitford,  esq.  of  Mlt- 

Mitford  2  November,  1673.*  ford,  baptised  11  December,  1673.* 
3.  ANNE. 


Castle,  esq.  son  and  heir,  aged  4  years 
in  1666.  He  was  high  sheriff  of  North- 
umberland 9  William  III.  1697.  This 
Robert  and  his  brother  George,  and 
sisters  Elizabeth,  Anne,  Frances,  and 
Sarah,  were  left  under  the  tuition  of 
their  uncle  Lyonell  Vane. 

XXI. — 1.  ROBERT  MITFORD,  of  Mitford  Castle,  esq.  High=pMARY,  daur.  of  sir  2.  EDWARD  MITFORD;  died  in  the  East  Indies, 
sheriff  of  Northumberland  9  Geo.  I.  1723.  He  had  some  I  Rich.  Osbaldeston,  S.WILLIAM  MITFORD,  of  Petworth,  Sussex, 

interest  in  Heaton  colliery  in  1738.--,'«.  Peck's  View  Book,    of  Hunmanby,  co.    married  firstly, Herbert,  by  whom  he  had 

penes  Straker,fol.  140.;     He  died  July  20,  175<>. i  of  York,  knight.        no  issue;  secondly,  ...,  daur.  of  ...  Wichor,  by 

whom  he  had  a  son  William  Mitford,  a  clerk  of 

the  treasury,  treasurer  for  the  county  of  Sussex,  and  father  of  Charles  Mitford,  of  Pitshill,  esq.  This  William  had  also  a  son 
John,  and  three  daughters,  one  of  whom  married  Robert  Mitford,  father  of  Robert  Mitford,  of  the  treasury,  and  son  of  John, 
son  of  John,  son  of  Robert  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  who  died  in  1674. — (See  Pedigree,  II.  i.  152.; 

4.  JOHN  MITFORD  married  Anne,  daur.  of  sir  George  Mertius.  This  John  was  a  banker  and  goldsmith  in  London  ;  trades 
first  united  by  persons  of  affluence  depositing  their  cash  with  the  London  goldsmiths,  about  the  year  1645,  when  the  out- 
rageous proceedings  of  parliament  so  entirely  confounded  all  social  order,  that  merchants  could  no  longer,  as  in  former  times, 
trust  their  clerks  and  servants  with  their  cash,  and  the  monarchical  power  was  so  paralyzed  that  persons  dared  not  to  put 
their  money,  as  they  had  before  done,  into  the  mint. 

5.  ELIZABETH  MITFORD  married  to  Thomas  Pomfret,  of  Stoney  Stratford,  in  the  county  of  Bucks. 


XXII. — ROBERT  MITFORD,  of  Mitford  Castl«,-pANNE,  daur.  of  John    PHILADELPHIA  MITFORD  married  the  Rev.  ...  Wichens, 
esq.  aged  38  in  1756  ;  buried  at  Mitford  18th  i  Lewis,  late  of  the  is-    rector  of  Petworth,  in  the  county  of  Sussex.     Their  son 

of  January,  1784.  *  {  land  of  Jamaica.  took  the  name  of  Osbaldeston. 

I —  I 1 — I — 1 — i 

XXIII. — 1.  BERTR.  MiT-=rTABiTHA,  daur.    2.  JOHNMIT-=T= 
FORD,  of  Mitford  Castle;  I  of... Johnson, of    FORD,  aged  6 
buried  at  Mitford  1 1  May,  I  Newc. ;    buried        in  1756. 
1800,  aged  51.  *  at  Mitford  22nd 

|  Sept.  1794.* 


3.  WM   HENRY  MITFORD, 
aged  3,  1756  ;  living  1828. 


1.  ANNE,  aged  12,  1756=Rich. 

Shuttleworth,  esq.  co.  Lane. 

4.  ROBT.  CLEMENT  MITFORD,    2.  MARY  married  Thomas  Bui- 
baptized  23  Nov.  1760.  lock,  of  Spital-hill,  esq. 


XXIV. — 1.  BERTRAM  MITFORD,  of  Mitford  Castle,  esq.  ;  bap.  Dec.  17,  1777.*    1.  ROBERT  MITFORD  ;  married  Letitia,  daur.  of 

2.  ROBERT  MITFOUD,  a  captain  in  the  royal  navy  ;  born  Jan.  26,  1781.*  Edw.  Ludwick.M.D.,  &  relict  of  AVmLaerenson. 

3.  JOSEPH  GEORGE  MITFORD  ;  bap.    13  June,  1791  ;*  in  the  military  service    2.  JOHN  MITFORD,  esq.  London. 

of  the  East  India  Company.  3.  BERTRAM  MITFORD,  esq.  Horsley,  Redesdale. 

1.  MARIANNE;  bap.  24  March,  1777:*  married  Lieut.-Colonel  Atherton,  of 
Walton  Hall,  in  th<:  county  of  Lancaster. 

2.  TABITHA  ;  bap.  June  28,  1778  :*  buried  at  Mitford  5th  August,  1779. 

3.  LEWIS  TABITHA  ;  bap.  March  11,  1782  :*  married,  January,  1811,  Prideaux  John  Selby,  of  Twizell  House,  esq./K 

4.  FRANCES;  bap.  4  July,  1784:*  married  George  Mutton,  esq.   Carlton-on-Trent,  Notts. 

5.  JANE  HONORA;  bap.  April  6,  1787:*  married  Meadows  Taylor,  esq.  Harold's  Cross,  Ireland. 


EVIDENCES  TO  THE  BERTRAM  PEDIGREE. 
1.  Carta  Rogeri  Bertram. — Karissimo  domino  suo 
H.  regi  Anglorum  Rogerus  Bertram  salutem  :  Domine 
sciatis  quod  .  vi .  milites  1  dimidium  habeo  fefatos  a 
tempore  H.  reg  avi  vestri  per  avum  meum  1  patrem 
meum  rt  nullum  per  me  quorum  nomina  haec  sunt 
Radulfus  de  Sancto  Petro  tenet  de  me  feod  .  ii .  mill- 
turn  Willelmus  de  Fraglinton  unius  militis  Willel- 


mus  de  Diffleston  .  i .  milit  Wihelardus  de  Trophil 
.  i .  milit  Johannes  filius  Simeon  .  i .  mii  Paganus  de 
Hallesdure  dim  mii  Et  sciatis  domine  quod  feodum 
meum  non  debet  vobis  servitium  nisi  tantum  de  .v. 
militibus.  Valete — (Hearne's  Lib.  Niger,  p.  330.J 

2.  Ego  Rogerus  Bertram  concede  et  confirmo  dona- 
cbem  quam  pater  meus  fecit  canonicis  Sancti  Petri  de 
Brinkbourne  &c.  Insuper  ego  Rogerus  concede  ex 


*  Mitford  Parish  Registers. 


48 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


dono  meo  proprio  pdictis  canonicis  ecctiam  de  ffelton 
cum  ptin  Preterea  concede  1  dono  predictis  canonicis 
et  hominibus  suis  in  earundem  elemosin  infra  ffelton 
schyram  manentibus  ex  cuiuscunq,  dono  elemosinam  ha- 
buerint  vel  adquirere  poterint  turn  de  me  et  heredibus 
meis  quam  de  alijs  communem  pasturam  per  totam  in- 
fra Felton  schyram  &c.  et  medietatem  terre  quam  Eudo 
de  Scauceby  tenuit  in  ffelton  in  escambiam  illius  caru- 
cate  terre  quam  dederam  Alexandro  avunculo  meo  in 
Aldwurth  &c.  Test'  Baldwyno  sacerdote  .  Erberto 
capett  .  Ric  Bertram  .  Rofct  Bertram  .  Rado  de  Sco 
Petro — fBrinkb.  Cart.fol.  3.J 

3.  Omnibus  sancte  ecctte  filiis  clicis  et  laicis  fteentibus 
1  futuribus  Wittus  Bertram  saltm  .  Notum  sit  omni- 
bus vobis  quod  ego  concedo  et  hac  mea  carta  confirmo 
omnes   donacbes  quas  fecit  Willielmus  Bertram  auus 
meus  et  Rogerus  Bertram  pater  meus  deo  et  sancto 
Petro  et  canonicis  de  Brenkborne  in  perpetuam  elemo- 
sinam libere  'tc.     Insuper  ecctiam  de  Felton  'Ic.  et  ter- 
ram  de  Aldewuith  tc.     Test.  Ric.  psona  de  Mitford  . 
Johe  frater  eius  de  Eland  .  cum  ceteris. — (Id.) 

4.  Omnibus  hoc  scriptum  visuris  vel  auditur  Rogerus 
Bertram  dns  de  Mitford  tertius  saltm  .  Noverit  uni- 
uersitas  vra  me  quietum  clamasse  Priori  et  Conventui 
de  Brenkburne  sicut  eorum  ius  imam  partem  silve  que 
vocatur  Linchewode  quam  quidem  silvam  quondam  ha- 
buerunt  ex  dono  "Witti  Bertram  proaui  p  mei  has  diuisas : 
scitt  &c.    Teste  dno  WiHo  de  Heron  tune  vie  .  dno 
Johe  fil  Symonis  .  dno  Johe  de  Eslyngton  .  dno  Jolie 
de  Kirkby  .  dno  Hugon  Haysand  .  dno  Rogero  Man- 
dut  .  dno  Waltero  Heron  .  dno  Roftto  de  Gamulthorp 
.  Hug  Vigur, — (Id.) 

EVIDENCES  TO  THE  PEDIGREE  or  VALENCE, 

BALLIOL,  &c. 

1,  a.  Adomarus  de  Atholl  miles  concessit  reversion 
maner  et  foreste  de  Felton  cum  pertin  Arnaldo  de 
Pinkneo  clerico,  Rico  Tytynsale  clerico  et  Thome  de 
Ingilby  vicar  de  Bywett  .  et  Maria  de  Sancto  Paulo 
comitissa  Pembf  tenet  ad  terminum  vite  sue  in  dotem 
ex  dotationem  Adomari  de  Athel  ratione  concessionis 
eidem  Adomaro  de  Athol  per  David  Strabolgi  comit 
D'athell  inde  facto.  Dat.  20  Maij  44  Ed.  3  apud 
Westm.  &c — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  100,  b.  See  also  III. 

*.  87.; 

' ,  1,  b.  Maria  de  St  Paul  contesse  de  Pembroke  dame 
de  Weyo  et  de  Montignac  a  tous  &c.  Come  Arnaud  de 
Pynkeny  clerc,  Richard  Titenhall  clerc,  et  Thomas  de 


Ingilby  vicar,  del  Eglise  de  Bywell,  aient  grantez  a 
Aymer  de  Athell  cter  et  Marie  sa  feme  et  a  lours 
heyres  males  del  corps  du  dit  Aymer  engendrez  la  re- 
version del  manour  et  de  la  frieste  de  Felton  ou  les 
appurtenances  a  tenir  de  cheifs  seignorage  de  fei  par 
lez  services  eut  accustumaz  et  duez  .  Et  sil  debie  sans 
heire  masle  de  son  corps  engendrez  la  reversion — en- 
tierment  remaigne  a  Rauf  de  Ever  et  a  Isabell  sa  fem- 
me  la  fille  le  dit  Aymer  et  a  les  heires  males  de  los 
deux  corps — q  si  le  dit  Rauf  debie  sans  heires  masle  du 
corps  la  dit  Isabell  engendrez  q  le  reversion — entier- 
ment  remaigne  au  dite  Isabelle  et  a  les  heires  masles  de 
son  corps— q  si  la  dit  Isabelle  de  vie  sans  heir  masle  de 
son  corps  engendrez  quadonque  la  reversion — entieri- 
ment  rein  a  Rofit  del  Isle  et  a  Marie  sa  feme  et  a  les 
heires  masle  de  los  deux  corps — q  si  les  diz  Rofct  et 
Marie  devient  sans  heir  masle  de  16s  deux  corps  engen- 
drez q  a  donqe  le  reversion  del  moytie  de  ditz  manoir 
et  foreste  ove  les  appurt  entieriment  remaigne  a  les 
heires  de  corps  le  dit  Rauf  et  Isabell  sa  femme — et  le 
reversion  de  1'  autre  moite — remaigne  aux  heires  de 
corps  le  dit  Rofit  et  Marie — q  si  le  dit  Rauf  et  Isabelle 
devient  sans  heire  de  los  corps  engendrez  q  le  moyte  q 
le  ditz  Rofit  et  Isabel  tiendront  remaigne  a  les  heires 
de  corps  les  ditz  Rofit  et  Marie — et  si  le  dit  Rofet  et 
Marie  devient  sans  heir  de  lors  deux  corps  engend  q  le 
moite — quel  affert  a  les  heires  de  corps  les  ditz  Rofct  et 
Marie  engendrez  remaigne  a  lez  heires  du  corps  le  ditz 
R.  et  I.  engendrez — q  si  les  ditz  Rauf  et  Isafi  devient 
sans  heires  de  los  deux  corps — et  si  dit  RoBt  et  Marie 
sa  feme  sans  heire  de  los  deux  corps  engendrez  devient 
quadonge  le  reversion  entier  de  ditz  manoir  et  foreste 
&c. — remaigne  au  droitz  heires  le  dit  Aymer  de  Athell 
&c.— Sachez  moi  avour  attornes  et  fait  enter  d'anne  as 
ditz  Mons.  Aymer  et  Marie  sa  feme  solonc  la  forme  du 
grantz  de  la  reversion  avant  dite.  En  tesmoigne  &c. 
Done  a  notre  manoir  de  la  Mote  le  sisme  jour  de  Mai 
1'  an  du  regne  le  roi  Edward  tierz  puis  le  conqueste 
quarante  siz.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  103,  bt  105.) 

2.  A  touz,  &c.  Adam  fiz  e  heyr  Gilfct  de  Stokesfeld 
saluz  en  Deu  .  Saches  moi  pur  moi  e  pur  mes  heyrs 
auer  quiteclame  a  sire  Alisandre  de  Baylliol  seignur  de 
Bayrl  1  a  dame  Alianor  deGenouer  e  a  lur  heyrs  e  a  lur 
assignes  e  le  don  mon  pere  conferme  d'  un  acre  de  tere 
a  but  de  le  stang  de  Biwell  .  E  je  Adam,  °lc.  Warante- 
rons  'tc  sicum  le  chartre  Gilfet  de  Stokesfeld  mon  pere, 
*lc.  par  ces  tesmoignes.  dant  Nichole  priur  a  Brink- 


MITFORD  PARISH. EVIDENCES  TO  MITFORD  PEDIGREES. 


burne  .  Sire  Rauf  de  Cotum  .  Sire  "VVillame  de  Mid- 
dleton'  .  Sire  Johan  de  Ogitt  .  Johan  de  Normauill  . 
Rofct  de  Meyneuitt  .  Rog'  de  Areynes  .  Willame  de 
Codherlin  dunkes  senescal  de  Biwell  e  autres  assez. — 
(Ex,  Orig.  ap.  Dunelm.) 

3.  A  touz  tc.  Johan  le  fiz  Elys  de  Stokesfeld,  "tc. 
Sache  vre  vniQsite  moi  auer  T  gante  t  qte  clame,  T:c.  a 
mo  Seygnor    me    sire  Robert  de  Estoutuitt  t  a  ma 
dame  Alyanor  de  GenoQe  sa  espouse — tot  le  dreyt  e  le 
cleym  q  ieo  auey  e  auer  pooy  en  un  acre  de  ?re  rt  en 
le  loc  1  en  la  pescherie  la  quele  ?re  abut  del  estang'  de 
Biwett  en  le  sv  del  ewe  de  Tyne  comnentaunt  a  les 
bundes  q  soit  entre  la  rre  Johan  Normanuitt  e  ma  ?re 
issi  en  long  1'ewe  de  Tyne  enner  le  West  p  les  deuises 
q  la  sont  fetes  issi  q  le  auaunt  dit  sire  Robert  Estonte- 
uitt  e  Alyanor  sa  espouse  1  lur  heyrs  1  lur  assignee 
pusent  en  le  auaunt  dite  acre  de  fre  estang  former  . 
mesons  edifier  .  qarrere  briser  karier  e  tout  autre  prou- 
fere  a  la  volente  le  auaunt  dit  Sire  Robert  tc.  saun  nul 
contradit  1c.  issi  q  ieo  Johan  tc.  ne  pousons  rein  de- 
mander  ne  chalenger  en  le  auaunt  dite  acre  de  9re  ne 
en  qarrere  ne  en  pescharie  ne  en  loc  rendaunt  p  an  T;c. 
vn  clou  de  Gylofre  a  Noel  por  touz  autres  seruises,  1c. 
p  ceous  tesmoygnes  Sire  Robert  del  yle  .  Sire  Robert 
de  Meyneuitt  .  Sire  Rauf  de  Cotun  chyualers  .  Johan 
de  Normanuitt  .  Robert  de  Corfbrige  .  Simon  de  Was- 
kerlye.—  (Ibid.} 

4.  "  Robertus  de  Stoteville  in  com.  Northumbr.  die 
quo  obiit  apudMitford  dieSabbali  in  vigiliaPentecostes, 
anno  regni  Edwardi  34,  tenuit  castrum  de  Mitford  et  50 
acras  terrse  arabilis  in  campo  ejusdem,  et  duas  partes 
forestse  de  Felton,  ratione  Eleanorce  de  Stanour,  quae 
fuit  uxor  ejusdem,  quae  quidemEleanora  dictum  castrum 
cum  terra  in  forestse  ejusdem,  habet  de  dono  dominae 
Eleanoiae  quondam  regina  Angliae  matris  regis  Angliae 
qui  nunc  est,  tenend  sibi  et  heredibus  suis  in  capite, 
per  servicium  faciendi  sectam  ad  com.  Northumbr.     Et 
idem  castrum,  cum  terris  arabilibus,  et  cum  agestimen- 
tis  past  duarum  partium  forestae  praedictae,  valent  per 
annum  in  omnibus  extibus  35s.  Filius  praedicti  Robert! 
et  Eleanorae  est  propinquior  heres  praedictae  Elianorae 
de  terris  et  tenementis  predictis,  et  est  aetat  anno  24. 
Escaet  de  anno  34  Ed.  I."—(Wallu,  ii.  314.) 

5.  John  de  Stutevyle  fuiz  1  heir  mounsr  RoEt  de 
Stutevyle  a  toutz  sez  fraunk  tenauntz  1    autres  de 
Mithford  1  Mulston  T;  Felton  en  le  counte  de  North- 
umbr'  salutz  en  Deu  .  Come  par  counge  me  seignr  le 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


roy  ay  done  1  par  ma  chre  conferme  a  noble  homme 
mounsr  Aymar  de  Valence  counte  de  Pembrok  t  a  ses 
heirs  mon  chastel  1  le  manoir  de  Mithford  ensemble- 
ment  ove  YOZ  homages  feautez  rentes  1  toutz  voz  au- 
tres Svises  que  feir  moy  deniez  ou  fier  soliez  pur  vos 
tenementz  avaunt  ditz  par  quey  voz  mamk  t  voz  as- 
signe  p  ceste  lettre  qe  au  dit  counte  t  a  ses  heires  1  a 
ses  assignez  seez  entendautz  °t  responauntz  en  totes 
choses  desoremes  auxi  come  a  vostre  seignr  .  En  tes- 
moign  aunce  de  quen  chose  ieo  voz  enney  ceste  ire  pa- 
tente  de  moun  assignement  enseale  de  moun  seal  . 
Escrites  a  Loundres  le  vintisme  jour  de  Februar'  1'  an 
du  regne  le  Roy  Edward  oytisme. — (From  the  Orig.  in 
the  Tower )  communicated  by  Mr  Raine.) 

6.  Omnibus — Johes  de  Stuteuill — noueritis  me  quietu 
clamasse  Ade  de  Meyneuitt  T;  hered,  T;c.  totum  jus — in 
omnibus  ¥ris  t  ten.  stagnis  ac  piscarijs  in  aqua  de  Tyne 
flc.  in  tritorijs  villa"?  de  de  By  well  1  deStokesfield — Hijs 
testu>3  Johe  de  Insula  de  Wodeburn  .  Jo*te  de  Vallibj  . 
Johe  de  Haulton  .  Rofeto  de  Insula  de  Chipches  .  mi- 
litibs  .  Johe  Gray  de  Walyngton  .  Johe  Turpyn  .  Jofee 
de  Matfen  .  Roftto  de  Boteland  .  Thoma  de  Botcland  . 
Ada  de  Mickeley  ch'co  .  "t  alijs  .  Dat'  apud  Eboi?  die 
M'cur  px  post  festu  Sci  Martini  in  hyeme  anno  dni 
1318. — (Ex.  Orig.  apud  Dunelm.) 

7-  3  Hen.  4.  Adomarus  D'athell  mil  ten'  ma  de  Pon- 
teland  p  vita — Revsio  inde  Jo.  le  Scrope  militi  *t  Eliza- 
bethe  ux°i  ejus  &  hedibj  ipius  Eliz.  Et  pdca  Eliz.  est 
heres  1  set.  30  annoi? — (Raine's  MSS. ;  and  MS.  16, 
Coll.  Libr.  Dunelm.) 

MEMBERS  of  the  MITFORD  FAMILY  not  connected 
with  it  by  evidence,  and  EVIDENCES  to  the  Mit- 
ford Pedigree  :— 

1.  RICHARD  DE  MITFOHD  and  John  his  brother, 
witnesses  to  a  deed  of  Eustace  de  Balliol,  in  the  time  of 
king  John.— fill.  ii.  91.) 

2.  NICHOLAS,  the  son  of  Matthew,  held  half  a  caru- 
cate  of  land  in  Mitford,  by  the  payment  of  one  pound 
of  pepper.     This  is  from  the  account  of  the  soccage 
tenants  in  the  barony  of  Mitford,  made  about  the  year 
1240  (see  III.  i.  216)  ;  and  lord  Redesdale  has  an  ex- 
tract from  the  Register  of  Newminster,  which  shows 
that  "  Steven  d'Ever,  alias  Evry,  rector  of  Mitford,  by 
the  consent  of  the  bishop  of  Durham,  exchanged  certain 
tithes  with  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  for  a 
parcel  of  land  called  the  Harestanes,  which  land  the 


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MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


abbot  had  by  the  gift  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Matthew  de 
Mitford." 

3.  PETER  DE  MITFORD,  son  of  Nicholas,  by  deed, 
without  date,  gave  lands  to  Christiana  his  daughter,  in 
frankalmoigne ;  and  if  she  died  without  issue,  to  re- 
main to  her  sister  Isabell— •  (Ex.  inf.  Joh.  Dom.  de  Redes- 
dale.)   Peter  de  Mitford  also  bought  the  ville  of  Giant- 
Lee  of  Roger  Bertram,  in  the  time  of  Henry  III.,  and 
sold  it  to  one  William  de  Astentoft.—////.  t.  91.; 

4.  EUSTACE  DE  MITFORD,  38  Henry  III.  1254,  had 
a  grant  of  lands  in  Mitford  (part  of  the  demesnes)  from 
sir  R.  Bertram,  for  whieh  he  was  to  pay  a  pound  of 
pepper  at  the  feast  of  St  Cuthbert. 

5.  WILLIAM  DE  MITFORD  oecurs  as  a  witness  to  a 
deed  with  Richard  de  Craucester,  who  was  knighted  by 
Edward  the  First. — (North  Hebburn  Deeds  at  Durham, 
fat.  58.  j 

fe  ROBERT  DE  MTTFORD  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a 
deed  in  1259  (Brand's  Newc.  i.  IQj  ;  as  a  bailiff  of  New- 
castle in  1264,  in  which  year  we  also  find  him  witness- 
ing a  deed  respecting  Newcastle  bridge  (Id.  ».  40;  ; 
mayor  of  Newcastle  in  1282  ;  again  as  bailiff  in  1294  : 
as.witness  to  a  deed  made  between  1 293  &  1295  (F.  69) ; 
and,  in  1300*  he  began  to  turn  his  feet  heavenward, 
for  in  that  year  he  seems  to  have  had  a  licence  for  giv- 
ing a  rent  of  six  marks  a  year  in  Twysell  for  founding 
a.chantry.r-fl//.  L  53.; 

7*  GILES  (Egidius)  DE  MITFORD  was  a  law-man,  and 
iu  1208  pleaded  the  cause  of  John  de  Ireby,  who  had 
suborned  the  jury  to  make  a  false  presentment  in  their 
verdict,  in  a  tiial  relative  to  the  outrage  at  Mitford,  in 
which  Hugh  de  Eure's  servant  wa*  murdered,  and  Ag- 
nes de  Benrigg's  house  buint. — ( See  Mitford  Castle. ) 

8.  SIR  JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  whose  name  is  also  vari- 
ously written  Motteford  and  Mutford,  was  advocate  for 
the  crown  in  the  pleadings  under  the  statute  de  quo 
warranto  at  the  assizes  at  Canterbury,  in  l29&—(Plac, 
d*.q*  war.  353i  %e.)  He  also  occurs  as  attorney-general 
of  England  in  1293  and  13<H.— (Beats.  Pol.  Ind.  i.  432.; 
This  I,  take  to  be  the  same  person  as  John  de  Mitford, 
who.  was  one  ofi.the  four  justices  itinerant  for  the  bishop- 
ric of  Durham  during  the  pontificate  of  bishop  Kel- 
lawe,  from  1311  to  1316*  in<  which  last  year  he  and 
Gilbert  de  Roubery  were  made  puisne  judges  of  the 
common  pleas  of  England.— (III.  ii.  364.;  He  also 
occurs  as  one  of  the  lung's  justices  at  the  assizes  at 
York,  in  1320  (II.  i.  241;  ,•  and,  as  puisne  justice  of 
the  king's  bench,  in  1  Edw.  III.,  Wm  de  Herle  being 


at  the  same  time  appointed  chief  justice  of  that  depart- 
ment of  law. — (III.  i.  366. )  Edward  the  First  made 
great  improvements  in  the  laws  of  England ;  and  the 
choice  of  so  many  Northumberland  persons  to  fill  the 
bench  in  his,  and  the  two  succeeding  reigns,  affords  a 
sort  of  proof  that  the  courts  of  law  in  the  bishopric  of 
Durham,  and  the  several  other  franchises  in  Northum- 
berlandj  were  skilful  nurseries  of  students  and  practi- 
tioners in  the  legal  science. — (See  II.  i.  264.; 

9.  ADAM  MITFORD  gave  a  letter  of  attorney,   12 
Edw.  II.  to  put  Richard  Reed,  of  Mitford,  in  possession 
of  lands  in  Mitford  :  dated  at  Oxford,  and  sealed  with 
the  mayor  of  Oxford's  seal. — (Ex.  inf.  Joh.  Dom.  de 
Redesdale. ) 

10.  GILBERT  DE  MITFORD,   late  wool-weighei1  hi 
Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  was  made  deputy  comptroller  of 
the  customs  in  that  port  in  1331 — fill.  ii.  400.;     In 
r347,  one  of  the  same  name,  and  a  burgess  of  Newcas- 
tle, had  a  grant  of  a  cellar  there. — (Bourne's  Newc.  131. ; 

1 1.  RICHARD  DE  MITFORD,  keeper  of  the  hospital  of 
St  Mary  Magdalene,   near  Berwick,   21   June,   1361 
(Rot.  Scot.  i.  8&TJ;  and,  10  Rich.  II.,  one  of  the  king's 
chaplains,  committed  to  prison. — (Hoi.  Chron.  Eng.  p. 
463.; 

12.  HUGH  DE  MITFORD  had  an  annual  pension  pay- 
able to  him  out  of  the  hospital  of  St  Mary  Magdalene, 
in  Newcastle,  prior  to  the  year  1374. — (Bourne's  Newc. 
151.)      A  deed  in  Gateshead  vestry,  dated  in   1380, 
mentions  one  tenement  let  to  Henry  Scot,  burgess  of 
Newcastle,  boundering  on  the  north  by  the  Tyne,  and 
on  the  west  by  a  tenement  of  Hugh  de  Mytford :  arid 
another  tenement  demised  to  the  same  Scot,  and  lying 
between  the  tenements  of  Hugh  de  Mytford  on  the 
north,  and  reaching  from  the  king's  highway  in  Gates- 
head  to  the  brink  of  the  Tyne.     Henry  Scot  was  a  re- 
presentative of  Newcastle  in  parliament  in  1373.    Dug- 
dale,  in  his  History  of  Embatifcih'g  and  Draining  (p. 
158)  cites  a  commission,  dated  in  10  Rich.  II.  1386-7, 
to  J.  de  Markfoam,  G.  de  Sbutheld,  Hugh  de  Mitford, 
and  others,  respecting  the  drainage  of  land  between 
Gainsborough  and  Burton  Strother.    Bertram  Mitford, 
(Mitford  Pedigree,  gen.  XIII.)   had  lands  at  Gains- 
borough. 

13.  WILLIAM  MITFORD,  of  Scarborough,  7  Hen.  VI. 
1 428-9,  granted  to  John  Mitford  (son  of  William,  son 
of  John)  a  rood  of  land  in  Mitford,  lying  next  the  tene- 
ment of  John  Saltider,  on  the  west  side  of  the  way  that 

•  leads  to  Newton. — (Communicated  by  Lord  Redesdale.) 


MITFORD  PARISH. EVIDENCES  TO  MITFORD  PEDIGREES. 


14.  Noverint  universi  per  gsent  me  MARGERIAM  DE 
MITFORD  uxor  quondam  Wittmi  Mitford,  atornasse  R. 
Wortley  ad  deliftand  selam  dilto  amico  meo  Gerardo  de 
Woderington  armigero  in  tola  villa  mea  de  Bucliffe  et 
in  dimidia  pte  hamletti  de  Portyet  infra  libertatem  de 
Hexham  .  Dat.  12°  Apr.  30  Hen.  6, 1542 — (Lansd.  MS. 
326, /o/.  161,  6.) 

15.  Sir  William  Swinburne,  knight,  by  deed,  dated 
20  Ap.  24  Hen.  6,  1446,  granted  to  ROBERT  MITFORD 
all  his  lands,  &c.  in  Altyrcopys,  in  lledesdale,  with  its 
members ;  and,  on  the  same  day,  gave  a  power  of  at- 
torney, dated  at  Altircopis,  to  Thomas  Corbet  and  John 
Grenn,  to  put  the  said  Robert  into  peaceful  possession 
of  that  estate :  but,  on  the  day  following,  Mitford,  by 
indenture  between  the  parties,  covenanted  to  allow  sir 
William  to  re-enter  upon  the  premises  as  soon  as  he 
had  paid  to  him,  or  his  heirs,  in  the  church  of  St  Mary 
Magdalene,  at  Whalton,  the  sum  of  10  marks. — (Swvnb. 
Charters,  i.  p.  55.)     Sir  Robert  Mitford,  knight  of  the 
shire  for  Northumb.  in   1450;  in  1452,  high-sheriff ; 
and,  in  1457,  a  commissioner  for  raising  archers  in  the 
same  county. — (Brand's  Newc.  42,  426.) 

16.  "  This  endenture  made  sext  Octolbre"  38  Hen. 
C,   1459,  "  bituix  CONSTANCE  that  was  the  wyfe  of 
JOHN  MITFORD  late  of  Mitford  vppon  that  oon  pty 
and  John  Mitford  son  &   heir  to  the  said  John  vppon 
that  other  pty  witnesses  that  it  is  aggreed  bituix  the 
said  ptyes  that  the  said  Constance  shall  haue  &c.  in  the 
name  of  hir  dower  to  hir  belongyng  of  &  for  the  third 
ptes  of  all  the  landes  &  tenementes  that  were  the  said 
Johns  the  fadrie  in  Mitford  Esple  Newcastell  uppoh 
Tyne  Coupon  Bebside  Morpath  &  Iveshalgh  &  xlvij8 
\\\jd  at  the  fest  &c.  by  even  porcions  yerely  duryng  hir 
said  lyfe  .  that  is  to  t>ay  .  Of  a  burgage  in  Mitford 
wherein  Thomas  Stevenson   now   dwelles  iiij8  .  Of  a 
burgage  in  the  same  towne  wherein  llott  Lee  nowe 
dwelles  iiij8  .  Of  a  burgage  in  the  same  towne  wherein 
William  Stuble  nowe  dwelles  iij8  .  Of  a  burgage  in  the 
same  towne  wherein  James  Care  now  dwellfs  iiij8  .  Of 
a   burgage  in   y6   same  towne  yat  Thomas  Champray 
holdes  xxd  .  Of  a  burgage  in  Morpath  wherein  John 
Whelpdale  now  dwelles  vj«  viu'd  .  Of  a  tenement  in  the 
said  Newcastell  wherein  John  Saunderson  now  dwelles 
xs  ft  of  the  landes  &  tenementes  that  William  Care 


nowe  holdes  to  ferme  in  Iveslagh  xiij8  iiijd  .  &  the  fore- 
said  John  ye  son  graunts  &c." — (Stanton  Paper*.} 


17-  THOMAS  MITFORD,  of  Mitford,  in  1461,  enfeoffed 
Thomas  Harbottle,  and  others,  in  all  his  lands  in  Mit- 
ford, to  certain  uses — (Communicated  by  Ld.  Redesdale.) 

18.  WILLIAM  MITFORD,  son  of  Robert  and  Phila- 
delphia Wharton,  was  rector  of  Kirby-Mispeiton,  in 
Yorkshire,  and  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Dr  Banks. 

by  whom  he  had 

•  •  i    }  \  '• 

1.  HENRY,  married  a  daughter  of Staveley, 

of  Rippon  Park. 

2.  MATTHEW,  married  ...,..,  daur.  of  Wood- 
ward, of  Wrelton,  near  Pickering. 

3.  EPWARD,  married ,  daur.  of Craddock. 

1.  MARY,  married   Aselby,  of  South  Dawton. 

2.  MARGARET,  married  Strangeways,  of  

Sneaton,  in  Yorkshire. 

3.  FRANCES,  married Nesfield,  of  Scarborough. 

4.  HELENA,  married  the  Rev Tate. 

(Lord  Redesdak.) 

•      v      -.,......    ,..•*_  ',: 

19.  WILLIAM  MITFORD,  clerk,  M.  A.,  rector  of  Mit- 
ford, had,  in  1683,  a  licence  to  marry  Jane  Aynsley, 
spinster,  at  Whelpington  (Rainess  Test.   103),  the  re- 
gister for  which  place  contains  no  entries  of  marriages 
for  that,  and  some  succeeding  years. 

20.  WILLIAM  MITFORD, 'clerk,  M.  A.,  was  presented 
to  the  rectory  of  Elsden,  March  13,  1674,  by  Frances, 
widow  of  Humphrey  Mitford,  of  Mitford.    Hjs  wife's 
name  was  Isabella.  He  died  at  Elsden,  April  20,  17,15 » 
and  she,  in  1725  ;  and  both  of  them  were  buried  there. 
They  had  four  sons  and  five  daughters,  viz. : — 


1.  MICHAEL  MITFORD,  bap.  13  Oct.  1692.  Michael 
Mitford,  clerk,  and  Eliz.  Sha'ftoe,  both  of  Whick- 
hain,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  had  17  Jan.  1718, 
a  licence  to  marry. — (Raine's  Test.  75.) 

2.  WILLIAM  M.  bap.  May  28,  1695. 

3.  HUMPHREY  M.  bap.  15  April,  1696. 

4.  ROBERT  M.  bap.  July  10,  1697- 

1.  MARY  M.  bap.  27  July,  1689. 

2.  PHILADELPHIA  M.  bapl  30  July,  1691. 

3.  ISABELL  M.  bap.  28  Sept.  1693.  .    ..       a 

4.  ELIZABETH  M.  bap.  26  Jan.  1698;  buried  28 
July,  1699. 

5.  ANNE  M.  bap.  ...  September,  1701. 

(Elsden  Registers.} 


52  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

The  present  township  of  Mitford  comprises,  I  apprehend,  the  antient 
manors  of  Mitford  and  Aldworth, k  the  former  of  which  was  partly  situated 
on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  but  principally  in  the  tongue  of  land 
which  lies  between  the  Wansbeck  and  Font.  The  whole  township  consists 
of  about  1733  acres,  and  belongs  to  Bertram  Mitford,  esq.  with  the  exception 
of  the  glebe  ground  in  Gubeon,  273  acres  on  Morpeth  High  Common,  which 
belong  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle,  and  a  tenement  in  the  village  of  Mitford,  which 
is  the  property  of  Mr  Bullock,  of  the  Spital  Hill.  By  the  survey  of  the  ba- 
rony in  1240,  it  does  not  appear  that  there  were  any  tenants  in  the  manor  of 
Mitford  who  then  held  by  military  service  under  the  chief  lord ;  but  it  had  three 
soccage  tenants  in  it  at  that  time — Nicholas,  the  son  of  Matthew,  who  held 

k  The  name  of  Aldworth  is  of  frequent  occurrence  in  old  papers,  but  its  place  seems  to  be 
forgotten.     William  Bertram  the  Second  confirmed  to  the  monks  of  Brinkburn  the  church  of 
Felton,  and  land  in  Aldworth  (Supra,  p.  48) ;  which  land  was  probably  the  same  as  the  carucate 
in  Aldworth  confirmed  to  that  house  by  a  charter  of  king  John,  in  1200  fill.  ii.  328^;  and  which 
Roger  Bertram  had  exchanged  with  them  for  another  carucate  in  Felton,  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
it  to  his  uncle  Alexander. — (Above,  p.  48. )     Another  statement  says  that,  Peter  the  Priest,  son  of 
John,  parson  of  Mitford,  confirmed  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  the  grange  of  Aid- 
worth.  The  vicar  of  Mitford,  in  13 11,  had  also  an  endowment  out  of  the  rectorial  possessions  of  his 
parish,  of  12  acres  of  land  in  the  fields  of  Aldworth. — (Above,  p.  29. )     But  this  manor  was  not 
wholly  in  the  possession  of  ecclesiastics.     Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Roger  Corbet,  28  Henry  III.  the 
heir  of  Roger  Bertram  being  then  in  the  custody  of  the  king,  gave  7s.  4d.  for  her  relief  for  a 
carucate  of  land  in  Aldworth. — (III.  ii.  281.^     In  1240,  this  place  is  reckoned  as  one  of  the 
manors  of  the  Mitford  barony,  of  which  William  Corbet  then  held  in  it,  by  the  soccage  tenure  of 
paying  four  barbed  arrows,  four  oxgangs  of  land ;  and  Peter  of  Aldworth,  one  carucate,  by  13d.~ 
(III.  i.  216.;     The  Ogle  family  also  held  lands  and  tenements  here  in  1368,  1372,  and  1410 
(HI.  i.  83,  86  ;  ///.  iL  266,) ;  which  lands  consisted  of  50  acres,  as  would  appear  by  the  inquest 
after  the  death  of  Robert  Ogle,  in  1 436-7.— (HI.  ii.  272.)     Henry  de  Percy,  of  Athol,  is  stated 
to  have  died  seized  of  East  Aldworth  in  fee  tail,  in   1433  (Wallis,  ii.  319;  ;  of  which  place  his 
wife's  mother  had  been  in  possession  in   1373. — (III.  i.  87. )     In  the  Mitford  Call  Roll,  from 
1666  to  1668,  "  Aldworth  or  Ealdworth"  follows  "  Gubeon  or  Gudgeon,"  with  "  Charles  earle  of 
Carlisle,  and  Matthew  Laidler,"  as  landlord  andNtenant.     The  circumstances  of  Aldworth  follow- 
ing Gubeon,  and  the  vicar  of  Mitford  having  12  acres  of  land  allotted  to  him  in  Aldworth,  in  1311, 
and  enjoying  at  present  about  the  same  number  of  acres,  called  Gubeon,   seems  to  show  that 
Gubeon  was  antiently  a  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Aldworth>  and  consequently  that  the  true  situation 
of  that  manor  was  in  that  part  of  the  present  township  of  Mitford,  which  is  comprised  of  Gubeon, 
Morpeth  High  Common,  and  the  Coldsides.     The  Grange  of  Aldworth,  which  belonged  to  the 
monks  of  Newminster,  was  probably  situated  in  the  present  estate  of  Morpeth  High  House. 


MITFORD    PARISH. TOWNSHIP.  53 

half  a  carucate  of  land,  by  the  payment  of  a  pound  of  pepper  ;  Wm  Mares- 
chal  15  acres,  by  the  service  of  paying  certain  horse  trappings  ;  and  Wm  Pole 
12  acres,  by  2s, :  the  borough  holders  are  not  enumerated  either  in  that,  or 
any  other  document,  though  they  were  probably,  next  to  the  baron  himself, 
the  most  considerable  persons  within  the  manor.  Lord  Redesdale  thinks 
that  "  the  original  possessions  of  Matthew,  the  son  of  John  lord  of  Mitford, 
whose  daughter  Sigil  married  Richard  Bertram,  are  riot  mentioned  in  any 
statement  of  the  barony,  in  inquisitiones  post  mortem,  or  other  documents  of 
the  same  description,  because  they  were  not  held  of  the  barony,  having  been 
the  portion  of  the  younger  brother  under  the  Saxon  government :  for,  when 
William  the  Conqueror  gave  the  lands  of  John  de  Mitford  with  his  daughter 
in  marriage  to  Richard  Bertram,  he  required  Bertram  to  hold  those  lands  by 
the  service  of  five  knight's  fees,  as  all  the  Normans  who  acquired  lands  in 
the  same  way  were  required  to  hold  them  by  such  services  ;  but  the  portion 
of  Matthew  not  being  derived  from  the  Conquest,  was  not  subjected  to  mili- 
tary tenure.  It,  therefore,  appears  in  no  inquisition  respecting  the  property 
of  the  Bertram  family,  or  the  subsequent  possessors  of  that  property,  which 
Richard  Bertram  held  by  the  service  of  five  knight's  fees  :  but  when  sir  John 
Mitford  died,  10th  Henry  the  Fourth,  seized  of  Molesden,  Espley,  and  other 
lands,  which  he  held  of  the  crown  as  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  an  inquisition  was 
taken  of  all  his  lands,  including  his  lands  in  Mitford,  which  had  been  the 
property  of  Matthew,  not  alienated  by  Matthew,  or  his  prior  descendants." 
Sir  John  de  Mitford,  who  purchased  Molesden,  and  died  in  1409,  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  capital  messuage  and  certain  lands  in  Mitford,  probably  the  same 
as  those  which  are  described  in  the  inquest  after  his  son  William's  death,  as 
consisting  of  an  inclosure  called  Isehaugh,1  and  30  acres  of  castle  land.  William's 
son,  John  de  Mitford,  in  addition  to  a  capital  messuage,  had  28  other  mes- 
suages, and  108  acres  of  arable,  and  10  acres  of  meadow  ground,  in  Mitford, 

1  By  the  Mitford  pedigree,  it  will  be  seen,  that  Isehaugh  is  frequently  mentioned  as  a  possession 
of  that  family.  Was  it  the  field  that  is  now  called  Adder  shaugh,  which  consists  of  about  16  acres, 
and  lies  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  opposite  to  the  present  village  of  Mitford  ?  Some  of 
the  inquests  and  authorities  respecting  the  possessions  of  the  Mitfords  also  mention  a  place  or 
ville  in  the  manor  of  Mitford,  .called  Ellulle,  or  Ellullejield,  which  place  belonged  to  them  in  1423, 
and  was  then  lying  waste,  and  of  no  value.  Perhaps  all  these  places  derived  their  name  from  their 
situation  on  water,  or  by  a  river  side. 

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54  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

all  holderi  of  Henry  de  Percy,  of  Athol.  In  1550,  Cuthbert  Mitford  pur- 
chased of  John  Widdrington,  lands  and  tenements  in  Mitford,  which  were 
called  Lady's  lands,  from  their  having  heloriged  to  the  abhey  of  Our  Lady,  at 
Newrninster.  This  transaction  was  probably  effected  about  the  time  of  his 
father's  death  ;  for,  in  a  court  baron,  holden  at  Mitford,  in  the  name  of  the 
lord  Brough,  in  1552,  it  was  presented  by  homage  that  Cuthbert  Mitford  held 
of  the  lord  of  the  manor  lands  and  tenements,  for  which  he  paid  relief. m  It 
was  to  this  Cuthbert,  and  Robert  his  son,  then  a  minor,  and  about  three 
years  old,  that  the  lord  Brough,  by  fine,  conveyed,  as  noticed  in  the  pedigree  of 
the  family,  very  considerable  possessions,  probably  all  the  lands  of  the  manor  of 
which  the  Mitford  family  had  not  been  previously  possessed.  It  ought,  however, 
to  be  remarked,  that  the  quantities  enumerated  in  the  fine,  and  quoted  in  the 
pedigree,  are  to  be  considered,  as  in  all  similar  documents,  as  merely  formal, 
and  without  any  pretension  to  numerical  exactness.  In  1663,  "  Mr  Mitford, 
of  Mitford,"  is  assessed  for  the  whole  township  upon  a  rental  of  £300  a  year, 
with  the  exception  of  the  rectory,  assessed  at  £100  a  year.n  It  is  probable, 
however,  that  there  were  two  or  more  freehold  proprietors  of  tenements  here 
about  that  time  ;  for,  in  the  Call  Roll,  already  alluded  to  and  quoted,0  the 
freeholders  in  Mitford  stand  thus  :— "  Wra  Bullock,  senr.  gent.  d.  V/"1  CJIoefr 

Robt.  Dalleston 

junr.  a.     Wm  Waffd  gent.     A  Jane  Cfiopc.  ...  .ds.  ap."  ;  and  of  the  "  tenants 
yr" — "  George  Batchellour,  gent.  ap.     Wm  Heaton,  a.  d.  ap.     John  Charlton 

Humphreh 

a.  ap.     GQWOH  A  Bates  d.  ct  ap.     John  Aynsly,  d.  ap." 

Wallis  was  mistaken  when  he  said  that  the  CASTLE  OF  MITFORD  stands 
"  on  a  mount,  the  work  and  labour  seemingly  of  art :"  for  the  eminence 
which  it  occupies  is  composed  of  a  stratum  of  coarse,  yellow,  sandstone  rock, 
covered  with  a  natural  bed  of  clay,  mixed  with  sand  and  gravel,  and  about  10 
feet  thick.  This  rock  has  been,  in  antient  times,  much  worked  away  on  the 
east  and  south-east  sides  of  the  mount,  probably  for  stones  for  building  and 
repairing  the  castle,  as  well  as  for  forming  ditches  and  rocky  escarpments  to 
strengthen  its  out-works.  Mr  Mitford1  has  also  of  late  years  procured  large 
quantities  of  stones  for  the  foundations  and  inner  walls  of  his  new  mansion- 
house,  from  a  quarry,  which  has  opened  a  fine  section  of  the  south  side  of  the 

• 

m  Notes  by  Lord  Redesdale.  n  III.  i.  284.  °  Page  38. 


MITFORD  PARISH. MITFORD  CASTLE.  55 

hill,  and  is  now  working  within  the  area  of  the  castle  walls.  The  form  of 
the  mound  is  somewhat  elliptical,  and  the  great  wall  of  the  castle  encircles 
the  whole  area  of  its  summit  in  a  line  conformable  with  its  brow.  The  keep9 
is  on  its  highest  point,  and  at  its  northern  extremity  ;  is  five-sided,  each  side 
being  of  different  dimensions,  and  the  internal  area  about  22^-  feet  square, 
and  divided  into  two  vaulted  rooms  of  good  masonry,  having  a  stone  stair- 
case leading  to  them.  One  of  these  rooms  is  supplied  with  two  ducts  in  its 
wall,  apparently  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  water  to  it.  These  cells  are 
the  only  remains  of  the  keep,  all  the  upper  parts  of  which,  as  well  as  the  out- 
side stone  staircase,  leading  to  the  entrance  door  into  its  second  story,  are 
destroyed,  and  nothing  now  remains  of  it  but  the  two  cells  already  noticed. 
The  entrance  to  the  little  court  which  surrounded  it  was  from  the  second  court, 
by  a  gate- way,  through  a  thick  barmkin  of  stone,  flanked  on  the  south  by  a 
strong  semicircular  breast- work  of  earth.  This  was  the  strongest  part  of  the 
fortress,  and  overlooked  the  outer  gate-way  and  court,  which  stood  on  the  most 
northerly  limb  of  the  hill,  and  almost  close  to  the  Foss  bridge  :  but  all  traces 
of  this  gate- way,  and  of  the  walls  of  the  outer  court,  excepting  some  lines  of 
their  foundations,  are  now  obliterated.  The  inner  court  occupies  the  main 
part  of  the  crown  of  the  hill,  is  now  employed  as  a  garden  and  orchard,  and 
measures,  in  the  widest  parts,  about  240  feet,  both  from  north  to  south,  and 
from  east  to  west.  This  part,  with  the  keep,  to  the  outside  of  the  walls,  con- 
tains very  little  more  than  an  acre.  The  gate-way  leading  to  it  was  on  the 
north-east  side  of  the  hill,  and  the  channel  five  yards  long,  for  the  bar  of  its 
gate  still  appears  in  the  wall  there.  Mr  Robert  Tate,  when  he  made  a  plan 
and  survey  of  this  castle  for  sir  David  Smith,  in  1810,  found  a  quarry  working 
at  the  southern  point  of  the  inner  court ;  and,  in  the  earth  upon  its  top,  saw 
several  graves  at  about  three  feet  from  the  surface,  each  grave  being  covered, 
close  above  the  remains,  with  a  few  flat  stones.  None  of  the  interments  which 
he  saw  had  apparently  been  made  in  coffins,  except  one,  which  was  in  a  coffin 
of  stone.  In  May,  1828,  on  the  place  where  Mr  Tate  marked  upon  his  plan 
an  oblong  building,  "  supposed  the  chapel"  the  foundations  of  a  strong  wall, 
buried  in  rubbish,  appeared  in  the  front  of  the  quarry  ;  and,  behind  it,  in  the 

P  The  keep  of  Mitford  Castle  resembles  Exeter,  which  is  supposed  to  have  been  Roman  work ; 
and,  it  is  very  probable,  from  the  appearance  of  the  stone  arch,  that  the  Romans  had  a  fortress 
there,  though  of  small  dimensions.— Note  by  Lord  Redesdale. 


56  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

natural  earth,  a  grave  was  exposed,  in  which  bones,  mixed  with  kitchen  ashes, 
were  encased  in  rough  masonry ;  and,  immediately  above  them,  five  human 
skulls,  and  other  bones,  confusedly  huddled  together,  were  hanging  out  of  the 
bank— remains  of  men  who  had  perished  within  the  castle  walls  of  the  baron 
of  Mitford  ;  but  whether  they  fell  in  some  mutiny  of  the  garrison,  or  in  the 
fury  of  an  assault,  or  by  the  midnight  hand  of  murder,  who  shall  conjecture  ? 
All,  however,  who  were  buried  here,  had  not  lived  to  become  warriors  ;  for, 
in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  we  found  among  the  rubbish  which  had  fall- 
en from  the  top  of  the  quarry,  the  jaw-bone  of  a  child,  every  way  perfect 
excepting  in  its  wanting  the  full  complement  of  grinders,  and  some  of  its 
second  set  of  fore-teeth  being  only  just  above  the  bone.  How  much  is  there 
for  reflection  in  the  fate  and  situation  of  these  remains  of  mortality  ;  and, 
when  I  suffer  imagination,  only  for  a  little  time,  to  lift  up  the  curtain  of 
history,  and  think  I  see  from  the  opposite  bank  to  the  south  the  armies  of 
Scotland  investing  the  moated  plain  upon  which  this  fortress  stands  ;  when  I 
see  showers  of  arrows  and  javelins  flying  round  its  bulwarks,  the  neighbouring 
hamlets  and  villages  wrapped  in  flames,  and  hear  the  clashing  of  arms  and 
the  shouting  of  the  besiegers  and  the  besieged — how  grateful  it  is  to  gaze 
again,  and  see  the  peaceful  scene  as  it  now  is — the  ruined  keep,  and  its  semi- 
circular wall  that  flanks  it  on  the  south  overgrown  with  trees  and  weeds  ; 
the  massive  rampart  that  incased  it  on  the  north,  "  split  with  the  winter's 
frost ;"  the  rude  walls  and  towers  that  environed  the  hill,  rising  in  shattered 
masses  among  elder  trees  and  thorns,  or  shadowed  with  groups  of  gigantic 
ash  trees  ;  the  moated  and  entrenched  plain  covered  with  cattle  ;  and,  away 
beyond,  the  beautiful  white  walls  of  the  new  manor-house,  the  hoary  remains 
of  the  old  one,  and  the  venerable  church,  backed  with  orchards  and  gardens, 
and  river  banks,  all  how  lovely  and  luxuriant !  But  the  account  of  Mitford 
Castle  must  not  be  borne  away  in  a  flood  of  imagination  :  history  must  relate 
its  annals  in  her  own  sober  language.  No  mention  of  it  occurs  prior  to  the 
time  of  the  Conquest,  though  I  think  it  probable  that  it  existed  very  soon 
after  that  period  ;  for  its  form  and  style  are  purely  Norman,  and  the  barony 
annexed  to  it  not  only  paid  cornage  to  the  castle  of  Newcastle,  which  was 
built  by  William  Rufus  ;  but  the  manors  of  Framlington,  East  Aldworth, 
North  Milburn,  Bitchfield,  Poriteland,  Little  Eland,  Calverdon-Darains, 


MITFORD  PARISH. MITFORD   CASTLE.  5J 

Merdesfen,  and  Molesden,  paid  castle  ward  to  the  castle  of  Mitford  itself  ;q 
services  which,  I  apprehend,  could  not  have  a  later  origin  than  the  time  of 
Henry,  the  son  of  the  Conqueror,  when  the  first  Norman  baron  of  this  place 
was  enfeoffed  in  his  seigniory,  and  the  compact  for  services  between  him  and 
the  military  tenants  under  him  was  first  agreed  to.  William  the  Lion,  king 
of  Scotland,  who  began  to  reign  in  1165,  and  died  in  1214,  dated  a  charter 
at  Mitford,  conferring  freedom  from  toll,  and  other  privileges,  in  his  own  domi- 
nions, upon  the  monks  of  Durham,  according  to  a  grant  of  his  brother  Mal- 
colm ;r  and  king  John,  in  his  desolating  march  into  Northumberland  in  1215, 
on  the  28th  of  December  in  that  year,  laid  the  towns  of  Mitford  and  Morpeth 
in  ashes.5  It  is  not  said  that  he  reduced  the  castles  of  these  places  ;  but  if 
they  suffered  under  the  hands  of  his  fierce  auxiliaries,  it  is  certain  that  Mit- 
ford was  soon  after  repaired,  and  put  into  a  very  strong  state  of  defence  ;  for 
Alexander,  king  of  Scotland,  in  May,  1217,  marched  into  England  with  his 
whole  army,  and  after  besieging  the  castle  of  Mitford  in  vain  for  seven  days 
together,  returned  into  his  own  dominions.1  In  1284,  it  was  the  residence  of 
Robert  de  Stutteville  ;  for,  by  the  record  of  a  pleading  at  Newcastle,  in  Hil- 
lary term,  1293,  it  appears  that  a  dispute  having  risen  between  Hugh  de 
Eure,  then  proprietor  of  Throphill,  and  this  Robert  de  Stutteville,  respecting 
a  tenement,  which  the  same  Hugh  had  acquired  of  de  Stutteville  there,  the 
latter  was  charged  with  having  retained  four  wrangling  fellows  of  the  neigh- 
bourhood, called  Roger  of  Heley,  Reynold  the  Brewer,  Richard  le  Graper, 

i  Wallis,  ii,  315,  319.  rRaine's  North  Dur.  apx.  10,  No.  48. 

8  "  Mitford  was  burnt  by  king  John  and  his  Roitiers,  when  they  grievously  harassed  these 
parts.  Roitier  was  a  name  given  in  that  age  to  those  foreign  maurauding  troops  brought  over  to 
the  king's  assistance  by  Fulcasias  de  Porent  (or  de  Breaut)  and  Walter  Buc." — (Camden.)  "  The 
Rutarii  are  mentioned  by  our  historians  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  II.,  John,  and  Henry  III.  They 
seem  to  have  been  mercenary  troops.  Newbrigiensis,  a  contemporary  writer,  says,  the  king  sent 
for  stipendarias  Brabantionum  capias  quas  Rutas  vacant.  Watts,  in  his  Glossary,  derives  the  name 
from  the  German  Ruter,  a  trooper  or  horseman.  Rott,  in  German,  whence  our  rout,  is  a  company 
of  soldiers;  Rotten,  or  Rottiren,  to  muster ;  and  Rotteneister,  a  corporal.  Brabantiones  and  Rup- 
tarii,  or  Rutrarii,  were  almost  synonymous.*  The  French  call  them  Routiers ;  and  they  were 
probably  made  up  of  peasants,  whom  they  call  Roturiers"^ — (Additions  to  Camden,  Hi. 
*  Mail.  Chron.  Gale's  Rev.  Ang.  Script,  i.  1 94. 

*  Jac.  de  Vitriaco  in  Hist.  Occid.  c.  7-  Invit.  I.  72,  1173.  M.  Paris,  128. 
•j-  Du  Conge  v.  rumpere. 

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58  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

and  Robert  of  Tindale,  to  prevent  de  Eure  from  taking  possession  of  the 
premises  ;  and  that  while  the  dispute  was  pending,  certain  persons  of  de 
Eure's  household,  namely,  Stephen  the  Baker,  Roger  le  Ken,  and  Robert 
Scot,  having  come  to  Mitford  on  the  Lord's  day,  March  26,  1284,  at  the  hour 
of  evening,  between  the  dog  and  the  wolf,  Roger  of  Heley  and  his  three  com- 
panions fell  upon  them  with  swords,  arid  bows  and  arrows  ;  upon  which  they 
fled  to  the  house  of  Agnes  of  Benerigg,  in  the  street  in  Mitford  which  led 
towards  Mitford  Park,  of  which  house,  in  their  terror,  they  barred  the  door, 
and  there  secured  themselves,  till  Heley  and  his  associates  set  fire  to  the 
house,  and  burnt  it ;  upon  which  several  of  the  family  of  Robert  de  Stutte- 
ville,  by  the  order  and  sending  of  Alianora  his  wife,  viz.  : — Sir  Robert  Fag- 
gard,  knight,  John  de  St  Edward,  John  le  Ken,  James  of  the  lady's  ward- 
robe, Peter  the  page  of  Robert  son  of  Robert  de  Stutteville,  Roger  the  page 
of  John  de  Mikley,  Wankeline  the  porter,  Colin  the  watchman,"  and  Belet 
the  baker,  came  to  the  assistance  of  the  assaulting  party,  aided  them  in  slay- 
ing Stephen  the  baker,  and  consented  to  the  burning  of  the  house,  inasmuch 
as  they  would  not  permit  the  people  of  the  town  of  Mitford  to  come  near  to 
put  out  the  fire.  Besides  which,  after  committing  these  crimes,  they  all 
returned  in  one  company  to  Mitford  Castle,  where  they  were  received  and 
kept  for  four  days,  the  said  Robert  and  Alianora  being  privy  to  the  felony  thus 
committed.  The  four  hired  bullies  fled  the  country,  and  were  outlawed. 
To  avenge  this  outrage,  de  Eure  commenced  an  action  at  the  assizes  in 
Newcastle,  in  1285,  in  the  name  of  Richard  of  Cleveland,  against  the  whole 
party,  for  the  homicide  of  Stephen  the  baker,  who  was  Cleveland's  brother  ; 
and,  on  the  record  of  the  pleadings  of  this  trial,  it  appears  that  Roger  of 
Heley  committed  the  murder,  his  three  associates  aiding  and  abetting  him  in 
the  deed  ;  and  that  John  de  St  Edward,  and  Robert  de  Stutteville  and  his 
wife,  were  no  way  implicated  in  the  affray  ;  and  that  Hugh  de  Eure  was 
committed  to  gaol  for  abetting  the  suit  against  them. 

At  the  same  assizes,  another  action  was  entered — Agnes  de  Benerigg, 
widow  of  Walter  Hindmers,  against  the  same  defendants,  who,  in  the  indict- 
ments against  them,  were  charged  with  insulting  the  said  Agnes  in  her  own 
house,  beating  her  with  swords  and  clubs,  and  iniquitously  and  feloniously 

u  In  different  parts  of  the  pleadings  this  person  is  differently  styled — Vigilator,  Vidulator,  and 
Vylour. 


MITFORD  PARISH. MITFORD  CASTLE.  59 

burning  her  house  over  her  head  ;  as  well  as  with  taking  out  of  a  coffer  one 
deed  respecting  the  house  in  which  she  lived,  another  respecting  her  tene- 
ments in  Benerigg,  and  two  more  about  her  brother  Robert's  tenements  in 
the  same  place — besides  taking  away  a  tally  for  half  a  mark  when  Walter  de 
Cambo  was  sheriff,  and  another  for  the  same  sum  in  the  sheriffalty  of  Thomas 
of  Dilston,  and  four  silver  necklaces,  and  two  gold  rings  of  the  value  of  half  a 
mark,  all  of  which,  wantonly,  and  as  robbers,  they  carried  off.  Reynold  the 
Brewer  was  found  guilty  of  setting  fire  to  the  house,  and  Robert  of  Tindale 
and  Richard  Graper,  of  being  accomplices  with  him  in  the  crime  ;  but  Stut- 
teville  and  his  wife,  who  were  indicted  for  being  aiders,  abettors,  and  receivers 
in  this  felony,  contrived,  as  in  the  other  case,  to  get  themselves  acquitted  of 
the  charge  ;  and  though  they  had  an  exigent  issued  against  them  for  not  ap- 
pearing to  answer  certain  allegations  against  them  respecting  this  affair,  they 
contrived  to  get  it  revoked  and  annulled  by  the  king  and  council,  as  appears 
by  the  Rolls  of  Parliament  for  1293,  where  the  whole  proceedings  in  these 
trials  are  circumstantially  detailed/ 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  to  what  family  Alianora  de  Genevre  belonged. 
One  Peter  de  Genevre  had  a  grant  of  lands  from  Henry  the  Third  ;w  and  he 
and  his  wife  Maud,  who  was  one  of  the  heirs  of  Walter  de  Lacy,  of  Ludlow 
Castle,  are  mentioned  as  living  in  the  early  part  of  the  same  reign. x  There 
can  be  no  doubt  that  she  was  very  nobly  descended  ;  and  the  place  she  occu- 
pies in  the  second  pedigree  of  the  barons  of  Mitford,  sets  her  in  close  alliance 
with  kings  and  princes.  That  she  resided  with  her  second  husband  in  Mitford 
Castle,  is  plain ;  and,  though  they  managed  matters  well  enough  to  get 
legally  acquitted  of  the  charge  of  being  aiders  and  abettors  in  the  murder  of 
their  neighbour's  servant,  and  of  setting  fire  to  the  house  of  Agnes  of  Bene- 
rigg, it  is  very  clear  that,  though  allied  as  they  were  to  royalty,  they  had  still 
enough  of  the  vulgar  and  contentious  spirit  of  the  times  in  them,  to  counte- 
nance a  riot  close  under  the  walls  of  their  castle.  After  their  death  the  place 
was  destined  to  be  the  theatre  of  the  strife  of  fiercer  spirits. 

"  Sire  Emer  de  Valence  genril  knight  and  free,"y  who  was  lord  of  Mitford 
Castle,  was  much  employed  by  Edward  the  Second  in  his  wars  against  Scot- 

"  Rot.  Par.  i.  120,  124.  wRot.  Hun.  i.  294. 

*  Test,  de  Nev.  71.     Cal.  Rot.  Pat.  20. 
y   Harl.  MS.  2252,  and  Anc.  Songs.  Lond.  1790.  p.  9. 


60  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

land  ;  in  1314,  was  made  guardian  and  the  king's  lieutenant  of  that  kingdom  ; 
and,  in  the  following  year,  special  captain  arid  guardian  of  all  the  country 
between  the  Trent  and  Berwick.2  At  that  time,  the  decisive  battle  of  Baii- 
nockburn  had  released  Scotland  from  the  thraldom  in  which  the  power  arid  op- 
pression of  England  had  holder)  it :  its  armies  spread  the  most  terrible  devas- 
tation over  Northumberland  and  Durham — the  inhabitants  of  which  counties, 
between  the  fire  and  arms  of  their  northern  neighbours,  and  the  negligence 
and  tyranny  of  their  own  king,  were  suffering  under  all  the  horrors  of  pesti- 
lence and  famine.  While  affairs  were  in  this  desperate  condition,  sir  Gilbert 
de  Middleton,  with  other  gentlemen  plunderers,  in  1317,  hoisted  among  their 
suffering  neighbours  the  standard  of  Rebellion,  and  made  common  cause 
against  their  king  with  the  Scots.  Middleton  was  an  old  soldier  ;  for  we  find 
him  preferring  his  service  against  Lewelin  of  Wales,  in  1277,  for  half  a 
knight's  fee  in  Cramlington  ;a  in  1282,  he  was  summoned  to  be  at  Rhuddlan 
against  the  Welch  rebels  ;b  and  the  wardrobe  account  for  1300,  notices  him 
as  an  esquire  in  the  king's  army  against  Scotland,  and  receiving  wages  at 
Carlisle  to  the  amount  of  £40  2s.c  The  immediate  motive  of  his  revolt  is 
said,  by  Leland,  to  have  originated  in  revenge  for  the  injury  which  the  king 
had  done  to  his  relative,  Adam  de  Swinburne,  then  sheriff  of  Northumber- 
land, by  imprisoning  him  for  speaking  too  freely  about  the  distressed  state  of 
the  English  borders.  Hollinsheadd  says,  he  was  offended  at  Lewis  de  Beau- 
mont (an  illiterate  and  heartless  relation  of  the  "  She-wolf  of  France")  being 
preferred  to  the  see  of  Durham.  Isabella  certainly,  on  her  bare  and  bended 
knees,  entreated  the  king  to  obtain  the  vacant  mitre  of  St  Cuthbert  for  her 
cousin  ;  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  power  and  prerogative  of  the  crown 
were  exercised  to  their  fullest  extent  to  fix  Beaumont  on  the  palatinal  throne. 
Be  this  as  it  may,  Middleton  certainly  threw  the  country  and  the  king  into  a 
great  panic.  He  declared  himself  duke  of  Northumberland  ;e  captured  and 
garrisoned  all  the  castles  in  Northumberland,  excepting  Alnwick,  Bambo- 
rough,  and  Norham  ;  spread  his  forces  far  into  Yorkshire  ;  and,  while  in  the 
height  of  his  assumed  power,  seized,  in  the  southern  part  of  the  county  of 
Durham,  two  cardinals,  going  on  a  peace-making  errand  into  Scotland,  and 

z  Rot.  Scot.  i.  1 19,  130,  144,  &c.  &c.  a  Palg.  Par.  Writs,  p.  205.  b  Id.  p.  332. 

c  Page  204.     See  more  respecting-  him  in  II.  i.  351,  354. 

d  Eng.  Chron.  p.  323.  e  Id.  323. 


MITFORD  PARISH. MITFORD  CASTLE.  61 

in  their  suite  the  new  bishop  of  Durham,   and  his  brother  Henry  lord  Beau- 
mont, who  was  well  known  in  the  northern   counties  for  his  valour/     This 
exploit  was  performed  on  the  1st  of  September,  1317.     The  king  hastened  to 
Durham,  where  he  was  on  the  7th  of  that  month ;  and,   on  the   10th,  wrote 
letters  from  York  to  the  pope,  bewailing  the  misfortune  that  had  befallen  the 
legates  of  the  Holy  See.s    The  conspirators  hurried  the  bishop  away  from  the 
scene  of  his  capture  to  the  castle  of  Morpeth.     His  brother  was  immured  in 
Mitford.     Heavy  subsidies  were  put  upon  the  bishopric  for  the  ransom  of  its 
prelate  and  the  price  of  peace  from  the  rebel  army.h     The  prior  of  Durham, 
for  these  purposes,  was  obliged  to  sell  the  habits,  plate,  and  jewels  of  his 
church ;'  and  sir  Gilbert,  October  12,  1317,  gave  a  receipt,  dated  at  Mitford, 
for  200  marks  in  silver,  paid  to  him  by  William  de  Denum,  who  had  been 
temporal  chancellor  of  the  palatinate  during  the  episcopacy  of  Kellow,  Beau- 
mont's predecessor  in  the  see.     This  sum,  however,  is  statedj  to  have  been 
levied  on  the  people  of  the  bishopric  as  an  aid  and  indemnity  against  any 
injury  or  damage  from  himself  or  his  men,   according  to  the  covenants  of  an 
indenture  between  him  and  Denum.    The  king,  in  a  letter  to  the  pope,  dated 
October  28,  says  that  the  bishop  was  detained  in  prison  till  a  great  and  almost 
intolerable  sum  of  money  was  paid  for  his  ransom. k     All  accounts  agree,  that 
after  this  event,  Middleton  fortified  himself  here.     Graystanes  says,  he  held 
Mitford  castle  as  keeper,  not  as  lord  of  it.     Might  he  not  hold  it  as  his  adhe- 
rents held  Morpeth  and  other  castles,  by  force,   and  by  no  grant  or  patent 
either  of  its  owner  the  earl  of  Pembroke,  or  of  the  king  himself?    The  record 
of  his  sentence  indeed  expressly  states,  that  he  held  it  "by  power,   and  as  a 
signal  of  hostility  to  the  king."1    The  forces  employed  against  him  are  said  to 
have  been  commanded  by  sir  Ralph  de  Greystock,   lord  of  Morpeth  ;m  but 
William  de  Felton,  in  1338,  was  rewarded  with  an  exemption  in  fee  from  an 
annual  rent  of  £20  a  year,  due  out  of  his  lands  in  West  Matfen  and  Naffer- 
ton,  expressly  on  account  of  his  services  "  in  capturing  Gilbert  de  Middleton, 
the  rebel  and  traitor.""   Hollinshed  divides  the  honour  of  this  exploit  between 
Thomas  de  Hetori  and  Felten  ;°  and,  no  doubt  on  good  authority — for  the 

f  Part  II.  vol.  i.  pp.  352,  361,  362.  «  Rym.  Feed.  iii.  659,  663.  h  II.  i.  355. 

5  Hutch.  Dur.  i.  325,  2nd  ed.  J  See  Part  II.  vol.  i.  p.  360. 

k  Rym.  Feed.  iii.  670.  >  II.  i.  262.  I  m  Dug.  Bar.  i.  741. 

n  Abb.  Rot.  Pat.  133.         °  Eng.  Chron.  323. 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  R 


62  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

former  of  these  persons  had,  15  Feb.  1319,  by  consent  of  parliament,  a  grant 
from  the  crown  of  50  marks  a  year,  until  he  could  have  lands  of  the  same 
annual  value  which  had  belonged  to  sir  Gilbert.13  Leland  says,  that  Robert 
Horncliff  assisted  Felton  and  Heton  in  capturing  him,  and  that  he  was  betrayed 
into  their  hands  by  his  own  men."  One  deed,  of  which  he  stands  accused  of 
having  a  share  in — of  poisoning  lord  Greystoke,  at  breakfast,  in  Gateshead,  on 
the  3rd  of  the  ides  of  July,  1323 — he  could  not  be  guilty  of,  as  it  happened  five 
years  after  his  death.  After  his  capture,  he  was  taken  to  Newcastle,  and 
there  put  in  fetters,  and  sent  by  a  ship,  in  December,  to  Grimsby  ;  from 
which  place  he  rode  to  London  with  his  feet  tied  together  under  his  horse's 
belly :  and  after  being  some  time  imprisoned  in  the  Tower,  he  was  sentenced, 
on  the  26th  of  Jun<3,  1318,  to  be  dragged  by  horses  to  the  gallows,  and  all  his 
own,  and  the  property  of  his  brother,  in  Northumberland,  to  be  confiscated/ 
Leland,  in  his  Collectanea,  affirms  that  this  fortress  was  not  destroyed,  as 
some  would  have  it,  at  the  time  of  Middleton's  rebellion  ;s  but,  in  his  Itine- 
rary, he  says  "-it  was  beten  downe  by  the  kinge  ;  for  one  ser  Gilbert  Midle- 
ton  robbyd  a  cardinal!  comirige  out  of  Scotland,  and  fled  to  his  castle  of  Mit- 
ford  ;m  and  the  inquest  after  the  death  of  sir  Aymer  de  Valence,  in  1323, 
expressly  states  that  "  at  Mitford  there  is  the  site  of  a  certain  castle,  which  is 
now  worth  nothing  annually,  because  it  is  entirely  destroyed  and  burnt."11 
From  this  time,  I  think  it  probable  that  it  was  never  repaired  ;  for  though, 
in  the  list  of  fortresses  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth,  it  is  returned  as  be- 
longing to  Henry  Percy  of  Athol  :v  yet,  an  inquest,  in  1328,  described  it  as 
totally  destroyed  and  burnt  by  the  Scots;  and  another,  in  Oct.  1432,  after 
the  death  of  the  same  sir  ^enry  de  Percy  of  Athol,  says  it  was  "  then  ruin- 
ous and  wasted."  Similar  evidences  describe  it  in  a  similar  state  in  1455 
and  1465;  and  Leland,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  found  "  ruines  of 
a- castle  longynge  to  the  lord  Borow  at  Mydford."w  After  it  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  Valentia  family  it  was  probably  in  a  great  measure  neglected  as 
a  residence,  and  therefore  became  an  easy  conquest  to  Middleton  and  his 
party  ;  and  after  it  was  battered  and  burnt  in  the  siege  in  which  it  was  taken 
from  him,  its  successive  owners  had  probably  no  occasion  for  it  as  a  family 

.66fi  .i  .1 ,  . 

P  Rot.  Pat.  12  Ed.  II.  m.  27.  o  Col.  548. 

r  Throcklawe's  Annals  of  Edw.  II.     Brand's  Newc.  ii.  90.  Vol.  i.  p.  335. 

1  VII.  fol.  76.  «  Wallis,  ii.  315.  v  ni.  i.  26.  "  Itin.  vii.  fol.  76. 

.II   .J<V/   .11   THAT 


MITFORD  PARISH.^^BOROUGH  OF  MITFORD.  63 

seat,  and  therefore  suffered  it  to  lie  in  ruins.  "  Sir  Thomas  Brough,  in 
1475,  had  licence  to  alienate  half  the  barony  and  castle  of  Mitford,  and  divers 
other  manors  and  hereditaments  in  other  counties/  The  rest  of  the  history 
of  this  castle  is  connected  with  that  of  the  barony,  as  related  above. 

Mitford,  in  former  days,  was  a  borough  ;  and,  though  it  has  fallen. from  the 
grade  of  places  of  that  description,  yet,  in  the  remains  of  its  castle  arid  its 
church,  as  well  as  in  the  condition  arid  extent  of  the  village  of  which  it  now 
consists,  it  certainly  ranks  far  beyond  many  places  in  the  kingdom,  which  not 
only  continue  to  enjoy  the  name,  but  important  municipal  advantages  of 
boroughs.  "  It  was  antiently  written  Midford ;  and  the  word  mit>,  in  the 
Saxon  language,  signifies  at  or  between ;  but  whether  this  place  had  its  name 
from  the  castle,  church,  arid  principal  part  of  the  borough,  being  seated  at 
the  ford  where  Mitford  bridge  was  afterwards  built ;  or  it  was  so  called  be- 
cause the  greatest  part  of  the  town  was  situated  between  the  fords  over  the 
Wansbeck  and  the  Font,  where  a  considerable  part  of  the  present  village 
now  stands,  or  from  other  reasons,  it  is  perhaps  now  impossible  to  determine. 
The  situation  of  these  fords  just  above  the  meetings  of  the  Font  and  the 
Wansbeck  would  often  Cause  it  to  be  a  more  convenient  place  for  crossing 
these  rivers  in  floods  than  to  cross  at  a  ford  in  their  united,  stream  below. 
That  there  was  a  considerable  passage  over  them  before  Morpeth  r*bse  into 
consequence,  there  can,  I  think,  be  no  doubt.  William  the  Lion,  as  I  have 
elsewhere  noticed,  in  one  of  his  progresses  into  England,  dated  a  charter  at 
Mitford.  In  the  reign  of  Edw.  the  Third,  an  inquest  found  that  one  Walter 
de  Swinhowe  held  40  acres  of  land  in  the  manor  here  by  the  service  of  guard- 
ing the  south  bridge  of  Mitford,  which  was  then  called  the  Fouse  bridge,  on 
the  eve  and  day  of  Ascension."3"  This  Fouse  bridge  I  suppose  to  have  had  its 
name  from  its  standing  across  the  Wansbeck,  opposite  to  the  outer  gates  of 
the  castle,  a  little  below  the  site  of  the  present  bridge,  and  where  the  river 
formed  part  of  thefoss  of  the  castle.  It  was  situated  south  of  the  bridge  now 
called  the  Font  bridge.  The  erection  of  these  bridges,  and  of  the  castle,  were 
probably  contemporaneous-;  before  the  services  of  the  barony  were  settled  in 
the  time  of  Henry  the  First ;  but  after;  the  place  had  its  name  from  the  fords 
upon  which  it  is  situated. 

Of  the  nature  of  the  corporation  of  this  place,  ajid  its  municipal  rights,  we 

. 

xlll.ii.387.  yWallis/ii.326. 


64  MORPETH  DEANERY.  -  MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

have  no  certain  account.  Its  growth  was  probably  gradual.  Reginald,  a 
monk  of  Durham,  who  lived  in  the  time  of  king  Stephen,  and  wrote  a  work- 
on  the  miracles  done  by  St  Cuthbert  after  the  time  of  Bede,  has  a  tale  about 
a  miracle  performed  at  "  a  certain  vitte  called  Midford,"  which  he  afterwards 
calls  villula  —  a  term  incapable  of  any  higher  meaning  than  a  small  village. 
The  tale  briefly  told  is  this.  An  old  man  of  the  name  of  Udard,  who  had 
long  been  servant  to  a  preaching  friar  of  Durham,  called  Silvanus,  had  also 
taken  the  office  of  bearer  of  the  holy  relics,  with  which  his  master  had  a  com- 
mission, according  to  the  fashion  of  the  times,  to  travel  about  the  country,  and 
ask  and  take  the  alms  of  the  faithful.  This  poor  fellow,  Udard,  for  ten  whole 
years,  had  been  dreadfully  afflicted  with  dysentery  ;  but,  one  day,  about  the 
year  1006,  in  the  time  of  Ethelred  the  Second,  as  they  were  journeying  in  the 
ordinary  way  of  picking  up  pence  for  indulgences,  and  for  a  sight  or  a  touch 
of  the  contents  of  their  cabinet,  and  were  passing  through  Mitford,  a  young 
man  came  calling  after  them  ;  and  they  were  told  that  an  old  matron  of  the 
place,  who  had  lost  her  sight  for  full  six  months,  believed  that  she  would 
recover  the  use  of  her  eyes,  if  she  could  get  a  wash  for  them,  in  which  a  por- 
tion of  the  relics  of  St  Cuthbert  had  been  infused.  The  dish2  of  a  neigh- 
bouring well  was  immediately  filled  with  its  crystal  waters,  the  relics  of  St 
Cuthbert  taken  from  their  cabinet,  and  a  piece  of  cloth  that  had  enwrapt  the 
holy  body  for  418  years  produced  ;  but  when  the  actor  in  this  scene  began  to 
wash  the  virtues  of  the  cloth  into  the  waters,  though  it  was  repeatedly  cover- 
ed with  them,  no  art  could  make  it  wet.  Udard,  on  perceiving  the  miracle, 
was  seized  with  a  transport  of  admiration  and  holy  feeling  of  faith,  drank  of 
the  waters,  and  found  himself  instantly  healed.  The  old  woman,  too,  on  her 
eyes  being  bathed  in  the  healing  fluid,  recovered  her  former  vision.  These 
three  miracles,  our  author  gravely  asserts,  he  could  most  certainly  prove  to 
have  happened  all  on  the  same  day.  It  will  not  be  wondered  that  all  know- 
ledge of  these  events  has  been  long  since  lost  at  Mitford.  No  well  or  fountain 
here  retains  the  name  of  saint  or  holy  to  mark  the  latex  limpidissimus  to  the 
waters  of  which  these  healing  qualities  were  imparted.  After  the  sera  of  the 


z  Concha,  a  shell  ;  hence  the  Northumberland  term  skiel,  for  a  pail  or  vessel  to  carry  water  in. 
Wells,  by  way-sides,  were  formerly  provided  with  dishes  for  the  convenience  of  travellers  ;  and, 
one  of  iron,  and  chained,  still  remains  in  a  covered  spring,  on  the  road  side  leading  from  the 
Maiden-law,  in  the  parish  of  Lanchester,  towards  Durham. 


MITFORD  PARISH. BOROUGH  OF  MITFORD.  65 

Conquest,  it  is  certain  that  the  place  rose  beyond  the  description  of  a  villula ; 
for  Roger  Bertram  the  First,  in  1157,  gave  a  fine  of  50  marks  to  Henry  the 
Second  for  the  privilege  of  holding  a  market  on  his  manor  of  Mitford  ;a  and, 
in  1250,  his  grandson  Roger  complained  against  R.  de  Merlay  for  holding 
plea  in  the  county  court  for  a  market  at  Morpeth,  in  damage  to  the  one  at 
Mitford ;  upon  which  a  precept  was  directed  to  the  sheriff  of  the  county  to 
stop  the  suit,  proceedings  of  that  nature  not  being  cognizable  in  his  court.5 
The  same  Roger  had  also  a  grant  from  Henry  the  Third,  for  10  marks,  to 
extend  his  annual  fair  at  Mitford  from  four  to  eight  days.0  A  few  original 
deeds  in  the  treasury  of  Durham  record  the  conveyance  of  different  burgages 
and  plots  of  ground  here,  in  1308,  from  different  persons,  to  one  Walter  de 
Coxhow,  brother  to  Mr  Robert  de  Coxhow,  clerk  ;d  and,  one  of  the  series, 
made  in  1310,  is  tested  by  Adam  de  Meneville,  then  seneschall  or  steward  of 
the  town  of  Mitford,  which  was  probably  the  highest  office  of  the  corporation 
of  this  little  borough.  The  inquest  after  the  death  of  the  earl  of  Pembroke, 
in  1323,  describes  the  place  and  neighbourhood  as  lying  waste  and  unculti- 
vated, effects  no  doubt  of  the  dreadful  retributive  vengeance  with  which  the 
armies  of  Scotland  at  that  time  visited  the  fields  and  villages  of  England,  as 
well  as  of  the  desolating  consequences  of  the  rebellion  of  Gilbert  de  Middle- 

a  Dug.  Bar.  i.  543.  b  Id.  c  Wallis,  ii.  313. 

d  From  William,  called  the  Wheelwright,  of  Mitford,  he  had  all  his  lands  situated  in  the  cul- 
ture called  Steraldworth,  in  the  territory  of  Mitford,  and  bounded  on  both  sides  by  the  lands  of 
William  the  Tailor,  of  Wallington  :—  from  Thomas  of  Redworth,  all  his  lands  in  the  Newgate, 
between  the  lands  of  Thomas  Shaclech  and  the  lands  of  Mitford  Castle:—  from  Alice,  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  Dyer,  three  roods  of  land  de  burgagio  in  the  town  of  Mitford,  which  laid  together  in 
four  selions  in  the  Newgate,  between  the  lands  of  the  town  and  the  castle  lands  : — Thomas,  son  of 
Thomas  of  Stanton,  granted  to  Alan,  son  of  Eustemia,  all  his  burgages  within  the  borough  of 
"  Mithford,"  which  had  once  belonged  to  his  father,  a  former  burgess  of  "  Mithford  ;"  and  the 
same  Alan,  son  of  Eustemia,  released  to  the  above-named  Walter  de  Coxhow,  all  right  wrhich  he 
had  in  all  the  burgages  which  had  belonged  to  his  said  father  :— Alice,  called  de  Schotton,  widow 
of  Ralph  de  Schotton,  also  released  to  the  same  Walter  two  crolls  in  Mitford,  lying  in  different 
parts  of  the  street  called  le  Newgate,  which  crofts  she  had  recovered  under  the  name  of  Dower  out 
of  the  lands  of  her  late  husband,  and  in  an  action  against  Thomas  of  the  Whitewhom,  and  John 
Kemp,  of  Mitford  :  and  by  a  deed  in  May,  1310,  Coxhow  obtained  from  Adam  Halden,  a  tailor  in 
Mitford,  a  burgage,  which  the  same  Halden  had  got  by  the  demise  of  "  sir  William  of  Moleston, 
a  chaplain."  This  last  is  the  deed  which  is  tested  by  Adam  de  Meneville,  then  seneschall  or  steward 
of  the  town  of  Mitford.— (L.  79—83,  278 .) 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  S 


66  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

ton.6  The  same  record  also  states  that  different  burghers  held  divers  burga- 
ges  here,  which  in  times  past  had  paid  a  rent  of  £6  10s.  but  at  that  time  only 
31s.  In  the  20th  of  Edw.  II.  John  de  Eure  died  seized  of  20  burgages  here, 
holden  of  the  castle  of  Mitford/  John  de  Mitford,  who  died  in  1437,  had  a 
capital  messuage  and  28  other  messuages  in  it  ;s  and,  in  the  agreement,  in 
1427,  between  John  de  Mitford  and  his  mother  Constance,  respecting  her 
dower,  mention  is  made  of  five  burgages  in  the  "  town"  of  Mitford,  and  of  their 
several  occupiers,  from  which  she  was  to  receive  rents  to  the  amount  of  46s. 
8d.  a  year,h  which  burgages  were  probably  the  same  as  those  for  which  John 
de  Mitford  paid  25s.  4d.  to  the  lord  of  the  manor  in  1455,  and  seem  to  have 
been  the  only  ones  then  existing  in  the  whole  manor.1 

These  notices  sufficiently  prove  that  Mitford,  in  antient  times,  was  a  bo- 
rough. Of  the  extent  of  the  town,  little  is  known.  The  most  important 
part  of  it,  I  apprehend,  was  that  which  is  called  the  Newgate  in  the  con- 
veyances to  Walter  de  Coxhow.  This  street  abutted  upon  the  castle  lands, 
and  seems  to  have  been  seated  on  each  side  of  the  way  which  now  leads 
past  the  old  manor-house,  the  church,  and  the  vicarage.  The  street 
leading  to  Newton  Park,  in  which  the  crime  of  arson  was  committed  upon 
the  house  of  Agnes  of  Benerigg,  in  the  riot  in  1284,  was  probably  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  and  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  vil- 
lage, which  is  seated  on  each  side  of  the  way  from  Elsden  to  Morpeth,  and 
on  the  tongue  of  land  which  lies  between  the  meetings  of  the  Font  and  Wans- 
beck— a  warm  and  woody  corner,  where  the  cottages  and  gardens  are  trim, 
and  the  waters  lovely.  On  the  way-side,  where  the  banks  have  been  cut  to 
widen  the  road  west  of  this  part  of  Mitford,  there  are  layers  of  stones,  which 
lie  deep  between  the  soil  and  the  diluvium,  that  bear  the  marks  of  fire,  and 
seem  to  show  that  the  place  in  former  times  had  been  more  extensively  te- 
nanted than  it  is  at  present. 

The  remains  of  the  MANOR-HOUSE  at  Mitford  are  faithfully  and  beautifully 
represented  in  the  vignette,  at  page  406  of  part  iii.  vol.  ii.  The  greater  part 
of  this  seat-house  was  taken  away  about  20  years  since.  Though  it  had  been 
built  at  different  times,  none  of  it,  I  apprehend,  was  very  antient.  Some  old 
walls  in  the  buildings  behind  it  seem  to  be  remains  of  a  rude  bastile  house. 

c  Wallis,  ii.  315.  'III.  i.  66.  s  Wallis,  ii.  328. 

h  Evid.  to  Mitford  Pedigree,  No.  16.  »  Wallis,  ii.  320. 


MITFORD    PARISH. MANOR    HOUSE.  67 

The  inquests  after  the  death  of  the  chiefs  of  the  Mitford  family  throw  little 
light  upon  its  history.  John  de  Mitford,  indeed,  who  died  in  1410,  had  a 
capital  messuage  in  Mitford,  as  well  as  one  in  Bebside.  But  the  remains  of 
the  old  manor-house  stand  directly  west  of  the  church  ;  whereas  the  mansion- 
house  of  sir  John  de  Mitford,  in  1396,  stood  on  the  east  side  of  the  vicarage- 
house,  which,  in  1311,  is  described  as  standing,  as  it  now  does,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  church.  This  is  plain,  from  a  deed,  by  which  sir  John  de  Scrope, 
the  second  husband  of  Elizabeth  de  Strathbolgie,  in  20  Ric.  II.  granted  to  this 
sir  John  de  Mitford  a  plot  of  ground  which  laid  before  the  front  of  his  own  house, 
and  between  his  mansion  and  that  of  the  vicarage,  which  adjoins  to  the  east 
wall  of  the  church-yard.  The  mansion-house,  of  which  the  turretted  porch 
and  part  of  the  kitchen  and  offices  still  remain,  were  probably  first  occupied  by 
the  Mitford  family  when  they  acquired  an  accession  of  property  here  in  the  time 
of  Philip  and  Mary ;  and  the  tower,  and  other  additions  might  be  made  to  it, 
in  1637,  which  is  the  date  of  the  tablet  above  the  door  bearing  the  arms  of 
Mitford  empaling  Wharton.  I  have,  however,  been  told,  that  this  tablet  was 
brought  from  Bourn,  near  Selby,  in  Yorkshire,  where  this  family  had  a  seat, 
which  the  present  Mr  Mitford  sold  for  the  purpose  of  redeeming  his  land  of 
Mitford  from  tythe.  The  arms  are  those  of  Robert  Mitford  and  Philadelphia 
Wharton,  and  might  be  put  up  soon  after  their  marriage  ;  as  it  is  not  proba- 
ble that  they  would  be  put  up  at  Mitford  during  the  life  time  of  his  grand- 
father, who  was  living  after  the  date  of  the  tablet. 

The  new  manor-house,  the  shell  of  which  was  in  its  progress  in  1828,  while 
the  notes  and  minutes  for  this  account  of  Mitford  were  collecting,  is  a  very 
handsome  square  edifice,  built  from  designs  by  Mr  Dobson.  The  beautiful 
white  sandstone,  of  which  its  outside  walls  are  built,  is  obtained  from  a  stra- 
tum of  rock  which  forms  the  bed  of  the  Font  for  several  hundred  yards, 
between  the  Newton  Park  and  Nunriding  estates — a  wild  and  romantic  spot, 
where  the  craggy  banks  of  the  river  are  deeply  browed  over  with  bilberry  plants 
and  heath,  and  all  along  on  both  sides,  and  especially  at  a  huge  projecting 
rock  called  Corby  Crag,  overhung  with  antient  woods  of  oak.  All  the  quarry 
gear  were  swept  away  by  one  of  the  great  floods  of  this  year.  Great  praise  is 
due  to  Mr  Mitford  for  choosing  a  stone  for  his  new  residence,  which  is  not 
only  beautiful,  but  has  every  appearance  of  being  indestructible  by  atmosphe- 
ric agents.  The  site  of  the  house  is  also  well  chosen.  It  is  on  the  brow  of 
the  northern  bank  of  the  river,  and  overlooks  the  plain  on  which  the  castle, 


68  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

church,  and  gardens  of  the  old  manor-house  of  Mitford,  are  situated  ;  and 
fine  reaches  of  rich  river-side  scenery  in  the  grounds  of  Newminster  and 
Morpeth.  This  is  a  fertile  and  most  delightful  place. 

NEWTON  UNDERWOOD  is  a  township,  containing  832  acres  of  excellent 
arable  and  pasture  land,  and  20  acres  of  wood.  Newton  seems  to  have  been 
its  most  antient  name.j  In  the  printed  account  of  services  due  in  this 
barony,  and  made  out  in  the  sheriffalty  of  sir  Hugh  de  Bolbeck,  about  1240, 

J  The  second  name  Underwood,  was  probably  added  after  the  settlement  at  Newton  Park  was 
formed.     It  is  perhaps  impossible  to  ascertain,  with  any  degree  of  precision,  at  what  period  in  the 
Saxon  or  Danish  age  the  principal  settlements  were  made  in  Northumberland  ;  but  the  great 
number  of  places  called  Newton,  Newbigglng,  Newstead,  and  the  various  assarted  places  under  the 
generic  name  of  Riding  all  over  the  county,  show  that  numerous  new  villages  and  hamlets  were 
built  in  it  at  a  very  distant  period-  a  great  many  of  them  probably  before  the  Conquest.     Nun- 
riding  certainly  had  its  name  after  that  period.     The  Saxon  and  Danish  settlers  founded  villages 
in  unfortified  places  much  more  extensively  than  had  been  done  under  the  auspices  of  Rome. 
They  had  their  property  marked  out  by  certain  metes  and  bounds,  so  that  each   of  them  distinctly 
knew  the  lands  of  which  he  was  lord ;  and  where  he  could  allot  to  a  son,  or  convey  to  a  servant 
any  tract  of  uncultivated  land,  without  the  fear  of  their  being  interrupted  in  the  possession  of  it  by  an 
arbitrary  power.   This  property  in  the  soil  made  men  patriots — made  them  love  the  place  in  which 
they  lived.     For  who  would  not  draw  the  sword  and  shed  his  blood  in  defending  the  cottage  which 
had  sheltered,  and  the  acres  which  had  fed  himself  and  his  forefathers  ?     Formerly  men  defended 
every  right  and  custom  of  their  ancestors  and  place,  with  an  exactness  and  a  pertinacity  which  are 
unknown  in  these  times.  They  rode  the  boundaries  of  their  parishes  and  manors  annually ;  pulled 
down  the  fences  of  all  encroachments  on  their  commons ;  and  fined  the  offenders  in  their  courts. 
This  was  the  cause  why  the  extensive  tracts  called  commons,  in  which  not  only  the  tenants  had   a 
common  right  of  pasturage  with  their  lords,  but  the  different  tenants  of  lordships  had  a  common 
right  upon  them,  were  so  long  in  being  cultivated.     The  ridges  upon  them,  which  had  never  been 
disturbed,  and  been  held  in  common  by  various  proprietors  from  the  Roman  aera,  where  they  could 
not  be  divided  by  common  consent,  were  left  undisturbed  by  the  plough-share  till  they  began  to  be 
divided  by  acts  of  parliament  in  the  last  century.     The  Saxons  and  Danes  imposed  names  upon 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  villages  of  this  and  other  counties  :  when  they  increased  in  population  the 
soil  became  sub-divided,  new  names  were  imposed,  new  beggings  were  made,  and  new  towns  planted. 
After  the  union  between  England  and  Scotland,  and  other  causes  of  quiet  and  increased  industry 
in  the  country  had  increased  the  population,  men  withdrew  from  the  protection  of  castles,  fortalices, 
and  villages,  and  waste  lands  and  commons  began  to  be  divided,  and  a  new  class  of  names  given 
to  new  settlements — such  as  Blink-bonny,  Brandy-well-hall,  Breadless-row,  Click-him-in,  Cold- 
knuckles,   Delicate-hall,   Delight,    Fell-him-down,   Glower  o'er-him,   Maccaroni,    Make-me-rich, 
Mount  Hooley,  Philadelphia,  Pinch-me-near,  Pondichery,  Portobello,  Quality  corner,  Skirl  naked, 
and  numerous  others  equally  quaint  and  fanciful. 


MITFORD  PARISH. NEWTON  UNDERWOOD.  69 

it  is  simply  called  Newton  ;  but  in  the  copies  of  that  document  given  by 
Lawson  and  Wallis,  it  is  written  Newton  Underwood.     At  that  time  all  of  it 
excepting  half  a  carucate,  which  was  holden  by  the  heirs  of  Hugh  de  Blundell 
by  the  payment  of  two  pounds  of  pepper,   belonged  to  Roger  Bertram  the 
Second,  whose  son  Roger,   according  to  the  Hundred  Rolls,   alienated  the 
ville  of  Newton  and  a  carucate  of  demesne  land  in  Mitford,  to  Wychard  de 
Charun,  who  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1267,  and  for  four  years  after," 
seneschall  of  De  Insula,  bishop  of  Durham,   and  a  servant  of  Peter  de  Sa- 
voy,  uncle  of  queen  Alianor.1      Prior  to  this  transaction,    Roger  Bertram 
had  granted  common  of  pasture  to  the  nuns  of  Halystane  (for  their  stock  on 
Nunriding)  on  the  common  of  Newton  and  Throphill,  which  grant  Henry  the 
Third  confirmed  at  Newcastle  in   1255.m     In   1294,  Hugh  de  Eure  was  sum- 
moned to  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  to  show  by  what  right  he  claimed  free 
warren  and  assize  of  ale  in  Kirkley,  Newton,  and  Throphill ;  and  brought  a 
charter,  dated  August  10,  1291,  for  free  warren,  and  showed  that  all  his  pre- 
decessors, owners  of  these  manors,  had  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  assize  of  ale 
in  them.n  This  Hugh  de  Eure  had  his  name  from  the  manor  of  Evre  or  Ivor, 
near  Uxbridge,  in  Buckinghamshire,  which  manor  was  granted  by  king  John, 

k  III.  i.  104.  i  Hutch.  Hist.  Dur.  i.  276.  m  Dug.  Mon.  i.  476. 

n  Newton  Underwood  and  Throphill  were  each  assessed  at  2s.  for  the  expences  of  Adomar  de 
Athol,  lord  of  Mitford,  and  Ralph  de  Eure,  lord  of  these  places,  knights  of  the  shire  to  the  par- 
liament holden  at  Westminster  in  1382. — (Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5.J  John  de  Mitford,  35  Hen.  VI. 
died  seized  of  one  messuage  in  Newton.  In  10  Eliz.  the  Eure  family  held  the  following  posses- 
sions in  this  county  :  Kirkley,  Berwick-on-the-hill,  Little  Callerton,  Rothley,  Newton  Under- 
wood, Edington,  a  moiety  of  Throphill,  with  certain  lands  in  Mitford  and  a  water  mill  there,  and 
the  hamlet  of  Sturton. — (Laws.  MS.f.  15.}  Henry  Haggerston,  24  Feb.  16  Eliz.  had  a  grant  of 
lands  in  Newton  Underwood  from  the  crown  (Land.  Rev.  Office,  Rec.  III.  226,1 ;  and  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Edward  Manners,  earl  of  Rutland,  and  wife  of  Wm  Cecil  lord  Burleigh,  died  12  April, 
33  Eliz.  1591,  possessed  of  Kirkley,  Newton  Underwood,  Berwick-on-the-hill,  Throphill,  Rothley, 
&LC.— (Cole's  Escheats.)  She  was  probably  only  mortgagee  in  possession.  Mr  Wm  Fenwick,  of 
Nunriding,  in  1663,  was  proprietor  of  Newton-west-side  and  Park,  besides  Newton-mill  and  Nun- 
riding  ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  R.  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  had  Newton-east-side. — (III.  i.  324. ^ 
Henry  Rawling,  Esq.  in  1746,  advertised  several  farms,  with  new-built  farm  houses,  at  Newton 
Underwood,  to  be  let.— (Newc.  Cour.)  III.  i.  170.  III.  ii.  393. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  T 


70  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

as  we  have  shown  in  a  pedigree  of  the  family  under  Whalton,  to  his  grand- 
father Robert  Fitz-Roger,  baron  of  Warkworth,  Newburn,  Corbridge,  Roth- 
bury,  and  Whalton.  He  purchased  Mitford  Park  of  Roger  Bertram  the  Third, 
and  Throphill  of  tjiat  Roger's  son  Thomas,  probably  under  some  family  com- 
pact ;  for  the  pedigree  of  his  family  states  that  he  married  a  daughter  of  Roger 
Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  and  that  his  mother  was  very  nearly  related  to  Alex. 
de  Ballioll,  who,  with  his  wife  Alianor  de  Genevre,  became  purchasers  of  the 
castle  and  barony  of  Mitford.  His  posterity  continued  to  enjoy  the  possessions 
he  acquired  in  this  parish  for  several  generations.  John  de  Eure  and  Agnes 
his  wife  were  proprietors  in  Newton  Underwood  in  1326  ;  arid  their  descend- 
ants are  returned  in  various  inquests  after  death,  and  other  documents,  as 
owners  of  lands  and  tenements  here  till  the  reign  of  queen  Elizabeth  ;° 
but,  in  the  tenth  of  James  the  First,  Ralph  lord  Eure  sold  his  possessions  in 
this  place  and  Throphill  to  George  Reveley,  of  Ancroft,  from  whom  they 
have  descended  to  Henry  Reveley  Mitford,  esq.  as  detailed  in  the  following 

PEDIGREE  OF  REVELEY,  OP  ANCROFT  AND  NEWTON  UNDERWOOD, 

[This  family  were  probably  from  Reveley,  which  is  a  ville  and  manor  in  the  parish  of  Ingram,  and  barony  of  Vescy.  Lord 
Redesdale  observes: — "  It  has  been  said  that  the  family  were  hereditary  bailiffs  of  Ancroft,  under  the  bishops  of  Durham  ; 
and  that  Revoley,  in  the  parish  of  Ingram,  was  so  named  from  being  the  property  of  the  Reve,  or  bailiff  of  the  bishops.  But 
qusere  this."  The  part  No.  1,  is  taken  from  Mr  Raine's  portfolio  of  MS.  Pedigrees,  p.  88.  The  first  seven  generations  of  No. 
2  are  from  the  Harleian  MS.  1448  ;  and  the  remainder  from  a  skeleton  pedigree  of  the  Reveleys,  with  some  authorities  com- 
municated by  Lord  Redesdale,  and  from  the  authorities  quoted.] 

ARMS  : — Argent  between  a  cheveron  engrailed  gules,  three  mullets  azure  pierced  sable. 

Wo.  1. — I. — ROGER  PORTER,  uncle  of  John  of  Witton  :  the  inquest  after  the  death  of  which  John  de  Witton,  is  dated  in=T= 
1874,  and  shows  that  he  held  lands  at  Behill,  Lowlyn,  and  Goswick,  in  North  Durham. 

I —  T 

II. — MARGARET  PORTER,-T~JOHN  BULLOCK  :  the  inquest  after  whose  death        AGNES  PORTER, 
co-heir,  aged  24,  1374.        j  is  dated  5  Langley,  1411.                                               co-heir. 
I —                                                                                                                         — — I 
III.— THOMAS  BULLOCK,  ofBele,  aged  24,  1410.     Inq.  p.  m.  11  Langley,  1417.TALICIA  ,  died  21  May,  5  Neville,  1442. 

IV.— AGNES  BULLOCK,  aged  14,  11  Langley,  1417.=rTHOMAS  REVELEY. 
I —  — — I 

V. — ARCHIBALD  REVELEY,  son  and  heir,  15  June,  9  Dudley,  I485.nr       WILLIAM  REVELEY. 
i 
VI.— WILLIAM  REVELEY,  of  Islandshire,  21  Oct.  1507;  died  20  Feb.  1514;  inquest  after  his  death  24  June,  same  year.=p 

VII. — GEORGE  REVELEY,  of  Ancroft,  of  full  age  in  1514. — (Raine's  MS.  Pedigrees,  p.  3S.J 

tfo,  2. —  I- — RALPH  REVELEY,  of  "  Angcroft. "=7= ,  daur.  of  ...  Selby,  of  Brankston. 

I —  — I 

II.— 1.  ARCHIBALD  REVELEY,  son  and  heir,  died  s.  p.     2.  WILLIAM  REVELEY.^ daur.  of  sir  Edw.  Grey,  of  Chillingham. 

I —  I 

III. — GEORGE  REVELEY,  son  and  heir,  to  whom-p ,  daur.  and  co-heir        REVELEY,  who  had  a  son  John,  mentioned 

sir  Edward  Grey,  10  Henry  VIII.  1518,  granted  I  of  Henry  Swynhow,  of       in  the  will  of  Edward  Reveley  in  1569. 
the  mill  of  Ancroft. f  Swynbow. 

IV. — 1.  EDWARD  REVE-^ daur.  of   2.  RALPH^ daur.  of  ...Mor-    3.  THOMAS    1 daur.= BURRELL,  who 

LEY.    Will  dated  12  Oct.     Redman,    REVELEY.  I  ton,  alderman  of  Ber-     REVELEY,  had  a  son  JOHN  BUR- 

1569.  j  of  Irebye.  |  wick.  ob.  s.  p.  RILL. 


0  Wallis,  ii.  554,  556. 


MITFORD   PARISH. FED.  OF   REVELEY,  OF  ANCROFT  &  NEWTON  UNDERWOOD.    71 


Issue  of  Edward  Reveley  and Redman. 


Issue  of  Ralph  Reveley  and  Morton. 


V. — 1.  WILLIAM  REVELEY,  son  and  heir  ;-T-MARGARET,  daur.  of  George    1.  EDWARD^ELEANOR,  daur.    2.  ROWLAND  REVE- 


dled  1  Aug.  15  Eliz.  1573,  as  appears  by 
an  Inquest  taken  after  death,  in  1574. 

2.  GEORGE  REVELEY. 
1.  MARGARET.  2.  ISABELL. 

T 


Ord,  of  Newbiggen.  She  mar-  REVELEY, 

ried  2dly,  to  James  Swinhoe,  of  Tweed- 

of  Berwick-upon-Tweed. mouth. 

(Raines  Test.) 

r 


of  George  Ord_e,  LEY,   mentioned  in 

of  Longridge,  in  the  will  of  Edward 

the  coun.  pal.  of  Reveley  in  1569. 
Durham. 

r 


I —     — r— i — i  i —         — i —  — i — i 

VI. — 1.  GEORGE  REVELEY,  of  "Angcroft,  -TFRANCES,  dau.  of    1.  WILLIAM    2.  GEORGE  REVELEY  J^BARBARA,    1.  ...  daur. 


Newton  Underwood 
and  Throphill.  Ad- 
ministration to  his 
goods,  and  inventory 


in  Northumb.  ;  aged   12  years  26th  Eliz. 
1584-6.     In   1612,   he  purchased  Newton 
Underwood  and  Throphill  of  William  lord 
Eure.     He  died  24  Aug.  1628,  as  appears 
by  the  inquisition  after  his  death.      Ad- 
ministration  to   his  goods  granted  to  Dio- 
nysia  his  daur.  30  August,  1628.  —  (Raints 
Test.  226  J 

1.  MARGARET  married  Lieut.-Col.  Salvayn, 

fourth  son  of  Gerard  Salvayn,  of  Croxdale. 

2.  DIONYSIA,  wife  of  ......  Gibson. 

3.  JANE,  wife  of  Edward  Orme. 
I  - 

VII.  —  BERTAM  REVELEY,  born  &  baptized-r-RosAMOND,  daur.  of    1.  WILLIAM  REVELEY^M 


A-ithony  Bulmer,       REVELEY       marriage  settlement 
of  Thursdale,  and    died  s.  p.  in    29th  July,    1644  ;    of 
sister  of  sir  Ber-    his  father's     " 
tram*  Bulmer,  kt.    life  time, 
who  is  a  witness 
to  the  conveyance  from  lord 

Eure  to  Geo.  Reveley.      She       of  them,  by  Edward 
I  was  living  in  1639. 


Reveley,  his  kinsman, 
Jan.  7, 1667. — ( Rome's 
Test.  212,  923.; 


eld.    daur. 
of  Robert 


married 
Clavering. 


Mitford,  of   2.  ...  daur. 

Mitford,      married  ... 

esq.  and      Carr. 

Philadel- 
phia W  liar  ton. 


at  Elmeden,  near  Sedgefield  ;  aged  15  in 
1615;  married  in  1620.  By  his  will,  which 
is  dated  5  Oct.  1622,  and  proved  Nov.  6  in 
the  same  year,  he  gave  to  his  wife,  "  Mrs 
Rose  Revelie  thre  kine  &c.  to  my  sifter 
Mrs  Dianas  Revelie  all  my  goods,  she  pay- 
ing my  debts." — (Raine's  Test.  449.  J  By  a 
declaration  of  the  same  "  Diones  Reveley," 
in  1635,  it  appears  that  she  was  his  sole 
executrix,  that  suits  were  at  that  time 


Michael  Wentworth,  of  Newton  Underwood 

ofWolley,  co.  Ebor;  and  Throphill,  in   co. 

cousin  of  the  earl  of  Northumb. ;  &  Newby 

Strafford ;  afterwards  Wiske,  coun.  of  York: 

wife  of  ...  Widdring-  born  about  1662  ;  died 

ton  ;    and    she    died  24  Feb.  1745,  o.  s. 
about  1651. 


y.    2.  THOMAS  REVELEY 


ITlAiVVlCjlV  I    ,  **.        *•  A*VFA'A* 

daugli.  and  died  s.  p. 

heir  of 1.  MARTHA  married 

Willey,    of  ...Burrell,  ofBroome 

Newby  Park,  in  the  county 

Wiske,  in  of  Northumberland. 

the  county  2.  FRANCES  married 

of  York.  Geo.  Alder,  of  Prend- 

wick,  Northumb. 


This  is  the  pe: 

church,  was  raised  ;  and  whose  surname  in  the  inscription  is  whimsically  separated  from  his  Christian  name :  but 
written  REVELEY  there,  not  REUF'LEY,  as  quoted  from  Wallis,  at  p.  27  of  this  volume. 


i  I — 

Viii. WILLIAM  REVELEY  born  in  1621  ;  at-  1.  WILLEY  REVE-= 

taioed  21  in  Oct.  1642;  died  at  York  of  wounds  LEY  born  about 

received  in  the  battle  of  Naseby,    14  June,  1686;  marriage 

1645,  without  issue,  in  consequence  of  which  settlement    dated 

Newton  and  Throphill  passed  under  entail  to  21st   May,    1717; 

the  Tweedmouth  family,  subject  to  Rosamond  he  died  in  Janu- 

his  mother's  jointure  in  part  of  the  lands.  ary,  1756. 


= daur.  of   2.  GEORGE 

Hen.    Neale,     REVELEY 
of  London,      born  1699; 


merchant  & 
bank  direct- 


married  . 
Tucker. 


T 


1.  HENRY  REVELEY  born  1718;  died  April  1800,  unmarried.    2.  HUGH  REVELEY 

died  young. 


— r~  r— r- 

1.  PHILADELPHIA  2.  MARGERY 

marr.  LANGDALE  married 

SMITHSON,   esq.  Crohair. 

son  of  sir  Hugh  8.  BARBARA 

Smithson,ofStan-  died  unniar- 

wick,  Yorkshire,  ried. 
bart.     She  died  at 
York,  1764..— (Col.  Peer,  it.  483. )=j= 


SIR  HUGH  SMITHSON,  bart.  married 
at  Percy  Lodge,  in  the  parish  of 


I  A. —  I.    MENKi     1\  r.>  IM.1".  »      IKJIII     ifjcr,    linn    -tj'iii       uw,    m 

2.  WILLIAM  REVELEY  died  unmarried,  after  his  brother  Henry. 

8.  GEORGE  REVELEY,  suffocated  in  the  black-hole  at  Calcutta  ;  died    1.    HENRY    REVE-    Ivor,  Bucks,  July  10,  1740,  to  lady 

without  issue.  LEY  married Elizabeth  Seymour,  daur.  of  Alger- 

1.  PHiLADELPiiiA,=rJoHN  MITFORD,  2.  ELIZABETH  REVELEY  mar-  Crespigny,  &  had  non  Seymour,  duke  of  Somerset,  at 
sole  heir  of  her  |  esq.  of  Newton  ried  T.  Edwards  Freeman,  of  a  son  Hugh  Reve-  whose  death  he  became  earl  of 
brothers.  I  house&Exbury,  Battsford,  in  co.  Gloucester,  ley,  who  married  Northumberland ;  and,  by  patent, 

"   Hants,    son    of    whose  son   T.   E.    Freeman,    Jane   Owen,    and    18  Oct.    1766,  DUKE  OF  NORTHUM- 
William,  son  of  John,  third  son  of    married  Mary  Curtis,  and  had    has  issue  Hugh  and    BERLAND.^ 
Robert  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  &  Phila-    issue  an  only  daur.  Elizabeth,    Frances.  A 

delphia  Wharton.  married  to  Thomas,  son  of  sir 

Wm  Heathcote,  afterwards  sir  Thomas  Heathcote,  of  Hursley,  Hampshire,  by  whom 

she  had  no  issue.  At  her  death  the  estates  at  Battsford  passed  by  the  will  of  T.  E.  Freeman  to  John  lord  Redesdale,  of 
Redcsdale,  and  of  Battsford  Park,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  nephew  to  this  Eliz.  Reveley,  wife  of  T.  E.  Freeman. 


1 —  — I —  I — I — I 

X. — I.WILLIAM  MITFORD,  of  Exbury,^=FRANCES  MQLLOY,    2.  JOHN  LORD  REDESDALE,n=LADY  FRANCES    I.MARY 


esq.  under  the  will  of  Hen.  Reveley,  esq. 
became  proprietor  of  Newby  Wiske,  New- 
ton, and  Throphill ;  author  of  the  HIS- 
TORY OF  GREECE  ;  died  Feb.  1827,  and 
bur.  at  Exbury.  See  account  of  his  life 
under  Newton  Park. 


daughter  of  James    to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  I      PERCEVAL. 


Molloy.— -(See  II.    for  several  communications  re-  I 


152.; 


specting  Mitford,  and  the  fami-  I 
lies  of  Mitford  &  Reveley.   Lord 
Redesdale  was  born  August  29, 1 
1748. 


died  s.  p. 
2.  FRANCES 
died  s.  p. 

8.  PHILADELPHIA, 
living  in  1828. 


»  Bertram  de  Bulmer  was  sheriff  of  Yorkshire  in  the  time  of  king  Stephen  and  Hen.  II.,  in  which  county,  as  well  as  in  Northumberland,  he 
had  considerable  possessions.— (See  Dug.  Bar.  i.  592;  Lib.  Nig.  307,  3SOJ  The  Christian  name  of  Bertram  certainly  came  into  the  family  of 
Reveley,  of  Throphill,  from  their  connection  with  the  Bulmers,  as  may  be  seen  by  their  pedigree.  The  Mitford  family,  as  may  also  be  seen  by 
their  pedigree,  had  adopted  it  in  the  15th  century,  possibly  from  some  antient  relationship  or  attachment  to  the  Bertrams,  barons  of  Mitford. 


72  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

fc  ft 

Issue  of  William  Mitford,  esq.  Issue  of  John  lord  Redesdale 

and  Frances  Molloy.  •  and  lady  Frances  Perceval. 

, , 1 -TT-T-, 

XI.— 1.  WM    1.  LouisA=r2.  HENRY  MITFORD,— ' 


REVELEY  M.       WYKE. 
ob.  s.  p. 


C.R.N.  Lost  at  sea 
In  the  York  man-of- 
war,  about  1803. 


2 AN-    3.  JOHN  MITFORD,    1.  JOHN  THOMAS    I.FRANCES  ELIZ.  born 

STKUTHER.      esq.  Line.  Inn.^      MITFORD,  only      April  11,  1H04. 

A      son  ;   born  Sept.    2.  CATHARINE  born  A  p. 

4.  BERTRAM  MITFORD,  of  the         9,1805.  10,  1807;  died  June  14, 
Inner  Temple  A                                                                1811. 

5.  CHARLES  MITFORD  died  an  infant.  3.  ELIZABETH   died  an 

6.  FRANCES  MITFOKD  born  in  1768;  died  in  1780.       Infant. 
I —I 

XII. — 1.  WILLIAM  MITFORD  died  an  Infant.    HENRY  REVELEY  MITFORD,  esq.  proprietor  of  Exbury,  in  Hants  ;  Klrky  Wiske, 

2.  FRANCES  born  in  Antigua  in  1797.  In  Yorkshire  ;  and  Newton  and  Throphill,  in  this  county  :  married,  in   1828, 

3.  LOUISA  born  in  Antigua  in  1799  ;  died  In    his  cousin  lady  Georgina  Jemima  Ashburnham,  daughter  of  the  earl  of  Ash- 
;  buried  at  Exbury.  burnham,  by  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Algernon,  earl  of  Beverley. 

The  village  of  Newton  Underwood  stands  about  two  furlongs  north  of  the 
road  from  Elsderi  to  Morpeth,  among  rich  fields,  and  having  a  large,  dry,  and 
clean  green  in  its  centre.  The  north  side  of  it  belongs  to  Henry  Reveley 
Mitford,  esq.  ;  the  south  side  to  Mr  Bullock,  of  Spital-hill.  At  the  north-east 
corner  of  it  is  a  garden,  containing  an  antient  arch  of  12  feet  span,  and  built 
on  walls  six  feet  thick.  Thirty  years  since  there  were  two  similar  arches 
adjoining  it  to  the  east ;  which,  like  the  one  remaining,  opened  to  the  south. 
The  place  where  it  stands  was  called  the  Old  Walls,  and  in  digging  every 
way  around  it,  strong  foundations  of  buildings  are  still  found ;  but  people 
in  the  village,  whose  ancestors  have  lived  in  it  for  several  generations,  have 
no  story  or  tradition  about  it — to  what  uses  it  was  put,  or  to  whom  it  belong- 
ed— only  they  say  it  had  in  former  times  been  a  "  bassel-house."  The  late 
Colonel  Mitford  had  a  great  veneration  for  it,  and  planted  the  ivy  which 
"  overhangs  its  half-demolished  walls."  It  was  no  doubt  a  fortalice  or  bastile 
house  of  the  family  of  Eure.  George  Reveley,  who  purchased  the  place  of 
lord  Eure,  resided  at  it  in  the  year  in  which  he  died  ;p  but  whether  in  this 
house  or  not,  I  have  seen  no  account. 

THROPHILL  has  its  name  from  being  a  j?jaop  or  village  on  a  hill ;  for  it 
stands  on  a  dry  and  fertile  eminence,  and  commands  a  very  extensive  land 
and  sea  prospect.  The  township  contains  875  acres  of  arable  and  pasture 
land,  and  25  of  woodland.  "  Wihelerdus  de  Trophil"  held  one  knight's  fee  of 
the  baron  of  Mitford,  in  1165.  In  1240,  Humphrey  de  Mendham  had  one 
carucate  of  land  here  ;  and  William  de  la  Tur  another — each  holding  by  the 
soccage  service  of  2s.  annually.  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  gave  the  manor 
of  Throphill  to  his  son  Thomas,  who  sold  it  to  Hugh  de  Eure  ;  and,  "  in 

P  Swinb.  MSS.  Hi.  87. 


MITFORD  PARISH. NIJNRIDING.  73 

33  Edw.  I.  John  Bertram,  son  and  heir  of  Thos.  Bertram,  levied  a  fine  to  John 
de  Eure,  son  of  Hugh  de  Eure ;  and,  by  deed,  released  to  Eure  all  claim  in 
Throphill,  subject  to  the  dower  of  Eva,  formerly  wife  of  Roger  Bertram,  which 
had  been  purchased  of  Eva  by  John  de  Eure."q  Edward  III.  in  1360,  restored 
Henry  de  Fauden  to  certain  lands  in  "  Throphill  and  Mitford,"  .which  Wm 
de  Fauden  had  forfeited  by  being  an  adherent  to  Gilbert  de  Middleton ;  and, 
in  the  same  year,  John  de  Ever,  proprietor  of  this  place  and  Newton  Under- 
wood, as  well  as  his  neighbour  Roger  Corbet,  of  Stanton,  had  to  pur- 
chase the  clemency  of  the  crown  for  the  part  they  took  under  the  banner 
of  that  famous  captain/  One  Thomas  Hawley  had  property  here,  and 
half  of  Riplington,  in  9  Henry  V.s  The  Eure  family,  as  related  under 
Newton  Underwood,  sold  this  place  in  the  time  of  James  the  First  to  George 
Reveley,  of  Ancroft;  and,  "  on  the  death  of  William,  grandson  of  George, 
without  issue  male,  these  manors  passed  under  entail  to  George  Reveley,  son 
of  Edward  Reveley,  of  Tweedmouth  ;  and  from  him  to  his  great  grandson 
Henry  Reveley,  who  died  in  1800,  and  by  his  will  devised  them  to  his 
brother  William  Reveley  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his  nephew  Wm  Mitford, 
of  Exbury,  Hants,  for  life  ;m  after  whose  death  they  descended  to  his  son 
Henry  Reveley  Mitford,  their  present  owner.  One  freehold  tenement  in 
i  Throphill  belongs  to  Edward  Fairfoot,  of  Blyth.u 

NUNRIDING  is  a  township,  containing  about  599  acres  of  ground,  of  a  heavy 
quality,  and  chiefly  arable,  besides  about  50  acres  of  woodland.  The  hall 
house  upon  it  seems  to  be  about  100  years  old,  is  a  single  fabric,  on  a  slope 
fronting  the  south  ;  has  eight  windows  on  the  ground  floor,  and  ten  on  the 
second.  The  chimnies  are  of  stone,  wind-raked,  and  in  three  stacks — one  at 
each  end,  containing  three  pipes  ;  and  a  double  one  in  the  middle,  of  six 
pipes.  The  garden  is  on  the  same  southern  slope,  a  little  to  the  south-east 
of  the  house,  and  is  fenced  with  a  stone  wall,  surmounted  with  palisades. 

i  Communicated  by  Lord  Redesdale.  r  III.  ii.  375,  376.  s  III.  ii.  268. 

1  Communicated  by  Lord  Redesdale. 

u  In  the  Mitford  Call  Roll,  already  alluded  to,  William  Reveley,  esq.  is  given  as  the  only  free- 
holder— the  tenants  being  Thomas  Potts,  Rowland  Reveley,  Thomas  Brewhouse,  Wm  Brewhouse, 
Robert  Bewick,  Lyonel  Dixon,  Thomas  Pye,  Bertram  Pye,  Hab.  Ingha,  and  Thomas  Watson, 
the  names  of  Richard  Tweedale,  Edward  Reveley,  and  Cornelius  Henderson,  in  the  list  of  tenants, 
having  a  line  drawn  through  them. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  U 


74  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

Lonely  places  require  minute  description.  A  stone  bridge,  overhung  with  ivy, 
and  crossing  a  deep,  narrow,  and  woody  dell,  just  south  of  the  house/  has  the 
following  inscription  cut  on  the  bevel  of  its  battlement: — "  ROBERT  FENWICK, 
ESQ.  1745 :  MR  OLIVER  CARR,  STEWARD  :  ROBERT  ROBINSON,  BUILDER."  This 
place  has  its  name  from  having  been  assarted  or  ridded  of  wood  by  the  nuns 
of  Halystane,  to  whom  it  was  given  by  Roger  Bertram  the  First,  under  the 
name  of  Baldwineswood,  and  by  boundaries  which  are  described  in  a  charter 
of  king  Hen.  the  Third,  dated  at  Newcastle  in  1255,  and  reciting  the  original 
grant."  After  the  dissolution  of  religious  houses  in  the  time  of  Henry  the 
Eighth,  it  was  in  the  possession  of  the  family  of  Beadriell.  In  1568,  Lem- 
mington  and  Nunriding  are  returned  by  the  queen's  feodary  as  belonging  to 
Edward  Beadnell,*  whose  son  Ralph  Beadnell  died  12  Aug.  19  Eliz.  possess- 
ed of  Lemmington,  Leverchild,  and  Nunriding,  and  leaving  a  son  Robert, 
who  was  ten  years  of  age  when  the  inquest  after  his  father's  death  was  taken 

T  In  an  advertisement  to  let  it,  in  the  Newcastle  Courant,  1 9th  March,  1757,  it  is  described  as 
consisting  of  1 2  good  rooms,  with  sash  windows;  a  large  cellar,  with  three  rooms  above  it,  a 
brew-house,  stable  for  nine  horses,  barn,  and  coach-house,  and  having  a  garden  with  good  fruit 
trees  in  it. 

w  Carta  regis  Henrici  tertii. — Rex  archiepiscopis,  &c.  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro  saluto  animae 
nostrae,  et  animarum  antecessorum  et  heredum  nostrorum  concessisse  et  confirmasse  priorissae  et 
monialibus  de  Halystane  donationes  subscriptas,  videlicet — de  dono  Alesiae  de  Alneto  totam 
terrain  quam  ipsa  Alesia  tenuit  in  villa  de  Hedrestone,  scilicet — tres  bovatas  terrae  cum  uno  tofto 
et  crofto  et  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  et  aisiamentis  ad  prefatam  villam  pertinentibus  .  Et  de  dono 
Rogeri  Bertram  totum  boscum  qui  vocatur  Baldwineswode  per  has  divisas  :  scilicet — a  campo 
fossati  monialium  ex  austral!  parte  descendentis  in  Sillesdoneburne,  et  per  Sillesdoneburne  ascend- 
endo  versus  occidentem  usque  ad  divisas  de  Thornetone  &  sic  per  vetus  fossatum  versus  aquilo- 
nem  usque  divisas  Rogeri  de  Merley  et  sic  per  illas  divisas  usque  divisas  de  Stantone  versus 
orientem  et  sic  usque  fossatum  dictarum  monialium  versus  aquilonem,  cum  libero  introitu  et 
exitu  sine  aliquo  retenemento,  ac  cum  omnimodo  aisiamento  et  omnibus  commoditatibus  et  utili- 
tatibus  tarn  in  edificiis  quam  in  aliis  quae  praedictae  moniales  infra  praedictas  divisas  facere  volue- 
rint  vel  potuerint,  et  cum  libera  multura  bladi  provenientis  de  eodem  bosco  ad  molendina  ipsius 
Rogeri  in  parochia  de  Midford,  et  cum  communa  ad  omnimoda  averia  ipsarum  monialium  in 
communibus  pasturis  de  Newtone  &  Trophill  tune  habitis  extra  divisis  earundem  monialium  sicut 
cartae  praedictorum  Alesiae  et  Rogeri  quas  praedictae  moniales  inde  habent  rationabiliter  testantur. 
Quare  volumus  (&c.)  Dat.  per  manum  nostram  apud  Novum  Castrum  super  Tynam  xxv.  die 
Septembris — (Dug.  Mon.  i.  476.) 

x  Laws.  MS.  fol.  18. 


MITFORD   PARISH. FED.  OF  FENWICK,   OF  LANGSHAWS  AND  NUNRIDING.      75 

at  Hexham,  April  8,  1582. y  After  this  time  it  became  a  possession  of  the 
family  of  Fenwick,  of  the  adjoining  township  of  Langshaw,  in  the  parish  of 
Longhorsley,  whose  history  I  have  endeavoured  to  give  in  the  following 


PEDIGREE  OF  FENWICK,  OF  LANGSHAWS  AND  NUNRIDING. 

I.— 1.  MARY  DEL'  STROTHER,  sister  and  co-heir  of  Wm  del'  Strother,  heiress=rJoHN  FENWICK,  ofpEuzABETH,  sister  of  sir 
of  Wailington.—  (See  II.  i.  255,  gen.  4.) |  Newburne,  esq.  Roger  Widdrington. 

I     i     I  r-rn 

II. — 1.  JOHN  DE  FENWICK,  of  1.  ROGER  FENWICK,  high-constable  of  the  castle  of  Newcastle,  and  high-sheriff  of  the  countyr- 

Newburn.  of  Northumberland,  to  whom  and  the  king,  John  Lilburn,  of  Shawden,  esq.,  John  Wetewood, 

2.  WM  FENWICK,  ancestor  of  of  Wetewood,  esq.,  and  John  Carr,  of  Hetton,  gen.  were  bound,  10  Nov.  19  Hen.  VII.  1508, 

the  Fenwicks  of  Wailington.  for  the  appearance  of  John  Raffle,  of  Chatton. — (Orig.  Bond  among  Stanton  Papers.) 
8.   ROBERT  FENWICK,   whose  2.  RALPH  FENWICK,  of  Longwitton,  ancestor  of  the  Fenwicks  of  Nunnykirk. 

grandson   John    married   the  3.  GERRARD  FENWICK,  of  Burrowden,  ancestor  of  the  Fenwicks  of  Harbottle,  Brinkburne,! 

heiress  of  Ken  ton. East  Hod  win,  &c. | 

III. — 1.  RALPH  FENWICK,  of  Stanton,  to  swear  whom  into  the  offlce^MARJOR?  MITFORD,  dau.  and    2.  ROGER  FENWICK,  esq, 


of  high-sheriff  of  the  county,  the  abbot  of  Newmlrister  had  a  dedimus 
potestatem  from  Henry  VIII.  dated  7  Nov.  1514% — (Ex.  Orig.  penes 
I.  H.)  Sir  Ralph,  in  an  expedition  into  the  Mers,  in  Scotland,  headed 
by  sir  John  Fenwick,  of  Wailington,  in  the  beginning  of  July,  1524, 
after  pursuing  the  enemy  too  far,  was,  with  Leonard  Musgrave,  and 
other  persons  of  note,  taken  prisoner. — (See  Ridp.  520.  Wallis,  it. 
524.;  He  was  living  15  Aug.  25  Henry  VIII.,  when  he  had  a  bond 
from  John  Fenwick,  of  Wailington  (Lansd.  MS.  326 ,-  Fenwick  deeds, 
ffo.  VI)  ;  but  died  before  1535,  when  his  widow  entailed  Stanton  and 
Langshaws  upon  their  sons  Ralph  and  Anthony,  as  below.  


sole  heir  of Mitford,  of   of  Greenleighton. — (Set 

Stanton.     By  her  will,  dated    II.  i.  291.; 
Aug.  20,  27  Henry  VIII.  she 

enfeoffed  Thomas  Fenwick,  of  Littleharle,  John  Dent, 
of  Byker,  and  Alexander  Heron,  of  Meldon,  in  Stanton, 
and  its  appurtenances  in  Abscheeles,  Limekilnflat,  and 
East  and  West  Langshaws,  besides  lands,  &c.  In  Cress- 
well,  Newbigging,  and  Newcastle,  In  trust,  after  her 
decease,  for  her  sons,  as  related  below. 


IV. — 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  of  Stan-^MARY  GREY,  of 
ton,  esq.,  on  whom  and  on  his/KChillingham. 
heirs  male,  his  mother  Marjory 
Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  widow  of  sir  Ralph  Fenwick, 
by  deed,  dated  10th  August,  28  Henry  the  Eighth, 
entailed  her  manor  of  Stanton,   with   her  lands 
there  In  Abshields  and  Limekilnflat ;  remainder  to 
her  son   Anthony,   and   heirs  male ;    remainder 
to  her  son  Guiscard,  and  heirs  male ;  rein,  to  her 
right  heirs. 


2.  ANTHONY  FENWICK,  to  whom= 
&  to  his  heirs  male,  his  mother, 
by  deed,  dated  10  Aug.  28  Hen. 
VIII.  gave  all  her  lands,  woods, 
£c.  in  East  &  West  Langshaws ; 
rem.  to  his  brothers  John  and 
Guiscard,  and  their  heirs  male 
successively ;  rem.  to  her  own 
right  heirs.  He  was  living  10 
Eliz.  1568,  &  possessed  of  Lang- 
shaws and  Crawcrook,  besides 


:ISABELL,  daur.  3.  GUISCARD,  living,  & 
of  Perceval  Sel-  named  in  the  entails  of 
by,  of  Biddle-  Stanton  &  Langshaws, 
ston.  10  Aug.  28  Hen.  VIII. 

"Administration  to  hit 
goods  27  June,  1610,  describes  him  of 
the  parish  of  Hartburn,  and  mentions 
his  wife  Isabella,  and  his  children  John, 
William,  and  Thomas,  as  under  age." 


lands  In   Temple  Thornton. 


V.— 1.  STEPHEN  FENWICK,  of  Langshaws,  by  Indenture,  9  May,  21  Eliz.=rELiz.  daur.  of  2.  WILLIAM,  son  of  Anthony  Fen- 
granted,  for  £76  13s.  4d.  one  moiety  of  Temple  Thornton,  to  Jas.  Lisle,  Thomas  Hag-  wick,  in  1621,  granted  a  messu- 
of  Biddick,  in  co.  Durham,  which  moiety  Robert  Lisle,  the  father  of  the  gerston,  of  age,  &c.  in  Thornton,  to  Nicholas 
said  James  had,  in  his  life  time,  been  seized  of,  and  conveyed  to  Anthony  Haggerston.  Thornton,  and  his  heirs. — (Nether- 
Fenwick,  father  of  the  said  Stephen. — (Netherwitton  papers.)  tuition  deeds.) 

I ' — I 1 

VI. — 1.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  of  Langshaws;  living  at  the  visitation  of  Northumb.  In  1615 :-J-BARBARA,    1.  DOROTHY,  wife 
had  a  tenement  in  Langshaw,  of  the  yearly  value  of  £5,  seized  into  the  king's  hand,  in  1628  ;  I  d.  of  Robt.    of  Samuel  Ogle, 
but,  in  the  same  year,  he  was  a  juror  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  and  his  lands  at  Langshaw    Mitford,  of   2.  IsAB£LL,wifeof 
were  exonerated,  by  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  from  a  debt  of  £10,  due  to  the  crown. — (Swinb.     Mitford.         George  Hunter. 

MSS.  iii.  87,  245,  246,  801,  309.; 

I • 1    |     I — 1 —  T —  r— 1 1 

VII. — 1.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  son  and  heir,  aged  12  years=r 2.  ROBERT.    3.  ANTHONY.    4.  CUTHBERT.    1.  ANNE,  wife  of 


In  1615;  resided  at  Nunriding  in  1628,  In  which  year  he 
was  a  juror  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle. — (Suinb.  MSS. 
tit.  87.)  Anne  Gr<(y,  of  Morpeth,  in  her  will,  dated  15 
July,  1637,  mentions  a  rent  charge  of  26s.  8d.  a  year  out 
of  the  lands  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Nunriding,  gent. 
Wm  Fenwick,  in  1663,  is  returned  as  proprietor  of  Lang- 
shaw, Newton-west-side,  Newton  Mill,  and  Nunriding. — 
(HI.  i.  324.;  His  will,  which  Is  at  Durham,  and  dated 
4  Aug.  1675,  mentions  his  grandson  Joseph,  and  his  son 
Robert.  He  was  buried  at  Mitford,  26  Feb.  1676. 

VIII. — ROBERT  FENWICK,  of  Langshaws,  executor  of  his  father's1 
will.  In  1672,  he  had  a  mortgage  of  £212  on  Fallowlees. — ( Deed 
penes  C.  W.  Bigge,  esq.)  Answered  for  Langshaws  at  the  court 
baron  of  Stanton,  18  Car.  II.  He  died  at  Langshaws,  Feb.  6,  and 
was  burled  at  Mitford,  February  19,  1693.  Letters  of  adminis- 
tration were  granted  to  his  widow  on  the  19th  of  the  same  month 
and  year. 


5.  STEPHEN  FENWICK.    In  his  will,  dated    Chris.  Metcalf. 
15  Dec.  1647,  he  describes  himself  as  of  Hart-    2.  MARY. 
burn  Grange,  gent. ;   and  mentions  his  wife    3.  FRANCES. 
Mary,  then  with  child  ;  my  sisters,  Mary  Fen- 
wick, of  Nunriding,  Frances  Fenwick,  and  Anne  Metcalf ;  my 
brother  Anthony's  wife,  my  brother  Cuthbert's  wife ;  my  brother 
John  Fenwick,  and  Mr  William  Fenwick,  of  Nunriding.  Proved 
in  1649.— (Raines  Test.  675.; 

6.  JOHN. 


=ISABF.LL,  daur.  of  Robert  Widdrington ;  married  at  Wid- 
drington. Her  will,  which  is  dated  24  Nov.  1704,  men- 
tions her  son  Benj.  Fenwick  as  a  sea-faring  man;  her 
grandson  Robert  Fenwick,  son  of  her  son  Joseph ;  her 
father  Robert  Widdrington,  her  son  Thomas,  her  eldest 
son  John.  Codicil,  dated  May  8,  1705,  mentions  the  six 
children  of  her  son  John. 


y  Harl.  MS.  759,  p.  45,  where  Nunriding  is  described  as  consisting  of  three  messuages  and 
440  acres  of  land,  holden  of  the  king  by  the  annual  payment  of  26s. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Robert  Fenwick  and  Isabell  Widdrington. 


IX. — 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  esq.   of  NUH--T-JANE  TATHAM,    2.  JOSEPH  FENWICK  had  a  son    1.  JANE  FENWICK  died  unmarried. 


riding  and  Langshaws,  married  at  Tun- 
stal, in  co.  Lane.  5  Feb.  1687.  His  will, 
proved  at  Richmond,  mentions  his  sons 
Robert  and  Nicholas,  and  his  daughters 
Wilson,  Tat  ham,  and  Lambert ;  his 
brothers  Thomas  and  Benjamin.  He 
died  Nov.  27,  1782. 


heiress  of  Bur-  Robert,  who  is  mentioned  in  2.  ANNE  FENWICK  married  Henry 
row  Hall,  or  his  grandmother's  will;  but  Richardson,  of  Little  Tosson,  father 
Overborough,  died  unmarried.  of  Robt.  Richardson,  who  married 

near  Hornby,  in    3.  BENJAMIN  FENWICK  was  a    Isabella,  dau.  of  Jared  Handayside, 
Lancashire.        capt.  in  the  royal  navy  ;  and,    brother  of  Gen.  Handayside,  which 
according    to  a   monumental    Robert  &  Isabella  had  3  sons  and  2 
inscription  in  Kendal  church,    daurs.  ;  of  whom,  Thos.  Richard- 
died  15  Nov.  1752,  aged  54.        son,  the  2d  son,  marr.  Anne  Smith, 

4.  THOMAS  FENWICK,  executor  to  his  mother's  will,  in  which  he  is  of  Stockton,  by  whom  he  had  a  da. 

mentioned  as  having  a  son  John.  Anne,  wife  of  Edw.  Codling,  late 

of  Wallington  Dovecote-A 

S.  MRS  BARBARA  FENWICK,  of  Nunriding,  married  at  Mitford,  24  Nov.  1674,  to  "  Mr  Brough  Evers,  of  Pigdon." 

4.  PHILADELPHIA  FENWICK,  of  Nunriding,  mar.  at  Bolam  to  Geo.  Harle,  of  Wallington,  Jan.  31, 1671.  They  resided  at  Corridge. 

5.  ISABELLA  FENWICK  died  unmarried,  at  Nunriding,  and  buried  at  Mitford,  June  8,  1705. 

6.  MARY  FENWICK,  wife  of  Martin  Hall,  mentioned  in  her  mother's  will. 


-I — I 


X. — 1.  ROBERT  FENWICK,  esq.  of  1.  DOROTHY  2.  ISABELLA  FENWICK,  3.  MARY  FENWICK,  4.  JANE  FENWICK,  bap.  at  Tun- 
Burrow  Hall,  born  5  Nov.  1688.  FENWICK,  baptized  at  Tunstal,  28  bap.  at  Tuustal,  SO  stal,  August  3,  1697  ;  died  at 
He  was  M.  P.  for  the  town  of  bap.  26  Dec.  March,  1694;  married  Oct.  1694;  married  Watchfield,  and  buried  at  Ken- 
Lancaster ;  king  s  sergeant  in  the  1689;  mar-  also  at  Tunstal,  to  Joshua  Lambert,  of  dal  July  7,  1753. 


ried  John 
Wilson,  of 
Kendal.=p 


John  Tatham,  of  Cau- 
tifleld,esq.  9February, 
1718.=r 


Watchfleld,  near 
Kendal.=p 


5.  ALICIA  FENWICK,  baptized  at 
Tunstal  in  Dec.  1699. 


duchy  court  there ;  also  attorney 

general  &  sergeant  of  the  county 

palatine  of  Lancaster. — (Beauties 

Of  England  $  Wales,  ix.  102. )     By 

his  will,  which  is  dated  Nov.  4, 

1747,  he  left  his  estates  to  his  brother  Nicholas,  and  failing  him  to  his  nephew  John  Wilson,  in  tail  male,  on  condition 

of  his  taking  the  name  and  arms  of  Fenwick.     He  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Tunstal  16  Feb.  1749. 

2.  NICHOLAS  FENWICK,  esq.  of  Burrow  Hall,  bap.  24  Feb.  1690.     By  his  will,  which  is  dated  9  Sep.  1748,  he  devised 

his  manor  of  Clatighton,  and  all  his  real  estate  in  the  township  of  Caton,  with  Cloughton  arid  Cressingham,  with  Esk- 

rig,  in  Lancashire,  to  his  brother  Robert ;  and,  failing  him,  to  his  nephew  John  Wilson,  and  his  sons  successively,  &c. 

on  condition  that  they  severally  use  the  name  of  Fenwick. — (See  Jour.  H.  C.  xxvi.  76.)     He  died   unmarried,  and  was 

buried  at  Tunstal  80  April,  1760. 

3.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  bap.  28  March,  1693,  and  buried  at  Tunstal  2  April,  1694. 


=MARY,  daur.  of 
John  Govien, 

married  8  Feb. 
1760,  at  Saint 

Giles's,  in  Crip- 

plegate,  Lond. 


XI 1.  JOHN  WILSON  took  the  name  of  Fenwick  under  au-    1.  FRANCIS  TATHAM.     ROBERT  LAMBERT  was  a: 

thority  of  an  act  of  parliament  passed  in  the  House  of  2.  JOHN  TATHAM.  surgeon's  mate  on  board 
Commons  28  March,  1751,  entitled  "  an  act  to  enable  John  3.  NICHOLAS  TATHAM  H.M.  S,  Russell,  Captain 
Fenwick,  lately  called  John  Wilson,  and  the  heirs  male  of  took  the  name  of  Fen-  Drake,  &  died  at  sea,  in 
his  body,  to  take  the  name  and  bear  the  arms  of  Fenwick  wick,  by  sign  manual,  that  vessel,  July  27,  1779. 
only,  pursuant  to  the  wills  of  Robert  Fenwick  &  Nicholas  on  the  death  of  his 

Fenwick." — (Jour.  H.  C.  xxvi.  154.)    He  married  Miss  Ben-    cousin  Thos.  Fenwick;  but.  died  s.  p.  and  was 
son,  of  Horsley,  near  Burrow  Hall ;  but  died  s.  p.  and  was    buried  at  Kirby  Lonsdale,  July  26,  1801. 
buried  at  Tunstal,  10  Feb.  1757.  In  March,  after  his  death, 
the  house  at  Nunriding  was  advertised  to  be  let — (Newcastle  Courant.') 

2.  THOMAS  WILSON,  after  his  brother's  death,  took  the  name  of  Fenwick,  and  enjoyed  Nunridiii?,  and  the  other  estates  of  the 
Fenwick  family.  He  inherited  the  manor  of  Kentmere  from  his  father. — (Burns  Westm.  135.)  He  was  M.  P.  for  West- 
morland from  1768  to  1774  ;  but  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried  at  Tunstal,  7  April,  1794. 


XII. — 1.  JOSIAH  LAMBERT.     2.  JOHN  LAMBERT.     3.  STEPHEN  LAMBERT.     4.  THOMAS  LAMBERT,  born 

in  1774 ;  bap.  at  Mary-le- 
bone  church  :   took  the  name  of  Fenwick,  by  patent,  signed  PELHAM,  30  July,  1801,  on  the  death  of 


1— 1— T 

1.  DOROTHY  LAMBERT. 

2.  MARY    ANNE    LAM- 
BERT. 


his  cousin  Nicholas  Fenwick,  son  of  John  Tatham  and  Isabell  Fenwick ;  resides  in   Keppel-street,    3.  ELIZ.  LAMBERT. 
Brunswick-square,   London.     Besides  being  possessed  of  Nunriding.   Langshaws,  and  a  moiety  of 
Brotherwick,  in  this  county,  he  enjoys  the  family  estates  of  the  Fenwicks,  in  Lancashire  and  Westmorland. 


SPITAL  HILL  has  its  name  from  a  hospital,  founded  upon  it  in  the  time  of 
Henry  the  First  by  William  Bertram,  the  founder  of  Brinkburn  priory.  It 
was  dedicated  to  St  Leonard,  the  patron  and  friend  of  prisoners,  "  that  who 
that  was  in  prison,  and  called  his  name  in  ayde,  anone  his  bondes  &  fetters 
were  broken,  and  went  away  without  ony  gaynsayenge  frely,  &  came  pre- 
sentynge  to  hym  theyr  chayns  or  yrens."z  This  place  was  endowed  with  lands 
for  one  chaplain  or  keeper.  The  advowson  of  it  was  vested  in  the  barons  of 


z  Golden  Legend. 


MITFORD   PARISH. SPITAL-HILL  AND  NEWTON  PARK.  77 

« 

Mitford,  and  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the  earl  of  Pembroke  in  1323-4,  it 
is  stated  to  have  been  worth  6,5s.  8d.  a  year  in  peaceable  times,  but  then 
waste  and  worth  nothing.  By  an  inquest,  in  1377,  its  lands  were  found  to 
consist  of  40  acres,  holden  of  the  manor  of  Mitford  by  the  service  of  guarding, 
on  the  eve  and  day  of  Ascension,  the  south  bridge  of  Mitford,  called  the 
Fouse-brigg  ;  but  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  long  before  that  time,  had  con- 
verted them  to  his  own  purposes,  and  then  still  occupied  them.  Richard  the 
Second,  however,  on  account  of  the  minority  of  David  de  Strathbolgie,  earl 
of  Atholl,  granted  the  custody  of  this  hospital  to  his  beloved  clerk,  John  de 
Wendhugs,  jun.  ;a  and  Matthew  Bolton,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  were 
put  into  some  kind  of  trust  respecting  "  the  manor  and  spittall"  of  Mitford  in 
1378-9.b  In  the  reigns  of  Henry  the  Sixth  and  Edward  the  Fourth,  it  was 
in  the  advowson  of  the  Percies  of  Athol,  and  their  descendants  ;c  and,  Sept. 
8,  1459,  at  the  death  of  Elizabeth,  and  Sept.  24,  1464,  at  the  death  of  Mar- 
garet, daughters  of  Henry  de  Percy,  it  was  valued  at  40s.  a  year/  In  1536, 
a  tenement,  called  "  the  Spitelhill,  or  the  Hospitall  of  St  Leonard,"  is  rec- 
koned among  the  possessions  of  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  and  paid  a  fee-farm 
rent  of  33s.  4d.  to  the  crown.6  George  Wharton,  of  Spital-hill,  gent,  was  a 
Northumberland  freeholder  in  1628  ;f  and,  in  1663,  William  Bullock  is  as- 
sessed on  £10  a  year  for  it  in  the  county  rate.g  His  descendant,  the  late  Mr 
Bullock,  of  this  place,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Robert  Mitford,  of 
Mitford,  esq.  With  the  estate  he  inherited  the  spirit  of  a  keen  hunter,h  for 
which  his  family  was  distinguished ;  but  dying  without  issue,  the  property 
devolved  upon  his  nephew  Thos.  Thompson,  who  took  the  name  of  Bullock  ; 
and,  he  also  dying  childless,  his  brother,  Robert  Thompson,  of  Morpeth,  under 
the  name  of  Robert  Bullock,  esq.  became  proprietor  of  this  estate. 

NEWTON  PARK  is  a  township  and  constablery,  containing  275  acres  of  mea- 
dow, pasture,  and  tillage  ground,  and  six  acres  of  woodland,  lying  between 

a  Wallis,  ii.  326.  b  III.  ii.  251.  c  Id.  271,  276,  277.  d  Randal  MSS. 

e  Mon.  Angl.  2nd  ed.  v.  401.  f  Swinb.  MSS.  iii.  87,  105.        «  III.  i.  285. 

h  He  was  not  a  pot-hunter,  or  breeder  of  foxes  for  the  sake  of  enjoying  the  expensive  and 
citizen-like  amusement  of  galloping  after  them,  and  killing  them  ;  but  he  hunted  foxes,  and  other 
vermin,  for  the  purpose  of  exterminating  them.  A  tale  is  told  of  the  bottom  and  excellence  of  two 
of  his  dogs,  which  started  a  fox  near  Spital-hill,  and  ran  him  in  a  zig-zag  course  over  Simonside, 
into  the  Cheviot-hills,  a  distance  it  is  supposed  of  nearly  70  miles — (Mack.  ii.  145.;  This  family 
of  Bullock  were  probably  descended  from  one  of  the  same  name  in  Islandshire,  in  North  Durham. 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  X 


78  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

the  township  of  Benridge  and  the  picturesque  banks  of  the  Font.  Henry 
Reveley  Mitford,  esq.  is  sole  proprietor  of  it.  This  place  is  not  mentioned  as  a 
distinct  ville  in  the  account  of  the  services  in  the  barony  of  Mitford  in  1240, 
in  the  assessment  for  defraying  the  expences  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  at  the 
parliament  in  1382,  or  in  any  other  antient  document  I  have  seen.  There 
certainly  were  different  parks  in  this  parish.  John  Estlington  died  seized  of 
"  Mitford  Park"  in  1264.  But,  I  think  the  place  now  called  Newton  Park  was 
the  "  Mitford  Park"  which  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  had  alienated  to  Hugh 
de  Eure  before  1274 ;'  and  which  he,  in  his  deed  of  conveyance,  calls  "  mag- 
num meum parcum  de  Mitford"  my  great  park  of  Mitford. J  In  the  inquisition 
after  the  death  of  John,  son  of  Hugh  de  Eure,  it  is  called  "  Mitford  Park  ;" 
and  it  passed,  with  other  possessions  of  the  Eures  in  this  parish,  by  sale,  to 
the  Reveleys,  and  from  them,  by  entail,  to  the  Mitfords  of  Exbury.k 

s  III.  i.  104. 

•>  This  place  is,  however,  I  apprehend,  to  be  distinguished  from  the  "  Great  Park  of  Mitford," 
of  which  Robert  de  Stutteville  and  his  wife  Alianor  were  possessed  in  1294;  and  which,  I  think  it 
probable,  laid  near  the  castle  of  Mitford,  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck. — (See  III.  i.  129.^ 
There  was  also  a  park  in  this  parish  called  Wychenley,  which  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  sold  to 
Ralph  de  Cotum,  together  with  "  Benerig,"  which,  as  I  have  before  observed,  adjoins  on  Newton 
Park. — (III.  i.  104.)  Another  account  says  that  Bertram  sold  "  Benrigg,"  with  the  wood  of 
Wichenley,  to  Adam  de  Gesemouth — (Id.  116;  but  see  also  III.  ii.  360. J  It  is,  perhaps,  difficult 
to  determine  where  the  park  of  Mitford  was  situated,  to  which  the  street  led  in  which  the  affray 
happened  in  1284  between  the  servants  of  the  families  of  Stutteville  and  Eure. 

k  This  was  a  favourite  retreat  of  the  author  of  the  History  of  Greece  during  his  visits  to  the 
north.  He  made  some  additions  to  the  farm-house,  for  his  own  convenience,  which  were  occupied 
for  a  short  time  by  his  son  and  successor  in  the  autumn  of  1828.  He  delighted  in  the  stillness  of 
the  place,  and  in  the  finely  wooded  banks  of  the  Font. 

Due  me  ubi  FONS  oriens  tortis  se  erroribus  ornat, 
Qua  nectit  querulam  lugubris  unda  moram. 

(Prolus.  Trevylianis,  p.  16.) 

His  brother,  Lord  Redesdale,  has  prefixed  to  the  last  edition  of  his  History  of  Greece,  "  A  short 
account  of  the  author,  and  of  his  pursuits  in  life,  with  an  apology  for  some  parts  of  his  work," 
from  which  the  following  account  is  abstracted  :— "  He  was  born  Feb.  10,  1743.  When  he  was  a 
school-boy,  he  took  a  fancy  to  the  Greek  in  preference  to  the  Latin  language,  and  to  the  Grecian 
character  in  preference  to  the  Roman ;  but  rather  as  that  character  was  offered  to  his  youthful 
imagination  in  other  works  than  those  of  the  most  authoritative  Greek  historians— in  Plutarch 
rather  than  in  f  hucydides  arid  Zenophon."  While  at  school,  he  was  attacked,  at  the  age  of  15, 


MITFORD    PARISH. BENRIDGE.  79 

BENRIDGE  is  a  township,  and  in  olden  times  was  called  Ben-rigge,  which 
means  the  high-ridge,  a  name  probably  derived  from  its  situation  on  the  slope 
of  the  high  ridge  of  land  which  runs  through  this  township  from  east  to  west. 
It  contains  1085  acres  of  open  ground,  and  about  20  of  woodland,  and  con- 
sists of  seven  farms,  three  of  which,  called  East,  West,  and  Middle  Benridge, 
form  a  straggling  hamlet,  on  the  south  side  of  the  highway  from  Stanton  to 
Morpeth,  and  probably  occupy  the  site  of  the  antient  ville  of  Benrigge.  The 
other  farms  are  Benridge-hag,  still  a  woody  place  ;  Benridge-mo&r,  so  named 
from  being  seated  on  the  boundary  between  the  antient  inclosed  lands  of  this 

with  a  severe  illness,  which  checked  his  progress  in  his  favourite  study ;  and  after  his  recovery,  as 
he  was  intended  for  the  bar,  he  was  recommended  to  give  his  attention  to  Latin ;  but,  on  his  re- 
moval to  Oxford,  finding  himself,  by  the  death  of  his  father,  in  competent  circumstances,  he  was 
there  very  much  his  own  master,  and  therefore  easily  led  to  prefer  amusement  to  study.  Under 
the  "  lax  discipline  allowed  to  a  gentleman  commoner,"  he  however  found  time  to  attend  Pro- 
fessor Blackstone's  celebrated  lectures  on  the  laws  of  England,  of  which  he  took  copious  notes. 
But  giving  up  all  thoughts  of  qualifying  himself  for  practising  in  courts  of  justice  as  "distasteful" 
to  his  feelings,  he  resolved  to  abandon  the  study  of  legal  science,  and  at  the  age  of  22  entered  into 
the  married  state,  and  finding  "  his  family  increasing,  he  retired  to  his  paternal  property  at  Ex- 
bury,  in  Hampshire,  adjoining  the  New  Forest,  and  then  one  of  the  most  sequestered  spots  to  be 
found  within  a  hundred  miles  of  London."  In  this  solitude,  for  the  space  of  several  years,  his 
tune  was  almost  wholly  given  up  to  the  society  of  his  own  family,  and  the  perusal  of  the  works  of  the 
antient  Greeks.  At  the  age  of  32,  the  loss  of  his  wife  was  succeeded  by  a  second  severe  illness  ; 
but,  on  his  partial  recovery,  in  October,  1776,  he  set  out  for  Nice,  with  the  intention  of  wintering 
there.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  become  acquainted  with  M.  de  Meusnier  and  M.  de  Villoison, 
two  young  Frenchmen  who  had  acquired  distinguished  reputation  as  Greek  scholars.  These 
gentlemen,  on  his  way  to  Greece,  introduced  him  to  the  Baron  de  St  Croix,  author  of  a  work  on 
the  Historians  of  Alexander  the  Great ;  at  whose  house  at  Mourmourin,  in  the  county  of  Avignon,, 
he  spent  some  time,  both  in  his  journey  to  Nice  and  on  his  return  to  England.  During  his  resi- 
dence at  Exbury  he  had  also  been  a  captain  in  the  South  Hampshire  militia,  of  which  the  author 
of  the  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire  was  major.  These  connections  roused  him  to  the 
pursuit  of  his  favourite  study,  and  Gibbon  in  particular  urged  him  to  undertake  the  History  of 
Greece ;  "  much  of  the  early  part  of  which  was  compiled  to  relieve  the  irksome  idleness  of  a 
peaceful  camp,  or  of  country  quarters.  The  rest  followed  as  leisure  and  occasion  permitted."  He 
also  published,  in  an  octavo  volume,  A  Treatise  on  the  Public,  Mystical,  and  Philosophical  Reli- 
gions of  Antient  Greece,  which  in  some  degree  may  be  considered  as  a  supplement  to  his  history 
of  that  country.  Mr  Mitford,  however,  did  not  confine  his  labours  and  his  talents  entirely  to  the 
cultivation  of  letters.  He  sat  in  several  parliaments,  was  an  active  magistrate,  verdurer  of  the 
New  Forest,  and  finally  lieut.-colonel  of  the  South  Hampshire  militia.  He  died  at  his  seat  at 
Exbury,  Feb.  8,  1827,  at  the  advanced  age  of  84. 


80  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

township  and  a  wild  moor  belonging  to  it,  but  now  inclosed  ;  Lough-house, 
which  has  its  name  from  a  splashy  fen  just  south  of  it ;  and  Hole-on-the-hitt, 
the  lands  of  which  are  bounded  on  the  north  by  an  unfrequented  and  whinny 
lane,  in  which  parts  of  an  old  causeway  leading  north  over  Stanton-law  to- 
wards Rothbury  are  still  in  good  repair.  The  only  tenants  in  this  manor 
noticed  in  records  during  the  time  of  the  Bertrams  are  two  soccagers,  namely, 
Gilbert  Hiring,  who  held  34  acres  by  the  annual  payment  of  2s. ;  and  Alan 
the  chaplain,  who  had  two  oxgangs  for  one  pound  of  cumin.1  Soon  after 
which  time  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  was  accused  of  having  alienated  40 
acres  of  land  in  the  field  of  "  Benrig,"  and  an  annual  rent  of  20  marks  to  the 
abbot  of  Newminster.1"  In  52  Hen.  III.  1267-8,  sir  Hugh  de  Ever  had  a  grant 
from  the  crown  of  lands  here,  and  in  other  parts  of  the  Mitford  barony  ;n  and 
sir  John  de  Eure,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Second,  is  returned  as  possessed 
of  lands  and  tenements  in  Benrigge,  which  he  forfeited  by  adherence  to  Gil- 
bert de  Middleton,  but  were  restored  by  Edward  the  Third  ;  for,  in  1422,  his 
descendant,  sir  Ralph  de  Eure,  who  was  a  great  man  in  Northumberland, 
died  seized  of  one-fifth  part  of  the  ville  of  Benrigge,0  very  possibly  the  part 
now  called  Newton  Park.  I  think  it  probable,  however,  that  a  considerable 
interest  in  the  manor  and  lands  of  this  township  passed  from  the  Bertrams  to 
the  barons  ofBolbeck  after  the  year  1242;  for  the  Bolbeck  family  do  not 
appear  to  have  had  any  possessions  here  prior  to  that  time  ;  but,  in  23  Edw. 
III.  1349,  Wm  de  Herle,  lord  of  half  the  barony  of,Bolbeck,  held  the  ville  of 
Benerigge  and  lands  in  Overgares  of  the  barony  of  Mitford  ;p  and  William, 
baron  of  Greystock,  whose  great  grandfather  married  one  of  the  co-heiresses 
of  Hugh  de  Bolbeck  in  1282,  was  proprietor  of  the  other  half  of  the  Bolbeck 
barony,  and  in  1359  is  returned  as  dying  possessed  of  "  Benrige  in  the  manor 
of  Mitford."q  The  escheats  also  return  the  Greystock  family  as  holding 
"  Benriche"  manor  in  1404  and  1418,  and  as  having  ten  messuages  in  it  in 
1436.r  In  1568,  Thomas  lord  Dacre  is  returned  as  proprietor  of  the  ville  of 

1  III.  i.  215.  m  Id.  104.  n  III.  ii.  392.  °  Wallis,  ii.  554,  555. 

P  III.  i.  75. 

i  See  part  ii.  vol.  i.  p.  240,  where  it  appears  that  the  Greystocks  at  that  time  had  exchanged 
their  interest  with  the  Herles  in  the  Lancaster  moiety  of  the  Bywell  part  of  the  Bolbeck  barony, 
for  lands  in  Angerton  and  that  neighbourhood. 

r  III.  ii.  264,  268,  272. 


MITFORD  PARISH. PIGDON.  81 

Benrige/  In  1666,  Charles  earl  of  Carlisle  was  sole  proprietor  in  it ;'  and, 
at  present,  the  whole  of  the  township  belongs  to  George  Howard,  earl  of 
Carlisle,  the  lineal  descendant  of  the  Greystock  and  Dacre  families,  some  of 
whom  probably  purchased  the  messuage  of  which  sir  John  de  Mitford  died 
seized  in  this  place  in  1409." 

PIGDON  was  antiently  written  Pykeden,  a  name  probably  derived  from 
peake  or  pike,  the  summit  or  top  of  a  conical  eminence,  and  dun,  a  hill ;  and 
thus  meaning  the  peaked  hill."  It  is  a  manor  and  township  consisting  of 
1093  acres,  2  roods,  and  23  perches,  in  a  ring  fence,  of  which  208  acres  are 
covered  with  wood,  principally  oak.w  Ralph  de  St  Peter,x  in  1165,  held  two 
knight's  fees  of  land  in  the  barony  of  Mitford  ;y  and,  about  the  year  1240,  the 
heirs  of  Walter  de  St  Peter  held  "  Pykeden,"  and  Edington,  in  this  parish,  and 
Berwick,  in  Ponteland,  by  two  knight's  fees  of  the  old  feoffment,z  at  which 
time  "  Pykeden"  does  not  appear  to  have  had  any  soccage  tenants  in  it.  In 
52  Henry  III.  1267-8,  sir  Hugh  de  Ever  had  a  grant  of  lands  in  "  Benriche, 
Pykeden,  Edington,  and  Calverdon  ;"a  and  Andrew  de  Kerkeby  had  a  grant 
"  of  free  warren  in  Little  Berewyke  and  Pykeden,"  in  Northumberland,  by 
Edward  the  Second,  in  1311-12.b  In  1568,  Pigdon  was  one  of  the  manors 

8  Laws.  MS.  fol.  15.  l  Mitford  Call  Roll  for  that  year.  u  III.  265. 

T  Piga,  in  barbarous  Latin,  means  the  top  of  the  nose  (JLinsw.)  ;  and  Pic,  in  French,  a  peak,  an 
eminence,  a  conical  hill.  Hence  the  name  of  the  Peake  of  Teneriffe  ;  Pica,  the  conical  island  in 
the  Azores  ;  and,  in  our  own  country,  the  Peak,  in  Derbyshire,  and  Knock  and  Dufton  Pikes,  both 
conical  detached  hills  in  Westmorland. 

w  The  village  stands  in  an  elevated  situation,  and  overlooks  the  valleys  of  the  Font  and  Wans- 
beck,  and  a  great  extent  of  country  to  the  east,  south,  and  west.  Not  many  years  since  it  had  two 
farm-houses  in  it,  and  a  row  of  cottages,  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  leading  through  it ;  but  one 
of  the  farm-houses  was  burnt  down,  and  never  re-built,  and  all  the  cottages  are  ruined  now,  or 
pulled  down,  except  one.  The  whole  township  is  in  two  farms,  one  of  which  lies  to  the  west  of 
the  village,  and  is  called  Maiden  Hall.  "  Both  coal  and  lime  are  found  upon  the  estate." — (Newc. 
Courant,  19  September,  1819.; 

x  Ralph  de  St  Peter  is  witness  to  a  grant  of  Roger  Bertram  the  First,  in  the  Brinkburn  chartu- 
lary.—f  jFfar/.  MS.  294,  No.  3193.;  Richard  de  St  Peter  also  tested  a  deed  respecting  Stanning- 
ton,  about  the  year  1244  (III.  ii.  66) ;  and  another  respecting  Plessy,  between  1246  and  1256. — 
(Id.  70.  J  Roger  de  Bertram  the  Third  alienated  the  manor  of  Erchelaw  (Kirkley)  and  the  ser- 
vices of  Constance  de  St  Peter,  which  consisted  of  one  and  a  half  knight's  fee,  to  Hugh  de  Eure, 
whose  ancestors  held  that  place  till  the  time  of  queen  Elizabeth. — (See  III.  i.  103.; 

y  Lib.  Nig.  and  Evid.  p.  47,  No.  1.  *  III.  i.  207.  *  HI.  ii.  392.          b  HI.  ij.  394. 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


of  George  Heron,  of  Chipchase,6  and  was  holden  by  him  as  of  the  queen's 
manor  of  Mitford  at  the  time  of  his  death,  10  Sept.  33  Eliz.  1591  ;d  and  his 
son  John  Heron  demised  this  place  to  Thos.  and  Giles  Heron,  against  which 
Thomas  a  writ  of  levari  facias  was  issued  out  of  the  court  of  wards  for  half 
the  manor  of  Pigdon  in  1628;  but,  on  his  showing  a  discharge,  the  sheriff 
levied  nothing.6  In  1663,  it  belonged  to  Mark  Milbank,  of  Newcastle,  esq. ; 
and,  in  1819,  was  sold,  together  with  a  moiety  of  the  tithes  of  this  parish,  by 
his  descendant  Mark  Milbank,  esq.  of  Thorp  Perreau,  near  Bedale,  in  York- 
shire, to  William  Surtees,  esq.  formerly  of  Newcastle  and  Seaton-burn,  its 
present  proprietor/  father  of  Aubone  Surtees,  esq.  alderman  of  Newcastle. 

c  Laws.  MS.  fol.  19.  d  Inq.  p.  m.  35  Eliz.  K.  625.  "  Swinb.  MSS.  iii.  215. 

f  In  former  times  we  find  cadets  of  the  family  of  Dolphanby  residing  here.  George  Dofonby, 
of  Pigdon,  was  a  commissioner  for  enclosing  the  Middle  Marches  in  1552. — (Border  Laws.)  John 
DofFenby  held  certain  lands  here  in  1568 — (Laws.  MS.  Jol.  18;  The  Dolphanby  family  were 
rich  proprietors  in  Gateshead  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Fifth,  and  for  some  time  after.  One  of 
them  founded  a  chantry  in  the  church  there.  Mr  Surtees  has  given  a  pedigree  of  them  of  three 
generations. — (Hist.  Dur.  it.  1J7.  Brand's  Newc.  i.  491.  j  "  Mr  John  Doffenby"  was  one  of  the 
freeholders  of  Dalton,  near  Stamfordham,  in  1663 — (III.  i.  290.}  But  Pigdon  had  the  honor,  in 
former  times,  of  being  the  domicile  of  a  family  of  still  higher  name  than  Dolphanby.  Nov.  24, 
1674,  Mr  Brough  Evers,  of  Pigdon,  was  married  to  Mrs  Barbara  Fenwick,  of  Nunriding;  and, 
May  15,  1684,  John  Henks,  of  Mitford,  to  Catharine  Evers,  of  Pigdon;  and  Nov.  24,  1684,  Ann, 
daughter  of  Mr  George  Evers,  of  Pigdon,  was  buried  at  Mitford.* — (Mitford  Registers.) 


*  MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  MITFORD  PARISH. 
1. — RECTORY  OF  MITFORD. — Queen  Elizabeth,  in 
the  second  year  of  her  reign,  granted  to  Matthew  Ogle 
the  rectory  of  Mitford,  to  be  holden  of  her  as  of  the 
manor  of  East  Greenwich  (Mick.  MS.  33^  ;  and,  in  the 
tenth  year  of  the  same  reign,  Robert  Middleton,  of 
Belsay,  esq.  had  a  moiety  of  the  parsonage  of  Mitford. 
— (Laws.  MS.  fol.  19.  j  Catharine,  the  widow  of  Wm 
Whittingham,  dean  of  Durham,  by  will,  dated  9  Dec. 
1590,  left  her  second  son  Daniel  Whittingham  her  mo- 
iety of  it — (Randal.)  In  1663,  the  whole  tythes,  as 
well  as  the  rectorial  glebe  land  of  this  parish,  belonged 
in  moieties  to  Francis  Radcliff,  esq.  and  Mr  Henry 
Rawling,  of  Newcastle,  and  were  assessed  to  county 
rate  upon  a  rental  of  ^100 — (HI.  i.  284.  J  Afterwards 
they  belonged  to  Greenwich  Hospital  and  sir  Benjamin 
Rawling,  knight,  son  of  Mr  Henry  Rawling,  by  Alice, 
daughter  of  Robert  Ellison,  of  Hebburn  Hall,  in  the 


county  of  Durham,  esq.  Sir  Benjamin,  in  1774,  re- 
sided at  Putridge,  in  Bedfordshire.  At  his  death,  his 
personal  effects,  amounting  to  about  ;£  140,000,  went  to 
his  relative  Elizabeth  Ellison.  The  Rawling  moiety  of 
these  tythes  was  sold  to  the  Milbanks  of  Thorpe  Per- 
reau, who  sold  it  and  Pigdon  to  William  Surtees,  esq. 
their  present  owner,  and  father  of  Aubone  Surtees,  esq. 
The  other  moiety  was  sold  by  Greenwich  Hospital  to 
Lord  Redesdale ;  and  in  these  transactions  arrangements 
were  made  for  releasing  all  the  lands  of  Bertram  Mit- 
ford, esq.  and  the  late  Col.  Mitford  from  the  payment 
of  every  kind  of  tythe  due  upon  them  to  the  lay  impro- 
priators  of  this  parish.  Col.  Mitford  also,  at  the  same 
time,  purchased  the  whole  of  the  glebe  lands  of  this  rec- 
tory, which  consist  of  nearly  60  acres,  and  form  a  dis- 
tinct township,  for  the  payment  of  poor  and  highway 
rates,  though  no  constable  is  appointed  upon  them. 
Greenwich  Hospital  sold  their  share  of  this  rectory, 


MITFORD  PARISH. MISCELLANEA. 


83 


HIGH  AND  Low  HIGHLAWS,  the  LOANING-END,  WARRENER'S  HOUSES,  and 
the  two  ESPLEYS,  contain  about  1185  acres,  of  which  40  are  woodland :  they 
are  one  constablery,  but  contain  three  separate  divisions  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  poor,  viz.  : — 1.  Low  Highlaws,  Warreneifs  Houses,  and  Loaning-end^ 


and  the  whole  of  the  rectory  of  Whelpington,  to  redeem 
their  other  estates  from  the  payment  of  land  tax. 

2. — CuthbertPye  had  a  grant  of  lands  and  tenements 
in  Mitford  from  queen  Eliz.  July  175  1565  ;  and,  in 
Feb.  1574,  the  same  queen  granted  other  lands  and 
tenements  in  the  same  place  to  Henry  Haggerston — 
(Land  Rev.  Rec.  Hi.  226  ;  xii.  181  ,•  xx.  39,  $c.) 

3. — Lord  Redesdale  informs  the  author  that  he  has 
the  following  notes : — 1.  "  Sir  Roger  Bertram  lies  buri- 
ed in  Brinkburn  Priory,  with  this  inscription  : — Hie 

JACET    ROGERUS     BERTRAM,    FtJNDATOR,     which    W3S 

taken  from  a  note  made  by  Humphrey  Mitford,  son  of 
Robert,  to  whom  Charles  the  Second  granted  the  castle 
of  Mitford."  2.  "  Robert  Mitford,  who  married  Phila- 
delphia Wharton,  had  carried  a  very  antient  deed,  dated 
before  the  Conquest,  to  Durham,  upon  a  law  suit ;  and 
that  that  deed  had  in  consequence  been  lost :  For  what 
could  this  suit  have  been  ?"  Was  it  about  Gretham  ? 

4. — «'  MYTTFORD. — The  manor  and  barony  of  Mytt- 
ford  of  the  antient  rent  of  £G  and  upwards .-  the  scyte 
and  demaynes  of  the  priory  of  Brenekburne  of  £  1  also 
and  upwards :  and  the  tenement  called  Bassenden,  of 
about  £2,  were  parcels  of  the  possessions  of  Thomas 
Percy,  earl  of  Northumberland,  and  were  reckoned  to- 
gether, according  to  some,  at  £14  17s.  lid.  and  after 
the  death  of  the  said  earl,  were  in  the  hand  of  queen 
Elizabeth,  viz.  in  1586.— Mitford,  £6 ;  Brinkburn,  £7 
4s.  4d. ;  Bassington,  £\  13s.  4d.;  total,  ^14  17s.  lid." 
— (Sir  D.  Smith's  MSS.) 

5. — In  1382,  the  borough  of  Mitford  is  assessed  at 
2s.,  the  borough  of  Warkworth  being  assessed  at  the 
same  time  at  3s.,  and  that  of  Morpeth  at  5s.,  towards  the 
expences  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  while  attending 
parliament. — (  Wallis,  it.  apx.  p.  5.) 

6 — The  master  of  the  hospital  of  St  Lazarus,  at  Bur- 
ton, had  lands  at  Mitford  (III.  i.  122,  198;  ;  also  the 
prior  of  the  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem — ( Id.  130. ) 

7 — DONKSTOX,  which  belonged  to  sir  Francis  Rad- 
cliffin  1663,  is  the  name  of  two  fields  in  this  parish, 
which  now  belong  to  Greenwich  Hospital ;  which  cor- 


poration also  have  about  four  acres  of  land  in  Meldon 
Park,  which  belong  to  the  township  of  Throphill. 

8 — HAHESTANES  is  the  name  of  two  fields  in  the 
farm  of  East  Coldside,  and  the  vicar  of  Mitford's  ground 
bearing  that  name  is  in  the  one  called  West  Harestane. 
The  three  farms  called  East,  West,  and  Middle  Cold, 
side,  are  situated  in  the  district  of  Mitford  township 
which  is  called  Mitford  Southside,  which  also  includes 
a  part  of  Morpeth  High  Common  and  the  vicar's  land 
called  Gubeon.  Has  this  name  Harestane  been  given 
from  some  boundary  stone  which  antiently  stood  upon 
it? 

9.— Besides  the  principal  freeholders  in  this  parish 
who  voted  at  the  election  in  1774,  Jacob  Lee,  of  Blyth, 
occurs  in  a  list  as  having  a  freehold  at  Throphill,  and 
George  Crow,  of  Coldside,  as  having  one  at  Bog-hall. 
In  1826,  Edward  Fairfoot,  of  Blyth,  voted  for  a  house 
and  land  in  Throphill. 

10.— On  an  eminence  called  Whittle-hill,  in  the  west 
part  of  the  township  of  Throphill,  and  adjoining  to 
Meldon  Park  Corner,  were  three  entrenchments  formed 
of  earth  and  stone,  each  about  200  yards  long,  lying  in 
lines  parallel  to  each  other  from  east  to  west,  and  flank- 
ed with  a  fourth  rampart  running  north  and  south, 
thus  |  |  |  The  stones  were  removed  about  30  years 
since.  Many  of  them  bore  marks  of  fire,  and  several 
querns  or  hand  millstones  were  found  among  them. 
About  a  mile  south-east  of  Whittle-hill  there  is  a  field 
called  Moneybanks,  from  small  silver  coins  having  been 
frequently  found  in  it.  One  of  these  coins,  communi- 
cated with  this  account  to  the  author,  by  Mr  William 
Brewis,  of  Throphill,  is  a  silver  penny  of  Edward  the 
First.  This  field  adjoins  the  Wansbeck,  and  had  for- 
merly the  public  road  leading  through  it,  and  a  public- 
house  and  water  corn  mill  upon  it. 

11. — PLANTS  growing  near  Mitford:  Ornithogalum 
luteum,  or  Yellow-star  of  Bethlehem ;  Myosotis  sylva- 
tica,  floribus  albis,  Wood-scorpion  grass  with  white  flow- 
ers ;  Veronica  montana,  floribus  albis,  mountain  speed- 
well with  white  flowers ;  Aquilegia  vulgaris, 


84. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


which  belong  to  William  Ord,  of  Whitfield,  esq.  ;g — 2.  High  Highlaws,  which 
belongs  to  William  Orde,  esq.  of  Nunnykirk  ; — and,  3.  High  and  Low  Espley, 
which  are  the  property  of  Messrs  Benjamin  and  William  Thompson,  of 
Morpeth. 

EDiNGTONh  is  a  township  in  the  west  division  of  Castle  ward,  and  contains 
631  acres,  2  roods,  31  perches.  The  village  stands  in  a  very  commanding 

g  Roger  Bertram  the  First  let  the  grange  of  Heylaw  to  the  monks  of  Newminster,  which  place, 
as  well  as  one  called  Highley,  his  grandson  Roger  Bertram  the  Second  held  in  capite  of  the 
crown.  But  their  unfortunate  successor  released  all  his  claim  in  Highlaws  Grange  to  the  grantees 
of  it  under  his  great  grandfather's  lease — (Dug.  Mon.  ii.  916.  Wallis,  ii.  31 3  J  In  28  Henry 
VIII.  "  Highley  Grange"  paid  a  fee-farm  rent  of  £4  a  year  to  the  crown,  and  a  clause  in  High- 
ley  £1  6s.  8d. — (Dug.  Mon.  2nd  ed.  vol.  v.  p.  402.)  The  grange  was  situated  at  the  hamlet  called 
the  Loaning-end.  In  the  tenth  year  of  the  reign  of  queen  Elizabeth  "  Highley  and  Loaning- 
head"  were  possessions  of  the  crown  as  parcel  of  the  lands  of  the  dissolved  monastery  of  New- 
minster. — (Wallis,  ii.  312.  Laws.  MS.  13 J  In  1663,  High  Highlees  belonged  to  Mr  Edward 
Pye,  of  the  Abbey,  and  Low  Highlees  and  Loaning-end  to  Charles  Brandling,  esq. — (HI.  i.  284.) 

ESPLEY  had  no  military  tenants  in  it  in  1240  ;  but  was  then  all  holden  by  Wm  de  Espely,  by 
the  soccage  service  of  one  pound  of  pepper,  excepting  20  acres  which  were  holden  by  Cecilia  de 
Espeley  by  the  payment  of  one  pound  of  cumin. — (Id.  215.)  Two  years  after,  it  seems  to  have 
belonged  to  the  Herons  of  Hadston  (Id.  43)  ;  though,  in  1374,  Thomas  de  Espley  died  seized  of 
lands  in  it  holden  as  of  the  castle  of  Mitford. — (Id.  S7.J  In  1409,  the  inquisition  after  the  death 
of  sir  John  de  Mitford  returns  him  as  dying  in  possession  of  the  manor  of  Espley,  which  continued 
to  be  a  possession  of  his  descendant  Robert  Mitford  in  1663 ;  but,  in  1774,  it  belonged  to  Henry 
Whitehead,  esq.  a  captain  in  the  first  regiment  of  dragoon  guards,  who,  at  that  time,  resided  at  the 
mansion-house  at  Low  Espley,  and  of  whom  the  whole  estate  was  purchased  by  the  late  Alex. 
Adams,  esq.  at  the  death  of  whose  natural  son,  both  it  and  Eshet  became  escheats,  and  were  sold 
by  the  crown,  Espley  to  Messrs  Thompson,  its  present  proprietors,  and  Eshet  to  Mr  Adams,  and 
their  produce  given  to  the  relations  of  Alex.  Adams,  in  Longhoughton. 

h  EDINGTON,  like  Pigdon  and  Berwick-on-the-hill,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Second,  belonged 
to  the  family  of  St  Peter,  whose  heirs,  in  1240,  ought  to  have  holden  them  of  the  barons  of 
Mitford  by  two  knight's  fees  of  the  old  feoffment. — (HI.  i.  207.)  In  Part  iii.  vol.  ii.  p.  324,  we 
have  given  a  notice  of  a  writing  made  by  Hugh  de  Pleseys,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Edyngton,  in 
favour  of  the  men  of  that  manor,  but  this  transaction  plainly  relates  to  Edington,  in  Wiltshire. — 


columbine. — (Communicated  by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  of  Wal- 
lington,  esq.)  The  last  of  these  plants  is  not  uncommon 
on  river  sides,  especially  below  monasteries  or  villages. 
12. — Extracts  from  the  Mitford  PARISH  REGISTERS  : 
— Married  25  May,  1679,  Mr  Henry  Lee  and  Magda- 
lene Delaval,  by  licence.  Bap.  28  Nov.  J  729,  Charles 


the  posthumous  son  of  John  Murray,  of  Auchtertyre, 
in  the  parish  of  Minifraid,  Scotland. —  (See  Doug.  Bar. 
of  Scot.  p.  147-^  Buried  March  4,  1748.  John  Fen  wick, 
of  Mitford,  aged  114.  Bap.  12  Nov.  1749,  Gawen,  son 
of  Robert  Vaughan,  esq.  of  Mitford.  Rev.  Edward 
Nicholson,  vicai,  buried  13th  December,  1828. 


MITFORD  PARISH. EDINGTON.  85 

situation,  having  the  whole  of  the  parish  of  Mitford,  its  fields,  woods,  ham- 
lets, and  the  dark  and  winding  banks  of  the  Font  and  Wansbeck  beautifully 
mapped  below  it.  Simonside,  the  Cheviot-hills,  broad  expanses  of  the  Ger- 
man ocean,  Gateshead  Fell,  and  the  mountains  which  lie  beyond  Blanchland 
and  Hexham,  are  also  seen  from  it.  To  the  west  of  it  there  is  excellent  grass 
and  turnip  soil  on  a  decaying  sandstone,  which  is  much  esteemed  for  mixing 
with  lime  for  mortar  and  plaster,  and  of  which  considerable  quantities  have 
been  used  in  the  new  mansion-house  at  Cresswell,  and  in  other  buildings,  of 
late  years.  The  whole  township  is  now  in  one  farm,  and  has  of  late  had  a 
very  excellent  and  commodious  farm-house,  a  wind  thrashing  mill,  and  conve- 
nient cottages  built  upon  it  within  the  precinct  of  the  old  village,  by  sir 
Chas.  M.  L.  Monck,  baronet,  its  present  proprietor. 

MoLESDEN1  township  contains  683  acres,  of  which  72  are  in  wood ;  the  rest 

(See  Abb.  Rot.  Grig.  p.  272,  fyc.J  The  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  claimed  free  warren  here 
in  1294,  but  do  not  seem  to  have  defended  their  claim  (III.  i.  137) ;  though,  in  1364,  they  appear 
to  have  had  some  negotiations  with  the  crown  respecting  this  place  fid.  82)  :  in  1372,  Robert 
de  Fenwick  conveyed  to  them  two  parts  of  the  ville  (Duff.  Mon.  ii.  917),  which  parts  were  probably 
the  tenement  which  had  belonged  to  that  body,  and  which,  in  1536,  accounted  to  the  crown  for  a 
fee-farm  rent  of  £4  a  year.  In  1568,  it  belonged  to  William  lord  Eure. — (Wallis,  ii.  556.  Laws. 
MS.  15.)  Ralph  Middleton,  gent,  a  direct  lineal  ancestor  of  sir  Charles  Monck,  is  described  in 
the  list  of  jurors  for  Morpeth  ward  in  1628,  as  of  Edington. — (Swinb.  MSS.  ii.  85.  J  In  1663,  Mr 
John  Brownell  is  returned  as  proprietor  of  this  place ;  and  in  the  Mitford  Call  Roll  for  1666-8, 
the  name  of  "  sir  Wm  Middleton,  bart.  and  Edward  Shotton"  are  put  under  "  Eddington,"  with 
those  of  John  Colthard  and  Thomas  Brown  having  a  line  drawn  through  them. 

1  This  place  is  very  variously  written  Mollisden,  Mollysden,  Mollesdon,  Mollisdown,  Molleston, 
Molliston,  Molestone,  Molston,  &c.  &c.  In  antient  times  the  name  was  probably  pronounced  as 
three  syllables — Mol-lys-den.  I  also  suppose  that  the  moles  in  the  Mitford  arms  were  intended  as 
a  pun  upon  the  name  of  this  place,  from  the  family  residing  upon  it  when  the  arms  were  first 
granted.  If  this  conjecture  be  right,  the  Mitfords  of  Seighill  branched  off  from  the  Mitfords  of 
Mitford  and  Molesden,  after  they  purchased  the  latter  place.  Lord  Redesdale,  however,  thinks 
that  the  three  moles  on  the  Mitford  arms  "  were  probably  taken  from  the  river  on  which  Mitford 
stands — the  Wantsbeck,  or  Mole's  river ;  for  the  low  grounds  on  the  banks  of  the  river  are  to  this 
day  remarkably  full  of  moles,  and  the  want  is  a  common  name  for  the  mole  in  many  parts  of  the 
north." 

Molesden  had  no  military  tenants  in  it  in  1240  ;  but  Brun  le  Vilur,  at  that  time,  held  48  acres 
in  it  by  the  payment  of  6d.  -  (III.  i.  215.)  Prior  to  the  year  1274,  Alexander  de  Balliol  and 
Alianor  de  Genevre  were  in  possession  of  the  ville  of  "  Mollesdon,"  which  they  had  purchased  of 
Agnes  Bertram,  the  grand-daughter  of  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  (Id.  116)  ;  and  which  continued 

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86  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

adapted  to  the  growth  of  oats  and  wheat.  The  land  south  of  the  village  for- 
merly was  an  open  uncultivated  moor ;  but  for  several  years  past  has  been 
inclosed,  and  put  under  cultivation.  The  old  enclosed  grounds  laid  between 
the  village  and  the  Wansbeck,  where  this  township  terminates  to  the  north  in 
fine  haugh  land,  and  river  banks  covered  with  woods  or  broom.  The  village 
of  Molesden  stands  by  the  wayside  from  Meldon  to  Mitford,  and  on  the  east 
side  of  a  crooked  burn,  which  enters  the  Wansbeck  about  half  a  mile  below 
the  village,  by  some  called  the  Mole's-burn,  and  supposed  to  give  name  to  the 
place.  The  whole  township  belongs  to  the  descendant  of  its  antient  possess- 
ors, Bertram  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  esq. 

The  parish  of  LONG  HORSLEY  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  river 
Coquet,  on  the  east  by  the  parish  of  Felton  and  the  chapelry  of  Hebburn,  on 
the  south  by  the  parish  of  Mitford  and  the  chapelry  of  Netherwitton,  which 

with  their  successors  in  the  barony  of  Mitford  till  David  de  Strathbolgie,  the  13th  earl  of  Atholl, 
sold  it  to  sir  John  de  Mitford,  the  deed  of  feoffment  for  the  conveyance  of  which  is  dated  at  Aew- 
tonHall,\n  1369;  and  limited  the  inheritance  of  the  place  to  the  grantee  and  his  heirs  male, 
with  remainder  to  the  earl  himself,  under  whom  it  and  his  successors  in  the  barony  of  Mitford  it 
required  the  premises  to  be  holden.—  (See  JVallis,  it.  318.}  From  this  time  to  the  present,  the 
Mitfords  of  Mitford  have  been  proprietors  here.  William  de  Mitford,  the  second  of  that  family 
who  had  lands  in  it,  died  about  the  year  1423,  possessed  of  a  capital  messuage  called  Molleston 
Park.— (Wattis,  ii.  327,  328.; 

I  omit  several  notices  connected  with  the  Valentia  and  Strathbolgie  families  and  this  manor,  or 
detached  pieces  of  property  in  it.  (See  III.  i.  64,  67,  87;  ///.  ii.  277. )  But  it  may  be  curious 
to  some  to  know  that  Roger  Bertram  the  Third  gave  to  Robert  Stitchell,  bishop  of  Durham,  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Meldon,  with  a  toft  and  a  croft,  with  their  appurtenances,  which  Simon 
Coy  held  in  "  Molestone,"  and  which  was  near  to  the  ground  of  sir  William  Daubeni,  and 
one  acre  of  his  demesne  land  which  laid  in  the  culture  called  Banrige,  and  on  the  east  side  of 
the  said  ville. — (III,  it.  50. )  These  were  probably  the  toft  and  the  two  acres  of  ground,  with  the 
alienation  of  which  Bertram  is  charged  in  the  Hundred  Rolls.  -  (III.  i.  1 16 .)  Besides  which,  the 
said  Roger  Bertram  alienated  34  acres  of  land  in  this  township,  together  with  one  and  a  half 
knight's  fee  in  Meldon  and  Prestwick,  to  Walter  de  Camboe  (Id.  104 )  ;  which  lands  in  Molesden 
probably  descended  to  the  Fenwick  family  (See  II.  i.  285; ;  for  Elizabeth  de  Heton,  widow  of  sir 
John  Fenwick,  in  1412,  was  in  possession  of  lands  in  "  Mollisden"  (III.  ii.  267;  ;  and  again,  in 
1424,  lands  in  "  Mollysden"  are  returned  as  having  been  holden  in  that  year  by  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  John  Fenwick,  cbivalier.  -  (Id.  270.;  In  34  Edw.  III.  1360,  Isabella,  widow  of  William  de 
Denum  gave  a  fine  of  100s.  for  licence  to  acquire  lands  in  "  Meldon  and  Molesden"  (Id.  327; ; 
and,  according  to  an  inquest  after  her  death,  she  was  seized  in  fee  of  the  lands  in  Molesden,  which 
were  parcel  of  her  lands  in  Meldon,  and  holden  by  her  in  capite,  the  tenants  under  her  being  at 
will,  and  paying  a  rent  of  20s.  a  year. — (See  above,  pp.  5  fy  15. ) 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. BOUNDARIES.  87 

chapelry  and  a  part  of  the  parish  of  Rothbury  complete  its  western  boundary. 
Its  breadth  from  north  to  south,  from  the  grounds  of  Gorfen  Letch  to  Weldon 
bridge,  is  about  five  miles  ;  arid  its  extreme  length,  from  the  west  side  of  Win- 
gates  township  to  the  boundary  of  the  parish,  near  Bokenfield,  about  7  miles. 
The  diagonal  line  through  it,  from  the  southern  boundary  of  Langshaws  to  the 
eastern  limit  of  the  Linden  quarter,  on  the  Coquet,  is  nearly  8  miles  on  the  maps. 
Exclusive  of  Wingates  and  Witton-shield,  it  contains  about  8,726  acres.  In 
1821,  it  had  1,006  persons,  inhabiting  204  houses,  and  chiefly  employed  in 
agriculture.  It  is  divided  into  nine  distinct  townships,  called  Linden  quarter, 
RiddelPs  quarter,  the  Freeholder's  quarter,  Langshaws,  Stanton,  Witton- 
shield,  Todburn,  Wingates,  and  the  extra-parochial  township  called  Brinkburn 
South-side.  The  great  sandstone  stratum  called  the  Millstone  Grit,  passing 
through  it,  in  the  direction  from  Netherwitton  towards  Bokenfield,  a  large 
portion  of  its  soil  is  of  a  sandy  nature,  and  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Long  Horsley  arid  of  Linden  very  fertile,  and  adapted  to  every  species 
of  husbandry.  This  fine  tract  of  land  which  lies  between  Whomley-burn  and 
Linden,  and  in  which  the  sandstone  stratum  is  spread  out  to  great  breadth, 
was  probably,  in  the  Saxon  a3ra,  the  Horse-ley  from  which  the  parish  derived 
its  name.  The  addition  of  long  to  it  is  of  rare  occurrence  in  antient  writings. 
It  was  probably  added  to  distinguish  it  from  Horsley,  in  the  parish  of  Oving- 
ham.  In  the  oldest  records,  it  is  simply  called  Horsley,  or  North-horsley. 
The  tract  lying  to  the  south-east  of  Whomley-burn,  and  comprising  Horsley 
Moor,  and  the  townships  of  Stanton,  Witton-shield,  and  Langsbaws,  varies 
very  much  in  quality,  from  great  barrenness  to  very  profitable  ground,  but 
chiefly  consists  of  a  stiff  clayey  soil,  employed  in  the  growth  of  wheat  and 
oats ;  of  which  description  of  soil  the  townships  of  Brinkburn  South-side, 
Todburn,  and  Wingates  also  principally  consist.  Fine  thriving  woods  deco- 
rate considerable  portions  of  the  banks  of  the  Font  and  Coquet,  and  of 
the  dells  through  which  the  Todburn  and  Linden  wind  their  way  into  the 
latter  river.  The  new  plantations  and  shrubberies  about  Linden  also  thrive  very 
luxuriantly  ;  and  oaks,  found  by  Mr  Bigge  in  his  draining  operations  on  that 
estate,  about  two  feet  below  the  surface,  some  of  them  containing  above  400 
feet  of  timber,  are  probably  remains  of  the  woods  of  Horsley,  out  of  which 
Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  about  the  year  1256,  granted  leave  to  John  de 
Plessy  to  procure  timber  to  make  and  repair  his  mill  at  StanningtonJ  These 

i  Cart.  Rid.  58,  63. 


88  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

magnificent  remains  of  fallen  woods  prove  how  friendly  the  soil  and  climate  of 
the  place  were  in  former  days  to  the  growth  of  the  king  of  the  forests.  Coals, 
and  a  bed  of  limestone,  probably  one  of  those  which  traverse  the  parishes  of 
Bolam  and  Meldon,  and  the  eastern  part  of  the  parish  of  Hartburn,  are  found 
in  the  township  of  Stanton,  apparently  above  the  stratum  of  millstone  grit  ;k 
and  other  and  more  antient  beds,  both  of  coal  and  lime,  are  found  in  the 
townships  of  Todburn  and  Wingates. 

I  am  indebted  to  C.  W.  Bigge,  esq.  for  showing  me  the  route  of  the  Roman 
road,  called  Cob's  Causeway,  through  this  parish,  which  it  enters  on  Horsley 
Moor  from  the  south,  a  little  to  the  south-east  of  the  cottage  at  Southward- 
edge,  and  passes  close  by  the  end  of  Mr  Lisle's  farm-house  on  Todburn  Moor, 
from  which  place  it  goes  nearly  in  a  straight  line,  and  continues  distinctly 
visible  to  the  brow  of  the  slope  towards  the  Todburn,  where  the  way  leads 
northward  from  Horsley  Bricks  to  the  Coquet,  which  river  it  crossed  a  little 
below  Brinkheugh.  Over  parts  of  Horsley  Moor  it  has  never  been  disturbed, 
and  a  hedge,  with  old  trees  on  each  side  of  it,  runs  a  considerable  way  along 
it  in  the  farm  of  Todburn  Moor.  In  viewing  its  line  from  the  south  to  the 
north,  from  Southward-edge,  it  is  impossible  not  to  be  struck  with  admiration 
at  the  directness  of  its  course,  and  the  excellence  of  its  levels.  Though  it  gene- 
rally runs  along  firm  ground,  yet  ordinary  objects,  such  as  a  bog  or  brook, 
never  seem  to  have  had  any  influence  in  diverting  its  line  ;  but  when  a  chain 
of  elevated  lands  is  to  be  passed,  it  takes  the  lowest  level  in  its  direction. 
South  of  Long  Framlington,  it  passes  to  the  west  of  the  Bremish  turnpike 
road  ;  but,  when  that  road  begins  to  ascend  Rimside  Moor,  the  Roman  way 
sweeps  off  to  the  north-east,  and  takes  the  gorge  between  Rimside  Moor  and 
Glantlees,  a  line  greatly  superior  to  that  of  the  modern  road. 

The  CHURCH  of  this  parish  stands  in  a  field  called  Ettedge,  about  half  a 
mile  south  of  the  village  of  Long  Horsley,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Bremish 
turnpike  road,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  brook  which  comes  from  the 
farm  called  Smallburns,  and  just  opposite  to  the  church,  on  the  west,  turns 
the  water  corn  mill  of  Horsley.  Both  the  nave  and  chancel  were  lately 

k  At  the  quarry  in  the  Limekiln-flat,  near  Stanton,  the  limestone  is  above  the  coal,  which  is 
worked  near  that  place ;  but,  at  the  Stanton  pits,  to  the  S.S.E.  of  the  lime  quarry,  the  coal  is  nine 
fathoms  above  the  limestone.  At  the  cottage  called  Southward-edge,  on  Horsley  Moor,  Mr  Bigge, 
in  making  a  well,  sunk  several  feet,  and  then  bored  66  feet  from  the  surface,  60  feet  of  which  was 
millstone  grit,  the  remaining  six  feet  a  loose  friable  sort  of  stratum  which  would  not  hold  water. 


B I JffH LONG  HORSLEY  CHURCH. 


89 

re-built  in  a  plain  modern  style,  and  on  the  site  and  size  of  the  old  church, 
which  was  covered  with  lead,  and  had  a  low  Norman  arch  with  marble  pil- 
lars, which,  on  account  of  their  being  broken,  were  ordered  to  be  replaced 
by  four  freestone  pillars,  by  archdeacon  Sharpe,  in  iy63.  Why  it  was  built  so 
far  from  any  village  or  house,  excepting  the  mill,  it  is  difficult  to  conjecture. 
Had  some  event  or  circumstance  previous  to  its  erection  given  some  peculiar 
sanctity  to  the  spot  on  which  it  stands  ?  No  traces  of  buildings  show  that  a 
village  ever  stood  near  it. 


LONG   HORSLEY   CHURCH 

Is  dedicated  to  St  Helen.  Some  notices  respecting  its  revenues  and  advow- 
son  have  escaped  the  ravages  of  time.  In  1291,  its  rectory  was  assessed 
for  the  payment  of  first  fruits  and  tenths  to  the  crown  upon  the  annual  value 
of  £33  6s.  Sd.1  Its  advowson,  at  first,  was  appendant  to  the  manor  j  and  sir 
Roger  de  Merlay,  knight,  as  patron,  in  1299,  presented  one  Walter  Gray  to 
the  vicarage  of  the  church  of  Horsley-longa.m  Though  the  government  sur- 
vey of  it,  in  1317,  returns  this,  and  nearly  all  the  rest  of  the  benefices  in  this 


1  III.  i.  350. 


"Randal,  46. 


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90 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


county,  as  waste  and  entirely  destroyed  ;  yet  the  inquest  holden  in  the  same 
year,  after  the  death  of  Robert  lord  Greystock,  says,  that  he  held  the  advow- 
son  of  it  in  his  demesne  as  of  fee,  and  the  profits  of  the  vicarage  of  it  in  time 
of  peace  was  worth  £20  a  year,  a  sum  equal  at  that  time  to  more  than  £600 
of  the  money  of  the  present  day.  Richard  the  Second,  in  the  tenth  year  of 
his  reign,  granted  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Brinkburn,  a  licence  to  obtain 
the  advowson  of  this  church,  which  Ralph  lord  Greystock  granted  to  them  in 
the  same  year ;  but  the  appropriation  of  the  benefice  was  not  effected  till 
1391,  when  Walter  Skirlaw,  bishop  of  Durham,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the 
king's  licence,  granted  them  the  advowson  and  rectory  of  the  church,  which 
he  ordered  to  be  served  by  a  vicar,  who  should  be  presented  by  themselves, 
and  be  a  canon  of  their  own  house,  reserving  to  himself  the  power  of  order- 
ing a  suitable  and  sufficient  portion  of  the  proceeds  of  the  living  for  the  main- 
tenance of  such  vicar.  This  transaction  was  effected  on  the  common  plea  of 
poverty,  and  the  depredations  of  the  Scots,  added  to  the  heavy  charges  the  ca- 
nons of  this  house  were  liable  to  from  the  contiguity  of  their  place  to  a  public 
highway  frequented  by  the  military  in  their  marches  into  Scotland,  and  the 
great  resort  of  travellers  to  it."  After  the  Dissolution,  the  advowson  of  it  be- 
longed to  the  Percies,  earls  of  Northumberland,  probably  as  impropriators  of 
Brinkburn ;  but,  in  1692,  it  was  settled  in  the  crown  by  way  of  exchange 
for  the  advowson  of  Petworth,  under  authority  of  an  act  of  parliament.0  The 

"  See  III.  ii.  46,  48. 

0  The  act  is  intituled  "  An  act  for  dividing  the  chapelries  of  North  Chapel  and  Dugton  from 
the  parish  of  Petworth,  and  erecting  them  into  new  parishes,  and  selling  the  advowsons  and  rights 
of  patronage  of  the  rectories  of  Petworth,  North  Chapel,  Dugton,  Cleever,  Farnham  Royal,  Wor- 
plesdon,  Kirkby  Overblows,  and  Catton,  and  the  vicarage  of  Long  Horsley."* — (See  Journal  of  the 
House  of  Lords,  xv.  204  ;  Com.  x.  806,  fyc.) 


*  MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  LONG  HORSLEY 
CHURCH. 

HECTORS  AND  VICARS. — Robert  Dathenorth,  the  see 
of  Durham  being  vacant,  on  the  petition  of  sir  Roger 
de  Merlay,  knight,  and  patron,  was  admitted  to  the 
vicarage  of  the  church  of  Horsley-longa,  by  Walter 
Grey,  archbishop  of  York,  April  3, 1299.— (Randal,  46. ) 
John  Horbiry  occurs  as  rector  of  Horsley  in  1313. — 
(Kellawe't  Reg.\\Q.)  Thomas  Wakefield,  1366.  John 
Broghton,  1367,  on  the  resignation  of  Wakefield. 


VICARS. — William  Warkworth,  1406. 

John  Crossanside,  1419,  after  the  death  of  Warkworth. 

Alan  Prestwyk,  1425,  after  the  resignation  of  Cros- 
sanside. John  Burn,  1433,  after  the  resignation  of 
Prestwyk.  One  of  the  same  name  vicar  of  Norham 
from  1453  to  1464. 

Robert  Louden,  alias  Leighton,  clerk,  on  the  presenta- 
tion of  Philip  and  Mary,  6  May,  1557,  after  the  death 
of  Burn.  Will  of  Hob.  Lyghtton,  vicar  of  Longhorsle, 
dated  in  1584,  mentions,  my  brother  sir  John  Leghton, 


MITFORD  PARISH. LONG  HORSLEY. 


91 


rectory,  or  impropriators*  great  tythes,  and  other  appendant  rights,  were  de- 
mised by  the  crown,  May  11,  1594,  to  Matthew,  Charles,  and  John  Ogle  ;p 


Laud  Rev.  Rec.  vol.  xi.  p.  183. 


clerk,  my  ex'or :  To  John  Horsle  the  younger,  one 
ould  writtine  Bible,  and  one  brazen  mortore  and  pes- 
tell :  to  John  Leghton,  of  Newcastle,  one  written  cro- 
nicle  :  to  Mr  Richard  Fen  wick,  of  Stan  ton,  to  our  sistar 
dau.  Janate  Horsle,  and  to  their  children.  Witnesses 
Ra.  Ogle,  clerk,  John  Spearman.  —  (Rainess  Test.  890.,; 
John  Leght<5n,  clerk,  was  curate  of  Horton,  and  one  of 
the  same  name  master  of  the  school  of  All-hallows, 
Newcastle,  in '1577-  In  the  following  year,  and  in  1580 
and  1581,  John  Lighten  occurs  as  curate  of  Cheving- 
ton  ;  and,  in  1580,  Alex.  Lighten  is  curate  of  Horton. 

Humphrey  Grene,  clerk,  presented  29  Oct.  1584,  by 
the  crown.  At  this  lime  "  there  was  a  jus  patronatus 
sat  on  this  benefice.  The  right  honourable  Henry  earl 
of  Northumberland  and  sir  John  Forster  were  the  par- 
ties that  severally  made  title,  and  upcn  the  inquisition 
it  was  found  then  to  belong  to  neither  party  :  imme- 
diately Grene  procured  the  presentation  from  her  ma- 
jesty, and  afterwards  resigned  the  vicarage,  doubting 
his  right,  the  earl  still  prosecuting  the  cause." — (Ran. 
dal,from  Barn's  Reg.  p.  \b.)  This  Grene  was  vicar  of 
Bolam  and  rector  ofMeldon  in  1587,  and  vicar  of  Hart- 
burn  in  1599 — (See  II.  t.  297,  340.J 

John  Barker,  2  Aug.  1586,  after  the  resignation  of 
Grene,  according  to  Randal ;  but,  according  to  the 
bishop's  register,  after  the  death  of  the  last  incumbent : 
Henry  earl  of  Northumberland  patron. 

Henry  Wilson,  1587,  after  the  death  of  Barker;  in 
1578,  vicar  of  Heddon-on-the-Wall. 

William  Johnson,  1610,  after  the  death  of  Wilson. 

Thomas  Bell,  M.  A.,  21  June,  1665,  presented  by 
Charles  duke  of  Somerset.  Ordained  deacon  and  curate 
of  Alwenton,  20  Sep.  1663.  His  degree  was  Scotch. — 
(Cosin's  Reg.  p.  S\.)  Mr  Bell  was  a  Scotchman,  and  is 
accused  by  his  zealous  countryman,  Mr  Veilch,  of  be- 
ing "  a  violent  persecutor"  of  the  non-conforming  par- 
ty. Veitch  now  resided  at  Stanton-hall,  where  he  had 
a  meeting-house,  and  was  sometimes  visited  rather 
roughly  by  the  police  of  the  time,  and  at  length  appre- 
hended and  taken  to  Edinburgh  for  his  trial ;  all  which, 
he  says,  was  done  by  the  informations  and  abetting  of 
Mr  Bell,  who  certainly  did  not  live  to  see  the  effects  of 


his  cruel  and  unholy  zeal,  but  was  arrested  by  the  hand 
of  death  in  a  way  as  shocking  to  humanity  as  it  was 
disgraceful  to  his  memory.  Both  Mr  and  Mrs  Veitch 
have  left  us  in  their  diaries  several  minute  particulars 
respecting  this  tragical  event ;  the  sum  of  which,  in  an 
abridged  form,  is  as  follows: — Mr  Bell  had  been  to 
Newcastle,  and  in  his  way  home  drank  with  the  curate 
of  Ponteland  till  ten  o'clock  at  night,  when,  contrary  to 
the  urgent  entreaties  of  those  about  him,  he  set  out  for 
Long  Horsley.  There  had  been  a  hard  frost  and  a 
heavy  fall  of  snow,  which,  on  the  preceding  day,  had 
begun  to  melt,  and  caused  a  great  flood.  The  night, 
too,  was  dark  and  stormy  ;  and  soon  after  leaving  Pon- 
teland he  had  missed  his  way,  dismounted,  and,  as  it 
should  seem,  in  trying  to  find  "  with  his  foot  in  the 
snow  what  stopped  his  passage,  slipped  over  the  brink 
of  the  river"  Pont,  which,  in  that  neighbourhood,  runs 
within  deep  narrow  banks,  covered  with  willows,  and  is 
full  of  bull-rushes,  and  other  tall  water  plants.  Two 
days  after  he  set  out  he  was  found  dead,  standing  on 
his  feet  upon  the  old  ice,  up  to  the  arm-pits  in  water, 
and  strongly  frozen  in ;  for,  in  the  night  in  which  he 
was  lost,  the  frost  returned  with  great  violence.  All 
his  clothes  above  the  arm-pits  were  dry,  and  his  hat 
on.  He  had  struggled  much  to  disengage  himself,  as 
appeared  by  his  gloves  and  boots,  which  were  much 
worn.  The  ice  around  him  was  so  strong  as  to  require 
"  fore-hammers"  to  be  used  in  breaking  it,  before  they 
could  extricate  his  body,  which  was  tied  across  a  horse, 
by  the  neck  and  feet,  and  so  taken  to  his  wife ;  and,  as  Mr 
Veitch  says,  "  albeit  several  came  to  help  him  out,  few 
conducted  his  corpse  home,"  which  was  considered  a  mark 
of  disrespect,  when  great  attendance  upon  a  funeral  was 
looked  upon  as  a  sure  mark  of  regard  for  the  memory  of 
the  deceased.  "  This  shocking  dispensation,"  continues 
our  narrator,  "  made  great  and  various  impressions  on 
the  people,  especially  those  who  knew  how  instrumental 
he  had  been  in  Mr  Veitch's  trouble." 

William  Simcoe,  clerk,  1692  ;  patron,  Charles  duke  of 
Somerset ;  collated  vicar  of  Woodhorn  1 1  April,  1 724. 
He  married,  firstly,  Anne,  the  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Ellison,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  and  prebendary  of  Durham  ; 


92  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

and  at  the  visitations  atMorpeth,  in  1601   and  1606,  John  Ogle,  of  Cawsey 
Park,  as  farmer  of  the  rectory,  was  presented,  because  the  quire  of  the  church 


secondly,  ,  widow  of Watson,  of  Linemouth, 

father  of  Stephen  Watson,  of  North  Seaton,  esq.,  and 
grandfather,  by  the  female  side,  of  the  late  Ralph  At- 
kinson,  esq.  of  Angerton.  By  his  first  wife  Mr  Simcoe 
had  a  son,  a  captain  in  the  navy,  who  recommended  to 
lord  Harrington,  in  1755,  the  measure  of  besieging 
Quebec,  and  capturing  Canada,  which  son  was  father  of 
lieut-general  John  Graves  Simcoe,  who  married  Miss 
Guellim,  by  whom  he  had  several  children,  the  eldest 
of  whom  was  in  the  navy,  and  slain  in  the  late  Penin- 
sular war.  Lyonel  Simcoe  was  chaplain  of  St  James's 
chapel,  in  Newcastle,  some  time  in  the  17th  century; 
and  Wm  Simcoe  was  appointed  chaplain  to  the  prison- 
ers in  the  Newgate,  in  Newcastle,  June  20,  1724  ;  and 
died  March  8,  1766,  aged  90. 

Charles  Ward  presented  in  1714  :  patron,  George  the 
First;  vicar  of  Tinmouth  before  1749.  A  Chas.  Ward, 
M.  A.  was  vicar  of  Chatton  in  1 71 1,  and  of  Whittingham 
in  1763. 

Thomas  Cooper,  on  the  resignation  of  Ward,  present- 
ed by  lord  chancellor  Cooper  in  1715.  Thomas  Cooper, 
M.  A.  became  vicar  of  Berwick  in  1726  ;  and  of  Wooler 
in  1727. 

Craddock  Wells  presented  by  the  crown  in  1727,  on 
the  resignation  of  Cooper. 

Patrick  Cockburn,  M.  A.  presented  Feb.  1728,  by 
George  the  Second.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Cockburn, 
D.  D.,  vicar  of  Northolt,  Middlesex.  In  1708  he  mar- 
ried Catharine,  daughter  of  captain  David  Trotter,  of 
the  navy.  Was  successively  incumbent  of  Nayland,  in 
Suffolk,  and  curate  of  St  Dunstan's,  in  Fleet-street ; 
but,  on  the  accession  of  George  the  First,  scrupling  to 
take  the  oath  of  abjuration,  he  resigned  his  curacy,  and 
for  about  twelve  years  taught  Latin,  in  Chancery-lane. 
But,  in  1726,  his  scruples  were  removed  by  reading, 
and  arguments  of  lord  chancellor  King,  and  his  own 
father,  and  in  1 727  he  accepted  the  office  of  minister 
of  the  episcopal  congregation  at  Aberdeen,  where,  on 
the  accession  of  George  the  Second,  he  preached  "  On 
the  Duty  and  Benefit  of  Praying  for  Government." 
Soon  after,  the  chancellor  gave  him  this  living ;  but  he 
did  not  reside  upon  it  till  1737,  when,  on  account  of  j 
the  misconduct  of  his  curate,  bishop  Chandler  obliged  [ 


him   to  leave  Aberdeen.      Besides  his   sermon   from 
1  Tim.  ii.  1 — 4,  on  the  accession  of  Geo.  II.,  and  his 
defence  of  it,  he  published  in  the  Weekly  Miscellany, 
A  Defence  of  Prime  Ministers  in  the  Character  of  Jo- 
seph,  and  a  Vindication  of  the  Mosaic  Deluge  ;  for  an 
edition  of  which,  subscriptions  were  collecting  at  the 
time  of  his  death.     MBS  COCKBURN,  his  wife,  shone 
brightly  amongst  the  learned  luminaries  of  her  age. 
She  was  born  in  London  in  1679  ;  was  self-instructed 
in  writing,  French,  and  Latin.     She  also  studied  logic ; 
and,  in  reading  the  polemics  of  the  day,  became  so  en- 
amoured with  the  doctrines  of  the  Latin  church,  as  to 
enter  into  communion  with  it.  At  1 4,  she  wrote  verses ; 
at  17,  published  her  tragedy  of  Agnes  de  Castro ;  in 
1698,  another  tragedy,  called  Fatal  Friendship,  which 
was  received  with  great  applause.     After  this,  the  me- 
taphysical writings  of  Locke  became  so  much  her  fa- 
vourite study,  that  at  the  age  of  22  she  defended  the 
Essay  on  the  Human  Understanding,  against  Dr  Bur- 
net,  of  the  Charter-house,  the  eloquent  author  of  the 
Theory  of  the  Earth,  and  the  Doctrine  of  the  Antients 
concerning  the  Origin  of  Things.    This  brought  her  in- 
to the  acquaintance  of  Locke,  who  furnished  her  with 
books,  and  was  probably  one  of  the  causes  of  her  return 
to  communion  with  the  church  of  England,  which  hap- 
pened in  J707,  the  year  before  she  married.     In  1726, 
she  defended  Locke  against  Holdsworth,  but  this  arti- 
cle was  not  published  till  after  her  death.    Warburton 
wrote  the  elaborate  preface  to  her  Remarks  upon  the 
Principles  and  Reasonings  in  Dr  Rutherford's  Essay  on 
the  Nature  and  Obligations  of  Virtue,  which  Remarks 
were  published  in  1747-    Her  Works,  theological,  mo- 
ral, dramatical,  and  poetical,  were  published,  with  an 
account  of  her  life,  by  Dr  Birch,  in  two  vols.  8vo.  Lon- 
don, 1751.  Her  husband,  herself,  and  a  daughter,  were 
buried  in  the  church-yard  here,  as  appears  by  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  on  a  common  head-stone  against  the 
east  wall  of  the  chancel:— HERE  LIE  THE  BODIES  OF 
P.  COCKBURN,  A.  M.  VICAR  OF  THIS  PARISH,  WHO 
DIED  4  JAN.  1748,  9,  IN  THE  71   YEAR  OF  HIS  AGE. 
CATHARINE  HIS  WIFE  DIED  11  MAY,  1749,  IN  THE 
70  YEAR  OF  HER  AGE.    LET  THEIR  WORKS  PRAISE 
THEM  IN  THE  GATES.     GuiSSEL,  THEIB  DAUGHTER, 


MITFORD  PARISH. LONG  HORSLEY. 


was  in  great  decay ;  but  James  the  First,  in  1607,  sold  it  in  fee  to  a  family  of 
the  name  of  Tyte,  who  conveyed  it,  6  June,  1610,  to  Francis  Philips  and 


WHO  DIED  1  NOV.  1742,  IN  THE  22  YEAR  OP  HER 
AGE. 

Joseph  Middleton,  A.  B.,  1  Feb.  1748,  after  the  death 
of  Cockburn,  George  the  Second  patron. 

The  Honourable  James  Athol  Cochrane,  5th  son  of 
Thomas  Cochrane,  earl  of  Dundonald,  by  Jean,  daugh- 
ter of  Archibald  Stewart,  of  Torrence ;  presented  by 
the  crown  in  1792.  He  was  also,  prior  to  that  time, 
vicar  of  Manfield,  near  Richmond,  in  Yorkshire.  He 
married  Miss  Mary  Smithson,  but  died  without  issue. 
He  published  "  Thoughts  concerning  the  Uses  of  Clay- 
marl  as  a  Manure,  and  concerning  the  Uses  of  Agricul- 
tural Salts  in  the  Manufacture  of  Manures.  York, 
1804."  He  died  in  1823. 

Robert  Green,  M.  A.,  presented  by  the  lord  chancellor 
Eldon  in  1824  ;  ion  of  the  late  Robert  Green,  esq.,  a 
merchant,  and  highly  respectable  and  active  magistrate 
in  South  Shields. 

VALUE,  &c. — This  living  is  valued  at  £  1  13s.  4d.  in 
the  king's  books  ;  pays  15s.  4d.  yearly  tenths  ;  4s.  4d. 
episcopal,  and  12s.  archidiaconal  procurations;  besides 
an  annual  pension  to  the  bishop  of  Durham  of  6s.  8d. 

Extracts  from  the  PAROCHIAL  VISITATION  BOOKS  of 
the  archdeacons  of  Northumberland: — 1723.  The  vicar- 
age is  endowed  with  the  hay  tithes  of  Long  Horsley, 
corn  tithe  of  Wingates,  Garret-lee,  and  Todburn  :  the 
rest  of  the  great  tithe  belongs  to  the  impropriator.  The 
presentation  was,  as  I  understand,  in  the  duke  of  So- 
merset, but  was  exchanged  with  the  crown  for  Pet- 
worth.  Mr  Cooper,  the  present  vicar,  was  piesented 
by  the  lord  chancellor  Cooper ;  Mr  Wells  and  Mr  Cock- 
burn  by  lord  chancellor  King.  Mr  Cooper  now  lets  the 
vicarial  rights  at  £1 10  a  year.  The  impropriator  is  Mr 
Ogle,  of  Causey  Park — Visited  October  5th,  1723.  The 
trees  growing  out  of  the  foundation  of  the  church  to  be 
destroyed :  this  certified  at  Easter,  1724,  to  be  done. 
The  bell  to  be  new  cast,  or  exchanged,  and  fitted  for 
public  use :  a  larger  bell  was  provided  and  hung  up, 
and  became  very  useful  before  Easter,  1725. — Visited 
again,  Aug.  21,  1731.  There  is  a  handsome  gallery 
erected  since  my  hist  visitation.  What  is  chiefly  want- 
ing now  is  a  new  stone  fence  around  the  church-yard, 
which  I  have  deferred  to  give  orders  for  till  such  time 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2 


as  the  vicar  comes  home. — (Dr  Thomas  Sharpe.)  1758. 
The  house  is  mean. — (Dr  Robinson.) 

"  Visited  July  23, 1763,  and  ordered,"  amongst  other 
things,  "  all  stones,  except  icgular  head-stones,  to  be 
thrown  out  of  the  church-yard.  The  roof  of  the  church 
soldered  where  necessary.  Two  strong  and  sufficient 
butresses  to  be  bulk  on  the  north  side.  Four  stone 
pillars  to  be  fixed  at  the  sides  of  Ihe  areh,  between  the 
church  and  the  chancel,  in  the  places  of  the  marble  pil- 
lars that  have  been  broke."—  (Dr  John  Sharpe.) 

At  the  Easter  visitation,  27  April,  1826,  a  reference 
was  made  to  the  archdeacon  respecting  the  church-yaid 
fence,  which,  it  was  thought,  the  vicar  was  bound  to 
keep  up,  on  account  of  a  small  immemorial  payment 
called  "  church-yard"  as  well  as  from  a  terrier  signed 
by  vicar  Middleton  in  1?88,  and  a  memorandum  of  Dr 
Thomas  Sharpe  respecting  it.  As  such  customs,  how- 
ever, are  difficult  to  prove,  and  the  "  church-yard" 
payment  is  now  mixed  up  in  the  Easter  dues  with  the 
payment  for  "  reek,"  the  archdeacon  recommended, 
"  that  the  vicar  maintain  the  hedge,  where  circum- 
stances require  that  a  hedge  be  maintained ;  and  that 
the  parishioners  build  and  maintain  a  wall  in  that  part 
of  the  precincts  where  such  an  improvement  is  practica- 
ble." Vicar  Middleton's  terrier  enumerates  52  acres 
of  glebe  land;  the  value  of  the  living,  in  his  time,  was 
£155  a  year.  Some  of  Mr  Riddell's  lands,  called  the 
Acres,  are  admitted  by  this  instrument  to  pay  a  modus 
for  hay.  The  Easter  dues  are,  "  reek  and  church-yard, 
IJd. ;  bread  &  wine,  from  every  house,  2d. ;  every  per- 
son aged  sixteen,  l£d. ;  foals  each,  6d. ;  ewes,  per  score, 
4d. ;  bees,  per  cast,  4d. ;  a  farrow  cow,  Id.;  cows  with 

calf,  under  five,  2d.  each  :  five The  parish  clerk' t 

fees  for  each  house,  where  no  plough  is  kept,  3d. ;  for 
every  plough,  6d." 

Visited  May  29,  1826.— C.  W.  Bigge,  esq.  of  Linden, 
is  the  impropriator,  having  become  so  by  purchase  of  the 
Ogle  family.  It  is  right  to  say  that  he  is  very  liberal, 
and  sets  a  good  example  to  the  parishioners,  who  have 
lately  made  an  excellent  path  to  the  church,  lessening 
thereby,  as  far  as  they  can,  the  inconvenient  distance 
at  which  it  is  placed  from  the  village.  Mr  Bigge  has 
placed  in  the  chancel  a  communion  table  of  black  oak, 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Richard  More,  which  party,  together  with  sir  Walter  Cope,  of  Kensington, 
and  William  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  sold  it  to  George  Rosse,  who,  9  Feb.  11, 
James  I.  sold  it  to  Thomas  Waterton,  of  Walton,  in  the  county  of  York, 
subject  to  an  annual  payment  of  £15  to  the  crown,  which  Thomas  Waterton, 
in  the  1 7th  year  of  the  same  reign,  for  £430,  sold  it  to  John  Ogle,  of  Cawsey 
Park,  whose  representative  Wm  Ogle  Wallis  Ogle,  sold  the  whole  of  the  im- 
propriated  tithes  in  the  Linden  and  Freeholders'  quarter  to  Mr  Bigge,  and 
those  of  the  rest  of  the  parish  (with  the  exception  of  Wingates  and  Todburn, 
which  belong  to  the  vicar),  to  the  owners  of  the  several  lands  upon  which 
they  are  due. 

The  MANOR  of  HORSLEY  was  comprised  within  the  Cospatrick  or  Beanley 
barony,  and  given  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  First  to  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  in 
free  marriage  with  Julian,  daughter  of  Gospatrick,  first  earl  of  Dunbar,q  and 
great  grand  daughter  of  Gospatrick,  who  was  earl  of  Northumberland  in  the 
time  of  William  the  Conqueror.  The  grant  conveyed  to  de  Merlay  "  Hors- 
ley,  Stanton,  Witton,  and  Wyndgates,  and  a  ville  beyond  the  moors,"  which 
ville,  in  the  confirmation  of  this  grant  by  Edgar,  Julian's  brother,  is  explained 
to  be  Leverchild.  All  these  places  as  well  as  Horsley,  were  granted  in  free 
marriage  ;  but  liable  to  the  militia  service  of  the  county,  in  cornage,  and  the 
common  work  of  the  county  castle.  No  further  light  is  thrown  upon  the  ge- 
neral history  of  these  manors  till  about  the  year  1240,  when  they  are  men- 
tioned as  parcels  of  the  barony  of  earl  Patrick,  and  holden  by  Roger  de  Mer- 
lay, according  to  the  first  grant  of  them  to  his  family,  in  free  marriage  ;  but 
this  Roger  dying  without  male  heirs,  his  estates  were  divided  between  his  two 
daughters,  Mary,  married  to  William  lord  Greystock,  to  whom  the  lordships 

i  See  under  Morpeth.     The  statement  in  II.  i.  315,  is  from  Dugdale's  Baronage,  vol.  i.  p.  54. 


dug  from  a  bog  on  his  estate.  The  vicarage  is  worth 
;£340  a  year;  of  which  £180  arise  from  corn  tithe. 
The  glebe  consists  of  70  acres,  in  four  patches.  The 
church-yard  is  large,  and  contains  a  remarkably  fine 
ash  tree.  The  vicar  has  built  a  very  comfortable  par- 
sonage, at  the  expence  of  nearly  =£800,  having  received 
some  assistance  from  Gilbert's  act.  The  registers  are 
in  good  order;  the  originals  begin  in  1723:  to  that 
period,  from  1 668,  there  exists  only  a  copy.  About 
1630,  tradition  says,  the  vicarage  was  burnt  down,  and 
the  Scots  are  accused  of  the  deed.  Mrs  Aline  Ogle  left 


£  100  towards  the  education  of  poor  children  here:  it 
was  lost,  replaced  by  vicar  Middleton,  and  invested  in 
the  4  per  cents.,  as  the  voucher  in  the  parish  book  tes- 
tifies ;  but  now  unfortunately  unattainable  till  the  will 
of  the  late  Mr  Trevelyan  shall  be  proved,  he  being  the 
last  trustee  named  in  the  deed.  The  school  house  be- 
longs to  the  parish.  The  parishioners  are  liberal  to  the 
church,  and  a  rate  of  one  penny  per  pound  rent  pro- 
duces ;£30.  The  Herman  Street  runs  through  the  pa- 
rish>  passing  by  View-law. — (Archd.  Singleton's  book.) 


MITFORD  PARISH. MANOR  OF  LONG  HORSLEY.  95 

of  Horsley  and  Stanton  were  allotted ;  and  Isabell,  married  to  Roger  de 
Somerville,  who  obtained  Netherwitton  and  Windgates,  as  already  related  in 
a  preceding  part  of  this  work/  This  division  does  not  seem  to  have  taken 
the  seigniory  of  the  general  estate  from  the  manor  of  Horsley,  for  Witton, 
Wingates,  and  Stanton,  continued  to  pay  certain  quit  rents  to  the  Greystock 
family,  unquestionably  as  superior  lords  of  this  part  of  the  old  Cospatrick 
estate,  and  not  as  barons  of  Morpeth,  as  is  erroneously  stated  in  the  inquisi- 
tions after  the  death  of  certain  individuals  of  that  family.* 

I  will  now  endeavour  to  give  the  origin  and  history  of  the  three  divisions 
of  this  manor,  called  Linden  quarter •,  RiddelFs  quarter,  and  the  Freeholders' 
quarter.  1.  The  LINDEN  QUARTER  is  the  largest  township  in  the  manor  of 

1  Part  II.  vol.  i.  p.  315,  &c. 

5  Extract  from  an  inquisition  on  the  death  of  sir  John  Graystock,  taken  at  Newcastle  upon 
Tyne,  the  7th  October,  in  15th  Henry  the  Sixth  : — "  Item  they  say  that  there  are  in  the  town  of 
Horslee  which  is  parcel  of  the  said  manor  of  Morpeth  twenty  pence  rent  for  the  services  to  be  paid 
p'  annum  .  And  there  are  there  eight  husband  lands  which  are  worth  p'  annum  beyond  charges 
forty  shillings  .  And  there  are  there  ten  cottages  which  are  worth  per  annum  beyond  charges  fif- 
teen shillings  .  And  there  is  there  one  pasture  called  Horslee  Hirst  containing  300  acres  and  is 
worth  per  annum  beyond  charges  20  shillings  .  Also  they  say  that  in  the  town  of  Todburne 
which  is  parcel  of  the  same  manor  there  are  six  messuages  which  are  worth  per  annum  beyond 
charges  three  shillings  and  four  pence  .  Also  there  are  there  in  the  same  thirty  acres  of  arable 
land  which  are  worth  p'  annum  beyond  charges  twenty  shillings  .  And  there  is  there  the  moiety 
of  a  water  corn  mill  and  it  is  worth  p'  annum  beyond  charges  ten  shillings." 

Extract  from  an  inquisition  on  the  death  of  Elizabeth  Dacre,  taken  at  Haltwisell,  in  Northum- 
berland, in  the  9th  Henry  the  Eighth: — "  Item  the  jurors  say  that  the  afsd  Elizabeth  died  seized 
jointly  with  the  afsd  lord  Dacre  of  the  manor  of  Horslee  parcel  of  the  barony  of  Merley  afsd  and 
that  there  are  there  seven  husband  lands  with  certain  acres  of  land  and  meadow  in  the  tenure  of 
divers  tenants  every  husband  land  whereof  is  worth  p'  ann.  6s.  8d.  .  And  that  there  is  there  one 
sev1  close  containing  sixteen  acres  of  pasture  every  acre  whereof  is  worth  4d.  .  And  there  is  one 
small  close  there  called  Gibbes  Close  containing  two  acres  of  pasture  and  meadow  and  each  acre 
is  worth  p'  ann.  8d.  .  And  there  is  one  water  and  grain  mill  there  called  Horsley  Mill  a  moiety 
of  which  is  worth  p'  ann.  beyond  charges  8s.  .  And  that  there  are  at  Todburne  parcel  of  the 
town  of  Horsley  two  tenements  with  lands  and  meadow  to  the  same  appertaining  each  of  which  is 
worth  p'  ann.  13s.  4d.  .  And  that  there  is  there  one  free  forest  parcel  of  the  barony  of  Merley 
afsd  called  Horsley  Forest  in  which  are  held  two  courts  of  forest  at  the  feast  of  Ester  and  St 
Michael  yearly,  and  all  in  the  said  forest  pasturing  are  amerced,  which  court  is  worth  p'  ann. 
twenty  shillings  .  And  there  is  in  the  forest  afsd  by  custom  a  certain  annual  rent  of  thirteen  shil- 
lings and  four  pence  by  tenants  of  the  town  of  Fenruther  paid  conditionally  by  estoppel  of  there 
beasts  within  the  forest  afsd  so  that  they  do  not  keep  the  said  beasts  in  the  forest  aforesaid." 


96  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

Horsley,  and  is  that  portion  of  it,  the  lands  of  which  had  continued  in  fee  in 
the  family  of  Merlay  and  their  descendants,  from  the  time  of  Henry  the  First, 
till  the  late  earl  of  Carlisle  sold  it,  under  authority  of  an  act  of  parliament,1 
to  Charles  William  Bigge  and  Ralph  Carr,  esquires ;  the  latter  of  whom  sold 
his  share  to  Mr  Bigge,  who  thus  became  the  proprietor  of  the  whole  township, 
which  consists  of  about  3,000  acres  ;  a  considerable  portion  of  which,  lying 
on  each  side  of  the  public  road  between  the  village  of  Long  Horsley  and  Lin- 
den, is  of  excellent  quality,  being  well  adapted  for  grazing,  and  almost  every 
species  of  agriculture.  Mr  Bigge  found  the  whole  estate  in  a  wretched  and 
worn-out  condition ;  but  by  zealous  and  judicious  management,  directed  by 
his  own  superintendence,  it  has  begun  to  assume  a  new  and  favorable  aspect. 
He  has  already  made  above  eight  miles  of  drains  and  eleven  miles  of  hedges, 
planted  considerably,  fenced  in  the  natural  woods  on  the  sides  of  Linden  burn 
and  Tod  burn,  re-built  or  repaired  all  his  farm  houses,  and  built  from  the 
ground  the  elegant  and  commodious  mansion  which  he  has  now  been  tenant- 
ing since  the  year  1814.  This  house  is  a  quadrangle  of  about  94  feet  from 
east  to  west,  and  7^  from  north  to  south.  The  staircase  is  in  the  centre, 
built  over  a  cellar  having  groined  arches  of  stone,  and  measures  32  feet  by  22, 
and  16  feet  high.  The  rest  of  the  rooms,  on  the  ground  floor,  are  also  16  feet 
high,  and  built  on  cellars  arched  with  brick ;  the  drawing-room  and  library 
being  each  32  feet  by  21^-,  and  the  dining-room  32  feet  10  inches  by  22  feet  6 
inches.  The  suite  of  chamber  apartments  on  the  second  floor  are  also  ex- 
ceedingly commodious  and  convenient.  The  kitchens  occupy  a  wing  on  the 
north-east,  and  these,  as  well  as  the  stables  and  other  offices,  are  all  finished 

1  Passed  5  Geo.  III.  1765,  and  entiluled  "  An  act  for  vesting  divers  manors,  &c.  late  the  estate 
of  Henry  earl  of  Carlisle,  deceased,  in  trustees,  to  be  sold  and  disposed  of,  in  and  for  the  payment 
of  his  debts,  legacies,  and  incumbrances,  and  the  other  purposes  mentioned  in  his  will ;"  which  act 
provides  for  the  sale  of  "  all  that  manor  or  lordship,  or  reputed  manor  or  lordship  of  Long  Hors- 
ley, with  the  rights,  members,  and  appurtenances  thereto  belonging ;  and  also  all  those  several 
yearly  quit-rents,  or  sums  of  money  payable  to,  or  in  respect  of  the  said  manor  of  Long  Horsley, 
amounting  to  the  sum  of  17s.  7fd.  or  thereabouts,"  together  with  lands,  &c.  of  the  yearly  value  of 
£525  16s.  6d. — (Jour.  H.  C.  xxx.  385,  and  Deeds  at  Linden.)  The  particulars  of  the  quit-rents 
are,  for  Stanton,  7s.  9fd. ;  Mr  Lisle,  for  Todburn,  4d. ;  and  Messrs  Trevelyan  and  Witham,  for 
Netherwitton  and  Wingates,  Is.  l|d.  each.  Besides  which  sums,  Mr  Lisle  pays  for  the  dam-head 
at  Weldon  Mill,  a  rent  of  6s.  8d.  a  year;  and  the  duke  of  Portland  used  to  pay  13s.  4d.  a  year 
for  agistment  of  cattle  by  the  tenants  of  Fenrother  on  Horsley  Moor. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  BIGGE,  OF  LINDEN.  97 

with  the  greatest  attention  to  convenience  and  durability.  The  stone  of 
which  it  is  built  was  got  on  Horsley  Common,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Wooler 
road,  about  a  mile  south  of  Horsley  church. 

PEDIGREE  OP  BIGGE,  OP  LINDEN. 

["  from  the  habitudes  of  body,  and  the  perfections  or  imperfections  thereof,  many  names  have  been  imposed,  as  Strong,  Armstrong, 
Long,  Low,  Short,  Broad,  Bigge,"  &c. — (Camden't  Remains,  110. }  The  surname  of  BIGGE  is  very  antient ;  for,  in  the  time  of 
Edward  the  Confessor,  Egelric  Bigge,  with  the  consent  of  that  monarch,  gave  to  the  convent  of  St  Augustine,  in  Canterbury, 
Bodesham  and  Wilrington,  on  condition  that  Wade,  his  knight,  and  Loswine,  should  occupy  them  for  their  lives,  and  after 
that  to  remain  to  the  said  monastery  for  ever. — (Thorn's  Chron.  Twysden's  X  Strip,  col.  1784.;  He  also  confirmed  the 
manor  of  Cart  (now  Little  Chert),  in  Kent,  to  the  monks  of  Christ  Church,  Canterbury ;  and  gave  them  the  manor  of  Stow- 
ling  and  Milton.— (Dug.  Man.  Ang.  i.  22. ;  Several  of  this  name  are  mentioned  in  Halsted's  History  of  Kent — as  Walter  and 
Stephen  Bigge,  both  of  Ford  wick;  and  each  of  whom,  by  their  wills,  in  the  time  of  Charles  the  First,  gave  legacies  to  the 
poor.  Thomas  Bigge  was  sheriff  of  Kent  in  166* ;  and,  7  and  8  Wm  and  Mary,  there  was  an  act  of  parliament  for  vesting 
certain  lands  of  Thomas  Bigge  and  his  wife,  in  Chislet,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  for  payment  of  debts,  and  making  provision  for 
their  children. — (Jour.  H.  C.  xi.  386,  630,  tyc.)  Several  also  of  the  name  occur  as  free  tenants  in  Cambridgeshire,  in  7  Edw. 
I.  ;  as  Thomas,  Elias,  and  Alan,  in  Histon ;  and  Thomas,  Ellas,  and  John,  in  Impington. — -jliot.  Hund.  ii.  411,  464,  tyc. )  But 
the  immediate  progenitors  of  the  Bigges  of  Northumberland  are  supposed  to  have  lived  in  Essex,  in  the  parish  of  Gosfield,  in 
which  county  there  is  a  manor  of  the  name  of  Biggs,  which  was  holden  by  Wm  Biggs  in  1534. — (See  Moranfs  Essex,  H.  380.; 
The  first  of  the  following  pedigrees  is  a  copy  from  a  visitation  of  Essex,  with  some  additions  fromMorant's  hist,  of  that  county : 
it  is  also  in  accordance  with  a  monumental  inscription  to  Wm  Bigge  and  Susan  Jernegan  his  wife,  in  the  church  of  Shalford, 
in  that  county,  which  mentions  this  William  as  son  and  heir  of  William  Bigge  and  Dorcas  his  wife,  of  Toppesfield,  son  of 
Henry  Bigge,  son  and  heir  of  Edward  Bigge,  of  Redes  well,  gent,  who  died  In  1537 ;  which  Susan  it  also  mentions  as  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  Jernigan,  of  Stebbyne,  in  Essex,  gentleman,  and  having  by  her  husband,  William  Bigge,  eight  sons  and 
four  daughters— of  whom  Henry  their  son  erected  the  monument  as  a  token  of  his  affection.  The  second  pedigree  is  a 
compilation  from  authorities,  chiefly  at  Linden.] 

ARMS. — Argent,  on  a  fess  sable,  and  engrailed  between  three  martlets  sable,  three  annulets  or.     CREST An  eagle's  head 

ermine,  turretted  or,  winged  erect  azure.  The  family  of  Bigg,  of  Lenchwike,  in  Worcestershire,  of  whom  Tints.  Bigg,  esq. 
was  knighted  by  king  James  26  May,  1620,  bore  the  same  arms,  but  a  different  crest.  They  were  descended  from  a  Glouces- 
tershire family,  who  had  their  arms  and  crest  granted  19  March,  15  Edward  IV.  1475. 

Wo.  1. — I- — JOHN  BIGGE,  whose  family,  according  to  Morant,  in  his  History  of  Essex,  was  settled  at  Redgewell  in  1374,=^= 
and  had  lands  at  Stamborne,  In  that  county.     This  surname  also  occurs  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  for  Essex  in  the  3rd  and  4thl 
years  of  the  reign  of  Edward  the  First.—  (P.  148,  149,  179.; 

I — J 

II. — EDWARD  BIGGE,  of  Redgewell,  Essex,  died  in  the  year  1587.5T=MARGARET,  daughter  of  Henry  Williams,  of  Stambourne. 

i 
III. — HENRY  BIGGE,  son  and  heir. ^ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  Robert  Pollard,  of  Topesfleld,  in  Essex,  gent. 

I f— . ! 

IV.— 1.  HENRY  BIGGE,    2.  WILLIAM  BIGGE,  of  Topesfleld,  died=T=DoRCAS,  daur.  of  John  Mooteham,  of  3.  THOMAS  BiGCE,8?5 
of  Redgewell,  the  eldest    5  Jan.  1585,  possessed  of  the  manor  of  I  Topesfleld,  gent. ;  re-married  William  of  Dallam,   in  the) 
son.                                    Berwicks  and   Scoteneys,   with  other  I  Smith,  of  Crossing  Temple,  Essex,  esq. ;  county  of  Suffolk, 
estates  adjoining  Topesfleld. ,  died  18  Dec.  1633 ;  bur.  at  Topesfleld.  third  son. 

I — r~i —  r~  i — i r — 

V. — 1.  WILLIAM-T-SUSAN,  daur.  of  2.  EDWARD  BIGGE,  mar-  1.  THOMAS  BIGGE,  of  Dallam,  3.  JOHN  BIGGE,  of  Wickham- 
BIGGE,  of  Red-  Thos.  Jernegan,  ried,  and  had  a  son  Edw.  living  in  1634.  Bishop,  Essex, 

sons,  in  Shalford,    of    Pentloe,    in    living  in  1635.  2.  SAMUEL  BIGGE,  of  Alphamstone,  in  Essex,  (where  he  was=f= 

in   Essex,   eldest    Essex ;    died  in  buried  9  Dec.  1639,)  married  TABITHA,  eldest  daughter,  and 

son. |  1615.  at  length  sole  heir  of  Henry  Payne,  of  Alphamstone,  great 

grand-daughter  of  sir  Thomas  Payne,  of  Market  Bosworth 


3.  SAMUEL  BIGGE,  supposed  to  have  died  s.  p.  which  Tabitha  was  15  years  old  in  May,  1615,  &  re-married 
4.  DORCAS  BIGGE.     to  Edward  Peyton,  by  whom  she  had  issue. 


VI. — 1.  WILLIAM  BIGGE,=TMELIOR    2.  JERNEGAN  BIGGE,  married  ELLEN,  daur.  &  heir  of  John  Wignal,    SAMUEL  BIGGE,  of 

eldest  son  and  heir. j  ROPER,    of  Heningham  Sible,  in  Essex,  by  whom  he  had  one  daur,  Eleanor.       Alphamstone,  esq. 

3.  EDWARD  BIGGE,  third  son.  only  son,  married 


4.  MATTHEW  BIGGE,  fourth  son  ;  vicar  of  St  Martin's,  in  Coney-street,  York;  living  in  Sept.  1665,  and  BARBARA,  dau.  of 

then  aged  55.     He  married  FRANCES,  daughter  of  John  Shewood,  of  Cambridge,  by  whom  he  had  Geo.  Watts,  ofNor- 

issue: — 1.  Matthew,  living,  aged  80,  and  married  to  Mary,  daughter  of  William  BIytheman,  of  New-  wich,  by  whom  he 

lathes,  in  Yorkshire  ;  2.  Roger  Bigge ;  and  three  daughters,  Sarah,  Elxtabeth,  and  Dorcas.  had  issue  5  sons 

5.  HENRY  BIGGE. 

1.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Thimble  Potter,  of  Layer-de-la-Hay,  in  Essex;    and  afterwards  to  James 
Chaplain,  of  Finchingfield,  in  the  same  county. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    C 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  William  Bigge 
and  Melior  Roper. 

VII.— 1.  WILLIAM  BIOOE, 
eldest  son,  was  13  years 
old  in  1633,  &  is  supposed 
to  be  the  same  person  as 
Wm  Bigge,  who  married 
Isabella  Dent,  as  stated  be- 
low. 
2.  EDW.  BIGGE,  2nd  son. 


Issue  of  Samuel  Bigge 
and  Barbara  Watts. 
I 


1.  SAMUEL  BIGCE,  eld.  son  &  heir,  living  1685,  in  which  year  he  sold  Clees  Hall,  and  the  manor. 
2.  JEMIMA  BIGGE,  married  to  John  Bruce,  of  Little  Wenham,  in  Suffolk,  esq.  and  had  issue. 

3.  ANNE  BIGGE,  died  before  1698.  4.  THOMAS  BIGGE,  died  before  1698. 

5.  WILLIAM  BIGGE.  in  the  law,  and  settled  at  Lam  marsh,  in  Essex,  where  he  was  buried  on  the 
I  ,'tli  January,  1717. 

6.  JOHN  BIGGE,  died  before  1698. 

7.  ELIZABETH  BIGGE,  buried  at  Alphamstone  on  the  22nd  February,  1074. 
8.  HENRY  BIGCE,  died  before  1698. 


Wo.  3. — I. — WILLIAM  BIGGE,  attorney  at  law,  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,=pIsABELL  DENT,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  Thomas  Dent 


is  described  in  certain  family  documents  as  of  Hawkhurst,  in  Kent,  and 
of  Furnival's  Inn,  London.  Marriage  settlement  dated  28  Aug.  1666. 
Thomas  Dent,  his  wife's  father,  divided  his  estates  equally  between  his 
two  daughters,  by  which  Mr  Bigge  acquired  one  quarter  of  Heddon-on- 
the-Wall  (a  moiety  of  which  belonged  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle),  half  of 
Dun-as  Hall,  half  of  Caistron  and  of  tlie  tithes  of  Wreitrhill,  and  part  of 
East,  West,  and  North  Coldcoats.  His  wife's  mother  also  purchased 
Willington  of  sir  Francis  Anderson,  of  Bradley,  after  her  husband's 
death,  and  left  it  equally  between  her  two  daughters.  By  his  will, 
which  is  dated  28  Feb.  16S6,  he  gave£1500  to  his  eldest  son,  and£1000 
to  each  of  his  other  children.  He  died  in  March,  1690,*  and  was  buried 
in  All  Saints',  Newcastle,  on  the  Ibth  of  that  month,  In  a  tomb  which 
he  and  Mr  John  Hindmarsh  had  provided  as  a  burial  place  for  them- 
selves and  families,  and  inscribed  with  the  following  memorial . — •'  Wil- 
lielmus  Bigg,  generosus,  et  Johannes  Hindmarch,  armiger,  humanee 
sortis  et  fragilitatis  mtmores,  hoc  slbi  suisque,  Deo  volente,  supremum 
in  terris  posuerunt  domicilium  usque  festum  resurectionis  nortuorum 
alta  pace  gaudendum. 

"  Maxima  noscere  mori  vitse  est  sapientia,  vivit 

"  Qui  moritur,  si  vis  vivere,  disce  mori. — 23rd  April,  1684." 

Brand's  Netvc.  i.  385. 


of  Newcastle,  gent.,  by  his  wife  JuHan,f  widow  of 
"  Mr  James  Metham,  of  Newcastle,"  who,  in  1663, 
was  possessed  of  property  in  Heddon-on-the-Wall, 
Willington,  and  part  of  North  and  South  Gosford, 
and  Coldcoats,  assessed  together  for  county  rate.  In 

that  year,   upon  a  rental  of  £319 (///.  ».  322.) 

Thomas  Dent,  Isiibell's  father,  by  his  will,  dated  in 
1657,  left  his  estates  to  his  two  daughters,  Isabel!, 
wife  of  Wm  Bigge,  and  Julian,  wife  of  John  Hind- 
marsh,  of  Little  Benton.  and  appointed  his  wife's 
son,  James  Metham,  his  executor  and  trustee.  He 
was  buried  at  All  Saints,  Newcastle.  Jas.  Metham, 
gent,  died  23  April,  1684,  and  was  buried  near  the 
tomb  of  the  families  of  Bigge  and  Hindmarsh,  in 

All  Saints'  church. (M.  I.   Brand's  Newc.  i.  385.) 

This  Isabell  had  the  disposal  of  the  estates  which 
came  by  her,  and  settled  them  upon  her  eldest,  and 
other  Minx,  in  succession  ;  and,  failing  them,  upon 
her  daughters.  She  saved  much  money  in  her 
widowhood. 


II.— 1.  JOHN  BIGGE,  eldest  son  and  heir,  is  1.  MAEY  BIGGE  married  Edward  rolling-wood,  of  Byker,  grandfather  of  the  late 
described  as  of  the  Temple,  London,  and  of  Edward  Colling  wood,  of  Chirton.  Marriage  settlement,  dated  26  Sept.  1701,  con- 
East  Knoyle,  in  Wiltshire.  By  his  father's  veys  the  manor  of  North  Dissingtou,  a  farm  at  Shipley,  and  lands  at  Byker,  for 
will  be  was  left  in  the  custody  and  tuition  securing  jointure. 

of  his  father's  "loveing  cousin  John  Bowles,  2.  ANNE  BIGGE  married  Edward  Ward,  maternal  ancestor  of  Mr  Orde,  of  Nun- 
of  Shaftesbury,  in  the  coun.  of  Dorset,  esq."  nykirk.  Marriage  settlement  3  Dec.  1701,  secures  jointure  on  houses  in  Morpeth. 
By  the  same  title  he  had  also  a  farm  at 

Hawkhurst,  in  Kent,  and  a  copyhold  farm  at  Rotherwick,    Hants,  which  last  named  property  was  holden  of  Magdalene 
College,  Oxford,  and  sold,  not  many  years  since,  by  C.   W.   Bigge,  esq.   for  £500.     This  John  Bigge,  in  1696,  purchased 
one-sixth  part  of  the  square  of  Spittal-flelds,  London,  with  the  houses  upon  it,  for  £1696.     He  married  ANNE  JACKSON,  at 
Chester,  in  1701,  and  died  in  1727,  at  Bedlington,  in  the  county  palatine  of  Durham,  n.  c.  s.  and  s.  p. 
2.  JAMES  BIGGE  had  houses  in  the  Groat  Market,  Newcastle;  anJ  €1000  by  his  father's  will.  He  died  a  minor,  and  unmarried. 


S.  THOMAS  BIGGE  went  to  India  as  a  sailor,  and  not  being  h<-ard! 
of  for  a  long  time,  and  his  brother  John  being  in  a  state  of  luna- 
cy, his  sisters  received  the  rents  of  their  father  and  mother's 
estates  ;  but,  after  his  return,  the  differences  wliich  arose  between 
him  and  them  respecting  the  family  property  were  settled  by  ar- 
bitration in  1709,  but  not  finally  confirmed  without  the  inter- 
vention of  an  act  of  parliament,  which  was  introduced  into  the 
house  of  lords  Feb.  13,  and  passed  the  house  of  commons  30  Mar. 
1710,  and  is  entituled  "  An  act  to  enable  trustees  to  recover  the  personal  estates  of  Wm  Bigg  and  Isabella  Bigg,  now  vested 
in  John  Bigg,  a  lunatic,  their  son  and  heir,  and  executor  of  his  father,  for  the  payment  <.f  debts  and  legacies." — (Jour.  H.  L. 
xix.  (>.<.  Jour.  H.  C.  xtri.  390.)  He  married  about  the  year  1706;  resided  at  Byker,  near  his  sister  Mary  Collingwood ;  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  died  there,  and  were  buried  in  All  Saints'  church. 


ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  Edward  Hiridmarsh,  of  the  six 
clerk's  office,  London,  brother  of  John  Hindmarsh,  whose 
son  John  married  Julian  Dent.  His  father,  in  1693,  pur- 
chased a  moiety  of  the  west  moiety  of  Little  Benton  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Hindmarsh,  for  £1260,  and  an  annu- 
ity of  £SO  to  the  longest  liver  of  the  two,  and  settled  this 
half  moiety  and  one-sixth  part  of  Coldcoats  upon  her. 


:MARY,  danr. 
andat  leng'h 
sole  heir  of 
Chas.  Clarke, 


3.  THOS.  BIGGE,= 
married  at  Bath, 
Aug.  4,  1763.— 
(Newc.  Cour.)  He 


ofOvin/ham,  was  a  mercer  on 
esq.  who  was  Ludgate-hi)l,and 
an  attorney  built  the  W  Inte- 
nt law  in  house  at  Little 
Newcastle,  &  Benton,  where  he 


died  in  the  year 
1791. 


— I — I — I — I — 

ELIZ.  RUNDELL,    2.  EDW.  BIGGE,  bap.  2  June,  1708  ;  was  an  attor- 
sister  of  the  late    ney  at  law  in  Grey's  Inn,  London  ;  resided  at  Jes- 


Philip  Rundell. 


iiiond  ;  purchased  BRENKLEY,  and  died  unmarried. 
1.  GRACE  BIGGE.  bap.  80  March,  1710;  became  the 


III.— 1.  WM  BlGGE,= 

of  Benton,  esq.  bap. 
25  Mar.  1707;  mar- 
ried 29  Jan.  173H ; 
occurs  as  a  proprie- 
tor of  collieries  at 
Little  Benton,  East 
and  West  Heddon,  & 
Heddon-on-the-Wall 
in  1738. — (Peck's  Mi- 
nutes.) He  was  bred 
to  the  law,  and  one 
of  the  six  clerks  in 
chancery  ;  high  she  • 
riff  of  Northumb.  in 
1750.  He  obtained 
by  his  wife  the  e- 
states  of  Stanniiigton 

(£•  Y? 

(OverFt  Sf 

*  The  following  entries  occur  in  a  schedule  of  the  writings  of  Mr  William  Bigge,  given  into  the  custody  of  Mark  Browell,  after  his  death  :— 
A  bond  from  Peter  Richardson,  of  Newcastle,  gent,  to  William  Bigge,  of  Furnival's  Inn,  London,  gent,  in  £120,  dated  6  Feb.  1671,  with  con- 
ditions, &c.  A  copy  of  Mr  Wm  Bigg's  will  and  probate,  dated  20  Feb.  3  Jac.  II.  The  entry  of  his  burial  in  All  Saints'  register  is  "  1690, 
March  18.  William  Bigge,  attorney  at  London." 

t  Julian  Dent,  by  will,  21  Nov.  1675,  gave  to  her  son  James  Metham,  all  her  lands,  &c.  at  Darris-hau;  to  her  daughters  Isabell  Bigge  and 


first  wife  of  sir  Robert  Carr,  bart.  brother  of  sir  Wm  Carr,  of  Etal. 
Sir  Robert  was  a  mercer  on  Ludgate-hill,  succeeded  to  his  brother's 
title,  and  afterwards  resided  at  Hampton,  in  Middlesex.  By  his  first 
marriage  he  had  a  daur.  Elizabeth,  marr.  to  sir  Richard  Glyn,  father 
of  the  present  sir  Richard  Carr  Glyn,  bart.  Sir  Robert  married,  2dly, 
Miss  Little,  by  whom  he  had  one  daur.  married  to  —  Hammond,  esq. 
of  f  leyling,  Surrey./K 

2.  MARY  BIGGK,  bap.  Ap.  10,  1712,  diod  at  Rippon,  unmar.  in  1791. 

3.  ELIZABETH  BIGGE,  bap.  May  24,  1714,  also  died  unmarried,  some 
years  before  her  sister  Mary. 


purchased 

the  glebe 
lands&tithes 
of  Ovingham 

of  the  Addison  family,  wiii.-l) 
glebe  and  tithes,  at  his  death, 
became  the  inheritance  of  his  daur.  Mary,  and  at  present  are  the  property  of  her  grandson,  C.  W. 
Bigge,  esq.  of  Linden.  She  resided  many  years  at  Ovingham,  where  she  died  May  5,  1780. — (Newcastle 
Courant,  1780.) 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  BIGGE,  OF  LINDEN. 


99 


Issue  of  William  Bigge,  esq.  and  Mary  Clarke. 


Issue  of  Thomas  Bigge  and  Elizabeth  Rundell. 


and  Ovingham,  and  purchased  the  parts  of  Little  Benton  which  he  did  not  inherit :  also  two-sixths  of  Coldcoats  and 
Witton,  in  the  parish  ot"  Rothbury.  He  also  added  considerably  to  Beiitoii  House,  and  dying  there,  June  SO,  17.58,  aged  51, 
was  buried  at  All  Saints',  Newcastle.  Numerous  letters  between  him  and  Mr  Ridley,  of  Heaton,  showed  that  they  were 
in  constant  and  confidential  correspondence,  and  strongly  attached  to  each  other.  He  left  behind  him  the  character  of  hav- 
ing great  quickness  and  sagacity  as  a  man  of  business,  atid  joyous  spirits  and  high  convivial  powers  as  a  companion. 

T 


~r 

IV. — 1.  THOMAS  CHARLES  BIGGE,: 
born  in  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  24th 
Jan.  1739  ;  educated  at  Westmin- 
ster, and  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 
He  went  abroad  tor  liN  health  in 
1759  ;  again  in  1763,  and  returned 
home  in  1766.  In  1771,  he  was 
high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  ; 
and  Nov.  6,  1772,  married,  at  St 
Andrew's  church,  Newc.  Jemima, 
dau.  of  Wm  Ord,  of  Fenham,  esq. 
by  his  wife  Anne,  daush.  of  Wm 
Dillingham,  of  Red  Lion  Square, 
London.  He  died  at  Bath,  Oct. 
10,  1794,  and  was  buried  in  the 
church  yard  of  Weston,  near  that 
place,  where  a  stone  is  put  over 
his  grave,  and  a  tablet  is  erected 
to  his  memory  in  the  church.  Mr 


magistrate,  and  a  warm  advocate 
of  civil  and  religious  liberty.  His 
mind  was  highly  cultivated,  and 
richly  stored  with  every  species  of 
polite  and  useful  learning ;  and  he 


=JEMIMA,  dau.  of  2.  WM  EDWARD  BIGGE    THOMAS  BIGGE,=MARIA,  daur.  of    ELIZ.  died 
Win  Ord,  of  Fen-  was  in  the  law,  sue-    esq.  born  at  Lit-    Thos.    Rundell,       young, 
ham,   esq.    born  ceeded  to  his  uncle  Ed-    tie  Benton,  8th    of  Bath, 
in  Red  Lion  Sq  ,  ward's  estate  at  Brink-    of  Jan.   1766.— • 
Holb.  Lond.   She  ley,  and  died  at  Bed- 
died   at    Bromp-  lington,  unmarried, 
ton,  Middlesex,  in  3.  CHS.  CLARKE  BIGGE, 
1806,     and     was  born  at  Little  Benton, 


(Newc.  Cour.J  Educated  at  Corpus  Christ!  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  and  has  issue  five  sons  and  eight 
daughters,  viz.  : — 

1.  Thomai  Edward.        2.  Philip  Edmund. 


bur.  at  Fulham.  July  8,  1741;  died  of  3.  James  Rundell.  4.  Charles  Richard.  5.  John. 
There  is  a  picture  the  meazles,  3rd  Feb.  1.  Elizabeth,  married  in  April,  1817,  to  Colonel 
of  her  in  the  di-  1742,  and  buried  at  All  Anderson. 


n ing  room  at  Lin-    Saints. 

den,  by  Angelica    4.  JOHN  BIGGE,  born  at 


Kaufman. 


his   father's    house   in 
Newcastle,    14th   Jan. 


2.  Jane  died  unmarried  in  1812. 

3.  Augusta.        4.  Emily.        5.  Maria. 

6.  Georgiana.       7.  Emily  Jane.       8.  Fanny. 


1742  ;  bap.  at  All  Saints,  22  Feb.  same  year ;  was  a  mercer  in  the  same  house  on  Ludgate 
Hill,  in  which  his  uncle  Thomas  and  sir  Robert  Carr  had  been  partners.  He  succeeded 
to  his  brother  William's  estate  at  Brinkley,  and  purchased  Carville,  where  he  resided  for 
some  years ;  but  retired  to  chambers  in  King's  Bench  Walks,  in  the  Temple,  where  he 
died  March  11,  1797.  He  was  buried,  according  to  his  own  directions,  at  St  Bride's 
church,  Fleet  Street.  His  estates  of  Brinkley  and  Carville  he  left  to  his  nephew  John 
Thomas  Bigge,  and  distributed  his  personal  property  among  th.-  other  children  of  his 
brother  Thomas  Charles.  He  was  one  of  the  few  political  tories  which  this  amiable  and 
excellent  family  has  produced  ;  but  he  never  suffered  his  political  opinions  to  damp  the 
ardour  of  his  fraternal  affections,  or  of  his  private  friendship. 


tised  the  duties  of  Christianity  from  a  belief  of  its  authenticity,  founded  upon  an  earnest  and  sedulous  examination  into  its 
history. 


— I — I — I  — I — I — I — I — I — I — 

=ALICE,  daur.  of  Christopher  2.  WM  EDW.  BIGGE,  born  Oct.  28,  1778  ;  died  24  Oct.  1791. 

Wilkinson,   of    Thorpe,    in  8.  JOHN  THOMAS  BIGGE,  born  March  8,  1780 ;  educated  to 

Yorkshire,  by  his  wife  Mary,  the  bar  ;  commissioner  of  enquiry  in  .Australasia  in   1819  j 

daur.   of  Ralph  Soulsby,  of  afterwards  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

Hallington,  esq.  and  his  wife  4.  THOMAS  HANWAY  BIGGE,  bap.   Oct.  2,  1784 ;   married 

Mary,  dangh.  of  John  Fen-  CHARLOTTE  SCOTT,  daur.  of  the  Rev.  Jas.  Scott,  and  sister 

wick,  esq.    of  Stanton  and  of  Mrs  Ord,  of  Whitfleld,  and  the  late  Countess  of  Oxford. 

By  well,  and  his  second  wife  He  died  in  December,  1824,  leaving  issue  by  his  said  wife — 

Alice,  daur.  of  Thomas  Er-  Thomas  Charles,   Harry  John,  Frederick  WUliam,   Francis,   and 

rington,  of  Beaufront,  esq.  two  daughters,  Jane  and  Fanny.     His  remains  were  buried 

Mrs  Bigge's  mother,  who  is  at  Ovingham.     At  his  death,  his  family  lost  a  most  amiable 

still  living,  and  aged  73  in  and  affectionate  guardian  ;  his  friends  a  joyous,  intelligent, 

July,  1H28,  and  her  grand-  and   virtuous  companion ;    society  an  active  and    useful 

mother  Mary  Fenwick,  were  member;  and  the  author  of  this  work  a  kind  and  much- 

both  born  at  Stanton.  lamented  friend. 

I.  JEMIMA,  born  Feb.  17,  1776;  died  young. 

2.  MARY  ANNE,  bap.  Aug.  26, 1777;  died  9  June,  1805,  atClifton ;  bur.  at  Weston,  near  Bath. 

3.  CHARLOTTE  ELEANOR,  born  Feb.  13, 1781  ;  died  29June,  1800,  at  Clifton  ;  bur.  at  Weston. 

4.  ELIZA,  bap.  April  2:3,  17H2;  died  in  London,  June  19,  1819;  buried  at  Fulham. 

5.  JEMIMA  SUSANNAH,  bap.  Sept.  4, 1788 ;  died 9  Mar.  1809,  at  Benton  ;  bur.  at  Ovingham. 

6.  GRACE  JULIA,  bap.  April  15,  1791  ;  married,  in  March,  1817,  Thos.  Christopher  Glyn, 
esq.  barrister-at-law,  third  son  of  sir  Richard  Carr  Glyn,  bartj  of  Gaunts,  In  Dorsetshire. 


V. — 1.  CHARLES  WILLIAM  BIGGE,: 
of  Linden,  esq.  born  at  Benton- 
House,  Oct.  18,  and  bap.  18  Nov. 
1773;  married  in  Jan.  1802,  and 
high  sheriff  of  Northumberland  in 
the  same  year  ;  •was  unanimously 
elected  chairman  of  the  quarter 
sessions  of  the  county,  Jan.  15, 
1829.  Mr  Bigge,  in  lieu  of  Benton 
West-house  &  West-side,  and  some 
other  estates  in  this  county,  and 
Rotherwick,  in  Hants,  purchased 
the  Carlisle  quarter  of  the  parish 
of  Long  Horsley,  the  Blackpool, 
and  several  other  parcels  of  pro- 
perty there  ;  also  the  tythes  of  his 
own,  and  the  Freeholders'  quarter 
of  this  parish,  and  a  considerable 
estate  at  Ovington  ;  besides  build- 
ing Linden  House,  and  making 
very  great  and  meritorious  im- 
provements around  it.  I  have, 
indeed,  through  the  kindness  of  Mr 


Bigge,  been  a  witness  to  the  in-    They  have  issue — Richard  Henry,  Charles,  and  Douglas. 


provements  here,  from  the  founda- 
tions of  his  hospitable  mansion  first  appearing  abov 
greens  &  woods  of  thriving  forest  trees  :  and  feeling 

"  Sem 
"  Lseti 
"  Hie 

e  the  ground  in  1811,  till  it  has  become  invested  with  groves  of  ever- 
ts of  high  regard  for  the  author  of  this  new  creation  compel  me  to  say  :  — 

s  in  cselum  redeas,  diuque 
is  ....r  - 

ames 

dici  pater  atque 

princeps." 

1  —  I1 
VI.  —  1.  CHARLES  JOHN. 
2.  WILLIAM  died  young, 
In  London  ;  &  buried  at 
Fulham. 

—  r~  r  i    i 
3.  HENRY  LANCELOT. 
4.  EDWARD  THOMAS. 
5.  WILLIAM  MATTHEW. 
6.  JOHN  FREDERIC. 

7. 
8. 
9. 

ARTHUR.                        1.  MARY  died  young  ;  buried  at  Long  Horsley. 
MATTHEW.                                          2.  CHARLOTTE  ELIZA. 
GEORGE  RICHARD.              8.  JULIA  CATHARINE.         4.  JEMIMA. 

Julian  Dent,  and  her  grand-children  James  and  Mary  Bigge,  each  £100 ;  to  her  brother  John  %ambe,  £5  yearly  for  life ;  William  Tod's  two 
children,  the  four  children  of  Wm  and  Esther  Errington,  and  John  Lamb's  two  children,  each  20s. ;  and  mentions  my  nephew  John  Lamb, 
my  son-in-law  Wm  Bigge,  my  grand-child  John  Bigge,  my  son  Jame.  Metham,  ex'or.  Tm*  Julian  Dent  had  another  brother  called  George 
Lamb,  who  died  unmarried. 


100  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

2.  RIDDELL'S  QUARTER"  contains  about  2300  acres,  and  has  an  old  tourer  upon 
it,  situated  at  the  west  end  of  the  village  of  Long  Horsley.    This  fortalice  has 
undergone  little  change  in  its  outward  features ;  but,  instead  of  being  the  re- 
sidence of  a  border  chieftain,   has  been  converted  into  a  manse  and  a  cha- 
pel,  in  which  divine  service  is  performed  every  Sunday  according  to  the 
Roman  ritual,  and  under  the  patronage  of  its  proprietor.    It  is  not  mentioned 
in  the  list  of  border  towers  existing  in  the  county  in  the  beginning  of  the 
reign  of  Henry  the  Sixth,  when  Robert  Horsley,  who  died  in  1445,  resided  in 
the  tower  of  Thernham,  now  called  Farnham,  in  Coquetdale,v  which  tower 
continued  to  belong  that  line  of  the  Horsley  family  till  their  heiress  carried  it 
to  the  Carnabys  of  Halton,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Eighth.w     When,  or  by 
whom,  the  tower  of  Horsley  was  built,  I  have  seen  no  record,  hint,  or  tradi- 
tion ;  though  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  it  belonged  to  sir  John  Horsley,  the 
direct  lineal  ancestor  of  Mr  Riddell  in  the  maternal  line,  in  the  time  of  Henry 
the  Eighth.     Adjoining  it  to  the  north  is  a  small  park  for  fallow  deer.     Of 
the  origin  of  this  township,  and  the  history  of  its  early  owners,  little  also  seems 
to  be  known.     Neither  the  baron  of  Beanley  nor  of  Morpeth,  when  the  in- 
quest respecting  the  knight's  fees  in  this  county  was  taken  in  the  latter  end 
of  the  reign  of  king  John,  had  made  any  alienations  of  property  to  the  preju- 
dice of  the  interests  of  the  crown.    But,  in  Henry  the  Third's  reign,  both  the 
royal  prerogative  and  the  estates  of  the  barons,  who  fought  against  him,  were 
considerably  diminished.     The  Hundred  Rolls  accuse  Roger  de  Merlay  the 
Third  of  giving  without  licence  from  the  crown,  ten  librates  of  land  in  Hors- 
ley, to  William  Gobyun,  which,  in  whatever  sense  the  term  librate  is  to  be 
taken,  must  be  supposed  to  have  consisted  of  a  considerable  number  of  acres. 
The  old  and  knightly  family  of  Horsley,  from  whom  this  township  descended 
to  the  Riddells,  its  present  owners,  had  certainly  obtained  their  name  from 
residing  in  it,  and  had  possessions  here  at  a  very  early  period — probably  be- 
fore the  time  of  Henry  the  Third  :  for  Roger  de  Horsley  occurs  as  a  witness 
to  a  deed,  without  date,  by  which  the  same  Roger  de  Merlayx  conveyed  five 

u  The  names  of  the  farm-houses  situated  out  of  the  village,  and  comprized  within  the  precincts  of 
this  quarter,  are — Hare-dean,  Horsley-burns,  Horsley-bricks,  Paxton-dean,  Small-burn,  and 
Whemley-burn.  »  III.  i.  29.  w  III.  ii.  212. 

x  This  was  the  Roger  de  Merlay  who  made  a  law  for  all  his  vassals  in  Horsley,  well  to  keep 
and  diligently  to  maintain  the  ways  and  dikes  about  the  fields  of  Horsley,  and  that  which  of  them 


LONG   HORSLEY    PARISH. RIDDELI/S    QUARTER.  101 

bovates  of  land,  situated  in  Horsley,  Sheles,  and  Todburn,  in  this  manor,  to 
Adam  de  Plesseto  and  his  heirs  lawfully  begotten  ;  and  failing  such  heirs,  to 
de  Merlay  himself,  and  his  heirs.  This  Adam's  name  frequently  occurs  as  a 
witness  to  deeds  respecting  Newminster,  and  other  neighbouring  places  ;  but 
I  can  find  no  mention  of  his  kindred,  nor  of  any  posterity  which  he  left  Ro- 
ger de  Horsley  was  also  one  of  the  Northumberland  gentlemen,  who,  when 
John  de  Eslington  and  John  de  Letewell  were  knights  for  this  shire,  on  ac- 
count of  his  having  15  librates  of  land,  ought  to  have  been  admitted  to  the 
order  of  knighthood,  but  was  not  so.y  Persons  of  the  same  name  and  family 
also  frequently  occur  as  witnesses  to  deeds,  filling  situations  of  honour  and  of 
trust,  or  as  proprietors  of  land  in  this  county,  from  the  time  of  Henry  the 
Third  to  a  comparatively  modern  period  :z  particularly  in  33  Edw.  III.  1359, 

soever  should  be  convicted  of  any  breach  in  the  said  dikes  or  ways,  should  there  be  bound  on  the 
morrow  after  the  invention  of  the  Holy  Cross,  and  on  the  morrow  of  the  feast  of  St  Martin,  in 
winter,  and  should  pay  to  bis  lord  for  each  offence  of  which  he  should  be  convicted,  two  virgx 
fervece,  which  Wallis  translates  "  being  whipped  :"  he  perhaps  thought  they  were,  to  use  a  north 
country  phrase,  "  hot  skelpings."  But  Hutchinson  thinks  he  has  written  ferveoe  for  ferrece  ;  for 
the  virga  ferrea,  according  to  Cowell,  "  was  so  many  yards  according  to  the  king's  standard  in  the 
exchequer,  which  antiently  was  of  iron,  but  now  of  brass ;"  therefore,  to  use  Hutchinson's  words, 
"  it  is  most  probable  the  penalty  inflicted  upon  the  tenants  of  Horsley  was  a  forfeiture,  me- 
ted by  the  virga  ferrea"  The  Latin  of  this  law,  as  copied  by  Wallis,  is — "  Et  iste  est  Rogerus, 
qui  subditos  suos  de  Horsley,  ad  vias  et  fossatas  circa  campos  de  Horsley  bene  conservandas  et 
diligenter  sustentaudas,  tractare  statuit  .  Et  quod  quicunque  convictus  fuerit  de  aliquo  fragmento 
in  fossatis  vel  viis  predictis  in  campo  suo,  tenetur  ibidem  in  crastino  inventionis  Sancte  Crucis,  et 
crastino  Sancti  Martini  in  hieme,  et  reddet  domino  suo  pro  quolibet  delicto  duas  virgas  fervtas 
quoties  inde  convictus  fuerit." — (From  a  very  antient  original.) 

y  Cot.  MS.  Claud.  C.  II.  2  fol.  31. 

2  Roger  de  Horsley,  Thomas  of  Clennel,  Thomas  of  Scharperton,  and  others,  were  jurors  on 
the  inquest  after  the  death  of  Gilb.  de  Umfreville  in  1244.  Roger  de  Horsley  also  frequently 
occurs  as  a  witness  to  deeds  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  respecting  Plessy  and  Shotton. — (Harl. 
MS.  294, fol.  214;  Wallis,  ii.  309,  350;  Cart.  Rid.  17,  61,  65  J  One  of  the  same  name  was 
made  warden  of  the  castle  of  Berwick,  19  Aug.  1317  (Rot.  Scot.  i.  175),  in  which  year  he  held  a 
place  called  Whitwhom,  or  Whitchome,  of  the  Greystocks,  barons  of  Morpeth,  by  the  service  of 
one-sixteenth  of  a  knight's  fee. — (Wallis,  ii.  294;  ///.  i.  62,  88.)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  sir 
Roger  de  Horsley  married  Alexander  Swinburne  in  1319.  — (77.  i.  321,  gen.  5.)  After  the  for- 
feiture of  Thomas  earl  of  Lancaster,  Roger  Horsley  was  appointed  seneschal  of  the  crown  for  the 
barony  of  Dunstanburgh. — (///.  ii.  298.)  Roger  de  Horsley  also  occurs  in  an  inquest  at  Bam- 
burgh,  31  March,  13  Hen.  IV.  1403  (Wallis,  ii.  472) ;  and,  in  1413,  one  of  the  same  name  stands 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    D 


102  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

Roger  de  Horsley  died  seized  of  the  manor  of  Scranwood,  in  the  barony  of 
Alnwick,  and  of  certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Horsley  ;  and,  in  the  same 
year,  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir,  paid  a  fine  of  £20  for  transgression  done,  by 
having  in  occupancy  the  manor  of  Scranwood  and  certain  lands  in  Horsley  : 
half  of  which  manor  of  Scranwood  was  in  the  king's  hands  by  the  forfeiture 
of  John  de  Middleton  ;  but  the  other  hah0,  and  the  lands  in  Horsley,  were  not 
holden  immediately  of  the  crown.3  This  account  is  from  the  Originalia  ;  but 
the  Patent  Rolls  for  the  same  year  say,  that  Thomas  of  Scranwood  (so  called 
from  the  place  of  his  residence,  but  unquestionably  the  same  person  as 
Thomas  de  Horsley)  held  half  the  manor  of  Horsley  of  the  king,  in  capite, 
by  the  annual  service  of  one  knight's  fee,  or  the  payment  of  one  pair  of 
gilt  spurs.  That  these  persons  were  ancestors  of  the  Horsleys,  whose  pedi- 
gree is  given  below  in  number  two,  does  not,  I  think,  admit  of  a  doubt ; 
but  their  possessions,  which  were  considerable,  being  principally  holden 
by  mesne  tenure,  their  names  in  connection  with  their  property  and  issue 
rarely  occur  in  the  inquisitiones  post  mortem,  and  other  records  of  the 
crown,  which  circumstance,  combined  with  the  loss  of  many  of  the  pa- 
pers of  this  estate,  and  the  want  of  all  collateral  evidence,  has  hitherto 
baffled  my  endeavours  to  give  their  pedigree  in  the  long  and  unbroken  line  of 
descent  into  which  I  once  expected  it  would  have  easily  resolved.  The  fol- 
lowing collections  will  show,  that  at  a  very  early  period,  two  distinct  houses 
of  this  name  settled  in  Coquetdale,  one  of  which,  probably  the  parent  stem, 
was  seated  at  Scranwood,  in  the  parish  of  Alnham,  and  continued  to  be  pro- 
prietors of  its  patronymic  lands  at  Horsley  :  the  other,  an  early  and  luxuriant 
scion,  rooted  at  Thernham,  in  the  adjoining  parish  of  Alwinton,  where  it  had 
large  possessions,  and  continued  to  thrive  till  its  name,  as  I  have  before  no- 
ticed, sunk  in  the  annals  of  the  county  by  the  heiress  of  the  family  marrying 
to  Carnaby,  of  Halton. 

in  the  Calendar  of  Inquisitiones  post  mortem  as  dying  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Borowden,  in 
Cokedale  (III.  ii.  267) ;  Richard  Gurley,  aged  44,  and  John  Galon,  aged  40,  being  then  his  next 
of  kin.— (Cott.  MSS.  Faust.  C.  x.) 

8  III.  i.  80.  III.  ii.  326'.  III.  ii.  p.  375,  where  for  Scranwood  rea.AStravewood,  the  copyist  having  made  the  common 
mistakes  of  writing  t  for  c,  and  v  or  u  for  n.  This  mention  of  an  individual  of  the  Horsley  family,  under  the 
name  of  Scranwood  plainly  shows  that  the  family  at  that  time,  1359,  resided  there.  One  half  of  the  mill  of  Hors- 
ley still  belongs  to  the  Riddells,  the  representatives  of  the  Horsleys ;  and  the  other  half  to  Mr  Bigge,  the 
assignee  of  the  Howard  family.  The  names  of  the  farm-houses  situated  out  of  the  village,  and  comprized  within 
the  precincts  of  Riddell's  Quarter,  are  Haredean,  Horsley-barns,  Horsley-bricks,  Paxton-dean,  Small-burn,  and 
WhenUey.burn.  Mr  de  Lisle  holds  part  of  Todburn-moor  under  a  99  years  lease  from  the  Riddells. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  HORSLEY,   OF  THERNHAM. 


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PEDIGREE  OF  HORSLEY,  OF  THERNHAM. 

ARMS.  —  Sable  3  cinquefoils  within  a  border,  engrailed.  —  (Vincent.)  William  Horsley,  of  Skipton,  in  Craven,  and  his 
descendants,  bore  the  same  arms,  as  appears  by  their  pedigree,  taken  by  Glover  in  1584,  and  sent  to  me  by  Mr  Young.  The 
cinquefoils  were  probably  derived  from  the  family  holding  their  lands  under  the  Umfrevilles. 

[The  order  of  descent  in  the  first  of  the  following  pedigrees  is  from  Vincent's  Northumberland,  where  it  is  continued  to 
the  marriage  of  the  heiress  of  Roger  Horsley  with  Cuthbert  Carnaby,  of  Ayden.  I  apprehend  there  is  something  wrong  in 
the  four  first  generations:  those  that  follow,  from  Richard,  who  died  in  1372,  agree  with  the  account  in  Surtees,  ii.  266.; 
The  first  six  generations  of  the  second  pedigree  are  from  Dugdale's  Visitation  of  Northumberland,  from  which  they  were 
extracted,  and  communicated  to  the  author  by  C.  G.  Young,  esq.  York,  and  registrar  in  Herald's  College.] 


No.  1.  —  Gen.  I.  —  SIR  RICHARD  DE  HORSLEY,  knight,  was  a  person  of  considerable  distinction  in  Northumberland  in  the^ 
time  of  Edward  the  First.  Of  his  ancestors  I  have  seen  no  account;  but  suppose  he  was  a  descendant  of  the  Horsleys  of 
Scranwood  and  Horsley  ;  ani,  being  a  free  tenant  of  the  Umfreville  family,  bore  three  cinquefoils  on  his  shield,  to  show 
that  he  owed  homage  to,  and  served  in  the  wars  under  the  lords  of  Redesdale.  In  1278,  Richard  de  Horsley  occurs  in  a  list  of 
persons  having  20  librates  of  land  not  holden  of  the  king,  and  who  were  summoned  in  that  year  to  take  the  degree  of  knight- 
hood, Simon  de  Plescetis,  Thomas  de  Clenhill,  Ralph  de  Essengden,  and  Walter  de  Hereford,  being  his  manucaptors  or 
sureties.  —  (Palg.  Par.  Writs,  i.  215  ,•  Cot.  MSS.  C.  it.  2,fol.  87,  a.}  In  1294  he  was  summoned,  under  a  writ  of  grand  assize, 
to  appear  at  York  upon  a  suit  arising  out  of  the  writ  of  quo  waranto  between  the  crown  and  the  master  of  the  hospital  of 
St  Lazarus  at  Burton,  the  manucaptors  for  his  appearance,  which  he  did  not  answer,  being  Thomas  the  Prestur  of  Thern- 
ham,  and  "  Roger  Crawe  in  slave,  of  the  same  place.  —  (III.  i.  198.)  He  represented  this  county  at  the  parliaments,  holden 
at  Berwick  upon  Tweed,  in  1299;  at  Rose  Castle,  in  Cumberland,  in  1300;  at  Brustwick,  in  1304;  at  the  Abbey  of  Laner- 
cost,  in  1305  (in  which  year  John  de  Vaux  and  John  de  Dudden  were  his  sureties)  ;  and,  at  Carlisle,  in  1307.  —  (See  Palg. 
Writs,  i.  148,  #c.)  He  had  also  a  licence,  31  Edw.  I.  1303,  to  inclose  and  make  parks  of  his  two  woods  in  AUventon,  and 
one  in  Thernham,  and  to  have  free  warren  in  Alwenton  (III.  i.  57;  ///.  it.  363,  394),  which  places  were  holden  of  the 

Umfreviiles,  lords  of  Redesdale,  and  by  them  of  the  barons  of  Alnwick.  —  (III.  i.  209,  210.)  _  I 

I 

Gen.  II.  —  JOHN  DE  HORSLEY  was  a  witness  with  sir  Richard  de  Horsley,  and  others,  to  deeds  respecting  Plessy,  in  1301=r 
and  1303.—  (Cart.  Rid.  79,  96.)  __  j 

Gen.  III.  —  SIR  RICHARD  HORSLEY,  knight,  occurs  as  a  witness  to  deeds  respecting  Plessy  in  1309  and  1317;  in  1310  was  a=f= 
justice  for  the  franchise  of  Redesdale  (II.  i.  81,  83)  ;  about  15  Edw.  II.  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland  —  (Id.  279.)  In  1317, 
an  inquest,  under  a  writ  of  ad  quod  damnum,  returns  his  name  in  conjunction  with  lands  in  Lyncheles  and  Alwenton,  the 
manors  of  Aldenscheles  and  Thernham,  and  the  ville  of  Toggesdon.  —  (III.  ti.  898.)  And  it  is  worthy  of  remark  here,  that 
John  de  Plessy,  in  a  grant  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster,  required  them  to  expend  half  a  mark  on  the  anniversary 
of  sir  Roger  de  Toggesdon  and  dame  Agnes  his  wife  —  (lit.  74.)  John  de  Plessis  having  erifeoffed  Richard  de  Horsley,  his 
heirs  and  assigns,  for  ever,  in  various  lands  in  Shotton,  the  latter  person,  by  his  deed,  dated  at  Shotton,  in  1822,  ordained, 
that  after  the  expiration  of  12  years  from  that  time,  such  feoffment  should  be  for  ever  annulled.  —  (Evid.  1.)  In  the  same 
year,  he  and  Adam  de  Oenton  were  appointed  j  ustices  to  enquire  before  a  jury  into  the  true  value  of  the  property  forfeited 
by  John  de  Middleton.  —  (Inq.  ad  quod  Dam.  16  Edw.  II.  No.  67,  in  Tur.  Land.)  Vincent  adds  to  his  name  "  18  Edw.  II." 
1324-5. 


^__ Gen.  IV. — "  JOHN  HORSLEY,  esq.  2  Edw.  III."=j= 

Gen.  V. — RICHARD  HORSLEY,  esq.  according  to  Vincent,  occurs  in  2  Edw.  III.  In  1357  and  1359  he  was  M.  P.  for  this=j= 
county;  and,  in  1360,  the  king  issued  a  writ  to  Henry  Strother,  sheriff  of  the  county,  to  elect  two  persons  of  the  county, 
•who  had  received  the  order  of  knighthood,  by  girding  them  with  swords,  of  the  most  discreet,  trusty,  and  able  knights,  for 
business ;  but  he  returned,  on  the  back  of  the  writ,  that  there  were  no  knights  of  that  description  in  the  county,  except 
Walter  de  Tindale,  who  was  then  weak  in  health  and  unfit  for  business ;  upon  which  the  county  proceeded  to  elect  Richard 
Horsley  and  Robert  Wendult  to  serve  in  parliament,  though  they  had  not  been  invested  with  the  order  of  knighthood. — 
(Hutch,  ii.  445, /row  Prynne's  Br.  Part.  Red.  p.  167.)  He  was  a  witness  to  a  deed  "  done  a  Grand-heton  1359"  (Lansd.  MS. 
326, /o/.  141,  a.) ;  and,  as  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  to  another,  dated  at  Plessis,  11  April,  1367.— (Cart.  Rid.  50.)  On  Oct. 
16  of  which  year  he  also  occurs  again  as  sheriff,  with  the  additional  offices  of  a  warden  of  the  marches  and  arrayer  of  the 
forces  within  his  sheriffalty.— (Rot.  Scot.  i.  935.)  The  inquest  after  his  death  is  dated  on  Monday  before  the  Feast  of  finding 
the  Holy  Cross,  1372 (Surtees's  Durham,  ii.  266.)  


Gen.  VI. — SIR  ROBERT  HORSLEY,  knight,  is  mentioned  12  Ric.  II.  He  died  in  1393,  hold-5 
Ing  half  of  Crawcrook  in  soccage  by  charter  and  10s.,  and  Bradley  and  le  Beye  by  Id. 
These  possessions  were  in  the  county  of  Durham  ;  besides  which,  he  died  seized  of  the 
manors  of  Caldton  and  Aldenscheles,  in  Redesdale,  half  the  ville  of  Thernham,  and  one 
quarter  of  Togsden. — (///.  ii.  257.) 


Gen.  m. — ROBERT  HORSLEY,  aged  12  in  1393.  On  Aug.  11,  1404,  he  gave  a  receipt,  dated1 
at  Swinburne,  for  £37  6s.  8d.  to  Mary,  widow  of  sir  William  Swinburne,  in  part  payment 
of  a  larger  sum  due  from  her  to  him.— .(.Ewrf.  2.)  This  Mary  re-married  to  John  del' 
Strother,  who  was  probably  a  relation  of  this  Robert  Horsley's  mother.  His  connection 
with  the  Capheaton  family  is  further  shown  by  his  witnessing  a  deed  there  in  1415. — (See 
II.  i.  216,  7,  c.) 


=JOAN,  wife  of  Robert  Horsley,  and 
sister  of  Alan  Strother,  occurs  in  a 
record  respecting  the  Strother  fa- 
mily in  4  Ric.  II — (Harl.  MS.  294, 
No.  1940.) 

'ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  sir  William 


Swinburne,  knight,  and  of  Mary 
daur.  and  co-heir  of  sir  Alan  de 
Heton,  which  Mary  re-married 
to  John  del'  Strother. 


Gen.  mi.—  RICHARD  HORSLEY  had  livery  of  a  moiety  of  Crawcrook,  27  April.  1445.=f= 
Gen.  IX. — RICHARD  HORSLEY  died  12  Henry  VII.  1496-7.  =j= 


Gen.  X.— GILES  HORSLEY  fatuus  et  idiota,  living  11  July,  33  Henry  VIII.  1541. 


ROGER  HORSLEY,  of  Thernham.T11 


Gen.  XL — ROGER  HORSLEY  the  younger,  gent,  died 
8  Aug.  36  Hen.  VIII.  15*4,  holding  13  messuages, 
200  acres  of  arable,  200  of  pasture,  and  20  of  mea- 
dow, in  Crawcrook.  The  Border  Survey  of  1542 
says,  he  had  by  inheritance  the  stone-house  at 
Linbridge,  and  the  tower  of  Thirnham,  which  was 
then  in  good  reparations  ;  but  the  house  at  Lin- 
bridge  had  been  burnt  and  casten  down  by  the 
Scots,  though  the  owner  of  it  had  gathered  its 


MARGERY  HORSLEY,  called  by  Vincent  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Roger 
Horsley,  of  Thernham,  aged  19  in  1544  ;  married  Cuthbert  Carnaby,  of 
Ayden,  3rd  son,  and  by  adoption  heir  of  his  father  William  Carnaby,  of 
Halton,  esq.  ;  both  of  whom  were  living  in  1550. — (///.  it.  247.)  By 
this  marriage  the  Carnabys  of  Halton  and  Ayden  became  proprietors  of 
the  tower  and  lands  in  Thernham,  of  which  Cuth.  Carnaby  is  return- 
ed as  proprietor  in  1568.— (Laws.  17.)  For  their  descendants,  see 
Surtees's  Durham,  ii.  286.  )=r 

stones  into^n  adjoining  place  of  more~strength,  with  the  intention  of  building  a  bastile  house  when  his  circumstances  would 
allow. — (///.  ».  212.)     He  died,  I  suppose,  a.  p.  » 


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MORPETtt  DEAKERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


PEDIGREE  OP  HORSLEY,  OF  SCRANWOOD  AND  LONG  HORSLEY. 

ARMS  ;  gules  three  horses  heads,  erased,  sable.— (Dug.)    The  Cresswell  tables  make  the  arms  of  Horsley  of  Horsley  "  veit, 

a  horse  passant,  argent." 


Wo    2  Gen  I.— SIR  JOHN  DE  HORSLEY,  of  Horsley,  was  a  knight  banneret,  arid  occurs  in  a  document  written  about 

us  John"  Horsley,  and  as  dwelling  in  a  place  belonging  to  his  father,  over  whose  lands,  to  the  value  of  50  marks  yearly,  he 
had  the  whole  rule  ;  besides  which,  he  himself  had  lands,  out  of  which  he  could  dispend  £ 40  a  year,  and  serve  the  king  with 
SO  horsemen.  He  also  bore  the  excellent  character,  for  the  times  he  lived  in,  of  being  "  a  true  man  to  the  king,  a  wise  bor- 
derer, and  well  minded  to  justice." — (//.  i.  ti8.)  As  John  Horsley,  gent.  w»  find  him  a  pensioner  in  the  Middle  Marches,  at 
£13  8s.  4d.  a  year,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Eighth. — (Cot.  MS.  B.  tii.  ful.  203.)  In  1442,  John  Horsley,  esq.  is  returned  as 
proprietor,  by  inheritance,  of  the  barmkin  and  tower  of  Scranwood. — (///.  it.  211.)  He  was  at  the  battle  of  Musselburg  in 
1547,  when  he  was  made  a  knight  banneret. — (Hoi.  Chrom.  it.  991.)  In  1552  he  was  a  commissioner  of  inclosures  in  the  East 
Marches  (Border  Laws,  338) ;  at  which  time  he  was  captain  of  Bamborongh  Castle,*  and  he  and  sir  John  Forster  had  the 
appointment  of  the  watch,  in  that  year,  from  Warnmouth  to  Doxford  burn,  and  were  setters  and  searchers  of  the  watch 
from  Warnmouth  to  Woodside  end.—  (Id.  213,  305,  307.) 


Gen.  II. — THOMAS  HORSLEY,-J-     ISAB.  HOKSLEY.      CUTHBERT  HORSLEY,  of  Horsley,  esq.  was  one  of  a  party  in  trust  for  Lor- 
of  Brinkheugh.      His  arms  I  bottle,  and  other  Ogle  property,  in  1542. — (Lansd.  MS.  826  ,-  Fenwick  deeds, 

were  three  horses  heads. f  87,  81.)     He  was  M.  P.  for  Northumberland  7  Edward  VI.,  and  1  Mary,  and  1  and  2  Philip 

—  and  Mary.  Occurs  in  a  list  of  gentlemen  of  the  Middle  Marches  in  1550  (///.  it.  247) ;  and  as  a 
commissioner  of  inclosures  in  the  same  district  in.  1552. — (Border  Laws.)  In  1568,  he  was  possessed  of  Scranwood,  half  the 
ville  and  manor  of  Horsley,  Brinkheugh,  Thrisley-haugh,  Fieldhead,  Linhirst,  Cawseyfleld,  Weldon,  and  lands  in  Thirnham. 
—(Lawn.  MS.fol.  16.)=r 


Gen.  III. — LANCELOT  HORSLEY,-]-ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  John 
of  Brinkheugh,  esquire,  died  in 
1609,  or  thereabouts ;  adminis- 
tration to  the  goods  of  Lancelot 
Horsley,  of  Brinkheugh,  10  Nov. 
1609,  mentions  Elizabeth,  his 
widow,  and  his  children,  Thos. 
Catharine,  Florentine,  and  Mar- 


garet,  as  under  age.- 
Tett.  p.  167. 


(Raine's 


:ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  John  "  JOHN  HORSLEY,  of  HORSLEY,  died  about^ELEANOR,  daur.  of 

Widdririgton,     of    Haux-  1605." — (Dugdate.)     In  Raine,  we  find  in-    William  Hilton,  of 

ley.     The  will  of  Thomas  ventory  of  the  goods  of  John  Horsley,  of  I  Hilton   Castle,   co. 

Widdrington,of Newcastle,  Scranwood,    15    Sept.  ;    administration  to  I  Durham,  esq. 

dated  2  April,  1607,  men-  his  goods,   4  Oct.  1609:    both  documents ; 

tions  my  cousin  Elizabeth  mention  George  Horsley  his  son  &  heir. — (Test.  pp.   165,  440.) 

Horsley,  late  wife  of  Lane.  Mark  Horsley,  of  Scranwood,  in  his  will  19  Jan.  15SO,  men- 

Horsley,    late    of   Brink-  tions,  "my  master  John  Horsley,  esq."  (Raines  Test. 


heugh. (Raines    Test.   p. 

446.) 


and 

I  suppose  this  to  have  been  the  John" Horsley  who  was  present 
at  the  border  meeting,  Oct.  1585,  at  which  lord  Francis  Rus- 
sel  was  slain. — (Cot.  MS.  Calig.  C.  vUi.  fol.  236.) 


Gen.  IV.— 1.  SIR  THOMAS  HORSLEY,  OIT^ELEANOR,  daur.  2.  ROBERT  HORSLEY,=ANNE  H.  GEORGE  HORSLEY,=CATHARINE. 
Horsley,  knt.  aged  5*,  25  Aug.  1666.  I  of  Wm  Calver-  of  Brinkheugh,  died  WM  H.  of  Horsley,  died  a-  daur.  of  . ... 
General  Monk  was  at  Wooler,  Jan.  1, 1  ley,  of  Calverley.  in  1622.  JOHN  H.  bout  1615,  and  Grey,  of 

1660 ;  at  Whittingham  the  next  day ;  I      1.  CATHARINE,  wife  of  ...  Fulwood.  without  issue.       Chillingham. 

and,  in  his  way  to  Morpeth,  on  the  3d,        2.  MARGARET  died  unmarried. 

"  he  was  entertained  with  his  whole  |      3.  FLOREKTINA. 

train  by  an  honest  old  knight,  at  his 

house,  very  kindly  and  nobly."—  (Kennefi  Reg.  p.  4.)  The  same  authority  states,  that  "  the  night  before  we  came  to  Mor- 
peth we  had  good  quarters,  and  were  contented  with  what  the  house  afforded.  The  gentleman  was  of  the  Romish  religion, 

failed.     We 
"— (Page  7.) 

a  year. — (///.  i.  338.)  He  was  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  about  the  year  1664,  and  had  Robert  Widdrington,  of  Haux- 
ley,  for  his  deputy,  as  appears  by  the  will  of  Wm  Widdrington,  of  Barnhill,  gent,  son  of  Robert  Widdrington,  of  Hauxley. 
(Raine's  Test.  917.)  Will  dated  1685. 


I —  ~T —  — T 

Gen.  V. — WILLIAM  HORSLEY  mar-    ROBERT  LISLE,  of  FELTON,=DoROTHY=rEDWARD  WIDDRINGTON,  son  of   MARY  mar. 


ried  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Robt.  Salvin,    who  died  without  issue ;    HORSLEY. 
of  Durham,  and  died  in  his  father's    married  about  1655 ;  will 
life  time,  without  issue.  dated  1657.      


Edward  Widdrington,  who  was  bro.    lord  Morn- 
of  Wm  lord  Widdrington,  and  slain    ington  ? 
in  the  battle  of  Boyne,  July  1,  1690. 


Gen.  VI. — EDWARD  WIDDRINGTON^ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  Caryl,  third  lord  viscount  Molyneaux,  and  sister  of    1.  MARY. 
aged  8,  1666  ;  died  1705.  Anne,  wife  of  William  Widdrington,  esq.  of  Cheeseburn  Grange,  in  this    2.  DOROTHY. 

!  county.  8.  ELEANOR. 

I ' —  i —  — — I 

Gen.  VII. — EDWARD  HORSLEY  WIDDRINGTON,=FELIZABETH,  daur.  of  ...  Weld,  1.  TERESA,  wife  of  sir  Wm  Wheeler,  of  Leam- 
of  Felton,  esq.  Will  proved  1763.  of  Lulworth  Castle,  In  Dor-  ington  Hastang,  in  Warwickshire. 

[  setshlre,  esq. 2.  BRIDGET. 

1 

Gen.  VIII. — THOMAS  RIDDELL,  of  Swinburne  Castle,  brother  of  Ralph  Riddell,  of  Cheeseburn-rELizABETH  WIDDRINGTON, 
Grange,  2nd  son,  and  heir  by  will  of  his  uncle  Ralph  Widdrington,  his  mother's  brother.     This  j  only  daur.  died  in  1798. 
Thomas  Riddell  and  his  father  engaged  in  the  chivalrous  rebellion  of  1715.     The  father  escaped  — 

from  Lancaster  Castle,  and  died  at  Swinburne  Castle  in  174-.  Thomas,  the  son,  was  taken  to  London ;  and,  June  14,  1716, 
with  others,  was  arraigned  for  treason,  and  pleaded  guilty  ;  but  was  reprieved.  His  good  behaviour  in  prison  is  spoken  of 
with  approbation  in  the  "  Secret  History  of  the  Rebellion,"  a  work  not  guilty  of  over-kindness  to  the  friends  of  the  house  of 
Stuart.  This  Thomas  sold  Fenham  colliery  to  the  Ord  family,  who  had  purchased  the  fee  simple  of  the  ground  of  that 
estate  of  his  great-grandfather  in  1695.  He  died  in  1777. 


*  EDWARD  HOHSLEY  died  10  Sept.  8  Henry  VIII.  possessed  of  Newton  (Nova  villa),  near  Bamborough,  and  leaving  an  only  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  who,  in  an  inquest  taken  at  Morpeth,  Jan.  8,  3  Edward  VI.  i«  returned  as  heir  to  her  brother  Odonel,  21  years  old,  and  wife  of  Wm 
Manners.— ( Cole'*  Etcheats ;  Harl.  MS.  760,  p.  17;  Cot.  MS.  Claud.  C.  vXi.) 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH.  105 


fi 

Issue  of  Thomas  Riddell  and  Elizabeth  AViddrington. 

T 


Gen.  IX. — 1.  THOMAS  RIDDELL,  mar-    2.  Enw.  HORSLET  WIDDRINGTON  RIDDELL,    1.  MARY,  living,  and  unmarried  in  162S. 

ried  19  April,  1790,  MARGARET,  daur.    married  July  5,   1792,   ISABELLA,  daur.  of   2.  DOROTHY  died  unmarried. 

of  Wm  Salvin,  of  Croxdale,  in  conn.    Win  Salvin,  of  Croxdale ;  he  died  s.  p.   at    3.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  John  Clifton,  esq. 

Durham,  by  whom  he  had  issue  one    Stella  Hall,  in  £9.  Durham,  Jan.  26,  1793,    of  Lytham,  in  conn.  Lancaster. 

son   Thomas,   who  died  young-.       He    ag-ed  27 ;  after  which,  his  widow  married    4.  ANNE  married  Nov.  25,  1792,  sir  Walter 

died  at  Felton  Park,  Nov.  25,  1798.       2dly,  May  9,  1813,  Ralph  Riddell,  of  Cheese-    Blourit,  bart.  of  Sodington,  Worcestershire, 

burn  Grange,  esq.  and  Mawley  Hall,  Shropshire. 

3.  RALPH  RIDDELL,  of  Fe.lton,  esq.  ;  married  23  July,  1H01  ;  succeeded  to  Felton-rELiZABETH,  daur.  of  Joseph  Blount,  2nd 
and  Horsley  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Edward,  and  to  Swinburne  Castle  on  the  j  son  of  Michael  Blount,  of  Maple  Durham, 
death  of  his  brother  Thomas.  {  conn.  Oxford. 

i r~r- r— i r~ i— r~ i 

Gen.  X. — 1.  THOMAS  RIDDELI^HTMARY,  daur.  of  Wm  Throckmorton,    2.  Enw.  WIDDRINGTON  1.  ELIZA. 

esq.  of  Swinburne  Castle,  mar-    of  Coughton,  4th  son  of  Geo.  son  of    RIDDELL.  2.  JULIANA  FRANCES  died  at 

ried  Oct.  15,1827.  sir  Robert  Throckmonon,  baronet,    8.  WILLIAM  RIDDELL.  Felton, Dec.  4,  1*>11,  aged  4y. 

I  of  Coughton  Court,  Warwickshire.        4.  HENRY  RIDDELL.  3.  LOUISA  ;  &  4.  CHRISTINA, 

| 5.  CHARLES  RIDDELL.  both  of  whom  died  young. 

I 
Gen.  XI. — THOMAS  WILLIAM  CHARLES  RIDDELL,  born  14  Oct.  1828. 

3.  THE  FREEHOLDERS'  QUARTER  contains  about  854  acres,  which,  in  1809, 
were  rated  for  the  county  courts  and  gaol  in  Newcastle,  on  a  rental  of  £701 
10s.  a  year.  In  1821,  it  contained  109  people.  Besides  several  freeholds  in 
the  village  of  Long  Horsley,  it  comprizes  within  its  circuit  the  hamlets  or 
farm-steads  of  Black-pool,  Muckley,  and  West-moor.b  The  origin  of  this  dis- 
trict, as  a  distinct  township,  may  possibly  at  some  time  be  traced  to  the  con- 
veyances made  by  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  to  the  Gubeon  and  Plessy 
families,  already  noticed  in  the  account  of  Riddell's  quarter.  The  property 
in  it  has  passed  through  different  hands.  The  king's  escheator,  28  Edw.  III. 

b  BLACK-POOL  was  purchased  by  Mr  Bigge  of  the  family  of  Bolton,  who  had  resided  upon  it 
for  a  considerable  time.  It  has  excellent  ground  upon  it,  and  stands  on  the  southern  verge  of  the 
millstone  grit,  which  here  throws  out  copious  springs  of  fine  water,  perhaps  by  the  effect  of  a  dyke. 
"  Laird  Bolton"  and  his  brother  cut  a  figure  at  a  goose  feast  in  Whittle's  Poems.  MUCKLEY  con- 
sists of  about  226  acres,  and  belongs  to  Messrs  Thompson,  of  Morpeth.  HORSLEY  WEST-MOOR 
is  the  property  of  the  family  of  Bell,  one  of  whom  voted  for  a  freehold  in  this  parish,  at  the  con- 
tested election  in  1748.  There  is  still  on  the  south  side  of  this  parish  a  large  tract  of  uninclosed 
ground,  called  Horsley  Moor,  the  highest  part  of  which  that  is  passed  over  by  the  Wooler  road  is,  ac- 
cording to  a  survey  by  Mr  Telford,  level  with  Linden-hill,  and  461  feet  above  the  level  of  the  quay 
of  Berwick  upon  Tweed;  the  highest  part  of  the  road-way  on  Rimside  Moor  being  816,  on  Glan- 
ton  Hill  518,  on  Weldon  Bridge  149,  on  Morpeth  Bridge  85,  on  Carter  Fell  1416,  on  Helm-on- 
the-Hill  350,  on  Felton  Bridge  93,  on  Shilbottle  Moor  (at  the  fourth  mile  stone)  473,  and  at 
Heiferlaw  Tower  451  feet  above  Berwick  quay.  For  this  information  I  am  indebted  to  C.  W. 
Bigge,  esq.  who  has  also  ascertained  by  barometrical  observations,  that  his  house  at  Linden  is  330 
feet,  Roadley  Castle  756,  Coldrife  784,  Sting  Cross  950,  and  Elsden  546  feet  above  the  level  of 
the  sea.  The  ordnance  survey  by  Colonel  Mudge  makes  Cheviot  2658;  Hedgehope  2347; 
Simonside  1407;  Alnwick  Moor  808;  Black  Heddon,  near  Belford,  646;  Roughlaw,  in  this 
parish,  595  ;  and  Lumsdonlaw,  in  Redesdale,  725  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2   E 


106  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

was  commanded  to  take  security  from  John  Hatfield  and  Ellen  his  wife,  a 
daughter  and  heir  of  sir  Robert  Bertram,  chevalier,  for  the  payment  of  rea- 
sonable relief  for  a  moiety  of  a  toft  in  North  Horsley,  holden  under  the  baron 
of  Greystock  by  homage  and  fealty.c  Thomas  Ogle  had  possessions  here  in 
9  Edw.  IV.  ;  and  Thomas  Ilderton  and  Thomas  Grey  in  the  20th  year  of  the 
same  reign. d  Sir  John  Widdrington  also,  26  Henry  VI.  died  seized  of  two 
husband  lands  in  Horsley  ;  which  property,  in  the  inquest  after  the  death  of 
Roger  Widdrington,  29  Henry  VI.  is  called  two  messuages,  one  cottage,  and 
two  husband  lands,  in  North  Horsley.6 

The  village  of  Long  Horsley  is  the  capital,  and  partly  situated  in  each  of 
the  three  quarters  of  this  place  already  described.  It  contains  about  400  per- 
sons, and  stands  in  its  greatest  length  on  the  road  from  Netherwitton  to  Fel- 
ton,  but  is  crossed  from  north  to  south  by  the  Wooler  road.  The  tower, 
vicarage-house,  and  certain  farm  premises  and  cottages,  partly  belonging  to 
Mr  Bigge,  form  its  west  end  arid  its  best  part.  Its  east  end  is  very  meanly 
built,  many  of  its  cottages  having  chimney  tops  of  wicker-work.  At  the 
entrance  from  the  south  are  two  good  springs  within  a  few  yards  of  each 
other ;  the  one  of  hard,  the  other  of  fresh  water.  The  school-house  stands  in 
the  midst  of  the  village,  and  pays  an  antient  yearly  rent  to  Mr  Bigge.  It  is 
supported  by  voluntary  subscriptions  and  quarter  pence,  and  conducted  upon 
Dr  Bell's  plan.  Mrs  Ogle's  donation  of  £100  "  for  teaching  of  poor  children 
and  the  poor  of  the  parish,"  already  noticed  at  p.  94,  was  vested  in  the  hands 
of  Job  Bulman  in  1786,  but  the  interest  of  it  had  not  been  paid  for  four  years 
prior  to  that  time. 

The  township  of  TooBURNf  has  its  name  from  the  rivulet  which  divides 
its  grounds  from  those  of  the  township  of  Wingates.  It  was  a  parcel  of  the 

c  III.  ii.  330.  d  Id.  278,  279.  e  Id.  275. 

f  The  Todburn  is  formed  of  the  Wray  and  Wingates  burns,  and  after  taking  in  the  Linden,  falls 
into  the  Coquet  a  little  above  Weldon  Bridge.  Its  banks  are  generally  steep  and  narrow,  but 
beautifully  wooded,  especially  on  the  left.  About  Thistley-haugh,  where  this  stream  has  thrown 
its  banks  into  delightful  forms,  grievous  havoc  has  of  late  years  been  done  to  its  fine  natural  woods 
by  the  axe  and  cattle.  It  derives  its  name  from  the  dingle  through  which  it  runs  ;  having  in  an- 
tient times,  as  at  present,  been  the  resort  of  foxes,  which  in  this  county  were  formerly  called  Todds. 
A  stratum  of  limestone,  which  has  been  extensively  worked,  crops  out  among  the  sloping  lands  of 
this  township  in  the  direction  from  Todburn  to  the  east  of  Horsley-bricks,  and  to  the  west  through 
the  north  side  of  Wingates. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. TODBURN  AND  WINGATES.  107 

manor  of  Horsley,  and  as  such  is  constantly  enumerated  among  the  posses- 
sions of  the  Merlays  and  the  descendants  of  their  co-heir,  Mary  de  Merlay, 
till  their  part  of  its  lands  was  sold  with  the  Linden  quarter  of  this  parish  to 
Mr  Bigge.  Part  of  its  lands  were  included  in  the  grant  from  Roger  de  Merlay 
the  Third  to  Adam  of  Plessy.  In  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth,  the  Thorn- 
tons of  Netherwitton,  probably  as  assigns  of  the  heirs  of  Isabella  de  Merlay, 
had  a  grant  of  free  warren  on  their  lands  here,  of  which  lands  they  are  no- 
ticed as  proprietors  in  1483  and  1568. g  John  lord  Lumley,  from  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Thornton  family,  also  occurs  as  owner  of  lands  in  Todburn  in 
I609.h  In  1663,  sir  Thos.  Horsley,  Geo.  Collingwood,  and  John  Thornton, 
esq.  held  this  place  in  shares  nearly  equal.1  The  farm  called  Todburn  Moor 
belongs  to  Mr  de  Lisle  and  Mr  Riddell :  the  rest  of  the  township  to  Mr  Bigge. 
The  township  of  WINGATES,J  besides  the  land  of  its  own  ville,  which  are 

«  III.  ii.  247,  396 ;  Laws.  MS.  fol.  16.  h  Mick.  MS.  No.  33 ;  K.  627. 

1  III.  i.  284. 

J  In  church  matters  the  whole  townships  of  Wingates  and  Todburn  are  called  the  Wingate 
quarter.     In  antient  documents  the  name  of  this  place  is  written   Wyndegates,  Windegatis,  and 
Windegaton,  probably  from  the  windy  situation  in  which  its  gate  or  street  is  placed  ;  for  the  village 
consists  of  two  farm-houses  and  two  rpws  of  low  thatched  cottages  running  east  and  west  in  a  very 
exposed  situation,  and  having  between  them  a  town  gate,  which  is  the  common  street,  and  a  place 
of  very  primitive  appearance ;  for,  besides  its  being  narrow,  its  road-way  is  a  hollow  pavement  of  rock, 
with  large  patches  of  wormwood,  and  a  disorderly  line  of  logs  of  wood,  pig-sties,  and  ash-middens 
on  each  side  between  it  and  the  cottages.    The  farm-houses,  called  Chirm-hall  and  Wingates  Moor, 
were   built  by  the  late  Mr  Trevelyan,  for  the  purpose  of  putting  the  moor  lands  attached  to  them 
as  farms,  into  a  state  of  improvement.     The  Chirm  colliery  is  in  a  seam  of  about  23  inches,  and 
has  its  name  from  a  brook  called  the  Chirm  Linn,  which  falls  into  Maggleburn,  from  which  there 
is  a  drift  to  take  the  water  from  the  colliery.     Formerly  the  workings  were  on  the  ground  near 
Chirm-hall,  and  these  still  afford  the  chalybeate  waters  of  Wingates  Spa,  "  The  History  and  Ob- 
vious Properties"  of  which  were  detailed  in  a  duodecimo  pamphlet  of  84  pages,  published  in  1792, 
by  Samuel  Davidson,  a  surgeon  at  Rothbury,  who  found  it  to  contain  in  every  pint  of  water,  30 
grains  of  solid  matter,  namely,  "  6  grains  of  a  true  sal  martis"  (oxide  of  iron),  "  15  grains  of 
alum,  and  9  grains  of  an  ochery  matter,  &c."     The  spring  pours  from  the  pipe  a  stream  sufficient 
to  nil  the  bath  in  two  hours,  which,  in  length,  is  ten  feet,  in  breadth  six  feet,  and  near  five  feet  in 
depth.     The  cures  performed  by  these  inky-tasting  waters  are  much  talked  of;  and  Mr  Davidson 
gives  several  cases  in  which  they  were  successfully  applied  to  scrofula,  scurvy,  herpes,  and  other 
complaints.     Thirty  or  forty  years  since  they  were  in  considerable  repute,  being  resorted  to  by 
persons  from  Scotland,  and  other  distant  places ;  but  their  day  of  celebrity  is  gone  by,  and  the 
feeble  and  the  afflicted  are  now  seldom  seen  in  the  lonely  dingle  in  which  the  bath  is  situated. 


108  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

divided  into  two  farms,  includes  in  it  the  antient  hamlet  of  Garretlee,  and 
the  three  farms  called  the  Chirm,  Wingates-moor,  and  the  Holme.  The  his- 
tory of  this  place  is  the  same  as  that  of  Netherwitton ;  for  after  passing 
through  the  families  of  Gospatrick,  Merlay,  Sommerville,  and  Ap  Griffith,  it 
was  purchased  by  the  Thorntons,  whose  co-heirs  carried  it  in  the  last  genera- 
tion to  the  families  of  Trevelyan  and  Witham,  who  continue  joint  proprietors 
of  it.  "  Wyndgates  and  Gererdley,"  in  1381,  contributed  two  shillings  to- 
wards the  expences  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  attending  parliament  in  that 
year" 

WITTON  SHIELD  is  a  township  which,  in  1821,  contained  only  21  inha- 
bitants. Its  lands  are  divided  from  those  of  Stanton  by  a  brook,  which  has 
woody  banks,  and  runs  into  the  Wansbeck.  This  is  the  place  called  "  Sceles," 
in  the  clause  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third's  deed  of  the  latter  end  of  the 
reign  of  Henry  the  Third,  which  secured  to  it  and  Witton  common  of  pas- 
ture in  the  grounds  of  Stanton,  north  of  the  Font,  and  as  far  as  the  village  of 
Stanton,  in  lieu  of  a  similar  privilege  which  the  same  grant  conferred  on 
Walter  de  Corbet  and  his  men  of  Stanton,  of  common  of  pasture  within  the 
fence  of  the  field  of  Witton,  as  far  as  the  stone  bridge,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Font.  This,  I  apprehend,  is  also  "  the  place,"  called  "  Stantonsheles," 
of  which  sir  Robert  de  Ogle,  lord  of  Ogle,  died  siezed  in  1410  ;!  arid  the 
"  Stantonsheles,  near  Witton-on-the- Water,"  which  Christiana  Grey,  widow 
of  John  de  Prestwick,  held  for  the  term  of  her  life  ;  but  of  which  John  de 
Prestwick,  of  Horsley,  son  of  the  above  John  de  Prestwick,  released  all  right 
and  claim  for  ever,  by  deed,  dated  upon  the  spot,  May  3,  1414  ;m  since  which 
time  it  continued  to  be  a  possession  of  the  Thorntons  of  Nethervvitton,  till  it 
fell  into  the  hands  of  Trevelyan  and  Witham,  by  the  marriage  of  their  co- 
heiresses. A  description  of  the  old  mansion-house  of  the  Thorntons,  at  Wit- 
ton  Shield,  has  already  been  given  in  part  ii.  vol.  i.  p.  321.  The  farm-houses 
called  Doe-hill  and  High  Trewhitley  are  in  this  township. 

STANTON  township  contains  about  1600  acres,  all  of  which  belong  to  Geo. 
Baker,  esq.  of  Elemore,   in  the  county  of  Durham.     The  lands  belonging  to 

Perhaps  its  inconvenient  distance  of  a  mile  from  Wingates,  and  the  bad  accommodations  for 
gtrangers  there,  are  the  chief  causes  of  its  desertion. 

k  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5. 
1  III,  ii.  266,  »  Horsley  Miscel.  No.  14. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. FREEHOLDERS*  QUARTER,  109 

the  village  are  divided  into  two  farms  ;  besides  which,  the  township  includes 
the  farms  called  Abshields,  Berry-hill,  Harelaw,  Roughlaw,  Stanton-fence, 
Stanton-mill,  Trewhitley,  and  Whinny-hill,— the  lands  of  the  Coal-houses  being 
now  included  in  one  of  the  Stanton  farms.  After  the  division  of  the  Merlay 
property  between  their  two  co-heiresses,  this  place  continued  to  be  holden 
of  the  earls  of  Dunbar  by  the  lords  of  Netherwitton,  and  under  them  by  a 
succession  of  mesne  lords,  who  exercised  the  privilege  of  holding  courts  leet 
and  baron  upon  it,  and  reckoned  the  estates  of  Langshaws  and  Learchild  as 
members  of  their  manor.11  But  when  the  earl  of  March,  in  1337,  took  the 
side  of  his  own  country  against  Edward  the  Third,  his  barony  of  Beanley  was 
seized  and  given  to  sir  Henry  de  Percy,  on  which  occasion  the  crown  issued 
a  mandate  to  Philip  de  Somerville  to  do  homage  to  sir  Henry  for  all  the  lands 
he  held  in  "  Witton-underwode,  Horsley,  Stanton,  and  Wyndegates,"  as  he 
arid  his  ancestors  had  formerly  done  to  the  Gospatric  family  ;°  the  descend- 
ants of  whom,  however,  under  the  names  of  Corbet,  Mitford,  arid  Fenwick, 
continued  in  possession  of  the  fee  simple  of  this  estate,  and  of  its  manorial 
courts,  till  the  late  Mr  Fenwick,  of  By  well,  sold  it  to  its  present  proprietor. 
It  has  already  been  shown  that  the  chief  lord  of  this  estate  claimed  the  privi- 
lege of  disposing  of  its  heirs  in  marriage  ;  and  De  Merlay's  grant  of  common 
of  pasture,  arid  other  privileges,  to  Walter  de  Corbet  and  Joan  his  wife,  and 
to  her  heirs,  without  any  preference  to  the  heirs  of  her  husband,  seems  to 
show  that  she  was  heiress  of  the  estate,  and  that  the  Corbet  family  obtained 
it  by  marrying  her.  The  details  of  its  history  are  worked  into  the  pedigree 
of  its  lords ;  many  of  whom  were  men  of  distinction  ;  and  Stanton,  in  their 
time,  a  place  of  hospitality  and  consideration.  But  after  the  Fenwick  family 
increased  their  estate  by  two  successive  intermarriages  with  their  cousins, 
who  were  heiresses  of  the  houses  of  Brinkburn  and  Bywell,  their  residence 
here  seems  to  have  been  infrequent.  Veitch,  the  covenanter,  so  frequently 
noticed  before  in  this  work,  in  May,  1677>  removed  from  Harnham  Hall  to 
Stanton  Hall,  "  where,"  he  tells  us,  "  he  found  his  lot  fallen  in  none  of  the 
best  places."15  Three  of  his  daughters,  Sarah,  Agnes,  and  Janet,  the  last  of 

n  Wallis,  ii.  493  ;  III,  i.  42,  213,  214,  223.  °  Rot.  Scot.  i.  485, 

P  He  describes  the  country  as  abounding  with  papists,  and  the  parish  church  as  filled  with  a 
violent  persecutor,  one  Mr  Thomas  Bell,  whose  history  has  been  already  narrated.    On  the  second 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2   F 


HO  MORPETH  DEAtfERY.— -MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

whom  was  his  tenth  child,  were  horn  at  Stanton  Hall ;  and  "  old  Mr  Fen- 
wick  and  his  lady"  were  witnesses  to  the  haptism  of  his  two  first.  "  Madam 
Ramsay,  of  Stanton,"  20  July,  17^1,  executed  a  lease  of  one-third  part  of  the 
manor  of  Earle  to  Frances  Selby.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Ellison, 
esq.  of  Hebburn  ;  second  wife  of  William  Fenwick,  of  this  place  ;  and  after- 
wards wife  of  Alderman  Ramsay,  of  Newcastle.  The  last  of  the  line  of  the 
Corbets  and  Fenwicks,  of  Stanton,  who  resided  here,  was  Mrs  Wilkinson, 
mother  of  Mrs  Bigge,  of  Linden.  Modern  alterations  have  so  defaced  the 
tower  which  John  Corbet  occupied  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth,  that  few 
traces  of  it  are  now  observable  ;  and  the  sashed  and  stone  mullioned  windows 
put  into  it  at  different  periods  by  the  Fenwicks,  are  patched  up  with  boards, 
or  bundles  of  clouts  and  straw,  or  are  open  to  the  owls  and  daws.  It  is  not, 
however,  entirely  tenantless.  A  person,  who  earns  a  livelihood  out  of  its 
sunny  and  well-walled  gardens,  lives  in  a  part  of  it ;  a  little  shop  is  kept  in 
another  ;  a  third  portion  of  it  is  converted  into  a  poor-house  ;  and  the  rest  of 

Sabbath  in  August,  1677,  Mr  Veitcb,  having  a  meeting  in  his  own  house,  sir  Thomas  Horsley,  of 
Long  Horsley,  and  William  Ogle,  of  Causeway  Park,  two  justices  of  the  peace,  with  a  party, 
beset  the  house  both  at  the  front  and  postern-gates,  and  began  to  break  open  the  doors,  "  but  in 
the  mean  time  the  minister  got  into  a  hole  within  the  lining  of  a  great  window,  which  had  been 
made  on  purpose,  for  the  whole  room  was  lined  about  with  wainscoat,"  though  this  retreat  was 
not  effected  without  great  hazard  of  "  spoiling"  his  wife  by  the  shutting  of  a  door,  "  she  being 
great  with  child."  One  of  the  party,  a  Scotch  gardener,  saw  the  minister  going  into  his  hiding 
place,  but  quieted  his  wife's  alarms  by  whispering  "  Fear  not."  The  house  was  searched  to  the 
garrets,  but  without  success.  Mr  Bell  and  some  of  his  neighbours,  however,  "  represented  to 
Lauderdale,  returning  from  Scotland  to  the  court,  the  dangerous  condition  of  these  northern  coun- 
ties, and  that  because  of  many  vagrant  Scotch  preachers,  by  whose  means  the  infection  begun,  did 
spread,  and  was  likely  to  pass  Tyne  bridge,  and  approach  the  very  noble  parts  of  the  nation,  if 
not  timeously  prevented."  Whereupon  several  troops  of  horse  and  dragoons  were  sent  down  with 
orders  to  act  by  counsel  and  command  of  Colonel  Strother.  On  January  19,  1679,  Major  Ogle- 
thorpe,  who  had  command  of  the  dragoons,  having  information  that  Mr  Veitch  had  arrived  at 
home  the  night  before  under  the  guidance  of  one  Cleugh,  a  sheriff's  bailiff,  beset  the  house  about 
five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  after  breaking  in  the  windows,  "  apprehended  the  minister,  and 
carried  him  to  Morpeth  jail,  where  he  remained  prisoner  12  days."  All  the  proceedings  in  this 
arrest,  and  the  circumstances  attending  his  removal  for  trial  at  Edinburgh,  are  minutely  related  by 
Mr  Veitch,  and  contain  certain  curious  notices  of  Northumberland  families,  and  the  account  of 
the  tragical  end  of  Mr  Bell,  as  related  above  at  p.  91.  In  the  spring  of  1680,  he  had  the  shaking 
ague;  and,  in  January,  1682,  was  in  London — (Id.  p.  262,  264J 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. FREEHOLDERS*  QUARTER.  Ill 

its  rooms  are  either  unoccupied,  or  only  occasionally  used  as  granaries.  Some 
of  the  rooms  are  wainscoated  with  high  pannels  and  hroad  stiles,  painted  in 
imitation  of  marble ;  and  others  hung  with  tattered  tapestry.  Many  of  the  offices 
and  pent-houses  about  it  have  been  removed.  Tradition  points  out  the  site  of 
of  its  cliapel  100  yards  to  the  south-east,  in  a  grove  of  sycamores,  behind  the 
gardens.  The  site  of  the  house  itself,  on  rising  ground,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Font,  is  good  ;  and  the  prospect  from  it,  over  the  beautiful  valley  of  Witton- 
by-the-waters,  and  the  woods  of  Langshaws  and  Nunriding,  exceedingly  pleasing. 
Above  it,  to  the  north,  on  each  side  of  the  road  to  Long  Horsley,  stood  the 
old  village  of  Stanton,  now  dwindled  into  two  farm  houses,  and  a  few  cot- 
tages ;  but  grass-grown  remains  of  numerous  buildings  on  each  side  of  the 
way  through  it,  show  that  when  its  former  lords  resided  upon  it,  it  maintain- 
ed a  considerably  greater  population  than  it  does  at  present.  The  call  roll  of 
its  court,  in  1679,  contains  a  list  of  45  "  tenants  within  the  manor  ;"  the  free 
tenants  in  which  are  noticed  in  the  note  below.*1  On  the  Limekilnflat,  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  of  the  village,  a  stone  cross  still  stands  in  a  field  on 
the  east  side  of  the  way,  which  the  tradition  of  the  neighbourhood  says,  was 
set  up  in  memory  of  a  gentleman  of  the  name  of  Clavering  being  slain  on  the 
spot,  in  an  encounter  with  a  party  of  Scots.  The  monks  of  Brinkburn  had  a 
grant  of  a  messuage  in  Stanton,  from  Richard  Bertram,  their  founder/ 

i  "  The  freeholders,  that  answered  to  the  court  leet  and  court  baron"  of  that  year,  were  "  Ro- 
bert Fenwick  of  Langshaws,  The  heir  of  Robert  Clavering  of  Learchild,  George  Beadnell  of  Lem- 
ington,  gentleman,  Mark  Wealand  of  Longwitton,  yeoman,  Thomas  Hedley  of  Ewesley  alias 
Toftslaw,  and  Cuthbert  Smith  of  Longwitton." — (Cambo  papers.}  In  18  Car.  II.  the  same  free 
tenants,  with  the  exception  of  Thomas  Hedley  and  Cuthbert  Smith,  appear  upon  the  Call-roll, 
besides  16  tenants  in  Stanton,  3  in  Sheels,  7  in  Berryhill,  4  in  Limekilnfield,  12  in  Coal-houses, 
5  in  Abshields,  and  ...  in  Trewitley ;  in  which  year,  Henry  Henderson,  for  keeping  a  junket,  and 
taking  the  smelts  at  spring  time  of  the  year,  was  presented,  and  amerced  16s.  4d. ;  and  "  Henry 
Hamling  for  killing  of  salmon  at  kepper  time"  was  fined  6s.  8d. — (Stanton  Court  Rolls.}  These 
entries  show  that  salmon  frequented  the  Font  at  that  time.  The  same  rolls  also  contain  curious  entries 
for  "  night  lares"  in  the  lord's  meadow  and  corn,  by  his  tenants'  cattle ;  some  for  troubling  the 
court ;  some  for  "  fray  and  blood ;"  one  for  overstint  in  Limekilnflat ;  and  Edward  Dixon,  in 
1625,  was  amerced  3s.  4d.  for  saying,  in  the  open  court,  that  "  Isaac  Batchelor  was  a  forsworn 
fellow." 

'  Brinkb.  Cart.  fol.  49,  No.  153. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  CORBETS,   OF  STANTON. 


PEDIGREE  OF  THE  CORBETS,  OF  STANTON. 

ARMS. Camden  says,  that  the  surname  Cot-bet  means  a  raven  ;  and  the  seal  appended  to  the  deed  of  John  de  Corbet, 

dated  24  June,  1S90,  and  printed  below  In  the  Horsley  Miscellanea,  No.  11,  has  on  a  shield,  3  ravens,  2  and  1.  Some  of 
the  same  name  bore  on  a  field  or,  one  raven  sable. — (Sir  D.  Smith's  MSS.J  But  parts  of  the  family  of  Corbet,  who  settled 
in  Northumberland,  on  account  of  their  being  by  the  male  line  descended  from  the  Cospatricks,  earls  of  Dunbar,  sealed  with 
the  bearing  of  their  paternal  coat,  which  was  a  lion  rampant,  and  is  displayed  on  the  housing  of  the  horse,  and  on  the 
shield  of  the  knight,  on  the  drawing  of  the  seal  appended  to  the  copy  of  the  deed  No.  4,  and  on  the  original  of  No.  6  of  the 
evidences  to  this  genealogy. 

I. — PATRICK,  FIFTH  EARL  OF  DUNBAR,  and  also  5th  in  descent  from  Cospatrick,  official  earl  of  Nortbum-^AnA,  natural  daur. 
berland,  and  son  of  Maldred,  by  Agitha,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Ucthred.  prince  of  Northumberland,  I  of  William  I.  king 
by  Elgiva,  daur.  of  Ethelred,  king  of  England.  This  Patrick  became  a  monk  of  Melrose,  and  died  in  of  Scotland. 

1200. — (Doug.  Peerage  of  Scotland. ) 

I 1 1 1 

II. — PATRICK,  SIXTH  EARL    WILLIAM,  son  of  Patrick  earlnrCHRisTiANA  I>F.  CORBET,    ADA  married,  Istly,  to    PATRICIUS  BE 


or  DUNBAR,  married  Eu-  of  Dunbar,  with  the  consent  of 

phemia,  daur.   of  Walter,  Nicholas  Corbet,  his  son  &  heir, 

high  steward  of  Scotland,  granted  to  Walter  his  son,  for 

and  died  at  Damietta,  in  his  homage  and  service,  all  his 

Egypt,  in  1248.=r=  Innds    in    Colwell (Horsley 

1  Miscel.  No.  3.) 


dau.  &  heiress  of  Walter    ...  Curtenay,  by  whom 


CORBET,   of 
Fogo. 


de  Corbet,  of  IMakerston.  she  had  no  issue ;  2dly, 
to  William,  son  of  Pa- 
trick, second  son  of  Cospatrick,  the 
third  earl,  progenitor  of  the  earls  of 
Home. 


III. — PATRICK,  SEVENTH    1.  SIR  NicHOLAs=MARGERY,=rRalph  Fitz-    2.  SIR  WALTER  DE=rJoAN,  to  whom    3.  ADA  married 


EARL  or  DUNBAR,  was  a    CORBET,  knt.  son    one  of  the  A   William, 


CORBET,  kt.  broth, 
of  Nicholas,  releas- 
ed to  William  de 
Strother  and  Joan 
his  wife,  in  1316, 
all  the  right  he  had 


and  to  her  husb.  Robert  de  Lisle, 
&  her  heirs,  Ro-  who  had  8  bo- 
ger  de  Merlay  vates  of  land  in 
the  Third  grant-  Langton  in  free 
ed  common  of  marriage  with 

pasture  &  other    her (Horsley 

privileges    in      Misc.  Nu.  6.) 
Stanton,  as  de- 
tailed in  the  deed,  No.  9,  in  the 
Horsley  Miscellanea. 


witness  to  his  uncle  Wil-    and  heir  of  Wil-    danrs.  and        lord    of 
Ham's  grant  of  lands  in    Ham,   consented    co-heirs  of     Greystock. 
Col  well  to  his  son  Walter,    to  a  deed  of  his     Hugh  de 
—(Hors.  Misc.  No.  8.)          fath.    respecting     Uolbeck. 

Kirknewton ;  & 

granted  to  his  brother  sir  Walter  Corbet,  and  his  heirs,  all  his  lordship  inthevillesofLang- 
of  Langton,  in  Glendale  (Hors.  Misc.  No.  4;  ;  and  to  Simon  de  Hoitbal  ton  and  Newton. — 
and  his  wife,  he  confirmed  a  grant,  which  his  father  William,  son  of  (Hors.  Misc.  No.  7.) 
the  earl,  had  made  to  them  of  the  hospital  in  Newton,  in  Glondale,  He  also  gave  to 
with  half  a  carucate  of  land  belonging  to  it. — fid.  No.  5.)  He  also,  John,  the  son  of 
by  a  deed  without  date,  gave  lands  in  Langton,  in  Glendale,  to  Robert  John  de  Haweltori,  an  annuity  of  one  mark  out  of  his 
de  Lisle,  in  free  marriage  with  his  sister  Ada. — (Id.  No.  6.)  In  5  part  of  the  mill  of  Colwell.— f/d.  No.  8.)  He  and  his 
Edw.  I.  1276,  on  his  being  summoned  to  meet  the  king  at  Worcester,  wife  Joan  had  from  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  a 
on  the  day  of  John  the  Baptist,  in  that  year,  Hugh  de  Haddelege,  Ro-  grant  to  themselves,  their  heirs,  and  their  men  of 
ger  de  Musegrave,  and  Robert  de  Rocheley,  offered  their  services  in  his  Stanton,  of  common  of  pasture,  with  the  men  of  Wit- 
stead  for  his  quarter  of  the  Bolbeck  barony. — (Cot.  MS.  Claud,  ii.  2,  ton,  Wingates,  and  Horsley,  for  all  their  working 
fol.  87;  Rym.  feed.  ii.  73;  Palgrave,  l;c.J  He  died  without  issue.  beasts  &  cattle  in  all  the  grantors  •nteekMcd  ground 

on  the  north  side  of  the  Font ;  saving  to  the  lord  the 

privilege  granted  to  him  by  the  statute  of  Merton.*  De  Merlay  also,  by  the  same  grant,  gave  to  them  and  their  men  of 
Stanton,  common  of  pasture  within  the  fence  in  the  field  of  Witton,  as  far  as  the  stone  bridge,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Font, 
on  condition  that  he  and  his  men  of  Witton  and  of  Shiels  had  the  like  privilege  in  the  field  of  Sfanton,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Font,  as  far  as  the  ville  of  Stanton  ;  and  he  further  conceded  to  them  reasonable  estovers  in  his  woods  north  of  the  Font, 
for  building,  burning,  and  fencing,  as  well  as  panage  for  their  swine,  and  the  liberty  of  gathering  nuts  wherever  they  and 
the  people  of  Witton  and  Horsley,  by  right,  had  been  accustomed  to  gather  them. — (Hors.  Misc.  No.  9  )  His  name  occurs  in 
a  list  of  persons, 'in  the  time  of  Edward  the  First,  who  ought  to  be,  knights,  but  were  not. — (Cot.  MS.  Claud.  C.  ii.  fol.  81.)  \ 

He  gave  common  of  pasture  to  the  monks  of  Hexham  for  32  oxen,  10  cows,  and  240  sheep,  in  Colwell. — (III.  ii.  163.) 

I — , 

IV. — I.  ROGER  CORBET,  son  and  heir  of  Walter  Corbet,  paid  a  fine  to  the  crown  in  34  Edw.  III.  for  2.  THOMAS  Cc 

having  certain  forfeited  lands  and  tenements  in  Leverchild,  Alberwick,  and  other  places  in  Northum-  died  before  27 

berland,  restored  to  him. — (III.  i.  327,  375.)     This  condonation  probably  became  requisite  on  account  III.  1353. 
of  Roger  Corbet  having  fought  under  the  rebel  standard  of  Gilbert  de  Middleton  in  1317. 


T^ 
Edw.l 

I 


V.  —  JOHN  CORBET  was  under  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  as  appears  by  an  indenture  amongst  the  Stanton  papers,=r 
by  which  Philip  de  Somerville,  lord  of  Wilton  Underwood,  granted  to  Roger  of  Horsley  the  manor  of  Stanton,  which  had 
come  into  his  hands  on  account  of  the  non-age  of  John,  the  son  of  Thomas  Corbet,  to  hold  to  the  said  Roger,  his  assigns  and 
executors,  from  Candlemas,  27  Edw.  III.  to  the  end  of  nine  years,  when  the  said  John  would  be  of  full  age.  —  (Hors.  Misc. 
No.  10.)  This  John,  by  deed,  dated  at  Stanton,  June  24,  1390,  entailed  a  third  part  of  the  manor,  demesne  lands,  mill,  and 
ville  of  Stanton,  upon  his  son  Roger  and  Isabella  his  wife,  and  their  issue,  with  remainder  to  himself  and  right  heirs.  —  (Id. 
No.  11.)  He  was  living,  and  proprietor  of  the  tower  of  Stanton  in  the  early  part  of  the  reign  of  Hen.  VI.  —  (HI.  i.  28.) 


VI.— »HOGER  CORBET  was  probably  married  about  the  year  1390  (Hors.  Misc.  No.  \l)  ;  but  dead  before  June  24,-rISABELLA. 
1401.— (Id.  No.  12.)  i 

r— — 

VII — ROBERT  CORBET,  whose  marriage  was  granted  to  his  grandfather  John,  by  sir  Thomas  Griffith,  lord  of  Witton,  by2^ 

Indenture,  dated  at  Wichnor,  24  June,  1401. -^-f Horsley  Miscellanea,  No.  12.) • | 

I 

VIII. --GERARD  MITFORD.  An  jndenture  among  the  deeds  at^MARGERY  CORBET,  upon  the  history  of  whose  descendants  a 
Netherwitton,  dated  July  20,  1426,  witnesses  that  Roger/Kf'oud  of  darkness  still  rests,  till  the  marriage  of  her  heiress  of 
Thornton  granted  to  his  cousin  Gerard  Mitford,  for  his  good  her  own  name  to  Ralph  Fenwick,  of  the  house  of  Fenwick  of 
services,  the  marriage  of  Margery  Corbet,  of  Stanton,  on  the  Wallington,  who  was  sheriff  of  Northumb.  in  J515  ;  and 
conditions  following,  that  is  to  say,  "  that  he  the  said  Gerard  through  whom  the  line  of  this  antient  family  of  Corbet  (ex- 
her  shall  wed  &  take  to  wife  afore  the  feast  of  Michaelmas  next  cepting  in  the  chasm  during  the  residence  of  the  Mitfords  here) 
coming,  and  do  all  services  due  from  Stanton  to  Witton,"  can  be  clearly  traced  upwards  to  Waltheof,  earl  of  Northumb. 
among  which  it  was  required,  that  "  the  said  Gerard  shall  whose  son  Ucthred  married  Elgiva,  dau.  of  Ethelred,  the  2nd 
ride  in  gentleman's  degree  at  commandment  of  the  said  Roger,  king  of  England ;  and  downwards,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  foi- 
as  well  in  war  as  in  peace,  within  this  realm."  lowing  pedigree,  into  families  of  distinction  still  existing. 

*  Chapter  4  of  this  statute  empowers  the  lord  to  grant  pasture  on  his  wastes,  where  his  tenants  already  enfeoffed  in  such  privileges  have 
sufficient,  and  to  spare. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  FENWICK,  OF  STANTON. 


113 


PEDIGREE  OP  FENWICK,  OF  STANTON. 


I. — MARY  DEL'  STROTHKB,  heiress  of  Wellington.— (See  above,  p.  75. )T WILLIAM  FENWICK.^ELIZABETH  WIDDRIXOTOW. 

/K  I 

II. — 1.  ROGER  FENWICK,  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1503,  and  eqsuire  of  the  body  of  Henry  the  Eighth. .TrAGNES,  sister  to 
2.  #  8.  He  had  two  brothers,  RALPH,  ancestor  of  the  Fenwicks  of  Nunnykirk,  and  GERARD,  progenitor  of  the  Fen-  \  sir  Ralph  Harb,t- 
wicks  of  Harbottle,  Brinkburne,  East  Heddon,  SfC. [  tie. 

Ill j.  sm  RALPH  FENWICK,  knt.  of  Stanton;  high-sheriff  of  Northumb. ^MARJORY  MITFORD,  2.  ROGER  FENWICK,  esq.  of 

'  heiress  of  Stanton,  Green leigh ton,    where  he 

which  place  she  en-  occupied  lands  which  had 

tailed  upon  her  son  belong-ed   to  the  abbey  of 

John. — (Hors.  Misc.  Newminster. — (II.  i,  291.) 


111.  — J.  SIR    IxAI.JH    r  r. *>  »  J i.  Pk,   nut.   VL  oboijtvu,    in 

in  1514 ;  and,  in  1524,  keeper  of  Tindal,  which  office  he  threatened  to  re- 
sign, unless  the  profits  of  certain  lands  in  Plemneller,  which  the  king  had 
given  to  sir  Nicholas  Ridley,  were  restored  to  it. — (Hors.  Misc.  No.  15.)  He 
died  before  1535,  in  which  year  his  widow  entailed  Stanton  on  her  son 
John,  and  Langshaws  on  her  son  Anthony. 


No.  16.) 


IV. — 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  esq.  on  whom  and  his  issue  Stanton=j=MARY,  daur.  of   2.  ANTHONY  FENWICK,  ancestor  of  the  Fen- 


was  entailed,  as  relatf  d  above  p.  75,  &  in  Horsley  Miscellanea, 
No.  16.  John  Fenwick,  of  Esthedwin,  and  Anthony  Fenwick, 
of  Stanton,  12  Aug.  28  Henry  VIII.  1536,  were  bound  to  their 
mother  Marjory  in  £200,  to  suffer  her  peaceably  to  enjoy  "  the 
hool  manor  of  Stanton,  with  the  lands  there,  and  in  Abscheles, 
Limekylnefield,  East  Langshaws,  and  West  Langshaws,  for 
the  term  of  her  life." — (Stanton  papers.) 


sir  Ralph  Grey,  wicks  of  Langshaws. — (See  above,  p.  75;  and 
of  Chill ingham.  Horsley  Miscellanea,  No.  16.) 

8.  GUISCHARD  FENWICK  died  in  1610. 

4.  WILGEFRID  FENWICK  married  ...  MUSGRAVE.  Her  mother, 
Marjory  Fen  wick,  20  Aug.  27  Hen.  VIII.  settled  all  her  lands, 
&c.  in  Cresswell,  Newbigg  ;n,  and  Newcastle,  upon  this  "  Wil- 
gefrid,"  for  the  term  of  her  life,  with  rem.  to  Cuthbert  Mus- 
grave,  son  and  heir  of  Thos.  Musgrave,  marshal  of  Berwick, 
and  his  heirs  male. — (Horsley  Misc.  No.  16.) 


a  concubine. 


}  enclosing  the  Middle  Marches  in  1552. — (Leg.   March.  331.} 
— ——-'  in  consideration  of  a  convention  between  him  and  sir  John 


V. — AGNES  CoLLiNGWOOD,"T"RALPH  FENWICK,  esq.  of  Stanton,  was  a  commissioner  for-pBARBARA,  daur.  of  John  Ogle,  of 

Ogle  Castle,  to  whom  her  husband, 
by  deed,  dated  10  March,  1557, 
granted  all  his  lands,  tenements, 
&c.  in  Abshields,  for  the  term  of 
her  life;  &  mad.:  Jarrard  Heron, 
of  Riplington,  &  Laurence  Thorn- 
ton, of  Shields,  his  attornies,  to 
give  possession. — (Stanton  papers.) 


Ogle,  and  Roger  Thornton,  of  Witton,  he  granted  to  Alex.  Heron,  of  Meldon,  Clement 
Ogle,  Jerrard  Heron,  of  Riplington,  Anthony  Fenwick,  of  Longshaws,  Lancelot  Ogle,  of 
Ogle,  and  Laurence  Thornton,  of  Shields,  his  manor  of  Stanton,  and  all  his  heredita- 
ments, in  Limekilnfield,  Abshields,  Longwitton,  Broddeane,  Farnelawe,  East  and  West 
Harterton,  Fesilbe,  Denam,  North  Middleton,  Cowpan,  Hessenden,  Horsley,  Trewhit 
Shields,  and  Hunllaw,  in  Northumberland,  and  Crawcrook,  in  Durham,  by  deed,  dated 


10  May,  1557. — (Stanton  papers.) 

VI.— WILLIAM  FENWICK.     "  To  all  1.  MARGARET,  daur.  of  Wm=j=RicHARn  FENWICK,  of  Stanton,  in=2.  DOROTHY,  daur.  of 

trewe  christen  peope — Rauffe  Fen-  Mills,  of  Grey's  Inn,  London, 

wick  of  Stantonne  .  Knowe  ye  that  and  of  Croyden,  in  Surrey, 


I  have  geven  vrito  Will'm  Fenwick    esq.  to  whom  Richard  Fen- 
my  base  begotten  sonne  and  Agnes    wick,  of  Stanton,  28  May,  22 
Collenwode  bis  mother  a  sartayne    Eliz.   1580,  gave  a  bond  for 
annuitye  of  xxxs.  of  and  in  2  ten'ts    .€1500. — (Stanton  papers.) 
on  the  este  side  of  the  towne  of  Stan- 
ton."     Dated  10  March,  3  &  4  Philip  and  Mary. 


1568,  according  to  the  queen's  feo-    Roger   Thornton,   of 
dary's  account  for  that  year,  was    Witton. 


seized  of  the  manor  and  ville  of 

Stanton,  Abshields,  Limekilnfield,  a  moiety  of  the  ville  of 
Longwitton,  and  lands  in  Farnelaw,  Trewhitlcy  Shields, 
Eshenden,  and  Cowpen. — (La-'s.  MS.  fol.  17.)  He  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  the  Redeswire,  5th  July, 
1575,  and,  with  divers  others,  carried  to  Dalkeith,  where 
they  were  detained  for  a  short  time,  but  all  s-;nt  back, 
except  Forster  the  lord  warden,  and  his  son-in-law  sir  Francis  Russell,  who  was  afterwards  slain  by  the  Scots,  at  a  meeting 
at  Heppeth-head  gate,  and,  according  to  Collins,  buried  at  Alnwick.— (Horsley  Misc.  No.  17.)  In  May,  1587,  he  had  a  grant 
from  William  Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  esq.  for  £20,  of  "  a  messuage,  tenement,  and  farmbold  in  Longwitton,  in  the  tenor 
of  Thos.  Barber,"  Wygiot  Fenwick  &  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  gentlemen,  being  the  grantor's  attornies  to  give  possession. 
—(Stanton  papers.)  He  probably  had  a  brother,  who  had  a  son  Richard ;  for  Raine's  Testamenta  contains  the  following 
note  : — "  22  Feb.  Administration  to  the  goods  of  Ralph  Fenwick,  of  Whelpington,  to  Ralph  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  his  uncle. 
—(Page  119.) 


VII.— WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  Stanton,  esq.-pELizABETH,  daur.  of  sir  Cotton  Gargrave,  of  Nostal,  Yorkshire.     Richard  Fen- 


born  22  Sept.  1581.  In  22  Eliz.  1638,  is 
described  as  son  of  Richard,  and  holding 
the  manor  of  Stanton  in  capite  of  the  king 
by  knight's  service.  The  house  of  commons, 
20  June,  1645,  appointed  him  a  commis- 
sioner of  taxes  for  Northumberland.  He 
died  June  12,  1647. 


wick  &  Margaret  his  wife,  by  indenture,  dated  8  Aug.  8  Jac.  I.  1605,  covenanted 
to  acknowledge  a  fine  to  bis  son  William  Fenwick,  and  his  heirs,  of  the  manor  of 
Longwitton,  and  lands  there  and  in  Hartburn,  Bolam,  Harnham,  Fernylaw, 
and  North  Middleton,  to  the  use  of  him  "  the  said  Wm  Fenwick  and  Elizabeth 
his  now  wiffe,  being  one  of  the  daughters  of  sir  Cotton  Gargrave,  late  of  Nostal, 
in  the  county  of  York,  knight,  deceased,  and  to  their  heirs  male,  &c." — (Stanton 
papers.) 


VIII.— EDWARD  FENWICK,  of  Stanton,  esq.  born  29  Oct.  1606  J-T-SARAH  NEVILLE,  her  husband,  &  her  husband's    CECILIA. 
called  son  and  heir  apparent  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  I  father,  were  bound  to  her  father  Francis  Ne-    MARGARET. 
in  deeds,  dated  9  July,  1636,  and  20  March,  1637,  and  to  which     ville,  of  Chete,  9  July,  1636.— (Stanton  deeds.) 
he  and  his  father  were  parties. — (Stanton  papers.)     He  died  Aug.     She  died  at  her  daughter's  house,  at  Little  Ba- 
14,  1689. |  vington,  17  April,  1691. 


IX.— 1.  ROGER  FENWICK,    DOROTHY,  daur.  of=2.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  Stanton,' 

born  1632 ;  a  col.  in  caval-    Culcheth,   of   born  24  May,  1633;  died  at  Erd- 

ry,  and  slain  in  1658.  Erdinglon,  ob.  s.p.    Ing-ton ,  24  May.  1675.     IRDINGTON 

is  the  name  of  a  parish  in  Gils- 
land,  in  Cumberland  ;  and,  in  1372,  belonged  to  sir  Robert  Fenwick,  when  he  gave 
two  parts  of  it  to  the  monks  of  Newminster. — (Wallis,  ii.  306.)  This  William  is 
described  in  a  Stanton  deed  of  26  Car.  II.  1674,  as  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Irdington,  in 
Cumberland,  which  deed  recites  another  of  21  Feb.  1659,  between  Edw.  Fenwick, 
of  Stanton,  Sarah  his  wife,  Wm  and  Peter  (two  of  their  sons),  Francis  Neville,  of 
Cbevitt,  first  part ;  Robert  and  Benjamin  Ellison,  of  Newcastle,  second  part ;  sir 
William  Fenwick,  bart.  and  Christopher  Nichols,  third  part,  &c. 


:ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  Robert  Ellison,  of 
Hebburn  Hall,  in  coun.  Durham,  esq. ; 
bap.  19  Feb.  1637;  married  March  1, 
1660.  She  married  2dly,  Wm  Ramsay, 
of  Newcastle,  by  whom  she  had  2  sons, 
George  and  William,  mentioned  in  the  en- 
tail of  Brinkburne,  by  her  eldest  son's 
wife,  as  noticed  below. 


(For  remainder  of  issue,  turn  over  to) 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


114 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETII  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Wm  Fenwick  and 

Elizabeth  Ellison. 
I 


Continuation  of  issue  of  Edw.  Fenwick 

and  Sarah  Neville. 
I 


S  &  4.  PETER  and  JOHN,  twins,  died  without  issue. 

5.  ROBERT  FENWICK,  born  8  June,  1646 ;  married  ANNE,  daur.  of  ...  Culcheth,  of  Erdington.  He  died  at  Morpeth, 
1698;  and  his  widow  died  8  Feb.  1732. 

6.  JAMES  FENWICK,  of  Coatyards,  born  in  1645,  and  in  I(>72  was  married  to  Mary ;  living  Aug.  20,  1696.*     This  Jas. 

had  a  son,  Cuthbert,  who  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Laton  Eden,  vicar  of  Hartburn  ;  marriage  settlement  dated  22  Nov. 
1703.     He  mortgaged  Coatyards,  and  died  in  1748  =A 

7.  8.  HENRY  and  EDWARD,  both  died  a.  p. 

9.  THOMAS  FENWICK,  of  Berwick,  gent,  whose  will  is  dated  11  March,  1695,  and  mentions  "  my  two  messuages  in  Idle- 
lane,  London  ;  my  brother  James  Fenwick,  of  Coatyards ;  my  sister  Frances,  wife  of  John  Shaftoe,  of  Bavingtou ;  my 
nephew  Robert  Fenwick,  of  Morpeth,  gent.  ;  my  nephew  Roger  Fenwick,  of  Stanton." — (Koine's  Test.  678.) 

1.  ISABELL  died  s.  p. 2.  FRANCES,  wife  of  John  Shaftoe,  of  Little  Bavington. 

1 


X. — 1.  ROGER  FENWICK,^ELIZABETH,  only  daur.  2.  ROBERT  FENWICK  married  1.  2.  WILLIAM  &  CULCHETH,  both  died  s.  p. 
of  Stanton  in  1694;  dead  of  George  Fenwick,  of  Frances,  daur.  of  sir  John  8.  EDWARD  FENWICK  married  Eliz.  French- 
before2  Oct.  1701.  !  BRINKBURN,  as  wi-  Heron,  by  whom  he  had  is-  field,  in  London,  in  1718. 


—  dow  of  Roger  Fenwick,    sue  Elizabeth,  who  was   liv-    4.  5.  CHARLES  and  ROBERT  died  s.  p. 
of  Stanton,  by  indenture,  dated  2  Oct.  1701,  set-    ing  in  1761  ;  &  other  daurs.    6.  JOHN  FEN  WICK.  =^ 
tied  Brinkburne,  and  other  property,  on  Robert    who  died  without  heirs  male.    7.  8.  ROGER,  and  DOROTHY. 
Ellison,  of  Hebburne,  and  Wm  Ramsay,  of  Brink- 
burne, in  trust,  for  her  own  use,  for  her  life  ;  and,  after  her  death,  to  her  sons  John  and  Roger,  and  their  heirs  successively  ; 
and,  failing  them,  to  William  Fenwick,  of  Halnaby,  and  his  heirs  male ;  remainder  to  George  and  William,  sons  of  alderman 
Ramsay  ;  remainder  to  her  right  heirs. — (U,  90.) 


XI.  —  MARGARET,- 
daur.  and  co-heir 
of  Wm  Fenwick, 
of  BY  WELL,  bap. 
4Ap.  1703;  bur. 
atBywelllOJune, 
1727.  This  match 
united  the  three 
houses  of  Stanton, 
Brinkburne,  and 
Bywell. 

-1.  JOHN  FENWICK,- 
of  Stanton  and  By- 
well,  born  24  Feb. 
and  bap.  at  Long- 
horsley,    8  March, 
1698:    god-fathers, 
Mr  Robert  Ellison, 
of  Hebburn,  &  Mr 
John    Shaftoe,    of 
Bavington  ;      god- 
mother the  hon'ble 
lady  Mary  Fen  wick, 
lady  to  the  late  sir 
John      Fenwick;* 
wife  at  Bywell,  in 

-ALICE,  daur.  of  Thomas    2.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  born  22  April,  and  christened  27  of 
Errington,  of  Beaufront,    same  month  :  god-fathers,  sir  Thomas  Loraine,  of  Kirk- 
esq.  and  aunt  to  the  late    harle,  bart.   and  uncle  Henry  Collingwood,  of  Branxton  ; 
John    Errington,    esa.     god-mother,  "  my  mother  Ramsay."     He  died  18  May, 
commonly     styled     the    1  706,  in  a  convulsion.  * 
"  Chief  of  Beaufront."   She    8.  ROGER  FENWICK,  born  Nov.  1,  1700;  christened  on  14 
was  buried  at  Bywell  22    of  same  month  :  god-fathers,  Wm  Loraine,  of  Kirkharle, 
Nov.  1731.                            and  Wm  Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Park,  esqrs.  ;  god-mother,  our 
aunt  Wilkinson,  of  Brinkburn.* 
4.  RALPH  son  of  Roger  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  was  buried  at  Hartburn,  20  May,  1700. 
1.  ELIZABETH  FENWICK,  born  29  Dec.  1694;  christened  7  Jan.  1695:  "god-father, 
my  brother  Robt.  Fenwick  ;  god-mothers,  my  mother  Ramsay  &  aunt  Colling  wood. 
The  same  day,  king  William  died."*     Sho  married  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Bywell,  whose 
daughter  and  co-heir,  Margaret,  married  John,  the  eldest  brother  of  this  Elizabeth. 
2.  MARGARET  FENWICK,  born  Aug.  14,  1696,  and  christened  on  the  20th  of  the  same 
month  :   "  god-father,  my  uncle  James  ;  god-mothers,  my  mother  Ramsay,  and  my 
honoured  cousin  Madam  Eliz.  Forster.     She  died  of  the  king-cough,  at  a  year  and  a 
half  old."*     Buried  at  Hartburn,  Aug.  19,  1698. 

married  his  first 
the  year  1719. 

— I — I —  — I— 1 

XII. — 1.  WILLIAM  FENWICKJ^MARGARET,  youngest  daur.  S.  ROGER  FENWICK  bap.  in    MARY  FENWICK-J-RAI.PH  SOULSBT, 

of  Bywell,  esq.  born  25  Jan.    of  Wm  Bacon,  esq.  of  Sta-  1726,  and  died  young.  baptized  20  Sep.  I    of  Hallington, 

1722;  marr.  at  Bishop- Auck-    ward,  by  Forster,   his  4.  MARG.  FENWICK  bap.  at    1731 ;   living  in  I  esq.  which  estate 

land;   buried  at  Bywell,  30    wife,  and  grand-daughter  of  Bywell,  3  Ap.  1723;  mar-    1762.  he    obtained    by 

Aug.  1782. }  John  Bacon.       She?  died  17  ried   William    Swinburne,  |  his  wife. 

March,   1769,  aged  52,    and  of  Longwitton,  esq. 

was  buried  at  Bywell. 

2.  JOHN  FENWICK,  of  Low  Framlington,  in  this  county,  and  Cleadon,  in  the  county  of  Durham  ;  bap.  at  Bywell,  4  August, 
1724;  married  Dorothy,  daur.  of  ...  Lascelles.=p 


XIII. — 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  2.  WILLIAM  FENWICK, 
of  Bywell,  esq.  born  22  of  Bywell,  esq.  born 
Jan.  1748;  died  unmar-  19  March,  1749;  mar- 
ried, ried  18  February  1792, 
Frances,  da.  of  Francis 

Daniel,  of  Gloucester,  esq.  ;  died  in  Sep.  1802;  after 
which  time  his  widow  re-married  the  Rev.  Septi- 
mus Hodson,  rector  of  Thrapston,  in  Northamp- 
tonshire, who  sold  Bywell  to  T.  W.  Beaumont, 
esq.  M.  P. 


ROBERT,  son  of  John 
Fenwick,  of  Fram- 
lington, esq.  bap.  at 
Mitford  Jail.  13, 1756, 
at  which  time  his  fa- 
ther resided  at  Nun- 
riding.  He  went  to 
India.  =r 


1.  CHRISTOPHER   SOULSBY,  esq.   married  Julia, 
daur.  of  ...  Hudson,  of  Bessingby,  co.  Ebor. 

2.  ALICE  married  Thos.  Heath,  esq.   by  whom 
she  had  two  sons. 

3.  MARY,  wife  of  Christopher  Wilkinson,  of=p 
Thorpe,  in  co.  Ebor,  brother  of  James  Wilkin- 
son, who  married  Jane,  dau.  of  Matthew  Bell, 
of  Woolsington  ;  &  sister  of  Marg.  AVilkinson, 
who  married  Isaac  Cookson,  esq.  of  Newcastle. 


XIV.— JOHN  LASCELES= ANSTEY,  grand-daughter  of  Christopher  Anstey,  author    1.  CHRISTOPHER  THOMAS  WILKINSON, 

FENWICK.  of  the  Bath  Guide,  &c.  and  daughter  of  ...  Anstey,  author  of    a  major  in  the  artillery. 

the  Pleader's  Guide.  2.  BRIDGET  died  an  infant. 

3.  JAMES  died  in  India. 

4.  ALICE,  wife  of  Charles  Win  Bigge, 

esq.  of  Linden,  in  this  parish.     Mrs  Bigge's  mother,  and  her  grandmother  Mary  Fenwick,  were  both  born  in  Stanton  HalJ, 
the  antient  seat  of  their  maternal  ancestors  the  Fenwicks,  Mitfords,  and  Corbels ;  which  last  family,  as  has  been  shown, 
were  descendants  of  the  famous  family  of  Cospatrick,  earls  of  March  and  Dunbar,  whose  ancestor,  Cospatrick,  was  official 
earl  of  Northumberland  at  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  and  grandson  of  Elgiva,  daughter  of  Ethelred  the  Second,  seventh  in 
descent  from  Ecbert  the  <3reat,  first  king  of  England,  a.  d.  838.=p 

ue  above,  p.  99. 


*  From  a  folio  Bible  of  Roger  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  belonging  to  the  compiler  of  thii  pedigree. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  FENWICK,  OF  BRINKBURNE,  &c.        115 


PEDIGREE  OP  FENWICK,  OP  BRINKBURNE,  EAST  HEDWIN,  HALLATON,  &c. 

[Inserted  here  as  an  illustration  of  the  pedigree  of  Fenwick,  of  Wallington  and  Brinkburne ;  and  compiled  from  Vincent's 
Visitation  of  Northumberland  ;  private  papers  of  different  families  ;  genealogical  collections  of  G.  C.  Young,  esq.  York  Herald, 
College  of  Arms ;  communications  from  the  late  Rev.  Charles  Fenwick,  vicar  of  Slawston,  from  the  Rev.  George  Ousely  Fen- 
wick,  rector  of  Kempston,  and  from  different  other  sources.  There  is  evidently  some  confusion  in  the  second  and  third 
generations  of  this  pedigree,  which  I  hope  the  future  researches  of  my  correspondents,  or  myself,  may  be  able  from 
authentic  documents  to  clear  up.] 


I. — MARY  STROTHER.     The  Fenwicks-r-JoHN  DE  FEN--T-EHZABETH  Win-    "  JOHN  DK  BURROWDEN,  late  of  Borrowden,  iri 


of  Wallington,   Meldon,   &c.  are  from/K 
this  marriage. 


I  DRINGTON. 


in=f 

•'I 


II.— 1.  SIR  ROGER  FENWICK,    3.  GERARD  FENWICK,-!-...  daur.  and 


ent.  had  a  demise  in 


co-heir  of 
John  deBur- 
rowden. 


Cokedale,  esq."  mentioned  in  a  deed  11  Feb. 

Hen.  VIII.  1510. — (Swinb.  MSS.  i.  174.) 

__        i 

FENWICK-T-"  ELIZ.  BURKOWDEN,=PERCEVAL  LISLE, 
one  of  the  daurs.  and  gent,  and  Eliz. 
co-heirs  of  John  de  his  wife,  party  to 
Burrowden."  the  deed  of  1  Hen. 

VIII. 


from  whom  the  Fenwicks  of    gent,  hai 
Stanton,  &c.  descended.  1510,  of  Burrowden, 

2.  RALPH  FENWICK,  who  was  for  21  years,  from  Ro- 
the  founder  of  the  families  bert  Lisle  and  Eliza- 
which  resided  at  Nunnykirk,  beth  his  wife,  in  which 
Longwitton,  &c.  it  was  covenanted  that 

"during  all  the  said  term,  Roger  Fenwick  the  elder,  esq.,  Ralph  Fenwick  the  elder, 

Ralph  Fenwick  the  younger,  and  Roger  Fenwick,  son  of  the  said  Elizabeth,  shall  be  none  of -the  assigns,"  in  case  of 
the  lease  being  disposed  of.  This  Gerard,  in  an  old  pedigree,  is  called  ancestor  of  the  East  Hedwin  families;  and,  In 
another,  described  as  of  Matfen,  in  8  Edw.  IV.  1469,  and  sixth  son  of  John  Fenwick  and  Elizabeth  Widdrington. 


9.  MICHAEL  ;    2d  son,  purchased 
ob.  s.  p.  1569.    lands  at  Prndhoe, 

10.  MARTIN.      and  from  him  de- 

scended  the  Fen- 


FENWICK. 


of....  Ogle,  of    son  of  Eliz.  wife 
Bothal.  of  Perceval  Lisle, 

in  1510. 


III. — 1.  GEO.  FENWICK,    4.  GERRARD.     8.  PERCEVAL.    2.  JOHN  FENWICK,    S.JTRISTRAMT^IARTHA,  dau.    ROGER  FENWICK, 
of  Harbottle  and  Brink-    5.  LANCELOT. 
burne,  married  a  dau.  of   6.  ARTHUR. 
...  Loraine,  of  Kirkharle.    7.  CHARLES 
Geo.  Fenwick,  of  Brink- 
burne, was  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  Middle  Marches    wicks  of  that  place 
in  1550  ;  and,  in  1552,  occurs  as  a  commissioner  for 
inclosing  lands  in  that  district. — fill.  ti.  246.     Leg.  March.  330.;     Another  account  describes  him  as  of  East  Hedwin  and 

Burro  wden.=T=  .      

i — i — i  i — n —  — i — 

IV. — 1.  MARTIN  FENWICK.^ANNE,  da.    2.  TRISTRAM.    1.  GREGORY  FENWICK,  of  Brinkburne,  by  his  will,  dated    DOROTHY, 


of  East  Hedwiu  and  Bur- 
rowden. Will  proved  31 
July,  1595. — (Rainet  Test. 
136.) 


of  William 

Ogle,   of 

Cockle 

Park. 


wife  of 
Robert 
Ogle. 


3.  CHARLES.       25  Nov.  1615,  orders  his  body  to  be  burled  In  the  church 
of  Brinkburne,  and  leaves  to  his  brother  Win  Fenwick, 
of  London,  j£100,  mentions  other  relations,  and  makes 
sir  John  Fenwick  and  sir  Claudius  Forster  supervisors 
of  the  will. — CRaine's  Test.  441.) 
2.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  London,  to  whom  his  brother  Gregory  left  a  legacy  of  £100. 
8.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  of  Brinkburne,  wasexecutor-j-DoROTHY,  daur.  of  John  Forster, 
to  his  brother  Gregory's  will.  j  of  Newham. 

T 


T — T 


V. — 1.  GEO.  FEN-    I.  ALICE,  d.T=GEO.  FENWICK=?.  CATHARINE,    2.  WM  FENWICK, 


WICK,  of  East  Hed-    of  sir  Edw. 
win,  livingin  1615    Aspley,     of 
and  1619;  marri- 
ed Elizabeth,  dau. 
of JohnHed  worth, 
of  Ilarraton. 


Worman- 
hurst,  cou. 
Sussex,  and 
widow  of 
sir  John 
Brotlee. 


2.  ANNE,  wife  of 

George   Bell,  of|         

Bellasis. 

3.  MARGERIA  til.  et  ex'ix. 

4.  EDITH  Allenson  altera  n- 
Ha.  These  two  daughters  are 
mentioned  in  their  father's 
will. 

5.  ISABELLA,  wife  of  Cuthbert 
Mitford,  of  Mitford. 


was    12    years  eld.  dau.  of  sir    to  whom  his  un- 

old  in  1615;  &  Arthur  Hazle-    cle   Gregory   left 

the   same  year  rigg,  of  Nose-    a  legacy  of  £100. 

had  a  legacy  of  ly  Hall,  co.  of   8.  GREGORY. 

£100   by    his  ^Leicestershire.    4.  HENRY. 

uncle  Gregory's  She  was  born 

will.  This  was  at   Brook-house,  in  London,    in 

the  Col.  George  1635.    She  re-married  Col.  Philip 

Fenwick    who  Babington,  and  died  at  Harnham, 


— r 
CLAUDIUS  FEN-S 

WICK,   M.  D. 
Oct.    10,    1619, 
claimed      £200 

from  his  fa- 
ther's will;  in 
•which  year  sir 
Claud.  "Forster 
was  assigned  tu. 
tor  of  Claud,  son 


was  governor  in  this  county,  where  she  was  of  George  Fen- 
of  Berwick  In  buried  in  the  garden,  Sep.  9, 1670.  wick,  of  By- 
1652  ;  and  was  — (See  II.  i.  346.)  well. — (Raine's 

principally  in-  Test.  175.);  mar. 

M  rum  'iital  in  building  the  church  there,  in  which  ried  12  Novem- 
there  is  a  monument  to  bis  memory,  which  states  her,  1650.  In 
that  he  died  March  15,  1656.  1663,  "Dr  Fen- 

wick or  Philip 
Babington,"    is 

assessed  to  county  rate  for  Brinkburne.  The  inventory  of  his  goods,  dated  in  1669,  calls 
him  Claudius  Fenwick,  of  Newcastle,  M.  D.,  and  mentions  among  his  books,  Speed's  Chro- 
nicle, Bishop  Andrews'  Sermons,  Scapula's  Lexicon,  Dugdale  and  Dodsworth's  2  vols.,  the 
Decameron,  &c.  Also  one  lease,  granted  by  Catharine  Fenwick,  the  now  wife  of  Philip 
Babington,  esq.  to  the  deceased,  his  executors,  of  the  manor  of  Brinkburne,  under  the  yearly 
rent  of  £200,  payable  to  the  said  Catharine  during  her  life.  "  Item,  two  mappes  of  Brenk- 
burne." — (Raines  Test.  930.)  He  was  44  years  old  in  1666,  and  signed  the  pedigree  of  his 
family  made  out  at  the  Visitation  of  Northumberland  In  that  year. 


~~\ — I — I 

:ELEANOR,  1.  MARGA- 
da.  ofWm  RET,  wife 

Bewick,      of  ...  Wei- 
eldest   son    don. 
of    Robert     2.  MARY, 
liewick,an      wife    of 

alderman  Thos.  Le- 
of  Newcas-  gard,  an 
tie,  and  co-  alderman 
heir  of  her  of  Newcas. 
bro.  Robt.  3.  ELIZAB. 

who  died     wife  of  ... 
in  1656.  A    Collet, 
forged  will, 

pretending  to  be  that  of 
her  late  husband's,  was 
exhibited  at  Durham  in 
1670,  and  in  certain 
proceedings  respecting 
it,  before  the  mayor  of 
Newcastle,  this  Eleanor 
is  described  as  "  widow 
of  Dr.  Claudius  Fen- 
wick, late  of  London." 
( Bywett  papers. ) 


116 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  George  Fen  wick 
and  Eliz.  lied  worth. 
I 


2. 


Issue  of  George  Fenwlck 
and  Alice  Aspley. 


3. 

fi 


Issue  of  Claudius  Fenwlck 

and  Eleanor  Bewick. 
I  - 


VI.— 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  3  years  old  1.  ELIZABETH  FENWICK,  eld.  daur.  1.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  of  1.  ELIZABETH^....  WaKe, 
la  1615.  «II(l  co-heir;  wife  of  sir  Thomas  Brinkburne,  was  14  2.  ELEANOR=...  Ramsay. 

2.  RICHARH  FENWICK,  of  Wylam  in    Hazlerigg,  of  Nosely  Hall,  bart. —    years  old  when  the  Vi- 

1619  &  1K32,  as  mentioned  in  :i  deed.    (  Visitation  of  Northumb.  1666. )=/K        sitation  for  this  county  was  made  in  1666.    Brink- 
3,4,5.  MARTIN,  JOHN,  GEORGE.         2.  DOROTHY  FENWICK,  daur.  &  co-    burne,  after  the  Dissolution,  had  successively  be- 
6.  ISABELL.  heir;  wife  of  sir  Thomas  William-    longed  to  Dudley,  duke  of  Northumb.  ;  Percy,  earl 

son,  knt.  and  bart.,  of  East  Mark-  of  Northumb.  ;  and  Ambrose  Dudley,  earl  of  War- 
ham,  Notts.  She  died  Nov.  4,  1699,  wick ;  but  that  last  nobleman  and  his  co-feoffee, 
aged  55,  and  without  issue — (Id.)  Richard  Bowliind,  sold  It,  May  26,  1571,  to  sir  John 

Forster,  knight,  whose  descendant,  Edw.  Forster, 

of  Elford,  18  April,  1626,  sold  it  to  George  Fenwick,  of  Grey's  Inn,  London,  who  died  about  the  year  1688.  Prior  to  1626, 
the  Fenwtcks  held  Brinkburne  by  lease,  under  the  grantees  of  the  crown.  It  was  sold  by  William,  great-grandson  of  this 
George  Fenwick,  to  Joseph  Hetherington,  esq.  in  1792,  for  £20,500.  This  George  Fenwick  had  an  only  daughter  and  heir, 
ELIZABETH,  married  to  ROGER  FENWICK,  of  STANTON,  as  stated  in  p.  1 14,  gen.  X. 

2.  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  clerk,  A.  M.,  rector  of  Thakeham,  Suffolk,  and  West  Carl-=f=CEciLY,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  Gilbert  Coles, 
ton  and  Hallaton,  Leicestershire,  died  October  8,  1733,  and  was  buried  at  Carlton  D.  D.,  fellow  of  Winchester  College.  She 
Curlieu,  In  the  hundred  of  Gartre,  Leicestershire,  where  there  is  a  monument  to  died  Jan.  5,  1741.  Her  father  was  Edward 
his  memory,  bearing  a  long  inscription,  and  printed  in  Nichol's  Leicestershire.  Stanley,  D.  D..  master  of  Wykeham's 

He  was  9  years  old  in  1666,  and  77  when  he  died. |  School,  and  prebendary  e-f  Winchester. 

I  1 — | 

VII.— 1.  MARY,  daur.  of  the  RCV.=GEORGE  FENWICK,  clerk,  B.  D.=f=2.  ALICE,  daur.  ELIZABETH,  born=BENJAMiN  BEWICK, 
Mr  Nicoll,  rector  of  Preston  Capes,  rector  of  Hallaton,  Leicester- 


Northamptonshire  ;  married  June  shire,  died  April  10,  1760.     He 

22,  1721 ;  died  Aug.  6,  1726,  s.  p.  was  author  of  "  Helps  to  the 
3rd  wife,  ELIZABETH,  dau.  of  the=.Sincere,"   in  plain  Meditations, 

Rev.  Thos.  Yate,  rector  of  Ayston,  London,    1737;     Thoughts    on 

Rutlandshire,  and  widow  of  the  the  Hebrew  Titles  of  the  Psalms, 

Rev.  Thomas  White,  prebend  of  1749 ;  The  Psalter  in  its  Origi- 

Llncoln ;  died  Feb.  9,  1740,  s.  p.  nal  Form,  or  the  Book  of  Psalms 


of  John    Hick-  August  9,   1691 ;    vicar    of   Barrow- 
man,  of  Tink-  married  April  10,    upon-Stour,  in  Lei- 
wood  Malpas,  1710;  died  Nov.      cestershire:    died 
Cheshire;  mar-  27,  1769,  s.  p.         Aug.  21,  1738,  8.  p. 
ried  January  2,  3.  ELEANOR  died 
1728 :  died  Jan.  an  infant. 
1,  1738. 


Reduced  to  Lines,  with  Arguments  and  Notes,  1759;  besides  several  single  Sermons  and 
Tracts. 


VTIT.— 1.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  A.  B.,    1.  ELIZABETH  HICKMAN,  dau.-j-tS.  JOHN  FENWICK,  clerk,-j-2.  DOROTHEA,  daur.  of  John 


born  13  Nov.  1728  ;  died  unmarried    of  Thomas  Hickman,  of  Tink- 
May  20,  1750,  at  St  John's  College,    wood  Malpas,  Cheshire ;  mar- 


Cambridge. 


2,3,4,5.  WILLIAM,  WILLIAM,  WIL-    April,  1772. 
LIAM,  &  ELIZABETH,  all  died  young. 


ried  Nov.   14,    1758;  died  26 


M.  A  ,  rector  of  Hallaton, 
born  Sep.  16,  1734 ;  died 
March  29,  1789. 


Ousely,  of  Hallaton ;  born 
Sept.  27,  1752;  married  June 
25,  1781  ;  died  January  26, 
1820. 


IX.— 1.  JOHN  FENWICK,  clerk,  M.  A.,  born  June  10,  1760;  died    1.  GEORGE  OUSELEY 


August  11,  1792,  coelebs. 
2.  GEORGE,  died  in  infancy. 

8.  ELIZABETH,  born  24  Aug.  1763;  died  Aug.  16,  1798,  s.  p. 
4.  WM  FENWICK,  clerk,  A.  B. ;  born  24  Aug.  1765 ;  died  Sept. 

7,  1803,  a.  p.  5.  ALICE,  died  in  infancy. 

6.  THOMAS  HICKMAN  FENWICK,  born  Dec.  3,   1769 ;  died  Feb. 

12,  1797,  ccelebs.      


X. — 1.  GEORGE  FENWICK,  born  April  3,  1816;  died  Feb.  14,  1823. 


:ELIZABETH  ANNE,    2.  MARY  ANN  Do- 
daughter  of  Robert       RCTHEA  ALICE 
Walker,  of  Stoker-          FENWICK. 
ston,  Lelcestersh. ;    3.  CHARLES  FEN- 
mar,  Oct.  15, 1813.    WICK,  clerk,  M.  A. 
vicar  of  Slawston, 

Leicestershire ;  died  unmarried  Sept. 
28,  1825. 

2.  GERARD  CHARLES  FENWICK,  born  Feb.  6,  1819. 


FENWiCK,clerk,M.A. 
patron  and  vicar  of 
Kempston,  Bedford- 
shire; born  May  7, 
1783. 


LANG  SHAW  is  a  township  of  two  farms,  called  Langshaw  and  Langshaw- 
mill.  It  is  situated  on  the  left  bank  of  the  Font,  which  is  here  finely  covered 
with  oak  wood.  Formerly,  like  the  adjoining  township  of  Longwitton,  it 
answered  to  the  courts  of  Stanton.  Richard  Thornton,  and  others,  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  in  it  in  13  Henry  VI.S  In  August,  1536,  Marjory  Fen- 
wick, as  has  heen  shown,  entailed  it  upon  her  second  son  Anthony  Fenwick, 
who  thus  became  the  founder  of  the  house  of  Fenwick,  of  Langshaw  and 
Nunriding,  in  this  county,  and  of  Burrow-hall,  in  Lancashire.  Mr  Robert 
Fenwick  resided  here  in  1663  ;  and,  at  present,  the  whole  estate  belongs  to 


8  III.  ii.  396. 


LONG  HORSLEY  PARISH.- — LANGSHAWS,   AND  HORSLEY  MISCELLANEA.       117 

his  descendant,  Thomas  Fenwick,  esq.  of  Keppel-street,  London  ;  but,  in  the 
summer  of  1828,  nothing  remained  of  the  old  family  residence  here,  except- 
ing a  gable  end,  the  rest  of  the  materials  having  been  dispersed  for  different 
uses  upon  the  estate,  the  soil  of  which  is  clayey,  and  the  roads  through  it 
neglected  and  bad. 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  LOXGHOHSLEY 
PARISH. 

JVo.  1. — Carta  Ricardi  de  Horseley  facta  Johi  de 
Plessis  de  terris,  T:c.  in  Schotton. — Omnibus,  1c.  Rics 
de  Horsseley  salute  in  dno  .  Cum  Johnes  de  Plessis 
me  p  cartam  suam  feofamenti  nup  feoffaGat  de  toto  illo 
tofto  t  crofto  qd  Gilfits  fit  Witti  quod  tenuit  in  villa  de 
Schotton'  1  de  toto  illo  tofto  t  crofto  cu  viginti  quatu- 
or  acr'  ?re  que  Refits  fit  Rici  Scot  quod  tenuit  in  eadem 
villa  Et  etiam  de  sexaginta  acris  Pre  de  dominicis  suis 
in  villa  de  Schotton'  .  Qua"?  viginti  quatuor  acr'  iacent 
in  cultura  que  vocat'  le  Brakes  Et  q'ndecim  acr'  in 
cultura  que  vocat'  le  tounes  heyud  de  Schotton'  Et 
quindecim  acr'  in  cultur'  que  vocat'  le  stanyknott  Et 
sex  acr'  in  cultur'  que  vocat'  le  milneside  Et  quatuor 
acr'  p'ti  que  vocat'  le  Schippemedow  cu  suis  ptin'  Ha- 
bend  t  tenend  michi  1  hedibus  meis  vt  meis  assig'tis 
Ac.  inppetuu  .  put  in  carta  dci  Jotiis  feoffamenti  michi 
inde  facta  plenius  eontinet'  .  Volo  1  concede  p  me  1 
hedibj  meis  ut  meis  assig'tis  quod  post  p'mos  duodecim 
annos  pxos  futures  plenar'  completes  a  die  confeccois 
presentis  sc'pti  indentati  omnes  ftre  1  tenemla  cu  omni- 
bus suis  ptinentiis  gfato  Johi  de  Plessis  &c.  plenar'  re- 
Qtant'  &c.  Et  qd  carta  dti  Joftis  feoffamenti  michi  de 
gdcis  ?ris  1  tenementis  fca  adnichillat'  &c. — inppetuu — 
Hiis  testibus  Dnis  Johne  de  ffennewyk  .  Adam  de  Ben- 
ton'  .  t  Rofito  de  ffaudon'  militibus  .  Bartholomeo 
Benet  .  Rofito  de  Milneburn'  .  Henr'  de  Treywyk  . 
Witto  de  Prestewyk  .  Johne  de  Wydesslad  .  Rico  de 
Cramelington'  .  1  aliis  multis  .  Dat'  apud  Schotton' 
die  Loune  in  septimana  pentecost'  a.  d.  1322.  15  Ed.  II. 

2.  NovHnt  universi  p  psentes  me  Robertum  de  Hors- 
ley  recepisse  de  dna  Maria  que  fuit  uxor  dni  Witti  de 
Swynborne  militis  triginta  septem  libras  et  sex  solid 
et  oct.  den.  sterlingoty  in  pt  solucois  majoris  sume,  &c. 
Dat  apd  Swynborne  in  crastino  post  festu  sci  Laurencij 
martyr' .  anno  r.  r.  Hen.  IV.  5°. — (Swinb.  Ch.  vol.  ».  p. 

42.; 

3.  Omnibus — Wittmus  filius  Patricij  comitis  de  Duh- 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2 


bar  saltm  .  Noverit  universitas  vfa  me  consensu  et 
assensu  Nicholai  Corbeth  filij  mei  et  heredis  dedisse — 
Waltero  filio  meo  pro  homagio  et  servitio  suo  totam 
terram  meam  de  Colwell — Testibus  dno  P.  com.  de 
Dunbarr  .  nepoti  meo  .  dno  Rogero  Mubray  .  dno  Da- 
vid de  Graham  .  dno  Halano  de  Merchanis  .  dno  Ro- 
berto de  Nesbitt  .  dno  Patricio  filio  Walter!  .  Johanne 
de  Blackden  .  et  aliis.  Seal,  a  lion  treading  on  a  dra- 
gon— (Harl.  MS.  1448,  fol.  2^.J 

4.  Omnibus — Noverit  universitas  vfa  me  Nicholaum 
Corbet  militem  dedisse  dno  Waltero  de  Corbet  fri  meo 
et  heredibus  suis  totam  dominium  meum  de  Langton  in 
Glendale — Testibus   dno  Waltero   de   Huntercumbe  . 
Witto  Heyron  .  dno  Roberto  de  Insula  .  dno  Waltero 
de  Cambelion  (Cambehou)  .  dno  Michaelo  de  Killum  . 
dno  David  de  Coupeland  militibus.—  (Harl.  MS.  1448, 
fol.  28.; 

5.  Omnibus — Nicholaus  de  Corbet  salutem  .  Noverit 
universitas  vfa  me  concessisse — Symoni  de  Holthall  et 
uxori  sue  toto  tempore  vite  sue  omnes  conditiones  que 
in  carta  quam  dns  Wittmus  filius  comitis  pater  ineus 
dco  Symoni  et  uxori  sue  .  scilic.  de  hospital!  in  Neuton 
in  Glendale  cu  dimidia  caracuta  terre  diet,  hospital! 
pertinen'  nolat  concessit  et  confirmavit  .  tenend— &c. 
— In  cujus  rei  testimonio  huic  scripto  patent!  sigitt  meu 
fee!  apponi  .  Hijs  testibus  domino  Philippo  le  Brun  . 
dno  Roberto  de  Nesbit  .  Patricio  Coibet  persona  de 
Kinhall  .  No  date.   The  copy  accompanied  with  a  draw- 
ing of  the  seal,  which  is  a  knight  on  horseback  with  a 
lion  rampant  on  his  shield,  and  on  the  hip  and  neck  of 
his  horse's  housing. — (Id.  fol.  2T.) 

6.  Omnibj — Domin'  Nichola'  Corbet  salt  in  dno  . 
NoQit  vniuersitas  ufa  me  dedisse — Rofeto  de  Insula  in 
liberu  maritagiu  cu  Ada  sorore  mea  .  Octo  bouatas  ¥re 
cu  ptinenciis  in  Langton  .  Scit  quinq,  bouatas  ftre  cu 
duobj  toflis  que  Galfrid'  Demer  q°ndam  tenuit .  t  duas 
bouatas  ftre  jacentes  ex  aq'lonah'  parte  de  Lodescruli 
usq.  Hwetehalgh  .  a  Toftebut  incipiendo  uersus  oriente 
.  t  vna  bouata  ?re  ex  inferior!  parte  de  Blakedeneside 

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ex  supiore  parte  uie  .  t  tria  tofta  in  predta  villa  de 
Liangeton  .  vnu  videt  qd  Robertus  Bracayn  tenuit  . 
aliud  qd  Ada  Faber  tenuit .  1  ?ciu  qd  Witts  piper  tenu- 
it .  1  quincj  acras  p'ti  in  Holestrother  ex  oriental 
parte  de  Lamiacre  .  Et  duas  acras  ?re  ppinquiores  du- 
abj  bouatas  ?re  de  Lodescruc  uersus  oriente  .  Tenend 
t  habend  predco  Rofcto  1  hedibj  suis  quos  de  predca 
Ada  sorore  mea  habebit  de  me  T:  hedibj  meis  .  adeo 
lifee,  &c.  Volo  ecia  T;  concede  vt  predict'  Rob  t  here- 
des  sui  1  holes  eo~v  liberi  sint  a  multura  ad  molendinu 
meu  de  Langeton  de  toto  blado  suo  qd  creuerit  sup 
predra  Pra  1  sint  Rum/re  propinqui'  q  molant  post  me 
ipm  1  post  bladu  inuentu  in  trimodio  .  Ego  uero,  &c. 
warantizabim'  &c.  Et  in  hui'  rei  &c.  Hiis  testibj 
Dno  Hug  de  Bolebec  .  Johe  de  Hawilton  .  Rot  de 
Cambog  .  Johe  de  Eslington  .  Witto  de  Caluley  .  Ra- 
iiulpho  Brune  .  Thorn  de  Akild  .  Thorn  de  Middeton  . 
Samsone  de  Couplande  .  Witto  de  Turbeville  .  Thorn 
de  Wethwode  ""t  alijs.  Seal,  a  knight  on  horseback 
brandishing  a  sword,  a  lion  rampant  on  his  shield  and  on 
the  neck  and  hip  of  the  housing  of  his  horse  ;  but  the 
sharpness  of  the  impression  is  much  worn  off.  Inscrip- 
tion remaining—"  OLAI :  CORBE  .  ."—(Stan- 

ton  deeds.) 

7.  Omnibus — Walterus  Corbet  saltm  in  dno  Noveri- 
tis  me  remississe  Witto  Strother  et  Johanne  uxori  ejus 
suis  heredibus  vel  assignatis  suis  totum  jus  quod  habeo 
in  omnib3  terr  et  tentis  redditibus  etc  que  iidem  Witt- 
mus  et  Johanna  habent  ex  dimisione  mea  ad  vitam 
ipsoT?  W.  &  J.  in  villis  de  Langton  et  Newton  in  com. 
North,  xi.  Ed.  2.  1316.— (  Harl.  MS.  1448,  fol.  28. J 

8.  Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Walterus  Cor- 
beth  miles  filius  dni  Wittmi  filij  comitis  de  Dunbarr 
concessi  Johni  filio  dni  Johis  de  Hawelton  p  homagio 
suo  imam  marcam  annuatim  in  mea  parte  molendini  de 
Colewell  .  Test,  dno  Hugone  de  Bolebeck  .  Roberto  de 
Insula  .  Johne  de  Hawelton  .  Roberto  de  Camhow  . 
Tho.  de  Fenwick  .  Wittmo  de  Colewlya  .  Tho.  de  Og- 
gelmililibus.  — fZ,an«/.  MS.  326,  fol.  155,  b.J 

9.  Omib3 — Rogus  de  Merlay  T'tius  saltm  in  dno  . 
Sciatis  me   concessisse  —  Wal?o  de  Corbet  1  Johanne 
vxori  sue  1  hedibj  ipius  Johe  1  hoibj  COT?  de  Stanton 
comuna  past'e  ad  oimoda  aueria  sua  1  pecora  in  ?ra  mea 
ext'  sepes  i  aquilon  pte  de  Funt  cu  homibj  de  Wytton  . 
de  Wyndegates  T;  de  Horseley  .  Saluo  tamen  m  1  he- 
dib5  meis  ad  faciendu  de  vasto  nro  offie  comodu  qd  face 
pofim'  scdm  puisione  de  Merton  .  Concessi  etia  p  me  t 
hedibj  meis  qd  idem  Wal?s  t  Johanna  vxor  sua  1  hedes 


Johe  1  homies  eot}  de  Stanton  heant  comuna  past'e  in- 
fra sepe  in  campo  de  Wytton  vsq,  ad  Stanbrigg  in  aq'lon 
pte  de  Funt  .  sine  dampno  bladi  1  pti  .  Ita  qd  ego  ft 
hedes  mei  1  homies  mei  de  Wytton  1  de  Sceles  hamus 
comuna  past'e  in  campo  de  Stanton  in  pte  aquilon  de 
Funt  .  vsq  ad  villa  de  Stanton  sine  dapno  bladi  1  prati 
.  1  sine  cont'dcbne  ut  ipedimto  dco?/  Walft  1  Johe  ft 
hedum  dte  Johe  .  Concede  isup  p  me  1  hedibj  meis 
dels  .  Walfo  1  Johi  vxori  sue  .  T;  hedibj  ipius  Johe  1 
hoibj  COT?  de  Stanton  qd  habeant  rationibilia  estofta  sua 
i  bosco  meo  ex  pte  boreali  de  Funt  ad  edificandu  .  ar- 
dendu  T.  ad  claust'am  sine  vasto  p  visu  forestaiioi?  nfoi; 
.  Cocedo  ecia  p  me  t  hedibj  meis  qd  dti  Wal?s  t  Johana 
t  hedes  ipius  Johe  t  homies  eott  de  Stanton  q'eti  sint 
de  panagio  porcoi?  SUOT?  de  Stanton  .  volo  ecia  1  concede 
p  me  1  hedibj  meis  qd  holes  de  Stanton  colligat  nuces 
cu  homibj  de  Wytton  1  de  Horseley  ubic^  vbi  de  jure 
collige  soliti  fuerut  .  Et  ut  h  &c  .  Hiis  testibj  .  Domp. 
no  Ada  Abfee  de  nouo  Monasfto  .  Dompno  Johe  Priore 
de  Hextild  .  Hugon  de  Bolebec  .  Johe  de  Haulton  . 
Rotto  de  Camhov  .  Witto  de  Calut  .  Ad  Barat  .  Johe 
de  Plesset  .  Rogo  de  Maudut  .  Thoma  de  Oggel  . 
Hen?  Gateg  .  Ric  de  Belsov  .  Johe  fre  ejus  .  Witto 
de  Collewett  .  t  aliis. — (Stanton  papers.) 

10.  Ceste  endent'e  fait  entre  monf  Phillip  de  Somer- 
uitt  chivaler  seyn'  de  Witton  Vndrewod  dunept  .  et 
Thomas  fitz  1  heir  Roger  de  Horsley  chiualer  dautrept 
Tesmoigne  que  le  dit  monf  Philip  ad  g'unte  t  lesse  al 
dit  Thorn's   le  Manoir   de   Stanton    .    oue  les  apur- 
tenances  presde  Horsley,  &c  .  lesqueux  deuyndrent  en 
les  meynes  le  dit  Monf  Philip  en  noun  de  garde  p'  la 
noun  age  Johan  fiz  1  heir  Thomas  Corbet  .  a  auoir  rt 
tener  al  dit  Thorn's  a  ses  assignes  t  a  ses  executores  de 
la  feste  de  la  Purification  nfe  dame  1'an  du  reigne  Ed- 
ward Roi  Dengle?re  tierce  apres  le  conquest  vynt  ou- 
tisme  tanqe  a  fyn  de  noef  anns  pscheyns,  &c.  q  le  dit  Jo- 
han soil  de  pleyn  agee  rendante  dan  en  ann  al  dit  monf 
Philip,  &c.  dij  liueres  dargente,  &c.     Et  le  dit  monf 
Philip  de  sa  fraunche  volunte  ad  done  al  dit  Thomas  le 
mariage  del  dit  Johan  al  oeps  vne  de  ses  files  .  En  tes- 
moigne  de  quele  chose  &c.     Tesmoignes  .  Robert  Ogle 
Johan  de  Walynton  .  Ric.  de  Hoisley  1  altres  .  Done 
a  Wytton  Undrewod  le  jour  ct   Ian  avaunt  nomez. — 
(Id.) 

11.  Omnib3  &c. — Johes  Corbet  cms  de  Stanton  saltm 
— Nofiitis  me  dedisse  Rogo  filio  meo  t  Isabelle  vx°i 
sue  ?ciam  ptem  mafiij  mei  de  Stanton  1  fciam  ptem  om- 
niu  ftrai?  dnicai?  meaT?  t  ?ciam  ptem  molendini  1  totius 


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ville  de  Stanton — Habend— gfatis  Rogo  1  Isabelle  ct 
heredibj — legitime  procreatis — Et  si  contingat  gdcos — 
decede  sine  hered — tola  gdca  fcia  pars— integre  remane- 
bunt  michi  gdco  Johi  Corbet  1  rectis  heredib3  meis 
imppm,  &c.  Hiis  testibj  .  Ranulpho  de  Euyr  tune, 
vie.  Northumbr.  .  lohe  de  Felton  .  Robto  de  Ogle  mi- 
litibj  .  Witto  de  C'mlyngton  .  Johi  de  Prestwyk  . 
Witto  de  Wyndgates  t  multis  aliis  .  Dat.  apud  Stanton 
in  festo  Natiuitatis  sci  Johis  Bapte  anno  regni  Regis 
llicardi  scdi  post  conquest.  Anglic  quarto  decimo. — 
f Stanton  papers.J 

12.  Cest  endent'e  fait  pentre  Thorn's  Griffith  f  de 
Wytton— de  vne  pt  1  John  Corbet  de  Stanton  iuxt 
Wytton  dautre  pt  tesmoigne  q  come  le  dit  John  nad- 
gairs  dona  1  enfeoffa  Roge  son  fitz  1  heir  t  Isabett  sa 
feme  1  le  heirs  de  1'  corps  lealment  engendres  de  la 
tierce  ptie  del  manoir  de  Stanton  a  tenir  f  de  chief  del 
fee  p  les  §uices  ent  duhes  &  accustomes  le  quell  manoir 
est  tent3  de  dit  Thorn's  come  de  son  manoir  de  Wytton 
p  Suice  de  chr  le  quelles  Roge  t  Isabett  sont  a  dieux 
comaunde3  Robert  fitz  ct  heir  au  ditz  Roge  't  Isabell 
adonqes  deynz  age  esteaut  p  quelle  cause  le  dit  Thomas 
fist  seiser  le  dit  Robert  ouesq,  la  tierce  ptie  de  manoir 
au'ndit  oue  le  app'tenaunce3  come  son  gard  nieutemayns 
les  pties  au'nditz  sont  accorde3  en  mafl  qensuist  cest  as- 
sauoir  q  le  dit  Thomas  ad  g'unte   au   dit  John  863 
execute's  1  assiges  le  mariage  de  dit  Robert  oues<^  la 
gard  de  la  tierce  ptie  da  manoir  de  Stanton  auandit  a 
auoir  1  tenir  tanq,  a  pleyn  age  de  dit  Robert  1  issint 
de  heir  en  heir  tanq,  une  des  heirs  le  dit  Roge  vigne  a 
15  pleyn  age  Rendant  eut  p  an  a  dit  Thomas  t  863  heirs 
vne  floure  de  rose  ruge  al  fest  del  natiuitie  Seynt  John 
Baptistre,  &c.  .  Done  a  Whichenonre  le  venderdy  pro- 
chein  a  la  fest  de  la  natiuitie  Seynt  John  Baptistre  Ian 
du  regne  le  roy  Henry  quart  puys  le  conquest  denglePa 
Scde — (Id.) 

13.  Omib3  xpi  fidelib3  hanc  cartam  visuris  ut  audit'is. 
Rogerus  de  Merlay  ftius  sattm  in  dno  Sciatis  me  dedisse 
cocessisse  1  hac  mea  Jsenti  carta  cofirmasse  Ade  de 
Plesseto  p  homagio  1  §uicio  suo  q'nej  bouatas  terre  cu 
ptinentijs  suis  1  tres  toftas  1  vnu  cotagiu  in  villa  de 
Horsley  1  in  Sceles  .  scil  illas  duas  bouatas  ?re  cu  tofto 
1  crofto  cu  ptinentijs  q's  Ran  de  Espeley  t  Oso'tus  te- 
nuerut  in  Toddeburn  1  in  Horset  .  1  illam  bouata  ftre 
cu  tofto  1  crofto  cu  ptinentijs  .  q'm  Rogs  de  Thrastere- 
ton  tenuit  in  Horset  .  1  illas  duas  bouat  rre  eu  tofto  1 
crofto  cu  ptin  .  q's  Rots  fit  Matild  tenuit  in  Sceles  .  1 


ill  cotagiu  cu  ptiii  .  qd  Martinus  Medicus  tenuit  in 
Horsel  .  1  ad  pMtoT?  increments  .  dedi  t  cocessi  eid 
Ade  q'ndam  landam  de  vasto  meo  iuxta  cult'm  suam  de 
Toddeburn  que  vocatur  Swynley  sicut  includit'  fossato 
ad  colendu  1  oimodu  comodu  suu  aliud  faciend  .  Habend 
t  tenend  de  me  °t  hedibj  meis  ^dto  Ade  t  hedib3  suis 
de  corpe  suo  legitime  pcreatis  lite  quiete  solute  't  in- 
tegre cu  lito  int'itu  T;  exitu  cu  communa  pasture  t 
litacbne  ad  edificand  .  ardend  T;  sepein  faciend  p  visum 
forestarioT?  meoi?  t  hedu  meoi?  t  cu  omib3  aliis  aysiamtia 
ad  gdtam  villam  de  Horset  ptinentibs  .  Reddendo  inde 
annuatim  fii  t  hedib3  meis  tantu  vnam  lib'm  cymini  ul 
duas  denar  ad  festu  sci  Cuthberti  in  Septemfer  p  oini 
Suicio  cosuetudie  auxilio  t  demanda  que  ab  aliq°  ut  ab 
aliquib3  exigi  poriint  .  Si  aut  cotingat  gdtm  Adam  sn 
hede  de  corpe  suo  legitime  pcreato  i  fata  decedere  . 
Volo  qd  tola  rra  gnoiala  cu  toftis  1  vasto  cu  ptinentijs 
ad  me  1  hedes  meos  sine  alicui'  cot'dcbne  ul  impediinto 
lite  reQtat'  .  Cocedo  etia  p  me  et  hedib3  meis  eid  Ade 
t  hedib3  suis  de  se  legitime  exeuntib3  qd  capiant  mar- 
lam  ad  fram  sua  de  Toddeburn  1  Swyneley  marland 
vbi  inf*  solu  meu  vidint  eis  magis  expedire  .  Et 
ego  Rogs  de  Merlay  t  hedes  mei  gdto  Ade  t  hedib3 
suis  de  corpe  suo  legitime  pcreatis  .  tola  fram  Jdtam  cu 
totis  vasto  t  mark  cu  ptinentijs  cont'  omes  gentes  im- 
ppetuu  Warantizabim'  .  In  cui'  rei  testimon  pti  hui' 
carte  in  modu  cyrog'phi  cofecte  penes  dtm  Ada  resident! 
sigillu  meu  apposui  .  t  alft  pti  q'm  penes  me  1  hedes 
meos  reseruaui  .  dts  Adam  signu  suu  impressit  .  Hijs 
testib3  .  dno  Ada  tuc  afete  de  nouo  monasfto  .  Johe  fit 
Symon  .  Ad  Barat  .  Johe  de  Plesset  .  Ric  de  Saltwyk 
.  Rogo  de  Horset  .  Bartholom  de  Wyadgat  .  Rotto  de 
Caffia  .  Rofeto  Mauclerke  .  And?  Coco  .  Wal?o  de 
Wytton  .  1  alijs.—  (Stanton  deeds.  See  Wallis,  ii.p.  349.) 

14.  Omib3 — Johes  de  Prestwyke  fit  t  heres  Johis  de 
Prestwyke  de  Horsley  defunct  saltm  in  dno  noultis  me 
remisisse — Rogo  de  Thornton  heredibj  t  assignatis  suis 
totum  jus,  &c.  in  omib3  illis  Pris,  &c.  in  Stanton  Sheles 
iuxta  Wytton  sup  aquam — que  Cristiana  Gray  quond'm 
vx°  gdci  Johis  de  Prestwyke  patris  mei  tenuit  ad  ftn 
vite  sue  &c.     In  euius  &c.     Hijs  testib3  Johe  Wod- 
dryngton  .  Johe  Midelton  militibj  .  Symone  Weltden 
.   Nicho  Turpyn  .  Johe  Corbett  .  T;  aliis  .  Dat.  apud 
Stanton  Sheles  in  festo  inuencbis  see  Crucis  a.  r.  r. 
Henrici  5&  p.  c.  A.  tercio.     Seal,  a  gryphon  rampant. 
—fid.) 

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Wolsey, — Morpeth,  Ap.  1,  1524 — "  Please  it  also  your 
grace  where  as  sir  Rauf  Fenwick  keper  of  Tyndall  hath 
it  by  thauthoritie  of  the  kings  ires  patent- .  So  it  is 
now  I  am  enformed  that  sir  Nicholas  Rydley  has  gotten 
of  the  king  certain  lands  that  belongs  to  the  said  office 
of  Tyndall  callad  Plenmeller,  and  other  lands,  and  so  the 
said  Rauf  Fenwick  has  come  in  to  me  as  the  king's 
warden  and  made  me  plain  answer  that  (seeing  the  said 
Plenmellcr  is  the  most  principall  thing  and  pfitte  that 
belongeth  to  the  said  office  of  Tyndale)  he  woll  ne9 
occupie  it  weout  that  he  have  it  that  he  has  alwey  hid- 
derto  had,  and  so  there  is  noo  remedie  but  aitft  the  said 
Nicolas  Ridley  must  be  charged  with  the  keeping  of 
Tyndall,  or  els  he  must  be  discharged  of  the  pufitte 
that  belongs  to  it,  whereof  the  said  sir  Rauf  Fen  wyk 
has  the  kings  Ires  patent  wherof  he  shewed  me  a  copy" 

15,  b.  Extract  from  a  tr  to  the  earl  of  Surrey  from 
Id  Dacre  .  Morpeth  1  April  1524. — "  Also  my  lord  sr 
Rauf  Fenwyk  has  bene  here  and  shewed  me  that  sir 
Nicolas  Ridley  has  gettin  certen  lands  of  the  king  that 
belongs  to  the  office  of  Tyndall  which  is  most  pt  of  the 
pufit  that  doth  apptaigne  to  the  said  office  wherfor  he 
has  made  plain  answere  unto  me  that  he  woll  ne$  occu- 
pie the  said  office  of  Tyndall  if  other  men  have  the  pufit 
that  belongeth  to  it  wherof  I  have  ad^tised  my  said  lord 
Cardcnalles  grace  at  lienth  .  Wherfore  I  besech  yor  L. 
that  ye  woll  be  good  lord  to  the  said  sr  Rauf  and  help 
to  speke  for  hym  so  that  either  he  may  have  all  such 
pufitts  as  belong  to  his  said  office,  wherof  he  has  the 
kings  Ires  patent,  or  else  that  he  may  be  discharged  of 
the  said  office,  and  they  to  occupie  it  that  shal  have  the 
pufit  &c." — (Copied  from  Ld.  nacre's  Ledger  Book,  for 
1523,  at  Miss  Currer's,  Eshton  Hall,   Craven,  by  W.  C. 
Trevelyan,  esq.) 

16.  To  all  trewe  creystene  people — Mariory  Fenwyk 
of  Stanton,  wedowe  late  wife  vnto  sr  Rauffe  Fenwik 
knyht  decessed,  knowe  you  that  I  haithe  made  an  estate 
in  ffee  vnto  Thomas  Fenwik  of  Letilharle  .  John  Dent 
of  By ker  .  and  Alexander  Heron  ofMeldon  gentilmen 
of  all  my  lands,  &c.  in  my  mar?  of  Stanton  &  in  the 
townes  and  felds  of  Stanton,  Abshellis,  Lymekilnefeld, 
Langschawis-est,    JLangschawis-west,   Cresswell,   New- 
bigging,  and  in  the  towne  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  to 
thentente  to  pforme  this  my  last  will  as  more  at  lengthe 
it  doth  appere  in  a  dede  made  7  Aug.  27  Hen.  8  .  Knoue 
you  that  1  the  said  Mariory  Fenwik  makes  this  my  pre- 
sent last  will  indented  in  forme  following  .  That  is  to 


wete  .  I  will  that  the  forsaid  Thomas  Fenwick  and  hi* 
coofeoffees  shall  stand  seased  of  all  myn  said  manr  and 
apprtenanf  in  Stanton,  Abschellf,  Lymekilnefeld,  lang- 
shawis  est  &  west,  Cresswell,  Newbigging,  &  Newcastle 
vnto  the  use  of  me  for  9me  of  my  lyffe  .  And  after  my 
decesse  my  said  feoffes  stond  seazed  in  Stanton  Abschel- 
lis  &  Lymekylnefeld  vnto  the  use  of  John  Fenwik  my 
son  &  his  heires  masle — Item,  to  Anthony  Fenwick  my 
son — rem.  to  Weyred  Fenwik  my  youngest  son — Rem. 
to  my  right  heirs  .  My  son  Wygerd  to  have  Abschellis 
for  his  liffe  .  ALSO  I  will  that  after  my  decesse  the 
above  named  coofeoffes  stand  seazed  in  Est  Langschawis 
&  Westlangschawis  vnto  the  use  of  Anthony  Fenwik 
his  heirs  male — Rem.  to  my  son  John — rem.  to  my  son 
Wegered  .  ALSO  that  my  said  feoffes  after  my  decesse 
stand  seased  in  all  my  lands  in  Cressewell,  Newbigging, 
and  Newcastle,  to  the  use  of  Wilgefrid  Musgrave  my 
daughter  for  the  term  of  her  life — rem.  to  Cuthfct  Mus- 
grave son  &  heir  vnto  Thomas  Musgrave  M'schall  of 
Berwik  &  his  heirs  masle — rem.  to  my  right  heirs. — 
( Abstracted  from  the  Stanton  papers.) 

17.  Letter  from  Mr  John  Selby  to  Mr  Walsingham. 
— 15  July,  1575. — Sir  John  Forster,  Sir  Francis  Rus- 
sell, Cutht.  Collingwood,  James  Ogle,  and  Mr  Fen- 
wick, of  Stanton,  with  divers  other  gentlemen,  are  car- 
ried to   Dalkeith,  unto  the  Regent,  whereas  they  do 
remain,  and  are  kept  as  prisoners.    And  all  the  rest  of 
the  gentlemen,  countrymen,  and  servants,  and  others, 
for  the  most  part  are  in  like  case  retained,  and  kept  by 
their  takers  as  prisoners.    And  also,  the  very  same  day, 
immediately  after  the  quarrel,  the  Scots  run  a  forray 
upon  the  water  of  Rede,    in  the  middle  marches  of 
England,  and  took  away  to  the  number  of  CCC  cattle, 
the  which  they  do  still  retain.     Also  sithence  within 
these  east  marches,  I  have  taken  such  order,  that  there 
has  been  no  attempt  committed  upon  either  part.    Not- 
withstanding that  the  best  of  these  borderers  be  well 
willing  and  contented  to  seek  revenge  in  respect  of 
their  dear  friends,  howbeit  they  are  and  be  obedient  to 
observe  the  peace  until  such  time  as  the  Queen's  maae* 
pleasure  be  further  known  herein. — (Ex.  Oria.  in  Cot. 
MS.  Cal.  C.  V.  fol.  31,  b.) 

18.  PRESENTMENT  at  the  visitation  in  June,  1680. — 
Mr  Hen.  Thornton,  Mr  Wm  Johnson  ats  Veich,  Ralph 
Carnaby,  Thomas  Radcliffe,  Thomas  Browne,  and  John 
Browne,  for  quite  absenting  themselves  from  their  pa- 
rish church.— (MS.  penes  I.  Bell,  p.  244.  J 


BOTHAL  PARISH. DIVISIONS  AND   SOIL. 


19.  The  TOWNSHIPS  assessed  to  the  expences  of  the 
knights  of  the  shire  for  Northumberland  at  the  parlia- 
ment at  Westminster,  5  Ric.  II.  138J,  were  "  Stanton, 
2s.  Wyndgates  and  Gererdley,  2s.  Horsley  and  Tod- 
burn  3s."  Splitting  Horsley  into  three  townships,  and 
making  Langshaws  and  Witton  Shields  parochial  dis- 
tricts distinct  from  Stanton  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
poor,  are  modern  innovations  arising,  perhaps,  as  in 
many  other  instances,  out  of  abuse  of  the  statute  of  13 
and  14  Car.  II.  which  allowed  the  several  constableries 
of  a  parish  to  maintain  their  poor  separately,  where 
four  overseers  of  the  poor  were  not  sufficient  to  manage 
the  poor  affairs  of  the  whole  of  the  townships  conjointly. 


20.  The  late  Mr  Johnson,  while  he  was  chaplain,  at 
Netherwitton,  and  before  he  became  vicar  of  the  two 
churches  of  By  well,  resided  in  STANTON  HALL.    No 
gentleman  has  resided  in  it  since  he  left  it. 

21.  INSTANCES  OF  LONGEVITY. — 15  June,  died  at 
Stanton,  near  Morpeth,    one  Elizabeth  Elsdon,  aged 
106  :  she  retained  her  faculties  to  the  last.     Her  hus- 
band died  in  January  last,  aged   104. — In  the  same 
place,  there  is    now  living,   one   Elizabeth  Wheeler, 
aged  104,  in  such  health  and  vigour,  as  to  be  able  to 
walk  twenty  miles  a  day. — (Newcastle  Cour.  23  June, 
1764.; 


BOTHAL  PARISH  includes  the  parochial  chapelry  of  Hebburn,  and  the 
antient  parish  of  Sheepwash,  which,  since  the  period  of  the  Restoration,  has 
been  annexed  to  Bothal,  and  with  it,  contains  the  six  several  townships  of 
Bothal  Demesne,  Ashington,  Pegsworth,  Longhirst,  Old  Moor,  and  Sheep- 
wash,  all  in  the  east  division  of  Castle  ward,  and  containing  together,  in 
1821,  137  families,  and  658  persons ;  of  which  families  25  were  handicraft 
or  trades-people,  92  employed  in  agriculture,  and  20  not  included  within 
these  two  description  of  persons.  The  chapelry  of  Hebburn  is  wholly  in  the 
west  division  of  Morpeth  ward,  and  contains  7  townships,  viz.  : — Hebburn, 
Cawsey  Park,  Fenrother,  Tritlington,  Earsdon,  Earsdon  Forest,  and  Cockle 
Park,  which  townships  collectively  contained  564  persons,  comprised  in  112 
families,  of  which  28  were  handicraft  and  trades-people,  76  agriculturists, 
and  8  of  other  descriptions.  The  soil  of  nearly  the  whole  parish  is  clayey, 
and  much  employed  in  agriculture,  especially  in  the  growth  of  wheat,  for 
which  it  is  well  suited.  About  Earsdon  and  Earsdon  Forest  it  is  high  and 
cold,  and  oats  are  the  chief  produce.  The  general  aspect  of  the  district  is  bare, 
its  features  flat  and  tame  ;  but,  along  the  banks  of  the  Wansbeck,  the  scenery 
is  rich  and  various,  consisting  of  high  banks  clothed  with  woods,  and  here  and 
there  inclosing  haughs  of  uncommon  fertility,  or  of  rocks  grey  with  lichens, 
or  crowned  with  gigantic  forest  trees.  Akenside  sang  of  the  Wansbeck  ;  but 
poet  or  painter  has  never  yet  done  justice  to  the  ever-varying  charms  of  the 
course  of  this  lovely  stream  from  her  fountains  in  the  wild  moors  about  the 
Waney  Crags,  till  in  the  lone  and  sequestered  woods  of  Bothal  and  Sheep- 
wash,  she  begins  to  put  on  her  beautiful  and  bridal  robes  before  she  weds 
with  the  ocean. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    I 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD. 

BARONY  OF  BOTHAL. — An  account  of  the  "  Antiquities  of  the  family  of 
Ogle,  presented  to  Henry  now  duke  of  Newcastle,  by  Robert  Fenwick,  of 
Bedlington,  i'th*  year  1664,"  says  that  Reynold  Gisulph  lord  of  Bothal,  at  the 
time  of  the  Conquest,  had  a  son  Symond  Gisulph,  whose  only  daughter  and 
heir  Menbell  married  sir  Robert,  younger  brother  of  sir  Roger  Bertram,  who 
married  the  heiress  of  Mitford,  and  founded  the  monastery  of  Brinkburne, 
where  he  lies  buried  under  a  marble  tomb,  with  this  inscription — f^tc  JftCCt 
iUigcrbS  fbttDatOiV  This  account  also  states  that  the  father  of  the  hus- 
bands of  these  two  heiresses  was  William,  and  their  grandfather  Richard. 
But  it  is  quite  clear  from  the  Brinkburne  cartulary  that  William  Bertram, 
the  father  of  Roger  Bertram  the  First,  was  the  founder  of  that  house  ;  and  I 
have  the  evidence  of  an  antient  charter,"  still  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the 
dean  and  chapter  of  Durham,  not  only  that  he  was  the  father  of  Roger  Ber- 
tram, lord  of  Mitford,  but  that  he  was  the  son  of  Guy  de  Balliol,  who  came 
into  England  with  William  Rufus,  and  was  rewarded  with  great  possessions 
at  Barnard-castle,  and  other  places,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  and  with  the 
barony  of  Bywell,  in  this  county,  which  extended  over  the  parishes  of  By  well 
St  Peter  and  Woodhorn,  and  a  large  portion  of  the  parish  of  Stamfordham ; 
besides  comprising  the  townships  of  Gunnerton  arid  Swinburne,  and  other 
scattered  possessions.  To  this  direct  testimony  to  the  families  of  Bertram 
being  descended  from  the  Balliols,  I  have  also  thrown  some  sprinklings  of 
circumstantial  evidence  of  the  fact  into  the  pedigree  of  the  barons  of  Bothal, 
and  the  account  of  their  arms.  The  tale  about  Richard  Bertram  obtaining 
Mitford  by  the  marriage  of  its  heiress,  must  therefore  be  received  as  apocry- 
phal. There  is  no  antient  evidence  to  support  the  assumption.  Parts  of  it 
are  certainly  inaccurate,  and  the  whole  of  it  contradictory  and  confused.  The 
first  ray  of  authentic  history  which  falls  on  Bothal  is  in  the  year  1166,  when 
Richard  Bertram,  by  his  charter,  preserved  in  the  Liber  Niger/  certified  to 
Henry  the  Second,  that  he  held  under  him  three  knight's  fees  by  the  old 
feoffment,  that  is,  such  as  were  created  and  given  to  his  predecessor  in  this 
property  by  Henry  the  First,  and  that  he  had  no  knights  enfeoffed  under 
him.  The  next  account  of  it  is  in  the  aid  for  marrying  Maud,  the  sister  of 
Henry  the  Third,  to  the  Roman  emperor,  where  it  is  described  as  consisting 

*  At  p.  39,  gen.  ii.  line  2,  for  he  lies,  read  Roger  is  said  to  lie ;  and,  line  3,  for  he,  read  William. 
u  Evidences  to  Bertram  Pedigree,  No.  5.  v  Page  336. 


BOTHAL  PARISH. BARONY.  123 

of  three  knight's  fees,  of  which  Peter  de  Crickelston  and  Eve  his  wife  held 
under  Roger  Bertram  one  knight's  fee,   Falco  Baynard   a   sixteenth,    and 
Richard  the  son  of  Thurstan  a  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of  the  new 
feoffment.w     The  Testa  de  Neville,  compiled  in   1219,   also  says  that  Robert 
Bertram  held  the  barony  of  Bothal  by  the  service  of  three  knight's  fees  of 
the  old  feoffment,  as  all  his  ancestors  had  done  ;  and  that  nothing  had  been 
alienated  from  it  by  marriage  or  free  alms,  or  in  any  other  way,  to  the  injury 
of  the  king's  rights  ;  but  that  he  was  then  dead,  and  that  his  lands  and  his 
heir  Richard  were  then  in  the  king's  custody.x     The  most  extended  account 
of  it,  however,  is  in  the   aid  for  knighting  Edward  the  First  in  1240,  which 
states  that  Roger  Bertram  held  in  capite  of  the  king,  Bothal,  with  its  mem- 
bers,  namely,   Weteworth  and  New  moor,  also  Peggsworth,  Hebburn,  Fen- 
ruther,  Tritlington,  Earsdon,  and  Longhirst,  with  its  members,  New  Moor 
and  Essingden,  all  of  which  he  held  by  three  fees  of  the  old  feoffment,  and  of 
him  that  Peter  de  Crikelston  and  Eve  his  wife  held  Tritlington  and  Earsdon 
by  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoffment ;  Falco  de  Baynhard  two  carucates 
of  land  on  New  Pendmoor  by  one-sixteenth,  and  Richard  the  son  of  Thurstan 
half  a  carucate  in  the  same  moor  by  one-twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of 
the  new  feoffment.    The  soccage  tenants  in  Weteworth  at  the  same  time  were 
Juliana,   the  widow  of  Walter,   who  held  twenty-four  acres  by  one  pound  of 
pepper ;    John  Marays  24*  acres  by  3s.  ;  Richard,  son  of  Robert,   23  acres, 
by  5s. ;  Robert,  son  of  Ralph,  half  a  carucate  by  7s.  and  a  pound  of  cumin  ; 
Hugh  Forester  22  acres,  and  Adam  Marshall  40  acres,  by  one  pound  of  pep- 
per each  ;  Alexander  de  la  Moor  half  a  carucate  by  6d. ;  Hugh  Baker  12 
acres  by  12d.  ;  Richard,  son  of  John,  and  Robert  Cook  and  William  Taylor, 
each  24  acres,  by  2s.  each ;  Elias,  the  son  of  Walter,  40  acres,  by  one  £ound 
of  pepper  ;  Edward  Page  40  acres  by  3s. ;  Hugh  de  Herle  half  a  carucate  by 
a  pound  of  pepper,  and  William,  the  son  of  Hervi,  24  acres,  by  2s.    In  Pegges- 
worth,  Robert  Pinzun  held  12  acres  by  the  payment  of  two  geese  on  the 
day  of  St  Michael.      In  Longhirst,   Robert  Fitz-Roger  had  18  acres  for  3s., 
and  Ralph  Marshall  half  an  acre  by  one  penny ;  William  Mangebacon  half  a 
carucate  in  Hebburn  by  2s.  ;  Robert  of  Fenrother  held  Fenrother  by  one 
mark  ;  and  Hugh  of  Morwick  held  Ashington,  and  a  moiety  of  Longhirst,  by 

w  III.  i.  226.  x  Id.  234. 


124  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WAR1). 

foreign  service/  which  was  probably  paid  to  the  king.2  Robert  Bertram,  at  the 
assizes  in  Newcastle,  in  1294,  established  his  antient  right  to  take  felons,  and 
hang  them  within  his  manor  here,  as  well  as  to  have  assize  of  bread  and  ale 
within  it ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  produced  a  charter  of  Henry  III,,  conferring 
upon  his  father  Roger  the  privilege  of  free  warren  in  all  his  demesne  lands  in 
Bothal  and  Hebburn.a  This  barony  paid  for  castle-ward  £2,  and  for  cornage 
8s.  4d.  to  the  castle  of  Newcastle,5  which  services  I  think  it  is  probable  were 
imposed  when  the  vetus  feoffamentum  of  it  was  made  to  the  predecessors  of 
Richard  Bertram,  for  whom  and  his  heirs  it  was  probably  carved  off  the 
barony  of  Bywell  by  his  grandfather  Guy  de  Balliol,  and  by  him  surrendered 
to  be  held  in  capite  et  per  baroniam  of  the  crown. 


PEDIGREE  OF  BERTRAM,  BAROKS  OF  BOTHAL,. 

ARMS. — Of  "  Robert  de  Bertram,  de  or  a  tin  escucboun  percee  de  azur." — (Antiq.  Rep.  iii.  86.  Palg.  Par.  Writs,  i.  419,  Sgc.) 
In  addition  to  the  positive  testimony  of  a  charter,  we  have  here  circumstantial  evidence  that  the  family  of  Bertram  was 
descended  from  that  of  Balliol.  Branches  of  great  families,  who  became  ennobled,  bore  the  arms  of  their  common  progenitor, 
distinguished  in  antient  times  only  by  colour  or  a  bordure,  or  more  modernly  by  the  ordinary  differences.  The  bearing  of  the 
Bertrams,  barons  of  Mitford,  was  within  a  bordure  of  cross  croslets,  an  orle. — (See  Surteeis  Dur.  Seals,  plate  1.)  I  will  not 
multiply  authorities  to  show  that  the  arms  of  Balliol  was  an  escutcheon  or  orle.  Nesbit  says,  "  Sir  James  Balfour,  in  his 
Blazons,  gives  us  the  coat  of  John  Balliol,  pretended  king  of  Scotland,  which  he  blazons  or,  an  escutcheon  gules,  avoided  of 
the  field,  which  is  the  same  with  the  orle ;"  and  "  Mr  Gibbon,  in  his  Introductio  ad  Latinam  Blazoniam,  gives  us  the  arms 
of  John  Balliol  of  other  tinctures,  being  one  of  the  magnates  of  Henry  III.  gules  an  orle  argent,  which  he  says  yet  stands  in 
the  body  of  Westminster  Abbey  church,  on  the  north  side,  and  which  are  also  the  arms  of  Balliol's  College,  he  being  the 
founder  thereof."  The  same  author  also  further  remarks  that  "  Guy  de  Balliol  came  over  to  England  with  the  Conqueror's 
son,  William  llufus,  and  was  possessed  of  the  barony  of  Bywell,  in  Northumberland,  for  which  lands  his  son  did  homage  to 
king  David  I.  of  Scotland." 

[In  the  Evidences  to  this  pedigree,  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  and  4,  I  have  given  the  pedigree  of  the  Bertram  family,  extracts  from 
two  old  deeds,  and  some  illustrations  of  the  date  of  the  first  of  these  documents,  all  extracted  from  the  "  Antiquities  of  the 
Ogle  Family,"  already  alluded  to.  Dodsworth's  abstract  of  the  deed  is,  however,  there  substituted,  instead  of  Mr  Fenwick's, 
on  account  of  its  being  fuller,  and  having  more  of  the  witnesses  to  it  given  than  his.  That  Mr  Fenwick  did  not  suspect  the 
genuineness  of  the  pedigree  is  plain,  from  the  pains  he  has  taken  to  find  out,  as  nearly  as  he  could,  the  time  when  the  deed 
was  dated ;  but  a  very  slight  examination  of  the  subject  will  be  sufficient  to  show  that  it  has  been  put  together  by  random 
and  by  conjecture.  The  story  of  the  Gisulphs  may  indeed  be  true :  I  have  seen  it  nowhere  else.  The  Harleian  MS.  No.  2188, 
contains  descents  of  Ogle  from  Bertram,  as  well  as  from  William  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  but  of  these  I  have  no  copy; 
but  No.  294  of  the  same  collection,  which  is  intituled  "  Apparatus  Genealogicus  Anglicus,"  contains  the  descents  from  Wm 
Bertram,  lord  of  Mitford,  and  Hawise  his  wife,  for  four  generations,  taken  from  the  Brinkburne  Register  about  the  year 
1597,  by  Robert  Treswelle,  Somerset  Herald,  which  descents  agree  with  the  statement  printed  above  at  p.  39.  Of  the  Bothal 
line,  Dugdale's  account,  which  begins  with  Richard,  who  lived  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Second,  is  the  best ;  and  all  the 
principal  facts  contained  in  it  are  interwoven  with  the  following  account,  without  noticing  the  source  from  which  they  are 
derived.  The  other  parts  have  their  authorities  referred  to.] 


III.  i.  216.  z  See  Jacob  under  foreign  service.  *  III.  i.  171. 

b  Brand's  Newc.  i.  170. 


BOTHAL  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  BERTRAM,  BARONS  OF  BOTHAL. 


125 


I.— -GUY  DE  BALLIOL,  grandfather  of  Roger  Bertram,  who  gave  the  church  of  Stainton  to  the  church  of  St  Mary,  at  York. 

— (Evict.  No.  5,  and  Hutch.  Pur.  04.  204.) 


II.  —  BERNARD  BALLIOL, 
lord    of    Bernard-castle, 
Bywell,  &e.=F 
A 


WILLIAM  BERTRAM,  i.  e.  William  the  Fair,  was  son  of  Guy  de  Balliol,  and= 
father  of  Roger  Bertram,  who  gave  the  church  of  Stainton  to  the  i 
at  York. — (Evid.   No.   5.)     This  is  the  William  who  founded  ~ 
Priory. 


J 


Balliol,  and-r- 
o  the  church  I 
Brinkburne  I 
I 


HAwisE,  or  Alice,  daur. 
of  Wm  Merlay,  baron 
of  Morpeth. 


III. — 1.  ROGER  BERTRAM,  baron  of  Mitford,  confirmed  the  grant  of  his~r    2.  GUY. 


lather  Wm  Bertram,  and  his  grandfather  Guy  de  Balliol,  of  the  church 
of  Stainton  co.  Durh.  to  the  church  of  St  Mary,  York  (Evid.  No.  5)  ;  and 
with  his  father  Wm,  and  his  mother  Hawise,  and  his  brothers  Guy,  Wm, 
and  Richard,  founded  the  priory  of  Brinkburne. — (Brink.  Cart.  ful.  I.) 
I  also  find  Wm,  Guy,  Ric.  &  Robt.  Bertram,  witnesses  to  a  deed,  by  which 
Bernard-of-the-Sands  (de  Arenis)  gave  half  of  the  lordship  of  Whittonstall 
to  Milo,  his  man,  to  be  holden  by  the  payment  of  2s.  a  year ;  and  in  lieu 
of  two  carucates  of  land  which  was  to  be  holden  by  the  same  service,  and 
as  Bertram,  the  son  of  Osbert,  then  held  it.  There  is  no  date  to  this 
transaction  ;  but,  as  Whittonstall  was  a  lordship  in  Bernard  de  Balliol's 
barony  of  Bywell,  it  is  probable  that  it  was  done  In  Balliol's  court  there, 
and  that  the  four  Bertrams  were  present  at  the  transaction,  as  relations, 
and  persons  holding  property  under  him.—  \Evid.  No.  6.) 


4.  RICHARD  BERTRAM, 
S.WILLIAM.    II.  1166,  certified  that  he  held 

three  knight's  fees  of  the  king. 
He  also  gave  to  the  monks  of  Tinmouth  two- 
thirds  of  the  tithes  of  Bothal,  and  confirmed  them 
two  sheaves  of  corn,  which  they  had  out  of  his 
demesne  lands  of  Bothal  by  the  gift  of  his  ances- 
tors (Man.  Ang.  p.  836)  ;  and,  in  8  Ric.  I.  1 196-7, 
he  paid  10  marks  to  the  crown  for  leave  to  marry 
his  daur.  to  whom  he  should  think  fit.  Witness  to! 
a  deed  from  Walter  Fitz- William,  baron  of  Whal- 

ton,  to  Bertram  Widdrington (Lansd.  MS.  326, 

Jol.  158.   See  under  Widdrington.  J    He  was  living  in 


the  time  of  Richard  the  First. — (Lib.  Rub.) 


r 

IV. — WILLIAM  BERTRAM  II.  baron= 
of  Mitford,  and  lord  of  Greatham, 
for  which  last  place  he  was  rated  at 
82s.  in  8  Rich.  I.  1196  (Dug.  Bar.  i. 
543) ;  died  about  the  year  1 199. 


:ALICE,  daur.    AGNES  BERTRAM.  =T=THOMAS,  son  of    ROBERT  BERTRAM,  baron  of  Bo-=r= 


of  Robt.  Um-      (See  HI.  it. 
freville,     ba- 
ron of  Prudhoe,  and  lord  of 
Redesdale,  &c.  &c. 


sir  Wm  Emme-  thai,  in  trinity  term,  1200,  had  a 
lay,  had,  in  free  suit  at  law  with  William  de  Vescy 
marriage  with  fill.  ti.  338)  ;  and,  in  1201,  paid 
his  wife,  the  .£6  for  two  scutages  of  the  prece- 
ville  of  Stainton,  ding  reign  ;  but  died  in  1203.  This 

in  the  county  of    probably  was  the  sir  Robert  Ber- 

•"  Durham— (Sar*.    tram  who  gave  to  the  monks  of 

Dttr.  Hi.  399)  ;  and  in  1283,  covenanted  to  pay  to  John  de  Balliol,  as  superior  lord  Newminster  the  land  which  in  his 
of  the  fee,  one  penny  rent,  and  do  fealty  and  suit  of  court  once  in  three  weeks  at  time  was  called  Forum,  with  Its 
Balliol's  court  at  Gainford.—  (Id.  p.  61.)  appurtenances  ;  which  grant  was 

confirmed  by  his  son  Richard,  and 

by  Robert  Bertram. — (Dug.  Man.  it.  916.)  In  king  John's  time  he  had  a  suit  with  his  cousin  Hugh  de  Balliol  respecting 
two  carucates  of  land  in  Pentmore. — (HI.  U.  242.)  In  18  John,  1216,  the  king  granted  to  the  earl  of  Albemarle  100  soli- 
dates  of  land  in  Polhampton,  coun.  Southampton,  and  which  had  belonged  to  the  late  Robert  Bertram. — (III.  H.  367.) 


V.— ROGER  BERTRAM  II.  "and5 
certain  other  northern  noble- 
men," died,  according  to  Matt. 
Paris,  in  1242 — (P.  584.) 


AGNES  DE  EMMELAY  granted 
Stainton  to  Richard  de  la  Hay, 
burgess  of  Newcastle — (Hurt. 
Hi.  399.) 


RICHARD  BERTRAM,  baron  of  Botbal,  was  a  minor  a.t=f: 
the  time  of  his  father's  death,  when  both  he  and  hisl 
lands,  for  the  sum  of  £6,000,  were  committed  to  the 
custody  of  Robert  Tebeville. — (III.   it.   857.)     Richard 
Bertram  and  Roger  Bertram  (probably  of  Mitford)  werer 


both  witnesses  to  a  deed  respecting  the  borough  of  Corbridge  when  Brian  Fitz- Alan  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland  from 

1228  to  1234.  (L.  41,51.) 

I 

ROBERT  BERTRAM,  of  Bothal,: 
occurs  as  witness  to  a  deed 
when  J.  de  Kirkby  was  sheriff 
of  this  county  between  1286 
and  1242  (Surinb.  Edl.  Deeds,  p. 
5) ;  and  to  another,  during  the 
sheriffalty  of  William  Heron, 
which  continued  from  1246  to 
1256. — (Dodsworth,  from  Nevim. 
Cart./.  40.)  He  died  49  Hen. 
the  Third,  1265,  seized  of  lands 
In  Bothal,  Wetoworth,  Heb- 
inirii.  Langhirst,  Hengandeles, 
and  Peggsworth,  in  the  barony 
of  Bothal (HI.  i.  44) 


VI. — ROGER  BERTRAM  III.  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  siege  of  Northampton,  Ap.  8,  1263;= 
and,  in  a  list  of  the  knights  at  the  battle  of  Lewes,  in  1264,  is  styled  "  Roger  Bertram  a 
Gretham,"  which  manor  he  probably  sold  to  Peter  de  Montfort,  as  he  had  done  Ottercops, 
in  this  county,  to  Simon  de  Montfort ;  and  Ponteland,  &  other  places,  to  Wm  de  Valence, 
to  assist  the  Montforts  in  carrying  on  their  Rebellion  against  Henry  the  Third,  or  to  un- 
load himself  of  the  heavy  burdens  laid  upon  him  for  fighting  against  the  king.  For,  after 
the  battle  of  Evesham,  Aug.  5,  1264,  the  king  granted  Greatham  as  an  escheat  of  Peter  de 
Montfort,  for  rebellion,  to  Thomas  Clare  ;  but  the  bishop  of  Durham  laying  claim  to  all 
forfeitures  for  treason  within  his  palatinate,  the  grant  to  Clare  was  revoked,  and  the 
manor  confirmed,  both  by  the  king  and  Peter  de  Montfort,  to  the  bishop,  who  founded 
with  the  forfeited  possessions  the  hospital  which  still  continues  there.  Greystanes,  how- 
ever, as  quoted  by  Mr  Surtees,  says,  "  that  the  bishop  bought  Greatham  of  one  surnamed 
Bertram  ;"  though,  in  Stichel's  foundation  charter,  it  is  expressly  stated  that  he  had  ob- 
tained the  manor  by  the  gift  of  hie  special  friend  sir  Peter  de  Montfort (Dug.  Mon.  U.  437.) 


I  I    I    I    I    I  I — 

VII. — ROGER  BERTRAM  IV.     THOMAS,  had  a  son  John,    ROBERT  BERTRAM  acknowledged  the  service  of  three  knight's  fees,  =7= 
died  in  1312,  8.  p.  and  four  sisters,   viz.  : —    performed  by  himself  and  four  Serjeants  in  the  expedition  against 

AGNES,  ISABELLA,  CHRIS-    Llewelyn  ot  Wales,  which  mustered  before  the  constable  and  the 
TIAN,  and  ADA. — (Sup.  4.)    earl  of  Worcester,  July  1,  1277;  but,  in  the  account  of  the  expe- 
dition against  the  Welch,  which  mustered  at  Rhudlan  in  1282, 

he  is  described  as  infirm  and  unable  to  attend  personally,  but  that  the  service  for  his  three  knight's  fees  would  be  performed 
by  six  Serjeants.  In  1290,  he  was  knight  of  the  shire  for  Northumberland. — (Palg.  Par.  Writs,  i.  202,230.)  In  a  deed 
of  1294,  he  is  styled  baro  de  Bothal  (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  188)  ;  in  which  year  he  defended  his  rights  at  the  assizes  at  New- 
castle against  the  charges  brought  against  him  under  the  writ  de  quo  waranto,  at  which  assizes  he  also  sat  upon  the  jury  for 
2  causes — (//A*.  171,  187,  188.)  In  1296,  he  was  summoned  to  muster  at  Newcastle,  to  do  militaiy  service  against  the 
Scots  (Palg.  Par.  Writs,  i.  277;  Harl.  MS.  294,  No.  1412);  .and,  in  the  same  year,  he  was  witness  to  a  deed  of  Ralph 
lord  Greystock. — (WaUis,  it.  260.)  The  king  sent  a  writ  to  him  and  two  others,  respecting  certain  lands  in  Tinmouthshire, 
anno  12  Edward  I. — (///.  U.  849.) 


VIII. — SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,  knight,  lord  of  Bothal,  was  living  in  1261,  and  under  the  name  of  sir  Roger  Bertram,  of  = 
Bothal,  in  that  year,  made  an  exchange  with  John  Silvester,  rector  of  Bothal,  respecting  certain  lands  in  Bothal ;  Richard 
and  Falco  Bertram  being  two  of  the  witnesses  to  the  agreement — (///.  U.  40).  Before  this,  in  1250,  he  had  had  liberty  of  free 
warren  in  Bothal  and  Hebburn. — (Id.  890.)  Roger  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  was  also  witness  to  a  charter  while  Hugh  de  Bole- 
beck  was  sheriff  ot  Northumberland  from  1236  to  1246  (///.  it.  76 ;  Wallis,  U.  284) :  also  to  another,  while  Wm  Heron  was 
sheriff,  which  office  he  held  from  1246  to  1257 — (Id.  308  ;  Cart.  Sid.  v.  25.) 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


126 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD. 


Issue  of  sir  Roger  Bertram,  knt.  and 


IX. — ROBERT  BERTRAM,  on  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  Robert  Bertram,  in  1300,  was  found  to  be  18  years  old ;  and, 
that  year,  letters  patent  respecting  the  manor  of  Bothal,  describe  him  as  Robert,  the  son  of  Roger,  son  of  Robert  Bertram. 
— (///.  ii.  362.)  He  made  proof  of  his  age,  and  did  homage,  2  Edw.  II.  1308-9  ;  and  died  in  1384,  possessed  of  the  manor 
and  hamlet  of  Bothal,  tenements  in  Woodhorn  called  Hendemers  and  Blund,  lands  in  Trywytschel  in  the  Merlay  barony, 
tenements  in  Morpath.  the  hamlets  of  Weteworth,  Peggsworth,  Lang-hurst,  and  Hebburn,  besides  80  acres  of  land  in  Tir- 
whitley.— (///.  i.  58,  60.) 


X. — ROBERT  BERTRAM,  son  and  heir,  was  12  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's^MARGARET,  daur.  &  co-heir  of  Constance, 
death.  On  Nov.  25,  1335,  he  and  Gerard  Widdrington  had  a  warrant  tested  by  I  wife  of  Wm  de  Felton,  died  8  Edw.  III. 
the  king,  at  Newcastle,  to  raise  the  whole  disposeable  force  ofMorpeth  ward,  with  J  — (Cett.  MS.  Claud.  C.  viii.) 

power  to  arrest  and  imprison  all  that  refused  to  rise  at  their  order. — (Rot.  Scot.  i.  

889.)  In  1341  he  had  a  release  from  the  crown  of  £10  a  year,  payable  out  of  Lourbottle. — (///.  ii.  371.)  In  1343,  he  had  a 
licence  to  convert  his  manor  house  into  a  castle  ;  and  Dec.  1,  of  the  same  year,  was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  to  punish 
violators  of  the  truces  entered  into  with  the  Scots. — (Rot.  Scot.  i.  644.)  In  1344,  his  name  appears  in  a  list  of  persons  ap- 
pointed to  array  the  forces  of  the  county. — (Id.  649.)  In  1343  and  1844,  he  and  Robert  de  Fenwick  were  joint  sheriffs  of 
Northumberland.  On  the  JOth  of  April,  1345,  he  was  appointed,  with  Adomar  de  Atholl  and  Robert  Ogle,  to  raise  the 
militia  of  that  county  (Id.  660) ;  and,  on  Aug.  28,  with  different  other  commissioners,  to  array  the  forces  both  of  Yorkshire 
and  Northumberland,  to  repel  the  meditated  invasions  of  the  Scotch. — (Id.  664,  665.)  When  Robert  Shelvington,  7  July, 
Edw.  III.  1346,  was  mayor  of  Newcastle,  sir  Robert  Bertram,  knight,  granted  to  Waleran  de  Lumley,  of  the  same  place,  a 
messuage,  situated  in  the  Close,  between  the  house  of  John  de  Fiismareys  and  that  of  Thomas  Lumley,  and  between  the 
king's  highway  of  the  Close  and  the  Tyne,  excepting  the  two  cellars  and  warehouses  below.—  (Evid.  No.  7.)  In  Oct.  follow- 
ing, he,  and  eleven  other  northern  generals,  had  letters  of  thanks  from  the  king  for  their  bravery  at  the  battle  of  Neville's 
Cross,  where  he  captured  William  Douglas  and  Malcolm  Fleming,  earl  of  Wigton — the  latter  of  whom  by  special  writs  dated 
Eltham,  14  Dec.  1346,  and  Jan.  20,  1847,  he  was  commanded  to  convey  to  the  tower  of  London  ;  but,  either  disregarding 
the  royal  mandates,  and  setting  the  earl  of  Wigton  free,  or  negligently  suffering  him  to  escape,  the  king  issued  an  order  to 
sir  Henry  Percy  and  sir  Ralph  de  Neville  to  apprehend  the  baron  of  Bothal  himself,  and  lodge  him  safely  in  the  prison  into 
which  he  had  neglected  to  deliver  the  earl  of  Wigton,  as  well  as  to  seize  all  his  lands,  goods,  and  chattels,  into  the  king's 
bands,  and  regularly  extend,  catalogue,  and  appraise  the  whole  of  them  (Rot.  Scot.  i.  680,  681 ,  695) :  but,  in  the  following 
year,  through  the  intercession  of  Hen.  earl  of  Lancaster,  they  were  again  restored  to  him ;  and,  for  his  good  services  in  taking 
William  Douglas  at  the  battle  of  Durham,  he  had  an  annuity  of  200  marks  out  of  the  Customs  of  Newcastle  settled  upon  him 
for  life.  Edward  the  Third  meditating  a  powerful  invasion  of  Scotland  in  the  spring  of  1347,  settled  stipends  upon  several 
northern  lords,  and  their  retinues ;  and,  among  the  rest,  £40  a  quarter  upon  sir  Robert  Bertram,  and  ten  men  at  arms,  and 
ten  archers  mounted. — (Id.  692.)  There  is  a  record,  dated  in  1362,  respecting  Robert  Bertram,  baron  of  Bothal,  in  North- 
umberland, and  lord  of  the  castle  of  Bothal. — (III.  ii.  377.)  He  died  in  1863,  possessed  of  lands  in  Choppington,  Cambois, 
and  Northosle,  besides  the  castle  and  manor  of  Bothal — (III,  i.  81.)  Proof  of  his  age  2  Edw.  III. — (Ing,  p.  m.  iv.  437.) 

XI. — 1.  ROBERT  DE  OGLE.^HELEN  BERTRAM,  baroness  of  Bothal,  sole  daur.  &  heir  of  her  father,  was  four  times  married; 
(See  Part  I.  vol.  i.  p.  882.)  |  firstly,  according  to  the  inquest  after  her  father's  death,  to  Robert  de  Ogle ;  and,  secondly,  to 

JOHN  DE  OGLE. — (Hart.  MS.  294,  No.  665.)     Her  third  husband  was  JOHN  HATFIELD,  of  London ; 

and  her  fourth,  DAVID  HOLGRAVE,  as  described  in  the  Ogle  Pedigree  in  Part  III.  vol.  ii.  p.  382. 

XII.— SIR  ROBERT  OGLE  died  31  October,  1410  ;  buried  at  Hexham.^JoAN,  third  daughter  and  co-heir  of  sir  Alan  de  Heton. 

I —  ~ -1 — " 1 1 

XIII. — SIR  ROBERT  DE=TMAUD,  daur.  of  sir  Robert    SIR  JOHN  BERTRAM^JOAN.  Two  daughters,  JOAN  and  MARGERY< 

OGLE  died  about  1437.  /KGrey,  of  Horton.  knight,  took  the  sur-  ~ 

name,  and  inherited  the  estates  of  his  grandmother.    His  bro.  sir  Robt. 

Ogle,  as  is  related  in  the  pedigree  of  that  family,  under  Ogle,  endeavoured  to  dispossess  him  of  his  mother's  inheritance  in 
Bothal  by  force  of  arms  ;  but,  by  the  interference  of  parliament,  he  was  fixed  in  the  peaceable  enjoyment  of  it,  according  to 
an  entail  made  by  his  father.  For  his  petition  to  parliament,  and  the  answer  to  it,  see  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  8.  He  was 
high-sheriff  of  this  county  in  1410,  1411,  1412,  1415,  1422,  1424,  1482,  and  1434.  Henry  V.,  in  the  last  named  year,  ap- 
pointed him  and  sir  John  de  Elton  wardens  of  the  castle  of  Roxburgh,  from  Jan.  19  next  following,  to  the  end  of  two  years ; 
and,  on  Feb.  8,  1420,  the  office  of  sole  warden  of  the  same  fortress,  with  other  powers  within  the  bounds  of  Tiviotdale,  were 
committed  to  him.  On  Aug.  14,  1483,  he  was  a  commissioner  for  punishing  violations  of  the  truces ;  and,  7  Feb.  1484,  the 
baron  of  Greystock  and  he  had  power  given  them  to  grant  safe  conducts  to  persons  coming  out  of  Scotland  into  England. 
He  was  also  several  times,  between  1435  and  1438,  in  commissions  about  matters  of  truce  and  safe  conducts.— (Rot.  Scot.  ti. 
314—310.)  He  died  27  Hen.  VI.  1448-9,  possessed  of  the  castle  and  extent  of  the  lordship  of  Bothal ;  besides  16  messuages, 
4  cottages,  8  acres  of  meadow,  494  acres  of  arable  ground,  400  acres  of  wood,  and  300  of  moor  in  Earsdon,  and  escape  for  his 
tenants  there  in  Eshet ;  in  Tritlington,  he  had  11  messuages,  8  cottages,  9  acres  of  meadow,  163  acres  of  arable  land,  300 
acres  of  moor  and  a  water  mill ;  in  Fenrother,  16  messuages,  8  cottages,  6  acres  of  meadow,  208  acres  of  arable  land,  and 
600  acres  of  moor,  and  escape  in  Pigdon  for  his  tenants  of  Fenrother. — (III.  U.  274.) 

I — 1 

XIV. — SIR  WILLIAM  BERTRAM,  knight,  In  1461,  owed  £25  lls.  8d.  to  the=i= daur.  of  sir  Thomas    THOMAS  BERTRAM. 

prior  and  convent  of  Durham. — (Raine's  St  Cuthbert,  164.)     Inquest  after  his  |  Kempston,  knight. 

death,  in  1466,  enumerates  his  possessions  as  consisting  of  Bothal  castle  and  ~~ 

the  advowson  of  the  church  there,  besides  possessions  in  Earsdon,  Tritlington,  Fenrother,  Eshot,  Pigdon,  Hebburn,  Pegs- 
worth,  Newmoor,  Aldmoor,  Langhirst,  Benwell,  Capheaton,  and  Brinkley. — (HI.  U.  278.)  Another  account  says,  he  died 
29  Hen.  VI. — (Cot.  MS.  Claud.  C.  via.}  _^___^^ 


daur.  of  sir  John 

Fenwick. 


I — 

XV. — WILLIAM  OGLE,   alias  BERTRAM.      In  36  Hen.   VI.   1457,  the  earl  of    ROBERT  OGLE,  al 
Northumberland,  the  prior  of  Tinmouth,  William  Bertram,  and  others,  were    BERTRAM. 
commissioners  for  levying  archers  in  Northumberland. — (Pat.  36,  Henry  VI.  in 
dorso,  60,  ffc.)     In  1458,  he  was  high-sheriff  of  the  county.    He  died  s.  p. 

XVI.— ROBERT  OGLE,  or  BERTRAM,  only  issue,  died  young,  and  with  him  ended  the  issue  male  of  his  great  grandfather,  John 
Bertram,  upon  which  the  Bothal  estates,  by  entail,  became  the  property  of  the  descendants  of  sir  Robert  Ogle,  knight,  and 
Maud,  daughter  of  sir  Robert  Grey,  of  Horton. 


REMAINS  OF  MY  BERTRAM  COLLECTANEA. 

1.  In  pedigree  above,  at  p.  39,  generation  II.  line  2,  for  he 
lies,  read  Roger  is  said  to  lie ;  and,  line  3,  for  he,  read  William. 


2.  Adam  Bertram  was  second  witness  to  a  deed  respecting 
Haughton,  which  is  not  dated,  but  probably  belongs  to  the 
time  of  Henry  the  Third.— (///.  ».  36.) 

8.  William  Bertram  was  manucaptor  of  Adam  Bavent,  of 


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the  county  of  Sussex,  when  he  was  distrained  to  receive 
knighthood. — (Palg.  Part.  Writs,  i.  217.) 

4.  John  Bertram  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  respecting 
Widdrington  in  14  Edw.  III.,  in  which  year  Gilbert  de  Bur- 
owden  was  sheriff  of  this  county.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  162.) 

6.  Edward  Bertram  was  sheriff  of  Newcastle  in  1431,  and 
sat  in  parliament  for  that  town  in  1441.  The  same  name 
also  occurs  in  the  great  charter  granted  to  that  town  by  queen 
Elizabeth,  22  March,  1600;  as  well  as  in  the  Hoastmen's 
charter,  which  was  granted  on  the  same  day.— (Brand's  Newc. 
ii.  206,  423,  624,  659.) 

6.  Robert  Bertram  was  a  very  distinguished  notary  public 
at  Durham,  his  name  occurring  in  that  capacity  from  1452  to 
1476 ;  on  the  22nd  of  May,  in  which  year  he,  Joan  his  wife, 
Isabel  Milner  his  sister,  and  Thomas  Bertram,  chaplain,  had 
letters  of  fraternity  granted  to  them  by  the  convent  of  Dur- 
ham.— (Raines  St  Cuthbert,  160.) 

7.  Mary,  daughter  of  sir  Cuthbert  Bertram,  knight,  is  said 
in  one  pedigree  to  have  married  Robert  the  fifth  lord  Ogle. — 
(Waliis,  U.  S36.) 

8.  Bolbeck-hall,  called  also  Westmoreland-place,  in   1569, 
was  holden  of  the  earl  of  Westmoreland  by  James  Bertram, 
and  afterwards  in  the  tenure  of  Robert  Bertram. — (Brantft 
Newc.  67.) 

9.  The  antient  font  of  St  John's  church,  which  was  destroy- 
ed by  the  Scots  in  1639,  had  the  following  inscription  upon  it : 


To  THE  HONOUR  OF  Oon  AND  ST  JOHN 
JOHN  BERTRAM  GAVE  THIS  FONT  STONE. 

10.  In  the  same  church  there  was  also,  formerly,  a  very 
large  stone,  bearing  the  arms  of  Bertram,  with  a  crest,  seem- 
ingly a  bull's  head  out  of  a  coronet.     Robert  Bertram  was 
sheriff  of  Newcastle  in  1522 — (Brand's  Newc.  i.  115;  ii.  435.) 

1 1.  Sir  Francis  Anderson,  of  Bradley,  sold  to  Mark  Milbank, 
by  deeds,  dated  in  Oct.  25  Car.  I.  a  messuage  at  the  Nunsgate, 
in  Newcastle,  late  in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  Lawson,  and  then 
of  Robert  Bertram,   together  with  the  Nuns  and  the  Low 
Orchard  and  garden  thereunto  belonging,  and  in  like  occupa- 
tion.— (Deeds  penes  Major  Anderson.') 

12.  Nov.  2,  1652,  the  house  of  commons  resolved  that  the 
name  of  George  Bertram,  of  Elsden,  be  inserted  into  the  ad- 
ditional bill  for  the  sale  of  estates  forfeited  to  the  Common- 
wealth for  treason. — (Jour,  of  H.  C.  vti.  204.) 

13.  Concerning  Charles  Julius  Bertram,  professor  of  the 
English  language  in  the  Royal  Marine  Academy,  at  Copenha- 
gen, I  know  nothing  further  than  that  he  published  at  Copen- 
hagen, a  work  under  this  title :— "  Britanniarum  Gentium  Hitto- 
rue  Antiqute  Scriptores  tres  :  Hicardut  Corinensis,  Gtidas  Badonicus, 
Nenius  Banchorensis,  fyc."  and   that  he  sent  a  copy  of  Richard  of 
Cirencester  to  Dr  Stukely,  who  edited  it  in  England  in  1757. 
In  my  account  of  Redesdale,  I  have  given  some  reasons  for 
suspecting  that  Mr  Bertram  himself  was  the  real  author  of 
the  work  on  Britain. 


EVIDENCES  TO  THE  PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  BOTHAL. 

1.  The  old  pedigree  of  Bertram,  which  goeth  with  the  pedigree  of  Ogle,  does  thus  begin  :— 
I.— RICHARD  BERTRAM.  =p       REYNOLD  GISULPH,  lord  of  Bothal  at  the  Conquest.  =f= 

II. — WILLIAM  BERTRAM.  =p       SIMOND  GISDLPH,  of  Bothal.  =r 

III.— This  sir  Roger  man-led  the  heiress  of  Mitford  Castle  ;T=SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,    SIR  RoBERT3f=MENEBELt,  daughter  of 
founded  Brinkbume  Abbey,  where  he  lies  burled.     On  his  |  knight,  of  Mitford.          BERTRAM,     j  sir  Simoud  Gisulph.  of 

!  llntlinl 


marble  is  this  inscription— "  Hie  JACET  ROGERUS  FUNDATOR."  j 

I 
IV. — SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,  of  Mitford.  =p 

V.— SIR  WILLIAM  BERTRAM,  of  Mltford.=p 

VI. — SIR  WILLIAM  BERTRAM,  of  Mitford.'f1 

i 
VII.— SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,  of  Mitford. 


!  Bothal. 

I 
SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,  of  Bothal. =7= 

SIR  ROGER  BERTRAM,  of  Bothal. =p 

SIR  WILLIAM  BERTRAM,  of  Bothal.:T= 

i 
SIR  ROBERT  BERTRAM,  of  Bothal. =p 


VIII.— SIR  ROBERT  OGLE,  knight,  of  Ogle.=ELKANOR  BERTRAM. 


2.  Walterus  filius  Wittmi  oibus  saltm  .  Sciatis  me 
redidisse  Rofeto  de  Insula  sicut  rectum  suum  Gosefordi- 
am  per  rectas  diuisas  cum  monasterio  et  molendino  ri 
oibus  libertatibus  ad  illam  terrain  pertin'  in  bosco  et 
piano  in  pratis  et  pascuis  in  viis  et  semitis  cum  soca  et 
saca  et  tol  et  team,  et  infangtheof  .  excepta  parte 
Rot5ti  de  Newham  quam  Ernisuis  tenuit .  Hanc  predic- 
tam  tenuram  ille  et  hered  suis  concede  tenendam  de  me 
et  hered  meis  in  feodo  et  hereditate  ita  libere  et  quiete 
et  honorifice  sicut  ego  ipse  illam  et  alias  terras  meas 
liberius  et  quietius  et  honorificentius  de  dno  meo  rege 
teneo  .  et  sicut  rex  Anglie  per  cartas  suas  antecessori- 
bus  suis  concessit  et  confirmavit  .  Hoc  illi  concede 


propter  homagium  suum  et  servicium  faciendo  tertiam 
partem  unius  militis  .  infra  consulatum  idem  custodiam 
xv  dierum  in  Novo  Castello  .  et  similiter  ei  concede 
terram  de  stabulo  de  Novo  Castello  cum  predicts  terra 
in  feodo  et  hereditate  .  Hiis  testibus  Johe  Priore  de 
Hextoldesham  .  O  Dinello  de  Umpfravel  .  Wiihno 
Bartram  .  Gilberto  de  Ogel  .  "Wittmo  de  Newham  . 
Galfrido  de  Woderinton  .  Rofcto  filio  Robert!  .  Witimo 
filio  Walteri  .  Waltero  de  Insula  .  Henrico  Battaille  . 
Hugone  de  Insula  .  Rooto  de  Fenwick  .  Rodberto  epo 
.  Eilof  de  Rucestre  .  Pagano  Venatore  .  Gilberto  de 
Facarmund  .  Elzi  de  Gosefordia  .  Halano  de  Matafen 
.  Petro  de  Haforello  .  Edwardo  de  Berrehill  et  Witio 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


filio  ejus  .  Galfrido  filio  Rad  perpolito  clerico  .  Rod. 
berto  Corbet  .  Roberto  de  Forda  .  Wittmo  Tisun  . 
Witto  de  Mubrai  et  aliis.— (Lansd.  MS.  32G,/o/.  103.; 

3.  "  So  many  of  our  ancestors  being  witnesses  to  this 
deed  without  date,   I  endeavoured  to  find  out  what 
time  they  lived ;  and,  in  the  pipe  office,  it  appeareth 
by  the  accounts  of  William  de  Vesci,  sheriff,  that  in 
the  14th  ye'ar  of  king  Henry  the  Second,  Odonel  de 
Vmfravill  paid  20s.  8d.  aid  money  towards  the  marriage 
of  Matilda,  the  king's  daughter.  Also  in  the  accounts  of 
Roger  Stuteville,  then  sheriffe,  Gilbert  de  Hogill  is 
fined  one  mark  for  bringing  a  writ  against  his  lord,  in 
the  33rd  year  of  Henry  II, ;  and  the  same  Roger  Stut- 
teville  accounted  for  one  mark  for  the.  fine  of  Galfrid 
Woderington,  imposed  by  the  justices  of  the  forest. 
From  whence  it  appears  that  the  witnesses  to  the  above 
said  deed  lived  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Second,  and 
Odonel  Vmfravill  being  dead  in  the  22nd  year  of  that 
reign,  we  may  suppose  this  deed  about  the  20th  of  this 
king's  reign,  so  that  in  all  likelihood  these  gentlemen 
•were  within  two  or  three  descents  of  the  Conquest." 

4.  Another  old  deed  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  First. 
Radulph'  de  Essendon  dedit  &  concessit  maneriu  de  Es- 
sendon,  Johani  filio  suo,  et  Isabelle  uxori  sue  .  Hiis 
testib5  Roberto  Bertram  de  Bothal  .  domino  Johanne 
de  Kirkley  tune  vice  comite,  Northumbrie  .  dom  .  Hu- 
gone  Delavall .  dom.  Rog.  Mauduit .  dom.  Adam  de  Ca- 
mois  militib'. 

5.  Rogerus  Bertram — sat  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  in 
puram  1  ppetua  elemos  eccte  see  Marie  Ebor  concilio 
venerabiliu  patrum  epoT?  Witti  Dunelm  .  T;  Adelwaldi 
Karliol  eccliam  de  Steinton  cu  oibj  ptin'  quam  pater 
meus  Witts  &  auus  meus  Wido  de  Balioll  eidem  eccfte 
contulerant   .    Testibj  Witto  epo  Dunelm  .  Adelardo 
epo  Karliol— (Ex.  MS.  16,  in  Sib.  Dec.  et  Cap.  Dunelm, 
fol.62.) 


6.  Bernardus  de  Arenis  omib3  &c.  sciatIs  me  dedisse 
— Miloni  homini  meo  *l  heredibs  suis  dimidiam  parte 
de  dominio  meo  in  quictunstal  de  terra  arabili  pp  homa- 
giu  suu  «  pp  seruiciu  suu  .  Habendam  T;  tenendam  in 
feodo  T.  hereditate,  &c.  .  Reddendo  annuatim  m1  7  he- 
red^  meis  .  ii .  sol  .  Et  quamdiu  fuerit  balliv'  meus 
erit  quietus  de  .  ii .  solidis  .  Et  cum  non  fuit  balliv' 
meus  tune  reddet  .  ii .  sol  .  In  expectatione  uni'  caru- 
cate  terre  quam  tenebit  eodem  seruicio  .  sicut  Bertram 
filiu'  osberti  tenet  terram  suam  .  hiis  .  1" .  Witto  ber- 
tram  .  Guidone  fctra  .  Ric'  b'tram  .  Rofi  bertam  .  Rot 
de  Diuelestuna  .  Radt  de  Sco  petro  .  Evstacio  des  bans 
.  helga  capett  .  Ric'  capell'  .  henrico  fil'  iohis  .  Walto 
punchardun  .  Albario  senescal  .  Witto  filio  ei'  .  Ric' 
blundel  .  Witto  de  bulesd   .   Robero  bene   .   hamone 
clerico.— (L.  153.> 

7.  Hec  carta  cirografFata  testatur  qd  Rofctus  Bertram 
miles  concessit — Wallerano  de  Lomley  de  Nouo  Castro 
sup  Tynam  totum  ilium  messuagium  cu  ptin.  in  villa 
Noui  Castri  sup  Tynam  in  vico  vocatur  le  Clos  sicut  est 
in  longitudine  1  in  latitudine  in?  mesuagiu  Johis  de 
ffrismarys  ex  una  parte  T;  mesuagiu  Thome  de  Lomley 
ex  pte  al?a  1  sicut  se  extendit  a  via  regia  del'  Clos  usq> 
in  aquam  de  Tyne  exceptis  illis  magnis  duobj  solariis 
^  colariis  subtus  eisdem  sicut  sita  sunt  in  eodem  mesu- 
agio  in  parte  australi  eiusdem  mesuagii  sup  keyam  de 
Tyne  &c.  .  Habend — p  Suiciu  unius  rose  p  annu  ad  festu 
natiuitat  fci  Johis  Bapte — Hiis  testibus  Rofito  de  Shil- 
vyngton  tune  Majore  ville  Novi  Castri  sup  Tynam  . 
Wittmo  de  Acton  .  Hug  de  Angreton  .  Johe  de  Emel- 
don  .  T;  Johe  de  Wake  tune  battis  ejusdem  ville,  &c.  . 
Johne  de  fFrismarys   .   Rofito  de  Angi-eton  .  Rico  de 
Cromcliff .  Thoma  de  Hexham  1  aliis  .  Dat  apud  Novu 
Castrii  sup  Tynam  die  Veneris  in  Festo  translacbnis  sci 
Thome  Mai  tir.  a.  r.  r.  Edw.  III.  a.  c.  A.  vicesimo,  t 
Francie  septimo. — (L. 


As  the  chapelry  of  HEBBURN  is  the  only  portion  of  the  west  division  of 
Tindale  ward  which  has  not  yet  been  described  in  this  work,  I  will  proceed 
with  my  account  of  it  before  I  commence  with  the  topographical  history  of 
the  parts  of  Bothal  parish  which  lie  in  the  east  division  of  that  ward.  It 
forms  the  most  westerly  part  of  Bothal  parish,  and  has  the  great  London  road 
by  Berwick  to  Edinburgh  running  through  it  for  above  four  miles.  It  how- 
ever measures  nearly  five  miles  from  its  southern  boundary,  near  the  race- 
ground  on  Cottonwood,  to  where  its  northern  limit  abuts  upon  the  Eshot  and 


BOTHAL  PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  HEBBURN. SOIL,  &c.  129 

Chevington  grounds.  The  whole  chapelry  lies  high ;  and,  where  its  aspect 
is  eastern,  overlooks  the  sea.  The  course  of  husbandry  pursued  here,  as  well 
as  in  Bothal,  is,  on  the  strong  land,  wheat,  clover,  oats,  fallow ;  and,  on  the 
lighter  grounds,  barley  or  wheat,  sown  grass,  oats,  turnips.  Henry  Ogle, 
esq.  of  Cawsey  Park,  vested  £140  in  the  hands  of  the  minister  and  chapel- 
wardens  of  this  district,  directing  the  interest  of  it  to  be  annually  divided 
amongst  the  poor.  The  principal  of  this  sum  is  now  £152  10s.,  and  in  the 
Morpeth  savings  bank.c 

The  township  of  Hebburn,  including  the  farm  called  Lowshield  Hill  and 
Hebburn  Hill,  contains  1173  acres,  which  are  now,  as  in  the  earls  of  Oxford 
and  Mortimer's  time,  divided  into  five  farms.  The  place  from  which  it  has 
its  name,  is,  I  apprehend,  the  same  as  is  called  Hebre  in  Ranulph  de  Merlay's 
foundation  deed  of  Newminster  Abbey.  The  first  distinct  mention  I  find  of  it  is 
in  1240,  when  it  is  called  He-burn,*  a  name  probably  given  to  it  from  its  situa- 
tion, for  it  stands  on  the  highest  stream  of  Bothal-burn.  Half  a  carucate  of 
land  in  it  belonged  at  that  time  to  a  yeoman,  who,  like  one  of  the  heroes  in 
Homer's  poem  of  the  Frogs  and  Mice,  was  called  Mangebacon. 

The  village  consists  of  a  chapel,  three  farm  houses,  and  a  few  cottages, 
which  stand  in  gardens  that  are  well  fenced  and  well  attended  to  ;  but  the 
roads  in  and  about  it  are  still  in  a  very  primitive  state.  The  high  ground 
called  Hebburn  Hill,6  shelters  it  well  from  the  north,  and  had  formerly  a  bea- 
con upon  it.  The  village  schoolmaster  receives  a  stipend  of  £4  a  year  from 
the  duke  of  Portland  ;  and  the  parish  clerk  and  his  predecessors  have  resided 
so  long  in  a  house  here,  belonging  to  the  rectory  of  Bothal,  as  to  feel  inclined 
to  look  upon  it  as  property  attached  to  their  office.  The  population  of  this 
place  has  of  late  years  been  declining:  in  1801,  it  was  107;  in  1811,  92; 
and,  in  1821,  88.  Branches  of  the  family  of  Tizack,  who  came  from  Loraine 
to  Newcastle,  as  glass-makers,  about  the  year  1619,  have  long  been  farmers 
here/ 

c  Archdeacon  Singleton's  Visitation  Book,  &c. 

d  III.  i.  208,  217.  Generally  it  has  two  b's  in  it.  In  Wallis,  ii.  i.  it  is  written  Hebburn.  In 
other  places  it  is  Heyborne,  Heburn,  and  Hebume. — (See  III.  i.  44,  60,  171,  §•<?.;  ///.  ii.  390; 
//.  i.  392.  J  e  Three  12  Ib.  and  one  24  Ib.  cannon  balls  were  found  in  the  gravel,  near  the 

stack-yard  here,  some  forty  years  since. — (Mack.  ii.  149J 

f  For  some  notices  respecting  the  families  of  Henzel,  Tizack,  and  Tyttere,  see  Brand's  Newcas- 
ii.  43,  44,  45,  &c.  j  Journal  of  the  House  of  Commons,  xi.  386. 

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HEBBURN  CHAPEL. 

Dr  Bazire,  at  his  visitation  here,  in  1674,  found  the  chapel  "  most  scan- 
dalously and  dangerously  ruinous  :  roof  divided,  under  propt  within  with 
eight  crutches,  without  with  three  :  the  seats  all  upturned  or  broken."  The 
minutes  of  succeeding  archidiaconal  visitations  contain  orders  for  various  re- 
pairs to  be  done  in  it.g  In  1793,  it  was  wholly  re-built  on  its  old  site  :  the 
proprietors  of  lands  in  the  parish  paying  for  the  nave,  and  Mr  Smalridge,  as 
rector  of  Bothal,  for  the  chancel.  The  whole  expence  was  about  £700,  of 
which  Mr  Smalridge's  share  came  to  £148  13s.  Its  nave  is  55  feet  by  18  feet 
7  inches  within  :  its  chancel  25  and  a  half  feet  by  14  feet  8  inches.  The 
masonry  and  internal  fitting  are  good ;  but  its  style  of  architecture  trivial 
and  bald.  The  large  stone  of  the  Ogles,  which  the  archdeacon,  in  1731, 
ordered  to  be  laid  in  the  floor,  near  the  altar  rails,  is  now  in  the  floor 
beneath  the  altar  table,  and  bears  the  Ogle  arms  near  its  centre,  and  this 
inscription  round  its  margin  : — "  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  James  Ogle  of  Caw- 
sey  Parke  Esqvire,  sonne  and  heir  of  William  second  sonne  of  Ralphe  the  3 
Lord  Ogle.  He  lefte  issve  5  sonnes."  Close  adjoining  to  the  stone  of  the 
Ogles,  is  also  one  of  the  family  of  Threlkeld,  thus  inscribed  : — "  The  burial 

s  See  below,  in  Miscellanea  respecting  Hebburn. 


BOTHAL    PARISH. CHAPEJLRY  OF  HEBBURN. FENROTHER,  &c.  131 

place  of  Mr  Deodatus  Threlkeld  of  Tritlington  and  Margaret  his  wife,  by 
whom  he  had  issue  3  children,  viz.  John,  Thomas,  and  Elizabeth.  He  de- 
parted this  life  the  26th  Feb.  1732,  aged  75." 

FENROTHER  consists  of  a  small  cluster  of  farm  houses  and  cottages,  on  a 
dry  knoll,  midway  between  the  Berwick  and  Wooler  roads  to  Edinburgh.  T8y 
the  survey  made  in  lord  Oxford's  time,  that  nobleman  had  1057  acres  here, 
then  occupied  by  eleven  tenants,  now  by  four.  The  rest  of  the  township  is 
comprised  in  the  estate  called  Heron's  Close,  which  adjoins  the  grounds  of 
Espley  on  the  north.  This  is  the  ground  in  "  Finerother"  of  which  William 
Heron,  of  Hadston,  died  possessed  in  42  Henry  III. ;  over  which,  William 
Heron,  of  Ford,  had  free  warren  in  15  Edward  III.  ;  and  which,  after  passing 
through  the  Herons,  of  Meldon,  became  the  property  of  the  Fenwicks  of  that 
place  ;h  but,  in  1663,  belonged  to  Thomas  Woodman ;  at  the  election,  in 
1748,  to  one  of  the  same  name  ;  and,  at  present,  to  Mr  Ralph  Woodman. 
The  rest  of  the  history  of  the  township  of  Fenrother  is  trite.  In  1240,  "  Ro- 
bert de  Finrother  held  Finrother"  of  the  baron  of  Bothal  by  the  annual  pay- 
ment of  half  a  mark.  The  prior  of  Tynemouth  seems  to  have  had  two  mes- 
suages and  146  acres  of  ground  here  ;  and  David  Holgrave,  Helen  Bertram's 
fourth  husband,  gave  lands  in  it  to  the  chantry  of  St  Andrew,  in  Bothal1 
church.  Gorfen-ktch  is  the  most  westerly  farm-house  in  this  township. 

CAWSEY  PARK  has  its  name  from  an  antient  paved  way,  which  led  along  its 
eastern  boundary,  and  on  the  line  of  the  present  great  north  road.  Formerly 
it  had  a  chapel  within  its  precincts ;  but  where  it  stood,  or  how,  or  for  what  pur- 
poses it  was  endowed,  I  have  found  no  distinct  account.  Originally,  I  appre- 
hend, this  township  was  a  parcel  of  the  parish  of  Felton  :  for  that  parish  formed 
part  of  the  great  land  barony  of  Mitford  ;  and,  in  1240,  la  CJiauce  was  holden 
by  Joseph  the  Chaplain  of  the  baron  of  Mitford  by  free  alms,  but  with  free- 
dom from  all  services.j  The  inquest  after  the  death  of  William  Heron,  42 
Henry  III.  1258,  is  dated  apud  Calcetum*  The  chapel  of  St  Guthbert,  super 
le  Cause,  in  11  Henry  VI.  is  mentioned  as  in  the  advowson  of  Henry  Percy, 
of  Athol,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  at  that  time  were  proprietors  of  the 
barony  of  Mitford  ;  and,  in  34  of  the  same  reign,  as  belonging  to  Elizabeth, 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Lucy,  widow  of  sir  Thomas  Borough,  and  co-heiress, 

h  See  above,  p.  16  &  17.        '  III.  ii.  252,  262.        J  III.  i.  216.        k  Fed.  of  Heron,  p.  5. 


13<2  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

with  her  sister  Margaret,  of  the  same  sir  Henry  Percy,  of  Athol.1  Probably 
this  place  was  honoured  with  a  chapel,  on  account  of  the  monks  of  Durham 
having  rested  here  in  their  flight  from  that  place,  with  the  body  of  St  Cuth- 
bert,  to  Holy  Island,  in  1069«m  How  it  came  into  the  hands  of  the  Ogles  I 

1  III.  ii.  271,  276. 

m  The  monks  in  this  flight  before  the  arms  of  William  the  Conqueror,  are  said,  by  Simeon,  to 
have  rested  the  first  night  at  Jarrow,  the  second  at  Bedlington,  the  third  at  Tughall,  and  to  have 
reached  Holy  Island  on  the  fourth.  Mr  Raine,  in  his  "  St  Cuthbert,"  quotes  Wessington,  who  was 
prior  of  Durham  from  1416  to  1446,  to  show,  "  that,  in  general,  wherever  a  church  was  in  after 
days  dedicated  to  St  Cuthbert,  the  bishop  and  his  clergy  had,  in  their  wanderings,  visited  that 
very  place  with  the  body  of  the  saint."     The  words  quoted  to  support  this  inference  are,  "  While 
these  things,"  viz. :  the  wanderings  of  the  monks,  "  were  going  on,  St  Cuthbert  ceased  not 
from  performing  miracles ;  for  which  reason,  in  those  parts  at  a  distance  from  the  eastern  coast,  (in 
partibus  occidentalibus ) ,  where  the  said  bishop  and  abbot  for  a  while  sojourned  through  fear  of 
the  Danes,  many  churches  and  chapels  were  afterwards  built  in  honor  of  St  Cuthbert."     The 
quotation  is  also  accompanied  with  a  list  of  the  names  of  many  churches  in  Northumberland, 
Durham,  Yorkshire,  Lancashire,  Westmorland,  and  Cumberland,  which  were  thus  dedicated  to 
this  saint— as  Elsden,  Hay  don-bridge,  and  Beltingham,  which  Mr  Raine  supposes  to  have  been 
resting  places  of  the  monks  in  their  first  flight  with  the  sacred  body  from  Holy  Island  into  Cum- 
berland.    Now,  presuming  that  Wessington's  words  will  bear  the  interpretation  which  my  friend 
here  puts  upon  them,  I  will  suppose  that  the  chapel  of  St  Cuthbert  had  been  built  super  le  Causey 
in  honor  of  the  car  and  coffin  of  our  great  northern  saint  having  halted  here  on  the  third  day's 
flight  from  Durham.     An  antient  deed  in  my  possession,  and  by  which  William  Basset  conveyed 
to  John  de  Staindrop,  called  The  Coroner,  a  messuage  and  lands  in  Offerton,  in  the  county  of  Dur- 
ham, mentions  "  the  chapel  of  the  blessed  Cuthbert  in  Vfferton,"  and  "  the  well  of  St  Cuthbert," 
in  that  village.     Possibly  these  derived  their  designation  from  the  monks  making  Offerton  their 
mid-day  halting  place  in  their  journey  between  Durham  and  Jarrow.     Bedlington  church  was 
certainly  dedicated  to  St  Cuthbert,  a  circumstance  which  might  indeed  be  accounted  for  from  that 
place  being  a  part  of  his  patrimonial  property.     As  the  monks  in  this  flight  are  known  to  have 
brought  with  them,  not  only  the  body  of  St  Cuthbert,  but  also  great  store  of  riches,  relics,  and 
ornaments,  belonging  to  his  church  and  shrine,  and  Bedlington  was  a  good  stage,  at  least  1 1  miles 
from  Cawsey  Park,  it  seems  probable  enough  that  this  was  their  first  resting  place  on  the  day  in 
which  they  travelled  from  Bedlington  to  Tughall ;  and  when  it  is  considered  in  how  high  venera- 
tion the  remains  of  the  saint  were  holden  for  several  centuries — that  two  great  festivals — one  on 
the  20th  of  March,  the  day  of  the  vernal  equinox,  on  which  the  sun  entered  Aries,  and  spring 
began,  in  honour  of  his  Deposition — the  other,  on  the  4th  oi  September,  when  the  sun  was  pre- 
paring, at  the  autumnal  equinox,  to  leave  our  hemisphere,  and  to  commence  his  march  through 
the  six  lower  signs  of  the  zodiac,  in  honour  of  his  Translation  ;  and  when  to  these  considerations 
we  add  the  accounts  of  the  splendid  processions  that  were  made  on  the  days  of  these  festivities,  of 
the  great  number  of  the  nobility  that  attended  them,  and  of  the  intense  awe  and  adoration  with 


BOTHAL  PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  HEBBURN. CAWSEY  PARK.       133 

can  give  no  account.  Perhaps  it  was  conveyed  to  them  by  the  crown,  at  the 
time  of  the  Reformation  :  for,  in  1542,  Robert  lord  Ogle  held  the  manor  of 
Cawsey  Park,  with  40  acres  of  land  in  Earsdon  and  Horsley  ;n  and,  in  1568, 
...  Ogle  was  possessed  of  a  capital  messuage  called  "  Calsey  Park,  with  the 
Park  there,  and  certain  lands  in  Horsley."0  When  it  became  the  property  of 
the  Ogles,  and  its  chapel  fell  into  disuse,  they  seem  to  have  annexed  it  to 
their  own  barony  of  Bothal,  which  it  adjoins,  and  made  it  an  integral  part  of 
the  chapelry  of  Hebburn.  The  house  here  was  built  in  1589,  by  James  Ogle, 

which  his  shrine  was  at  all  times  approached — we  cannot  wonder,  that  in  commemoration  of  so 
great  an  event  as  the  tutelar  deity  of  the  see  of  Durham  having  once  rested  on  this  estate,  its  pro- 
prietor consecrated  it  to  holy  purposes,  and  ordained  that  services  to  God  and  St  Cuthbert  should 
be  daily  said  upon  it.  But,  "  where  are  now  the  remains  of  St  Cuthbert  ?"  was  a  question  in 
legendary  lore,  which  no  one  for  the  last  three  centuries,  except  a  succession  of  three  benedictine 
monks,  to  whom  the  secret  of  his  burial  place  was  entrusted,  it  has  been  said,  were  able  to  solve. 
These  remains,  for  centuries,  had  continued  to  be  the  great  idol  of  the  church  of  Durham — a  god 
neither  of  wood  nor  stone — no  graven  image — not  the  likeness  of  any  thing  in  heaven,  or  in  earth, 
or  under  the  earth,  made  by  man's  hand — but  the  body  of  an  aged  anchorite,  which,  on  account 
of  the  piety  of  his  life,  and  the  reputed  miracles  that  he  wrought  after  his  death,  became  the  object 
of  awe,  gratitude,  and  veneration,  to  the  thousands  that  visited  his  shrine.  Crowned  and  mitred 
heads  bowed  down  to  it.  The  people  were  taught  to  Relieve  that  the  body  was  incorruptible,  and 
that  its  soul,  or  some  divinity  which  waited  around  it,  was  conscious  of  their  wants  and  wishes, 
and  answered  their  prayers  by  healing  their  infirmities.  To  prevent,  as  it  should  seem,  the  con- 
tinuance of  this  corrupt  species  of  worship,  the  body  of  the  holy  man  was  ordered,  by  public 
authority,  to  be  decorously  buried,  which  was  accordingly  done  on  the  feast  of  the  epiphany, 
1542 ;  but,  though  several  Roman  catholic  writers  had  said,  that  the  saint's  remains  were  interred 
in  his  shrine,  immediately  below  the  place  where  "  they  had  rested  in  their  exalted  state,"  yet  the 
mystery  that  time  throws  over  the  true  account  of  such  events,  and  the  tale  about  the  benedictine 
monks,  had  made  the  matter  dubious,  till  May  17,  1827,  when  the  Rev.  W.  N.  Darnell,  M.  A., 
prebendary  of  the  church  of  Durham,  in  his  office  of  sub-dean  there  for  that  year,  having  several 
workmen  engaged  in  repairing  the  Nine  Altars,  employed  a  party  of  them  to  raise  the  great  stone  in 
the  floor  of  the  middle  of  the  shrine,  under  which  "  the  constant  tradition  of  the  church"  had 
stated  the  remains  to  lie.  A  short  time  convinced  him  that  he  had  hit  upon  the  object  of  his 
search,  which  was  carefully  and  minutely  examined  by  himself  and  other  gentlemen,  whom  he 
sent  for  after  the  discovery  was  made,  and  amongst  the  rest  by  Mr  Raine,  who,  in  his  interesting 
work,  entitled  "  St  Cuthbert,"  has,  with  great  industry  and  research,  drawn  together  a  curious 
and  very  valuable  mass  of  materials  respecting  his  life,  canonized  state,  miracles,  relics,  wander- 
ings, &c.  till  his  body  was  recently  disinterred,  and  his  bones  again  re-committed  to  their  antient 
resting  place. 

n  Cole's  Esch.  Harl.  MS.  759,  p.  266.  °  Laws,  foi  1 6, 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    M 


134  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

esq.  as  appears  by  a  rude  stone  tablet  bearing  that  date,  and  his  initials  on 
two  shields.  This  tablet  was  formerly  in  the  outer  wall  of  the  east  wing  of 
the  house,  which  consisted  of  a  considerable  suite  of  apartments  fronting  the 
south,  and  an  east  and  west  wing,  besides  various  contiguous  offices,  all  of 
which  are  fast  verging  to  ruin.  The  east  wing,  indeed,  fell  down  about  five 
years  since.  There  are,  in  the  body  of  the  house,  two  circular  stone  stair- 
cases— one  near  its  middle — the  other  to  the  west,  for  the  convenience  of  the 
kitchen  and  servants'  apartments.  A  tablet  in  the  east  wall  of  the  west  wing 
bears  the  arms  of  Bertram  quartering  Ogle,  neatly  cut  in  stone.  The  gardens 
are  well  stocked  with  fruit  trees,  and  very  productive  ;  but  in  the  hands  of  a 
market  gardener.  In  that  to  the  west  is  a  curious  dial,  surmounted  by  a 
globe,  and  having  the  arms  of  the  lords  Ogle  on  one  side,  and  on  the  other  three 
sides  the  hemispheres,  phases  of  the  sun,  and  tables  of  the  sun's  rising  and 
setting,  and  the  hour  it  is  at  different  places  when  it  is  twelve  o'clock  at  Caw- 
sey  Park.  The  school  at  Cawsey  Park  Bridge  was  built  by  Henry  Ogle,  esq. 
who  by  provisions  of  his  will,  dated  in  l?6l,  endowed  it  with  about  two  acres 
of  land  lying  contiguous  to  it,  and  with  a  rent  charge  of  £15  a  year  issuing 
out  of  the  tythes  of  the  parish  of  Longhorsley,  a  farm  at  Tritlington,  one 
called  Longdike,  and  one  (on  whiqji  the  school-house  stands)  called  Earsdon- 
hill,  for  "  teaching  30  children,  boys  and  girls,"  who  are  inhabitants  of  this 
township,  as  the  reader  will  find  more  fully  detailed  in  the  extracts  from  Mr 
Ogle's  will,  given  below  in  the  Miscellanea  respecting  this  chapelry,  No.  3. 
The  estate  called  Earsdon-hill  has,  however,  been  since  sold,  subject  to  the 
rent  charge  to  the  school  of  £15  a  year.  On  the  grounds  here,  a  little  to  the 
west  of  the  house,  is  a  fine  broad  dyke  of  very  compact  whinstone,  which  has 
been  much  quarried  for  road  material,  and  does  not,  as  far  as  I  have  examin- 
ed it,  seem  to  contain  either  hornblend  or  olivine.  It  has  the  millstone  grit 
on  its  north  cheek  ;  and  beds  of  slaty  sandstone,  bituminous  shale,  &c.  on 
the  south.  It  is  evidently  connected  with  a  considerable  throw ;  and  the 
north  side  of  it  seems  to  be  millstone  grit  converted  into  whin.  Minor  points 
of  the  history  of  this  township  will  be  found  in  the  following 


BOTHAL  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  OGLE,  OF  CAWSEY  PARK. 


135 


PEDIGREE  OP  OGLE,  OF  CAWSEY  PARK. 


I. — SIR  WILLIAM  OGLE,  of  Cockle  Park,  knight,  according  to  a  pedigree  of  the=f=MARGARET,  daughter  of  sir  John  Delaval,  of 

family  of  Ogle,  of  Ogle  and  Bothal  Castle,  attached  to  the  inquest  after  the    "    * 

death  of  Robert  lord  Ogle,  20  Oct.  6  Eliz.  1564,  was  third  son  of  Ralph  lord 
Ogle,  who  died  about  the  year  1513. — (Coles  Escheats.  Hart.  MS.  760,  p.  311. 
See  also  M.  I.  in  account  of  Hebburn  Chapel,  p.  130.) 


Seaton  Delaval,  by  Anne,  dau.  of  sir  Thomas 
Grey,  of  Chillingham.—  (Hart.  MSS.  1153,  p. 
52;  1448,  p.  5,-  and  1654,  fol.  23  $  24.) 


I  1 T ~1 1 

II. — 1.  JAMES  OGLE,  esq.-rELizABETH,    2.  JOHN  OGLE,=PPHILIPPA,    3.  THOMAS  OGLE.    4.  MATTHEW  OGLE,    ANNE  married 


dau.  of  John 
Clavering, 
of  Callaley. 


of  Bebside.    In 
36  of  Eliz.  the 


crown  leased 
the  rectory  of 
Horsley  to  Matt.  &  John  Ogle. 
— (Lansd.  Rev.  Offic.  Papers, 
a.  183.) 


daur.    of 


of  Swalwell.    Will     Martin  Fen- 


of  Cawsey  Park,  eld.  son, 
•was  at  the  border  meeting 
at  which  sir  Francis  Rus- 
sell was  slain  in  1585. — 
(Cott.  MS.  Col.  C.  viii.  fol. 
286.)  His  initials,  I.  O., 
with  the  date,  15S9,  are 
cut  on  2  shields  on  a  rude 

stone  tablet,  which  is  preserved  at  Cawsey  Park, 
and  before  the  building  tell  down  was  in  the  west 
wall  of  the  east  wing  of  the  house  there.  In  1598, 
J.  Ogle  was  ex'or  of  Jas.  Ogle,  late  of  Cawsey  Park, 
deceased;  and,  April  5,  1600,  the  will  of  James  Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Park,  was  proved  by  John  Ogle,  his  son  and  sole  ex'or. 
— (Raine's  Test.  140,  147.)  There  is  an  inscription  to  his  memory  on  a  marble  in  the  floor,  under  the  altar  table  of 
Hebburn  chapel. 


John  Ogle,  dated  28  Sep.  1598,  in  which  he  desires  wick,  of  East 
of  Ogle  to  be  buried  at  Bothal,  and  mentions  Hedwin  and 
Castle.  his  cousin  John  Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Park ;  Burradon. 

his  lands  in  the  bishoprick  ;  his  sister 

Mary  Law ;  his  cousin  Anne,  daur.  of  his  brother  James,  late  of 
Cawsey  Park ;  the  ground  called  the  Foxholes,  which  he  had  In 
mortgage  of  John  Horsley  ;  Matthew  Ogle,  son  of  Martin  Ogle,  of 
Tritlington;  and  appoints  his  said  cousin  John  his  executor.— 
(Raine's  Test.  874.) 


III.— 1.  CATHARINE,=JOHN  OGLE,  of^=2.  ALICE,  daur.    ANNE,  to  whom    THOMAS  OGLE,  of=DoaoTHY...,    LANCELOT  OGLB, 

"  of  ...  Palmer.        her  uncle  Matt.      Bebside,  whose      mentioned  in    2nd  son,  married 
left  the  ground     goods  were  se-       the  seques-      Dorothy,  dau.  of 
called  the  Foxholes,  which  he  had     questered  March     tration  of  her    Thomas  Watson, 
in  mortgage  of  John  Horsley. —    9,1615 — (Raine's       husband's      of  Ellingham,  by 
(Raines  Test.  875.)  Test.  170.)  goods.          whom  she  had  a 

son  &  heir  THOS. 
OGLE,  who  was  3  y.  old  in  1615. 


daur.  of  Robert  Wid-     Cawsey  Park, 

derington   and  Mar-    esq.  was  a  juror 

garet,  sister  of  Robt.    at 

the  sixth,  and  Cuth- 

bert  the  seventh  lord 

Ogle. — (M.  2.   Bothal 

Church.) 


the  North- 
umberland as- 
sizes, in  1628 

(Swinb.  MS.  in. 
87) ;  and,  in  the 
following  year, 


the  sheriff  of  the  county  caused  an  exigi  facias  to  be  proclaimed  against  him  at  Felton  church.—  (Id.  268.)  The  inquest  after 
his  death  was  taken  at  Morpeth,  2  April,  12  Charles  I.  and  shows  that  he  died  SO  Aug.  1636,  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Caw- 
sey and  Cawsey  Park,  and  two  messuages  and  40  acres  of  land  in  Earsdon-hill,  all  then  holden  of  the  manor  of  Bothal, 
besides  having  had  a  messuage  and  ten  acres  of  land  in  Felton  called  Gallow-close,  and  another  messuage  and  ten  acres  of 
land  called  Bridgham  Lee,  situated  in  Felton  Forest,  and  both  holden  of  the  king  in  capite. — (Cole's  Etch.  Harl.  MS.  760,  p. 
145.) 


— I — 

2.  JAMES  OGLE,  of  Cawsev  Park,  esq.  paid  £824=f=jANE,  daur.  of  Lancelot  Ogle,  of 
"  as  a  fine  imposed  upon  him  by  the  lords  and  I  Burradon,  in Tinmouthshire.  She 


IV.— 1.  EDWARD  OGLE  was  one  year  old 

In  1615,  and  20  years  &  47  weeks  when 

the  inquest  after  his  father's  death  was    commons  for  his  delinquency  to  the  parliament,"    was  buried  at  Earsdon  in  1655,  as 

taken.  the  receipt  for  which  sum  is  dated  31  Oct.  1649,  |  appears  by  the  registers  there. 

and  still  in  possession  of  the  family.     He  was  a 

deputy-lieutenant  and  a  commissioner  of  subsidies  for  Northumberland;  and  appointed  Dec.  8,  1660,  under  the  signature  of 
the  earl  of  Northumberland  and  lord  Josceline  Percy,  a  major  of  the  regiment  of  foot  whereof  Wm  lord  Widdiington  was 
colonel ;  and,  4  May,  1663,  a  captain  of  "  that  troop  of  horse  raised  within  the  county,"  as  appears  by  the  original  commis- 
sions still  preserved  among  the  family  papers.  In  1663,  his  estate  consisted  of  Burradon,  Longhorsley  Tithe,  Cawsey  Park, 
Earsdon-hill,  Foxholes,  and  Cawsefleld. — (///.  *.  327.)  His  will  is  dated  80  July,  1664,  and  by  it  he  gave  all  his  estate  to 
John  Clarke,  of  Newcastle,  esq.  and  Wm  Armourer,  of  Middleton,  gent,  for  ten  years,  to  pay  his  debts,  with  remainder  to  his 
son  William,  when  21  years  old  ;  and  further  remainder  to  Edward  Ogle,  of  Welbeck,  coun.  Nottingham,  gent. — (Raine's 
Test.  914.)  He  died  Dec.  4,  1664,  and  was  buried  in  St  Andrew's  church,  Newcastle,  where  there  is  a  long  Latin  inscription 
to  his  memory,  which  is  printed  In  Brand,  vol.  1.  p.  189. 


r 

V.— WILLIAM  OGLE,  of  Cawsey  Park,  esq.  was  born  at  Burradon,  and  bap.  at-pELizABETH,  daur.  ...,  wife  of ...  Shevil, 
Earsdon  in  1653.  He  was  appointed,  in  1679,  a  lieutenant  in  his  father-in-law,  I  of  Col.  Strother,  of  chirurgeon  in  New- 
Colonel  Strother's  dragoons  ;  and  because  he  had  "  ability  suitable  to  his  loyalty,"  [  Fowberry. castle. 

his  cousin  the  duke  of  Newcastle,  in  Nov.  in  the  same  year,  made  him  a  deputy- 

lieutenant  of  the  county.  He  was  also  appointed,  20  June,  1685,  under  the  sign  manual  of  Jas.  the  Second,  to  be  a  captain 
in  a  troop  of  horse.  He  died  at  Cawsey  Park,  and  was  buried  at  Hebburn,  Dec.  15,  1718.* 


VI. — HENRY  OGLE,  esq.  bap.  12=ANNE  ORDE,  dau.  of    ...~TWILLIAM  OGLE,  of  Cawsey=MARGARET,=BERNARD  SHAW,  esq. 


October,  1685  ;  was  sheriff  of  Wm  Orde,  of  Sandy- 
Northumberland  in  1737.  This  banks;  had  by  her 
gentleman,  by  his  will,  founded  husb.'s  will  all  that 
the  school  at  Cawsey  Park  bridge,  farmhold  called  O- 
and  gave  £140  to  the  poor  of  gleborough,  which  he 
Hebburn  chapelry.  He  died  s.  p.  purchased  of  his  bro. 
at  Cawsey  Park,  on  Friday,  Feb.  Wm,  besides  otherbe- 
28,  and  was  buried  at  Hebburn,  quests,  some  of  which 
March  2,  1761.*  He  mentions  he  purchased  of  his 
in  his  will  his  brothers-in-law,  brothers-in-law,  Ro- 
Robert  Fenwick  &  Walter  Ket-  bert  Fenwick  &  Wal- 
tleby,  esquires.  ter  Kettleby,  esqrs. 


Park,  &  MARY  CARR,  wi- 
dow, to  marry  at  Ford 
church,  dated  24  Novem- 


thor  of  the  Plan  of 

Gibraltar,    published 

by   Faden,    in    1781. 

This  gentleman  "was 

younger  son  of  a 


Park.  esq.  Bond  for  licence    dau.  of  Wm    who  was  a  captain  in 
to  William_Ogle  of  Cawsey     Rutter,  of     the  2nd!  foot,  and  au- 
Newcastle, 
gent.     She 
re- married, 

ber,    1721.— (Raine's    Test.)    2  Sep.  1777, 
His  will  is  dated  2  Sept.    and  died  10 

1774,  and  by  it  he  gave  all    April,  1781.    very    respectable    fa- 
his  personal  estate  to  his  mily,  long  seated  near 

wife  Margaret  Rutter ;  &  Besborough,  in  the  county  of  Kil- 
also  his  real  estate,  when  kenny."  His  elder  brother,  Robert, 
discharged  of  its  incum-  was  a  banker  in  Dublin,  and  M.  P. 
brances,  for  her  life.  He  for  that  city,  and  father  of  Robert 
died  29  Nov.  and  was  buried  at  Hebburn,  Dec.  3,  in  the  same  year.*  Shaw,  esq.  who  has  represented  it 

for  several  successive  parliaments. 

This  Bernard  married  2dly,  Barbara,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  William  Shield,  esq.  of  the  Ouseburn,  near  Newcastle,  by  whom 
he  had  issue,  Robert  Shaw,  esq.  of  Us  worth  Place,  in  the  parish  of  Washington,  and  county  of  Durham. /K 


n. 


(For  continuation  of  issue,  turn  over.) 


*  Registers  of  Hebburn. 


136 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Wm  Ogle,  esq.  and  .... 

1 


•fi 


Continuation  of  issue  of  Wm  Ogle,  esq. 
and  Elizabeth  Strother. 
I 


I — T 1 T 

I.MARY  or  MARGARET,  2.  JANE  bap.  7  Dec.  16SO;*  8.  ELIZABETH  OGLE,  4.  CATHARINE  bap.  Aug.  28, 1692;*  6.  ...,adaur. 
bap.  11  May,  1679;*  married  Gawen  Aynsley,  bap.  June 26, 1683;*  bond  for  marriage  licence  for  her  who, In  1709, 
marr.  lONov.  1698, Wm  esq.of  Littleharle  To  wer.=f=  married  Ralph  Wai-  and  Wm  Carr,  esq.  of  Eshot,  dated  was  12  years 
Orde,  jun.  of  Fecklington.  /^  lis,  of  Copeland  Cas-  18  Jan.  1723. — (Raine's  Test.  15.)  old. 

tie  and  Knaresdalo, 

who,  after  wasting  the  inheritance  of  his  forefathers  in  riot  and  extravagance,  held  the  office  of  store-keeper  to  the  garrison 
at  Berwick.  He  sold  Copeland  to  sir  Chaloner  Ogle,  and  Knaresdale  to  John  Steplienson,  an  alderman  of  Newcastle. -r- 

VI. — WILLIAM  OGLE  was  a  major  in  the  34th  foot ;    1.  WILLIAM  WALI.IS    8.  RALPH  WALLIS  bap.  1.  ELIZABETH  WALLIS 

and,  by  his  father's  will,  had  Cawsey  Park  for  life,    bap.  at  Knaresdale,    March  81,  1711  ;f  and  bap.  Sep.  2,  1706.  t 

after  his  father's  wife's  death.   His  sons  also  were  in  re-    Jan.  10, 1704;  bur. -f    buried  July  4,  in  the  2.  CATHARINE  bap. 

mainder  for  it,  after  failure  of  the  male  issue  of  the    Oct.  4,  1706.  same  year.  May  5,  1708.  f 

three  sons  of  Ogle  Wallis.     He  died  soon  after  his  fa-    2.  JAS.  WALLIS  bap.    4.  MARK  WALLIS  bap.  S.  MARY  bap.  June  2, 

ther,  and  without  issue  male.  May 27,1 709.  fir          Nov.  29,    1713  ;f    was  &  bur.  Sep.  9,  1712.  t 

living  in  1 761,  when  he  4.  MARY,  bap.  June  19, 

had  an  annuity  of  .£20  a  year  left  him  by  his  uncle  Henry  Ogle.  1717. 

5.  OGLE  WALLIS  bap.  Sept.  9,  1715,f  and  had  by  his  uncle  Henry's  will  the  reversion  of  the  annuity  5.  DOROTHY  bap.  Feb. 

left  to  his  brother  Mark.=j=  8,  1718 ;  bur.  June  6, 

7.  MARGERY  WALLIS  had  by  the  will  of  her  uncle  Henry  Wallis,  a  mes-  1719.  f 

•       suage,  tenement,  and  farmhold  in  Whalton,  besides  JE500. 

6.  DOROTHEA  WALLIS,  bap.  Feb.  15,  1720;*  was  2nd  wife  of^JoHN  THRELKELD,  son  of=T=jANE,  only  daur.  of  Gawen 


MrThrelkeld.  Henry  Ogle,  esq.  of  Cawsey  Park,  by  his  will, 
dated  in  1760,  left  Nether-houses,  in  the  parish  of  Elsden,  to 
his  nephew-in-Iaw,  John  Threlkeld,  gentleman,  for  his  life, 
and  after  his  death  to  his  "  niece  Dorothy  Threlkeld,  wife  of 
him  the  said  John  Threlkeld,"  for  her  life. 


Deodatus  Threlkeld,  of  I  Aynsley,  of  Littleharle  Tow- 
Trltlington.  He  and  Jane  I  er,  by  his  wife  Jane,  dau.  of 
Aynsley  were  first  intro-  William  Ogle,  esq.  of  Caw- 
duced  to  each  other  at  sir  |  sey  Park. 

Win  middle  ton's,  at  Belsay  — 

Castle,  and  soon  after  got  privately  married  ;  for  which 
their  parents,  on  both  sides,  disinherited  and  deserted  them.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Newcastle,  and  his  father  re- 
called the  money  he  had  lent  him  to  begin  business  with,  which  put  him  into  embarrassed  circumstances  ;  but  sir 
William  Middleton  procured  him  the  situation  of  post  master  at  Morpeth,  which  office  he  held  till  his  death. 


VII.— WM  OGLE=ELIZABETH,    MARY,  daur. = 

WALLIS  OGLE,      daughter  of    of Hall, 

called  in  the  will    Tbeophilus    esq.  of  Wil- 
of  Henry  Ogle,  In      Dunn,  of     llngton,  and 
1761,  "  my  great      Morpeth,      sister  of  Mrs 
nephew  William    where    she    Parslow. 
Ogle    Wallis." —    was  living 
The  same  Henry    in  April,  1829,  when  the 
ulsolefthim£500.    author  was  indebted  to  her 
He  was  a  lieut.-    for  information  respecting 
col.  in  the  North-    this  family, 
umberland  mili- 
tia ;  but  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried 
at  Hebburn,  Feb.  18,  1804.* 


=1.  WM  OGLE  WAL-=...  Beres- 
LIS  OGLE,  by  the  ford,  wi- 
will  of  his  great  dowof... 
uncle  Henry  Ogle,  Hamilton 
had  £30  a  year  out 
ef  Cawsey  Park,  for  which  he 
was  also  in  remainder  after  the 
death  of  his  cousin  Wm  Ogle 
Wallis  Ogle  ;  but  after  his  son 
was  at  years,  the  entail,  which 
extended  to  his  sisters,  was 
broken. 


2.  JOHN  WAL- 
LIS, in  remain- 
der for  Cawsey 
Park,    after 
failure  of  the 
issue  male   of 
his  bro.  Wm. 
He  married 
Miss  Boyden^ 
8.  HEN.  WAL- 
LIS, In  remain- 
der for  Cawsey 
Park,  after  his 
brother  John ;  died  in  India,  s.  p. 


HEN.  THREL- 
KELD, on 
whom  Henry 
Ogle,  by  his 
will,  in  1761, 
entailed  Neth- 
er-houses, in 
the  parish  of 
Elsden.  This 
Henry  died  a 
few  years  ago 
in  Morpeth,  & 
issueless. 


MARY  THREL- 
KELD,  marri- 
ed GEO.  MID- 
FORD,  an  emi- 
nent surgeon 
inMorpeth.for 
whose  descend, 
ants  see  under 

Littleharle 
Tower,  part  ii. 
vol.  i.  p.  210.=r= 
A 


VIII. — WILLIAM  OGLE  WALLIS  OGLE  was  upwards  of  21  years  old  in  January,  ISOS.nPHARRiET,  daughter  of  Daniel  Orde, 
Residing  at  Paris  in  1829. |  of  Longridge,  esq. 


IX.— ELIZABETH. 


— F — 

ISABELLA. 


FRANCES. 


EARSDON  consists  of  two  farm  premises,  and  a  few  poor  cottages/  and 
stands  about  a  mile  east  of  the  great  north  road,  on  the  bare  brow  of  a  dry 

p  In  lord  Oxford's  time  there  were  many  tenants  here... fifteen  at  least.  The  largest  quantity  of 
ground  farmed  by  one  tenant  was  202  acres,  and  the  whole  of  "  Earsden  town  inclosed  ground," 
belonging  to  his  lordship,  thus  tenanted  out,  was  546  acres.  Besides  which,  the  south  part  of  the 
moor,  which  belonged  to  the  east  end  of  the  town,  contained  168  acres  and  3  roods ;  and  the  north 
part,  including  the  post  road,  and  other  ways,  to  the  west  end  of  Harelaw,  contained  243  ac.  2  ro. 
and  24  p.  whereof  one-ninth  belonged  to  the  freeholder  John  English,  one-fifty-third  to  a  cottager 


*  Registers  of  Hebburn,  in  which  is  the  following  entry  : — "  Dec.  6,  1713,  buryed  Mrs  Dorothy  Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Parke,"  besides  several 
entries  respecting  a  family  of  the  name  of  Ogle,  who  lived  at  Fenrother,  and  another  of  the  same  name  who  resided  at  a  place  in  that  chapelry 
called  Sheriff-hill.  f  Knaresdele  Registers. 


BOTHAL    PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  HEBBURN. EARSDON,  &c.  137 

hill,  enjoying  the  purest  breezes,  and  buffeted  by  the  heaviest  storms  that  issue 
from  the  temple  of  the  winds.  Earsdon  Moor  and  wind-mill  are  on  the  west 
side  of  the  great  road,  and  belong  to  Mr  Thomas  Davison,  who  resides  there. 
Though  the  baron  of  Bothal  had  no  tenants  under  him  here,  holding  by 
knight's  service,  in  1165;  yet,  in  1240,  Peter  de  Crikeliston  and  Eve  his  wife 
held  under  Roger  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  lands  in  Tritlington,  and  Herdisdon  or 
Erdiston,  by  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoffment.q  William  Erdeston  also 
died  seized  of  lands  in  Erdeston  in  l#78.r  Sir  John  Bertram,  knight,  at  his 
death,  in  27  Henry  VI.  1449,  was  found  to  have  had  16  messuages,  14  cot- 
tages, 8  acres  of  meadow,  494  acres  of  arable  ground,  400  acres  of  wood,  and 
300  acres  of  moor  in  Eresden,8  which  possessions  passed  to  his  descendants, 
and  from  them,  through  the  Ogles,  to  the  duke  of  Portland,  their  present 
proprietor.  Roger  Thornton,  who  died  in  1  Richard  III,  1483-4,  held  lands 
in  Tritlington  and  Eresden.£  The  farm  called  Earsdon-hill,  in  this  township, 
was  sold  by  the  Ogles,  of  Cawsey  Park,  subject  to  the  annuity  of  £15,  settled 
upon  it  by  Henry  Ogle  for  the  benefit  of  the  Cawsey  Bridge  school. 

Concerning  the  township  of  EARSDON  FOREST,  all  I  can  say  is,  that  it  lies 
north  of  Earsdon,  and  on  the  boundary  of  the  Eshot  and  Chevington  grounds ; 
that  in  lord  Oxford's  time  it  contained  7^5  acres,  divided  into  two  farms, 
called  the  East  and  West ;  and  that  at  present  it  is  in  three  farms,  called  the 
East  and  West  Forest,  and  Pig-hill.  Earsdon  and  Earsdon  Forest  are  dis- 
tinctly mentioned  as  estates  of  Cuthbert  lord  Ogle,  in  Lawson's  survey  of  the 
property  of  the  county  in  1568. 

TRITLINGTON  has  the  small  sedgy  stream  of  the  Line  winding  through  it, 
on  the  hanging  southern  bank  of  which  the  best  and  greatest  part  of  this 
retired  village  is  built.  Its  chief  curiosity  is  the  old  stone-built  mansion  of 
the  Threlkelds,  which  has  a  well  sheltered  and  well  walled  garden  adjoining 
it  on  the  north,  and  on  the  west  a  curtain,  in  the  front  wall  of  which  is  an 
ornamented  gateway,  each  of  the  four  pillars  of  which  finishes  with  a  stone 

called  John  Tindale,  and  the  remainder  to  the  six  west  farms.  The  survey  of  this  township  con- 
cludes with  the  following  : — "  N.  B.  The  freeholders'  dividend  adjoins  to  and  lies  west  of  the  post 
road,  to  Mr  Ogle's  land  on  the  north-west,  and  to  Earsdon  Moor  on  the  south.  The  share  for 
the  cottage  lying  west  of  the  freeholders'  is  next  to  the  herd's  house,  and  close.  All  customary 
ways  and  watering  places  are  to  be  enjoyed  by  them,  as  formerly  when  in  common,  there  being 
neither  spring  nor  watering  place  in  their  dividends.  The  same  privilege  is  also  reserved  to  lord 
Oxford's  tenants  to  have  free  egress  and  regress  upon  all  occasions." 

•J  Lib.  Nig.  336  j  III.  i.  208.  r  III.  i.  47.  « III.  ii.  274.  » Id.  278,  279. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2   N 


138  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORtETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

vase,  and  the  two  highest  of  these  with  circular  fruit  baskets.  The  freehold 
grounds  here  and  in  Earsdon  were  prohably  those  which  Peter  de  Crikeliston 
and  Eve  his  wife,  in  1240,  held  of  the  baron  of  Bothal  by  one  knight's  fee  :u 
the  rest  of  the  township  having  been  preserved  in  fee  by  the  Bertrams  and 
their  descendants  to  this  time.  The  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  had, 
or  were  acquiring,  certain  lands  here  in  1364  ;v  but  perhaps  these  were  lands  in 
Titlington,  in  the  manor  of  Wark.w  The  family  of  De  Lisle,  of  Woodburn, 
seem  to  have  had  property  in  "  Seton  &  Tyrtilington,"  in  1358  ;x  and 
Thomas  Heron,  the  proprietor  of  Heron's  Close  and  of  Meldon,  died  seized 
of  lands  in  "  Tyrtelington,"  in  1404.y  The  property  of  sir  John  Bertram 
here,  in  1448-9,  is  described  in  the  inquest  after  his  death,  as  consisting  of 
eleven  messuages,  three  cottages,  nine  acres  of  meadow,  163  acres  of  arable 
land,  300  acres  of  moor,  and  a  water  corn  mill ;  but  though  inquests  like 
this  were  solemnly  made  by  jurors  regularly  sworn  and  impanelled  for  the 
purpose,  yet  they  are  frequently  very  erroneous.2  The  families  of  Ogle  and 
Albony  frequently  occur  as  possessed  of  lands  in  this  place.3  In  1663,  the 
proprietors  in  it  besides  the  duke  of  Portland,  were  William  Middleton,  esq., 
of  Belsay,  . . .  Albany,  and  Philip  Bavington,  esq.  In  lord  Oxford's  time  it 
belonged  to  "  Mr  Deodatus  Threlkeld,  Mr  Ogle,  and  Mr  Wilson  :"b  the  first 
of  whom,  on  account  of  his  eldest  son  John  marrying  without  his  consent, 
disinherited  him,  and  left  his  property  here  to  his  second  son,  who  had  to  his 

u  III.  i.  208.  v  Id.  i.  82.  w  See  Wallis,  ii.  306  and  473.  *  III.  ii.  324. 

y  III.  ii.  264.  z  Id.  274. 

«  Thomas  Ogle,  of  Tritlington,  by  his  will,  in  1374,  left  his  lands  there  to  his  son  James. — (See 
Hebburn  Miscel.  No.  3.)  George  Ogle  also  occurs  in  a  writ,  as  "  late  of  London  or  of  Tritling- 
ton," in  1628;  and  Thomas  Ogle,  of  Tritlington,  as  plaintiff,  in  another  writ,  in  1629.  In  the 
same  year,  Martin  Al bon,  of  the  same  place,  was  a  juror  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle. — (Swnb. 
MS.  in.  54,  181J  In  1768,  William  Ogle,  esq.  of  Cawsey  Park,  for  £1000,  mortgaged  lands 
here  to  Abraham  Dixon,  of  Belford,  and  Collingwood  Forster,  of  Alnwick.  The  SCHOOL  HOUSE 
here  consists  of  two  rooms — one  to  teach  in,  and  one  for  the  master  ;  was  built  by  the  freeholders 
of  the  township  upon  a  piece  of  waste  land — the  duke  of  Portland,  for  his  share,  contributing  the 
roof :  it  stands  in  a  pleasant  garden,  and  is  patronised  by  the  duke  of  Portland,  the  rector  of 
Bothal,  Mr  Sadler,  and  others. 

b  Lord  Oxford's  property  here  at  that  time  consisted  of  438  acres,  divided  into  four  farms  of 
100,  45,  186,  and  104  acres  a  piece,  besides  two  cottages,  which  had  gardens  attached  to  them. 
The  township  had  also  a  moor  in  it,  lately  divided,  consisting  of  278  acres,  to  which  also  belonged 
the  Shield-green,  of  4  acres  and  3  roods;  and  a  parcel  of  ground,  lying  south  of  the  Priest's 
Bridge,  and  containing  6  acres  and  1  rood.  "  1 724  :  the  moor  now  stands  divided  thus,  quantity 


BOTHAL  PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  HEBBURN. TRITLINGTON,  COCKLE  PARK.  139 

wife  Anne  Hunt,  resided  at  Popham,  in  the  county  of  Southampton,  and  in 
1784,  sold  all  his  property  at  Tritlington,  in  four  lots — one  to  Robert  Smith, 
of  Plessey,  esq.  ;  another  to  Thomas  Potts,  the  third  to  John  Sadler,  and  the 
fourth  to  Thomas  Davison.  Mr  Sadler  purchased  Mr  Smith's  share,  which, 
with  his  own,  contains  440  acres,  22  of  which  are  in  oak  wood.  Davison's 
belongs  at  present  to  Mr  Joseph  Tizack  ;  and  that  of  Potts  passed  to  John 
Forster,  who  went  to  the  East  Indies,  and  sold  it  to  Mr  John  Appleby,  of 
Sturton  Grange,  in  the  parish  of  Warkworth. 


COCKLE    PARK    TOWER. 


COCKLE  PARK  township,  including  Blackderie  House  and  croft,  by  the  sur- 
vey in  lord  Oxford's  time,  contained  1157  acres,  then  occupied  by  George 

and  quality  duly  considered : — Lord  Oxford's  share  is  all  on  the  north  side  from  the  division  dyke, 
and  contains  137  acres  ;  Mr  Ogle,  the  east  side  of  the  post  road,  23  acres  j  Mr  Wilson,  the  west 


140  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

Milburn.  Since  that  time,  the  farm  house  called  Blubberymires  has  been 
built  within  it.  The  foregoing  view  of  the  house  here  is  from  the  north- 
east corner,  is  nearly  from  the  same  point  as  that  given  by  Grose,  and 
shows  the  north  and  east  fronts.  The  outside  dimensions  of  the  south  front 
are  about  54  feet,  of  the  east  78.  The  oldest  part  of  it  is  the  tower,  which 
projects  about  9  feet  from  the  other  apartments,  and  has  round  corbuled  tur- 
rets at  the  north-east  and  north-west  corners :  the  corbules  are  also  continued 
between  the  turrets,  where  they  have  supported  a  machicolated  parapet. 
The  south-east  corner  of  this  tower  contains  a  circular  stone  staircase  ;  and, 
on  its  east  front,  is  a  large  stone  tablet,  bearing  the  arms  of  Ogle  quartering 
Bertram,  with  the  usual  crest  and  supporters  of  the  lords  Ogle,  which  show 
that  no  part  of  the  present  building  is  older  than  1461,  in  which  year  sir 
Robert  Ogle,  knight,  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  peer  of  the  realm. 
The  upright  tracery  in  the  head  of  the  great  window  in  the  north  is  also  in 
the  style  of  the  fifteenth  century.  I  do  not  know  the  meaning  of  the  devices 
cut  upon  three  stones  in  a  course  just  above  the  armorial  tablet :  those  at 
each  corner  are  in  relief,  but  much  decayed :  the  middle  one  is,  two  trefoils, 
in  intaglio.  They  are  probably  heraldic  ;  and,  if  they  had  been  perfect, 
might  have  given  some  clue  to  the  date  of  the  building.  Prior  to  the  erection 
of  the  present  building  there  may  have  been  a  manor  house  of  some  descrip- 
tion on  the  spot.  "  William  of  Cookperce"  was  one  of  the  twelve  English 
knights,  appointed  in  1241,  to  sit  with  twelve  Scottish  knights,  to  make  laws 
for  the  regulation  of  the  marches  between  the  two  kingdoms  ;c  and  the  Law- 
son  copy  of  the  aid  granted  to  Henry  the  Third  to  knight  his  eldest  son, 
makes  "  Cockelpke"  one  of  the  manors  of  the  Bothal  barony.  But  the  cata- 
logue of  fortresses  in  Northumberland,  made  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of 
Henry  the  Sixth,  notices  no  tower  or  fortalice  as  existing  here  at  that  time. 
In  my  visit  here,  in  1810,  I  was  told  that  Mr  Brown,  who  was  agent  to  the 

side  of  ditto,  45  acres ;  Mr  Threlkeld's  lies  east  from  Mr  Ogle,  and  is  78  acres ;  6  acres  for  post 
road  through  Mr  Wilson's — total  289  acres.  This  moor,  before  the  division,  was  enjoyed  by 
stints,  thus  : — Lord  Oxford,  for  his  farms  26f,  for  his  mill  2,  for  his  cottage  2 — in  all  30  \ :  Mr 
Ogle  6|,  Mr  Wilson  6|,  and  Mr  Threlkeld  20— total  number  of  stints  64.  N.  B.  The  Royalty 
and  the  East  Spring  are  reserved  to  the  Right  Honourable  Edward  Earl  of  Oxford  and  Mortimer, 
and  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lady  Henrietta  Cavendish  Holies,  Countess  of  Oxford  and  Mor- 
timer."—fJT.  659J 

c  Leg.  March,  p.  2. 


BOTHAL  PARISH.  -  CHAPELRY  OF  HEBBURN.  -  COCKLE  PARK.       141 

duke  of  Portland,  and  brother  to  the  celebrated  Capability  Brown,  had  heard 
an  account  that  the  southern  part  of  the  building  had  some  500  years  ago 
been  destroyed  by  fire.  Such  an  event  may  have  occurred  ;  but  tradition  is 
a  great  amplifier  of  time.  Traces  of  arches  of  windows  are  certainly  observ- 
able above  the  entrance,  where  some  considerable  repairs  or  enlargement  of 
the  building  have  been  made.  I  was  also  at  the  same  time  assured  by  the 
farmer  of  the  place,  who  was  an  intelligent  and  observant  person,  that  the 
building  had  formerly  extended  further  to  the  south,  as  strong  underground 
foundations  still  testify  ;  but  a  stone  which  they  showed  me,  bearing  the  arms 
of  Ogle  quartering  Bertram,  and  said  to  be  found  in  digging  in  the  site  of 
these  demolished  parts,  proved  that  the  building  in  which  it  had  been  placed 
could  not  be  older  than  the  time  of  the  marriage  of  sir  Robert  de  Ogle  and 
Helen  Bertram,  though  it  might  be  much  more  recent.  The  windows,  one 
above  another,  for  three  stories,  on  the  east  side,  as  given  by  Grose,  were 
square  headed,  and  divided  into  four  lights,  with  mullions  and  transoms  of 
stone,  in  the  same  way  that  the  windows  of  six  lights,  now  walled  up,  are  on 
the  west  front.  They  are  of  the  style  of  the  sixteenth  century,  in  the  forty- 
third  year  of  which  sir  Robert  Ogle,  among  other  possessions,  by  will,  settled 
"  Cockell  Parke  and  tower"  upon  his  wife  Jeyne,  with  remainder  after  her 
death  to  his  son  Cuthbert,  for  life.d  Prior  to  that  time  they  had  been  in  the 
occupancy  of  the  lady  Anne  Ogle,  mother  of  this  sir  Robert,  who  was  slain  in 
the  battle  of  Ancrum  Moor,  a  few  days  after  making  his  will.  The  present 
windows  of  the  south  and  east  sides  were  put  in  about  forty  years  since.  A 
projection  on  the  west  side  of  the  tower,  which  had  small  windows  in  it,  fell 
in  1828,  when  the  opening  occasioned  by  the  fall  was  filled  up  in  a  line  with 
the  rest  of  the  wall  ;  and  the  mantle-piece  of  one  of  the  two  curious  old  chim- 
nies  formerly  in  the  tower,  and  cleverly  decorated  with  dentils  and  mouldings, 
was  inserted  high  up  in  the  gap,  on  the  outside,  by  way  of  curiosity  and  orna- 
ment. Regular  occupancy  as  a  farm-house  has  preserved  this  edifice  from 
the  fate  that  has  befallen  many  of  its  kind  —  from  falling  into  ruin.  Its  situ- 
ation is  very  exposed  ;  but  the  prospect  from  it  great,  especially  over  the  sea, 
Wallis  does  not  seem  to  have  visited  it.  Grose  first  brought  it  into  notice  : 
his  drawing  of  it  was  taken  in  1774. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  HEBBURN  CHAPELRY. 

JVb.  i. — ARCHIDIACONAL  VISITATIONS. — -Visited 
Sept.  20,  1723.  From  many  orders  registered  as  exe- 
cuted after  this  visitation,  it  is  plain  that  the  place  had 
theft  been  in  a  very  indifferent  plight :  the  chapel  and 
its  pews  were  all  new  floored  or  flagged  throughout, 
and  "  the  porch  at  the  west  end  built  up  and  covered  ;" 
and,  August  19,  1731,  the  archdeacon  further  ordered 
"  the  new  porch  at  the  west  end  to  be  flagged  and 
benched  round  for  the  use  of  such  as  have  no  seats, 
rails  to  be  erected  before  the  communion  table,  and  the 
large  grave-stone  of  the  Ogles  to  be  laid  level  with  the 
rest  of  the  floor  near  the  altar."  The  seats  in  this  cha- 
pel have  been  most  of  them  re-built  since  my  last  vi- 
sitation.— (Dr  Thomas  Sharpe.)  Visited  Dec.  9,  1763, 
and  ordered  among  other  things : — "  The  four  posts 
between  the  church  and  chancel  to  be  boxed  in  with 
deal,  so  as  to  resemble  pillars,  and  painted,  and  the 
cross  boards  at  the  top  of  them  taken  away.  The  two 
pillars  under  the  gallery  raised,  set  firm,  and  founded 
upon  stone  work.  The  bell  new  hung,  and  all  the  iron 
work  at  the  top,  and  the  gudgeon  new.  The  west  wall 
at  the  top  to  be  reduced  to  half  the  thickness,  &c.  All 
heaps  of  earth  or  rubbish  lying  against  the  walls  on  the 
outside  of  the  chapel  to  be  removed,  wherever  it  can  be 
done  without  interfering  with  the  graves." — (Dr  John 
Sharpe.)  The  rector  of  Both al  maintains  the  chancel ; 
but  as  it  is  a  chapelry  with  parochial  limits,  the  parish- 
ioners pay  no  contributions  to  Bothal,  upholding  their 
own  fabric,  which  they  have  done  admirably ;  for  it  is 
impossible  to  conceive  a  place  of  village  worship  in  bet- 
ter condition.  The  clerk  has  3d.  a  house  and  6d.  a  farm, 
through  the  chapelry. — (Archd.  Singleton's  Visit.  Books.) 

2. — THE  PARISH  REGISTERS  commence  in  1680. 
Joseph  Barker  occurs  as  CURATE  here  in  1577-  At 
present  it  is  served  by  the  Rev.  J.  Fallowfield,  M.  A., 
Fellow  of  Peter-house,  Cambridge,  and  some  time  se- 
cond master  of  Morpeth  school,  to  whom  I  am  indebted 
for  his  prompt  and  cheerful  assistance  in  furnishing 
information  respecting  this  chapelry. 

3. — Thomas  Ogle,  of  Tritlington,  gent,  by  his  will, 
dated  14  Dec.  1574,  gave  to  James,  his  son,  all  his 
lands  there,  with  remainder  first  to  his  son  Martin, 
and  secondly  to  his  brother  James.  The  will  also  men- 
tions Martin  Fenwick,  Matthew  Ogle,  and  John  Ogle, 
"  my  brethren,"  my  wife  Margaret;  Agnes  and  Julian, 
my  daughters.  The  testator  desires  the  right  hon.  the 
lord  Ogle  to  be  good  to  his  wife;  leaves  £10  to  Mar- 


garet Mitford,  for  her  marriage  ;  and  appoints  the  said 
Lord,  and  John  .Hedworth,  of  Harraton,  esq.  super- 
visors. 

4 — Extract  from  the  will  of  Henry  Ogle,  esq.  dated 
16  Dec.  1761  : — "  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  dear  bro- 
ther William  Ogle,  esquire,  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns 
for  ever,  all  those  my  messuage,  tenement,  and  farm- 
hold,  with  all  its  rights,  members,  and  appurtenances, 
called  Longdike ;  and  also  all  that  messuage,  tenement, 
and  farmhold,  called  Ersdon-hill,  with  all  its  rights, 
members,  and  appurtenances  (except  that  messuage, 
house,  or  tenement,  intended  by  me  for  a  school-house, 
and  lately  built  on  part  thereof;  and  also  that  piece  or 
parcel  of  ground  adjoining  to  the  said  house,  and  now 
inclosed,  containing  two  acres  or  thereabouts,  be  the 
same  more  or  less) ;  and  also  all  those  my  messuages, 
lands,  and  tenements,  with  all  their  rights,  members, 
and  appurtenances,  situate,  lying,  and  being  in  the 
township  of  Tritlington ;  and  also  all  and  every  the 
great  and  petty  tithes  yearly  or  otherwise  arising,  &c. 
out  of  the  parish  of  Longhorsley,  &c." 

"  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  trusty  friends  John 
Orde,  of  Morpath,  esquire,  and  the  Reverend  John 
Coxon,  clerk,  and  their  heirs  for  ever,  all  that  messu- 
age, house,  or  tenement,  lately  built  on  part  of  the 
lands  and  grounds  of  Ersdon-hill,  and  also  the  piece  or 
parcell  of  ground  thereto  adjoining,  and  now  inclosed, 
containing  two  acres  or  thereabouts,  be  the  same  more 
or  less  ;  and  also  one  annuity  or  yearly  rent  charge  of 
fifteen  pounds  a  year,  issuing  and  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
mossuage,  lands,  tenements,  and  tyths  above,  by  me 
devised  unto  my  said  dear  brother  William  Ogle,  at 
two  payments  in  the  year,  cleared  and  descharged  of 
and  from  the  payment  of  all  taxes,  sesses,  and  imposi- 
tions whatsoever :  (to  wit)  Whitsuntide  and  Martin- 
mas, the  first  payment  thereof  to  begin  and  to  be  made 
on  such  of  the  said  feast  days,  or  terms,  as  shall  first 
happen  next  after  my  death  and  decease,  upon  this  spe- 
cial trust  and  confidence,  that  they  the  said  John  Orde  and 
John  Coxon,  and  the  surviver  of  them,  and  the  heirs 
of  such  surviver,  shall  permit  and  suffer  the  person 
and  persons  that  shall  from  time  to  time  be  appointed 
by  my  dear  wife  Ann  Ogle,  as  a  master  to  teach  read- 
ing, and  writing,  and  arithmetic,  to  thirty  boys,  or  girls, 
belonging  to  the  tenants,  farmers,  and  servants,  of  such 
tenants  or  farmers  of  the  estate  of  Cawsey  Park  only  ; 
and,  after  the  death  and  decease  of  my  said  dear  wife 
Ann  Ogle,  by  such  person  or  persons  as  shall  from  time 


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143 


to  time  be  owner  and  proprietor  of  the  said  estate  of 
Cawsey  Park ;  TO  HOLD,  occupy,  and  possess  the  said 
mossuage,  house,  or  tenement,  with  the  said  piece  of 
ground  therewith  adjoining,  without  any  payment  of 
rent  for  the  same :  and  also  that  the  said  John  Orde, 
and  John  Coxon,  and  the  surviver  of  them,  and  the 
heirs  of  such  survivers  shall,  and  do  yearly,  and  every 
year,  pay  unto  such  person  or  persons,  as  shall  from 
time  to  time  be  master  of  the  said  school,  as  aforesaid, 
the  said  annuity  or  yearly  rent  charge  of  £15  for  his  or 
their  teaching  thirty  children,  boys  and  girls,  belonging 
to  the  said  tenants,  farmers,  and  servants,  of  the  said 
estate  of  Cawsey  Park,  the  said  thirty  children  to  be 
named  and  appointed  by  the  said  Ann  Ogle,  from  time 
to  time,  during  her  life,  and  after  her  death,  by  the 
proprietors  of  Cawsey  Park  for  the  time  being,  as  occa- 
sion shall  happen,  without  any  other  payment  to  be  had 
or  made  for  the  same.  And  my  will  and  pleasure  is, 
and  1  do  hereby  order  and  appoint,  that  if  at  any  time 
it  should  happen  that  there  were  not  so  many  children 
as  thirty,  belonging  to  the  said  tenants,  farmers,  and 
servants  of  the  estate  of  Cawsey  Park  aforesaid,  that 
then,  and  in  that  case,  it  shall  be  lawfull  for  my  dear 
wife  Ann  Ogle,  during  her  life,  as  often  as  that  shall 
happen,  to  nominate  and  appoint  any  other  children 
whom  she  shall  think  proper,  to  make  up  the  number, 
so  to  be  taught  as  aforesaid ;  and  after  the  death  of 
my  said  dear  wife,  Ann  Ogle,  for  the  owner  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  said  estate  of  Cawsey  Park  for  the  time 
being,  to  do  the  same,  as  often  as  it  shall  thereafter 
happen.  And  my  further  will  and  pleasure  is,  and  I  do 
hereby  order,  that  no  person  whatsover  or  by  whome- 
sover  hereafter  nominated,  shall  be  capable  of  hold- 
ing and  enjoying  the  benefit  of  the  endowment  of  the 
said  school,  without  he  be  a  person  that  publicly  pro- 
fesses the  religion  of  the  church  of  England  as  by  law 
established,  and  continues  so  to  do.  And  my  will  is, 
and  I  do  hereby  order  and  appoint,  that  after  the  first 
vacancy  of  the  said  intended  school  shall  happen,  either 
by  the  death  of  the  master,  or  his  being  displaced  and 
removed  for  incapacity  to  teach,  or  misdemeanour,  or 
misbehaviour,  either  by  my  said  dear  wife,  Ann  Ogle, 
or  after  her  death  by  the  owner  and  proprietor  of  the  said 
estate  of  Cawsey  Park,  for  the  time  being,  and  she  or 
they  do  not,  on  the  application  of  my  said  trustees,  or 
the  surviver  of  them,  .or  the  heirs  of  such  surviver, 
made  to  them,  within  one  month  after,  nominate  and 
appoint  another  person  to  succeed ;  then,  and  in  that 


case,  and  whenever  afterwards  it  may  happen,  it  shall 
and  may  be  lawfull  for  my  said  trustees,  or  the  survi- 
ver of  them,  and  the  heirs  of  such  survivers,  to  nomi- 
nate and  appoint  a  master  to  such  school  as  aforesaid. 
And  my  will  is,  and  I  do  hereby  order  and  appoint,  that 
in  case  this  devise  made  for  the  school  as  aforesaid 
should  not  (for  want  of  the  time  limitted  by  law,  or 
for  any  defect  of  the  devising  thereof)  take  effect,  that 
then,  and  in  that  case,  it  is  my  will,  and  I  do  hereby 
order  and  appoint,  that  my  said  dear  wife  Ann  Ogle, 
my  executor  hereinafter  named,  shall,  within  three 
months  after  it  is  known  that  this  devise  is  ineffectual 
in  law,  and  therefore  be  refused  to  be  complyed  with  by 
the  person  to  whom  the  estate  charged  therewith  may 
by  the  devise  thereof  belong,  pay  into  the  hands  of  my 
said  trustee,  or  the  surviver  of  them,  or  the  heirs  of 
such  survivers,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds  in  trust,  that  they  shall  as  soon  as  possible  after 
lend  the  same  out  on  the  best  security  that  can  be  got, 
and  at  the  highest  interest,  and  that  they  shall  and  do 
pay  the  yearly  interest  thereof  to  such  master  or  masters 
as  before  mentioned,  and  intended  under  all  the  limita- 
tions, provisoes,  and  appointments  abovementioned,  and 
intended  as  an  endowment  for  the  said  intended  school. 
And  my  will  is,  that  in  case  any  of  the  said  annuity  or 
rent  charges  above  by  me  given  and  devised  shall  be 
behind  or  unpaid  by  the  space  of  or  for  thirty  days 
next  after  either  of  the  said  feasts  or  days  of  payment 
whereon  the  same  shall  be  due  or  payable  as  aforesaid, 
that  then  it  shall  and  may  be  lawfull  to  and  for  them 
the  said  Mark  Wallis  (or  on  his  death  the  said  Ogle 
Wallis),  John  Bilton  the  older,  Robert  Grey  and  John 
Dixon,  John  Orde  and  John  Coxon,  or  the  surviver  of 
them,  or  the  heirs  of  such  surviver,  and  every  or  any  of 
them,  to  enter  upon  the  said  mossuages,  lands,  tene- 
ments, and  tyths  above  hereby  devised  to  my  brother 
William  Ogle,  or  any  of  them,  and  to  destrain  for  their 
or  any  of  their  said  annuities  or  rent  charges  so  behind 
or  unpaid,  and  the  distress  or  distresses  then  and  there 
found,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  for  the  payment  of  such 
annuities  or  rent  charges  so  behind  or  unpaid,  and  all 
the  arrears  thereof,  &c." 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  trusty  friends,  the 
said  John  Orde  and  John  Coxon,  the  sum  of  twenty 
pounds,  in  trust,  that  they  and  the  survivor  of  them, 
or  the  heirs  of  such  survivors,  shall  and  do  from  time  to 
time  repair  and  amend  the  school-house  therewith  as 
often  as  there  shall  be  occasion  so  to  do." 


144. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


"  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  minister  and  chapel- 
wardens  of  the  chapelry  of  Hebburn,  for  the  time  be- 
ing, the  sum  of  =£140,  to  be  paid  to  them  by  my  execu- 
tors, within  the  space  of  two  months  next  after  my 
decease,  upon  this  especial  trust  and  confidence,  that 
they  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be,  put  out  the  said  sum  of 


£140  upon  the  best  security,  and  at  the  highest  inte- 
rest ;  and  that  such  interest  shall  for  ever  hearafter,  on 
Easter  Monday,  be  distributed  amongst  the  poor  of  the 
said  chapelry  of  Hebburn,  at  the  discretion  of  the  mi- 
nister and  chapelwardens  of  the  said  chapelry  for  the 
time  being,  &c." 


BOTHAL  is  called  Bottle  by  the  old  people  who  live  in  and  near  it ;  and 
that  word,  which  enters  into  the  composition  of  the  names  of  numerous  places 
in  Britain,  in  the  Anglo-Saxon  language,  means  a  village  or  mansion-house. 
In  many  languages,  Bothal  means,  the  house  of  God.  Jacob  called  the  pillar, 
which  he  set  up  after  his  dream,  Bith-AMm,  that  is,  the  house  of  the  Gods ; 
and  the  place  where  he  set  it  up,  Bith-Al,  or  the  house  of  God.  So  likewise 
the  antient  Irish  called  a  cram  leac,  or  stone  of  adoration,  a  Both-al,  from  the 
words  Both  and  Al,  or  Allah,  which,  in  their  language,  as  in  Hebrew,  signi- 
fies the  house  of  God.  In  other  languages,  the  Bethels  were  temples  of  the 
Sun.  But  though  no  "  high  place"  could  be  more  admirably  adapted  for 
building  a  temple  upon  than  the  knoll  upon  which  Bothal  stands,  there  is  no 
trace  or  tradition  of  any  place  of  religious  worship  having  existed  upon  it 
prior  to  the  Christian  era.  Northumberland,  and  the  eastern  stores  of  Eng- 
land, are  indeed  remarkably  deficient  in  Celtic  antiquities.  Did  our  Saxon 
ancestors,  when  they  butchered  that  antient  race  of  men,  or  banished  them 
from  these  parts,  also  destroy  all  traces  of  their  religious  groves  and  altars  ? 
Many  churches  in  Wales  are  built  within  Druidical  circles.  The  erection  of 
the  church  and  castle  here  might  indeed  obliterate  all  appearance  of  former 
works  upon  so  confined  a  spot  as  that  upon  which  they  stand.  Besides  the 
church  and  castle,  the  present  village  of  Bothal  consists  of  a  few  cottages 
having  chimney  tops  of  wicker-work,  a  school-house,  ale-house,  and  certain 
farm  premises. 

THE  CHURCH  is  dedicated  "  to  the  honor  of  God  and  St  Andrew  the  apos- 
tle."6 This  account  is  from  the  will  of  Robert  lord  Ogle,  in  1543 ;  but 
another  statement  says,  that  David  Holgrave,  and  Helen  Bertram  his  wife,  in 
20  Richard  II.  made  provisions  for  a  chaplain  in  the  chantry  of  the  church  of 
St  John  in  Bothal.  It  stands  about  a  bow-shot  from  the  castle.  Its  nave, 
which  has  several  steps  down  to  it  from  the  south,  is  54  feet  long,  and  35  feet 


II.  i.  393. 


BOTHAL    PARISH. CHURCH. 


14,5 


wide,  and  consists  of  three  aisles.  That  on  the  north  has  an  old  vestry  taken 
off  its  north-west  corner,  and  now  converted  into  a  hypocaust  or  furnace 
room,  for  a  warm-air  flue,  which  does  not  answer  the  purpose  for  which  it  was 
built.  The  remaining  space  of  the  north  aisle  has  five  small  pointed  arches, 
supported  by  four  octagonal  pillars,  which  have  neat  capitals :  the  brackets 
from  which  the  two  end  arches  spring  out  of  the  wall  are  clustered,  and  very 
neatly  decorated.  The  antient  door  in  the  north  wall,  by  which  children 
entered  the  church  when  they  came  to  be  baptized,  still  occupies  its  place ; 
but  its  way  in  the  inside  is  walled  up.  The  east  window  of  this  aisle  is  of 
three  lights,  and  pointed,  and  contains  the  Annunciation,  and  the  arms  of 
England  and  France  quarterly,  in  coloured  glass.  The  tracery  of  nearly  all 
the  other  windows  of  the  nave  have  also  been  bespangled  with  devices  in 
coloured  glass ;  and  the  walls  are  hung  with  lozenge-shaped  panels  of  wood, 
bearing  texts  of  scripture. 


BOTHAL    CHURCH,    NORTH-EAST    VIEW. 

The  south  aisle  is  spanned  with  three  pointed  arches,  supported  by  one 
square  and  one  octagonal  pier.  Here,  within  iron  rails,  is  an  altar  tomb  of 
alabaster,  on  which  are  recumbent  figures,  in  the  same  material,  of  a  knight 
and  his  lady,  supposed  by  Hutchinson  to  be  the  effigies  of  sir  Robert  Ogle  and 
his  wife  the  baroness  Bertram.  Fenwick,  in  his  account  of  the  Ogles,  how- 
ever, says  that  this  tomb  "  hath  upon  it  the  arms  of  Ralph,  the  third  lord 
Ogle  impaling  the  arms  of  Gascoyne,  by  which  it  appears  to  be  his  monu- 

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146  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

ment."  Hutchinson,  together  with  a  representation  of  the  two  effigies,  gives 
an  engraving  of  a  shield  at  the  head  of  the  tomb,  on  account  of  the  arms 
upon  it  being  "  so  singular,"  and  says  that  it  is  "  supported  on  the  dexter 
side  by  a  lion  collared  and  chained,  and  on  the  sinister  side  by  a  monkey 
chained  by  the  waste."  The  knight  has  a  plain  cross  of  St  George  suspend- 
ed by  a  chain  round  his  neck.  The  whole  monument  is  much  defaced  by 
rude  initials  carved  upon  it.  In  the  wall,  at  the  foot  of  the  tomb,  is  a  bracket 
of  stone,  as  if  intended  for  a  lamp,  and  bearing  the  Bertram  arms.  Near 
it,  on  a  flat  stone  on  the  floor,  is  the  following  inscription,  as  given  by  Wallis/ 
but  now  nearly  covered  by  pews  : — "  Here  lyeth  Catharine,  the  wife  of  John 
Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Park,  esquire,  daughter  of  Robert  Woodrington,  esquire,  by 
Margaret  his  wife,  which  Margaret  was  sister  to  Robert  the  sixth,  and  to 
Cuthbert  the  seventh  lord  Ogle.  She  died  May  23,  1609."  On  the  floor,  near 
the  south  door,  is  a  coffin  lid  of  stone,  ornamented  with  a  cross,  a  sword,  and 
a  shield  charged  with  two  piles.  The  burial  place  of  the  Crows,  of  Ashing- 
ton,  was  in  this  corner.  The  four  windows  in  each  of  the  north  and  south 
walls  of  the  nave  are  square-headed,  with  neat  tracery  :  one  of  them  in  the 
south  has,  in  stained  glass,  a  shield  bearing  a  cross,  which  has  an  arrow  dart- 
ing out  of  its  base,  and  by  its  sides  a  sword  and  other  devices,  as  on  old  tombs. 
This  part  of  the  building,  especially  on  the  south  side,  is  much  below  the 
surface  of  the  church  yard.  The  chancel  is  42  feet  long  by  io  feet  wide  ;  has 
three  lancet  windows  on  the  south,  and  two  on  the  north.  The  east  window 
is  low,  pointed,  and  of  three  lights,  and  of  the  same  date  as  those  in  the  nave, 
the  side  walls  of  which,  and  of  the  gable  of  the  chancel,  have  been  re-built 
sometime  about  the  latter  end  of  the  fifteenth  century,  for  they  are  in  the 
style  of  that  period ;  and  an  entry  in  bishop  Fox's  Register  shows,  that  in 
1496,  the  fruits  of  this  living  were  sequestered  to  repair  the  ruinous  and  di- 
lapidated chancel  of  the  church  here,  and  the  mansion-house  of  the  rector. 
The  pedigree  of  the  seven  lords  Ogle,  deduced  from  "  Humphrey  Ogle,g  esq. 
who  lived  at  Ogle  Castle  at  the  Conquest,  and  to  whom  William  the  Con- 
queror, by  his  deed  without  date,  did  confirm  all  his  liberties  and  royalties  of 
his  manor  and  estate  of  Ogle,  in  as  ample  a  manner  as  any  of  his  ancestors 

fll.  347. 

6  The  name  of  Gilbert  de  Hoggel,  who  was  son  of  Humphrey  de  Hoggel,  occurs  in  the  Pipe 
Roll  of  16  Henry  II.     See  m'ore  respecting  these  persons,  and  when  they  lived,  in  II.  i.  380,  &c. 


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enjoyed  the  same  before  the  time  of  the  Normans,"  has  been  long  painted  in 
black  letter  on  the  south  \vall  of  the  chancel,   and  was  lately  retouched  and 
renewed.     There  are  also  three  pointed  niches  and  a  stone  basin  in  the  south 
wall,  within  the  altar  rails.    The  bell  turret  has  three  openings,  each  furnish- 
ed with  a  single  bell,  only  one  of  which  is  used  at  present.     There  is  no 
manse  or  parsonage-house  here  ;  the  late  rectors  of  this  parish  having  made 
the  manse  of  Ship  wash  their  residence.     But,  in   1261,  Roger  Bertram  gave 
to  John  Sylvester,  rector  of  Bothal,   and  to  his  successors,   that  messuage, 
with  the  garden  and  croft  appertaining  to  it,  which  his  mother  then  possessed 
in  dower,  and  which  lay  on  both  sides  of  Bothal-burn,  in  exchange  for  a 
messuage  and  croft  which  the  said  Sylvester  enjoyed  in  right  of  his  parsonage 
of  the  church  of  Bothal :  and  if  either  of  them,  or  any  one  of  their  successors, 
presumed  to  infringe  upon  this  convention,  he  should  pay  to  the  other  party 
the  sum  of  £100  for  the  labour  and  expence  he  had  been  at ;  on  which  con- 
dition each  party  was  at  liberty  to  resume  his  former  possessions.     The 
school-house  and  dwelling-house  for  the  master,  which  adjoin  the  church-yard, 
were  built  according  to  an  order  of  lord  Oxford's  in  17&5.h     Part  of  the 
revenues  of  this  church  were  appropriated  to  the  monastery  ofTinmouth  from 
a  very  early  period.     Robert  Mowbray,  who  was  earl  of  Northumberland  in 
the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  William  Rufus,  gave  the  tithes  of  several  pa- 
rishes in  this  county  to  that  house,  and  amongst  the  rest  those  of  Bothal, 
which  plainly  enough  shows  that  he  was  at  that  time  lord  of  this  parish. 
Henry  the  First  confirmed  Mowbray's  grant.     But  some  misunderstanding 
seems  to  have  risen  respecting  them  about  the  latter  part  of  the  thirteenth 
century  :  for  Richard  Bertram  the  Second,   who  lived  in  the  time  of  king 
John,  confirmed  to  Tinmouth  the  two  sheaves  of  corn  which  they  had  by  the 
gift  of  his  ancestors,   and  by  his  own  concession,   in  his  demesne  lands  in 
Bothal,  in  pure  alms,   and  according  to  a  settlement   made   between   the 
churches  ofTinmouth  and  Bothal,  and  sanctioned  by  judges  appointed  by  the 
pope.1     In  1291,  this  rectory  was  valued  for  the  payment  of  first  fruits  and 
tenths  at  £37  a  year  ;  and  the  portion  of  the  prior  of  Tinmouth  in  the  same, 
and  out  of  the  corn  tithes  of  the  lord's  demesnes,  at  £1  a  year.j     According 
to  Brand,  the  same  house  had  tithes  here  at  the  time  of  the  Dissolution,14 

b  See  Misc.  respecting  Bothal  Church,  No.  6.         l  Id.  No.  10.         J  III.  i.  340. 
k  History  of  Newcastle,  ii.  109. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


when  they  were  probahly  granted  by  the  crown  to  the  Ogles,  as  Earsdon  and 
some  other  parts  of  the  parish  are  now  tythe  free. 

Of  the  parish  of  SHIPWASH,1  its  boundaries,  and  the  ecclesiastical  insti- 
tutions within  it,  little  seems  to  be  known.     Its  name  does  not  occur  in  the 


1  Small  ships  can  come  as  far  up  the  river  as  the  bridge  here,  a  circumstance  which  might 
occasion  the  name  of  the  place,  a  wash  having  the  same  signification  as  ford.  The  wash  at  Isling- 
ton will  not  be  forgotten  while  the  exploits  of  John  Gilpin  are  remembered.  Mention  occurs  in 
the  Calendar  of  the  Patent  Rolls  of  a  manor  called  Hyghaunton,  near  Shepeswashe,  in  the  county 
of  Devon.  "  Washum,  in  old  Latin  records,  a  shallow  or  fordable  part  of  a  river  or  arm  of  the  sea, 
as  the  Washes  in  Lincolnshire."* — (Philips.^ 


*  MISCELLANEA  RESPECTIXG  BOTHAL  CHURCH. 

1.— RECTORS  OF  SHIPWASU. —  William  de  Goldringes, 
1311. 

William  de  Weremouth,  1379. 

William  Weddel,  chaplain,  1437  ;  presented  by  John 
Bertram ;  upon  which,  bishop  Langley  issued  a  com- 
mission de  jure  patronatus,  but  dying  that  year,  the 
certificate  of  the  jury  does  not  appear  in  his  register. — 
(Hunter's  MSS.  219.) 

Anthony  Wake,  presbyter,  30  Oct.  1544  :  patron,  the 
hon.  sir  Robert  Ogle,  knight,  lord  of  Ogle  and  Bcthal. 

Alexander  Bran,  chaplain,  16  Jan.  1547,  after  the 
death  of  Wake :  patron,  the  lord  Ogle  and  Bothal. 

Thomas  Ogle,  clerk,  22  Jan.  1 555,  after  the  depriva- 
tion of  Bron :  patron,  Robert  de  Ogle,  knight,  lord  of 
Ogle  and  Bothal.  He  was  also,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  vicar  of  Shilbottle. 

William  Duxfield,  clerk,  22  May,  1571,  after  the 
death  of  Ogle  :  patron,  the  right  honourable  sir  Cuth- 
bert,  lord  of  Ogle  and  Bothal.  He  was  also  vicar  of 
Mitford  in  1569,  ofEllingham  in  1579,  and  of  Chilling, 
ham  in  1586. 

Robert  Copper  thwaite,  A.  B.,  3  July,  1587,  after  the 
resignation  of  Duxfield :  patron,  Cuthbert  lord^Ogle. 
He  was  instituted  vicar  of  Ellingham,  April  75  1578. 

Henry  Johnson,  6  July,  1615.  He  was  the  last  rector 
of  this  place  who  had  a  separate  induction  to  it. 

2.— RECTORS  OF  BOTHAL.— JWw  Sylvester,  in  1261, 
made  an  agreement  with  Roger  Bertram,  already  no- 
ticed, respecting  the  manse  of  Bothal. 

Thomas  Tutman,  rector  of  Bothal,  37  Ed.  I.  1363.— 
(Ogle  deeds,  No.  25.; 


Sir  Robert  Ogle,  knight,  lord  of  Ogle  and  Bothal,  31 
July,  1528,  granted  to  George  Lawson,  esq.,  Philip 
Lovel  and  Peter  Mewtes,  gents.,  and  Wm  Blythman, 
notary  public,  the  next  presentation  to  the  rectory  of 
Bothal,  with  one  acre  of  the  demainse  land  of  the  castle 
there. 

Cuthbert  Ogle,  clerk. 

William  Heryson,  clerk,  14  March,  1546,  after  the 
death  of  Cuth.  Ogle,  clerk :  presented  by  Hen.  VIII.  on 
account  of  the  minority  of  Robert  Ogle,  lord  of  Bothal. 

William  Duxfield  had  institution  to  Bothal  4  Feb. 
1563,  after  the  death  of  William  Heryson,  clerk,  by 
Ralph  Ogle,  esq.,  of  Alnwick,  brother  of  Robert  Ogle, 
late  lord  of  Ogle  and  Bothal,  deceased. 

Robert  Coperthwaite,  25  Sep.  1578,  after  the  depriva- 
tion of  Duxfield :  the  right  honourable  Cuthbert  lord 
of  Ogle  and  Bothal,  patron  :  who  also  presented,  July 
3,  1587,  the  same  incumbent  to  the  rectory  of  Shipwash. 

Martin  Dale,  1598. 

Henry  Johnson,  A.  B.,  20  Oct.,  1609  :  was  also  in- 
ducted to  Shipwash,  6  July,  1615.  Letters  missive 
were  decreed  out  of  the  ecclesiastical  court  of  Durham 
against  him,  IsaacMarrow  (rector  of  Elsden),  and  others, 
26  Jan.,  1626,  for  rescuing  Edward  Hall  from  Thomas 
lliveley.  Walker  includes  him  in  the  list  of  parochial 
clergy,  who  were  driven  from  their  benefices  for  their 
loyalty  during  the  time  of  the  great  Rebellion. 

John  Thompson  occurs  as  an  intruder  here.  Calamy 
says,  his  sufferings  for  Non-conformity  were  very  great. 
He  was  taken  in  the  bishopric  of  Durham,  and  impri- 
soned in  the  common  jail.  This  brought  him  into  a 
dropsy,  of  which  he  died.  He  was  a  man  of  learning, 


BOTHAL  PARISH. SHIPWASH,  AND   BOTHAL  MISCELLANEA. 


149 


list  of  livings  within  the  county  assessed  to  pay  first  fruits  and  tenths  to  th6 
crown  in  1291.     In  the  minutes  of  the  institution  of  Alexander  Brown  in 


and  an  excellent  preacher,  of  a  very  peaceable  temper, 
and  a  moderate  congregationalist.  Brand,  however, 
says,  that  though  he  was  cast  out  of  the  parsonage  of 
Bottle,  he  came  to  Newcastle,  married  a  great  fortune, 
and  kept  his  coach. 

3 RECTORS  pr  BOTHAL  CUM  SHIPWASH. — Edward 

Prowse,  M.  A.,  9  March,  1661 :  patron,  the  marquis  of 
Newcastle.  Mr  Prowse  was  also  vicar  of  Long  Benton, 
and  buried  in  the  church  of  Bothal,  Jan.  3  or  4,  1667- 
—(Long  Benton  Reg.)  Walker  says,  he  was  "  plun- 
dered,  imprisoned,  and  in  exile,  for  his  loyalty  in  the 
great  Rebellion."  Dr  Bazire,  in  his  Acta  Ecclesiastica, 
sometimes  notices  him  as  rector  of  this  place,  and  in 
1666  has  "  Mr  Prowse  prisoner." — (See  that  MS.  p. 
21  #  22.; 

John  Booth,  Aug.  10,  1667,  after  the  death  of  Prowse. 

Coates,  1678.     He  gave  j£10  to  the  use  of  the 

poor  of  this  parish. 

John  Pye,  1685.  Three  persons  of  the  same  name 
held  the  rectory  of  Morpeth  in  the  times  of  Charles 
the  First  and  Second. 

Christopher  Stafford,  clerk,  in  1691,  after  the  death  of 
Pye.  He  gave  .-€10  to  the  poor,  and  £80  to  the  school, 
of  Bothal. 

Hobson,  1730. 

Robert  Hay  Drummond,  M.  A.,  second  son  of  George, 
seventh  eail  of  Kinnoul,  was  presented  to  this  living 
by  the  earl  of  Oxford  about  the  year  1736.  He  was 
chaplain  in  ordinary  to  George  II.,  whom  he  attended 
in  his  German  campaign  in  1743  ;  became  bishop  of  St 
Asaph  in  1748  ;  of  Salisbury  in  1761  ;  and,  in  the  same 
year,  archbishop  of  York.  His  lordship  also  succeeded 
as  heir  by  entail  to  the  honors  and  estates  of  his  great- 
grandfather William  viscount  of  Strathallan.  He  died 
at  Bishopthorpe,  Dec.  10,  1776,  aged  66 — (See  Doug, 
las's  Peerage  of  Scotland,  it.  51.; 

George  Smalridge,  M.  A.,  May,  1761,  on  the  transla- 
tion of  bishop  Drummond  from  St  Asaph  to  Sarum, 
was  presented  to  this  living  by  the  crown.  Mr  Smal- 
ridge was  son  of  dean  Smalridge,  and  grandson  of  Geo. 
Smalridge,  who  was  consecrated  bishop  of  Bristol  in 
1714. 

Luke  Heslop,  D.  D.,  archdeacon  of  Bucks,  was  pre- 
PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


sented  by  the  duke  of  Portland,  after  the  death  of  Mr 
Smalridge,  in  1804;  but  resigned  in  1810,  on  being 
presented  to  the  rectory  of  Mary-le-Bone,  in  London. 

Edward  Otter,  M.  A.,  sometime  Fellow  of  Jesus  Col- 
lege, Cambiidge ;  prebendary  of  Ulleskelfe,  in  the 
cathedral  church  of  York,  in  1810;  and  inducted  into 
this  living  March  15,  in  the  same  year,  on  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  duke  of  Portland.  While  the  public  are 
highly  indebted  to  Mr  Otter  for  his  able  and  judicious 
conduct  as  a  magistrate,  and  for  his  great  attention  in 
the  Savings  Bank  of  Morpeth  to  the  interests  of  the 
poor,  I  feel  myself  his  grateful  debtor  for  much  in. 
formation  I  have  received  for  my  work,  and  much 
friendly  attention  shown  to  myself  during  my  visits  to 
his  hospitable  houses  at  Shipwash  and  Morpeth. 

4— The  PATKONAGE  of  this  living  is  in  the  duke  of 
Portland,  to  whom  it  came  by  regular  descent  from  the 
Bertrams.  In  39  Edw.  III.  the  advowson  of  Bothal 
was  granted  to  Wm  Nessfield,  who  had  been  escheator 
of  Northumberland  in  34  and  36  of  the  same  reign.— 
fill.  M.  326,  328,  330. ) 

5.— Bothal,  in  the  king's  books,  is  valued  at  ^25; 
Shipwash  at  £3  17s.  Id.  The  yearly  tenths  for  Ship- 
wash  7s.  8£d. ;  bishop's  procurations  2s. ;  and  arch- 
deacon's 2s.  8d.  For  B6thal,  according  to  Dr  Robin- 
son's minutes,  the  archdeacon's  procurations  are  10s.  at 
Easter,  and  2s.  at  Michaelmas. 

6 — The  parish  REGISTERS  begin  in  1678,  and  the 
following  extracts  are  taken  from  them : — "  May  the 
8th,  being  Saturday,  1725,  the  right  noble  and  honour- 
able Edward  earl  of  Oxford  and  Mortimer  viewed  his 
castle  and  church  of  Bothal ;  his  chaplain,  and  Mr  Mor- 
ley^  with  several  other  attendants  and  servants"  accom- 
panying him.  "  His  lordship  then  ordered  a  school- 
house  and  dwelling-house  to  be  built  for  the  master, 
and  for  the  use  of  all  schoolmasters  that  shall  succeed 
the  present  schoolmaster."  "  Robert,  son  of  the  right 
honourable  Robert  lord  Rutherford,  of  Ashington,  chris- 
tened Nov.  3,  1709." 

7. — The  following  inscription,  in  old  English  lower- 
case characters,  is  in  the  north  aisle  of  the  church  :— 

"  Hie  subjacit  Anna  uxor Wilson,  quse  dum  vixit 

tarn  nita  pietate,  quam  moru  probitate  nullis  ejusde 

Q 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. — -MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D, 


1548,  and  of  Thomas  Ogle  in  1555,  it  is  called  "  the  rectory  of  Shipwashe." 
Besides  the  church  there  was  a  hospital  here,  to  the  custody  of  which,  bishop 


ordinis  non  praeluxit,  extremumcj  exhalens  spiritum, 
manibus  extesis  et  elevatis  oculis,  animam  suam  In  ma- 
nus  dni  placide  comendavit,  secundo  Aprilis,  1G12,  anno 
aetatis  suss  22°." 

8. — Extracts  from  minutes  of  PAROCHIAL  VISITA- 
TIONS— Visited  2  Sep.  1723.  Bothal  cum  "  Ship- 
wash,"  now  worth  =£180.  Dr  Ellison  remarks  in  his 
paper,  that  il,  was  once  let  for  =£200  p  annum  :  is  now 
worth  more.  Mr  Hay  this  year  values  his  living  at 
£280  f  ann.,  and  says  it  will  be  more.  Benefactioits. — 
The  rev.  Mr  Coats,  rector  of  Bothal,  left  to  the  use  of 
the  poor  there,  =£10.  A  mortgage  of  -£30  was  given  to 
the  use  of  the  poor  :  it  is  now  in  the  hands  of  Mr  Law- 
son,  of  Old-moor.  There  are  4s.  p  ann.  paid  by  Robert 
Gardener  to  the  poor.  One  Nicholas  Reed  hath  also 
£3  of  the  poor  money.  Mr  Stafford  left  £10  to  be 
distributed  among  the  poor,  1736,  which  was  done  ac- 
cordingly. Mr  John  Lawson  left  =£5,  and  Mr  John 
Straker  left  =£2  to  the  poor,  1734.  The  present  lord 
Oxford  hath  built  a  school-house,  and  a  house  for 
the  master,  at  his  own  charge,  in  Bothal,  near  the 
church  yard ;  and  the  Rev.  Mr  Stafford,  rector  there, 
by  will,  the  last  year,  bequeathed  =£86,  to  be  put  out 
in  interest  by  the  archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  the 
interest  thereof  to  go  to  the  master  of  .the  said  school 
for  teaching  eight  scholars  yearly.  The  sum  is  paid 
into  my  hand  by  the  executors,  1737-  The  following 
books  belong  to  the  parish.  Hyeronymi  Opera,  4  vols. 
fol.  Paris,  1602;  Cypriani  Opera,  fol.  Paris,  1603; 
Greg.  Naziauzeni  Opera,  foL  Bax.il,  1571  ;  Tertuliani 
Opera,  Paris,  1598 ;  Ambrosii  Opera,  2  vols.  fol.  Paris, 
1603;  Chrysostomi  Opera,  2  vols.  Paris,  158\  ;  Augus- 
tini  Opera,  3  vols.  Paris,  1586;  A.  Bellarmini  Op.  3 
vols.  Lugduni,  1603.  Visited  Septemb.  20,  1723,  and 
among  several  other  "  orders  executed"  are  the  fol- 
lowing : — "  The  communion  cup  reduced  to  its  first 
shape,  boiled,  and  cleaned ;  a  flaggon  and  paten  pro- 
vided for  the  communion." — (Dr  Thomas  Sharpe.)  Vi- 
sited July  23,  1764,  when  the  following,  among  many 
other  orders,  were  made :— The  cracked  bell  to  be.new 
cast,  or  a  new  bell  of  equal  weight  provided ;  a  new 
block  to  the  little  bell ;  the  great  bell  better  fixed  to 
its  block.  The  oldest  register  (as  rnuch  of  it  as  can  be 
made  out)  to  be  transcribed  into  a  parchment  book, 


which,  after  having  been  collated  with  the  original, 
must  be  attested  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens 
to  be  a  true  copy.  A  larger  window  and  higher  door  to 
the  vestry,  and  the  walls  of  it  plastered. — (Dr  John 
Sharpe.)  Visited  June  2,  1826.  This  excellent  rectory, 
the  house  of  which  is  charmingly  situated  at  "  Ship- 
wash,"  is  in  the  gift  of  the  duke  of  Portland,  and  worth 
=£1400  a  year.  The  duke's  estate  in  the  parish,  which 
extends  westward  to  Cawsey  Park,  is  now  =£13,000 
a  year.  The  old  church  at  Shipwash  is  entirely  gone 
down  :  its  font  is  in  the  rector's  farm  yard.  The  walk 
from  Shipwash  to  Bothal  is  very  beautiful.  Every 
thing  connected  with  the  benefice  seems  prosperous, 
so  that  I  had  few  orders  to  give ;  but  I  begged  them  to 
look  to  their  spouts,  and  to  restore  the  old  heraldic 
blazonry  on  the  timbers  of  the  roof,  and  to  repair  the 
only  six  remaining  folios  of  the  list  of  Fathers  in  Dr 
Sharpe's  Book.  The  monument  of  the  Bertrams,  that 
of  Aim  ;Wilson,  the  Ogle  pedigree  on  the  wall,  the 
painted  glass  in  the  windows,  and  the  carved  capital  on 
the  north  side  of  the  entrance  into,  the  chancel,  are  all 
curious,  and  should  be  preserved.  The  school-house, 
mentioned  by  Dr  Sharpe,  is  much  improved.  The 
whole  of  the  benefactions  amount  to  =£40,  and  are  in 
Mr  Otter's  hands,  except  the  schoolmaster's  .£80,  which 
is  invested  in  Yarhaugh,  in  Elsdon  parish,  but  strange 
to  say,  does  not  produce  any  thing  like  legal  interest : 
this  they  have  promised  me  to  Ipok  into.  They  have 
three  bells,  two  of  them  not  being  in  the  best  order. 
The  glebe  extends  across  the  water  into  Bedlington- 
shire,  but  is  deemed  in  Northumberland.  There  are 
very  general  moduses  for  hay  in  this  parish.  £4,000 
lental  is  available  to  the  assessment  of  church  rate  for 
Bothal  church.— f^rcW.  Singleton's  Parochial  Visitation 
Book. ) 

9. — PRESENTMENTS.— June  9,  1680.  We  have  no 
terrier  of  the  glebe.  There  is  £23  bequeathed  to  the 
poor,  and  interest  paid  for  the  same,  &c. — fArchd.  Sook, 
penes  J.  Bell., ) 

lO.-^Omnibus — Richardns  Bertram  salutem  Noveri- 
tis  me  pro  salute  animse  inese  et  uxoris  mete  et  ante- 
cessorum  et  heredum  meorum  confirmasse  et  conflrnian- 
do  dedisse  Deo  et  ecclesite  sancti  Oswini  de  Tyne- 

mutha,    et    monachis  ibidem    Deo  servientibus   duas 

'.  I  - 


BOTJIAL  PARISH.T— SHIPWASH,  AND  BOTHAL  CASTLE.  151 

Hatfield,  7  May,  1379,  collated  John  de  Newthorpe,  of  Pontefract,  it  being 
then  vacant  by  the  death  of  William  del'  Orchard,  its  last  master  and  keeper. 
But  no  remains  of  either  church  or  hospital  are  now  to  be  seen  here,  except- 
ing the  large  and  beautifully  formed  basin  of  a  stone  font,  which  is  used  as  a 
trough  for  the  cattle  to  drink  out  of  in  the  fold  yard  of  the  rectory.  The 
parsonage-house  stands  snugly  and  delightfully,  and  has  the  interest  and 
beauty  of  its  site  very  greatly  enhanced  by  the  winding  and  woody  banks  of 
the  river,  a  fine  old  bridge  of  four  arches,  the  mill  of  Shipwash,  and  the  old 
mansion  of  the  Bulmans,  besides  gardens,  orchards,  and  shrubberies  in 
"  galant  trim,"  and  full  of  beauty  and  luxuriance.  Spitals,  such  as  the  one 
wliich  formerly  existed  here,  were  founded  for  the  benefit  pf  travellers,  very 
commonly  at  the  ends  of  bridges,  or  by  dangerous  washes  or  fords,  or  in 
passes  in  mountains. 

BOTHAL  CASTLE  stands  on  the  north  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  between  tfte 
meetings  of  that  river  and  Bothal-burn.  Its  site  is  an  oblong  knoll,  the  as- 
cent to  the  plain  of  which  rises  rather  abruptly  from  the  river,  and  on  the 
east  and  west,  but  on  the  north  sweeps  gently  off  from  the  gateway  to  the  vil- 
lage. The  prospect  from  it  extends  about  half  a  mile  up  and  down  tjie  river, 
and  very  much  resembles,  in  richness  and  variety,  the  charming  scenery  about 
the  castle  of  the  Bertrams,  barons  of  Mitfqrd  ;  for  the  view  from  the  castle  Jiere 
is  confined  on  every  side  with  river  banks  and  rising  grounds,  but  has  wittyin  it 
woods  and  meadows  and  arable  lands  river-laved,  and  of  great  fertility,  be- 
sides orchards  and  gardens  that  only  wait  for  the  profits  of  the  barony  being 
again  employed  in  bidding  the  vivifying  voice  of  hospitality  be  heard  within 
the  castle  walls,  to  make  them  as  exuberant  in  "  all  kind  of  herbs  and 
flowers,"  and  fruits,  and  "  licorice  very  fine,"  as  they  were  in  the  days  of 
Cuthbert  lord  Ogle  and  of  good  queen  Bess. .  Grose,  who  had  great  opportu- 
nities of  forming  a  good  judgement  in  these  matters,  says,  that  "the  banks 
of  the  Wansbeck,  between  this  place  and  Morpeth,  afford  a  variety  of  Sylvan 
scenes,  equal  in  beauty  to  any  in  the  kingdom."  The  castle  walls  run  round 
.  '  .  i  • 

finitiva  et  sigillis  roborata.  Et  ut  haec  mea  confirmatio 
et  donatio  stabiles  in  perpetuum  preseverent,  eas  sigilli 
mei  appositione  roboravi.  Hiis  testibus  dominis  Ilogerb 


garbas  quas  habent  ex  dono  antecessorum  meorum,  et 
in  praesenti  ex  me  de  dominicis  meis  de  Bothall  libere 
percipiendas,  et  sicut  puram  elemosinam  nostram  paci- 
fice  in  perpetuum  possidendas  sicut  continetur  in  trans- 
actione  inter  ecclesiam  de  Tynemutha  et  ecclesiam  de 
Bothall  super  eisdem  decimis  confecta,  et  per  judices  a 
domino  papa  delegates  formata,  et  eorum  sententia  de- 


Bertram  .  Roberto  de  Wicestre  .  Thoma  de  Oggell  . 
Daniele  xle  Novocastro  .  Waltero  GrafFard  .  Simone 
de  Tinemutha  .  Jbrdano  de  Bacwort  .  lladulpho  de 
Morton  .  et  multis  aliis. — (Dug.  Mon.  2  ed.) 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

the  brow  of  the  Oval  hill  on  which  it  stands,  and  enclose  perhaps  a  little  less 
than  half  an  acre.  They  have  heen  lofty,  and  strengthened  with  buttresses  and 
towers  ;  but  at  present  are  much  broken  and  ruinous.  "  Sempervives,  ivy, 
wall-flowers,  also  feverfew,  pellitory  of  the  wall,  and  the  sambucus  or  flowering 
elder"  still  grow  upon  them  as  in  Wallis's  time.  The  area  within  them,  and 
the  slope  to  their  west  side,  are  usefully  occupied  as  gardens  and  orchards, 
the  tenant  of  which  lives  on  the  ground  floor  of  the  great  gateway,  which  has 
the  entrances  to  it  on  both  sides  narrowed  to  the  width  of  a  common  door, 
and  that  on  the  north  covered  by  a  porch  of  common  walling,  and  roofed 
with  red  tile.  This  gateway  has  been  the  best  and  strongest,  and  is  still  the 
most  perfect  part  of  the  whole  fortress.  But  almost  all  the  walls  of  the  large 
suit  of  buildings  which  projected  to  the  west  of  it,  and  the  whole  of  the  Ogle 
tower  to  the  north-west  of  it,  have  disappeared.  I  will  endeavour  to  blend 
my  remaining  observations  on  this  place  with  its  history  and  former  descrip- 
tions of  it,  and  with  some  additional  notices  respecting  its  antient  proprietors. 
The  Testa  de  Neville  expressly  states  that  the  barony  of  Bywell  was  given  to 
the  Balliol  family  by  William  Rufus,  and  other  authorities  show  that  Guy  de 
Balliol  assisted  in  that  reign  in  putting  down  the  rebellion  of  Mowbray,  earl 
of  Northumberland,  for  which  he  was  rewarded  with  large  possessions  about 
Barnard  Castle,  and  other  places  on  the  northern  banks  of  the  Tees.  We 
know  that  all  Mowbray's  estates  were  confiscated  at  that  time,  and  have  seen 
some  reason  for  believing  that  Bothal  was  one  of  them.  Possibly  it  was  granted 
by  Rufus  to  Reynold  Gisulph,  whose  grand-daughter  is  said  to  have  carried  it 
by  marriage  to  the  Bertrams.  But  I  think  it  more  probable  that  Richard  Ber- 
tram's title  to  it  originated  in  some  grant  of  it  with  Bywell  and  Woodhorn,  by 
Rufus  to  his  grand-father  Guy  de  Balliol,  or  to  his  father  Wm  Bertram,  from 
one  of  whom  he  had  it  as  a  gift.  The  Pipe  Roll  of  7  Richard  I.  calls  this 
Richard,  uncle  of  Wm  Bertram  II.  lord  of  Mitford,  which  establishes  the  rela- 
tionship of  the  two  families.  He  was  probably  dead  in  10  Richard  I. ;  for  in 
that  year,  and  2  John,  his  son  Robert  is  returned  by  the  sheriff  as  owing 
three  marks  to  the  crown  for  having  recognizance  of  seven  carucates  of  land 
in  Longhurst ;  and  Grose,  but  on  what  authority  he  does  riot  state,  says  that 
this  Robert  obtained  of  king  Richard  I.,  that  his  manor  of  Bothal,  with  its 
dependencies,  should  be  raised  to  a  barony,  under  which  denomination  the 
Testa  de  Neville,  compiled  about  1219,  and  numerous  other  documents, 


BOTHAL  PARISH. BOTHAL  CASTLE.  153 

constantly  notice  it.m   The  first  mention  I  have  seen  of  any  place  of  residence 
which  the  Bertrams  had  here,  is  in  the  licence  which  sir  Robert  de  Ogle,   in 
1343,  obtained  from  Edward  the  Third  to  kernellate  his  manse  at  Bothal." 
Several  similar  licences  were  granted  about  the  same  period  ;°  and  in  that  to 
Thomas  de  Heton  for  fortifying  Chillingham,   the  term  "  to  kernellate  his 
manse,"  seems  to  be  explained  by  the  additional  expression,   "  and  to  make  a 
castle  or  fortalice  of  it."    That  the  great  tower  of  Bothal  was  built  by  Robert 
Bertram,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Third,  is,   I  think,  plain,  by  the  arms  of 
England  and  France,   as  used  by  that  monarch,  being  carved  in  its  battle- 
ments, to  show  that  it  was  erected  by  royal  authority.     Hutchinson  supposes 
the  three  lions  to  the  right  of  the  royal  arms  to  be  also  those  of  England,  and 
the  shield  on  the  left  that  of  the  Grays;  and  consequently  "  to  denote  that  the 
erection  was  made  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Fourth,  whose  consort  was  a 
Gray,  mother  of  Thomas  Gray,  who,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  that  reign,  was 
created  marquis  of  Dorset."     And,  in  another  place,  the  same  author,  speak- 
ing of  the  arms  in  the  western  tower,  observes  : — "  I  am  induced  to  believe 
that  John  Ogle,  the  grandson  of  the  heiress  of  Bertram,  and  who  assumed 
the  name  of  Bertram,   erected  this  gate-way."     These  two  inferences  are, 
however,  at  variance  with  each  other,  and  with  facts.     Sir  John  Bertram 
died  long  before  the  time  of  Edward  the  Fourth ;  and  the  arms  here  described 
as  on  the  right  and  left  of  the  royal  arms  are  certainly  neither  those  of 
England  nor  of  Gray.     The  coat  of  Ogle,   however,   in  the  display  of  thir- 
teen armorial  insignia  in  the  front  of  this  tower,  certainly  leads  to  the  belief 
that  it  was  built   after  the  alliance  of  the  Bertrams  with  that  illustrious 
family.     Some  of  the  shields  might  belong  to  families  who  sent  assistance  to 
build  it :  most  of  them,  I  apprehend,  are  the  coats  of  families  with  whom  the 
Bertrams  had  allied  themselves  by  marriage  prior  to  the  time  of  Edward  the 
Third ;  but  their  pedigree  furnishing  none  of  these  alliances  but  one,   and 
the  want  of  colours  in  the  arms,  render  it  very  difficult  to  determine  to  what 
families  several  of  them  belong.     Still,  however,  it  cannot  be  supposed  that 
the  barons  of  Bothal,  prior  to   1343,  lived  in  a  manse  wholly  unfortified. 

Robert  Bertram,  who  had  licence  to  castellate  it,  is  stated  to  have  died  seized 

/ 

m  See  III.  i.  233.  n  III.  ii.  371. 

0  In  14  Edw.  III.  for  Blencansop  on  the  march  of  Scotland ;  in  the  next  year  for  Ethal,  Wid- 
drington,  and  Barmoor ;  17  Edw.  III.  for  Bothal;  and  18  of  same  reign  for  Chillingham. 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2  R 


154  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

of  the  "  castle  of  Bothal ;"  and,  in  1363,  when  his  estates,  by  virtue  of  the  mar- 
riage with  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  Helen  Bertram,  with  Robert  Ogle, 
esq.  went  to  his  grandson  sir  Robert  Ogle,  knight,  who  entailed  them  upon 
his  second  son  John,  who  took  the  name  of  Bertram ;  and,  at  his  father's 
death,  on  the  eve  of  All-hallows  day,  1410,  entered  upon  the  castle  and  ma- 
nor of  Bothal,  and  continued  in  the  peaceable  possession  of  them,  till  a  late 
homv-^about  midnight,  on  the  following  day,  when  his  elder  brother  Robert, 
probably  stung  with  envy  and  indignation  in  seeing  so  large  a  proportion  of 
his  father's  inheritance  taken  from  him  by  entail,  having  with  him  an  armed 
band  of  200  men,  probably  selected  and  retained  for  the  purpose,  came  to 
the  castle  of  Bothal ;  arid  finding  that  he  could  not  succeed  in  taking  it  by 
stratagem,  invested  it,  and  by  the  aid  of  scaling  ladders,  pavises,  hurdises,  and 
other  ordnance  of  war,  after  a  siege  of  four  days,  took  it  by  assault ;  and 
forceable  possession  of  it  retained,  till  upon  petition  of  John  Bertram  to  the 
king  in  parliament,  the  sheriff  of  the  county  had  orders  to  dispossess  him  of 
it  and  its  appendant  possessions,  and  restore  them  to  his  brother.15  Cuthbert 
lord  Ogle,  in  1628,  paid  £20  into  the  exchequer  as  due  to  the  crown  out  of 
the  issues  of  the  castle  and  manor,  with  its  appurtenances  in  Bothal,  Pegs- 
worth,  and  Earsdon.q  The  views  of  the  castles  of  Bothal  and  Ogle  in  the 
duke  of  Newcastle's  Horsemanship,  are  entirely  fictitious.  That  of  Bothal, 
drawn  and  published  by  S,  and  N.  Buck,  in  1728,r  is  a  north  view,  and  shows 
the  state  of  the  wall  on  the  east  at  that  time,  and  of  two  towers,  and  several 
other  buildings  to  the  west,  nothing  of  which  but  bare  fragments  of  walls  now 
remain.  Grose,  in  1773,  describes  the  remains  of  it  as  consisting  "  of  the 
great  gateway,  flanked  on  the  north  side  by  two  polygonal  towers  53  feet 
high  ;  and,  on  the  south-west  angle,  by  a  square  turret,  whose  height  mea- 
sures 60  feet.5  Adjoining  to  this  gate  are  some  outer- walls,  enclosing  an  area 
of  an  irregular  figure,  measuring  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre,  within  which 
are  some  scattered  fragments  of  the  inner  apartments.  Over  the  centre  of 
the  gate,  on  the  north  side,  is  an  escutcheon  of  the  arms  of  England,  with 

P  See  under  the  article  "  Miscellanea  respecting  Bothal  parish,  No.  3,"  the  accounts  of  these 
proceedings  translated  at  length  from  the  Records  of  them  in  the  Rolls  of  Parliament. 

i  Swinb.  MS.  iii.  293. 

r  This  view,  on  account  of  the  minuteness  and  apparent  accuracy  of  its  details,  will  be  always 
interesting.     Even  the  bearings  on  many  of  the  shields  above  the  gateway  are  correctly  delineated. 

•  The  present  actual  height  of  the  body  of  the  great  gateway  tower,  to  the  top  of  its  battlements, 
is  41  feet;  and  of  the  turret,  at  its  south-west  angle,  58  feet. 


BOTHAL  PARISH. BOTHAL  CASTLE.  15.5 

six  others,  three  on  each  side  ;  and  on  the  north-east  face  of  the  westernmost 
tower  are  four  more,  all  supposed"  by  Wallis  "to  be  those  of  the  antient 
barons,  its  former  proprietors.'  On  the  easternmost  tower  is  only  one  escut- 

1 1  have  seen  no  accurate  account  of  these  arms ;  nor  am  I  able  to  give  a  satisfactory  reason  for 
their  being  put  up  here,  or  to  what  family  each  of  them  belonged.  They  are  arranged  in  three 
series  :  the  first  three  being  on  the  three  parapets  immediately  above  the  gateway ;  the  second, 
which  consists  of  seven  shields,  follows  under  a  string  immediately  below  the  first ;  and  the  third 
is  at  the  same  height  as  the  second,  and  as  Grose  has  stated,  on  the  north-east  face  of  the  western 
tower.  They  are  cut  in  stone,  and  on  that  account  want  their  colours,  which  renders  it  more 
difficult  to  say  to  what  families  they  belong.  Their  order  is  as  follows  : — 

1 .  Three  lions  passant  gardant  within  a  bordure  bezantie. 

2.  The  arms  of  England  and  France,  the  three  lions  of  England  being  in  the  first  dexter  quar- 
ter, as  on  the  tomb  of  Edward  the  Third,  who  granted  the  licence  to  eastellate  the  manor  house 
here — (See  Tindal's  Rapin.) 

3.  Two  bars  in  chief  two  harts  or  bezants  : — which  is  the  coat  of  Carnaby. 

4.  A  plain  cross.     John  de  Copeland,  who  captured  David  king  of  Scotland  at  the  battle  of 
Neville's  Cross,  bore — Argent  a  cross  sable. 

5.  Barry  of  six,  three  chaplets.     This  is  unquestionably  the  arms  of  Greystock,  who  were  lords 
of  Morpeth,  from  the  time  of  Wm  lord  Greystock,  who  married  Mary  the  elder  of  the  two  co-heirs 
of  Roger  de  Merlay,  baron  of  Morpeth,  and  died  in  1265. 

6.  A  lion  rampant.     The  shield  of  the  Percys  of  Alnwick  was — Or,  a  lion  rampant  azure. 
Edmondson  says,  that  a  family  of  the  name  of  Bertram  bore,  or,  a  lion  rampant,  vert ;  but  I  appre- 
hend that  this  was  the  coat  of  the  lady  represented  in  alabaster  in  Bothal  church,  as  the  second 
quarter  of  the  shield  on  her  tomb  is  occupied  by  a  lion  rampant. 

7.  This,  which  is  the  centre  shield  in  the  second  series,  is  an  orle :  which,  as  has  been  before 
shewn,  is  the  bearing  of  the  Bertrams,  and  of  their  ancestors  the  Balliols. 

8.  Three  cinquefoils  and  nine  cross  croslets.      This  was  the  coat  of  the  Darcys,  who  had  con- 
siderable property  in  Northumberland,  obtained  by  the  match  between  John  Darcy,  of  Kynauth, 
and  Emelina,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Walter  Heron,  of  Hadston.     This  John  Darcy  died  30 
Edw.  III.  possessed  of  Hadston,  Wooler,  and  Belford. — (Dug.  Bar.  i.  372.) 

9.  A  maunch — which  the  Conyers  family  bore,  who,  at  an  early  period,  were  proprietors  of 
lands  in  the  barony  of  Morpeth,  and  other  places  in  this  county. — (III.  ii.  70.} 

10.  Two  lions  passant  within  a  trpssure — the  arms  of  Felton — which  may  be  here  inserted  on 
account  of  Robert  Bertram,  who  built  Bothal  Castle,  having  married  to  one  wife  Margaret,  who, 
in  the  Escheat,  42  Edw.  III.  No.  23,  is  described  as  daughter  and  heir  of  Constance,  wife  of 
William  de  Felton,  and  was  married  in  2  Edw.  III. 

1 1 .  Ermine  two  bars,  which  was  the  coat  both  of  Delaval  and  Mauduit. 

12.  Ermine  a  saltier. 

13.  Three  horses'  heads  couped  and  bridled  — the  arms  of  Horsley,  of  Longhorsley. 

14.  Three  crescents  between  six  cross  croslels,  which  is  the  bearing  on  the  shield  of  John  de 
Ogle,  attached  in  Dodsworth's  copy,  to  the  deeds  printed  in  II.  i.  389,  7  e,  and  If. 


156 


MOilPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D, 


cheon.  North-west  of  the  building,  was  formerly  another  tower,  pulled  down 
within  the  memory  of  a  person  yet  living  :  part  of  its  walls  now  support  a 
cottage.  Much  of  this  venerable  ruin  has,  as  it  is  said,  been  demolished  for 
the  sake  of  its  materials.  The  south  front  of  this  gate  is  beautifully  mantled 
with  ivy.  In  one  of  the  towers  is  a  staircase,  leading  into  the  different  stories 
into  which  the  building  is  divided.  On  the  first,  an  elder  tree  has  taken  root 
in  the  rubbish,  between  the  ribs  of  the  gate.  On  the  top  of  the  westernmost 
tower,  there  is  also  a  small  ash  tree,  which  grows  from  between  the  chasms 
in  the  wall.  Here,  overlooking  the  battlements  are  two  figures,  one  over  the 
gate,  the  other  on  the  north-west  tower  ;  but  so  defaced  by  time  and  weather 
as  to  render  it  impossible  to  distinguish  what  they  were  intended  to  represent. 
The  groove  for  the  portcullis  is  still  visible."  One  of  the  figures  over  the 
gateway  is  in  the  attitude  of  sounding  a  horn,  the  other  of  lifting  a  large 
stone  as  if  he  was  intending  to  cast  it  over  the  battlements,  a  sort  of  watch 
that  might  be  useful  in  scaring  strangers  away  in  the  night. 


BOTHAL    CASTLE. 
NORTH. 


PLAN  OP  THE  GROUND  FLOOR. 


PLAN  OF  THE  SECOND  FLOOR. 


BOTHAL  PARISH. — BOTHAL  CASTLE.  157 

The  following  "  descriptions  of  the  gateway,  with  its  towers,"  by  Hutchin- 
son  ;  arid  the  annexed  plans — No.  1,  of  its  ground  floor,  and  No.  2,  of  its 
second  floor,  for  communicating  which  I  am  indebted  to  Mr  Lawson,  of 
Longhurst ;  together  Avith  the  survey  in  1596,  given  in  the  Miscellanea,  No.  2, 
respecting  this  parish,  will  convey  to  the  reader  an  accurate  notion  of  these 
interesting  remains  of  castellated  architecture  : — "  The  architecture  is  excel- 
lent, and  the  edifice  built  of  a  durable  stone,  well  dressed,  and  in  good  pre- 
servation. The  ascent  from  the  town  is  easy  and  gradual.  The  outward 
gate  was  defended  by  a  portcullis.  In  the  arching  of  the  roof  of  the  gateway 
are  three  square  apertures,  from  whence  the  garrison  could  annoy  the  assail- 
ants when  they  had  gained  the  first  gate.  A  door  on  each  hand  leads  to  the 
flanking  towers.  On  the  right  hand,  is  a  passage  and  a  staircase  in  the  south- 
west tower.  At  the  foot  of  the  stairs,  is  a  door  into  the  prison,  which  is  not  so 
horrible  an  enclosure  as  most  of  those  seen  in  baronial  castles.  It  is  above 
ground,  and  closely  arched,  having  narrow  apertures,  like  loop-holes,  to  admit 
light  and  air  from  the  gateway  passage.  Opposite  to  these  stairs,  on  the 
other  side  of  the  gateway,  is  a  large  hall.  Passing  the  winding  stairs,  we 
entered  the  state-room,  above  the  gateway.  This  apartment  is  lighted  by  four 
windows,  none  of  them  of  any  considerable  size  :  the  principal  one  is  to  the 
north,  in  the  centre.  By  means  of  the  thickness  of  the  wall,  the  recess  formed 
for  the  window  is  benched  with  stone  at  the  sides,  with  seats  for  six  persons 
at  least.  From  this  window  you  view  the  town,  the  church,  and  the  narrow 
vale  through  which  the  river  flows.  On  each  side  of  this  window,  is  a  door 
leading  to  the  chambers  of  the  flanking  towers.  The  fire  place  of  a  very 
spacious  range,  is  to  the  east,  on  the  left  side  of  which  is  another  window 
with  a  recess,  benched  like  that  before  described.  A  third  window,  like  the 
two  former,  is  to  the  right  of  the  door  as  you  enter,  looking  into  the  area  of 
the  castle  ;  a  large  window  to  the  west  commands  the  wider  part  of  the  vale, 
and  the  fine  hanging  woods  by  which  it  is  bounded.  Three  large  stones  cover 
the  apertures  in  the  floor,  which  open  upon  the  passage  of  the  gateway.  The 
upper  rooms  being  more  ruinous,  are  not  so  easy  to  describe,  or  their  form 
capable  of  being  ascertained.  I  walked  these  apartments  with  a  veneration 
proceeding  from  the  tenderest  obligations — an  alliance  with  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  those  illustrious  families,  who,  for  ages,  possessed  this  inheritance."" 

u  The  manor  of  Bo  thai,  by  the  survey  of  it  in  lord  Oxford's  time,  consisted  of  five  farms,  in- 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    S 


158  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

The  new  chapel,  which  was  dedicated  to  Our  Lady,  stands  in  the  township 
of  Pegsworth,  on  the  northern  margin  of  the  Wansbeck,  about  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  above  Bothal.  It  is  in  a  delightful  solitude,  where  the  river  banks 
approach  near  to  each  other,  and  are  deeply  over-shadowed  with  oak,  and 
other  forest  trees,  which  make  it,  to  use  the  words  of  Grose,  "  a  spot  admi- 
rably calculated  for  meditation."  The  arms  which  Grose  found  "  reversed, 
owing  to  the  ignorance  of  a  mason  who  was  employed  to  re-place  it,  it  having 
fallen  down,"  are  now  preserved  in  the  garden  within  the  walls  of  Bothal 
Castle.  They  are  those  of  Ogle  and  Bertram  quartering  Kirkby,  and  show 
that  this  chapel  was  built  in  the  time  of  Robert  the  first  lord  Ogle,  who  mar- 
ried Isabella,  daughter  and  heir  of  Alexander  Kirkby,  of  Kirkby  Irelyth,  in 
Lancashire.  This  sacred  edifice  was  only  24  feet  by  14  feet  within.  Its  walls 
and  roof  were  "  built  of  well-wrought  freestone,"  but  very  little  of  it  remains 
at  present.  Its  destruction  seems  to  have  been  effected  principally  by  roots 
of  trees  insinuating  themselves  into  its  roof  and  walls.  Wallis  (from  Randal) 
indeed  says,  it  was  hardly  visible  in  his  time  for  trees,  which  had  taken  root 
in  its  very  foundations.  Speed  marks  its  site  on  his  map,  and  calls  it  New- 
chapel  ;  and,  before  him,  Dr  Turner,  the  venerable  father  of  English  botany, 
who  was  a  native  of  Morpeth,  speaking  of  orobanche,  says  it  is  "  so  rare  an 
herbe  in  Englande  that  I  never  saw  it  in  all  Englande  but  in  Northumber- 
land, where  it  is  called  Newchapel  flower,"v  probably  on  account  of  a  species 

eluding  the  glebe  land,  the  names  and  contents  of  which  farms  were  as  follow: — 1.  The  Castle 
farm,  in  all  125  acres,  of  which  the  Park  bank  contained  17  in  wood  ;  the  Orchard  3  ac.  1  ro.  20 
p. ;  the  West  Garden,  a  meadow  of  seven  acres,  and  the  castle  and  house  75  perches.  2.  The 
Park*  farm  206  acres,  and  in  which  was  a  field  called  Deer's  Bush.  3.  The  Riding  farm,  nearly 
70  acres,  having  its  name  from  having  been  assarted  or  ridded  of  wood.  4.  Bothal  Barns  farm, 
237  ac.  2  r.  6  p.  5.  The  Glebe  land  belonging  to  the  rector  of  Bothal,  101  ac.  3  r.  39  p.  The 
parish  SCHOOL  OF  BOTHAL  adjoins  the  church  yard,  and  was  built  by  lord  Oxford,  in  1735.  The 
door-way  into  it,  which  has  a  head  formed  of  two  corbules  and  a  short  lintel  above  them,  has 
probably  been  taken  out  of  some  of  the  oldest  parts  of  the  castle.  Teaching  here  is  conducted  on 
the  Madras  system,  and  the  school  is  generally  attended  by  about  60  or  70  scholars.  Its  sources 
of  endowment  have  been  already  mentioned. 

v  Names  of  Herbs,  &c.  in  1548. 

*  The  word  park  is,  perhaps,  originally  from  the  Latin  word  parco,  I  keep  or  spare,  or  preserve ;  and  means 
an  inclosed  place,  which  is  kept  or  preserved  by  a  wall  or  hedge  from  being  encroached  upon  by  the  cattle  of 
persons  to  whom  it  did  not  belong.  Our  haighs,  hags,  and  haining*,  have  also  their  name  from  being  hedged 
round  or  fiained,  which  last  word  means  preserved  from  cattle. 


BOTHAL  PARISH. LONGHURST.  159 

of  that  genus  of  plants  growing  on  the  banks  near  this  chapel.  The  lovely 
sylvan  plant,  called  round-leaved  winter  green  (Pyrola  rotundifolia),  also 
grows  plentifully  under  the  oaks  here. 

LONGHURST,  in  antient  documents,  is  most  commonly  written  Langhurst, 
or  Langhirst.  It  stands  on  the  Bothal  burn,  on  the  roads  from  Morpeth  to 
Newbiggen,  Cresswell,  and  Warkworth.  The  whole  township  contains  about 
1500  acres,  of  which,  lord  Oxford,  in  17^7,  had  861  acres,  2  roods,  and  21 
perches.  Robert  Bertram  is  returned  in  the  Pipe  Rolls  for  10  Richard  I. 
and  2  John,  as  owing  three  marks  to  the  crown  for  a  recognizance  of  seven 
carucates  of  land  in  "  Langhurst"  About  that  time,  but  by  a  deed  without 
date,  Robert  Bertram  gave  to  Hugh  de  Morwick,  in  free  marriage  with  his 

sister  Aelina,  certain  lands  and  services  in  Ashington,  and  lands  in  and 

Pendmoor,  which  his  charter  describes  as  contained  within  the  following 
boundaries,  viz.  : — by  the  old  dike  which  stretches  between  the  tillage  lands 

of  Hebre  and  Langhirst  to  the  wastell  which  is  between moor  extending 

eastward,  and  so  the  whole  plain  as  far  as  the  place  where  Baln-we-sic  goes 

out  of  the  wood  towards  the  south with  the  whole  wood  up  to  the 

boundaries  between  Langhirst  and  Hulcham,   and  again  as   between 

Langhirst  and  Peggeswrthe Colehale,  and  also  between  Langhirst  and 

Bothale,  as  the  Fisherway  goes  to  the  east,  except  the  culture  which  was 
called  Threpfurlangs,  which  was  then  the  lord's  demesne  land  of  Bothal. 
Also  he  gave  him  the  service  of  Essindene  to  hold  in  the  same  manner  as  his 
father  Richard  Bertram  possessed  it.  Also  ground  to  build  a  village  upon  in 
Pendmoor,  by  the  boundaries  which  he  set  out  in  the  perambulation  which 
he  and  his  men  made  when  he  gave  seizin  in  it  to  the  said  Hugh.w  The 
original  of  this  grant,  from  the  number  of  blanks  in  the  abstract,  was  plainly 
in  a  mutilated  state  when  Dodsworth  copied  it  at  Ay  den  Castle,  in  1638 ; 
but,  though  the  name  of  the  place  in  which  the  principal  portion  of  the  lands 
it  conveyed  be  wanting,  there  can  be  no  doubt,  from  the  description  of  their 
boundaries,  that  they  were  the  moiety  of  Langhurst,  which  Hugh  de  Morwick 
is  mentioned  as  holding  by  foreign  service  in  1240.  This  last  Hugh  left 
four  daughters,  among  whom  his  estate  was  divided,  after  his  death,  in  1269. 
Sybill,  the  eldest  of  them,  married  sir  Roger  de  Lumley,  of  Lumley,  in  the 
bishopric  of  Durham,  at  whose  death  she  re-married  to  Laurence  de  Sey- 

w  See  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  4. 


160  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

mour ;  Theophania,  the  second,  married  John  de  Bulmer ;  Beatrix,  the  third, 
became  the  wife  of  John  de  Roseles ;  and  Margery,  the  fourth,  was  a  nun  in 
the  priory  "  Sanctse  Trinitatis  de  Bosco,"  and  conferred  her  share  of  her 
father  and  mother's  inheritance  upon  her  sister  Sybill  and  her  husband,* 
whose  descendant,  sir  John  de  Lumley,  6  Rich.  II.  died  seized  of  eight  hus- 
bandlands  and  eight  acres  of  ground  here  ;  besides  forty  acres  of  land,  and 
two  husbandlands  and  two  cottages  in  Aldmoor,  which  possessions  were  pro- 
bably the  lands  in  "  Langeherst  and  Auldmore,"  of  which  sir  Thomas,  son 
and  heir  of  Ralph  de  Lumley  died  in  the  enjoyment,  in  1418.y  One  of  the 
family  of  Fitz-Hugh  also  died  possessed  of  lands  in  "  Langehirste  and  Aid- 
more,"  in  10  Richard  II.  ;  and  another,  in  1453,  not  only  of  lands  in  the 
same  places,  but  in  Long  Benton,  Little  Benton,  and  Hallywell,  which  are 
not  reckoned  in  prior  inquisitions  as  parcels  of  the  estate  of  the  descendants 
of  Hugh  de  Morwick.  How  the  Fitz-Hughs  became  proprietors  in  this  place 
I  am  unable  to  state  ;  nor  am  I  able  to  trace  the  course  by  which  either  that 
family  or  the  Lumleys  conveyed  their  possessions  here  unto  other  hands.2  A 
branch  of  the  family  of  the  Lawsons  of  Cramlington  were  seated  in  this  parish 
about  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  probably  about  that  time  be- 
came purchasers  of  certain  parcels  of  the  divided  inheritance  of  Aelina  de 
Bertram.  William  Lawson,  33  Henry  VI.,  with  William  Bertram,  Robert 
Raymes,  and  Robert  Mitford,  esquires,  had  power  of  attorney  from  sir  Robert 
Ogle,  knight,  to  put  his  brother  John  Ogle  into  possession  of  North  Middle- 
ton  for  life.3  John  Lawson,  of  Pegsworth,  10  Jan.  1542,  by  will,  bequeathed 
his  body  to  be  "  buried  in  the  church  of  Bothal  St  Andrew  ;"  mentioned  his 
children,  but  none  of  their  names  ;  and  appointed  Robert  Lawson,  of  Long- 
hurst,  one  of  his  executors.15  John  Lawson,  gentleman,  a  tenant  of  the  manor 
of  Bothal,  in  1576,  was  appointed  by  Cuthbert  lord  Ogle  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners for  making  the  survey  of  the  barony  of  Bothal,  which  bears  that  date.c 
Besides  which,  I  have  met  with  other  scattered  notices  respecting  the  Law- 

x  See  under  Morwick  and  Chevington.  y  III.  ii.  253,  264. 

z  Thomas  lord  Lumley  and  John  Esh,  esquire,  in  1463,  had  a  grant  from  Thomas  of  Wood- 
burn,  of  the  manor  of  Tritlington,  and  a  piece  of  land  near  that  place,  called  Todhole,  together 
with  a  messuage,  four  acres  of  land,  five  waste  burgages,  and  an  acre  of  meadow  ground  called 
Kynfen,  in  Newbiggingj  three  acres  of  land  in  Hirst;  a  toft,  croft,  and  six  acres  of  land  in  Hors- 
ley  ;  and  a  third  of  a  husbandland  in  Earsdon — (See  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  6.J 

•  Hutch,  ii.  310.  b  Raine's  Test.  414.  c  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  2. 


BOTHAL  PARISH.— PEDIGREE   OF  LAWSON,    OF  LONGHURST  &  OLDMOOR.     l6l 

sons,  of  Longhurst ;  but,  for  want  of  documentary  evidence,  have  been  unable 
to  carry  their  pedigree  in  a  connected  line  to  a  higher  date  than  the  com- 
mencement of  the  seventeenth  century.  Some  further  notices  respecting 
Longhurst  are  given  in  the  Miscellanea  respecting  this  parish,  No.  7- 


PEDIGREE  OF  LAWSON,  OF  LONGHURST  AND  OLD-MOOR. 

[The  family  of  Lawson  has  been  long  and  extensively  spread  aver  the  counties  of  Northumberland,  Durham,  Yorkshire, 
and  Cumberland  ;  and  printed  accounts  of  different  houses  of  it  are  given  In  Wallis's  Northumberland,  11.  141,  249,  260,  251, 
271  ;  Surtees's  Durham,  i.  53,  61  —  ,11.  47,—  and  ill.  264  ;  Thorsby's  Leeds,  249,  where  they  are  derived  from  John  Lawson, 
of  Fawkesgrave,  in  Yorkshire,  who  lived  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third.  See  also  Burn's  Cumberland,  11.  95  ;  H  utcbinson's 
Cumb.  ii.  241  ;  and  the  different  Baronetages.  John  Lawson,  41  Edw.  III.  was  a  witness  to  a  deed  of  Robert  de  Insula, 
dated  at  Newton,  in  the  parish  of  Bywell  (Hart.  MS.  2101,  /oi.  245,  b)  ;  also  a  juror  at  Corbrldge,  after  the  death  of  Walter 
de  Tindall,  in  3  Richard  II.  (L.  3,  7.  See  Wallis,  ii.  341)  ;  and  John  Lawson,  jun.  occurs  as  witness  to  a  deed  of  Walter  de 
Tindall,  dated  at  Devileston,  In  1374.  —  (Id.  105.)  Several  Lawsons  occur  as  tenants  In  different  parts  of  the  barony  of 
Bywell,  in  1626  ;  and  a  pedigree  of  the  Lawsons,  of  Brough-hall,  seats  the  ancestors  of  that  family  at  "  Bur  well  and  Aling- 
dale,  in  Northumberland,"  before  they  married  the  heiress  of  Cramlington,  and  settled  there  prior  to  1461,  in  which  year, 
Agnes,  the  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  sir  William  Cramlington,  and  wife  of  Thomas  Lawson,  is  stated  to  have  died.  Sir  Ralph 
Lawson,  of  Cramlingtoii,  who  was  one  of  the  supervisors  of  the  will  of  Robert  Lawson,  of  Longhurst,  as  stated  in  Gen.  I.  of 
the  following  pedigree,  was  created  a  knight  by  James  the  First,  and  married  Elizabeth,  sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Roger 
Brough,  of  Brough-hall,  in  Yorkshire.  ] 


I.  —  ROBERT  LAWSON,  of  Longhurst,  by  will,  dated  25  July,  1610,  leaves  his  body  to  be  burled  in  the  parish  church 
Bothal  ;  and  the  farmhold  in  which  he  dwelt,  to  his  eldest  son  Robert,  and  his  heirs  ;  to  his  second  son  William,  and  his 
heirs,  the  fann  which  he  (William)  then  occupied  ;  mentions  his  two  youngest  sons,  Thomas  and  Henry  ;  his  wife's  sister, 
Anne  Gray  ;  and  Isabel  Lawson,  daughter  of  his  son  Robert  ;  and  appoints  sir  Ralph  Lawson,  knight,  and  Thomas  Ogle,  of 
Eslington,  supervisors  of  his  will.  The  inventory  to  his  goods  is  dated  4  March,  1611.  —  (Raine's  Tett.  341.) 


T —  — I —  — T 

MARGARET,  mentioned    2.  WILLIAM  LAWSON,  of    3.  THOMAS  LAWSON,  of   4.  HENRY  LAWSON  and 
in  her  husband's  &  her    Longhurst,     mentioned    the  Old-moor,  mention-    CATHARINE    his    wife, 


son  Roger's  wills. 


in  his  father's  will. 


II.— 1.  ROBERT  LAWSON,= 
of  Longhurst.  In  his  will, 
dated  Jan.  1,  1632,  direct- 
ed his  body  to  be  burled  in 
Bothal  church,  and  men- 
tioned his  eldest  son  \\  in, 
his  sons  Roger  and  Thomas,  and  his  daughter  Catharine  and 
her  husband  Anthonie  Sotherine,  nnd  appointed  Margaret  his 
wife  sole  executrix.  Proved  1632. — (Jlaine'i  Test.  509.) 


ed  in  his  nephew  Roger    mentioned  in  Ills  n«ph. 
Lawson's  will,  8  April,    Roger  Lawson's   will, 
1651,  as  having  three  sons.    &  as  having  issue  then 
living — Henry,  William, 

and  Robert  Lawson,  Judith  Gray,  and  Anne,  Mary,  #  Esther  Law- 
son.  He  was  a  merchant  and  alderman  of  Newcastle,  and 
sheriff  of  that  town  in  1636.  Robert,  his  youngest  son,  in 
1651,  was  married,  and  had  a  daughter  Frances. 


1  — 

III.—  WILLIAM  LAWSON,  of3 
Longhurst,  gent,  and  Marga- 
ret his  wife,  purchased,  23 
Feb.  1652,  of  John  Thomp- 
son, of  Pegsworth,  clerk,  and 
Catharine  his  wife,  2  farm- 
•  holds  in  Oid-meor  ;  and  he 
and  his  wife,  in  Easter  term. 
1653,  had  a  fine  from  Thomp- 
son and  his  wife  of  the  lands 
comprised  in  the  above  pur- 
chase. —  (  Old-moor  deeds.  )  Be- 
fore which  time,  viz.  8  April, 
1651,  his  brother  Roger  left 
rest,  after  his  wife  Isabell's  dei 
the  Custom-house,  in  Newcas 

* 

=MARGARET  She  and 
her  husband  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  their  brother 
Roger,  8  Ap.  1(>51.  During 
her  widowhood,  &  before 
she  married  Anthony  Mit- 
ford,  she  purchased  a  mes- 
suage or  farmhold  in  Old- 
moor,  of  Ralph  Bates,  esq. 
of  Hally  well,  the  deeds  foi 
which  are  dated  28  July, 
1661. 

T 

^ANTHONY  MITFORD  and    ROGER  LAWSON,  of 
Margaret  his  wife,  late    Newcastle,   by  his 
widow  of  Win  Lawson,    will,  dated  8  April, 
of  Longhurst,  deceased,    1651,  directs  his  bo- 
and  Thos.   Lawson,  of    dy  to  be  buried  in 
Longhurst,  gent,  eldest    the  church  of  St. 
son  and  heir  of  the  said    Nicholas,   Newcas- 
Wm  and  Margaret,  for    tie.     He  was  mar- 
natural  love  and  affec-    ried,  and  his  wife's 
tion,  in  Oct.  1675*  con-    name   ISA  HKLL.  
veyed  to  John  Lawson,    (See    Bothal    Miscel. 
of  the  Old-moor,  gent.    No.  6.) 
second  son  of  the  said 
Wm  and  Margaret,  two  farmholds  in  Old- 
moor.  This  Anthony  Mitford  was  dead  Nov. 
29,  1H79,  when  his  wid.  Margaret  executed 
a  deed  of  lease  and  release  of  premises  in  Old- 
moor,  to  her  2nd  son  John.  —  (Old-moor  deeds.) 

Ill 
CATHARINE  LAWSON 
married,    firstly,    to 
Anth.  Sotherine,  by 
whom  she  had  a  son 
Thomas,  and  a  daur. 
Mary;  and,  2ndly,  to 
Robert   Preston,    of 
Newcastle,  plumber, 
who   was    living    8 
April,  1651. 
JANE,  wife  of  "  Wm 
Dawson,  of  Camoise," 
living,  &  had  issue, 
8  April,  1651. 
ISABELL,  mentioned 
in  her  grandfather's 
will. 

him  a  reversionary  inte- 
ith,  in  his  house,  adjoining 
tie. 

IV.— THOMAS  LAWSON,    JOHN  LAWSON,  of  Longhurst.  in  pursuance  of^BARBARA  COOK,  daur.  of  Edward  ELIZABETH  and 

eldest  son  and  heir,  had    the  deeds  of  1675  and  1679,  entered  upon  Old-  j  Cook,  of  Amble  New-hall ;  bap.  in  ISABELL,    both 

a  legacy  of  4200  by  his    moor.     Married  Dec.  4,  1679.      Will  dated  30  }  1660.     This  Edw.  Cook  was  pro-  living  8  April, 

uncle  Roger's  will.            March,  1731 ;  mentions  his  wife  Barbara,  and  1  genitor  of  the  Cooks,  of  Newton-  165K 
marriage  jointure  secured  to  her  9  Jan.  1671.    |  on-the-Moor. 


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162 


MORPETH    DEANERY.— MORPETH    WARD,    E.    D. 


Issue  of  John  Lawson,  of  Longhurst, 
and  Barbara  Cook. 


I 1 — 

V — 1.  WILLIAM  LAWSON,' 
eldest  son,  bora  May  21, 
1684 ;  mar.  Dec.  29,  1722. 
Had,  by  his  father's  will, 
lands  in  Longhurst.  Will 
dated  July  21,  1756.  He 
died  Mar.  1,  1769,  aged  85. 


— I — 

=ANNE  CARNABY,  daur.  of     2.  EDWARD  LAWSON, 
Robt.  Carnaby  of  Fulwell,     born  March  6,  1686. 
conn.  Durham.    Marriage 
settlement  dated  22  Dec. 


— I    I  '  I  '  t  'I       I 

1.  MARGARET,  born  Feb.  9,  1682;  married 
Mr  Henry  Atkinson,  whose  daughter  mar- 
ried Mr  Wm  Scott,  the  father  of  the  lords 
Stowell  and  Eldon. 


9  George  I.    She  died  Nov.    2.  JANE,  born  Oct.  12,  1688  ;  married  at  Bothal,  May  28, 1713,  Ralph 


1 


22,  1753.  Watson,  then  of  Morpeth,  gent.,  and  afterwards  of  North  Seaton. 

Bond  for  marriage  licence  dated  5  Jan.   1713.— (  Koine's  Tett.  117.) 
She  died  July  22,  1742. 

3.  JOHN  LAWSON,  born  May  16,  1691.  By  his  father's  8.  MARY,  born  Oct.  15,  1693  ;  married  at  Botha! ,  June  16,  1728,  to 
will,  bad  the  lands  of  Old-moor  ;  which,  by  his  will,  Mr  George  Barker,  of  Weteslade,  who  had  Issue,  Thomas,  John,  George, 
dated  18  Ap.  1764,  he  settled  upon  his  only  son  John,  and  Elizabeth.  JOHN  BARKER,  the  second  son,  was  in  holy  orders, 
He  died  in  1767,  when  his  son  was  13  years  old.'r'  D.D.  and  Master  of  Christ's  Church  College,  Cambridge.  He  married 

Hannah,  relict  of  Thomas  Dockwray,  D.D.  vicar  of  Stamfordham, 

and  daughter  of  Robert  Ellison,  of  Otterburn,  esq.  Dr  Barker's  will  Is  dated  20  Nov.  1807  ;  and  he  and  his  wife  both 
died  on  the  same  day,  In  1808.  Elixalx-th  Barker,  the  only  daughter  of  Mary  Lawson  and  George  Barker,  married  Samuel 
Cook,  esq.  of  Newton-on-the-Moor,  father  of  the  rev.  Joseph  Cook,  of  that  place,  and  vicar  of  Shllbottle  and  Chatton,  In 
this  county. 

4.  BARBARA,  born  May  16,  1696  ;  died  unmarried,  at  North  Seaton,  in  1785,  aged  89. 

5.  ELIZABETH,  born  Jan.  3,  1698 ;  died  young,  and  unmarried. 

6.  SARAH,  born  June  4,  1703;  and  June  30, 1741,  married,  at  Bothal,  the  rev.  John  Walton;  and  had  an  only  daur. 
who  married  the  late  rev.  Edward  Nicholson,  vicar  of  Mitford. 


VI. — 1.  JOHN  LAWSON,    1.  DOROTHT,  born  Feb.  12,   1724 ;    JOHN  LAWSON,  of  Old-moor  ,^=MARGARET.    ANNE  LAWSON  had 

eldest  son  &  heir,  born    died  Jan.  11,  1812.  when  he  came  of  age,  had  his/K  a  legacy  of  £500  by 

Slst  of  December,  1731.    2.  BARBARA,  born  Oct.  21,  1725;    father's  will  of  April  13,  1764,  established    her    father's    will, 

His  father  left  all  his    died  Oct.  10,  1749.  by  a  decree  qf  chancery,  dated  14  March,    out  of  Old-moor. 

lands  and   real  estate,    8.  MARGARET,  born  Aug.  15, 1727,    1778 ;  sold  Old-moor,  in  1828,  to  A.  J. 

to  him  and  his  heirs  for    and  married  Wm  Tewart,  of  Monk-    Cresswcll  Baker,  esq.  ;  living,  in  1829,  at  Cresswell. 

ever.  Died  Sep.  17, 1822.    wearmouth,  by  whom  she  had  is- 

3.  ROBT.  LAWSON,  born    sue  two  sons,  viz.  :  John  Tewart,  of  Glanton  &  Swinhoe,  esq.  who  is  unmarried ;  and  Edward  Tewart, 
July  12,   1742  ;  died  8    a  mercer  in  London,  who  is  married,  and  has  issue.     She  died  Dec.  26,  1826. 

Aug.  1814.  4.  ANNE,  born  Sept.  11,  1729;  died  March  80,  1812. 

5.  JANE,  born  Ap.  4,  1734 ;  died  July  22,  1742. 

6.  ELIZABETH,  born  Jan.  20,  1736  ;  died  April  23,  1818. 

4.  EDWARD  LAWSON,  born  Dec.  17,  1744 ;  many  years  a  solicitor  in  Morpeth ;  died  12  Sep.  1826. 
6.  THOMAS  LAWSON,  born  Aug.  18,  1748 ;  died  Jan.  10,  1750. 

2.  WILLIAM  LAWSON,  born  April  11,   1739;  married  at  Warkworth,  Nov.  30,  1773,  when  he  is=jrJANE  SMITH,  of  Togston. 
described  in  the  marriage  register  as  of  the  parish  of  Elsden.     He  died  Jan.  20,  1804. | 

VII. — WILLIAM  LAWSON,  of  Longhurst,  esq.  born  Jan.  21,=f=JOHN  HESTER  CLARK,  daur.  of  FRANCES=^JOHN  WATSON,  of 
1775 ;  married  Feb.  24,  1821.  In  1827,  he  purchased  Hazon  j  the  late  John  Clark,  of  Had-  LAWSON.  A  Willington,  col- 
and  Hartlaw  of  Charles  Bacon,  of  Styford,  esq.  {  dins-ton,  North  Britain.  liery  viewer. 


VIII. — WILLIAM  JOHN  LAWSON, 
born  26  March,  1822. 


EDWARD  LAWSON,  born 
10  September,  1824. 


SUSANNAH  LAWSON,  born 
27  June,  1823. 


JANE  HESTER  LAWSON,  born 
10  May,  1826. 


OTHER  LAW8ON8,  OF  LONGHURST,  &c> 


George  Lawson,  esq.  and  others,  had  a  grant  of  the  next 
presentation  to  Bothal,  31  July,  1528. — (Above,  p.  148.) 

24  Aug.  1586.  Inventory  of  the  goods  of  William  Lawson, 
of  Longhurst — CRaine't  Test.  889.) 

June  25,  1601.  Inventory  of  the  goods  of  William  Lawson, 
of  Longhurst,  parish  of  Bothal  (Id.  421) ;  and  14  Oct.  1601, 
administration  to  the  goods  of  William  Lawson,  of  Longhurst, 
mentions  his  widow  Agnes,  and  his  sons  George  and  Edward. 
— (Id.  p.  150.) 

Oct.  14,  1601.  Administration  to  the  goods  of  Wm  Lawson, 
of  Coningarth,  in  the  parish  of  Bothal,  granted  to  Thomas 
Lawson,  of  Jesmond,  his  uncle,  mentions  Anne  his  daughter. 
— (Id.  p.  150.) 

March  30,  1615.  Administration  to  the  goods  of  William 
Lawson,  of  Longhurst ;  and  again,  June  27,  same  year,  men- 


tions Isabella  his  wife,  and  Robert,  John,  Margaret,  and  Anne, 
their  children,  under  age. — (Id.  161  $  351.) 

May  17,  1630.  Inventory  of  the  goods  of  Catharine  Lawson, 
of  Longhurst,  by  Robert  and  William  Lawson  ;  and  22  Feb. 
1631,  administration  granted  to  William  Bolton,  of  Longdike, 
in  the  parish  of  Felton,  to  the  use  of  Robert  and  Isabell  Law- 
son,  children  of  the  deceased. — (Id.  499.) 

Most  of  the  dates  in  the  above  pedigree  are  from  the  Bothal 
Registers,  among  my  extracts  from  which  are  many  Lawsons, 
of  Longhurst,  and  other  places  in  this  parish,  whose  relation- 
ship with  the  individuals  on  the  pedigree  I  have  not  had  lei- 
sure to  trace.  Jan.  31,  1704,  Ralph  Lawson  and  Ann  Barker 
were  married ;  and  Thos.  Lawson  and  Eliz.  Barker,  both  of 
Longhurst,  May  28,  1717. 


LONGHURST  HOUSE. — The  annexed  view  will  convey  to  the  reader's  mind 
more  correct  notions  of  the  Attic  character  which  pervades  the  whole  of  the 


feOTHAL  PARISH. LONGHURST  HOUSE.  163 

'architecture  of  this  elegant  mansion,  than  any  description  I  am  ahle  to  give 
of  it.     It  was  taken  by  Mr  Dobson,  the  able  architect  of  the  building,  from 
the  south-west  angle  ;  and  I  am  indebted  to  Mr  Lawson  for  contributing  this 
appropriate  embellishment  to  my  account  of  his  place.    The  foundation  stone 
of  the  house  was  laid  in  June,  1824.     The  portico,  or  entrance  to  the  house, 
on  the  west,  is  of  the  kind  called  Antis,  in  Greek,  from  having  projecting 
walls,  which  extend  eight  feet  on  each  side  from  the  main  building,  and  ter- 
minate with  antsepilasters,  between  which  are  two  beautifully  fluted  columns, 
each  three  feet  in  diameter  and  twenty-five  feet  high,  and  surmounted  with 
very  rich  Corinthian  capitals,  the  Acanthus  leaves  of  which  are  thrown  into 
projections  strikingly  bold  and  graceful.     The  entablature,  which  is  also  Co- 
rinthian,  and  finishes  with  a  pediment,  is  continued  round  the  principal 
building,  the  angles  of  which  terminate  with  antsepilasters  similar  to  those  of 
the  portico.  The  capitals  of  the  two  columns  are  original  compositions  of  the 
architect ;  but  their  flutes  are  like  those  of  the  lanthorn  of  Demosthenes  or 
the  choragic  monument  of  Lysicrates.     The  lower  windows  in  the  semi- 
circular part  of  the  south  front  have  architraves,  friezes,  and  trusses  highly 
ornamented,  and  supporting  cornices — all  which  display  of  ornament  blends 
with  the  richness  of  the  columns,  pilasters,  and  entablature,  and  assists  in 
producing  that  engaging  variety  of  outline  and  force  of  shadow  which  are  the 
characteristic  features  of  the  building,  and  which  have  been  intentionally  and 
admirably  contrived  to  harmonize  and  combine  with  the  surrounding  land- 
scape— a  requisite  often  neglected,  but  certainly,  to  the  eye  of  the  painter, 
not  less  indispensable  than  refined  science  in  the  architecture.    It  should  also 
be  said  of  this  superb  edifice,  that  it  is  built  of  a  fine-grained  and  warm-tinted 
sandstone,  procured  from  a  quarry  in  Mr  Lawson's  own  estate  ;  and  that  its 
masonry  is  of  the  most  excellent  kind,  being  very  closely  jointed,  and  finely 
polished  on  the  outside.     The  decorations  and  internal  arrangement  of  the 
interior  parts  of  a  house  are,  however,  matters  of  higher  consideration  than 
exterior  beauty  and  embellishments,    and  these  have  obviously  been  well 
attended  to  here.     The  approach  from  the  portico  is  by  a  vestibule  to  the 
saloon  or  hall,  which  is  34  feet  7  inches  long,  and  30  feet  high,  covered  with 
a  vaulted  roof,  consisting  of  a  dome  and  two  semi-domes  of  richly  panelled 
stone,   and  lighted  from  the  centre  of  the  principal  dome.     The  staircase, 
which  is  also  vaulted  with  panelled  stone,  is  in  its  base  19  feet  deep  by  15 


164  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

feet  broad,  and  opens  from  the  middle  of  the  north  side  of  the  saloon,  under 
an  architrave  supported  by  two  Ionic  columns,  and  by  antsepilasters,  the 
capitals  of  which  are  composed  after  the  Grecian  style,  and  richly  carved, 
and  have  their  decorations  continued  all  round  the  saloon.  The  first  flight  of 
stairs  is  single,  and  begins  between  the  Ionic  columns ;  the  second  double, 
and  ascends  by  the  walls  ;  and  the  north  wall  on  the  first  landing  is  divided 
into  niches,  formed  by  pilasters,  having  capitals  composed  to  harmonize  with 
the  antsepilasters  and  columns  opposite  to  them.  The  gallery r,  which  runs 
round  the  saloon,  and  to  which  the  chambers  of  the  bed-room  floor  open,  is 
formed  of  stone,  panelled  underneath,  and  supported  by  enriched  cantilevers. 
The  whole  length  of  the  south  front  is  occupied  by  a  suite  of  three  drawing 
rooms,  the  largest  of  which  is  in  the  centre,  and  measures  26  feet  by  21.  The 
library,  which  is  33  feet  by  18,  and  the  dining  room  40  feet  by  22,  front  the 
east,  on  which  side  a  conservatory  is  now  building,  connected  with  the  house 
by  a  cloister  open  on  the  south,  and  having  on  the  north  a  wall,  which  forms 
a  screen  to  the  principal  court  of  the  extensive  range  of  offices  attached  to 
that  side  of  the  building.  The  height  of  the  apartments  on  the  ground  floor 
is  14y  feet,  of  the  bed-rooms  12f  feet,  and  of  the  attics  8  feet.  The  gardens 
are  on  the  east,  well  sheltered,  and  have  the  Bothal  burn  running  through 
them. 

PEGSWORTH  was  formerly  written  Peggesworth,  arid  is  now  often  corruptly 
called  Pegswood.  It  is  well  built,  and  stands  on  rock,  on  a  bare  and  exposed, 
but  dry  and  fertile  eminence.  The  duke  of  Portland  is  lord  and  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  whole  township,  which  contains  1231  acres,  and  pays  a  hay 
modus  of  two  shillings  a  year.  In  lord  Oxford's  time  there  were  eight  tenants 
here :  one  farming  452  acres,  another  200,  and  the  other  six  having  37,  26, 
23,  15,  12,  and  5  acres  each  ;  besides  which,  these  eight  had  447  acres  about 
Hebburn  Moor  and  the  Climbing  Tree,  in  which  they  had  a  joint  interest. 
Collieries  for  the  supply  of  Morpeth  have  been  long  wrought  in  this  township. 
Here,  in  1240,  was  only  one  soccage  tenant,  Robert  Pinzun,  who  held  twelve 
acres  of  ground  by  the  annual  payment  of  two  geese  at  Michaelmas,  to  the 
baron  of  Bothal.  It  has  been  omitted  under  the  account  of  Bothal  church  to 
notice,  that,  in  22  Richard  II.  1398-9,  David  Holgrave,  the  last  husband  of 
Helen  Bertram,  founded  a  chantry  in  the  church  of  St  Andrew,  in  Bothal, 
and  endowed  it  with  3  tofts,  3  cottages,  and  120  acres  of  land  at  Seaton,  near 


BOTHAL  PARISH. PEGSWORTH,  AND  BOTHAL  DEMESNE.         165 

Woodhorn,  besides  lands  and  tenements,  to  the  value  of  £40,  in  this  place,  of 
Bothal,  Earsdon,  Tritlington,  and  Fenrother.  Pegsworth  is  remarkable  for 
being  the  birth-place  of  Matthias  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  1580,  and,  in  his 
writings,  took  the  name  of  Edward  Knott,  and  sometimes  of  Nicholas  Smith. 
In  1606,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Jesus  ;  and,  after  teaching 
divinity  at  Rome  with  considerable  reputation,  he  rose  to  the  distinguished 
office  of  Provincial  of  that  order  in  England.  He  was  the  champion  of  the 
Roman  catholics  against  Cudworth.d  John  Horsley,  of  Pegsworth,  who 
married  Mary,  the  widow  of  George  Horsley,  about  Dec.  7,  1685,  was,  I 
apprehend,  the  father  of  "  Mr  Horsley,"  who  occupied  the  farm  of  200  acres 
here  under  lord  Oxford,  in  1737  ;  and  also  of  lohn  Horsley,  the  very  able  and 
distinguished  author  of  the  Britannia  Romana.  The  Horsleys,  of  Milburn 
Grange,  were  presbyterians  at  that  time,  and  as  Mr  Horsley  became  a  mi- 
nister of  the  church  of  Scotland,  it  is  probable  that  his  parents  were  of  the 
same  persuasion.  He  received  the  rudiments  of  his  education  at  the  gram- 
mar school  in  Newcastle,  and  resided  at  Widdrington,  probably  as  minister  of 
the  presbyterian  chapel  there,  before  he  came  to  Morpeth  ;  for  he  preached 
and  published,  in  17^9,  the  Funeral  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Dr  Harle,  who 
had  filled  the  office  of  minister  of  the  Scotch  chapel  of  Morpeth  from  1692  to 
that  time.  See  more  under  Morpeth  respecting  Mr  Horsley. 

THE  township  of  BOTHAL«£)EMESNE  has  its  name  from  a  farm,  which  is 
situated  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile  to  the  west  of  Bothal  castle,  and  in 
the  survey  made  in  lord  Oxford's  time,  is  entitled  "  Bothal  Demesne,  called 
tJie  Whitefield-kouse  farm ;"  besides  which  place  it  includes  within  it  the 
castle  and  village  of  Bothal,  and  the  hamlets  and  farm-houses  called  Bothal 
Riding,  Bothal  Barns,  "  Coneygarth,"0  New  Moor,  Hirst,  and  Black  Close, 

d  Among  the  works  attributed  to  Edward  Knott,  are  the  following  : — Charity  Mistaken,  with 
the  want  whereof  Catholics  are  unjustly  charged,  for  affirming  as  they  do,  with  grief,  that  Pro- 
testantcy  unrepented  destroys  Salvation :  1630.  Charity  Maintained  by  Catholics,  against  Dr 
Potter:  1634,  4to.  Infidelity  Unmasked;  or  a  Confutation  of  a  Book,  published  by  Mr  W.  Chil- 
lingworth,  under  this  title,  The  Religion  of  Protestants,  &c. :  Gunt,  1652,  4lo.—  (WatfsBib.  Brit.) 
The  family  of  Wilson  were  long  resident  at  Pegsworth  and  Old-moor,  as  may  be  seen  by  the 
extracts  from  the  Old-moor  title  deed  in  Bothal  Miscellanea,  No.  9. 

e  Where  was  WETEWORTH  in  this  parish  ?  All  remembrance  of  such  a  place  is  now  entirely 
lost;  though,  in  1240,  it  had  14  soccage  tenants  within  it,  the  names  of  all  which,  with  the  sizes 
of  their  tenements,  and  nature  of  their  tenures,  have  been  noticed  under  the  account  of  Bothal 

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166  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

all  which  places  contain  about  2,960  acres,  are  exempt  from  all  tithes,  by  an 
annual  payment  of  6s.  8d.,  and  wholly  belong  to  the  duke  of  Portland,  excepting 
a  part  of  Hirst,  which  belongs  to  the  rev.  Robert  Green,  A.  M.,  incumbent  of 
All  Saints*  church,  in  Newcastle.  Part  of  this  district  was  probably  the  de- 
mesne of  Bothal,  out  of  which  the  prior  of  Tinmouth  had  an  antient  grant  of 
two  garbs  or  sheaves  of  corn,  as  mentioned  in  the  account  of  the  revenues  of 
Bothal  church.  Before  the  year  1730,  this  parish  seems  to  have  maintained 
its  poor  by  a  general  rate ;  but,  about  that  time,  by  mutual  consent,  each 
township  agreed  to  maintain  them  by  a  rate  of  its  own.  Bothal  Demesne, 
however,  finding  itself  heavily  burdened  by  the  Banks  and  Pegsworth  colliers 
residing  at  Banks-houses,  obtaining  settlements  upon  it,  complained  of  the 

barony.  Its  name  occurs  twice  in  accounts  of  the  possessions  of  the  Bertrams. — (See  III.  i.  44, 
60.)  The  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem,  in  1294,  claimed  lands  within  it  (Id.  130) ;  and  the 
villes  in  this  parish,  in  the  assessment  for  defraying  the  expences  of  the  knights  in  parliament  for 
Northumberland,  in  1381,  stand  in  the  following  order: — "  Essenden,  16d.;  Auldmore,  16d. ; 
Newmore,  12d. ;  Shepewesh,  I2d.;  Weteworth,  2s. ;  Bothal  and  Langhirst,  2s. ;  Pegsworth,  2s.; 
Heborne,  2s.;  Fenrother,  16d.;  Tritlington,  16d. ;  Eresdon,  12d."  —  (  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5.)  In  36 
Henry  VIII.  1544,  Robert  lord  Ogle  died  seized  of  the  manor  and  castle  of  Bolhal,  the  ville  and 
territory  of  Whetworth,  besides  several  other  places.— (Cole's  Esch.  Harl.  MS.  757,  p.  266.)  Was 
Weteworth  the  place  which  is  now  called  Coneygarth,  which  lies  about  a  mile  to  the  north-east  of 
Bothal,  and  which,  in  the  survey  of  lord  Oxford's  estates,  so  often  alluded  to,  is  said  to  have  then 
consisted  of  two  farms,  and  774  acres ;  84  of  which  were  on  the  Riding  Moor  ?  The  farm  house 
of  Bothal  Riding  is  situated  in  a  curve  of  the  Wansbeck,  in  the  charming  walk  from  Bothal  castle  to 
Ship  wash.  NEW  MOOR  is  first  mentioned  in  1240,  under  the  name  of  New  Pendmoor,  when  Fulk 
Baynhard  held  two  carucates  of  land  in  it  of  the  baron  of  Bothal,  by  the  service  of  a  sixteenth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  of  the  new  feoffment;  and  Richard,  the  son  of  Thurstan,  half  a  carucate  by 
the  twentieth  part  of  a  like  fee,  and  by  the  like  feoffment.  In  after  times  it  was,  however,  holden 
of  the  Bertrams,  and  their  descendants,  by  tenants  at  will.  It  is  in  one  farm,  and  contains  696£ 
acres.  THE  HIRST,  which  is  also  called  the  North  Hirst,  has  had  its  name  from  some  hurst  or 
wood  of  low  and  stunted  growth  being  near  it.  The  duke  of  Portland  has  a  farm  in  it  of  353 
acres,  of  which  167  are  in  Woodhorn  parish.  His  grace's  farm  premises  here  are  well  built,  and 
the  farm  in  his  own  hands,  and  well  managed.  On  the  Bothal  side  of  it  there  is  a  field  called  the 
GaUow-home  Close,  probably  from  its  having  been  the  place  where  the  old  barons  of  Bothal  exer- 
cised their  privilege  of  hanging  such  felons  as  were  captured  within  the  jurisdiction  of  their  court. 
The  BLACK  CLOSE  farm  adjoins  upon  the  Hirst  grounds,  and  contains  462  acres.  The  hamlet  of 
Black  Close  is  at  the  Stakeford  ;  and,  when  Wallis  wrote,  there  was  at  it  a  coal  work,  staith,  and 
small  fire  engine,  so  contrived  as  to  fill  a  large  basin  with  salt  water  from  a  small  reservoir  below, 
overflowed  by  the  tides,  for  the  use  of  the  salt  work,  and  also  to  draw  the  water  from  the  colliery. 


BOTHAL    PARISH. BOTHAL  DEMESNE,  AND  PENDMOOR.  167 

grievance,  and  the  whole  parish  agreed  that  the  colliers  who  gained  a  settle- 
ment in  this  township  should  be  maintained  by  a  general  parish  rate,  and 
other  paupers  by  the  townships  to  which  they  severally  belonged. 

PENDMOOR.  The  eastern  part  of  this  parish  comprizes  a  flat  monotonous 
district,  the  soil  of  a  considerable  part  of  which  is  of  a  moory  nature,  and 
still  addicted  to  the  growth  of  heath.  It  extends  from  the  boundaries  of 
Longhurst  to  those  on  the  west  side  of  the  parish  of  Woodhorn,  and  contains 
within  it  the  hamlets  of  Old-moor,  Middlemoor,  and  New-moor,  This,  I  ap- 
prehend, is  the  district  formerly  called  Pendmoor,  and  in  which  Robert  Ber- 
tram, with  the  consent  of  king  Henry,  the  son  of  Maud/  granted  to  Hugh  de 
Morwick,  in  free  marriage  with  his  sister  Aelina,  a  moiety  of  Longhurst,  with 
his  services  in  Ashington,  to  be  holden  in  the  same  manner  as  his  father 
Richard  had  done,  and  territory  to  found  a  village  upon  in  Pendmoor,  by 
boundaries  which  he  and  his  men  perambulated  on  the  day  he  gave  seizin  in 
the  land  to  the  said  Hugh  de  Morwick,  and  providing  further,  that  the  said 
moor  of  Pendmoor  should  continue  common  to  the  villes  mentioned  in  his 
grant,  as  well  as  to  the  other  villes  belonging  to  him  :  the  whole  to  be  holden 
of  him  and  his  heirs,  free  of  all  service,  excepting  as  much  of  the  services  due 
to  the  king  as  was  performed  by  any  two  villes  in  the  Bothal  fee.  This  Hugh 
de  Morwick's  descendant,  his  grandson  I  think,  of  his  own  name,  died  in 
1260,  possessed,  amongst  other  places,  of  lands  in  "  Langhurste,  Penmore, 
Reveley,  &c."  William  Latimer,  too,  in  9  Edw.  III.  died  seized  of  lands  in 
"  Pinnemore"  and  Chevington  ;  and  the  abbot  of  Newminster  had  possessions 
in  "  Great  Pyndemore,"  in  the  38th  year  of  the  same  reign. 

f  As  Robert  Bertram  did  not  succeed  to  his  estate  till  the  time  of  king  John,  and  Henry  the 
son  of  Maud  was  Henry  the  Second,  the  consent  here  mentioned  could  not  be  contemporary  with 
the  grant  itself ;  for  Henry  the  Second  died  in  1189,  and  Richard  Bertram,  the  father  of  this 
Robert,  paid  ten  marks  to  the  crown  some  time  between  July  7,  1 196,  and  July  6,  1197,  for  leave 
to  marry  his  eldest  daughter  to  whom  he  pleased ;  and  Robert,  his  son,  as  has  been  noticed,  is 
debited  in  the  Pipe  Rolls  of  the  tenth  of  Richard  the  First,  and  the  second  year  of  king  John,  for 
three  marks,  for  a  recognizance  for  seven  carucates  of  land  in  Longhurst,  which  document  was 
necessary  to  enable  him  to  make  the  settlements  of  lands  there  and  in  Pendmoor,  which  this  char- 
ter conferred  in  marriage  with  his  sister  Aelina  upon  Hugh  de  Morwick,  because  it  burdened  the 
lands  it  conveyed  with  the  services  due  from  them  to  the  king.  The  concensus  referred  to  in  this 
grant  might,  therefore,  be  a  charter  obtained  from  Henry  the  Second,  which  required  new  instru- 
ments in  the  reigns  of  his  sons,  Richard  the  First  and  king  John,  to  confirm  and  carry  into  effect. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

The  OLD  MOOR,  or  as  it  was  commonly  written,  Auldmore,  is  mentioned, 
in  1240,  as  a  member  of  the  manor  of  Bothal,  and  constantly  occurs  in  inqui- 
sitions post  mortem  as  partly  belonging  to  the  Lumleys  and  Fitz- Hughs,  as 
Longhurst  did  ;  and  partly  to  the  Bertrams,  and  their  descendants.  In  the 
fifteenth  centuiy  the  Widdrington  family  had  a  tenement  and  12  acres  of  land 
in  it.  In  1663,  it  belonged  to  Robert  Pearson,  Margaret  Lawson,  Robert 
Storey,  Robert  Pearson,  junior,  and  lord  Newcastle  ;  after  which  time,  the 
Lawsons  purchased  part  of  the  property  of  the  Pearsons,  which  Mr  John 
Lawson,  together  with  his  other  patrimonial  lands  here,  lately  sold,  for 
£11,500,  to  A.  J.  Cresswell  Baker,  of  Cresswell,  esq.,  to  whom,  and  to  the 
duke  of  Portland,  the  whole  township  at  present  belongs. 

ASHINGTON  and  Shipwash  are  at  present  united  in  matters  relative  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  poor.  Ashington  contains  574  acres,  and  pays  a  modus 
of  2s.  6d.  in  lieu  of  hay  tythe.  The  grounds  of  it,  though  still  very  beautiful 
in  places  by  the  river  side,  are  not  in  the  fine  order  in  which  Wallis  found 
them.g  The  old  mansion-house,  too,  is  nearly  obliterated  ;  and,  excepting  in 
the  garden  walls,  little  remains  to  show  that  the  place  was  once  a  gentleman's 
residence.  Robert  Bertram  the  First  granted  to  Hugh  de  Morwick,  in  free 
marriage  with  his  sister  Aelina,  the  service  of  Essindene,  to  have  it  in  the 

R  "  It  stands  on  an  eminence,  well  sheltered  with  tall  forest  trees  :  a  fine  view  from  it  of  the  sea ; 
also  of  Seaton  Delaval  and  Bebside,  through  the  openings  of  the  plantations :  the  grounds  sloping 
regularly  to  a  bank  of  oaks  by  the  river  Wansbeck  ;  freestone  rocks  conspicuous  through  them, 
under  which  is  a  fine  grass  area,  of  a  mile  in  length,  by  the  river,  which,  for  all  that  space  forms  a 
most  beautiful  serpentine  canal ;  a  bank  of  oaks  on  the  opposite  side.  On  the  west  side  of  the 
streamlet  called  the  Dene-burn,  by  a  grindstone  quarry,  the  river  Wansbeck  makes  a  flexure, 
where  is  a  beautiful  slope,  now  in  tillage,  shaded  by  spreading  oaks  and  other  timber  on  all  sides 
but  the  south,  the  river  making  another  flexure  a  little  to  the  west  of  it,  crossed  by  Shipwash 
bridge  in  sight :  a  boat  in  it  for  the  use  of  the  salmon  fishery.  Mr  Crow's  extent  of  ground  by 
the  river,  from  within  a  small  field's  length  of  the  bridge,  or  the  rectory  glebe,  west,  to  the  Stake- 
ford,  east,  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  measured,  thus  beautifully  chequered  with  wood,  rock,  and 
river  scenery  :  a  foot  walk,  by  the  river,  the  whole  length.  About  a  quarter  of  a  mile  east  from 
the  grindstone  quarry,  under  a  bank  of  oaks,  and  other  trees,  close  to  a  hedge,  is  a  sacred  fountain, 
called  Saint  Margarets  Well,  pleasant  and  soft  to  the  taste ;  many  of  the  small  fresh-water  buccinae 
at  the  bottom  :  the  north  side  faced  with  stone,  natural  and  semi-circular,  coated  with  moss,  and 
a  thin  crust  of  earth,  in  which  the  primrose  and  meadow  sweet  have  taken  root,  emitting  their 
pleasant  odours  round  it  in  the  flowering  season." — (Wallis,  it.  337,  338.) 


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same  manner  as  his  father  Richard  Bertram  had  it  ;h  which  service  Hugh  de 
Morwick,  his  descendant,  in  1240,  held  "  pro  forinseco,"  that  is,  by  the 
payment  of  scutage,  and  other  military  services,  to  the  crown  ;  and  this  pri- 
vilege continued  to  be  enjoyed  by  the  Lumleys  and  Fitz-Hughs,  the  successors 
of  the  Morwicks,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth.1  Ralph  de  Essenden,  ac- 
cording to  a  deed  quoted  by  Fenwick,  in  his  account  of  the  Ogle  family,  and 
tested  during  the  sheriffalty  of  John  de  Kirkley,  about  the  year  1295,  gave  to 
his  son  John  de  Essenden,  and  to  Isabella  his  wife,  the  manor  of  Essendon  :j 
and  this  "  John  de  Eschenden,"  when  Richard  de  Horsley  was  sheriff,  con- 
veyed the  same  manor  to  Robert  de  Coventre  and  Emma  his  wife,"  whose 
daughter  Margaret  carried  it  by  marriage  to  Robert  de  Fenwick ;  and  this 
Robert  de  Fenwick,  probably  for  some  trust  purposes,  in  1354,  gave  to  Wil- 
liam of  Camhow,  and  to  Alan  de  Whithefd,  chaplain,  his  manors  of  Esselin- 
dene  and  Prestwick,  which  he  had  by  the  gift  of  John  de  Touleville,  in  that 
ville,  excepting  the  lands  which  Robert  of  Coventry  obtained  in  Prestwick  by 
the  gift  of  John  de  Plessis.1  From  tljis  time  to  the  latter  end  of  the  seven- 
teenth century,  Ashington  continued  to  be  a  possession  of  the  Fenwicks,  of 
Wellington  ;m  but  how  it  passed  out  of  their  hands  I  am  unable  to  relate. 
Robert  lord  Rutherford  resided  here  in  1709,  in  which  year  he  had  a  son 
baptized  at  Bothal  church.  In  Mr  Wallis's  time,  it  belonged  to  George  San- 
diford  Crow,  esq.  ;  and,  at  present,  it  is  the  property  of  his  grace  the  duke  of 
Portland. 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  BOTHAL  PARISH. 

No.  1 — Of  the  MONUMENT  in  Bothal  church,  WaU 
lis  has  the  following  description : — -"  His  lordship's 
head  and  feet  rest  upon  the  supporters  of  his  coat  ar- 


lished  in  the  Antiquarian  Repertory,  "  is  copied  from 
a  survey  called  '  The  Book  of  Bothool  BaronyJ  in  North- 
umberland, most  beautifully  written,  and  in  high  pre- 
servation, the  property  of  his  grace  the  duke  of  Port- 


morial—  a  lion  under  his  feet,  a  chain  of  many  links  I  land,  to  whom  that  barony  now  belongs.    It  was  taken 
round  his  neck,  with  a  pendent  cross.     Under  her  lady-  j  June  20,  15?6,  by  Cuthbert  Carnabye,  Robert  Maddi- 


ship's  head  is  a  cushion,  and  another  under  her  feet, 
with  two  cherub-like  babes  lying  by  her,  one  on  each 
side,  at  the  end  of  the  cushion,  near  her  face,  each  hold- 
ing  in  its  hand  a  tassel  of  the  cushion  :  the  head  of  one 
broken  off:  a  dog  by  her  feet,  with  a  chain  about  its 
neck,  the  emblem  of  watchfulness." 

2.—"  The  following  extract,"  which  was  first  pub- 


son,  and  John  Lawson,  tenants  to  that  manor,  by  virtue 
of  a  commission  granted  by  Cuthbert  lord  Ogle,  and 
directed  to  Robert  Carnabie,  Robert  Maddison,  and 
Jacob  Ogle,  esquires,  and  Anthony  Ratcliff  and  John 
Lawson,  gentlemen,  the  whole  5,  or  any  4,  3,  or  2  of 
them.  Dated  at  Bothole,  May  6,  in  the  said  year. 
'  To  this  manor  of  Bothoole  belongeth  ane  Castell  in 


h  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  4.         s  III.  ii.  270,  271.        J  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  10.         k  II.  i.  279,  7,  a. 

1  Bothal  Miscel.  No.  1 1.        m  III.  i.  279. 
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circumference  490  foote,  wharto  belongeth  ane  Castell, 
great  chaulmer,  parler,  7  bed  chaulmers,  one  galare, 
bullerie,  pantrie,  lardenor,  kitchinge  backhouse,  brew- 
house,  a  stable  an  court  called  the  Yethouse  wherein 
there  is  a  prison,  a  porter  loge,  and  diverse  faire  chaul- 
mering,  an  common  stable  and  a  towre  called  Blanke 
Towre,  a  gardine,  ane  nurice,  chapel,  and  an  towre 
called  Ogle's  towre,  and  pastrie,  with  many  other  prit- 
tie  beauldings  here  not  specified,  fair  gardinges  and 
orchetts,  wharin  growes  all  kind  of  hearbes  and  flowres, 
and  fine  applies,  plumbes  of  all  kynde,  peers,  damsellis, 
nuttes,  wardens,  cherries  to  the  black  and  reede,  wall- 
nutes,  and  also  licores  verie  fine,  worth  by  the  year 
^20.' " 

3.— On  the  13th  day  of  Feb.  11  Hen.  IV.  1410,  the 
commons  delivered,  in  parliament,  a  petition  to  our  lord 
the  king,  from  John  Bartrame,  in  the  following  form : — 
"  To  the  most  wise  the  commons  in  this  present  par- 
liament,  John  Bartrame,  of  the  county  of  Northumber- 
land, Showeth — That  as  sir  Robert  de  Ogle,  knight, 
father  of  the  said  John,  was  formerly  seized  in  his  de- 
mesne, as  in  fee,  of  the  castle  and  manor  of  Bothal,  with 
their  appurtenances  in  the  said  county,  the  which  Ro- 
bert, by  licence  from  our  most  sovereign  lord  the  king, 
gave  the  said  castle  and  manor,  with  their  appurtenan- 
ces, to  William  Themilby,  John  Redshaw,  and  William 
Shirburne,  chaplains,  to  them  and  their  heirs  for  ever : 
the  which  William,  John,  and  William,  by  virtue  of 
the  said  licence,  re-granted  the  said  castle  and  manor 
to  the  said  Robert  for  the  term  of  his  life ;  the  remain- 
der, after  his  death,  to  go  to  the  said  John  Bartrame 
and  his  heirs  male  by  him  begotten,  as  appeared  more 
fully  by  charters  made  for  that  purpose.  Then  the  said 
Robert  died ;  and,  after  his  death,  the  said  John  Bar- 
trame, by  virtue  of  the  said  remainder,  entered  upon 
the  said  castle  and  manor,  with  their  appurtenances, 
and  continued  in  peaceable  possession  of  them,  until 
one  sir  Robert  de  Ogle,  knight,  son  of  the  said  Robert, 
at  a  late  hour  at  mid-night,  on  the  feast  of  All  Saints 
last  past,  with  200  men  at  arms  and  archers  arrayed  in 
the  form  of  war,  of  which  men  at  arms  and  archers, 
some  were  soldiers  and  some  Scotchmen,  and  declared 
enemies  of  our  lord  the  king,  coming  with  scaling  lad- 
ders, pavises,  hurdises,  and  other  ordnance  of  war,  be- 
sieged the  said  castle,  lurking  all  that  night  for  the 
purpose  of  surprising  or  scaling  it :  and  in  the  following 
morning  the  said  Robert,  to  the  servants  of  the  said 
petitioner,  then  in  the  castle,  gave  assurance,  upon  his 


corporal  credit  and  honor,  that  they  should  safely  come 
to  parley  with  them  without  the  castle,  and  safely  re- 
turn without  injury  or  hurt ;  upon  which  the  said  Ro- 
bert, when  Thomas  Wodall  and  Thomas  Coward,  ser- 
vants of  the  said  petitioner,  came  out  of  the  castle  upon 
the  said  assurance,  them,  the  loyal  subjects  of  our  said 
sovereign  lord  the  king,  took,  detained,  and  imprisoned : 
and  the  siege  was  continued  for  four  days  and  more, 
till  the  said  castle,  with  the  goods  and  chattels  of  the 
said  suppliant  there  remaining,  to  the  value  of  £200, 
by  force,  and  assault,  and  fear  of  death,  were  taken, 
and  his  houses  there  plundered  and  burnt,  and  his  corn 
in  his  granaries,  and  other  things  there  found,  to  the 
value  of  £200,  totally  wasted.  The  which  Robert,  the 
said  castle  and  manor,  with  all  that  was  in  it,  with 
all  the  said  goods  and  chattels,  forcibly,  as  before 
said,  took,  and  has  continually,  with  certain  of  the  said 
soldiers,  occupied  and  kept,  and  at  present  occupies  and 
keeps,  notwithstanding  that  during  the  time  of  the  said 
siege  and  assault,  sir  John  de  Widdrington,  knight,  and 
Sampson  Harding,  justices  of  the  peace  of  our  lord  the 
king,  came  to  the  said  men  at  arms  and  archers,  and 
commanded  and  charged  them  in  the  name  of  the  king 
to  desist  from  the  said  assault,  and  to  raise  the  said 
siege.  At  which  time,  the  offenders  aforesaid,  contempt- 
uously as  rebels  to  our  said  lord  the  king,  refused  to 
obey  their  orders,  so  that  they  did  not  dare  further  to 
execute  their  office  from  fear  of  death.  May  it,  there- 
fore, be  agreeable  to  the  wisdom  of  your  honourable 
house,  to  make  a  special  request  to  our  said  lord  the 
king,  that  your  said  petitioner  may  be  restored  to  the  pos- 
session of  his  said  castle  and  manor  by  the  authority  of 
parliament,  and  to  command  the  sheriff  of  the  county, 
by  his  letters  to  that  effect,  to  cause  the  said  force  to 
withdraw,  and  put  the  said  petitioner  in  possession 
of  the  said  castle  and  manor  :  and,  in  case  of  his  finding 
any  resistance,  that  he  thereupon  make  a  proclamation 
at  the  gate  of  the  said  castle — that  the  said  Robert, 
son  of  Robert,  and  the  other  malefactors  in  the  said 
castle,  do  deliver  up  the  said  castle  to  the  said  petition- 
er, upon  pain  of  forfeiture  of  their  lives,  lands,  tene- 
ments, goods  and  chattels,  to  our  said  lord  the  king  ; 
and  that  the  said  sheriff  be  empowered,  by  the  said  let- 
ters patent,  in  case  of  his  finding  any  resistance  or  re- 
bellion on  their  part,  forthwith  to  take  with  him  the 
posse  comitatus  of  the  county,  with  other  liege  subjects 
of  our  lord  the  king,  and  to  put  the  said  petitioner  in 
possession  of  the  said  castle  and  manor ;  and  that  he 


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also  forthwith  arrest  the  said  Robert,  the  son  of  Robert, 
with  the  other  malefactors  and  rebels  then  remaining  in 
the  said  castle,  and  them  put  and  retain  in  prison,  till 
he  have  further  orders  from  the  king.  And  that  the 
said  sheriff  have  power,  by  the  said  letters  patent,  to 
seize  all  their  lands,  tenements,  goods,  and  chattels,  into 
the  hands  of  our  said  lord  the  king,  and  for  his  use,  and 
them  to  answer  for  to  our  lord  the  king,  till  it  be  de- 
clared before  our  said  lord  the  king  and  his  council, 
whether  the  said  Robert,  the  son  of  Robert,  has  any 
right  in  them  or  not.  And  that  the  council  of  our  said 
lord  the  king  have,  by  the  authority  of  parliament, 
power  to  hear  and  determine  all  matters  contained  in 
the  said  petition ;  and  to  call  before  them  forthwith, 
the  said  Robert,  the  son  of  Robert,  as  well  as  the  said 
petitioner,  and,  according  to  their  good  discretion  and 
advice,  to  do  right,  and  award  damages  to  the  said  pe- 
titioner, if  he  be  able  to  show  good  right  before  them — 
considering  that  the  said  castle  and  manor  lie  so  near 
to  the  east  march  of  Scotland,  that  sufficient  remedy 
cannot  be  done  to  the  petitioner  by  the  course  of  the 
common  law  :  which  petition  being  read  and  consider- 
ed, it  was  ordered  by  the  king,  and  the  lords  in  this 
present  parliament,  at  the  request  of  the  commons 
aforesaid,  in  the  following  manner : — That  a  writ  be 
directed  to  the  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  to  take  the 
castle  and  manor  aforesaid  into  the  hands  of  our  lord 
the  king,  before  the  1 5th  day  of  Easter  next  to  come, 
and  safely  to  guard  the  said  castle  and  manor,  with 
their  appurtenances,  and  with  the  goods  and  chattels 
therein,  without  committing  waste  or  destruction,  till 
the  octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity  next  after  to  come ; 
and  that,  by  the  same  writ,  proclamation  be  made  at 
the  gates  of  the  said  castle — That  the  said  sir  Robert 
Ogle,  ajjd  the  others  herein  named,  and  all  the  other 
people  abiding  in  the  said  castle  and  manor,  be  put  out 
of  the  said  castle  without  delay,  upon  pain  of  forfeiture 
of  life  and  members,  and  their  lands,  tenements,  goods, 
and  chattels.  And  also  that  it  be  contained  in  the  said 
proclamation— That  the  said  sir  Robert  Ogle,  in  his 
own  proper  person,  appear  before  the  council  of  our 
lord  the  king,  in  the  octave  of  the  Trinity  aforesaid,  to 
answer  as  well  to  the  king  as  lo  the  said  John  Bar- 
trame,  concerning  the  wrongs  and  grievances  contained 
in  the  said  petition.  And  that  the  said  council  have  , 
power,  by  authority  of  parliament,  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine the  matter  contained  in  the  said  petition,  accord- 
ing to  the  best  of  their  judgement.  And  if  the  said 


Robert  come  not  in  his  own  proper  person  before  the 
said  counsel,  at  the  said  octaves,  to  answer  to  the  said 
petitioner  the  matter  contained  therein — then  that  the 
said  Robert  stand  convicted  of  the  matter  contained  in 
the  said  petition  ;  and  that  the  said  John  Bartrame,  by 
the  same  authority,  be  restored  to  the  possession  of  the 
said  castle  and  manor,  with  their  appurtenances,  and 
with  the  issues  and  profits,  goods,  and  chattels  therein 
found,  and  at  the  same  time  taken  by  the  said  sheriff; 
and  that  damages  be  awarded  to  him  by  the  said  coun- 
cil, according  to  their  discretion.  And  that  the  said  sir 
Robert  and  the  other  malefactors  be  apprehended,  and 
kept  in  prison  till  they  have  paid  a  fine  and  ransom  1,o 
our  lord  the  king,  and  agreed  concerning  damages  to 
the  petitioner ;  and  besides,  till  they  find  sufficient 
surety  to  keep  the  peace  with  the  petitioner,  his  te- 
nants, and  servants  ;  and  that  they  will  not  attempt  to 
do  any  thing  to  the  petitioner  contrary  to  the  said 
judgement  in  time  to  come,  but  according  to  due  pro- 
cess of  law.  And  that  the  said  sheriff  cause  the  said 
writ  to  be  returned  into  the  chancery  of  our  lord  the 
king,  in  the  octaves  aforesaid,  with  all  that  he  has  done 
in  this  matter." — (Translated  from  the  Record  in  French 
in  Rolls  of  Par.  Hi.  629.} 

4. — Robtus  Bertram  oibj  amicis,  &c.     Sciatis  me  de- 

disse confirmasse  consensu  Henrici  R'  filij  Ma- 

tiki'  Hugoni  de  Morwic  cum  Aelina  sorore  mea  in  life 

u  in  trim   p  has  divisas  .  scitt .  sicut  vetus  fossata  q 

inter  agros  cultos  de  Hebre  1  de  Langhirst  tendit  ad 

wastel'.um  qui  est  inter moram  tefidens  in  orientem 

1  sic  totu  planu  usql  ad  locu  ubi  Balnwesic  exit  de  nemore 
versus  austi? nunc  cum  toto  bosco  usq,  ad  divisas  in- 
ter Langhirst  1  Hulcham  ct  itei?  sicut inter  Lang- 
hirst  t  Peggeswrde  .....  Colchale  (Bothale?)  t  item  in- 
ter Langhirst  1  Bothale  sicut  fischerweie  tendit  in 
orients  .  Excepta  culture  q  vocatur  Threpfurlangs  q 
est  dnica  ?ra  mea  de  Bothala  .  Et  servitiu  de  Essindene 
sicut  Richus  Bertram  pater  meus  nuqua  melius  huit  . 
Et  territoriu  ad  unam  villam  aedificand  in  Pendmora  p 
ipsas  divisas  p  quas  ego  1  holes  mei  pambulavim'  illo 
die  quo  gdcm  Hug  in  ipsam  fram  saisiavi  .  Et  erit  pdca 
mora  de  Pendmora  comunis  tarn  gdcs  villis  qm  aliis  meis 
villis  .  Et  tola  ista  gfata  ?ra  do  T.  concede  pdco  Hug  de 
Morwic  cu  Aelina  son  mea  in  lit)  mat  sibi  1  nedibj  COT? 
.  Tenend  de  me  1  hdibj  meis  life  t  quiet,  ab  oi  serv. 
t  consuetud.  salvo  forinseco  servitio  dni  R'  quantum 
ptinet  ad  duas  alias  villas  de  feudo  meo  .  His  testibj  . 
Rogo  de  Merlai  .  Ada  de  Emeldun  .  Witto  ctico  de 


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Cleveland  .  Jotie  de  Morewic  .  Ada  de  Pleisie  .  Witto 
fit  Ada  .  Hog  fit  Grimbaldi  .  Rofcto  fit  Petri  .  Rofcto 
de  Bradford  .  Walterb  de  Tirlington  .  Edulfe  fit 
Evede  •.  Rad  de  Essingdene  .  Witto  de  Faruder  . 
Achario  de  Otilwic  .  David  fit  Rad  .  1  multis  alijs.— 
(Dodsw.  LV.fol.  82.; 

5 Carta  Thome  Wodburn  ari  Tho.  dno  Lumley. 

Sciant,  &c.  qd  ego  Tho.  Wodburn  arm.  dedi  Tho.  Lum- 
lev  militi,  dno  de  Lumley  1  Joho  Esh  armigero  ma. 
meu  de  Tritlington  cu  oibj  9ris,  &c.,  1  pecia  prat,  vocat. 
Todhole  iuxta  Tritlington,  un  mess.  4  acr.  ter.  5  burga- 
gia  vasta  1  1  acr.  p'ti  vocat.  Kynfen  in  Newbigging, 
3  acr.  &c.  in  Hirst,  1  toft,  cum  crofto  1  6  acr.  tc.  in 
Horsley,  1  Sam  ptem  unius  ftre  husband,  in  Erisdon 
in  com.  N.  tieiid.  &c.  de  capitalibj  dnis  feodoT;  illoi?  p 
servitia  inde  debita.  Dat.  apud  Byentroby  iuxta  Dun. 
elm,  3  die  Dec.  a°  r.  R'.  E.  4°  p*.  oq.  Ang.  13°.— ( Dods. 
MSS.  LXX.foL  71.; 

6 April  8,  1651.  Will  of  Roger  Lawson,  of  New- 
castle upon  Tyne :  to  be  buried  in  St  Nicholas  church : 
to  Isabell  my  wife  my  house  adjoining  the  Custom- 
house,  and  after  her  death  to  William  Lawson,  of  Lang- 
hurst,  gent,  my  brother,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  and 
failing  them,  to  my  nephew  Thomas  Sotherine,  son  of 
Catharine  Preston  my  sister,  wife  of  Robert  Preston,  of 
Newc.  plumber :  to  my  loving  mother  Margaret  Law- 
son  :  Thos.  son  of  Wm  L.  my  brother  :  Elizabeth  and 
Isabell  my  brother  William's  daurs. :  my  bro.  Wm  and 
Margaret  his  wife :  the  children  of  my  sister  Jane 
Dawson,  wife  of  Wm  Dawson,  of  Camoise :  the  chil- 
dren of  my  uncle  Hen.  Lawson,  late  of  Newc.  mercht. 
and  alderman,  deceased — viz.  Robert  L.,  Henry  L., 
Wm  L.,  Judith  Hall,  Anne  L.,  Marie  L.,  and  Esther 
L. ;  Robert  the  youngest ;  Catharine  their  mother : 
Frances  L.  daur.  of  the  said  Robt.  L.  mercht. :  Judith 
Hall,  daur.  of  John  Hall,  mercht. :  Jane  Grey*  daur.  of 
Francis  Grey,  mercht. :  Thomas  and  Mary  Sotherine, 
my  sister  Catharine's  children  :  my  nephew  Wm  Han- 
cock, apprentice  to  Thomas  Smith,  barber-surgeon  :  my 
uncle  Thomas  Lawson,  of  the  Old»moor,  and  his  three 
sons  :  Isabell  L.  my  wife,  exix. 

7,  a — Sir  Ralph  Grey,  lord  of  Wark  on  the  Tweed, 
who  died  in  France,  21  Henry  VI.  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Henry  lord  Fitzhugh;  and  his  descendant, 
Ralph  Grey,  ofHorton,  esq.  by  indenture,  dated  13 
Aug.  1584,  conveyed  four  messuages  in  Longhurst, 
with  lands  and  tenements  annexed  to  each  of  them, 
and  then  in  the  occupation  of  Robert  Sadler,  William 


Straker,  Lewis  Lawson,  and  William  Lawson,  to  each 
of  the  said  occupants,  and  a  messuage  and  tenement  in 
Old-moor  to  Matthew  Pearson  (Deeds  of  Old-moor)  ; 
and,  in  1663,  widow  Lawson,  widow  Mitford,  Robert 
Lawson,  Wm  Straker,  Robt.  Sadler,  and  Geo.  Dening, 
were  each  assessed  at  £ 9  a  year  for  their  respective 
freeholds  in  Longhurst. 

7,  b Thomas  Baites,  of  Morpelh,  by  indenture,  da- 

ted  20  Sep.  27  Eliz.  1585,  conveyed  to  Robert  Lawson, 
of  Longhurst,  a  moiety  of  a  tenement  in  Longhurst, 
late  in  the  occupation  of  William  Lawson  and  Janet 
Spoore. — (Deed  at  Longhurst.) 

8. — LONGHURST  contains  36  houses,  and  is  the 
largest  village  in  this  parish.  The  old  mansion-house 
of  the  Lawsons,  which  has  been  recently  pulled  down, 
stood  on  the  east  side  of  Bothal-burn,  immediately  op- 
posite their  present  seat.  One  lintel  of  a  door-way  in 
it  was  inscribed,  W.  L.  1653  ;  and  another,  W.  L.  1715- 
Longhurst  Grange,  which  is  the  property  and  residence 
of  Mr  George  Lawson,  is  a  recent  name  and  erection. 
The  other  proprietors  of  freeholds  in  Longhurst  besides 
the  duke  of  Portland  and  the  Lawsons,  are  Geo.  Whar- 
rier,  John  Tindall,  and  John  Sadler. 

9 — OLD-MOOB.  Ralph  Graie,  of  Horton,  esq.  13 
Aug.  26  Eliz.  for  =£45,  conveyed  a  messuage  and  lands 
in  Old-moor  to  Matthew  Pearson.  Thomas  Milburn, 
of  Preston,  in  Northumberland,  19  Dec.  1654,  convey, 
ed  the  lands  in  Old-moor,  called  Milburn's  Land,  to 
Wm  Lawson ;  and,  23  Sep.  1657,  Robert  Storie  sold  to 
the  same  William  Lawson,  the  meadow  ground  in  Old- 
moor  called  the  Watch  Croft.  Thomas  Milburn,  12 
April,  1658,  conveyed  to  William  Lawson  two  parts  of 
a  cottage  and  four  riggs  of  land  in  the  East-field,  and  six 
riggs  in  the  Gose-flatt.  July  28,  13  Chas.  II.,  Ralph 
Bates,  of  Halliwell,  esq.  gave  a  conveyance  to  Marga- 
ret Lawson,  widow,  of  a  tenement  and  farmhold  in 
Old-moor ;  and  another  messuage  and  lands  here  were 
conveyed,  14  March,  1622,  by  John  Wilson,  of  Old- 
moor,  to  Diones  Wilson,  of  Pegsworth,  which  messuage 
and  lands  James  Whitehead,  of  Welbeck,  in  Notting- 
hamshire, gent,  and  Edw.  Wilson,  of  Durham,  M.  D., 
in  1649,  sold  to  Catharine  Wilson,  of  Pegsworth,  who, 
in  the  following  year,  conveyed  them  to  John  Thomp- 
son, of  Bothal,  clerk,  and  Catharine  his  wife,  who,  in 
1652,  sold  them  to  William  Lawson,  of  Longhurst,  and 
Margaret  his  wife,  as  stated  above  in  the  pedigree  of 
that  family.  The  whole  estate  thus  accumulated  here, 
amounted  to  324  acres.  One  field  in  the  West  Farm 


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173 


was  called  Brockhill,  and  another  Camphill ;  and  one 
in  the  East  Farm,  Ellrish-know.  The  whole  township 
was  computed  to  consist  of  9  farms,  or  943  acres,  of 
which  the  Lawsons  had  3  farms,  which,  as  above  no- 
ticed,  contained,  including  lanes,  324  acres.  In  lord 
Oxford's  time,  Mr  Lawson's  freehold  consisted  of  62 
acres,  Mr  Cresswell's  of  14,  Pearson's  of  8£,  and  lord 
Oxford's  divided  part,  of  94  acres :  and  of  the  West 
Moor  and  the  outer  and  inner  pasture,  two  acres  of 
waste  ground,  and  a  meadow  field  of  140  acres— in  all 
764f  acres,  till  that  time  holden  in  common,  were  di- 
vided among  the  several  proprietors.  Mr  Cresswell  then 
held  214  acres  of  lord  Oxford,  at  3s.  6d.  per  acre;  and 
Mr  Lawson  had  195  acres  of  the  newly  divided  land, 
at  a  rent  of  £18  Is.  6d.,  and  an  old  farm  of  60  acres, 
at  ;£16  2s.  a  year. 

10,  a.— Radiilph'  de  Essendon  dedit  1  concessit  ma- 
neriu  de  Essendon  filio  suo  1  Isabellae  uxori  suse  .  Hiis 
testibj  Roberto  Bertram  de  Bothal  .  dno  Johanne  de 
Kirkley  tune  vicecomite  Northumb  .  dno  Hugone  de 
Delavall  .  dno  Rog  Mauduit  .  dno  Adam  de  Camois 
militibj. 

10,  b. — Ego  Rofctus  de  Fenwyke  dedi  Wittmo  de 
Camhow  et  Alano  de  Whithefd  eapettis  ma  mea  de  Es- 
selindene  et  de  Prestwyke  in  com.  Northumbr.  q  hui  de 
dono  Johis  de  Foulewille  in  eadem  villa  .  exceptis  ter- 
ris  q  Rottus  de  Coventre  quondam  huit  de  dono  Johis 
de  Plessis  in  villa  de  Prestwyke,  &c.  Test.  Johne  de 
Copeland  tune  vicecomite  .  Rofcto  Bertram  .  Johne 
de  Fenwyke  .  Henrico  de  Haverington  milit  .  Dat. 
10  Julij,  1354,  28  Ed.  3.—(Lansd.  MS.  326, /o/.  116.; 

11. — ROBERT  BERTRAM,  their  liege  bachelor,  by 
petition  to  the  king  and  his  council,  showed,  that  having 
been  seized  of  the  manor  of  Burton  Leonard,  in  the 
county  of  York,  as  of  his  demesne,  in  fee,  by  the  deeds 
and  feoffment  of  John  Bekard,  during  whose  whole  life 
he  continued  to  hold  it,  which  manor  was  holden  of  the 
queen  as  of  the  manor  of  Knaresburgh  ;  and  sir  Hugh 
de  Hastings,  then  steward  to  the  queen,  having  seized 


the  manor  of  Burton  aforesaid,  by  reason  of  the  minori- 
ty of  John,  son  of  Roger  Mauduit,  cousin  and  next  of 
kin  of  the  said  John  Bekard,  thereby  ousting  the  said 
Robert — he  therefore  prayed  restitution,  and  the  mat- 
ter was  ordered  to  be  heard  in  chancery. — (Rot.  Par.  ii. 

192.; 

12. — Proclamation  upon  an  exigent  against  George 
Ogle,  late  of  London,  otherwise  of  Tritlington,  was 
made  in  1628,  at  the  sessions  at  Morpeth,  the  sheriff's 
court  at  Alnwick,  and  on  the  great  door  of  the  church 
of  Bothal. 

13. — ADMEASUREMENT  and  TITHES  of  this  parish. 
Cawtey  Park  contains  1030  acres,  and  is  exempt  from 
all  tithe  by  a  modus  of  £ 3  a  year.  Hebburn  Demesne 
consists  of  Cockle  Park,  including  Woodhouses,  Blub- 
berymires,  Hebburn-hill,  and  Hanging-leaves,  besides 
the  township  of  East  and  West  Forest,  and  Pea-hills, 
and  one  farm  in  Tritlington,  all  which  together  contain 
2,092  acres,  and  are  exempt  from  all  manner  of  tithes 
by  the  annual  payment  of  a  modus  of  twenty  shillings. 
Bothal  Demesne,  as  has  been  noticed,  consists  of  White- 
field-house,  Bothal,  Bothal  Riding,  Bothal  Barns,  Co- 
ney garth,  New-moor,  Hirst,  and  Black  Close,  and  con- 
tains  2,960  acres,  and  pays  a  modus  of  6s  .8d.  annually  in 
lieu  of  all  tithes.  The  remaining  townships  of  the  pa- 
rish pay  tithe  in  kind,  excepting  hay,  for  which  each 
township  pays  a  modus,  as  follows  : — Ashington  2s.  6d. 
for  574  acres  ;  Old-moor  2s.  6d.  for  923  acres ;  Long- 
hurst  4s.  8d.  for  1520  acres ;  Pegsworth  2s.  for  1095 
acres;  Hebburn  6s.  9d.  for  1000  acres;  Fenrother  5s. 
for  1198  acres;  Earsdon  2s.  4d.  for  1087  acres;  Trit- 
lington (except  one  farm)  6s.  8d.  for  922  acres  :  so  that 
the  parish  has  6082  acres  exempt  from  tithe  of  corn 
and  hay  by  a  modus  of  £4  6s.  8d. ;  8319  acres  exempt 
from  hay  tithe  by  a  modus  of  £\  12s.  5d. ;  and  contains 
in  all  1 4,401  acres.  For  this  article,  and  much  other 
information  respecting  this  parish,  and  the  county  at 
large,  I  am  indebted  to  William  Lawson,  of  Longhurst, 
esq. 


ULGHAM,  in  the  charter  of  Henry  the  First,  which  conferred  the  right  of 
free  chase  upon  it  to  the  Merlay  family,  was  called  Elchamp*     It  is  a  paro- 


n  This  name  is  very  variously  written.  In  Robert  Bertram's  deed  to  Hugh  de  Morwick,  in 
Henry  the  Second's  time,  it  is  Hulcham.  In  the  account  of  knight's  fees,  about  the  year  1240, 
it  is  Ulwcham,  in  which  word  the  w  is  a  consonant,  and  should  be  pronounced  like  a  v.  After 

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174  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

chial  chapelry  subordinate  to  Morpeth,  but  separated  from  that  parish  by  the 
whole  breadth  of  the  parish  of  Bothal.  On  the  east,  it  is  bounded  by  the 
chapelry  of  Widdrington  arid  the  parish  of  Woodhorn  :  on  the  south,  by 
the  parish  of  Bothal ;  on  the  west,  by  the  chapelry  of  Hebburn  ;  and,  on  the 
north,  by  the  grounds  of  Chevington,  in  the  parish  of  Warkworth.  In  shape 
on  the  map,  it  somewhat  resembles  that  of  England  ;  the  broadest  part  being 
to  the  south,  and  measuring  about  2^  miles.  Its  greatest  length  is  not  more 
than  3|  miles.  In  1821,  it  contained  70  families,  each  inhabiting  a  distinct 
house,  and  the  whole  of  them  consisting  of  348  persons.  Some  of  its  soil, 
especially  about  the  village  of  Ulgham,  is  gravelly  and  good  :  but  a  consider- 
able part  of  it  is  stiff  and  clayey ;  which,  however,  under  good  management, 
is  very  suitable  to  the  growth  of  wheat  and  oats,  alternated  with  clover  and 
fallow.  Queen  Elizabeth,  Feb.  7»  1600,  disposed  of  coal  mines  in  the  grounds 
of  Ulgham  Grange  to  one  Thomas  Howbie  ;  and  a  bed  of  coal  is  still  seen 
cropping  out  in  the  banks  of  Ulgham  Mill,  nearly  opposite  to  which,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Line,  coal  pits  have  been  worked  no  great  length  of  time 
since. 

THE  CHAPEL  of  Ulgham  is  dedicated  to  St  John  the  Baptist,  the  anniver- 
sary of  whose  nativity  is  still  holden  here  according  to  the  old  style,  on  the 
5th  of  July,  which  is  the  day  of  Ulgham  feast.  I  know  nothing  about  the  an- 
tient  history  of  this  chapel.  The  present  edifice  is  modern  and  simple,  having 
no  pretensions  to  style  in  architecture.  Its  walls  within,  when  I  saw  them  in 

that  time  it  is  generally  written  Ulgham,  which,  in  its  first  form  ofElchamp,  I  think,  plainly  means 
water  field :  but  why  the  village  was  so  called  I  cannot  account.  Was  it  because  the  antient  hay 
or  enclosure,  mentioned  below  in  the  accounts  of  the  manor  of  Ulgham  and  the  estate  of  Ulghain 
Grange,  was  well  supplied  with  water,  and  that  the  village  was  contiguous  to  it  ?  Its  situation  on  the 
southern  bank  of  iheLine  is  remarkably  pleasant,  and  from  its  chapel  yard  the  very  extensive  plain 
on  which  it  stands  seems  to  have  no  swell  or  knoll  upon  it  as  far  as  Bedlington  on  the  south,  and 
Rimside  Moor  on  the  north.  I  have  before  shown,  that  the  words  Ell,  Hell,  Ull,  Hull,  Well,  and 
Elv,  or  Elf,  are  all  of  the  same  origin,  and  all  mean  water — (See  II.  i.  86,  87,  95,  195,  374.) 
The  modern  names  of  the  farm-houses  in  the  manor  of  Ulgham  are,  Ulgham  Fence,  The  Cockles, 
Ulgham  Broom,  Crowden-hill,  Hills,  Ulgham  Park,  Ulgham-hope,  Woodhouse,  Northwood-house, 
and  East,  Middle,  and  West  Stobswood  ;  and  those  in  Ulgham  Grange  estate,  Grange  Moor  and 
Farneybeds.  A  field,  called  Ulgham,  is  mentioned  in  the  description  of  the  boundary  of  the  manor 
of  Byres,  in  the  parish  of  Haltwhistle  (Hexham  Black  Book)  ;  and  Milo  de  Quittunstal  granted 
an  acre  of  land  upon  Ulvhom,  near  Whittonstall,  by  a  deed  without  date,  to  the  hospital  of  Saint 
Mary,  in  the  Westgate,  in  Newcastle. — (L.  213.) 


MORPETH  PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  ULGHAM. CHAPEL  AND  MANOR. 

1829*  instead  of  being  of  a  goodly  white,  were  painted  with  blotches  of  green 
and  black  damp.  Its  nave  is  38  feet  by  22,  and  its  chancel  of  a  proportionate 
size.  No  crosses  or  recumbent  figures  in  the  floors  or  walls  tell  us  of  any 
antient  family  of  wealth  residing  here,  excepting  one  solitary  inscription  on 
the  south  wall,  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Lawson,  of  Ulgham,  and  his  family.0 

A  weather-worn  bas-relief,  however,  of  which 
the  annexed  figure  is  a  representation,  is  here 
pointed  out  as  the  picture  of  George  and  the 
Dragon.  It  is  on  a  stone,  which  serves  as  a 
lintel  to  a  window  which  has  been  walled  up, 
j|  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  and  by  its 
shape  seems  to  have  been  the  top  of  a  head- 
. stone  :  but  to  what  legend  or  tradition  the 
figures  relate  I  cannot  conjecture.  They  seem  intended  to  represent  a  knight 
defending  a  lady  from  two  birds.  The  rector  of  Morpeth  has  an  indifferent 
house  in  the  village,  with  about  20  acres  of  glebe  land  attached  to  it. 

MANOR. — This  chapelry  was  one  of  the  manors  of  the  barony  of  Morpeth, 
which  accounts  for  its  being  parochially  included  in  the  parish  of  that  name. 
Ranulph  de  Merlay,  when  he  founded  Newminster  Abbey,  in  1138,  gave  to 
the  abbot  and  convent  of  that  house  the  portion  of  it  which  is  now  called 
Ulgham  Grange  :  and  it  was  probably  one  of  his  family  who  conferred  upon 
the  prior  of  the  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem  the  lands  here,  over  which 
that  fraternity  claimed  various  privileges  at  the  assizes,  in  Newcastle,  in 
1294  :p  but  Robert  de  Somerville  and  Isabella  his  wife,  at  the  same  assizes, 
showed  that  they  had  right  of  warren  in  all  their  land  in  Northumberland,  by 
the  special  grant  of  Henry  the  First,  to  their  ancestor  Ranulph  de  Mer- 
lay ;  and  also  claimed  free  chase  "  in  Ulgham,  by  a  charter  of  the  same 

0  "  Near  this  place  lyeth  the  body  of  Mr  Robert  Lawson,  who  died  the  8th  day  of  August, 
1697  .  Of  Mrs  Elizabeth  Lawson,  the  first  wife  of  the  said  Robert,  who  died  21st  Feb.  1668  . 
Of  Mrs  Catharine  Lawson,  his  second  wife,  who  died  27  Nov.  1698  .  Of  Jane  Lawson,  daughter 
to  Robert  and  Elizabeth,  who  died  the  18th  Jan.  1663  .  Of  Ralph  Lawson,  second  son  to  Robert 
and  Eliz.,  who  died  15  Sept.  1693  .  And  of  Lawson  Armstrong,  who  died  4th  Dec.  1822,  aged  82." 

CHARITIES. — George  Wilson,  in  1716,  left  to  the  poor  of  this  chapelry  some  plot  of  ground, 
which,  in  1786,  was  in  the  possession  of  George  Nelson,  and  of  the  annual  value  of  £1  10s. : 
and,  in  1 824,  Miss  Ann  Coward,  of  Hadston  Linkhouse,  gave  a  legacy  of  £20  to  the  same  purpose. 

P  III.  ii.  130. 


176  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

king,  which  they  produced  in  court,  and  which  testified  that  king  Hensy  the 
First  gave  to  their  foresaid  ancestor,  Rarmlph  de  Merlay,  all  his  woods,  hay, 
and  chace  of  Elchamp"*  The  Hays  or  Hags  of  former  ages  were  grounds 
that  were  hedged  round  ;  and  the  "  Haye"  of  this  place  is  again  mentioned 
in  John  de  Greystock's  restitution  of  right  of  common,  to  the  monks  of  New- 
minster,  upon  his  grounds  in  Stobbiford,  and  elsewhere  in  Ulgham,  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Line. 

THE  VILLAGE  OF  ULGHAM,  as  I  have  already  noticed,  stands  very  pleasant- 
ly on  the  south  side  of  the  Line,  which  runs  past  it,  under  narrow  and  woody 
banks,  and  has  the  road  from  Morpeth  by  Widdrington  to  Warkworth  passing 
through  the  western  part  of  it.  It  consists  of  four  farm-houses  and  two  ale- 
houses, disposed  in  two  rows,  and  interspersed  with  very  indifferent  thatched 
cottages,  with  gardens  behind,  and  a  wide  disorderly  street  between  them/  A 
few  of  its  cottages  have,  however,  been  lately  re-built  in  a  good  and  substantial 
style,  and  more  are  now  in  the  same  praiseworthy  progress  of  improvement. 
Here  still  remains,  a  sacred  and  venerable  object  of  antient  times,  a  stump  of 
the  village  cross,  4  feet  high,  with  steps  up  to  it,  once  neatly  fluted,  but  now 
guttered  by  the  weather,  and  worn  into  hollows  by  whetting  upon.  The  vil- 
lagers have  a  vulgar  tradition,  that  it  was  a  cross  to  hold  a  market  at  when 
there  was  a  plague  at  Morpeth.  But  their  predecessors,  before  the  fanaticism 
of  the  Commonwealth  broke  off  the  holy  sign  that  surmounted  it,  assembled 
about  it  in  groups  in  summer  evenings  ;  and  the  only  throng  that  ever  ga- 
thered about  it,  was  on  the  day5  of  the  dedication  of  their  chapel,  when  the 
people  in  the  neighbouring  villages  came  to  partake  of  the  joy  and  festivities 
of  Ulgham  feast,  which  is  now  dwindled  into  a  poor  gingerbread  fair,  and  the 
purposes  of  its  institution  forgotten.  The  chapel  yard  and  gardens  here 
abound  with  the  garden  snail  (Helix  hortensis),  a  filthy  and  destructive  ani- 
mal, which  ought  to  be  carefully  gathered,  and  destroyed. 

•5  III.  i.  184. 

r  The  large  old  hall  house  at  the  east  end  of  the  village,  and  adjoining  to  the  church  yard,  has, 
for  many  generations,  been  occupied  by  the  respectable  family  of  Wilson,  which  formerly  resided 
under  the  Dacres  and  Howards,  about  Naworth  Castle,  in  Gilsland. 

s  On  Old  Midsummer-day,  July  5,  the  people  of  this  country  used  formerly  to  assemble  in  large 
concourses,  at  Holy  Wells ;  and  still  do  so  in  Ireland.  In  the  old  pagan  theology,  it  was  the  day 
of  the  feast  of  the  summer  solstice,  when  the  sun  entered  the  tropic  of  Cancer,  which  was  the 
northern  gate  by  which  Mercury  conducted  souls  to  their  birth  from  the  moon. 


MORPETH  PARISH. CHAPELRY  OF  ULGHAM. ULGHAM  HALL  &  GRANGE.       177 

ULGHAM  HALL  is  situated  at  the  west  end  of  the  village  of  Ulgham,  and 
was  probably  the  mansion-house  of  the  ground  in  that  place,  which,  in  1294, 
belonged  to  the  knights  of  the  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem.  In  1663,  it 
belonged  to  Robert  Lawson,'  whose  descendant,  Lawson  Armstrong,  left  it  to 
his  grandson,  Mr  John  Swallow,  of  Morpeth,  who  is  the  only  freeholder  in 
this  chapelry,  excepting  the  earl  of  Carlisle  and  earl  Grey. 

ULGHAM  GRANGE,  in  the  occupation  of  Ralph  Fenwick,  esq.u  stands 
on  the  northern  bank  of  the  Line,  overlooking  the  mill  and  windings  of  the 
stream,  and  has  old  trees  and  a  trim  terrace  in  the  ascent  to  it  in  front,  and 
excellent  farm  premises  behind  it.  This  is  the  estate  in  "  Ulacum"v  which 
Ranulph  de  Merlay,  by  his  charter,  in  1138,  gave  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
Newminster  for  the  purpose  of  founding  granges  upon,  and  by  these  bounda- 
ries : — "  From  the  Eagle's  Nest  to  the  Well  of  Erard,  and  as  the  strand  of 
that  well  runs  into  the  Lima,  and  as  the  Lima  runs  to  the  march  of  Linton, 
and  so  to  the  march  of  Forum."  Erard's  Well  has  lost  its  name,  but  rises 
near  a  clump  of  beech  trees  just  east  of  Northwood-house,  and  its  strand, 
which  runs  southward  into  the  Line,  is  still  the  boundary  between  the  grounds 
of  Ulgham  and  Ulgham  Grange.  The  Eagle's  Nest  must,  therefore,  have 
been  north  of  Erard's  Well,  in  the  oak  wood  on  the  north  boundary  of  this 
estate.  The  name  and  situation  of  Forum  are  also  forgotten  :  it  was  an 
estate  which  Robert  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  sometime  in  the  reign  of  king  John, 
gave  also  to  the  monks  of  Newminster.  It  is  plain  from  the  course  of  the  above 
described  boundary,  that  this  Forum  was  situated  on  the  north-east  side  of 
the  ground  included  in  Ranulph  de  Merlay's  grant  already  quoted.  I  think  it 
probable  that  it  included  a  part  at  least  of  the  lands  of  the  farm  called  Far- 
neybeds,  which  occupy  that  situation,  and  are  comprized  within  the  boundary 
of  the  present  estate  of  Ulgham  Grange.  John  de  Greystock,  finding  that  his 

*  9  March,  1698  :  adm.  to  goods  of  Robert  Lawson,  of  Ulgham,  mentions  Catharine  his  widow, 
and  George  Lawson,  of  Gloster-hill,  parish  of  Warkworth,  gentleman,  their  son. — (Raine's  Test. 
221. ,/  20  March,  1699  :  adm.  to  goods  of  Catharine  Lawson,  of  Ulgham,  widow  :  Anne  Ogle, 
of  Carter  Moor,  widow  of  Mark  Ogle,  sister  of  the  deceased (Id.  213J 

u  Administration  to  the  goods  of  Jane  Fenwick,  of  Ulgham  Grange,  24  May,  1698,  was  grant- 
ed to  Gerard  Fenwick,  of  the  same  place,  Thomas  Fenwick,  of  Preston,  and  Arthur  Fenwick,  of 
Morpeth  ;  and  the  administration  to  the  goods  of  Muriel  Fenwick,  of  Ulgham  Grange,  widow,  24 
May,  1699,  mentions  her  son  Richard.— (Raine's  Test.  213,  222.; 
v  In  Dugdale's  Mon.  916,  it  is  "  grangia  de  Hulwane ;"  but  both  these  are  incorrect  readings. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  2    Z 


178  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

ancestor  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  when  he  founded  the  abbey  of  Newmirister, 
endowed  it,  among  other  things,  with  common  of  pasture  of  all  his  lands, 
and  that  some  of  this  Ranulph's  heirs  had,  by  power,  deprived  them  of  that 
privilege  at  "  Stobbiford,"  and  elsewhere  in  Ulgham  ;  and,  unwilling  that  his 
own  soul,  or  the  souls  of  his  ancestors,  or  heirs,  should  be  punished,  or  put 
in  danger  for  the  injustice  done  to  the  religious  of  that  house,  by  this  unjust 
abstraction,  at  the  petition  and  instance  of  such  religious,  restored  to  them 
common  of  pasture  for  all  their  stock,  excepting  goats,  on  Stobbiford  and 
elsewhere,  as  well  in  the  woods  as  on  the  open  grounds  of  Ulgham,  on  the 
north  side  of  the  "  Lyne,"  excepting  in  the  corn  and  meadow  lands,  and  in 
the  Heye.  Also  he  granted  to  them,  that  if  their  cattle  should  at  any  time 
stray  into  the  corn  fields  on  the  south  side  of  the  Line,  they  should  be  chased 
away  without  impounding  or  other  hindrance  ;  and  he  further  granted  that 
they  should  have  pannage  for  their  swine  in  the  wood  of  Ulgham.w  After 
the  dissolution  of  religious  houses,  Ulgham  Grange  continued  for  some  time 
to  be  a  possession  of  the  crown,  amongst  which  it  is  reckoned  in  1568.  In 
1600,  queen  Elizabeth,  as  I  noticed  before,  conveyed  coal  mines  here  to 
Thomas  Howbie  ;  and,  19_Dec.  1601,  she  granted  the  manor  of  Ulgham 
Grange  with  its  appurtenances,  to  Edward  Carrill,  and  others/  In  1648,  it 
belonged  to.  col.  Edward  Grey,  who  was  then  residing  upon  it ;  but  some  time 
between  that  year  and  1660,  becoming  a  delinquent  to  the  Commonwealth, 
his  estates  were  forfeited.  Those  of  Little  Benton,  Heaton,  and  Higham 
Dikes,  which  he  obtained  by  marrying  the  widow  of  Robert  Mitford,  of  Seg- 
hill,  were  sold,  20  Feb.  4657,  to  Mr  Pirn,  for  £3,189,  by  the  trustees  of  for- 
feited estates  ;y  but  Ulgham  Grange,  in  1663,  still  continued  in  col.  Grey's 
possession,  and  at  present  is  the  property  of  earl  Grey. 

THE  PARISH  of  WOODHORNZ  contains  the  chapelries  of  Newbigging, 
Widdrington,  and  Horton,  exclusive  of  which,  it  consists  of  seven  townships, 
viz. :  Woodhorn,  Woodhorn  Demesne,  North  Seaton,  Hurst,  Linemouth,  El- 

•>lV.,.,  .  .  .I.-V  i/rJ  *i£v<        l.ii r 

w  Wallis,  ii.  310,  where  the  original  Latin  of  this  deed  is  given. 
x  Land  Rev.  Off.  Records,  xi.  240;  xii.  160.  >  Linden  Papers. 

z  Woodhorn,  i.  e.  the  wood  corner,  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  hejvn,  a  corner,  having  probably  been 
the  south-east  corner  of  the  wood  which  formerly  overspread  this  coast  (however  now  denuded  of 
it),  as  we  learn  from  many  etymological  intimations  in  this  neighbourhood  :  e.  gr.  Wid  or  Wood- 
rington,  Hirst,  Longhurst,  Norwood,  i.  e.  Northilood ;  Stobswood,  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  Stub  or 
Stobbe,  the  stump  of  a  tree;  Northhurst,  Woodhouse,  Woodhouses,  $c.—(Archa;ol.  ML  L  258.)  The 


WOODHORN  PARISH. BOUNDARIES,  SOIL,  &c.  179 

lington,  and  Cresswell.  On  the  north,  it  is  boundered  by  the  chapelry  of 
Widdrington  ;  on  the  east,  by  the  German  ocean  and  the  chapelry  of  New- 
bigging ;  on  the  south,  by  the  river  Wansbeck ;  and,  on  the  west,  by  the 
parish  of  Bothal  and  the  chapelry  of  Widdrington.  With  Newbigging,  in 
1809,  it  was  assessed  to  gaol  cess  on  a  rental  of  £11,660  ;  in  1815,  to  pro- 
perty tax  on  £11,734  a  year  ;  and,  in  1821,  contained  1378  persons — of  whom 
64  were  artisans,  106  neither  mechanics  nor  husbandmen  (chiefly  fishermen), 
and  the  rest  employed  in  agriculture.  In  its  length  from  north  to  south  it  is 
about  six  miles,  and  its  mean  breadth  about  two  miles.  Some  of  its  land, 
especially  about  Woodhorn  and  Woodhorn  Demesne,  may  be  ranked  amongst 
the  best  in  the  county  for  grazing ;  and  nearly  the  whole  of  it  is  well  adapted 
to  agriculture.  One  thing  in  this  parish  must  not  be  passed  over  without 
observation — the  great  improvement  which  has  been  made  of  late  in  the 
roads  through  it,  and  indeed  all  the  way  from  the  sea  to  Morpeth — for  which 
the  neighbourhood  are  indebted  to  the  activity,  public  spirit,  and  munificence 
of  A.  J.  Cresswell  Baker,  esq. 

The  connection  of  the  church  of  this  parish  with  the  monastery  of  Tyne- 
mouth,  and  of  much  of  its  lands  with  the  barony  of  Balliol,  induces  me  to 
think  that  it  was  formerly  a  possession  of  Robert  Mowbray,  earl  of  Northum- 
berland :  for  that  nobleman  re-founded  the  priory  of  Tynemouth  ;  and  many 
of  his  estates,  after  his  attainder,  were  granted  to  the  Balliol  family.  In 
1240,  John  de  Balliol  held  in  capite  of -the  crown,  the  barony  of  Bywell, 
which  at  that  time  consisted  of  Newbigging,  Woodhorn  and  its  members,1 
Linemouth  and  Hurst,  Haliwell,  Linton,  and  Ellington  with  Cresswell  and 
Ayden  its  members,  all  in  this  parish,  besides  considerable  possessions  hi 
the  parishes  of  Stamfordham,  Chollerton,  and  Bywell  St  Peter,*  at  which 
time  Robert  de  Rue  held  Linemouth  and  half  of  Hurst  by  a  twelfth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee,  and  Adam  de  Perington,  Ellington,  Cresswell,  and  Hayden,  by 
one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoffment,  as  mesne  tenants  under  the  BalliolsJ 

Kelso  Chartulary  contains  several  deeds  respecting  a  fishery  on  the  Tweed,  called  Wdkorne. 
Churches,  in  Latin,  were  frequently  called  cases ;  and,  in  Anglo-Saxon,  herns,  as  the  Candida 
Casa  of  Bede,  which  the  Saxon  settlers  called  Whiihern  or  Whithorn,  Was  this  church  originally 

built  of  wood,  and  the  place  thence  called  Woodhorn  ? 

. 
a  III.  i.  212.     The  places  in  this  parish  which  contributed  to  the  expences  of  the  knights  of  the 

shire  in  5  Ric.  II.  were  "  the  borough  of  Newbigging  6s,  the  ville  of  Seaton  2s.,  Woodhorn  3s., 
Hirst  and  Lynemouth  2s.,  and  Ellington,  Cresswell,  and  Ayden  3s.  4d. — (Wallis,  apx.  5.) 


\ 


180  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

This  John  de  Balliol  was  a  baron  of  great  distinction  and  power ;  and,  as 
founder  of  Balliol  college,  in  Oxford,  has  rendered  his  name  deservedly  dear 
to  all  lovers  of  sound  and  useful  learning.  Besides  his  Northumberland 
estates,  he  was  possessed  of  the  barony  of  Barnard-castle,  and,  in  right  of  his 
wife  Dervaguilla,  was  lord  of  Galloway  :  for  she  was  a  daughter  of  Alan  lord  of 
Galloway,  grand-daughter  of  David  earl  of  Huntingdon,  and  great  niece  of 
Malcolm  the  Third  and  William  the  Lion,  kings  of  Scotland.  This  connec- 
tion with  royalty,  however,  led  the  way  to  the  ruin  of  his  house.  Edward 
the  First,  in  1292,  gave  the  crown  of  Scotland  to  his  youngest  son  John  de 
Balliol,  but  in  1296  compelled  him  to  resign  it ;  and  granted  his  estates  to 
John  Dreux,  earl  of  Britanny  and  Richmond,  which  grant  was  confirmed  by 
charter  of  Edward  the  Second,  dated  August  12,  1308,  and  in  the  list  of  the 
estates  which  it  conveyed,  mentions  "  the  manors  of  Bywell  and  Wodehorn," 
and  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  Agnes  de  Valence  and  Alianora  de 
Genevre,  widows  of  his  brothers  Hugh  and  Alexander,  held  in  dower  in  the 
inheritance  of  the  deposed  monarch.5  Agnes  de  Valence  was  a  lady  of  high 
rank,  and  seems  to  have  been  endowed  with  a  spirit  that  was  anxious  to  sup- 
port a  larger  portion  of  dignity  and  property  than  had  fallen  to  her  share  ; 
but  the  tyrannous  proceedings  of  the  king's  cousin  could  not  daunt  the  cou- 
rageous mind  of  her  neighbour  at  Woderington  :  for,  in  1290,  Adam  de 
Widdrington,  in  a  petition  before  the  king  in  parliament,  on  account  of  divers 
fines  being  unjustly  levied  upon  him  and  his  tenants  by  this  Agnes  and  her 
bailiffs,  in  Woodhorn,  prayed  that  Thomas  de  Normanville  and  William  de 
Vescy  might  be  appointed  justices,  together  with  the  vicar  of  the  place,  to 
hear  and  determine  the  several  matters  of  trespass  of  which  he  complained.0 
At  the  assizes  in  Newcastle,  in  1294,  the  same  Agnes  being  summoned  to 
show  by  what  warrant  she  claimed  the  privilege  of  free  warren  in  her  demesne 
lands  in  Woodhorn,  and  infangthef,  gallows,  market,  fair,  and  assize  of 
bread  and  ale  in  Newbigging  and  Woodhorn,  pleaded  that  these  places  which 
she  held  in  dower  were  in  the  inheritance  of  John,  king  of  Scotland,  and  that 
she  could  not,  therefore,  answer  to  the  matters  in  question  :  but  Balliol's 
attorney  appeared  in  court,  and  claimed  the  grant  of  a  weekly  market  on 

b  See  the  statement  of  the  connection  between  the  Balliol,  Valentia,  and  Strathbolgie  families 
above,  pp.  41  and  42.  c  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  5. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WOODHORN.  181 

Mondays,  at  Newbigging,  by  charter  of  Henry  the  Third,  which  he  produced 
in  court.  He  also  claimed  an  annual  on  the  eve,  day,  and  morrow  of  the 
feast  of  St  Bartholomew,  by  a  charter,  dated  in  the  forty-fifth  year  of  the 
same  king's  reign.  For  the  rest  of  the  privileges  he  pleaded  enjoyment  "  ab 
antique  ;"  and  the  judgement  for  the  defendant  was  "  eat  inde  sine  die."d 
Balliol,  after  resigning  the  crown  of  Scotland,  became  the  pitiless  companion 
of  captivity  and  misfortune  ;  and  "  forsaking  wholly  the  administration  of  the 
Scottish  dominion,  finally  went  over  into  Normandy  to  his  antient  inheritance 
and  lands  there,  where,  at  length  falling  blind,  and  wasting  away  by  long  age, 
he  departed  out  of  this  world  in  the  castle  of  Galliard,  leaving  those  lands 
which  he  possessed  on  that  side  of  the  sea  unto  his  son  Edward  Balliol,  who, 
being  released  out  of  captivity,  was  come  over  to  his  father  before  his  de- 
cease.6" In  addition  to  his  former  grant,  Richmond,  in  1309,  had  a  charter 
for  a  market  and  fair  at  Newbigging,  in  this  parish,  which  was  probably  given 
to  him  by  way  of  confirming  the  grants  formerly  made  by  Henry  the  Third 
for  similar  purposes  ;f  but  having  been  engaged  in  negotiations  connected 
with  the  quarrels  in  the  royal  family,  the  king,  in  1326,  accused  him  of  pre- 
varicating in  the  execution  of  his  orders,  seized  his  lands  and  goods,  and  put 
the  honor  of  Richmond  and  the  manors  of  Bywell  and  Woodhorn  under  the 
custody  of  Robert  of  Byncester.8  After  the  earl  of  Richmond's  death,  in 
1334,  a  writ  of  ad  quod  damnum  was  issued  to  enquire  what  waste  and  de- 
struction had  been  committed  upon  the  manors  of  Bywell  and  Woodhorn, 
and  other  lands,  which  had  belonged  to  John  de  Balliol ;  and  Edward  the 
Third,  in  the  following  year,  in  consideration  of  good  services  done  to  him, 
and  by  way  of  covering  some  grants  which  he  had  made  to  David  de  Strath- 
bolgie,  earl  of  Athol,  gave  the  manors  of  Woodhorn  and  Newbigging  in  fee 
to  John  de  Denton,  a  burgess  of  Newcastle,  and  mayor  of  that  town  in  1336,h 
in  which  year,  Mary,  countess  of  Pembroke,  and  widow  of  sir  Adomar  de 
Valence,  granted  to  the  same  John  de  Denton  the  manor  of  Woodhorn  and 
the  ville  of  Newbigging,  with  rents  there,  and  in  Hirst  and  Linemouth.  In 
1343,  Denton  conveyed  both  the  manors  of  Woodhorn  and  Newbigging  to  sir 
Gerard  de  Widdrington  ;  though  I  think  it  probable  that  his  conveyance  in- 
cluded only  the  reversion  of  the  fee  simple  in  them  after  the  death  of  the 
countess  of  Pembroke,  who  died  in  1377  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Wood- 

d  III.  i.  155.  e  Hoi.  Hist,  of  Scot.  p.  208.  f  III.  ii.  394. 

s  Rapin,  i.  400 ;  Rymer,  iv.  209  j  III.  ii.  300.         h  III.  ii.  369 ;  and  Woodb.  Misc.  No,  9, 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3  A 


182  MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

horn,  Seaton,  Hurst,  and  the  ville  of  Newbigging,  besides  several  places  in 
the  barony  of  Mitford.1  Slavery  continued  to  linger  on  these  estates  a  century 
after  they  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Widdringtons ;  for,  in  1470,  sir  Gerrard 
Widdrington,  by  his  deed,  manumitted  his  native,  William  Atkinson,  and 
granted  to  him  the  office  of  bailiff  of  the  ville  and  demesne  of  Woodhorn.j 
The  inquests  after  the  death  of  the  Widdringtons,  also  show  that  their  posses- 
sions here  continued,  from  the  time  they  acquired  them  in  1343,  to  that  of 
the  dowrifal  of  their  house  in  the  Rebellion  in  1715,  to  be  holden  of  the 
barony  of  Bywell,  and  not  in  capite  of  the  crown  ;  and,  by  a  rental  of  that 
barony  made  in  1624,  it  appears  that  the  bailiff  of  Bywell  had  officially  to 
answer  to  his  lord  for  castle  ward  and  coinage  payable  to  him  out  of  various 
places,  and  amongst  the  rest  out  of  "  Halliwell,  4s.  6d.  ;  Hurst,  15d. ;  Line- 
mouth,  5s.  ;  Seaton,  12s. ;  Ellington,  7d.  ob.  ;  Cresswell,  7d.  ob. ;  T:  Wood- 
horn,  15d." 

THE  CHURCH  of  Woodhorn  and  that  of  Bywell  St  Peter,  with  Coquet 
Island,  and  the  lands  of  Amble,  between  the  years  1097  and  1119,  were  set- 
tled upon  the  Abbey  of  St  Alban's  as  the  portion  of  that  house  out  of  the 
revenues  of  its  subordinate  priory  of  Tynemouth.k  This  arrangement,  how- 
ever, was  afterwards  broken  into,  and  the  advowson  and  impropriation  of  this 
church  regularly  confirmed  upon  Tynemouth. 

After  the  Dissolution,  the  vicarage  paid  to  the  crown,  under  the  head 
of  pensions  and  portions,  the  annual  sum  of  seven  marks.1  The  registers  of 
the  consistory  court  of  Durham  contain  depositions  and  decrees  respecting 
the  vicarial  tithes  of  this  parish,  especially  during  the  time  of  Mr  Simcoe, 

1  See  Woodh.  Misc.  Nos.  2,  3,  4,  and  12 ;  III.  ii.  274,  275 ;  III.  i.  88. 

J  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  6.  The  class  of  bond  servants  antiently  called  natives,  were  persons  born 
in  the  manors  of  the  lords  to  whom  they  were  subject.  Some  of  them  were  bondmen  by  birth  or 
stock ;  others  by  contract. — (See  CowelL) 

k  Abbas  Richardus,  assensu  conventus  unanimi,  decrevit  ecclesiam  de  Thinemue  solvere  ecclesiae 
sancti  Albani  (videlicet  festo  ejusdem)  triginta  solidos  sub  tali  forma.  "  Ut  nee  ipse  abbas  nee 
"  aliquis  ex  parte  sua  aliud  quicquam  exigat  ab  ipsa  ecclesia  aut  suis  hominibus  .  Sic  tamen, 
"  quod  abbas  retineret  in  manu  sua  Ambellum,  et  insulam  de  Koket,  et  ecclesiam  de  Biwella,  et 
"  ecclesiam  de  Wudehorne  .  Et  si  quando  abbas  illuc  ire  voluerit  cum  viginti  hominibus  per 
"  quindecim  dies  in  sumptibus  ejusdem  ecclesiae  perendinaret  .  Si  vero  negotio  fratrum  de  Thine- 
"  mue  abbati  eundi  causa  existent,  in  sumptu  ejusdem  ecclesiae,  associatis  cum  quibusdam  feo- 
"  datis,  qui  de  jure  et  consuetudine  armigerorum  vices  gerere  debent,  viam  faceret  atque  moram  . 
"  Quos  et  ipse  feodavit  et  ad  illud  assignavit." — (Mat.  Paris  in  Vit.  xxiii*  Sc.  Alb.  Abb.  p.  55.) 

1  Brand's  Newc.  ii.  111. 


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who  obtained  a  decree  for  tithe  of  lobsters  landed  at  Newbigging.  The  same 
office  also  contains  a  terrier  of  the  glebe  lands  of  this  church,  and  proceedings 
in  a  suit  respecting  dilapidations  in  the  manse  of  the  vicarage.  In  the  time 
of  queen  Elizabeth,  Robert  Dudley  had  a  suit  in  chancery  with  vicar  Henley, 
the  object  of  which  was  to  compel  the  defendant  to  produce  the  deeds  of  a 
messuage  in  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  which  the  plaintiff  had  purchased  of  the 
crown,  and  had  belonged  to  the  vicarage  of  Woodhorn,  or  to  a  chantry  in  the 
church  there  ;m  and  Mr  Kennicott,  the  present  incumbent,  after  long  litiga- 
tion, had  a  decree  in  the  same  court  for  tithe  of  agistment  in  several  parts  of 
the  parish.  Concerning  the  rectory  of  this  church  there  are  copies  of  several 
deeds,  made  during  the  time  of  queen  Elizabeth,  in  the  office  of  the  auditor 
of  the  land  revenue,  Spring  Gardens,  London.  In  1291,  the  rectory  was 
valued  at  £75  Is.  8d.  a  year ;  the  vicarage,  with  the  chapelry  of  Horton, 
at  £50  ;  and  the  rectorial  part  of  Horton  at  £20  13s.  4d. ;  when  the  prior 
of  Tynemouth  had  an  annual  portion  out  of  the  rectory  of  Woodhorn, 
the  particulars  of  the  emolument  of  which  were  as  follows  : — In  Wood- 
horn  25  marks,  in  Seaton  24  marks,  Widdrington  12  marks,  "  Hai- 
den"  5  marks,  Chibburn  40s.,  Linemouth  and  Hirst  100s.,  Ellington  13 
marks,  and  from  the  mill  of  the  same  village  15s.  ;  in  Dririgge  40s.,  Cress- 
well  13  marks,  and  in  Linton  6  marks — in  all  £75  Is.  8d.  ;  the  tenths  of 
which  were  £7  10s.  2d.  The  rectorial  proceeds  in  Horton  were  at  the  same 
time  assessed  in  the  following  manner  : — In  Horton  20  marks,  in  Coopen  8 
marks,  Bebside  40s. — in  all  £20  13s.  ;  the  tenths  of  it  being  £2  Is.  3|d. 
As  this  taxation  was  made  by  the  receiver  of  the  rents,  and  other  servants  of 
the  prior  and  convent  of  Tynemouth,  and  for  the  express  purpose  of  paying 
tenths  to  the  crown  by,  it  may  be  fairly  considered  to  be  charged  upon  a  mo- 
derate, if  not  upon  an  easy  rental.  In  1628,  the  mercers  company  in 
London  made  an  extensive  purchase  of  tithes  of  sir  John  Fenwick,  among 
which  was  a  moiety  of  the  great  tithes  of  Woodhorn,  Widdrington,  Two- 
steads,  North  Seaton,  Cresswell,  Horton,  Horton  Demesnes,  Hirst,  Hut- 
ton,  Ellington,  Lynton,  and  Lynmouth,  which  moiety  they  still  hold ;  the 
Rev.  Dr  White,  as  rector  of  Hampstead,  being  the  impropriator  for  the 
other  half."  Some  parcels  of  the  great  tithes  of  this  parish  also  belong  to 
the  duke  of  Northumberland,  Adam  Askew,  esq.,  and  the  rev.  Joseph  Cook, 
of  Newton  Hall. 

m  Cal.  of  Proc.  in  Chanc.  i,  256.  n  See  Brand's  Newc.  ii.  593 ;  Wallis,  ii.  1 10. 


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WOODHORN  CHURCH 

Is  dedicated  to  St  Mary,  and  in  the  patronage  of  the  bishop  of  Durham.     It 
consists  of  a  tower,  nave  of  three  aisles,  and  a  chancel,  all  covered  with  rude 
unsightly  roofs,  and  forming,  in  every  point  of  view,  a  very  unfavourable  sub- 
ject for  the  pencil.     The  tower  on  the  outside  of  its  west  wall  has  the  arms 
of  Widdrington  and  Ogle,  and  a  male  figure,  with  its  hands  in  a  praying  pos- 
ture, carved  in  high  relief  on  stone  :  internally  it  is  15  feet  by  12,  and  engaged 
with  the  nave  by  a  semi-circular  arch.     The  nave  is  nearly  square,  being  45f 
feet  from  north  to  south,  and  44  from  east  to  west ;  and  has  on  each  side, 
next  the  tower,   two  low  Norman  piers  and  arches,   and  one  on  each  side, 
next  the  chancel,  high  .and  pointed,   and  that  on  the  north  richly  moulded. 
The  vestry  is  at  the  north-east  corner  of  the  nave,   and  has  near  its  door  a 
neat  female  figure,  with  a  dog  and  two  cherubs  at  its  feet,   carved  in  sand- 
stone.    The  chancel  walls  are  very  antient,  its  roof  covered  with  black  slate, 
and  modern  :  it  measures  44^  feet  by  l6f  broad,  has  three  lancet  windows  in 
the  east,  and  is  lighted  both  from  the  north  and  south :  the  inscriptions  in  it 
are  given  in  the  Miscellanea  respecting  the  church ;   and  the  substance  of 
those  in  the  burial  place  of  the  Watsons,  of  North  Seaton,  in  the  south-west 
corner  of  the  nave,  is  worked  into  the  pedigree  of  that  family,  under  North 
Seaton.  The  chapels  of  Horton  and  Widdrington  were  separated  from  Wood- 
horn,  and  had  separate  endowments  settled  upon  them  in  the  time  of  vicar 
Wibbersley. 


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185 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  WOODHORN  CHURCH. 

No.  I — VICARS Richard  Parson  of  Woodhorn,  oc- 
curs with  Robert  Bertram  and  Richard  his  brother,  as 
a  witness  to  a  deed  respecting  Ellington,  in  the  time 
of  king  John (  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  7.) 

Gaufridus  Vicarius  de  Wudhorne,  1224,  occurs  as  a 
witness  to  bishop  Richard  de  Marisco's  endowment  of 
Chatton  vicarage. — (HI.  ii.  151.) 

Sir  Luke,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  witnesses  a  deed  of  the 
prior  of  Biinkburne  respecting  land  in  Newbigging,  in 
1334.— (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  8.) 

Robert  Aleford,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  occurs  in  an  El- 
lington deed  of  the  date  50  Edw.  3,  1376 — (Id.  No.  9.) 

Robert  de  Bothe,  1389.  Alexander  de  Burgh,  1410. 
William  Couton. 

Thomas  Robert,  1411,  after  the  resignation  of  Couton: 
rector  of  Whalton  in  14  J  5. 

Richard  Marshall,  1415,  after  the  resignation  of  Ro- 
bert. 

John  Lee,  1429,  after  the  resignation  of  Marshall. 

Robert  Watson. 

William  Evenwode,  1483,  after  the  death  of  Watson. 

Thomas  Patonson,  1506,  after  the  death  of  Even- 
wode :  collated  by  Cuthbert  Tunstal,  bishop  of  Durham. 

Thomas  Burton,  L.L.B.,  14  Oct.  1533,  after  the  death 
of  Patonson:  vicar  of  Mitford  in  1531 ;  master  of  Elli- 
shaw  Hospital,  in  Redesdale,  in  1534. 

Ralph  Tod,  L.L.B.,  6  June,  1546,  after  the  death  of 
Burton  :  vicar  of  Hartburn  in  1554. 

Thomas  Henley,  or  Hundley,  clerk,  1  Ap.  1569,  after 
the  death  of  Tod.  He  had  a  suit  for  dilapidations  with 
the  representatives  of  his  predecessor,  in  which  it  ap- 
peared that  Tod,  in  the  ten  years  immediately  pre- 
ceding his  death,  had  built  two  lofts  to  the  vicarage- 
house,  both  then  utterly  decayed  and  clean  fallen  to 
the  ground ;  and  did  also  repair  and  le-edify  a  little 
chapel  belonging  to  the  said  vicarage,  adjoining  nigh 
unto  the  same ;  and,  in  about  five  or  six  years  last  past, 
did,  at  his  own  costs  and  charges,  build  and  erect  a  new 
barn,  parcel  now  of  the  houses  belonging  to  the  said 
vicarage,  and  did  also  build  anew,  &c.  and  repair  a  dove 
cot.  He  had  also  a  suit  in  chancery  with  one  Robert 
Dudley  respecting  the  writings  to  a  house  in  Newcastle, 
which  had  belonged  to  9.  chauntry  in  Woodhorn  church. 

Edward  Bethome,  15$9;  after  the  death  of  Henley. 

Robert  Mason,  1588,  after  the  death  of  Bethome. 

Michael  Colman,  A.B.,  26  Nov.  1609. 

John  Cradock,  M.A.  &  D.D.  I  have  not  seen  when 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3 


he  was  collated  to  this  vicarage  ;  but  he  was  preferred 
to  the  fifth  stall  in  Durham  Cathedral,  Aug.  7»  and  in- 
stalled Aug.  18,  1619.  In  the  same  year  he  was  col- 
lated archdeacon  of  Northumberland  ;  but  resigned  that 
office  Aug.  6,  on  being  appointed,  on  the  same  day,  the 
bishop's  spiritual  chancellor  and  vicar-general.  He  was 
also  presented  to  Northallerton,  Feb.  23,  1624,  and  had 
the  rectory  of  Gainford.  He  died,  and  w  as  buried  in 
the  church  here,  Aug.  1627.  Heavy  charges  were  pre- 
ferred against  him  in  parliament,  in  May,  1624,  for 
extortion,  as  a  high  commissioner  at  Durham,  a  justice 
of  peace,  and  a  chancellor,  and  for  confounding  these 
offices,  and  making  one  to  help  another.  His  prefer- 
ment was  great,  but  his  death  miserable :  for  he  died 
of  poison,  for  which  his  wife  was  accused,  but  acquitted. 
— (Jour.  H.  C.  i.  697,  710,  71 1 ;  Hutch.  Dur.  «.  241.) 

Thomas  Triplet,  M.A.  $  D.D.,  19  Aug.  1630.  He 
was  born  in  or  near  Oxford,  and  became  a  student  of 
Christ  Church  there ;  rector  of  Whitburn,  25  May, 
1631;  rector  of  Washington,  7  Ap.  1640;  prebendary 
of  Fen  ton,  in  the  church  of  York,  in  1641,  and  of  Fres- 
ton,  at  Sarum,  in  1645.  On  being  deprived  of  his  pre- 
ferments he  went  to  Ireland,  and  taught  a  school  in 
Dublin  ;  afterwards  followed  the  same  employment  at 
Hays,  in  Middlesex.  After  the  gloomy  night  of  the 
Usurpation  was  over,  hia  prospects  brightened  again. 
Bishop  Morton,  March  23,  1648,  had  collated  him  to 
the  ninth  stall  in  Durham  Cathedral ;  but  he  was  not 
installed  till  Nov.  2,  1660  :  he  however  exchanged  that 
preferment  for  a  prebend  of  Westminster.  In  1664, 
he  settled  a  rent  charge  of  =£18  for  charitable  purposes 
in  the  parishes  of  Woodhorn,  Whitburn,  and  Washing- 
ton, and  died  July  18,  1670,  aged  70.  "  He  was  al- 
ways esteemed  a  great  wit,  a  good  Grecian  and  poet, 
and  hath  several  copies  of  verses  extant." — (  Walker, 
68;  Hutch.  Dur.  ii.  261  ;  Surt.  Dur.  ii.  44,  52,  56.) 

John  Clapperton,  1640.  Walker  mentions  him  as  one 
that  was  driven  from  his  living  by  the  zealots,  during 
the  Usurpation ;  and  that  his  living  was  then  valued  at 
=£120  a  year. 

Thomas  Lupton,  an  intruder :  he  conformed  after  the 
Bartholomew  act. — (  Calamy. ) 

John  Wotfall,  M.  A.,  8  Oct.  1661.  Randal  writes  his 
surname  WoodfalL  John  Wolfall,  B.  A.,  according  to 
Randal,  was  curate  of  All  Saints,  Newcastle;  and,  ac- 
cording to  Brand,  ordained  priest,  and  still  curate  there, 
March  15,  1662.  He  died  Feb.  22,  1683 — (See  Monu- 
mental  Inscrip.  below,  No.  III.) 
B 


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Christopher  Laidman,  1692,  after  the  death  of  Allen- 
son.  Julia,  daughter  of  Francis  Laidman,  of  Morpeth, 
married  Francis  Johnson,  of  Woodhorn,  esq. — (See  M. 
Inscrip.  below,  No.  II.) 

William  Simcoe,  clerk,  11  April,  1724,  after  the  death 
of  Laidman.  He  was  preferred  from  Longhorsley, 
where  he  had  been  vicar  32  years.  For  a  further  ac- 
count of  him  and  his  family,  see  above,  at  pp.  91  &  92  ; 
also  in  Public  Characters,  vol.  6 ;  and  Monthly  Maga. 
zine  for  Jan.  1807> 

John  Wibbersley,  M.  At  May  11,  1766,  after  the  death 
of  Simcoe :  collated  to  Whickham,  in  the  county  of 
Durham,  in  September,  1768.  He  was  under-usher  of 
the  Grammar  School,  Newcastle,  July  12,  1742  ;  usher 
there,  June  6,  J  749 ;  and  perpetual  curate  of  Lamesley 
and  Tanfield,  8  Octob.  1751  :  published  an  Assize  Ser- 
mon, preached  at  St.  Nicholas,  Newcastle,  July  28, 
1752.  His  library,  which  was  very  curious  and  valu- 
able, was  purchased  after  his  death  by  Mr  Payne,  in 
London. — (Brand's  Newc.  i.  97.) 

Hugh  Hodgson,  M.  A:,  11  Oct.  1768,  after  the  resig. 
of  Wibbersley.  He  was  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxiord ; 
vicar  of  Leake,  in  Yorkshire;  curate  of  Easington, 
county  of  Durham,  to  Archdeacon  Dickens,  7  May, 
1762.  In  1769,  he  was  preferred  to  the  vicarage  of 
Egglingham,  where  he  died  in  1821. 

Henry  Latton,  M.  A.,  1770,  after  the  resignation  of 
Hodgson.  He  was  of  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  where 
he  took  his  degree  of  M.  A.,  5  Feb.  1?62  ;  after  which 
time  he  was  a  curate  in  Wales,  and  at  Andover ;  and 
vicar  of  Felton,  2  Nov.  1 772.  A  daughter  of  his  pub- 
lished "  Marae,  a  Series  of  Letters,  containing  a  Nar- 
rative of  Facts,  &c."  2nd  ed.  Newcastle,  1828. 

Benjamin  Kennicott,  M.A.,&fter  the  death  of  Latton. 
He  was  inducted  Dec.  15,  1798.  Mr  Kennicott,  who 
was  sometime  rector  of  Dodbrooke,  in  Devonshire,  and 
to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  for  facilitating  his  en- 
quiries, is  a  cousin  of  Benjamin  Kennicott,  the  learned 
editor  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  from  the  text  of  Van  der 
Hooght,  collated  with  above  600  MSS.,  and  printed  at 
Oxford,  in  8  vols.  fol.  1776—1780. 

II. — MONUMENTAL  INSCBIPTIONS  in  the  Chancel. 
1.  On  the  south  wall,  within  the  altar  rails,  on  white 
marble : — "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  Henry 
Latton,  A.  M.,  late  vicar  of  Woodhorn  and  Felton, 
who  departed  this  life,  October  25,  1798,  aged  61  years. 
Also  of  Sarah,  his  wife,  who  died  July  5,  1813,  aged  75 
years."  Adjoining  the  above,  on  sandstone  : — "  Sacred 
to  the  memory  of  their  well-beloved  daughter,  Priscilla 


Elizabeth  Latton,  who  was  born  Jan.  8,  1774,  and  died 
March  7,  1793,  aged  19.  Her  disconsolate  parents  have 
erected  this  tablet.  Elizabeth  Priscilla  Latton,  sister 
to  the  above,  died  Dec.  T,  1806,  aged  29  years." 

2.  On  white  marble: — "  To  the  memory  of  William 
Johnson,  of  Woodhorn,  son  of  John  Johnson,  esq.,  of 
Hirst,  who  died  Nov.  8,  1804,  aged  90  years.  Also  of 
Catharine,  wife  of  William  Johnson,  of  Woodhorn,  and 
eldest  daur.  of  Wm  Cresswell,  esq.,  who  died  Aug.  13, 
1797,  aged  68  years.  Also  of  Julia,  wife  of  Francis 
Johnson,  of  Woodhorn,  and  daur.  of  Francis  Laidman, 
of  Morpeth,  who  died  Aug.  8,  1813,  aged  44  years." 

3. — On  black  marble: — "  Here  lieth  inter'd  the 
body  of  John  Wolfal,  M.  of  A.,  and  vicar  of  Woodhorn, 
who  after  ye  faithful  and  industrious  performance  of  his 
ministerial  office  26  years,  was  summoned  to  receive  his 
reward  the  22d  of  February,  anno  Domini  1683." 

4.  On  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel,  on  white  mar- 
ble : — "  M.  S.  In  a  vault,  on  the  north  side  of  this  wall, 
are  deposited,  the  remains  of  Elizabeth  Addison,  daur. 
of  William  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell,  in  this  county, 
esquire,  and  relict  of  John  Addison,  of  Whitby,  in  the 
county  of  Y"ork,  esquire.  She  departed  this  life  on  the 
first  of  December,  1807,  aged  68.  This  monument  is 
erected  by  her  nephew,  Addison  John  Cresswell,  in  grate- 
f  ul  remembrance  of  her  unbounded  kindness  to  him." 

6.  Near  the  last,  on  a  neat  panel  of  white  marble, 
is : — "  To  the  memory  of  Francis  John,  second  son  of 
Addison  John  Cresswell  Baker,  of  Cresswell,  in  this, 
county,  esquire,  and  Elizabeth  Mary,  his  wife,  who 
died  on  the  20th  of  March,  1827,  aged  5  years." 

III.  A  true  and  perfect  TERRIER  of  all  the  gleabe 
lands,  grounds,  and  edifices,  belonging  to  the  vicarage 
of  Woodhorne,  in  the  deanerie  of  Morpeth  and  diocese 
of  Durham,  given  in  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens, 
December  the  twentieth,  1663. 

Imprimis  a  vicarage  house,  barne,  biar,  stable,  stack- 
yard, with  two  little  gardens,  all  situate  and  lying  in 
the  east  end  of  Woodhorne.  />  u  „  >  kuj-.j.' 

Ite.  One  pasture  close,  adjoining  on  the  north  side  to 
the  church  yard,  on  the  east  side  to  the  water  mill,  on 
the  west  side  to  the  vicarage  house,  containing  in  esti- 
mation six  acres,  be  it  more  or  less. 

Ite.  One  closse,  called  the  Dovecoat  close,  bordering 
on  the  west  side  on  the  closse  called  Catchcroft,  con- 
taining in  estimation  four  acres,  be  it  more  or  less. 

Ite.  One  close,  called  Parke  close,  having  the  mill 
race  on  the  north  side,  containing  by  estimation  three 
acres,  be  it  more  or  lesse. 


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187 


Ite.  One  close,  called  the  Eastfield,  having  on  the 
east  side  Newbiging  lane,  on  the  south  side  Newbiging 
field,  containing  by  estimation  sixteen  acres,  be  it  more 
or  lesse. 

Ite.  One  close,  called  Middlefield,  with  Night  close 
and  Rye  close,  having  Newbiging  feild  at  the  south- 
east end,  and  the  mill  race  at  the  west  end,  containing 
by  estimation  ten  acres,  more  or  less. 

Ite.  One  field,  called  the  Westfield,  adjoining  to 
Woodhorne  grounds,  called  the  Mires,  on  the  west 
side,  containing  in  estimation  twentie  acres,  more  or 
less.  All  the  aforesaid  gleabe  is  encompassed  and  di- 
vided from  the  other  lands  by  a  quick  hedge  or  walL 

Ite.  One  small  parcell  of  ground  lying  in  Newbiging, 
adjoining  to  Nicholas  Watt's  house  on  the  south  side, 
the  car  on  the  north  side,  and  the  townegate  on  the 
cast  side,  containing  three  poles,  more  or  less. 

Ite.  One  parcel  of  meaddow  ground,  lying  in  Linton 
feild,  called  the  vicar's  boundes,  encompassed  with  the 
lands  of  the  lord  Widdrington,  containing  in  estimation 
eight  acres,  more  or  less. 

Ite.  One  small  parcell  of  ground,  lying  in  Horton 

fields,  called  the ,  encompassed  with  the  lands  of 

sir  Ralph  Delavale,  containing  in  estimation  two  acres, 
more  or  less.  Jo.  WOLF  ALL,  vie. 

THOS.  WATSON,  THOS.  SINGLETON,  churchwardens. 

IV.  PAROCHIAL  VISITATIONS,  extracts  from  minutes 
of. — 1723.  The  impropriators  are  the  duke  of  Somerset, 
and  the  mercers  company  in  London.  The  present 
lessees  of  the  impropriators,  Mr  Edw.  Grey,  of  Alnwick, 
and  Mr  Potts,  of  Killingworth  ;  and  one  Mr  Johnson 
is  an  under  lessee  to  one  or  both.  Benefactions :  — Thos. 
Triplet,  D.  D.,  left  an  annuity  or  rent  charge  of  £5  p 
annum,  for  ever,  for  putting  out  to  some  trade  an  ap. 
prentice  or  apprentices,  boys  or  girls,  born  within  the 
said  parish  of  Woodhorn.  In  1705,  forty-six  Roman 
catholics  returned  in  this  parish.  Visited  Sep.  21, 1723; 
but  nothing  remarkable  in  Dr  Sharpe's  long  list  of  or- 
ders executed.  In  1758,  archdeacon  Robinson  says, 
"  the  house  very  bad."  Dr  Askew,  who  has  an  estate 
in  the  parish,  says  that  it  is  clear  £2(M  per  annum,  cu- 
rates paid.  At  my  visitation,  in  1759,  the  churchwar- 
dens absolutely  refused  to  present  the  house.  Dr  John 
Sharp,  visited  July  21,  1764,  and  ordered,  inter  alia, 
the  screen  between  the  church  and  the  chancel  to  be 
taken  down  as  low  as  the  top  of  the  rails ;  and  the 
king's  arms  and  commandments  to  be  put  up  at  the 
west  end  of  the  church :  the  three  east  windows,  and 


the  two  north  windows  to  be  opened  out  to  their  origi- 
nal size,  and  glazed.  The  following  remarks  are  from 
the  minutes  of  Dr  Singleton  : — Visited  June  1,  1826. 
Mr  Kennicott  was  presented  to  this  considerable  living 
by  bishop  Harrington,  out  of  respect  to  the  memory  of 
his  cousin,  Benjamin  Kennicott,  the  great  Biblical  Scho- 
lar. Woodhorn  vicarage  is  worth  £650  a  year,  out  of 
which  the  vicar  pays  £15  a  year  to  the  curate  of  Hor- 
ton. The  impropriation  is  in  the  mercers'  company, 
the  rector  of  Hampstead  for  the  time  being,  and  the 
duke  of  Northumberland  for  Newbigging  Demesne.  In 
this  latter  place,  and  in  Woodhorn  township,  a  compo- 
sition is  pleaded  against  the  vicar,  who  has  carried  the 
agist merit  tithe  in  the  other  part  of  his  parish  after  a 
sharp  litigation.  The  population  is  about  1200;  but 
there  is  plenty  of  room  in  the  church,  which  is  in  a  cold 
and  desolate  condition  :  it  has,  however,  the  advantage 
of  a  number  of  free  sittings.  The  church-yard  fence  is 
bad  :  the  roof  is  bad  grey  slate,  and  neither  aisle  nor 
chancel  is  ceiled.  The  clerk  has  3d.  from  each  house, 
and  5d.  for  each  antient  farm.  The  parsonage  is  good 
and  roomy  :  it  has,  however,  a  staring  roof  of  red  pan- 
tiles. The  garden  is  sheltered,  and  pretty.  There  are 
90  acres  of  contiguous  glebe.  They  have  two  bells,  a 
register  beginning  in  1 605,  and  a  large  cup  and  showey 
patten,  which  the  clerk  told  me  were  both  plated.  There 
is  a  school  kept  by  the  clerk,  but  wholly  unendowed. 
The  books  of  the  church  are  in  bad  condition,  and  ought 
to  be  new  bound. 

V.  Woodhorne,  in  the  king's  books,  is  valued  at  =£21 
17s.  7£d. ;  pays  yearly  tenths  £2  3s.  6f  d. ;  episcopal 
procurations  13s.  4d. ;  and  archidiaconal  12s. 

VI.  PRESENTMENTS.- — Woodhorne.    The  vicar  was 
presented,  and  proceedings  entered  against  him  in  1601, 
because  they  had  no  sermons  these  twelve  months :  and, 
May  9,  1604,  "  John  Wilkinson  and  6  others,  and  John 
Codlin,  piper,"  were  presented    "  for  going  through 
Woodhorn  on  Sunday,  the  26th  of  February  last,  in 
service  time,  to  play  at  foot-ball  with  the  said  piper, 
before  them." 

VII.  1.  CHARITIES. — Dr  Triplet,  vicar  of  this  parish 
in  1630,  by  deed,  dated  Jan.  1664,  directed  a  perpetual 
certain  rent  charge  of  =£18  a  year,  then  subject  to  his 
disposal,  and  vested  in  ten  trustees  named  in  the  deed, 
to  be  applied  to  apprenticing  boys  and  girls  born  in  the 
parishes  of  Woodhorn,  Whitburn,  and  Washington,  to 
such  trades  as  the  trustees,  or  any  three,  four,  or  more  of 
them,  might  think  proper,  and  in  the  following  proper- 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


tions — for  Whitburn  £ 8,  and  for  Woodhorn  and  Wash- 
ington  each  =£5.  The  deed  provides  for  filling  up  the 
number  of  the  trustees  as  often  as  they  should  be  re- 
duced to  four,  and  authorizing  them  to  retain  reason- 
able expences  incurred  in  executing  their  trust.  Soon 
after  the  doctor's  death,  the  trustees  sold  the  rent 
charge,  and  with  the  purchase  money  bought  an  estate 
in  the  township  of  Stockton  on  Tees,  consisting  of 
about  42  acres,  and  having  upon  it  a  farm-house  and 
out-buildings  ;  besides  which,  in  1809,  they  were  pos- 
sessed of  £ 266  13s.  8d.  navy  five  per  cent,  stock.  The 
list  of  the  trustees,  as  filled  up  in  January,  1 809,  was 
as  follows  : — Sir  Hedworth  Williamson,  bart. ;  William 
Watson,  of  North  Seaton,  John  Hogg,  of  Norton,  Wm 
Sleigh,  of  Stockton,  Henry  Stapylton,  of  Norton,  Geo. 
Brown,  of  Stockton,  esquires;  and  the  rev.  Messrs 
Christopher  Anstey,  of  Norton,  John  Brewster,  of  Eg- 
glescliffe,  and  H.  Cotes,  of  Bedlington. — (Surt.  Dur.  ii. 
36.) 

2.  In  the  year  1800,  the  sum  of  £1200  was  left  by 
a  Mr  Forster,  for  establishing  a  charity  school,  in  which 


25  children  might  be  instructed ;  but,  from  a  flaw  in 
the  construction  of  the  will,  the  executors  were  told 
that  the  transaction  would  be  illegal ;  they,  however, 
promised  to  carry  the  will  of  the  testator  into  effect, 
and  paid  £25  to  a  master,  and  gave  annually  some  arti- 
cles of  clothing ;  but  both  being  now  dead,  the  heirs 
have  refused  to  continue  the  salary  or  refund  any  of 
the  property. — (Mack.  ii.  126.) 

3.  Lady  Bulkeley,  of  the  family  of  Warren,  owners 
of  Widdrington,  in  this  parish,  bequeathed  by  her  will, 
in  1826,  £ 500  to  the  use  of  the  poor  in  this  parish,  for 
ever,  constituting  the  archdeacon  of  Northumberland 
and  the  vicar  of  Woodhorn  trustees  of  the  charit}'. 
Her  ladyship's  executors  paid  in  the  full  sum  without 
deduction;  and,  May  5,  1826,  it  was  bought  into  the 
three  per  cents.,  and  produced  =£642  Is.  Id.  stock. — (Dr 
Singleton's  Visit.  Book.) 

VIII.  SCHOOL  at  Woodhorn.  In  1577,  Aymer  Oxley, 
schoolmaster  here,  was  presented  at  the  visitation  at 
Morpeth,  for  not  being  licensed  to  his  office. 


WOODHORN  is  situated  on  rich  flat  land,  and  the  road  from  Newbigging  to 
Morpeth  branches  off  in  it,  one  way  by  Bothal  and  Pegsworth,  and  the  other 
by  Longhurst.  On  the  Bothal  line  is  the  residence  of  Francis  Johnson,  esq. 
whose  mother  was  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  William  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell, 
esq.  The  street  leading  to  Longhurst  is  the  larger  of  the  two  ;  but  cannot 
be  commended  for  much  order  or  neatness.  The  antient  wind-mill  of  this 
place  still  remains,  but  the  stream  that  formerly  toiled  in  the  wheel  of  its 
water  mill  now  passes  idly  into  the  sea.  Thomas  de  Raynton,  in  1327,  died 
seized  of  lands  in  Woodhorn  and  Seaton  :°  and,  in  the  following  year,  the 
prior  of  Tynemouth  occurs  as  having  two  tofts  and  two  places  here."  Lands 
in  Woodhorn,  Newbigging,  and  other  places  in  this  county,  which  had  proba- 
bly been  forfeited  in  the  rebellion  of  Gilbert  de  Middleton,  were,  in  1360, 
granted  to  Robert,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Seaton,  for  £20.  The  Thorn- 
tons, of  Netherwitton,  had  also  lands  here  and  in  Seaton,  in  1428  and  1516. 
George  Birletson,  of  Woodhorn,  yeoman,  occurs  in  a  list  of  freeholders  liable 
to  serve  on  juries  at  the  assizes  in  1628  ;  and,  at  the  assizes,  in  the  preceding 
year,  Anthony  Errington  and  Isabella  Rayloston  had  a  suit  about  the  division 


0  III.  i.  67. 


Brand's  Newc.  ii.  92. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WOODHORN  DEMESNE,  AND  NORTH  SEATON.  189 

of  lands  in  the  same  places.9  In  1663,  lord  Widdrington  is  put  down  in  the 
schedule  of  the  county  rate  as  the  only  proprietor  here,  and  as  having  a 
water-mill  and  wind-mill/  But  John  Widdrington,8  of  Stonecroft,  (who, 
in  the  same  document,  is  assessed  for  lands  in  Seaton,)  by  his  will,  in  1664, 
gave  to  his  sister  Ursula  Montenoy,  of  Stonecroft,  and  to  her  heirs  for  ever, 
"  all  her  lands  in  Woodhorn,  and  in  Seaton,  alias  Monkseaton  and  Woodhorn, 
which  he  had  lately  purchased  of  sir  Henry  Widdrington,  of  Blackheddon, 
knight,  and  Nicholas  Whitehead,  of  Morpeth,  gent,  and  Margaret  his  wife.'" 
The  rental  of  the  lands  and  houses  here  which  had  belonged  to  lord  Wid- 
drington, and  were  purchased  by  the  York  Building  Company,  amounted  in 
17^3,  to  £734  18s.  a  year,  and  at  present  belong  to  the  rev.  Mr  Waddilove 
and  lady  Vernon,  to  whom  her  part  of  them  descended  from  the  late  Eliza- 
beth Harriet  viscountess  Bulkley,  only  daughter  of  sir  George  Warren,  who 
married  Jane,  only  daughter  of  Thomas  Revel,  esq.  who  bought  them  of 
government  after  the  York  Building  Company  had  failed  to  complete  their 
purchase  of  lord  Widdrington's  estates.  In  1774,  Francis  Barlow,  esq.  of  the 
Crown  Office,  London,  the  rev.  Robert  Darley  WaddUove,  of  Topclive,  in 
Yorkshire,  but  then  in  Spain,  and  the  rev.  Mr  Bedford  and  Robert  Moxon, 
esq.  of  London,  had  an  estate  in  this  township. 

WOODHORN  DEMESNE  was  also  one  of  the  estates  of  lord  Widdrington  pur- 
chased by  the  York  Building  Company  ;  but  on  their  failing  to  make  their 
bargain  good,  sold  in  17«50,  under  authority  of  decrees  of  chancery,  to  the 
Cresswell  family.  It  consists  of  303  acres  of  most  excellent  grazing  ground  ; 
and  in  1723  let  for  £166  a  year,  and  in  1750  for  £168.  The  mansion-house 
has  an  extensive  sea  prospect  from  it,  and  was  occupied  by  A.  J.  Cresswell 
Baker,  esq.  the  proprietor  of  the  estate,  during  the  time  he  was  engaged  in 
building  his  seat  at  Cresswell :  in  some  documents  it  is  called  Woodhorn  Red 
House.  This  estate  was  purchased  in  1774  by  John  Addison,  esq.  of  Whitby, 
husband  of  Elizabeth,  sister  of  John  Cresswell,  esq.  and  great-aunt  of  Mr  Baker. 

NORTH  SEATON  is  often  in  old  writings  called  Seaton  Woodhorne,  or  Seaton 
near  Woodhorn.  John  de  Seaton,  one  Lawrence,  and  the  heirs  of  Walter  of 
Seaton,  in  1240,  each  held  one-third  part  of  Seaton  by  the  yearly  payment 
of  one  mark  each.u  In  1292,  Tinmouth  priory  had  possessions  in  "  North 

<J  Swinb.  MSS.  iii.  5,  105.  r  III.  i.  281,  282. 

*  This  John  Widdrington  was  son  to  Ralph,  brother  to  sir  Henry,  father  of  William  first  lord 
Widdrington.  *  Raine's  Test.  903.  »  III.  i.  220. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3    C 


1QO  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

Seton"  worth  7s.  a  year  jv  and  the  prior  of  the  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusa- 
lem, in  1294,  claimed  different  privileges  in  his  lands  "  in  Ulgham,  Wete- 
wirth,  Seton,  Newbigging,  Ellington,  and  elsewhere."*  William,  the  son  of 
Isabella  de  Seaton,  in  I860,  gave  100s.  to  the  crown  for  forfeited  lands  in 
Seaton  and  Woodhorn  ;  and  Robert,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  of  Seaton,  for 
£20,  had,  in  the  same  year,  a  grant  of  similar  lands  in  Woodhorn  and  New- 
bigging.* David  Holgrave  gave  lands  here  to  a  chantry  in  Bothal  church  in 
the  time  of  Richard  the  Second.7  The  families  of  Widdrington  and  Thornton 
had  also  possessions  here,  as  appears  by  numerous  inquisitions  and  other  evi- 
dence, to  which  it  would  be  tedious  to  allude.  Robert  lord  Ogle,  by  will, 
dated  5  May,  1543,  left  to  his  wife,  among  other  possessions,  a  tenement  in 
Seaton,  near  Woodhorn.  Robert  lord  Lumley,  whose  family  inherited  much 
of  the  Thornton  property,  died  in  the  time  of  James  the  First,  seized  of  lands 
in  Seaton,  otherwise  called  Woodhorn  Seaton.  Rowland  Archer,  of  Seaton, 
occurs  in  a  list  of  jurors  for  Morpeth  ward  in  1628. a  The  proprietors  here, 
in  1663,  were  Mr  John  Widdrington,  of  Stonecroft,  the  lady  Young,  Thomas 
Potts,  Thomas  Watson,  and  Rowland  Archer.a  John  Rogers,  of  Denton  and 
Rutchester,  esq.  had  an  estate  here,  in  1765,  worth  £300  a  year,  which  was 
sold  after  his  death  ;b  and  at  present  the  whole  township  is  the  property  of 
Wm  Watson,  esq.  whose  mansion-house  is  situated  in  the  village  of  North 
Seaton,  and  about  half  a  mile  from  the  sea.  The  ground  about  this  place  is 
of  excellent  quality.  Formerly  there  was  a  hospital  between  North  Seaton 
and  Newbigging ;  and,  in  the  soil,  above  a  grindstone  quarry  on  the  sea  banks, 
a  little  north  of  the  village,  called  the  Spital  quarry -,  an  urn  of  red  clay,  and 
of  the  usual  form,  was  found,  at  the  depth  of  three  feet,  "  placed  between 
four  stones  set  edge- ways,  with  a  stone  cover. "c 

v  Brand's  Newc.  ii.  592.  w  III.  i.  130.  *  III.  ii.  326,  327.  y  Id.  262. 

z  Swinb.  MSS.  iii.  103.  •  III.  i.  281.  *  Newc.  Cour.  2  Feb.  1765. 

c  Wallis,  ii.  339.  The  lands  of  North  Seaton  adjoin  the  north  side  of  the  mouth  of  the  Wans- 
oeck,  which  Harrison  says,  was  called  "  in  old  time  Deva,  and  is  far  greater  than  the  Line.  It 
issuetb,  up  west  and  by  north  of  West  Whelpington,  thence  it  runneth  to  Kirkwhelpington,  Wal- 
lington,  Middleton,  and  Angerton.  Here  it  meeteth  with  a  water  running  from  about  Farneylaw 
by  the  Grange,  and  Hartburne  on  the  north,  and  then  going  from  Angerton,  it  runneth  by  Mose- 
den  to  Mitford,  and  there  in  like  manner  crosseth  the  Font,  which  issuing  out  of  the  ground  about 
Newbigging,  goeth  by  Nonneiekirke,  Witton  Castle,  Stanton,  Nunriding,  Newton,  and  so  into 
the  Wansbeck,  which  runneth  in  like  manner  from  Mitford  to  Morpeth  Castle  (within  two  miles 
whereof  it  ebbeth  and  floweth),  the  New  Chapel,  Bothal  Castle,  Shipwash,  and  so  into  the  sea/* 
— (Description  of  England  in  1577. ) 


4 
t 


WOODHORN  PARISH. FED.  OF  WATSON,  OF  NORTH  SEATON. HURST.      191 

PEDIGREE  OF  WATSON,  OF  NORTH  SEATON. 

[Collected  chiefly  from  inscriptions  in  Woodhorn  church  and  church-yard.     Several  of  the  tombstones  belonging  to  the 
family  have  been  cut  into  flags,  and  employed  in  flooring  the  church.] 

sd  to  county  rate  for  lands  there  in  1663 ;  on  Nov.  19,  in  which  year  he  pur-T3 


I. — THOMAS  WATSON,  of  North  Seaton, 
chased  lands  at  Linemouth. 


. RALPH  WATSON/T^ANE,  wife  ofRalph  Watson,  of  North    JOHN  LAWSON,  of  Long-TBARBARA,  daur.  of  Edward  Cook, 


of  North  Seaton. 


j  Seaton ;  buried  in  Woodhorn  church, 
Jan.  16,  167*. 


DOROTHY,  widow  of  Ralph  Watson,  late  of  North  Seaton; 
buried  in  Woodhorn  church,  Oct.  27,  171*. 


hurst  and  the  Old-moor; 
married  in  1671 ;  &  great 
grandfather  of  the  present 
Wm  Lawson,  of  Long- 
hurst,  esq. 


of  Amble  New  Hall,  who  was  pro- 
genitor of  the  Cooks,  of  Togston, 
Newton  on  the  Moor,  Brainshaugb, 
and  Blakemoor. 


III. — 1.  STEPH.  WAT-    2.  RALPH  WATSON,-T-JANE,  dau.  of  John=THE  REV.  WM  SIM-    3.  BENJ.  WATSON, 


SON,  of  North  Seaton, 
esq.   married  DIANA, 

daur.  of Mitford, 

of  ^ 


A.  B.  and  M.  D.,  of 
Linemouth.  His 
will  is  dated  July 
28,  1721  ;  and  he 
died  Aug.  11,  in  the 
same  year,  aged  32. 


mentioned  in  the 

entail   of   Line- 
mouth,  in  his  bro. 


Lawson,  of  Long-  COE,  vicar  of  Wood- 
hurst  and  the  Old-  horn,  2nd  husb.    He 
moor ;    born   Oct.  married  1st.  in  1724,     .....,.,,,,  i*.  ^ 
12,  1688 ;  married  ANNE,  daur.  of  Dr.     Ralph's  will, 
at  Bothal,  May  28,  Ellison,   prebendary 
1713.  of  Durham,  &c. ;  and  died  March  8,  1766, 
aged  90.— (See  above,  pp.  91  ft  186.) 


— I 

MARGT.  LAWSON, 
born  Feb.  9, 1682; 
mar.  HENRY  AT- 
KINSON, of  New- 
castle, hoastmau. 


T 


IV.— 1.  RALPH  WATSON, 
son  of  Stephen  Watson, 
buried  at  Woodhorn  in 
1716. 


ton,  was  some- 
time chairman  of 
the  quarter  ses- 
sions for  this  county,  and  major  of  the  North- 
umberland militia ;  died  Feb.  23,  1805,  and 
buried  at  Woodhom. 


2.  STEPHEN  WAT-nrDoROTHY,  daur.  and    JANE,  daur.-j-HENRY  ATKINSON,  esq.  born  Sep.  11,  1713; 

SON,  of  North  Sea-  co-heir  of  Dr  Watson,  &  co-heir  of/Kmarried  at  Woodhorn,  June  2,  1748  ;  died 

Dr  Watson,  July  22,  1793 ;  and  buried  at  All  Saints, 
Linemouth  ;  Newcastle.  [For  account  of  his  brother  and 
buried  at  All  sisters,  and  their  connection  with  the  Scotts, 
Saints,New-  Baron  Stowell  and  Earl  oj  Eldon,  see  thepedi- 
castle,  Jan.  gree  of  Atkinson,  of  Linemouth.  below  p.  193.] 
6,  1796. 


of  Linemouth.  In 
Oct.  1765,  she  &  her 
husband  sold  &  con- 
veyed her  moiety  of 
Linemouth,  to  Hen. 
Atkinson,  her  sis- 
ter's husband- 
III! 

V. — 1.  RALPH  WATSON,    2.  STEPHEN  diedNov.  21, 1751,  aged  5  years. 

eld.  son  of  Stephen  Wat-    3.  STEPHEN  died  Jan.  30, 1753,  aged  1  year. 

son,  of  North  Seaton;    4.  STEPHEN  died  Oct.  23, 1766,  aged  2  years. 

a  captain  in  the  North-    5.  WILLIAM  WATSON,-TELIZABETH,  daur. 

umberland militia;  died    of  North  Seaton,  esq.    |  of  John  Reed,  esq. 


1.  DIANAT"CUTHBERT  WAT-    2.  DOROTHY-T-GEO.  POTTS, 


at  Bedlington,  4  Feb. 
1780,  aged  36. — (Newc. 
Covrant.J 


of  Ackllngton ;  ob. 


VI  ,n.V<A.UUg  fcV*«  y     W«  W 

in  July,  1828,  and  was  buried  in  Wood-    ton. 
horn  church. 


WATSON 
died9Oct 
1822,  and 
was  bur. 
at  Hor- 


SON,  of  Cowpen, 
esq.,  •where  he 
died  May  3,  1802, 
aged  59.  He  was 
buried  at  Hor- 
ton. 


WATSON  ob. 
January  20, 
1820,  &  was 
bur.  at  Bed- 
lington. 


of    Shilford, 

in  the  parish 

of  Bywell  St 

Andrew, 

esq. 


VI. — 1.  WILLIAM  WATSON,  1.  DOROTHY  WATSON,  daur.  and  co-heir,  married  at  Horton,    1.  MATTHEW  POTTS,  esq.  living  at 

eld.  son  &  heir,  born  Aug.  Sept.  17,   1800,  to  CHARLES  DALSTON  PURVIS,  of  Earsdon,    Morpeth,  married  ANNE  YOUNG- 

12,  181*.  esq.,  who  married  first,  Mary,  daur.  of  Robert  Surtees,  esq.,    HUSBAND  COLLINSON,  by  whom  he 

2.  STEPHEN   WATSON   died  of  Milkhouse-burn,  by  whom  he  had  issue — Anne;   Thomas,  &    has   issue — 1.  Anne;    2.  Dorothy; 
Aug.  19,  1823,  aged  3  years,  barrister  in  Lincoln's  Inn;  Robert  Anthony,  an  attorney-at-law    3.  George;  4.  Eliza;  5.  Maria;  6. 

3.  JOHN  THOMAS  WATSON  in  Newcastle  ;  and  Mary.  By  his  second  wife,  he  had  issue —    Fanny. 

born ,  1824.  Dorothy  Diana,  married  Oct.  11,  1827,  at  St  Andrew's,  New-    2.  DOROTHY  Porrs  married  HEN. 

4.  ELIZABETH  died  at  Edin-  castle,  to  John  Anderson,    esq.,  a    banker   there,    by  whom    BRUMELL,   esq.    of  Morpeth,    by 
burgh,  April  14,  1826,  aged  she  has  issue  one  daur.  Dorothy  Elizabeth  Anderson.    Mr  C.  D.     whom  she  has  issue — 1.  Dorothy  ; 
15  years;  buried  in  Wood-  Purvis  died  July  21,   1821. — (See  pedigree  of  Atkinson,  under    2.  Henry;    3.  George;   4.  Hadwin ; 
horn  church,  where  there  Linemouth.)  5.  John ;   6.  Matthew;  7.  Jane;  8. 
is  a  monument   of  white  2.  MARGARET  DIANA  WATSON,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  Cuthbert    Edward;  9.  Charles;   10.  Frank. 
marble  to  her  memory.  Watson,  married  the  REV.  RALPH  ERRINGTON,  youngest  son 

5.  DINAH  born  Oct.  9, 1814.  of  the  late  John  Errington,  esq.  of  Walwick  Chesters,  by  whom  she  has  issue  five  sons  and  eight 

6.  CLARA  died  young.  daughters,  viz.— 1.  Cuthbert  William;  2.  Ralph;  3.  John;  4.  Thomas  Charles  ;  5.  Frederick'  Watson : 

7.  DORAH,boraAp.  30, 1817.  and,  1.  Diana;  2.  Mary  Isabella  ;  3.   Dorothy;  4.   Margaret  Anne;  5.  Ellen;  6.  Francet ;  7.  Louisa 

Jane;  8.  Elisatbeth  Augusta  :  all  living  in  Sep.  1829. 

HURST  is  situated  on  the  way  between  Bothal  and  Woodhorn,  and  belongs 
to  the  duke  of  Portland,  Mr  Watson,  of  North  Seaton,  and  the  rev.  Robert 
Green,  of  Newcastle.  In  1240,  Linemouth,  and  a  moiety  of  this  township, 
were  holden  by  Robert  de  Rue  of  John  de  Balliol  by  a  twelfth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  of  the  old  feoffment ;  and  the  other  half  of  Hurst,  by  Elias  of  Hurst,  by 
the  soccage  service  of  five  shillings  a  year.d  The  grant  of  Woodhorn  and 
Newbigging,  which  Maria,  countess  of  Pembroke,  in  1336,  made  to  John  de 
Denton,  also  included  possessions  in  "  Hurst  arid  Linmuthe."0  In  1360, 
Richard  Hunter  gave  ten  marks  for  lands  in  Hurst,  Newbigging,  and  Elling- 


III.  i.  212,  226. 


e  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  12. 


192  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPE1H  WARD,  E.  D. 

ton,  which  had  belonged  to  John  de  Horsley  and  John  Thorald,  adherents  of 
Gilbert  de  Middleton/  Thomas  lord  Lumley,  13  Edw.  IV.  acquired  three 
acres  of  land  here.g  In  the  time  of  Henry  the  Eighth  the  lords  Ogle  of  Bothal 
had  lands  in  this  township,  and  John  Ogle,  esq.  resided  in  it.  Edward  Riddle 
granted  lands  in  Hurst,  near  Woodhorn,  to  Ralph  lord  Ogle  ;  and,  in  1510, 
the  same  Ralph  lord  Ogle  granted  the  manor  of  the  same  place  to  his  son 
William  Ogle,  esq.  and  their  heirs.h  But  another  deed  relates  that  Robert 
lord  Ogle,  in  1513,  gave  to  his  mother,  Margaret  Ogle,  for  life,  all  his  lands 
here,  which  his  father  Ralph  lord  Ogle  had  by  the  gift  of  John  Weddall,  with 
remainder  to  his  brother  William  arid  his  heirs.1  Robert  lord  Ogle  died  4 
Elizabeth,  possessed  of  the  "  castle  of  Hyrste,"  then  in  the  tenure  of  George 
Ogle  for  life,  and  holden  of  the  earl  of  Westmoreland  as  of  the  manor  of  By- 
well.j  George  Ogle,  of  the  Hirst,  was  also  one  of  the  supervisors  of  the  will 
of  the  same  Robert  lord  Ogle  ;k  and  occurs  as  a  commissioner  for  inclosure 
upon  the  Middle  Marches  in  1552.1  "  Thomas  Errington,  of  the  Hirst,  gent." 
was  a  freeholder  of  this  county  in  1628  ;m  and,  in  1663,  a  portion  of  Hurst 
belonged  to  Mr  William  Errington,  and  the  rest  to  the  marquis  of  Newcastle.11 
The  castle  of  Hirst  is  still  remaining  ;  but  is  nothing  more  than  a  strong  old 
farm-house,  with  a  small  tower,  elevated  very  slightly  above  the  roof  of  the 
building,  and  apparently  for  the  defence  of  the  door. 

LiNEMouTH0  has  its  name  from  being  situated  on  the  small  estuary  of  the 

f  III.  ii.  275,  327.      «  Supra,  p.  160.      h  Woodh.  Misc.  Nos.  10  &  1 1.      » II.  i.  392,  1 1,  a. 
J  Cole's  Esch.  760,  p.  311.         k  II.  i.  392.         1  Border  Laws,  332.         m  Swinb.  MSS.  ii.  105. 

nll.  i.  281. 

0  The  mouth  of  the  Line  was  rendered  remarkable  by  a  spermaceti  whale  of  the  species  called 
Physeter  macrocephalus  being  killed  at  it  on  August  8,  1822.  It  was  61  feet  long,  and  37  feet  4 
inches  in  girth.  The  breadth  of  its  tail  was  14  feet;  of  its  head  10  feet  9  inches ;  and  the  space 
from  the  eyes  to  the  nose  21  feet.  The  upper  jaw  projected  5  feet  over  the  lower  one,  which  had 
two  rows  of  teeth,  externally  resembling  ivory,  but  porous  and  ash-coloured  within.  Its  height, 
when  first  thrown  on  shore,  was  12  feet ;  and  it  produced  9  tons  and  158  gallons  of  oil.  It  was 
claimed  by  the  proprietors  of  the  land  on  each  side  of  the  Line ;  but  the  admiralty  settled  the 
dispute  between  the  claimants  by  seizing  the  oil,  and  fixing  their  broad  arrow  upon  the  bones, 
which  were  latterly  given  up  to  Mr  Cresswell  Baker,  and  removed  into  the  pleasure  grounds  at 
Cresswell,  where  they  will  be  long  admired  as  objects  of  rarity  and  vastness  of  size.  For  several 
days  after  it  was  killed,  immense  crowds  of  people  flocked  from  the  adjacent  country,  and  even 
from  great  distances  to  see  it ;  and  its  stupendous  size  never  failed  to  rivet  the  attention  of  all  who 
viewed  it.  Whales  of  this  kind  are  natives  of  the  Greenland  seas  and  Davis*  Straits ;  but  they 
are  occasionally  found  further  south. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  ATKINSON,  OF  LINEMOUTH.  193 

Line,  which  Harrison  calls  the  Lune,  and  describes  as  "  a  pretty  brook  rising 
west  of  Espley,  from  whence  it  goeth  to  Tritlington,  Ulgham,  Linton,  and 
ere  long  into  the  sea."  It  is  a  township  of  one  farm,  and  a  little  more  than 
300  acres.  In  1240,  John,  son  of  Robert  Rue,  held  it  and  Hurst  by  military 
service  jp  and,  in  11  Edward  III.  the  countess  of  Pembroke  conveyed  it  to 
John  de  Denton,  burgess  of  Newcastle.11  Sir  Ralph  de  Eure,  in  10  Henry  V. 
died  seized  of  this  place,  and  of  property  in  the  contiguous  villes  of  Hayden 
and  Ellington/  In  11  Charles  I.  there  was  a  trial  at  law  in  the  exchequer 
side  of  the  court  of  chancery,  respecting  wreck  upon  the  sea  coast  within  this 
estate.8  In  1663,  Mr  William  Horsley,  of  High  Callerton,  was  assessed  to 
county  rate  for  Linemouth,  High  Callerton,  and  the  Hole-house  ;'  and,  in 
1721,  Dr  Watson  left  this  estate  to  his  two  daughters  and  co-heirs  :  Jane,  the 
elder  of  whom,  as  stated  in  the  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Watson,  of  North 
Seaton,  married  Henry  Atkinson,  father  of  the  late  Ralph  Atkinson,  esq.  of 
Newcastle,  who  left  this  place  and  his  other  landed  property  to  James  Henry 
Holes  Bradford,  son  of  General  Sir  Thomas  Bradford,  by  his  niece,  the  only 
daughter  of  his  brother  James  Atkinson,  esq.  of  Newcastle. 


PEDIGREE  OF  ATKINSON,  OF  LINEMOUTH,  &c. 

[Compiled  from  memoranda  and  muniments  in  the  possession  of  the  family,  and  from  information  obligingly  communicated 

by  Robert  Anthony  Atkinson,  esq.  ] 

ARMS  granted  to  Robert  Anthony  Atkinson,  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  esq.  and  to  Anne  Atkinson,  his  wife,  in  pursuance 
of  the  will  of  Ralph  Atkinson,  esq. :— Erminois,  on  a  fess  cottised  gules,  between  three  pheons  azure,  a  lion  passant  or, 
between  three  roses  argent.  CREST  :— On  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  on  a  mount  vert,  a  pheon  azure  between  two  roses  spring- 
ing from  the  mount  argent,  stalked  and  leaved  proper. 

I.— ELEANOR  FORSTER=HENRY  ATKINSON,  of  Newcastle,  hoastman.!r:MARGARET  LAWSON,  daur.  of  John  Lawson,  of  Long- 
married  26  July,  1694 ;    His  father  died  Jan.  26,  1688,  and  his  mo-    hurst,  by  his  wife  Barbara,  daur.  of  Edward  Cook,  of 
buried  Dec.  30,  1705.       ther  Mary,  Sep.  29,  and  was  bur.  at  Gates-    Amble  New  Hall ;  born  9  Feb.  1682 :  married  at  Bo- 
head,  Oct.  3,  1714,  aged  76.  thai,  Feb.  2,  1706 ;  died  Nov.  19,  1726,  and  buried  in 

^_^__________  |  All  Saints  church,  Newcastle. 

i       i  i  i       i 

II.— 1.  JOHN  ATKINSON,  born  Feb.  7,  1708.  1.  JANE  ATKINSON,-TWILLIAM  SCOTT,  coal-fitter  2.  MARGARET  ATKINSON,  born 
He  settled  in  London,  and  married,  April  4,  born  Aug.  31, 1709;  and  merchant  in  Newcas-  April  7,  1715  ;  died  June  19, 
1741,  Miss  Henly,  by  whom  he  had  issue —  died  July  17,  1800,  tie  ;  married  at  Horton  1744. 

Anne,  wife  of  John  Wardle,  of  Fenchurch  and  was  buried  at  chapel,  in  the  parish  of  3.  BARBARA  ATKINSOII,  born 
Street,  London./K  All  Saints.  Woodhorn,  on  Monday,  Dec.  19,  1721 ;  married  JOHN 

2.  HENRY  ATKINSON,  esq.  born-r  JANE,  dau.  Aug.  18,1740.  RICHARDSON,  and  died  27  Dec. 

Sept.  11, 1713;  marr.  at  Wood-    and  co-heir  of  Dr  Watson,   of  1807,  without  issue, 

horn,  2  June,  1743 ;  died  July  I  Linemouth ;  bur.  at  All  Saints, 
22,  1793.    He  was  both  bap.  &    Newcastle,  Jan.  6,  1796. 
bur.  at  All  Saints,  Newcastle.   | 


p  III.  i.  212,  i  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  12.          *  III.  ii.  269. 

8  Martin's  Index.  '  III.  i.  257,  318. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3   D 


194 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  Henry  Atkinson,  esq. 

and  Jane  Watson. 

I 

r 


Issue  of  William  Scott 

and  Jane  Atkinson. 

I 


Hi.— 1.  HENRY  ATKINSON  died  an  Infant.  8.  JOHN  ATKINSON,  esq.,  born  1.  WILLIAM  SCOTT,  now  BARON  STOWELL,  of 

g.  RALPH  ATKINSON,  esq.  born  Oct.  6, 17*9;  May  8,  1760;  mair.  at  Tyne-  Stowell  Park,  In  the  county  of  Gloucester,  F.  R.S. 

died  16  May,  1827  ;  was  bap.  and  buried  mouth,  in  1793,  to  BARBARA  and  D.C.L. ;  was  born  at  Heworth,  in  the  county 

at  All  Saints,  Newcastle.      By  his  will,  COWARD;  died  Mar.  19,  1818,  of  Durham,  Oct.  28,  1746;  on  Sept.  22  in  which 

which  is  dated  March  30,  1827,  he  devised  s.  p.  ;  bap.  and  buried  at  All  year,  Newcastle,  in  consequence  of  the  defeat  of 

his  manors  and  estates  at  Angerton,  South  Saints,  Newcastle.  General  Cope  by  the  rebel  forces,  was  thrown  into 

Middleton,  Linemouth,  Shipley,  Weetsled,  5.  CHARLES  ATKINSON  died  27  the  greatest  consternation,  and  many  of  its  most 

and  Hallywell,  all  in  this  county,  in  trust,  Jan.  1778,  s.  p.  opulent  merchants  immediately  fled,  taking  with 

for  the  children  of  his  niece  dame  Mary  6.  JANE  ATKINSON,  born  Aug.  them  into  the  country  their  most  valuable  effects. 

Anne  Atkinson,  by  her  husband  sir  Thos.  3,  1757 ;  marr.  at  All  Saints,  Among  others  who  fled  from  the  rising  storm 

Bradford  ;  and  his  premises  in  Newcastle,  19    Nov.    1786,    to   THOMAS  was  lord  Stowell  s  mother :  she  was  lowered  trom 

In  trust,  for  the  children  of  his  sister,  Jane  RUTHERFORD,  esq.  who  died  the  walls  of  the  town  by  a  basket  into  a  boat  in 

Rutherford.    His  will  expressly  orders  his  9  Dec.  1814,  and  was  buried  the  Tyne,  and  conveyed  to  Heworth,  as  a  place 

trustees  to  manage  his  affairs  under  the  at  All  Saints,  Newcastle.   Mrs  of  greater  security  for  her  confinement.     For  an 

direction  of  the  high  court  of  chancery.  Rutherford  was  living  in  Sep-  account  of  his  lordship's  public  life,  I  refer  the 

4.  JAMES  ATKINSON,  born  29  July.  1751  ;  tember,  1829.  =r  reader  to  the  Peerages  of  the  Realm.     I  may  not, 


1>.     *>A1XLE.O    JKXAMiMMIJ      Vlflll     -tC7    *»U1Y,       ft  f WB    , 

married  MARY  LAWTON  ;  &  died  14  Feb. 
1816.     His  wife  died  June  17,  1818.=r 


however,  be  considered  as  going  out  of  my  way, 
by  observing  that  the  circumstance  of  his  lordship 
being  born  at  Heworth  enabled  him  to  take  one 
of  the  Durham  fellowships  in  University  College, 
Oxford,  in  1766,  and  afforded  him  the  first  step  to  those  high  honours  to  which  his  industry,  high  integrity,  and  trans- 
cendant  talents  have  raised  him.  His  lordship,  too,  has  shown  great  affectionate  regard  for  the  place  of  his  birth,  by  going- 
to  see  it  in  his  several  visits  to  Newcastle.  He  married,  firstly,  in  1782,  ANNA  MARIA,  eldest  daur.  and  co-heir  of  John 
Bagnall,  of  Early  Court,  Berkshire,  by  whom  he  has  issue — 1.  William  Scott,  M.  P.  for  Gatton,  born  May  23,  1794. 
—2.  Marianne,  married  firstly,  to  Thomas  Townshend,  esq.  who  died  in  1820  ;  and  secondly,  in  1823,  to  Henry,  first  and 
present  Viscount  Sidmouth.  Lord  Stowell's  second  wife  was  LOUISA  CATHARINE,  marchioness  of  Sligo,  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  1813.  She  died  in  1817. 

2.  BARBARA  SCOTT,  born  at  Heworth,  and  twin  sister  of  lord  Stowell ;  died  in  Newcastle,  May  3,  1823. 

3.  HENRY  SCOTT,  merchant  in  Newcastle,  married  MARY,  daur.  of  Thomas  Cook,  of  Togston,  and  died  Dec.  8,  1799 ; 
which  Mary  died  June  3,  1825,  having  had  by  her  husband  issue  one  daughter — Mary  Scott,  who  married  Joseph  Forster,  of 
Seaton  Burn,  in  this  county,  esq.  and  alderman  of  Newcastle ;  and  was  living  in  Sept.  1829,  having  had  issue  by  her  hus- 
band, who  died  April  7,  1821  : — 

1.  Henry  Forster,  who  died  at  Calais,  6  June,  1823. 

2.  Joseph  Fiancis  Forster,  married  firstly,  in  France,  in  1823,  to  the  Baroness  St  Benny,  who  died  at  Chartres,  19  Nov. 

1823 ;  and  secondly,  on  May  19,  1825,  at  the  English  ambassador's  chapel  in  Paris,  to  Jttnie  Jombart,  who  is  now 
living,  and  a  widow,  her  husband  having  died  May  18,  1828,  s.  p.  8.  Ellen  Forster. 

4.  William  John  Forstrr,  who  married  Ap.  20,  1829,  Frances,  only  daur.  of  Dr  Hird,  of  Leeds. 

4.  JANE  SCOTT,  born  May  22,  1750,  and  died  May  8,  1822  ;  having  married  SIR  THOMAS  BURDON,  of  West  Jesmond,  knt. 
who  died  July  26,  1826,  and  by  him  having  had  issue— 

1.  William  Burdon,  died  in  Feb.  1823.  2.  Thomas  Burdon,  died  in  Feb.  1829. 

3.  Richard  Burdon,  esq.  married  1 1  Feb.  1815,  Eliza,  only  daur.  of  sir  James  Sanderson,  baronet,  on  which  occasion  he 

took  the  name  and  arms  of  SANDERSON  in  addition  to  his  own.     The  issue  of  this  marriage  are— Richard,  Eliza, 
Mary,  and  John  Scott,  all  living  in  1829. 

5.  JOHN  SCOTT,  viscount  Encombe,  of  Encombe,  in  the  county  of  Dorset,  and  EARL,  OF  ELDON,  of  Eldon,  in  the  county 
of  Durham,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  and  F.A.S.,  many  years  lord  high  chancellor  of  England,  and  living  in  1829.     Lord  Eldon 
was  born  in  his  father's  mansion-house  in  Love  Lane,  Newcastle,  June  4,  1751.     For  an  account  of  his  lordship's  brilliant 
and  upright  career  as  a  lawyer  and  statesman,  I  must  refer  my  reader  to  the  Peerages  of  the  Realm  and  the  Histories  of 
our  country,  in  which  he  appears  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  conspicuous  figures  of  his  age.     His  lordship  married 
ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  AUBONE  SURTEES,  esq.  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  by  whom  he  has  issue  :— 

1.  John  Scott,  who,  in  1804,  married  Henrietta  Elizabeth,  only  daur.  of  sir  Matthew  White  Ridley,  bart.   by  whom, 

having  died  in  1805,  he  left  issue — John  Viscount  Encombe,  born  in  Nov.    1805,  and  living  in  Sept.  1829.     His 
widow  re-married  to  William  Farrar,  Esq. 

2.  William  Henry  Scott,  M.  P.  for  Newport,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight ;  born  25  Feb.  1795. 

3.  Elizabeth,  married  in  1807  to  John  Stanley  Repton,  esq. 

4.  Frances.  Jane,  married  in  1820,  to  the  Rev  Edward  Bankes. 


IV.— 1.  JANE  AT- 
KINSON died  an  in- 
fant. 


AINSLIE,  esq., 
lieut. -colonel  in 
the  army  ;  mar- 
lied  May  12,  1807,  at  St  Andrew's, 
Newcastle;  died  at  Messina,  in  1811, 
and  was  buried  at  All  Saints,  New- 
castle, in  1812. 


CHARLES  PHiLiP=f=2- MARY  ANNE-pSiR  THOMAS  BRADFORD,    1.  HENRY  RUTHERFORD  died  an  infant* 


ATKINSON    liv-  |  It.C.B.,  a  lieut. -general    2.  JANE  RUTHERFORD  married  JOHN  TODD, 
ing  in  1829.         |  in  the  army,  and  colonel    esq.  of  Tranby,  Yorkshire,  at  St  Andrew's, 

—  of  the  30th  regt.  ;  was  church,  Newcastle,  March  27,  1828. 
commander  of  the  forces  in  Scotland  3.  ANNE  RUTHERFORD,  in  compliance  with 
six  years,  from  1819  to  1825.  In  Aug.  the  injunction  of  the  will  of  her  uncle, 
1822,  he  received  his  present  Majesty  Ralph  Atkinson,  esq.  by  sign  manual 
on  his  landing  at  Leith  ;  and,  in  1826,  bearing  date  Dec.  3,  1827,  took  the  sur- 
was  appointed  commander  of  the  forces  name  of  Atkinson  only,  and  the  arms  of 
at  Bombay.  Atkinson.  She  married  at  St  Andrew's, 

Newcastle,  May  31,  1828,  ROBERT  AN- 
THONY PURVIS,  second  son  of  Charles  Dalston  Purvis,  esq.  by  Mary,  his  first  wife  :  In  consequence  of  which  marriage, 
and  in  compli£ice  with  the  will  of  the  said  Ralph  Atkinson,  esq.  her  husband,  by  sign  manual,  bearing  date  June  26, 1828, 
took  the  surname  of  Atkinson  only,  and  the  arms  of  Atkinson. 

4.  MARY  RUTHERFORD,  living  in  1829. 


V.— 1.  CHARLES  PHILIP  AINSLIE, 
horn  March  18,  1808  ;  and  lieut. 
in  the  4th  light  dragoons. 
5j.  MART  ANNE  AINSMK. 


1.  JAMES  HENRY  HOLES  BRADFORD,  born  9  March,  1819. 

2.  ELIZABETH  MARY  BRADFORD. 

3.  GEORGINA  AUGUSTA  FREDERICA  BRADFORD,  born  in  Edinburgh,  where  she  was  bap. 

in  1822,  having  for  her  godfathers,  his  present  Majesty,  and  her  great  uncle  Ralph- 
Atkinson,  esq.,  and  for  her  godmothers,  Mrs  Falconer,  sister  to  sir  Thomas  Brad- 
ford, and  Mrs  John  Atkinson,  of  Newcastle. 

4.  RALPH  BRADFORD,  born  Oct.  6,  1823. 

5.  BARBARA  BRADFORD. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. ELLINGTON.  195 

ELLINGTON,  that  is,  river  town,  has  its  name  from  its  situation  on  the  river 
Line.  The  highway  to  it  from  Cresswell  goes  off  in  it  in  one  direction  to 
Morpeth,  and  in  another  to  Widdrington  and  Ulgham.  It  is  a  clean  and  well 
built  village,  seated  on  rock,  on  the  brow  of  a  hill,  fronting  the  west,  and 
having  land  of  good  quality  about  it.  This,  with  Hayden"  and  Cresswell,  in 

u  ELLINGTON,  in  former  times,  had  several  proprietors  in  it.  Alexander  de  Dumart,  about  the 
time  of  king  John,  gave  to  Walter  de  Balliol,  and  his  heirs,  in  fee,  two  bovates  of  land  in  Elling- 
ton, consisting  of  60  acres,  which  Alden  the  son  of  Ucthred  held  there,  and  other  two  bovates 
holden  by  Norman,  the  son  of  Urskill  (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  13) ;  and,  about  the  same  time,  Robert 
de  Balliol  gave  to  Walter,  the  son  of  Philip  of  Linton,  those  twelve  acres  of  land  in  the  field  of 
Ellington,  which  he  accepted  in  exchange  of  his  lord,  Thomas  de  Percoy  for  a  rent  of  40s.  which  he 

had  in  the  ville  of  — (Id.  No.  14.)     Also,  by  a  deed  without  date,  but  probably  executed 

about  1240,  Beatrice  Pawlyn,  of  Ellington,  in  her  widowhood,  gave  to  Robert,  son  of  Walter  of 
Ellington,  that  toft  of  her  land  which  laid  between  her  own  ground  and  the  ground  of  Wm  Byker 
and  measured  at  the  top  towards  the  king's  highway,  9  feet  in  length  and  breadth,  and  at  the  lower 
part  20  feet  in  length  and  breadth,  and  the  broadest  part  which  extended  to  the  park  (vivarium), 
contained  200  feet  in  length  and  breadth  j  also  half  a  rood  of  land  adjoining  the  park,  between  the 

grounds  of  Ralph,  son  of  Tymoth,  and  those  of  William  Byker (Id.  15.}     The  prior  of  the 

hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem  had  possessions  here  in  1294,  for  which  he  claimed  various  im- 
munities.— (III.  i.  130}  ;  Agnes  Graper  died  seized  of  lands  in  this  place  in  1343;  and  John  de 
Wendout,  and  his  heirs,  as  appears  by  several  inquests  after  their  deaths,  in  the  reigns  of  Edward 
the  Third  and  Richard  the  Second,  had  a  messuage  and  18  acres  of  land  here. — (III.  i.  74,  84 ; 
III.  ii.  252,  253,  258,  259.;  Edward  the  Third,  in  1360,  granted  to  John  Hunter,  for  the  sum 
often  marks,  divers  lands  and  tenements  in  Hurst,  Newbigging,  Ellington,  and  elsewhere,  which 
had  belonged  to  John  de  Horsley  and  John  Thorald,  adherents  to  Gilbert  de  Middleton  in  his 
spirited  revolt  against  Edward  the  Second.  A  writ  of  ad  quod  damnum  was  issued,  in  1377,  to 
enquire  respecting  lands  in  this  and  other  places,  granted  to  the  priory  of  Tynemouth  ;  and  ano- 
ther, in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth,  respecting  divers  messuages  in  Alnwick,  eight  in  Warkworth, 
and  two  in  Ellington,  granted  to  the  chaplains  of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  in  Alnwick, 
by  Henry  earl  of  Northumberland. — (III.  ii.  277,  401,  406.}  In  29  Elizabeth  there  was  a  decree 
in  a  suit  in  the  exchequer,  for  the  tenants  in  Ellington  to  enjoy  Aldenfield  for  ever  by  paying  20s. 
a  year  to  the  queen,  and  the  same  sum  to  the  defendant  in  the  suit  (Martin's  Index} ;  and  the 
indexes  to  the  Records  in  the  Office  of  the  Auditor  of  the  Land  Revenue  refer  to  grants  of  lands 
and  tenements  here,  in  the  same  reign,  to  Reginald  Briscoe  and  Henry  Haggerstone,  and  to  four- 
teen other  deeds  or  records  respecting  property  in  this  place. 

HAYDEN  was  a  member  of  the  manor  of  Ellington,  and  in  the  barony  of  Balliol  in  1240,  when 
it  belonged  to  Adam  de  Piriton,  from  whom  it  descended  like  Ellington,  to  the  families  of  Vescy 
and  Welles.  No  place  of  the  name  is  known  in  this  neighbourhood  at  present.  Was  it  the  place 
called  the  Dean-house,  which  is  the  name  of  a  farm  situated  on  a  small  dene  on  the  left  bank  of 
the  Line,  and  between  the  lands  of  Ellington  and  Linemouth  ? 

HALLYWELL,  which  is  also  often  classed  in  antient  records  with  the  manors  of  this  parish  that 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


1240,  was  the  manor  of  Adam  de  Piriton,  from  whom  it  passed  by  marriage 
to  the  antient  and  noble  families  of  Vescy  and  WellesY— the  latter  of  whom 
forfeited  it  at  the  battle  of  Towton  field,  in  1461,  by  adhering  to  the  cause  of 
the  house  of  Lancaster  against  Edward  the  Fourth.  The  particulars  I  have 
been  able  to  collect  respecting  the 

DESCENT  OF  ELLINGTON,  THROUGH  THE  FAMILIES  OF  PIRITON,  VESCY,  AND  WELLES, 

Are  slightly  interwoven  with  the  warp  and  woof  of  the  following  pedigree,  by  the  evidences  to  which,  as  well  as  by  the 
Inquisitiones  Post  Mortem,  and  other  records,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  name  of  the  last  of  these  families  was  usually  written 
WELLE.  The  parts  without  reference  to  authority,  are  from  Dugdale's  Baronage,  ii.  10,  &c. 

ADAM  DE  PIRITON,  in  1240,  held  Ellington,  Cresswell,  and  Hayden,  in  this=p  ADAM  DE  WELLES,  in  1294,  was  in  the  retinue*?1 

county,  by  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoffment,  and  died  60  Henry  III.,  j  of  William  de  Vescy  in  the  wars  in  Gascony, 

1266,  possessed  of  the  same  property,  besides  Saxton,  Multon,  and  Wan-  I  was  summoned  to  parliament  from  27  Edw.  I. 

grave,  in  Northamptonshire.—  (HI.  i.  44,  212  s  Cat-  Ing,  p.  m.  i.  28.) {  to  4  Edw.  II.  1311,  in  which  last  year  he  died. 


1.  WILLIAM  DE  VESCY,  baron  of  Alnwick,=IsABELLA  DE  PIRITON,  under  the~r2.  ROBT.  DE  WELLES,    ADAM  DE  WELLEST 
with  whom  the  abbot  and  convent  of  that    name  of  "  Isabella  de  Welle,"  wi-    after  the  death  of  his 


place,  by  deed,  dated  at  Alnwick,  in  1269,  dow  of  William  de  Vescy,  by  her 

covenanted  not  to  buy  any  thing  in  the  ter-  deed  without   date,    gave  to   her 

ritory  of  Ellington  without  his  consent;  and  daurs.  Cecilia  and  Alina,  for  their 

if  they  should  infringe  the  letter  of  their  life,  the  manor  of  Ellington,  with 

covenant  by  making  any  bargain  there,  they  its  appurtenances  in  Hayden,  Cress- 

of  their  own  free  will  agreed  that  he  might  well,  and  elsewhere  in  Northum- 

distrain  their  fee  in  the  ville  of  Ellington  till  berland  (excepting  a  rent  of  4s.  out 

they  had  rendered  him  satisfaction  for  each  of  Newbigging),  together  with  all 

purchase  they  made  as  far  as  the  sum  of  40s.  the  goods  and  chattels  found  upon 

(Woodh.  Misc.  No.  17,  a.)     Robert  de  Kay-  the  said  manor,  to  hold  by  the  an- 

i mncs.  in  1271,   quitclaimed  to  Wm  de  Ves-  nual  payment  to  her  of  .£30  during 

cy  all  his  part  in  the  manor  of  Ellington,  her  life,  and  remainder  to  her  and 

with   all    the  appurtenances  and  escheats  her  heirs.     She  died  8  Edw.  II.  1315. — (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  17,  ft.  ,-  Cal.  Inq. 

which  could  possibly  fall  to  him  by  inherit-  p.  m.  vol.  i.  p.  258.) 
ance,  except  knights  fees.     He  also  granted 

to  the  said  William  certain  rents  in  Novavilla  and  Notasse,  in  Glamorganshire  ;  and  to  this  William  and  his  wife  Isabella, 
all  his  share  of  Chelleworth  and  Colecote. — (Id.  No.  16.)  He  died  in  1297,  possessed  of  two  parts  of  Ellington,  but  with- 
out lawful  heirs. — (III.  i.  53.) 


was  16  years  old  at 

first  wife  Isabella,  wi-  the  time  of  his  bro. 
dow  of  Wm  de  Vescy,  Robt.'s  death;  was 
had  re-married  in  summoned  to  par- 
1318 ;  for  he  and  his  liament  from  1332 
wife  Jane,  &  his  bro-  to  1343  ;  and  died 
thers  Adam  and  John,  in  1345,  possessed 
are  mentioned  in  a  re-  of  two  parts  of  El- 
cord  of 'that  year. —  lington,besidescon- 
(Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  i.  289.)  siderable  property 

in  Northamptonsh. 

and  Lincolnshire. 


were  comprized  within  the  barony  of  Balliol,  is  situated  between  Earsdon  and  Seaton  Delaval,  in 
the  parish  of  Tynemouth,  and  in  1240  was  holden  by  Eustace  Delaval  by  the  soccage  service  of 
free  marriage,  and  since  the  time  of  queen  Eliz.  has  belonged  to  the  family  of  Bates,  of  Milburne. 
y  The  following  anecdote  is  related  by  Dugdale,  from  Stowe : — John  lord  Welles  "in  19  Ric. 
II.  being  sent  ambassador  into  Scotland  to  treat  concerning  certain  matters  of  great  importance  be- 
twixt both  kings,  he  happened  to  be  at  a  solemn  banquet,  where  the  Scots  and  English  were  dis- 
coursing of  deeds  of  arms,  and  said  :— '  Let  words  have  no  place  :  if  ye  know  not  the  chivalry 
and  valiant  deeds  of  Englishmen,  appoint  me  a  day  and  place  when  ye  list,  and  ye  shall  have 
experience.'  Whereunto  David  earl  of  Crauford  assenting,  this  John  lord  Welles  chose  London 
bridge  for  the  place,  and  the  earl  of  Crauford  assigned  St  George's  day  for  the  time."  "  Upon  the 
day  of  battle  both  of  them  coming  to  the  bridge  on  their  barbed  horses,  at  the  sound  of  trum- 
pet, encountered  each  other  with  square  grounden  spears ;  in  which  adventure  earl  David  sat  so 
strong,  that,  notwithstanding  the  spear  was  broken  on  his  helmet  and  visage,  he  stirred  not,  inso- 
much that  the  spectators  cried  out,  that  '  contrary  to  the  law  of  arms,  he  was  bound  to  the  saddle.' 
Whereupon  he  dismounted,  and  got  up  again,  and  ran  a  second  course  j  but,  in  the  third,  he 
threw  this  lord  Welles  out  of  his  saddle  to  the  ground  ;  and,  dismounting  again,  embraced  him, 
that  the  people  might  understand  he  had  no  hatred  towards  him,  and  with  great  humanity  visited 
him  afterwards  every  day  till  he  recovered  his  health." — (Baronage,  ii.  1 1.) 


WOODHORN  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  PIRITON,  &c. ELLINGTON.  197 

fi  fi 

Issue  of  Robert  de  Welles                                                                  Issue  of  Adam  de  Welles 
and  Isabella  de  Piriton.  and 

I ! 

CECILIA  and  ALINA  had,  by    JOHN  DE  WELLES  was  16  years  old  at  the  time  of  his=r=MAUD,  "  widow  of  sir  John  de  Welle," 


the  gift  of  their  mother  "Isa-  father's  death  ;  was  summoned  to  parliament  in  1367 
bella  de  Welle,"  the  manor  and  1360 ;  and  died  in  1361,  seized  of  the  manor  of 
of  Ellington  for  life,  on  the  Ellington,  and  lands  in  Cresswell  and  Haydon,  in  the 
conditions  above-mentioned,  barony  of  By  well,  and  of  large  possessions  in  Lincoln- 
shire, Essex,  and  Northamptonshire. — (HI.  i.  80.) 


in  1366,  as  guardian  of  the  body  and 
lands  of  her  son  John,  let  the  manor 
of  Ellington  and  Hay  den  to  Roger  de 
Widdrington.— (  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  18.) 


JOHN  DE  WELLES  was  ten  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  ;  served  under  Henry  Percy,  earl  of  Northumberland,5^ 
In  2  Richard  II.  ;  fought  a  duel  on  London  bridge  with  David  earl  of  Crawford  ;  was  summoned  to  parliament  from  1367 
to  1422,  in  which  last  year  he  died  seized  of  Ellington,  and  other  large  possessions  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  sir  Ralph  Eure 
whose  family  liad  intermarried  with  the  Vescys  and  the  Aytons,  heirs  general  of  William  de  Vescy,  died  seized  of  certain 
interests  in  Ellington,  Hayden,  and  Linemouth. — fill,  it.  269.) 


EUDO  DE  WELLES  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father.  n^lAUD,  daughter  of  Ralph  lord  Greystock. 
JOAN,  daughter^LEO  DE  WELLES  was  summoned  to  parliament  from  1432  to  1440,  but  lost  IHS^MARGARET,  widow  of  John 


ofsirRobt.  Wa- 


life  29  March,  1461,  in  Towton  field,  fighting  on  the  side  of  the  Lancastrian  Beaufort,  duke  of  Somerset, 

party  :  for  which  he  was  attainted!  his  lands  and  honours  forfeited,  and  his  married  to  Leo  de  Welles  in 

property  at  Ellington  granted  in  special  tail  to  Robert  lord  Ogle.—;'///,  ii.  385.  25  Henry  VI. 
See  also  Rot.  Par.  v.  477.) 

RICHARD  DE  WELLES  was  summoned  to  parliament,  under  the  title  of  lord  Willoughby,  from  1455!T=JoAN,  daur.  of  Robert 
to  1466,  and  fully  restored  to  the  blood  and  honours  of  his  family  ;  but  beheaded  in  1469,  in  which  lord  Willoughby,  of 
year  Ellington  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  manors  which  was  restored  to  him. j  Eresby. 

RICHARD  DE  WELLES,  in  an  attempt  to  JOAN  DE  WELLES  had  restitution=RicHARD  HASTINGS,  esq.  brother  of  William  lord 
avenge  his  father's  death,  was  taken  to  her  and  her  husband  of  the  Hastings,  chamberlaiu  of  the  household  of  Edw. 
prisoner  near  Stamford,  March  13,  1470,  estates  forfeited  by  her  father  and  the  Fourth.  He  was  summoned  to  parliament 
by  Edward  the  Fourth,  and  beheaded.  her  brother,  but  Ellington  is  not  under  the  title  of  lord  Welles,  22  Edw.  IV.  and 

mentioned  among  them.  1  Richard  III.  ;  but  died  s.  p. 

The  family  of  Widdrington  acquired  possessions  in  Ellington  at  an  early 
period  ;  for  Robert  of  Gloucester  gave  to  his  own  son  John,  a  toft  and  a  croft 
in  "  Hellington ;"  and  John  the  son  conveyed  to  Duncan  de  Widdrington  a 
toft,  by  deed  without  date  ;  and  Richard,  son  of  Robert  of  Gloucester,  gave 
a  toft  and  three  acres  of  ground  in  Ellington,  in  40  Henry  III.  to  John,  son 
of  John  de  Widdrington.*  About  the  same  period,  John  lord  of  Widdrington 
gave  to  David  Lasceles,  in  marriage  with  his  cousin  [cognata]  Joan,  all  his 
land,  with  the  tofts  which  he  had  by  his  own  and  his  brother  Duncan's  pur- 
chase in  this  place  ;x  and  Edmund  de  Ellington,  the  son  of  Ralph  de  Stokys, 
gave  to  Duncan  de  Widdrington  half  an  acre  of  land  in  "  territorio  de  El- 
lington."7 In  1367,  Isabella,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  sir  Robert  Darayns, 
knight,  gave  seisin  to  Roger  de  Widdrington  of  all  her  lands  in  Ellington, 
which  fell  to  her  by  inheritance  after  the  death  of  her  father.2  The  posses- 
sions, however,  which  the  Widdringtons  acquired  in  this  parish,  as  I  have 
before  noticed,  continued  all  along,  during  the  existence  of  the  feudal  system, 
to  be  holden  of  the  barony  of  Balliol ;  which,  from  the  time  of  Richard  the 
Second  to  that  of  queen  Elizabeth,  when  it  was  forfeited,  belonged  to  the  Ne- 
villes of  Raby  ;  which  family,  in  1388,  held  a  moiety  of  Linemouth  and  Hurst 

*  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  20,  21,  22.        x  Id.  No.  19.        J  Id.  No.  23.         *  Id.  No.  24. 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3  E 


1Q8 


MORPETH  DEANERY.  -  MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


in  fee  of  the  crown,  as  well  as  possessions  in  Ellington,  Cresswell,  and  Hay- 
den.*  Sir  Ralph  de  Widdrington,  in  1  Henry  VII.  gave  to  his  chaplain  Wil- 
liam de  Thornton,  for  his  good  service,  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  he 
had  in  this  place.5  The  property  which  this  family  had  in  Woodhorn  parish 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VI.  is  described  in  the  inquest  after  the  death  of  sir  John 
de  Widdrington,  in  1444,  as  consisting  of  the  manor  of  Woodhorn,  a  fishery 
on  the  Wansbeck,  property  in  Newbigging,  two  husbandlands  arid  one  cottage 
in  Cresswell,  three  husbandlands  and  a  cottage  in  Ellington,  Newton  near 
Ellington,  and  the  ville  of  Linton.c  The  inquest  after  the  death  of  lady  Eliza- 
beth Carey,  wife  of  Robert  lord  Carey,  of  Leppingtori,  and  widow  of  sir  Henry 
Widdrington,  enumerates  the  manor  of  Ellington  as  one  of  the  possessions  of 
the  Widdrington  family.  There  are  also  other  inquests  to  the  same  effect  ; 
one  especially,  21  October,  34  Elizabeth,  after  the  death  of  Henry  Widdring- 
ton. They  are  not,  however,  returned  as  possessed  of  any  lands  here  in  1663, 
for  the  only  proprietors  mentioned  in  Ellington  in  that  year  were  Wm  Brown, 
Matt.  Hall,  Wm  Swan,  Thomas  Corby,  Margery  Smith,  Mr  John  Fenwick, 
and  Mr  John  Ridley  ;d  but,  besides  the  manors  of  Woodhorn,  Ellington  with 
Cresswell,  and  Newbigging,  which  are  enumerated  among  the  possessions  for- 
feited by  lord  Widdrington  in  1715,  there  were  also  advertised  for  sale,  lands 
in  Ellington  and  Deanhouse,  let  in  1750  at  £374-  16s.,  besides  free  rents  out 
of  the  manor  of  Ellington  amounting  to  £2  lls.  2d.  annually.6  After  the 
failiire  of  the  York  Building  Company  to  complete  their  purchase  of  these 
lands  and  interests,  the  greater  part  of  them  were  sold,  in  1750,  under  autho- 
rity of  decrees  in  chancery,  to  Adam  Askew,  esq.,  M.  D.,  of  Newcastle,  whose 
grandson  Adam  Askew,  esq.  of  Redheugh,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  and  of 
Wimpole  Street,  London,  is  their  present  proprietor. 


PEDIGREE  OF  THE  ASKEW8,  PROPRIETORS  OF  ELLINGTON  AND  LINTON, 


[This  name  was  originally  Ake-sket/gh,  which  signifies  Oak-knoll,  or  hilly  ground  covered  with  wood.  They  were  descend- 
ed from  Thruston  of  the  Wood  (Thrustanus  de  Bosco),  who  lived  in  the  time  of  king  John,  and  had  feoffment  from  the 
Boyvills,  lords  of  Kirksanton,  of  a  place  called  Akeskeugh,  within  the  lordship  of  Millum,  in  Cumberland,  from  which  place 
they  derived  their  name.  The  authorities  for  the  former  part  of  this  pedigree  will  be  found  in  Burn  and  Nicholson's  History 
of  Westmorland,  p.  255  ;  and  the  latter  part  of  it  was  comrannicated  to  the  author  by  Richard  Craster  Askew,  esq.  of 
Newcastle  upon  Tyne.3 


I. — SIB  HUGH  ASKEW,  knight,  who  was  descended  from  Thruston  de  Bosco,  and  raised  tonr 
great  honours  and  preferment  for  his  services. to  king  Henry  the  Eighth,  had  a  gift  of  the 
nunnery  of  Seaton,  which  is  about  four  miles  south  of  Mulcaster,  in  Cumberland,  and  w;is 
then  worth  £500  a  year.  He  had  been  yeoman  of  the  cellar  to  queen  Catharine,  but  upon 
her  divorce  lost  his  situation  ;  but  had  it  restored  by  a  dexterous  manoeuvre.  "  He  applied 
himself  for  help  to  the  lord  chamberlain  for  some  place  or  other  in  the  king's  service.  The 
lord  chamberlain  knew  him  well,  because  he  had  helped  him  to  a  cup  of  the  best ;  but  told 
him  he  had  no  place  for  him  but  that  of  a  charcoal  carrier.  '  Well,"  quoth  Askew,  '  helpj 

(Over? 

•  III.  ii.  257.         b  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  24.        « III.  ii.  274. 
e  Newc.  Cour.  2  June,  1750. 


! ,  daur.  of  John  Huddleston, 

of  Mjllum  Castle,  in  the  county 
of  Cumberland,  one  of  whose 
wives  was  Joan,  sister  to  sir  John 
Seymour,,  father  of  the  lady  Jane 
Seymour,  third  wife  of  Henry 
the  Eighth. 


*  III.  i.  281. 

.II  ..TOY  .II  TH//I 


WOODHORN  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  ASKEW,  OF  ELLINGTON  AND  LINTON.       199 


Issue  of  sir  Hugh  Askew,  knt.  and Huddleston. 


me  in  with  one  foot,  and  let  me  get  the  other  in  as  I  can.^    And  upon  a  great  holiday,  the  king,  looking  put  at  some  spoils, 

Askew 

basket 

that  disd 

Mr  Aske 

your  majesty 

the  cellar  ;  hi 

berland  ;  and  for  his  bravery  and  good  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Musselburgh,  was  created  a  knight  banneret  under  the  royal 
standard  iu  the  camp  at  Roxburgh.  His  tombstone  in  Millum  church  bears  the  following  inscription  : — "  Here  lyeth  Sir 
Hughe  Asketh,  knight,  late  of  the  seller  to  king  Edward  the  VI.  :  which  Sir  Hughe  was  maid  knight  at  Muskelbroughfelde 
in  the  yere  of  oure  Lord  1547,  and  died  the  second  day  of  Mart-he  In  the  year  of  pure  lord  1562." 


II. — HUGH  ASKEW,  of  Greymanes,  in  the  parish  of  Mulcaster,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland, 
was  nephew  to  Hugh  the  cellarer. 


Some  think  that  this  Hugh-r 


III. — HENRY  ASKEW,  of  Greymanes,  died,  according  to  the  parish  register  of  Mulcaster,  in  1621.~r 

IV. WILLIAM  ASKEW,  who  sold  Greymanes,  and  purchased  an  estate  at  Kirkby,  in  coun.  of  Lancaster,  and  died  in  1641.° 

V. — JOHN  ASKEW,  of  Kirkby,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster.  =r 


VI  —ANTHONY  ASKEW,  of  Kendal,  M.  P.,  second  SOII.-T-ANNE,  only  daur.  of  Adam  Storrs,  of  Storrshall,  in  coun.  Lancaster 

I 1 1 

VII.— ADAM  ASKEW,  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  M.  D.,  where  he  settled  about-]-ANNE,  a  younger     ANTHONY.     MARGARET. 

daur.  and  co-heir 


the  year  1725,  and  soon  fell  into  very  extensive  practice.   In  1750,  he  purchased 
the  lands  in  Ellington  and  Linton  forfeited  by  lord  Widdrington  in  1715,  and 

died  in  1773. 

I — r-r— i —  1 — i 

VIII. — 1.  MARGARET,=I.  ANTHONY  AsKEw,T-2.  ELIZABETH,  daur.    2.  ADAM  ASKEW,  A.M.,  rector  of    1.  DEBORAH,  died  at 


of  Richard  Crakenthorpe,  of  Newbigging,  in 
the  county  of  Westmorland. 


daur.  of  Cuth.  Swin-  of  London,  M.  D.  just- 

burne,  of  Longwitton  ly  celebrated  for  his 

and  the  Westgate,   in  extensive  collection  of 

this  county ;  died  with-  books  &  manuscripts, 
out  issue.  especially   such   as 


Greek  literature.  He  was  born  at  Kendal  in 
1722  ;  of  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  B.M., 
1745 ;  studied  at  Ley  den  ;  and  accompanied 
the  English  embassy  to  Constantinople :  took 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  June  3,  1750.  He  died 
at  Hampstead,  in  1784  ;  after  which  his  col- 
lection of  books  and  manuscripts  were  sold 
for  upwards  of  £5000.— ( See  Gentleman's  Ma- 
gazine, 1784.) 


of  Robert    Halford,    Plumland,  in  Cumberland,  the  per-    the  age  of  19,  un- 
esq.,  a  master  in      petual  advowson  of  which  living    married, 
chancery.     She  died    his  father,  22  Oct.  1765,  purchased    2.  ANNE  died  In  1813, 


in  1778. 


of  the  duke  of  Portland  for  £1300.    unmarried. 
His  father  also  purchased  Middle- 


ton  Hall,  in  the  parish  of  Kirby  Lonsdale,  and  left  it  to  this  Adam. 

3.  HENRY  ASKEW,  M.  D.,  practised  for  a  short  time  as  a  physician.     He  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  daur.  of  Adam  Boultby,  of  Whitby,  esq.,  and  died  in  1796,  s.  p. 
His  widow  died  in  1792.   They  were  both  bur.  in  St  John's  church,  Newcastle. 

4.  JOHN  ASKEW,  esq.  of  Pallinsburn  and  Goswick,  by  his  WH^T^BRIDGET,  only 


dated  21  September,  1794,  left  the  castle  of  Berwick,  the  Mills, 
and  the  estate  of  Castle  Hills,  to  his  wife,  for  life  ;  his  lands 
at  Holy  Island  to  his  son  William  ;  and  to  his  eldest  son  Geo. 
Adam,  the  silver  jar  given  to  him  by  lord  Monthenner,  to  go 
with  Pallinsbiirn  as  an  heir  loom. — fRaine't  Test.  833.) 


child  of  John 
Watson,  esq.  of 
Goswick. 


IX. — 1.  ADAM  ASKEW,  of=AMV,  daur.  of  1.  ANNE  ELIZABETH.^:!.  GEORGE  ADAM  ASKEW,  of  Pallinsburn  and  Goswick,  esq. 

of  Redheugh,  in  the  coun.     Robert  Carey,  2.  SARAH  died  about    eldest  son  and  heir, 

of  Durham,  and  of  Wim-    a  merchant  in  the  year    1809,    un-    2.  ELIZABETH  ANNE. 

pole  Street,  London,  esq. ;     London.  married.  3.  JOHN  AVATSON,  in  holy  orders ;  fellow  of  University  Col- 
created  patentee  high  she-  3.  DEBORAH  married    lege  ;  will  dated  January  19,  1805  (Raines  Test.  846)  ;  died 
riff  of  the  coun.  pal.  of  Durham  in  1809,  SIR  LUCAS  PEPYS,  bt.    in  1810. 
on  the  death  of  sir  Hed worth  Williamson.  M.  D.,  and  physician    4.  SIR  HENRY,  K.C.B.,  a  major-general  in  the  army. 

2.  ANTHONY  LINACRE  ASKEW,  M.  A.,  was  to   his    late   Majesty    5.  WILLIAM  was  ttrst  lieutenant  of  the  Triumph,  74  guns, 
fellow  of  King's  College,  Cambridge ;  died  George     the     Third,    and  was  killed  by  an  accident  on  board  in  1806. 
unmarried  in  1818.  and  has  no  issue.  6.  ISABELLA  unmarried. 

3.  HENRY  ASKEW,  in  holy  orders,  rector  4.  AMY  married  the    7.  RICHARD  CRASTER,  a  barrister  in  Newcastle  upon  Tyne, 
of  Greystock,  in  Cumberland,  marr.  ANNE,  REV.    JOHN    WASH-    to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  for  contributions  to  this 
daur.  "of  Thomas  Sunderland,  esq.  of  171-  INGTON,  of  Winches-    pedigree. 

verstone,  in  coun.  of  Lancaster,  by  whom  ter,  and  had  issue —    8.  CHRISTOPHER  CRACKENTHORPE,  a  captain  in  R.  N. 

he  has  issue — Henry,  Anne,  and  Ellen.  Henry,  a  clergyman,    9.  HUGH  BERTRAM,  a  retired  officer  in  the  naval  sendee  of 

4.  RICHARD  ASKEW,  esq.   was   formerly  who  is  dead,   s.  p.  j    the  East  India  Company, 
a  major  in  the  27th  regiment  of  infantry,  John,   a  lieut. .  in  the 

from  which  he  hits  retired  on  half-pay.  army  ;  Adam,  a  barrister  ;  Elizabeth,  and  Maria. 

5.  THOMAS  ASKEW,  esq.  =T=LUCY,  youngest  6.  MARY  died  in  1784,  unmarried. 

~  (lam-,  of  Robert  5.  ELIZABETH. ^HENRY  PERCY  PULLEINE,  of  Carleton  Hall,  in  Yorkshire. 
Carey,  of  London  aforesaid,  and  sister  of 

r 


the  wife  of  her  husband's  eldest  brother. 

1'   I     I     I     I'  I 1     I     I    I llti 1 

1.  HENRY,  a  cornet  in  the  first  regiment  of  dragoons  ;  now  dead.    6.  FRANCES. 


ELIZABETH. 

THOMAS. 

JOHN. 

LUCY. 

GEORGIANA. 


2.  ELIZABETH  DOROTHEA.  7.  AMY. 

3.  HENRIETTA  married Hinks,  a  capt.  In  the  horse  artillery.  8.  ROBERT. 

4.  JAMES.  9.  SARAH. 

5.  ANNE,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Mr  Ryder,  of ,  near  Sheffield.  10.  CHARLOTTE. 


CRESSWELL  has  its  name  from  a  spring  of  fresh  water  at  the  east  end  of  the 
village,  the  strand  of  which  is  grown  up  with  water  cresses.  During  the  ex- 
istence of  the  feudal  system,  this  township  was  accounted  a  member  of  the 


200  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

manor  of  Ellington,  and  in  the  Balliol  barony  ;  the  Cresswell  family,  there- 
fore, and  the  other  proprietors  in  it,  not  holding  their  lands  in  capite, 
and  the  escheator  consequently  not  making  any  inquisitions  after  their 
death,  till  the  barony  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  crown  by  the  attainder  of  the 
earl  of  Westmorland,  in  queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  the  history  of  their  descent, 
from  father  to  son,  for  want  of  written  testimony,  is  rendered  intricate  and 
difficult  to  illustrate.  The  Cresswells,  however,  appear  upon  various  private 
and  public  records,  at  a  very  remote  period,  as  persons  of  the  first  distinction, 
and  principal  proprietors  of  the  place  ;  for  Utting,  or  Ucthred  de  Cresswell, 
was  a  witness  with  Robert  Bertram,  Gerard  of  Widdrington,  and  others,  in 
the  time  of  king  John,  or  of  his  son  Henry  the  Third,  to  deeds  respecting 
Ellington  ;  and  Roger,  the  son  of  Utting  de  Cresswell,  occurs  in  a  pleading, 
in  1249,  as  a  manucaptor  of  Robert  de  Cresswell,  who,  in  another  authority, 
is  represented  as  father  of  Simon,  and  grandfather  of  Roger  de  Cresswell,  as 
will  be  seen  in  the  following 

PEDIGREE  OF  CRESSWELL,  OF  CRESSWELL. 

ARMS  :— "  Gules,  on  a  bend  sinister  sable,  three  bull's  heads  argent." — (Craister  Tables.)  But  the  arms  of  George  Cress- 
well,  of  Nunkilling,  in  Holderness,  grandson  of  George  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell,  as  registered  at  the  visitation  of  Yorkshire,  in 
1584,  were :— "  Gules  three  plates,  each  charged  with  a  squirrel,  sejant,  of  the  field."  Edmondston,  for  Cresswell,  of  Purston, 
In  Northamptonshire,  gives  : — "  Azure  three  plates  each  charged  with  a  squirrel  gules,  cracking  a  nut,  or.  CREST — On  a 
wreath,  a  branch  of  a  tree  barways  vert,  and  on  it  a  squirrel  cracking  a  nut,  or,  between  two  sprigs  of  hazel  fructed  or. 
Another  Crest,— a  saracen's  head  proper." 

[The  descents  below  are  in  the  same  successive  order  as  in  the  account  of  this  family  given  in  Wallis,  excepting  that  he 
has  three  heads  of  the  family,  one  after  each  other,  of  the  name  of  John,  from  Oswin,  in  Generation  IX.  to  William,  in  Gene- 
ration XII.,  where  I  have  been  unable  to  obtain  distinct  notices  of  more  than  two.  The  descents  from  George,  in  Genera- 
tion VII.,  to  John,  in  Generation  X.  are  proved  by  the  pedigree  entered  at  the  College  of  Arms  by  George  Cresswell,  of 
Nunkilling,  in  Holderness,  at  the  visitation  of  Yorkshire  in  1584,  for  a  copy  of  which  I  am  indebted  to  C.  J.  Young,  esq. 
York  Herald.  From  a  manuscript  of  the  Cresswell  pedigree  said  to  be  taken  from  old  writings,  Robert  de  Cresswell  was 
in  possession  of  the  estate  in  the  reign  of  Richard  I.  1191.3 

I.— SIR  ROBERT  DE  CRESSWELL,  knight,  was  father  of  Simon,  and  grandfather  of  Roger,  as  mentioned  in  an  escheat  of  21=F 
Edw.  I.  1293.— (Woodhorn  Misc.  No.  25.)  He  witnessed  a  deed  respecting  Whittonstall,  while  William  Heron  was  sheriff 
of  Northumberland  between  1246  and  1256. — (L.  275.)  In  a  trial  at  law,  in  1249,  John  Baard  and  others  against  Waleran 
de  Horton,  the  defendant  excused  his  appearance  on  the  plea  of  sickness,  upon  •which  Robert  de  Cresswell  and  three  other 
knights  were  ordered  to  enquire  into  the  truth  of  the  plea ;  but  neither  the  defendant,  nor  the  knights  who  took  the  view, 
appearing  at  the  time  appointed,  the  sheriff  of  the  county  had  a  mandate  to  attach  them ;  but  to  take  Roger  the  son  of  Ut- 
ting, and  others,  as  sureties  for  Robert  de  Cresswell  and  his  three  associates,  presenting  themselves  on  a  given  day  at  the 
Strande,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex. — (III.  ii.  343.)  Robert  de  Cresswell  tested  a  deed  of  Robert  de  Balliol,  without  date, 
respecting  Ellington  ( Woodh.  Misc.  No.  14)  ;  and  was  also  a  witness  with  Robert  de  Rue,  mesne  lord  in  Linemouth  and 
Hurst  in  1240,  to  a  deed  of  Ada  de  Balliol,  respecting  twelve  acres  of  land  at  Streatlam,  in  the  county  of  Durham  (Lansi.  MS. 
326,  fol.  152)  ;  and  to  deeds  without  date  respecting  Widdrington  and  Ellington. — \'Id.  150  ,•  and  Weodh.  Misc.  No.  20.) 


II.— SIMON  DE  CRESSWELL  was  witness  to  a  convention  between  Roger  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  and  John  Silvester,  rector  ofnr 
Bothal,  in  1261  (III.  ii.  41)  ;  to  a  deed  respecting  Dririgge,  in  the  sheriffalty  of  Adam  de  Gesemouth,  between  1261  and  1265 ; 
and  to  another  respecting  Ellington,  without  date. — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  151,  a.  ;  and  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  21.) ( 

III. — ROGER  DE  CRESSWELL,  in  21  Edw.  I.  was  proved,  upon  a  view,  to  be  the  son  of  Simon,  and  grandson  of  Robert  Atrr 
Cresswell,  and  to  have  entered  upon  the  tenements  they  had  enjoyed. — (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  25.)  In  Nov.  1291,  he  was  upon  a 
jury,  at  Newcastle,  respecting  the  extent  of  the  lands  of  Gilbert  de  Middleton  (Inq.  p.  m.  19  Edw.  I.  No.  19,  in  Tur.  Land.)  • 
and,  in  1292,  Roger  de  Cresswell  was  one  of  the  jurors  in  a  trial  between  the  corporation  of  Newcastle  and  the  prior  and 
convent  of  Tynemouth,  respecting  the  port  of  the  Tyne. — (Brand's  News.  ii.  561.)  He  witnessed  the  deed  of  Isabella  de  Welle, 
which  settled  Ellington  upon  her  two  daughters  (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  17,  4.) ;  and  was  one  of  the  manucaptors  for  Robert  Ber- 
tram, as  knight  of  the  shire  for  Northumberland,  in  1290  ;  and  for  Henry  de  Dychand,  in  the  same  office,  in  1296.  He  also 
witnessed  deeds  respecting  Linton,  in  1304  and  1307  (Lantd.  MS.  326.  fol.  152,  153  ;  tee  alto  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  19) ;  and  respect- 
Ing  Roddam,  in  1309 (F.  68.) 


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201 


IV. — ROBERT  DE  CRESSWILL  occurs  In  a  list  of  men  at  arms  in  Northumberland  delivered  into  chancery  in  1327  (Cot.  MS.^r 
C.fol.  72,  6.)  ;  was  witness  to  a  deed  respecting-  Pendemore,  near  Lin  tun,  in  1333  (Woodh.  Mite.  No.  26)  ;  and  had  restitution 
of  certain  of  his  lands  in  Cresswell,  in  1358. — (III.  H.  325.) 

V. — ALEXANDER  DE  CRESSWELL  and  Simon  his  son,  tested  a  deed  at  Ellington,  on  the  feast  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  hi  1376=r: 
(Woodh.  Misc.  No.  9)  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  Alex,  de  C.  was  a  witness  to  a  settlement  of  the  Widdrington  property. — (Lansd. 
MS.  326,  fol.  151,  a.)     Wallis  quotes  authorities  for  his  being  a  juror  on   two  inquisitions  after  death  in  the  time  of  Edward 
the  Third ;  and  on  one  holden  at  Newcastle  after  the  death  of  John  de  Strivelyn,  in  the  second  year  of  Richard  the  Second. 

VI.— JOHN  CRESSWELL  being  in  captivity  in  Scotland,  the  king-,  Dec.  6,  1380,  issued  a  mandate  to  the  mayor  and  bailiffs  of^ 
Kingston-upon-Hull,  to  take  goods  to  the  value  of  £40  out  of  a  Scotch  ship  that  had  been  lately  captured  at  sea,  and  forth- 
with to  give  him  that  sum  to  assist  him  in  procuring  his  redemption. — (Rot.  Scot.  it.  31 .)  One  of  the  same  name  had  a  tenement 
in  Newbigging  in  1410  (Woodh.  Misc.  No.  27)  ;  and  Wallis  says  he  was  living  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Fifth. 


VII. — GEORGE  CRESWELL,  of  Cresswell,  was  living-  In  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth.3?1 


VIII.— ROBERT  CRESSWELL,-J-ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  Thomas  lord  Lumley  and    PERCIVAL  CRESSWELL,' 


I  Elizabeth  Plantagenet,  daur.  of  Edw.  IV.   by 
|  lady  Elizabeth  Lucy. — (Surt.  Dvr.  ii.  163.) 


of  Cresswell. 


,T ,  * 

sale  of  £ 
|  Cheshire. 


daur.  of  Has- 
Hanklow,  in 


IX.— 1st  wife,  .  ...,=OSWIN  CREss-=2.  jANET-r-3.  DOROTHY,    1.  MARGARET^!.  GEO.  CRESS-T^.  ANNE,  d.    2.  THOS.  CRESS- 


wELL,ofCress- 

ERRING- 
TON,  had 
one  dau. 
Margery, 
wife  of 
Mr  New- 
ton. 

daur.    of  sir 
Ralph    Hed- 
worth,    of 
Harraton. 

daur.  of  John 
Donnington, 
of"  Escrike." 

1.  Ralph  Cresswel 
20,  at  the  visita 
Yorkshire,  in  1. 

WELL,  of  Nun- 
killing,  in  Hol- 
derness. 

I,  aged    2.  John. 
ion  of    3.  Cathari 
>84.         4.  Dorothy 

of    William    WELL,  married, 
Swinhow.       and  had  2  sons, 
John  #  Percivat. 
3.  RICHARD  C.  married, 
and  had  a  son  Richard, 
ne.        and  a  daur.  Anne. 
4.  ELIZABETH  C.=  

well,  called  Os- 
wald in  lord  Wharton's  order  for 
the  marches  in  6  Edward  VI.  In 
10  Eliz.  1568,  he  is  also  called  Os- 
wald Cresswell,  of  Cresswell. 

X.— JOHN  CRESSWELL,  of  Cresswell,-rEi.izABETH,  mentioned    CUTHBERT  CRESSWELL,  mentioned  in  the  administration  to  his 


died  29  Oct.  1598 ;  administration  to 
his  effects  16  June,  1599. — (Raines 
Test.  138.)  Inquest  after  his  death, 
taken  19  Aug-.  1603,  found  him  die 
possessed  of  one  capital  messuage  in 
Cresswell,  and  of  200  acres  of  land, 
100  of  marsh,  60  of  pasture,  and  a 


in   the    administration  brother  John's  effects,  and  in  the  will  of  Luke  Errington,  who 

to  her  husband's  effects,  seems  to  have  married  his  brother  John's  widow.     According 

and  seems  to  have  re-  to  his  brother  Robert's  will,  his  wife's  name  was  Margaret, 

married    to    Luke    Er-  and  he  had  three  daughters — Margaret,  Dorothy,  and  Catharine, 

rington,   whose  will  is  and  a  son   Robert,  and  two  other  children. ^(Raine's  Test.  340, 

dated  11  Dec.  1609,  de-  439.)     This  is  probably  the  Cuthbert  Cresswell  who  was  ap- 

scribes  him  as  of  Cress-  pointed  supervisor  of  coal-mines  in  Northumberland  for  queen 

well,  and  gives  to  John  Elizabeth. — (Land  Rev.  Office  Records,  vol.  ix.  fol.  94.)     His  soil 

Cresswell,     his     wife's  Robert  was  baptized  at  Woodhorn,  in  May,  1609. 

son,  his  "browneflllie,"  ROBERT  CRESSWELL,  of  Ellington,  gent.,  by  his  will,  dated 

to  his  brother  John  Er-  July  20,  1610,  left  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  quire  of  Wood- 

rington  £10,  and  mentions  Elizabeth  Errington  his  wife,  horn  church,  and  besides  noticing  his  bro.  Cuthbert's  family, 

and  Elizabeth  Errington  his  daughter.      Widow  Cresswell,  mentions  his  nephew  John,  and  his  two  sisters. — (Raines  Test. 

of  Cresswell,  buried  at  Woodhorn,  March  8.,  1635.  340.)     Richard  Fenwick  was  queen  Elizabeth's  receiver  for 

Wylam  and  Ellington,  and  Robert  Cresswell,  his  deputy. — 
^____ (Land  Revenue  Office  Records,  vol.  xv.  Jol.  102.) 


king's  manor  of  By  well  by  the  ser- 
vice of  three  parts  of  a  knight's  fee. 


I  -  1 
XI.  —  JOHN  CRESSWELL,  of  Cresswell,  esq.-y-JoAN,  wife  of  John  Cresswell,  mentioned    JANE  and  ISABELLA,  both  mentioned 


son  and  heir,  aged  1  1  years,  7  months,  and 
10  days,  at  the  time  of  taking  the  inquest 
after  his  father's  death. 


in  a  writ  of  alias  capias,  Hilary  term,  in  the  administration  to  their  father's 
1628,  and  in  other  documents  in  theSwin-  effects,  and  in  the  will  of  their  uncle 
burne  MS.  III.  195,  237,  and  250.  Robert.— (Raines  Test.  138,  340.) 

1 — I — I 1 

XII. — 1.  WILLIAM  CiiEsswELL,  of  Cresswell^,  esq-^LiLLis  CRESSWELL    2.  EFHRAIM  CRESSWELL,  eldest  son,  in   1663,  had 

had  administration    lands  in  Cresswell  assessed  at  j£20  a  year,  but  sold 
to  the  effects  of  her    them  to  his  brother  William. — (Wallis,  ii.  341.) 


before  19 
Sept.  1698. 


3.  OSWALD  CRESSWELL  also  sold  his  right  in  Cress- 
well,  &c.  to  his  brother  William.—  (Id  ) 
4  .......  ,  daur.  ;  bap.  May  17,  1626. 

5.  ANNE,  daur.  ;  bap.  August  5,  1628.  _ 


bap.  at  Woodhorn  July  9,  1635,  had  lands  in  C 
well  assessed  to  county  rate  in  1663,  his  father 
John  and  his  brother  Ephraim  being  at  the  same 
time  assessed  in  the  same  schedule.  He  purchased 
an  estate  at  Long  Framlington,  of  Isaac  Jackson, 
of  North  Shields  "  chirurgeon  chandler,"  which 
was  conveyed  to  him  by  deed  of  indenture,  with 
livery  and  seizin,  indorsed  12  March,  1678.  He  died  before  19  Sep.  1698,  as  appeai-s  by  an  indenture  of  that  date  between 
Lillis  Cresswell  his  widow,  and  his  sons  Robert  and  Henry,  by  which,  administration  to  his  effects  having  been  granted  to 
his  widow,  on  the  14th  day  of  the  same  month,  she  made  assignment  of  such  administration  to  her  son  Robert,  upon  trust, 
to  pay  his  father's  debts,  and  divide  the  surplus  between  him  and  his  brother  Henry,  providing  that  if  any  part  of  such  sur- 
plus were  due  to  Jane,  daur.  of  the  said  William  Cresswell,  deceased,  and  then  wife  of  Edward  Manners,  of  Acton,  he  the 
said  Robert,  should  be  accountable  for  such  part  to  the  said  Edward  Manners  and  Jane  his  wife. — (Indent,  penes  W.  Lawson  rfc 
Longhurst,  arm.)  Wallis,  whose  book  was  printed  in  1769,  says  that  this  William  "  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Wm  Cresswell, 
esq.  father  of  the  present  possessor  William  Cresswell.  esq.  who  hath  one  son  John,  and  several  daughters."  


XIII. — WILLIAM  CRESSWELL,  of  Cresswell,1 
esq.  son  and  heir.  Will  dated  18  May,  1749, 
in  which  his  estate  is  described  as  consist- 
ing of  lands  at  Cresswell,  Bog-hall,  Long 
Framlinglon,  Morpeth,  Potling,  and  Ell^ng- 
ton.  See  abstract  of  his  will  among  glean- 
ings below  No.  8. 


ROBERT  CRESSWELL,  of  Newcastle  on 
Tyne,  in  1698,  had  assignment  of  ad- 
ministration to  his  father's  effects 
from  his  mother  Lillis  Cresswell. 
Licence  to  marry  granted  27  August, 
1700,  to  Robert  Cresswell,  of  St  An- 
drew's, Newcastle,  and  Anne  Tully, 
of  All  Saints,  wid.—  (Rainc's  Test.  27.) 


HENRY  CRESSWELL, 
of  Cresswell,  in  1698. 
Licence  to  marry 
granted  6  Dec.  1700, 
to  Henry  Cresswell, 
of  Newc.  gt.  &  Jane 
Wilkinson,  spinster. 
—(Raines  Test.  23.) 


JANE  CRESSWELL, 
wifeofEdw.  Man- 
ners, of  Acton,  in 
1698.  Licence  for 
their  marriage  was 
granted  5?3  A  up. 

1688. (Raine't 

Test.  87.) 


XIV. — WILLIAM  CRESSWELL,  esq.  of  Woodhorn  Demesne  in  1719,  and  afterwards  of  Cresswell,  called  Wm-rGRACE,  daur.  of 


Cresswell,  jun.  ot  the  Red-house,  in  the  poll  book  for  1748,  at  which  election  he  voted  for  lands  in  Hatix- 
ley.  This  is  th«  William  Cresswell  who  made  the  modern  additions  to  the  old  tower  of  Cresswell.  He  left 
his  estate  of  Woodhorn  Demesne  to  be  divided  amongst  his  daughters  ;  and  John  Addison,  the  husband  of 
Elizabeth,  bought  the  shares  of  her  sisters  in  it,  and  left  it  to  her  for  her  life,  with  remainder  to  her 
nephew  Francis  Cresswell,  and  his  eldest  sou  A.  J.  Cresswell,  esquires.  . 


Francis  Forster, 
of  Low  Buston, 
died  at  Morpeth. 

18  Aug,  " 


Morpetl 

.  1772. 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


3    F 


202 


MORPETH  DEANERY.— -MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  William  Cresswell,  esq. 
and  Grace  Forster. 
I 


I — I 1 1 1 1 —  I 

XV.— JOHN  CRESSWELL,  of  Cresswell,  esq.^CATHARiNE    I.CATHARINE,  eldest  daur.  married  William  Johnson,  of  Woodhorn. 


only  son  and  heir,  in  an  indenture  of  Nov. 
20,  1773,  is  described  as  inheriting  from  his 
father,  lands  at  Cresswell,  Bog-hall,  Haux- 
ley,  Long  Framlington,  Morpeth,  Oldmoor, 
Potling,  and  Ellington.  He  sold  the  estate 
at  Long  Framlington  ;  and  died  of  a  fever, 
in  Westminster,  10  Jan.  1781. 


da.  ot  John    2.  DOROTHY  died  unmarried. 


8.  GRACE  died  unmarried. 


Dyer, of  Ab-    4-.  ELIZABETH,  married  at  Woodhorn,  June  17,  1767,  to  JOHN  AD- 


berglassyn, 
Wales,  esq. 


DISON,  of  Whitby  and  Appleton,  in  the  county  of  York.  She  died 
at  Woodhorn  Demesne,  Dec.  1,  1807,  aged  68,  and  was  buried  at 
Woodhorn,  where  there  is  a  monument  in  the  church  to  her 


memory. — (See  above,  p.  186.)  Mrs  Addison  purchased  one-third  part  of  Bewick 
for  £16,000;  and  left  it  to  her  nephew  A.  J.  Cresswell  Baker,  esq. 
5.  LILIA  married  the  REV.  ROBERT  SANDERSON,  master  of  the  grammar  school 
at  Morpeth,  and  curate  of  Hebburn,  by  whom  she  had  issue  one  son,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  royal  navy,  and  two  daugh- 
ters : — 1.  Maria,  married  to  Sir  George  William  Leeds,  of  Croxton  Park,  in  the  coun.  of  Cambridge,  baronet ;  2.  Anne,  married 
William  Burrett,  of  Alnwick,  esq. 

6.  JULIANA,  lived  at  Woodhorn  Demesne,  where  she  died  October  7,  1829,  aged  92. 

7.  BRIDGET,  married  at  Woodhorn,  5  Nov.  1765,  to  HARRY  PARKER,  of  New  Norfolk  Street,  Grosvenor  Square,  London,  esq. 
afterwards  SIR  H.  PARKER,  of  Melford  Hall,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  baronet,  by  whom  she  had  issue — Sir  William  Parker, 
baronet,  and  two  other  soni  and  two  daughters. 
8.  ALICE,  wife  of  the.  REV.  GEO.  SMALRIDGE,  rector  of  Bothal ;  and  afterwards  of  the  REV.  EDW.  OTTER,  rector  of  Bothal. 


XVI. — FRANCIS  DOROTHEA= 
CRESSWELL,  twin  daughter 
and  co-heir. 


=FRANCIS  EASTERBY,  of  Blackheath,  in  the  CATHARINE  GRACE  CRESSWELL,  twin  sister  of  Mrs 

coun.  of  Kent,  who  purchased  Mrs  Brown's  Cresswell,  and  co-heir  of  her  father,  married  BIRNIE 

moiety  of  the  Cresswell  estate,  and  took  BROWN,  esq.  and  has  issue  four  sons — James,  Sirnie, 

the  name  and  arms  of  CRESSWELL,  and  is  Walter,  &  William  ;  and  three  daughters — Elizabeth 

now  living  Sept.  7,  1829,  at  Old  Brompton,  Addison,  Alicia,  &  Armenia.     Eliz.  A.  married  at  Mo- 

in  the  county  of  Middlesex.  radabad,  June  5,  1827,  to  Robert  Terranean,  esq. 

who  is  in  the  civil  service  of  the  East  India  Com- 
pany. — (Newc.  Cour.  12  Jan.  1828.) 


XVII.— ADDISON  JOHN  CRESSWELL,  of  CresswelljTELizABETH  MARV  REED,  daur.  of  Gilfrid    2.  FRANCIS  CRESSWELL,  of  Lynn, 


esq.  eldest  son  and  heir ;  high-sheriff  of  North- 
umberland in  1821 ;  took  the  name  of  BAKER, 
in  addition  to  his  own,  on  his  wife  succeeding  to 
the  property  of  her  cousin  John  Baker,  esq.  Mr 


LaWson  Reed,  of  Champion  Hill,  in  the  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  esq. 

county  of  Surrey,  esq.,  and  cousin  and  married  RACK AEL,  daur.  of  Win 

heiress  of  John  Baker,  of  Hinton  on  the  Frye,  esq.  and  has  three  sons. 

Green,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  and  3.  WILLIAM  CRESSWELL,  esq. 


of  Grosvenor  Street,  London,  esq. 


magnificent  mansion-house  at  Cresswell,  June ' 
14,  1821,  and  besides  purchasing  the  whole  of  the  township  of  Cresswell,  excepting  Blake- 
moor  and  the  lands  belonging  to  his  father,  has  bought  Old-moor  for  £11,500,  Hadstone 
and  Link-house  for  £38,000,  Birdhope  Craig,  Woolaw,  Hillock,  and  a  share  of  Siloans,  for 
*15,000. 


4.  CRESSWELL  CRESSWELL,  esq.  a 
barrister  of  the  Temple,  London. 

5.  OSWALD  JOSEPH  CRESSWELL, 
in  holy  orders ;  vicar  of  Seaham, 
county  palatine  of  Durham. 

6.  ELIZABETH  died  May  2,  1827. 

7.  FRANCES.       8.  JANE  CATHA- 
RINE died  Jan.  31, 1828. 


XVIII. — OSWIN  ADDISON,  born  April  10,  1819. 
FRANCIS  JOHN,  born  Feb.  20,  1822  ;  died  March  20,  1827. 
WILLIAM  GILFRID,  born  March  21,  1825. 


ANNA  FANNY,  born  April  9,  1827. 
HENRY  ROBERT,  born  August  22,  1829. 


GLEANINGS  RESPECTING  THE  CRESSWELL  FAMILY. 


1.  Luke  Errington,  of  Cresswell,  by  will,  11  Dec.  1609,  di- 
rects his  body  to  be  buried  in  Woodhorn  church :  gave  to 
John  Cresswell,  his  wife's  son,  his  brown  filly — to  his  brother 
John  Errington  £10 — the  rest  of  his  goods  to  Elizabeth  E. 
his  wife,  and  Elizabeth  E.  his  daur.  and  they  joint  ex'es.    In- 
ventory of  his  goods  dated  20  Dec.  1609,  mentions  "  Mr  Cuth- 
bert  Cresswell."— (koine's  Test.  439.) 

2.  Dec.  13,  1609,  will  of  Lancelot  Cresswell  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  of  Framlington — to  Humphrey  my  eldest  son — 
my  son  Gerard  .  Witness  Lancelot  Manners: — and,  6  Sep. 
1627,  administration  to  the  effects  of  Humphrey  Cresswell,  of 
Framlington,  mentions  his  widow  Isabella,  and  William,  Ag- 
nes, John,  and  Barbara  their  children,  then  under  age.— (Id. 
225,  343.) 

3.  Will  of  Anne  Cresswell,  of  Heddon  on  the  Wall,  2  March, 
1614,  directs  her  body  to  be  buried  in  Heddon  church,  and 
mentions  her  sons  Anthony,  Clement,  and  Arthur,  her  daur. 
Margaret  Barkus,  Isabell  her  son's  wife,  Wm  Barkus,  her  son 
Clement's  daughter,  Mabell  Barkus,    and   her  son  Arthur's 
daur.  Mabell — (Id.  352.) 

4.  Robert  Cresswell  married  Jane  Conyers,  great  grand 
daur.  of  sir  John  Bertram,  knight,  baron  of  Bothal,  and  had 


issue  Jane,  who  married  Thomas  Bates,  and  had  issue  five 
sons,  of  whom  William,  the  second,  was  slain  at  Leigh,  and 
Anthony,  the  youngest,  in  the  Wansbeck,  in  1660.— (Dodsw. 
MSS.  Ixi.  51.) 

5.  Robert  Cresswell,  by  an  inquest  holden  at  Hexham,  was 
found  to  be  dead  in  Easter  term,  1629 — (Swinb.  MSS.  tit.  244, 
262,  276.) 

6.  In  the  time  of  the  Commonwealth,  serjeant  Cresswell 
was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  of  the  court  of  common  pleas. 
—(Whit.  Mem.  272,  337,  372.) 

7.  Baptisms  at  Warkworth. — May  10,  1709,  Henry;  July 
20,  Francis ;  and  Sep.  1716,  Jona,  all  children  of  Henry  Cress- 
well,  of  Hauxley. — Oct.    15,   1724,    William,  son  of  Robert 
Cresswell,    of  Hauxley — Feb.    10,   1742,    Henry;    Nov.  22, 
1744,  Dorothy;  and  Ap.  24,  1746,  Robert,  children  of  William 
Cresswell,  of  Hauxley. 

8.  May  18,  1749,  William  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell,  esq.  by 
will,  charged  his  estates  with  the  payment  of  £80  a  year  to 
Francis  Forster,  of  Low  Buston,   and  Robert  Fenwick,  of 
Lemmington,  esquires,  for  the  use  of  Robert  Cresswell,  gen- 
tleman, and  also  with  a  rent  charge  of  £20  a  year  to  Juliana, 
wife  of  John  Bell,  if  she  should  become  a  widow ;  and  then 


WOODHORN  PARISH. CRESSWELL. 


203 


gave  his  estates  to  lord  Ravensworth  and  Lancelot  Allgood,  of 
Hexham,  In  trust,  for  the  use  of  William  Cresswell,  of  Wood- 
horn  Demesne,  otherwise  Red-house,  with  remainder  to  his 
first  and  other  sons ;  remainder  to  Henry  Cresswell,  of  Mar- 
sham-street,  Westminster,  for  life,  and  then  to  his  sons  suc- 
cessively, with  divers  remainders  over ;  and  on  the  further 
trust,  to  raise  for  said  Wm  Cresswell,  of  Woodhorn  Demesne, 
£300,  and  legacies  of  JEIOOO  to  said  Henry  C.  ;  £2000  to  the 
daurs.  of  Wm  C.  of  Woodhorn  Demesne ;  £500  to  William 
Cresswell ;  and  £300  to  his  sister  Dorothy,  which  Win  and 
Dorothy  were  children  of  William  Cresswell,  of  Hauxley,  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  then  minors,  to  which  Elizabeth  the 
testator  left  the  interest  of  £430  for  her  life,  and  after  her 


death  directed  the  principal  jf  that  sum  to  be  equally  divided 
between  her  sons  Henry  and  Robert  Cresswell. 

9.  Robert  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell,  died  suddenly,  Ap.  3, 1760, 
in  his  way  from  Buston  to  Warkworth  church ;  and  William 
Cresswell,  nephew  of  the  late  Wm  C.,  of  C.,  died  at  Hauxley, 
Aug.  26,  1773. — (Newcastle  Courant.) 

10.  Wallis,  whose  History  was  printed  in  1769,  says  he  had 
part  of  his  information  respecting  the  Cresswell  family  from 
Henry  Cresswell,  of  Windsor,  a  gentleman  of  great  research 
into  learned  and  curious  matters. — (//.  342.) 

11.  Mr  William  Hall,  of  Bondicar,  and  Dorothy  Cresswell, 
were  married  at  Warkworth,  July  14,  1769. 


Beside  the  Cresswells,  a  few  other  families  have  had  possessions  in  this 
township.  Sir  Henry  Widdrington,  in  1517,  died  seized  of  lands  in  it/  Mar- 
jory Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  entailed  lands  here  on  her  son  Thomas,  in  1535.g 
In  1568,  Oswald  Cresswell,  John  Atkinson,  and  Cuthbert  Musgrave,  are  re- 
turned by  the  queen's  feodary  as  holding  lands  in  this  place  ;  and  the  nine- 
teenth volume  of  the  Records  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  the  land  revenue 
contained  a  document  made  in  queen  Elizabeth's  time  respecting  property 
here.  In  1628,  Robert  Humphrey  and  Nicholas  Atkinson,  of  Cresswell,  were 
summoned  as  jurors  to  the  assizes  at  Newcastle  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  the 
high-sheriff  of  the  county  was  exonerated  at  the  exchequer  from  the  payment 
of  £2  out  of  the  mill  of  Cresswell,  for  the  same  sum  charged  upon  the  estate 
of  John  Cresswell,  and  for  £10  on  that  of  Ephraim  Widdrington,  in  Cress- 
well.11  In  1663,  sir  Francis  Radcliff,  Mr  Ephraim  Cresswell,  Mr  William 
Cresswell,  John  Cresswell,  esq.,  William  Singleton,  William  Brown,  and  wi- 
dow Humphrey,  were  the  proprietors  of  this  township.  Sir  Francis  RadclifFs 
part  was  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  village,  and  sold  to  the  Cooks,  of 
Amble  New  Hall,  a  descendant  of  whom,  of  the  Blakemoor  line,  lately  sold  a 
part  of  it  to  A.  J.  Cresswell  Baker,  esq.,  to  whom,  and  to  his  father  Francis 
Cresswell,  esq.,  the  whole  township,  excepting  Blakemoor,  at  present  belongs. 

The  village  of  Cresswell  lies  east  and  west,  upon  a  slope,  fronting  the  sea, 
is  well  built,  and  tenanted  chiefly  by  fishermen.  Excepting  Newbigging,  it  is 
the  most  populous  village  in  this  parish.  Mr  John  Lawson,  father  of  Mrs 

{  Cole's  Esch.  vol.  756,  p.  46.  «  Supra,  p.  120,  No.  16. 

h  There  are  proceedings  upon  a  trial  at  law  in  the  court  of  exchequer,  in  1636,  upon  a  writ  of 
de  quo  warranto,  respecting  wreck  of  sea  in  Cresswell (Martin's  Index.) 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

Cook,  of  Blakemoo^,  resides  in  a  good  house  at  the  north-east  end  of  the  vil- 
lage :  nearly  opposite  which  is  the 


OLD  TOWER  AND  MANSION  HOUSE 

Of  the  Cresswells,  which  fronts  the  sea,  and  has  in  view  the  fine  heach  and 
sands  of  Druridge  bay,  which  extend  from  Hadstone  rocks  on  the  north  to 
the  Broadcar  rocks  on  the  south.  The  tower  is  21  and  a  half  feet  long  and 
16  and  a  half  feet  wide  within,  and  consists  of  a  strong  room  vaulted  with 
stone,  on  the  ground  floor  ;  and  two  floors  above,  approached  by  a  circular 
stone  staircase.  The  north-east  angle  of  it  is  surmounted  with  a  turret,  in 
the  inside  of  which  is  a  rude  inscription  cut  on  the  lintel  and  two  side-stones 
of  a  window,  which,  perhaps  more  from  the  difficulty  of  decyphering  it,  than 
for  any  valuable  fact  it  was  intended  to  record,  has  become  an  object  of  curi- 
osity and  interest.  The  letters  on  the  lintel,  I  have  no  doubt,  were  intended 
for  WL  CReswell.  Those  on  the  side  stones  I  could  not  make  out.  Mr 
Cresswell  Baker  has  heard  some  of  the  old  members  of  his  family  say,  that 
the  reading  of  the  whole  was,  "  William  Cresswell,  brave  hero."  I  imagine 
that  it  was  cut  by  some  ignorant  country  mason  in  the  time  of  William  Cress- 


TR1EE    at    €  R]B  S  §  W  E  I.  L. 


Dra-wii  fc  Etcted  Ly  T.Sopwitt  ISIO. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. CRESSWELL  HOUSE.  205 

well,  who  died  about  the  year  1698,  because,  in  the  form  of  some  of  its  letters, 
it  resembles  the  rude  funereal  inscriptions  of  that  time.  William  Cresswell  the 
Third  took  down  the  old  mansion-house,  and  the  chapel  which  was  attached 
to  it,  and  upon  the  same  site  built  the  large  additions  to  the  old  tower,  which 
formed  a  very  convenient  and  extensive  family  residence.  In  177^,  this  man- 
sion house  was  advertised  in  the  Newcastle  Courant  to  be  let ;  and,  from 
having  now  been  long  unoccupied  by  the  family,  and  tenanted  by  several 
families  of  labouring  people,  it  has  lost  its  wonted  trimness ;  and  its  long  pas- 
sages and  bare  walls  have  learned  to  make  the  hollow  sounding  responses  of 
a  large  and  thinly  furnished  dwelling.  On  the  sea  banks,  nearly  opposite  to 
the  house  called  the  Bogg-hall,  in  this  estate,  numerous  casts  of  plants  of  the 
euphorbia  or  cactus  tribe,  are  found  in  an  alternating  stratum  of  schist  and 
softish  sandstone.  They  are  in  the  situations  in  which  they  originally  grew, 
being  perpendicular  for  several  feet  upwards.  They  are  also  of  very  various 
sizes,  and  have  grown  in  an  aluminous  stratum  resembling  fire  clay,  in  which 
sections  of  their  roots  may  be  very  distinctly  traced.  The  outsides  both  of 
the  roots  and  stems  are  coated  with  a  crust  of  exceedingly  fine  coal.  Speci- 
mens of  them  have  found  their  way  into  the  museum  at  Wallington,  and  into 
other  collections  ;  and  for  the  drawing  and  etching  of  the  fine  specimen  re- 
presented in  the  annexed  plate,  and  now  in  the  conservatory  at  Cresswell,  I 
am  indebted  to  the  accurate  and  willing  pencil  and  needle  of  Mr  Sopwith. 
The  original  measures  in  girth  at  the  base,  7  ft.  4  in.  ;  at  3  ft.  7  in.  from  the 
ground,  5  ft.  8  in.  ;  and  at  the  top,  4  ft.  10^  in.  ;  and  the  whole  height  from 
the  ground  is  5  ft.  8  in. 

CRESSWELL  HOUSE  is  from  designs  by  Shaw,  and  has  been  built  under  the 
superintendence  of  Mr  Green,  of  Newcastle.  The  foundation  stone  of  this 
magnificent  structure  was  laid  by  its  proprietor,  Addison  John  Cresswell 
Baker,  esq.  during  the  year  of  his  sheriffalty,  June  14,  1821,  and  its  roof 
covered-in  in  1825.  Since  which  time  the  offices  and  colonnade  have  been 
completed,  and  the  stables  and  conservatory  are  now,  September,  1829,  in 
progress.  For  the  three  fine  engravings  which  accompany  this  account, 
I  am  indebted  to  the  liberality  and  munificence  of  Mr  Cresswell  Baker. 
The  first  is  a  view  of  the  south  and  west  fronts,  and  has  the  old  tower 
of  Cresswell  and  the  sea  on  the  right,  and  Coquet  Island  in  the  distance  on 
the  left.  Number  two  shows  the  south  and  east  fronts,  with  the  colonnade 
and  offices  over  it ;  and  number  three  is  taken  from  the  conservatory,  and 

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206  MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

has  the  colonnade  in  front,  and  gives  a  north-east  prospect  of  part  of  the 
offices  and  of  the  main  body  of  the  house.  In  the  external  character  of  this 
splendid  edifice,  especially  in  the  great  width  of  the  piers,  the  unbroken  line 
of  entablature,  and  ihe  projection  of  the  cornice,  there  is  a  simplicity,  united 
to  a  boldness  and  freedom,  which  at  first  sight  rivet  and  captivate  the  eye,  as 
well  as  produce  high  ideas  of  the  fertility  and  graphic  correctness  of  the  mind 
which  designed  it.  Its  order  of  it,  which  extends  from  the  ground  to  the  top  of 
the  building,  is  nearly  of  an  Ionic  proportion ;  and  was  composed  on  purpose  for 
this  place,  rather  than  copied  from  any  particular  example.  The  base,  which 
varies  a  little  from  the  attic  base,  runs  through  the  whole  building  upon  a 
plinth  four  feet  high.  In  the  entablature,  the  modillions  of  the  cornice  are 
like  those  in  the  principal  cornice  within  the  octagon  tower  of  Adronicus 
Cyrrhestes  at  Athens,  and  the  cima  is  ornamented  with  the  masks  of  lions 
and  panthers,  alternately,  and  the  soffit  or  underside  of  the  corona  with  cof- 
fers. Antse  or  angular  pilasters  of  a  simple  character  fortify  the  corners  of 
the  building.  On  the  south,  east,  and  west  fronts,  the  lower  range  of  win- 
dows, which  light  .the  principal  story,  are  enriched  with  an  architrave,  frize, 
and  cornice,  .which  ornaments  are  occasionally  omitted,  and  pilasters  support- 
ing a  frize  and  cornice,  surmounted  by  a  pediment,  substituted  in  their  room. 
The  upper  tier  of  windows  to  the  bed-room  story  have  an  architrave  and  sills. 
The  west  front  is  'Sl-f-feet,  and  in  the  centre  of  it  has  the  portico,  a  very  in- 
teresting-and  beautiful  feature  of  the  building,  and  of  the  kind  technically 
called  in  antis,  from  receding  from  the  walls  ;  the  entablature  over  it  is  sup- 
ported by  two  fluted  columns,  and  its  ceiling  formed  by  very  large  stone 
beams  with  deep  coffers  in  stone  between  them.  Here,  as  well  as  in  the  south 
front,  the  capitals  of  the  columns  are  similar  to  those  in  the  porticos  of  the 
octagon  tower  mentioned  before  ;  and  the  principal  door- way,  which  is  beau- 
tifully carved,  and:  has  the  window  on  each  side  of  it  decorated  with  pilasters 
and  a  pediment,  forms  a  great  ornament  to  this  front.  The  south  front,  which 
has  a  range  of  9  windows,  measures  107-^  feet  in  length,  and  has  the  unifor- 
mity of  its  line  veiy  strikingly  and  pleasingly  interrupted  by  the  bow  of  the 
music  room  at  its  centre,  the  entablature  over  which  is  supported  by  two 
pillars  similar  to  those  of  the  portico,  and  the  centre  window  of  the  wing  on 
each  side  of  the  bow  has  the  pilasters  and  pediment.  The  east  front,  which 
overlooks  the  sea,  is  93f  feet  in  length  :  it  is  without  columns,  but  its  centre 
is  strongly  marked  by  four  pilasters  like  the  antse  at  the  principal  angles  of 
the  house  j  and  the  window  on  each  side  of  this  centre  has  the  pilasters  and 


; 


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WOODHORN    PARISH. CRESSWELL    HOUSE.  207 

pediment  noticed  in  the  general  description  of  the  windows.     This  front  also 
derives  great  consequence  from  the  stone  terrace,  9  feet  broad,  which  runs  the 
whole  length  of  it,  at  the  level  of  the  plinth  of  the  house,  has  a  parapet  of 
pierced  stone  work,  the  figures  of  which  are  in  successive  similar  compart- 
ments, and  is  joined  at  its  north  end  by  the  colonnade,  or  open  passage.  This 
colonnade  is  extremely  simple  in  its  character :  it  forms,  from  the  north-east 
angle  of  the  house,  a  quadrant  of  90  feet  radius  ;  fronts  the  south  and  east, 
and  connects  the  terrace  with  the  conservatory.  Its  entablature,  the  cornice  of 
which  is  of  great  projection,  is  supported  by  a  series  of  double  square  columns; 
and,  in  the  north  wall  of  it,  opposite  to  each  inter-columniation,  are  niches 
formed  for  the  purpose  of  holding  busts  or  flowering  plants.    The  conservatory 
is  70  feet  by  22  ;   and  this  and  the  colonnade  are  not  only  a  useful  append- 
age to  the  building  by  forming  an  extensive  shelter  from  the  north,  and  par- 
tially hiding  the  kitchen  and  its  range  of  offices  from  a  view  of  the  lawn,  but 
from  the  grounds  to  the  south  and  east,  have  a  most  imposing  and  picturesque 
effect.  The  kitcJien  and  offices  annexed  to  it  join  to  the  north  side  of  the  main 
building,  extend  160  feet  north  from  it,  and  have  secondary  apartments  above 
them.     The  site  of  the  stables  is  about  160  feet  from  the  north-west  angle  of 
the  house,  and  forms  a  quadrangle — the  court  of  which  is  about  100  feet 
square,  and  has  one  side  of  it  ornamented  with  a  clock  tower  and  belfry  50 
feet  high.     As  it  was  thought  impossible,  from  the  exposed  situation  of  the 
place,  to  cover  the  house  permanently  and  well  with  the  kind  of  flat  roof 
usually  put  upon  buildings  in  the  style  adopted  for  Cresswell,  one  of  slate  of 
the  ordinary  pitch  has  been  thrown  over  it  j  and  the  chimnies,  which  are 
conspicuous  objects,  and  were  designed  to  harmonize  with  the  architecture  of 
the  rest  of  the  house,  were  carried  to  a  height  which  it  was  expected  would 
carry  smoke  uniformly  well.    The  convenient  arrangement  of  the  apartments, 
the  excellent  workmanship,  and  the  ornaments  and  embellishments  of  the 
interior  parts  of  the  house  are  not  inferior  in  character  to  its  external  deco- 
rations.    The  main  entrance  to  it  is  in  the  west  front,   and  consists  of  the 
portico  already  described,  and  of  a  hall  and  staircase,  the  latter  of  which  is  a 
very  ingenious  and  elaborate  specimen  of  architecture,  and  forms  an  impor- 
tant feature  of  the  house  :  it  is  38  feet  long,   24  feet  wide,  arid  29  feet  high, 
going  the  whole  height  of  the  building,  and  being  separated  from  the  hall  by 
an  enriched  stone  screen,  which  is  glazed,  and  admits  light  from  the  windows 
of  the  portico.     The  first  ascent  of  the  stairs  consists  of  two  flights,  which, 


208  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

meeting  about  half  way  up,  unite  into  one,  which  leads  to  the  top.  The 
second  flight  is  supported  by  a  semi-circular  flying  arch,  the  underside  of 
which  is  carved  into  coffers.  Bronze  candelabras  are  intended  to  be  placed 
on  the  circular  pedestals  at  the  commencement  of  the  two  first  flights,  and 
casts  of  the  celebrated  Townley  vase  on  those  on  each  side  of  the  bottom 
of  the  second  flight.  The  landings  round  the  staircase,  and  the  centilevers 
that  support  them,  are  of  white  stone,  from  the  quarry  at  Craig-Leith,  near 
the  city  of  Edinburgh,  and  the  balustrades  of  these  and  of  the  second 
flight  of  stairs  are  of  bronze  and  mosaic  gold.  The  two  lower  flights 
of  stairs  are  inclosed  with  a  parapet,  which  is  divided  into  compartments 
of  pierced  stone-work.  Large  beams,  about  two  feet  deep,  divide  the 
ceiling  into  compartments,  which  are  glazed  with  plate  glass,  and  by  this 
contrivance  the  staircase  is  lighted.  Each  of  these  glazed  compartments  is 
bordered  by  a  running  ornament  delicately  painted  on  the  face  of  it.  Three 
casts  of  the  celebrated  fragments  of  the  metopes  of  the  Parthenon  at  Athens 
are  placed  on  each  side,  close  below  the  ceiling,  and  above  the  landing  ;  and 
a  compartment  taken  from  the  frize  within  the  same  celebrated  edifice,  orna- 
ments each  end.  On  the  right  of  the  hall  and  staircase,  and  having  a  southern 
aspect,  are  the  drawing-room,  music  room,  and  library  en  suite,  and  com- 
municating by  door-ways  of  Scagliola  richly  designed.  The  music  room,  which 
is  about  2Qy  feet  by  26  feet,  is  in  the  centre,  and  has  a  flat  bow  to  the  south. 
The  drawing-room  and  library  are  each  34  feet  by  22.  The  dining-room, 
which  is  36  feet  by  22,  is  entered  from  the  end  of  the  staircase,  and  both  it 
and  Mr  CresswelPs  private  room,  which  is  22  feet  square,  front  the  east,  and 
complete  the  principal  apartments,  all  of  which  are  16  feet  high.  On  the 
north  are  a  back  staircase,  and  several  subordinate  rooms.  Warm  air  is  con- 
veyed from  an  under-ground  furnace,  through  all  the  passages,  the  thermo- 
meter in  which  during  the  winter  is  seldom  below  60.  One  thing  peculiarly 
deserving  of  remark  on  the  subject  of  this  house,  is  the  manner  in  which  it 
has  been  constructed.  The  walls  are  3  feet  4  inches  thick,  and  built  of  solid 
squared  masses  of  exceedingly  fine  stone,  brought  by  shipping  from  quarries 
pn  each  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  at  Ashington  and  Cleaswell  Hill.5  These 

1  Attempts  were  made  to  get  s.tope  for  this  building  in  a  quarry  which  produced  the  ruhbish 
heaps  now  so  advantageously  planted  upon  behind  the  conservatory ;  but  the  produce  of  it  was  of 
very  indifferent  quality.  Very  large  quantities  of  stone  for  the  inside  walls  and  the  offices  were 
brought  by  a  rail-way,  from  a  quarry  in  {he  sea  banks,  about  a  mile  from  the  house- 


WOODHORN    PARISH. CRESSWELL  HOUSE,  AND  BLAKEMOOR. 

stones  are  highly  wrought,  and  of  great  size,  many  of  them  being  from  four  to 
eight  tons.  The  vaults  below  the  house,  used  as  cellars,  and  for  the  warm  air 
stove,  and  those  on  the  north  side,  used  as  servants'  apartments,  are  also  all 
constructed  in  the  same  solid  style,  and  are  dry  and  well  ventilated  ;  while 
all  the  foundations  are  laid  upon  the  solid  bed  of  rock.  The  same  expence 
and  minute  attention  have  been  bestowed  upon  every  department  of  the  build- 
ing— the  roof,  floors,  windows,  doors,  &c.  &c.  being  each  models  of  fine  ma- 
terial and  workmanship.  The  library  here  contains  four  folio  volumes  of 
Sketches  of  Antient  Masters. 

BLAKEMOOR  is  parcel  of  the  township  of  Cresswell,  and  is  situated  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  sea,  on  a  low  damp  plain  which  lies  between 
Cresswell  and  Hemscot-hill.  It  probably  had  its  name  from  the  ground  which 
forms  the  estate,  being  formerly  a  dark-coloured  heathery  moor.  In  1663,  it 
belonged  to  sir  Francis  Radcliff,  of  whom  it  was  purchased  by  Edward  Cook,j 

i  I.  This  EDWARD  COOK  had  eight  sons,  and  estates  at  Amble,  Togston,  Newton  on  the  Moor, 
Brainshaugh,  and  Blakemoor,  which  he  divided  among  five  of  his  sons,  leaving  money  portions  to 
other  three.  II.  To  JOHN,  his  eldest  son,  he  gave  Amble  and  Togston,  and  from  him  were 
descended  the  families  of  the  Cooks,  who,  for  a  considerable  time  resided  at  these  places,  and  are 
now  represented  by  Mrs  Isaac  Cookson,  of  Gateshead  Park.  EDWARD,  the  second  son,  had  the 
Cresswell  estate,  now  called  Blakemoor.  He  resided  in  Newcastle,  was  a  barrister,  and  recorder 
of  Berwick  upon  Tweed  from  1711  to  1731,  in  which  year  he  died,  leaving  issue  four  sons  and 
three  daughters,  (III)  viz. : — (1.)  EDWARD  COOK,  who  was  also  a  barrister  and  an  antiquary.  The 
late  Mr  John  Thompson,  (son  of  Isaac  Thompson,  esq.  long  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Newcas- 
tle Journal,  and  a  commissioner  of  the  duke  of  Northumberland),  told  me  that  this  Mr  Cook 
had  once  in  his  possession  the  original  copy  of  the  Chartulary  of  the  Abbey  of  Newminster,  which 
in  1638,  was  one  of  the  five  chartularies  in  the  possession  of  lord  William  Howard,  at  Naworth 
Castle.  Mr  Cook,  Mr  Thompson  also  said,  had  copied  or  made  extracts  from  numerous  records 
in  the  Chapel  of  the  Rolls  respecting  Northumberland.  Philosopher  Harrison  (to  whom  the  MS. 
intituled  "  Quatuor  Partes  Northumbriae,"  belonged  before  it  was  purchased  by  the  Literary  and 
Philosophical  Society  of  Newcastle),  was  one  of  his  intimate  friends.  He  had  several  law  suits 
with  the  Cresswell  family  respecting  the  right  to  sea-weed  on  the  Broad  Car,  in  some  of  which  he 
obtained  a  verdict,  but  finally  failed  in  substantiating  his  claim.  He  was  born  in  February,  1711, 
died  s.  p.  at  an  advanced  age,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  2nd  brother  GEORGE  COOK,  who  was 
born  July  19,  1714,  and  before  his  brother  Edward's  death,  had  constantly  resided  with  him,  and 
their  sister  Isabella,  at  Blakemoor.  (3.)  RICHARD  COOK,  the  third  brother,  was  born  June  14, 
1719,  and  was  married,  but  died  without  issue,  leaving  a  widow,  who  died  at  Cresswell,  Jan.  13, 
and  was  buried  in  St  Nicholas'  church,  Newcastle,  Jan.  18,  1751.  (4.)  JOHN  COOK,  the  youngest 
brother,  was  born  Dec.  29,  1720  ;  was  married,  and  had  issue  three  sons,  viz. : — 1.  Edward  Covkt 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. — MORPETH  WARD,  E«  t>. 


of  Amble  New  Hall,  who,  by  will,  dated  in  1691,  left  all  his  "messuages, 
lands,  tenements,  coneywarrens,  fishings,  and  other  hereditaments  whatsoever 
in  Cress  well,"  to  his  second  son  Edward ;  from  whom,  with  the  exception  of 
a  portion  of  them  sold  to  Mr  Cresswell  Baker,  they  have  descended  to  Mrs 
Cook,  their  present  proprietor,  as  described  in  the  note  below. 


WOODHORN  MISCELLANEA, 

1.  Bex  concesserat  Johni  de  Denton  de  Novo  Castro 
f  gratis  obsequiis  ei  non  sumptuosis  expensarum  omni- 
bus impendit  (sic)  ma.  de  Newbigging  et  Woodhorne  1c. 
—(Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  155.) 

2.  Gerardus  de  Widerington  chivaler  perquisivit  ma- 
neriu  de  Wodhorne  et  Newbigging  de  Johne  de  Denton 
burgensi  ville  Novi  Castri  1 7  Edw.  III. — (Id.) 

3.  Finis  a°  17  Edw.  III.  inter  Gerardum  de  Wode- 
rington  quer.  et  Johnem  de  Denton  def  de  maneriis  de 
Wodhorne  et  Newbiggin  esse  jus  Gerardi. — (Id.  fol. 
154,  b.) 

4.  Ego  Johannes  Woderington  de  Woderington  in 
com.  Northumbr.  miles  dedi  Thome  Gower,  ar.  filio  et 
heredi  apparent!  Edwardi  Gower  militis  .  Rofito  Con- 


stable, ar.  filio  et  heredi  apparent!  Marmaduco  Consta* 
ble  de  Nuneaton  militis  .  Rico  Gower  .  Wal?o  Gower  . 
et  Valentio  Fenwyk  omia  ilia  maneria  mea  de  Wood- 
horne, Newbigging,  Plessis  cum  le  Brygfeld,  Shotton  et 
Denton,  ad  usum  mei  Johnis  Woderington  et  Agnetis 
uxoris  mee  p  vita,  26  Julii,  2  Ed.  VI — (Id.  fol.  150,  b.) 

5.  Adam  de  Woderington  petit  qd  Thomas  de  Nor- 
manvill   vel  Witts  de  Vescy   assignentur  justic.  una 
cum  vie.  loci  ad  audiend  1  teiminand  transgress,  quas 
Agnes  de  Valenc.  1  batti  sui  in  Wodehorn  &  alibi  in 
comit. — videlicet  ad  plura  amerciamenta  ad  que  amercia- 
tus  fuit  in  diversis  curiis  dni  reg  levavit  de  eo  1  homi- 
nibus  suis  injuste.     Responsio. — In  cancett  heant  bfe 
formatum  qd  ei  inde  respondeat. — ( Rot.  Par.  i.  46'.J^ 

6.  Gerardus  Woderington,  miles,  manumisit  Wirhn 


who  married,  firstly,  at  Howick,  in  this  county,  Sarah  Smetham,  of  that  place  ;  after  whose  death 
without  issue,  he  married  secondly,  Elizabeth  Lawson,  daughter  of  John  Lawson,  of  the  Oldmoor. 
At  the  time  of  his  aunt  Isabella's  death  he  resided  at  Southwick,  but  after  that  time  at  Blakemoor, 
where  he  died  some  years  since  without  issue,  and  where  his  widow  was  residing  in  September, 
1 829.  2.  John  Cook,  second  son  of  John,  was  of  the  coal  and  stock  exchanges,  London,  married 
Dorothy  Smetham,  cousin  of  his  brother  Edward's  wife,  and  has  issue  three  children,  John  Wil- 
liam, Sarah,  and  Margaret.  By  his  aunt  Isabella's  will  he  had  lands  in  Cresswell,  which  he  sold 
to  Mr  Cresswell  Baker.  3.  George  Cook  married  Miss  Mary  Maule,  of  Huntingdon,  was  in  the 
army,  and  died  s.  p.  (5.)  ANNE,  the  second  child,  and  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  Cook,  recorder 
of  Berwick,  was  born  Aug.  24,  1712.  (6.)  MARGARET,  second  daughter,  and  fourth  child,  born 
June  20,  1715.  (7.)  JANE  COOK,  third  daughter,  and  fifth  child,  born  May  8,  1717,  married  John 
Lawson,  father  of  John  Lawson,  late  of  Oldmoor,  now  of  Cresswell,  and  father  of  the  present  Mrs 
Cook,  of  Blakemoor.  (8.)  ISABELLA  COOK,  youngest  child,  born  April  25,  1723 ;  by  her  will, 
dated  in  1799,  left  all  her  books,  manuscripts,  &c.  &c.  to  her  niece  Anne  Lawson  ;  her  estate  at 
Blakemoor,  and  the  east  end  of  Cresswell,  to  her  nephew  Edward  Cook,  of  Southwick,  in  the 
county  of  Durham,  subject  to  a  mortgage  of  £5,000  ;  and  her  other  estates  at  Cresswell  to  her 
sister  Jane  Lawson,  for  life,  with  remainder  in  fee  simple  to  her  nephew  John  Cook,  chargeable 
with  a  legacy  of  £500  to  her  nephew  George  Cook,  and  with  £100  to  her  four  nieces — Anne, 
Dorothy,  Margaret,  and  Eliz.  Rook.  The  Cooks  of  Brainshaugh  were  descended  from  WILLIAM 
COOK,  the  third  son  of  Edward  Cook,  of  Amble  New  Hall ;  and  the  Cooks  of  Newton  on  the  Moor 
from  JOSEPH,  the  eighth  son  of  the  same  Edward. 


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Atkinson  nativu  .  insuper  concess.  gfato  Witttno  offici- 
um  batti  ville  et  dnci  mei  de  "Wodhorne  .  Dat.  7  Sep. 
10  Edw.  IV — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  151,  b.) 

7.  Alexdrus  de  Dumart  oibj  1c.  Sciatis  me  dedisse — 
Waltero  Balliol  1  heredibj  suis  in  feodo — Tenend  de  me 
— 60  acras  ?re  in  Hellintona  .  sclt .  2  bovatas  qs  Alden 
fil  Uhardi  tenuit  1  2  bovatas  qs  Normanus  filius  Urs- 
kill  tenuit  .  His  test.  Magro  Rofito  de  Leycestria  . 
Roberto  Bertram  .  Richo  fre  ejus  .  Richo  persona  de 
Wodhorne  .  Galfrido  de  Wydrington  .  Edmundo  de 
Sethon  .  Johe  fil  Hugonis  .  Rofcto  de  Yue  (?  Rue)  . 
Ucthredo  de  Cresswell   .   Rofito  de  Dumart  .  Rofcto 
Darent  .  Gerardo  fit  Galfridi  de  Wydringthon  .  Jor- 
dano  fil  Ranulphi  de  Ellington. — (Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  45, 
fol.  Ill,  b.)     See  No.  13,  which  is  a  very  erroneous  ab- 
stract of  a  deed  similar  to  the  original  of  this. 

8.  Omnibus — Rot  prior  1  convent  de  Brinkburne 
saltm  .  Noveritis  me  confirmasse  Symoni  filio  Maugeri 
iuniori  de  Newbigging  ilia  dua  tofta  de  terra  nostra  de 
Neubigging  versus  orientem  .  Test,  dno  Luca  vicario 
de  Wodhorne  .  dno  Gerardo  de  Woderington  .  Dat. 
die  Sancte  Trinitatis  anno  dni   1334. — (Brinkb.  Cart, 
fol.  66.) 

9.  Sciant  presentes  1  fut.  qd  ego  Johes  Davison  de 
Ellington  dedi — Rofcto  Balliolo  jun.  de  Ellington  3  ac. 
fte  arafe  jacentes  in  campis  eiusdem  ville  sup  Lewess- 
flat,  nup  fram  capitalis  dni  ex  utraque  pte  .  Hend — 
pdco  Rofcto  heredibj  *"t  assig  suis  inppetuu  .  Redd  mihi 
dto  Johe  t  hedibj  meis  1  den.  ad  fm  Nativ.  Sci  Johis 
Bapte  .  Data  apd  Ellington  in  fo  See  Trinit.  a°  D'ni 
1376.  1  regno  R.  Ed.  3t>»  50°  .  Hiis  testibj  Johe  de 
Widdrington  dno  eiusd.  .  Alexandro  de  Creswell  .  Si- 
mone  fil  ejusdem  Alex  .  Rofcto  de  Aleford  vicario  de 
Woodhorne  .  Rofcto  de  Bellingham  .  Simon  e  de  Yeuyr  . 
Ilottto  Charoberlaynson  (sic)  1  aliis. — ( 'Dodsw.  MSS. 
vol.  45,  fol.  111,6.; 

10.  Edwardus  Ridell  dedit  Radulfo  Ogle  dno  de  Ogle 
t  hered  ter'  in  Hyrst  iuxta  Wodhorne.—  (  Lansd.  MS. 
326  ,•  Ogle  Deeds,  No.  19.) 

11.  Ego  Radulfus  Ogle  dns  de  Ogle   dedi  Wittmo 
Ogle  armigero  filio  meo  1  heredibus  man  meum  de 
Hirst  iuxta  Wodhorne  .  Dat.   10°  Oct.  2  Hen.  VIII. 
— (Id.  No.  20.) 

12. — Maria  Comitissa  Pembroke  cone  Jotii  de  Denton 
de  Novo  Castro  sup  Tynam  ma  de  Wodhorn  t  vil  de 
Newbiggin  cu  firma  ibidm  &  in  Hirst  &  Linmuthc.— 
(Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  85,  fol.  105,  ex.  Rot.  Claus.  11  Ed.  3.) 

13.  Alexandras  de  Dumart  oibj  hoibj  tc.    saltm  . 


Sciatis  me  dedisse  Waltero  de  Baliolo  t  hedibj  eius  in 
feodo  t  heditate  y  homagio  *t  servitio  suo  .  Tenend  de 
me  1  hedbj  meis  60  acf  fre  in  Ellington  .  sclt  .  duas 
bovatas  quas  Alden  fil  Ucthredi  tenuit  et  2  bov  qs  Nor- 
manus filius  Urskill  tenuit  .  His  test.  Rofcto  de  Ley- 
cestria  .  Rotito  Bertram  .  Nictio  fre  eius  .  Richo  de 
Woodhorne  .  Galfrido  de  Woddrington  .  Edmundo  de 
Sethon  .  Johe  fil  Hugonis  Deyne  .  Uchtreda  de  Cres- 
well .  Rofcto  de  Dumart  .  Rotito  Dinedon  .  Gerardo 
fil  Galfridi  de  Woddrington  .  Jordano  fil  Ranulphi  de 
Whytington — fid.  vol.  45,/o/.  11 J,  b.) 

14.  Olb;  bane  car  tain  1c.  RoEtus  de  Balliolo  saltm  . 
Sciatis  me  dedisse,  T;c.     Waltero  fil  Philippi  de  Linton 
12  acr  fre  in  campo  de  Ellington  .  sclt  .  illas  12  ac? 
quas  accepi  in  escambio  de  dno  meo  Thoma  de  Percoy  $ 

redditu  meo  x  soL  que  hui  in  villa  de His  test. 

Gerard  de  Wyderington  .  Edmundo  de  Seaton  t  Johe 
fil  eiusdem  .  Rofito  de  Cresswell  .  Rofcto  de  Glouces- 
ter .  Rofito  de  Bolum  .  Johe  fil  Clementis  de  Elling- 
ton .  Hugone  de  Marisco  .  Rado  de  Stocke  .  Helia  de 
Hyrst  .  Johe  de  Heydon  .  Gocelino  de  Linmouth  .  t 
multis  aliis. — fid.) 

15.  Oibj  T;c.  Beatrix  Pawlym  de  Ellington  saltm  in 
D'no  .  Noveritis  me  in  viduitate  1  in  legit,  potestate 
dedisse  Rotito  fil.  Walteri  de  Ellington  unu  toftu  ftre 
nice  in  villa  de  Ellington  qd  jacet  inter  fam  meam  1 
fram  Wmi  Byker  qd  continet  in  emencbe  capite  versus 
strata  regia  9  pedes  in  latitudine  ^  totidem  p  in  long  . 
Et  inferior  pars  continet  in  long  circa  xx  pedes  t  toti- 
dem p  in  lat  .  Et  extrema  pars  fre  q  se  extendit  ad  vi- 
varium continet  in  long  200  pedes  t  in  lat.  totidem  p  . 
Item  dedi  eidem  dim.  rodam  fre  q  se  extendit  sup  viva- 
riu  inter  ¥ram  qm  Radus  fil  Tymoth  tenuit  1  ft-am 
Witii  Byker  .  In  cuius  rei  testim.  tc.    Test.  Rotto  de 
Rue  .  Davyd  de  Lascelys  .  Johe  de  Wyderington  . 
Rogo  fre  eius  .  Johe  de  Wyden  (?  Hayden)  .  t  multis 
aliis.— (Id.) 

16.  Anno  r.  R'  H.  fil  R'  Joh  56°  ad  purifoem  B'e 
Marie  facta  fuit  hec  convencio  inter  dnm  Wni  de  Vescy 
ex  una  pte  t  Robtm  de  Kayhanes  ex  altra  .  viz*  .  qd 
gdcs  R.  tradidit  &  quiet  clam,  p  se  t  hedb3  suis  dicto 
W.  t  hedbj  suis  totam  ptm  suam  ma.  in  Elington  cu 
oibj  ptin  suis  t  excaetis  suis  q  sibi  accidere  poterint 
noie  heditat.  exceptis  feodis  militum.     Cone  etiam  dcs 
R.  pdto  W.  xli*.  viiid.  ob.  de  redd,  annual!  in  Nova  vil- 
la 1  Notasse  in  Glamorgan  .  sclt  .  20  acr  fre  araft  de 
dnico  suo  quaT?  7  acf  jacent  inter  mores  t  divertuntur 
se  sup  Kekesmede  t  3  acr  "I  dimid  iacent  in  Brodesladc 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


1c  .  H'end  "t  tend  dto  W.  &  hedbs  suis  vel  suis  assig 
de  dto  R.  1  hedb3  suis  vel  assig  faciendo  inde  servitiu 
capita)  dnis  feod  quantu  ptinet  dcis  tenentis  .  Concessit 
etiam  T;  q'clani'  dto  W.  ft  Isabelle  ux  eius  p  se  t  hedbj 
suis  vel  assig  tota  ptm  sua  in  manerio  de  Chellewrth  1 
Colcote  cu  oibj  ptin  suis  °t  excaetis  q  eis  noie  hered  ac- 
cidere  poterint  .  Hend  T.  tenend  de  dcis  Wittmo  1 
Isabella  t  hedbj  vel  assig  suis,  "tc.  Hiis  test,  dno  Johe 
de  Treygoz  .  dno  Johe  Paynel  .  dno  Rofcto  de  Meysi  . 
dno  Rofito  de  JLusteshull  .  Rogo  de  Writel  et  aliis. — 
(Dodsw.  MS.  vol.  30,  fol.  ^4.) 

17.  Oibj  Xti  fidelibus  p"sentes  Iras  visuris  Vel  aud 
Wittus  Dei  gia  abbas  de  Alnwyk  et  eiusdem  loci  con- 
ventus  saltm  in  D'no  .  Noverit  universitas  vestra  qd 
ita  inter  dnm  Wittm  de  Vescy  t  nos  convenit  qd  nos 
nihil  in  ?ritorio  de  Ellington  emere  gsumem'  sine  psensu 
t  voluntate  dni  Wi.  supdci  .  Qd  si  ptra  hanc  paginam 
de  empscbe  aliquid  psumpserimus  volum'  1  concedim' 
spontanea  voluntate  ma  ut  sine  ptradicoe  feudu  suu  pos- 
sit  distringere  in  villa  de  Ellington  q°usq3  si  p  qualibj 
empcbe  de  xl*»  solidis  satisfecserimus   .    In  cuius  rei 
testim  &c.  fteentibj  sigillu  nrm  comune  aposuim'   .  Act. 
apd  Alnwik  anno  D'ni  M°CC<llx0ix0  die  mercurii  px  pt 
fin  scot}  marliru  Marcellini  H  Petri. — fid.) 

17>  b.  Sciant  p.  "t  f.  qd  ego  Isabella  de  Welle  quon- 
dam ux  Wmi  de  Vescy  dedi  Cecilie  &  Aline  filiabj 
meis  in  tota  vita  sua  ma  de  Ellington  in  com.  Nd  cum 
oibj  ptinentiis  suis  in  Heydone  .  Cressewelle  .  t  alibi 
in  com.  gdto  exceptis  4  solid  redditus  in  Newbigging 
sumul  cum  oibj  bonis  t  catallis  in  eod  manerio  inventis 
tc  .  H'end  1c  .  Reddend  inde  p  ann.  in  tota  vita  mea 
30  libras  argenti,  tc.  reman  mihi  t  hedb3  meis,  ^tc  . 
Test,  dno  Rofito  de  Bavant  .  dno  Johe  de  Caltoft .  dno 
Witto  de  Heyling  militibj  .  Simon,  de  Swaby  .  Pho  de 
Cuntharpe  ,  Rotto  de  Ormesby  .  David  de  Laseeles  . 
Rogero  de  Crassewell,  tc. — fid.} 

18.  Matilda  que  fuit  ux.  dni  Johis  de  Welle  milit 
dimisit  Rogo  de   Woderington  mafiiu  de  Ellington  et 
Hedon  in  com.  Northumb.  q  Matild  tanqu.  custos  corpis 
t  ¥re  Johis  fit  1  hedis  dci  Johis  ex  cone.  Isabellae  regine 
pt  festu  Petri  t  Pauli  1366.     Et  Rogs  solvit  Matil  in 
domo  Thome  Frost  deBevlaco  &Lc.  —  (Dodsw.MSS.  vol. 
46,/olL  118.; 

19.  Noverint  universi  quod  ego  .  Johnes  dominus  de 
Woderington  dedi  Davidi  de  Lacel  cum  Johanna  cog- 
nata  mea  totani  terram  meam  cum  toftis  quam  hui  ex 
emptione  mea  et  ex  emptione  Duncani  fris  mei  in  villa 
de  Ellington  et  unum  pratum  in  Dririg.  &c.    Test,  dno 


Wittmo  Heron  .  dno  Rogero  Maudut  milit  .  Rogero 
de  Cressewell .  ctc.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  \b1.j 

20.  Omnibus  hanc  cartam  videntibus  vel  audientibus 
Rofctus  de  Gloucestria  saltm  .  Noverit  universitas  ves- 
tra me  concessisse  Johni  filio  meo  p  homagio  et  servitio 
suo  unum  toftum  et  croftum  in  Hellinglon  .  Test.  Ge- 
rardo  de  Wodrington  .  Roberto  de  Cresswell  de  Setun, 
*tc.—(Id.fol.  161.  J 

21.  Johnes  fiiius  Robert!  de  Gloucestre  dedit  Dune- 
cano  de  Wuderington  toftum  in  Ellington  .  Test,  dno 
Johne  de  Plesset  .  dno  Ray'  de  Brun  .  Henrico  de  Se- 
ton  .  Johne  de  Woderinglon  .  Johne  de  Middleton  . 
Symone  de  Cresswell,  Ic.  -  (Id.  fol  161,  b.) 

22.  Sciant  gsent  et  futur    quod  ego  Richardus  de 
Gloucestria  fiiius  Robert!  de  Gloucestria  dedi  t  concessi 
Johni  filio  Johnis  de  Wodrington  p  homagio  1  loftum  et 
3  acras  terr'  in  Ellington  .  Test,  dno  Witto  de  Harrun 
tune  vie.  Northumfc   .   dno  Ada  Baret  .  dno  Rogero 
Maudut  .  Johne  de  Ridal  t.    Dat.  apud  Ellington  die 
Lune  post  festum  iti  Martini  in  hyeme  a°  40  Hen.  III. 
— (Id.  161.; 

23.  Ego  Edmundus  de  Ellington  fiiius  quondam  Ra- 
dulphi  de  Stokys  dedi  Dunkano  de  Wodrington  imam 
dimid  acram  terf  mee  in  teritorio  de  Ellington  "le.  Test* 
Johne  de  Wodrington  :  Rogero  fre  ejus  .  Johne  Long 
de  Wodrington  et  aliis. 

23.  b.  Sciant  gsentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Isabella  filia  et 
heres  Robert!  Darayns  chivalier  dedi  seiam  Rogero  de 
Woderington  de  omlbus  terris  q  mihi  jure  hereditario 
descendebant  in  Ellington  post  mortem  Roftti  pris  mei. 
Dat.  I361.-~fld.fol.  161,  b.} 

24.  Sciant  &c.  quod  ego  Radus  de  Wedryngton  miles 
dedi  Wittmo  Thorneton,  capetto  meo  p  bono  servitio 
suo  omnia  terras  et  teiita  mea  in  Ellington,  &c  .  Dat. 
in  festo  pentecostes  1  Hen.  VII. — (Id.} 

25.  Juratores   dicunt   super   sacrum,   quod   quidam 
Robertus  de  Cresswell,  avus  praedicti  Rogeri  de  Cress- 
well  tenuit  praedieta  tenementa  de  quibus  visum  fece- 
runt  in  suo  sess.  et  inde  obiit  seisitus  ;  post  CHJUS  deces- 
sum  Simon  de  Cresswell  successit  in  eisdem  tenementis, 
fiiius  1  hseres,  et  inde  obiit  seisitus :  Et  similiter  di- 
cunt quod  praedictus  Rogerus  post  decessum  praedicti 
Simonis,  patris  sui,  introivit  in  prsedict.  tenemen.  per 
successionem  superdictorum  .  Escaet.  de  anno  21  Edw. 
I.—fWallis,  ii.341.) 

26.  Johnes  de  Newbigging  dedit    dno  Gerardo  de 
Woderington  milit  unum  toftum  et  10  acras  terr'  ara- 
bills  iu  villa  de  Pendemore  juxta  Lynton,  tc  .  Toste 


WOODHORN  PARISH. NEWBIGGING-BY-THE-SEA. 


dno  Rogero  Mauduyt  tune  vie  Northumbr  .  dno  Ro- 
berto Bertram,  multibus ;  Roberto  de  CresswelL — 
fLansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  160,  b.J 

27.  Hec  indent'a  testat'  qd  RoBt'  Homer  de  Seton 
concessit  t  feodi  firmam  dimisit  Alano  Collane  1  He- 
lene  ux°i  sue  vnu  tenementu  in  villa  de  Newbyggyng 
iuxta  mare  wcut  jacet  in  longitudine  a  via  regia  vscj 
Harope  Crofte  1  tn  Rofcti  man  ex  pte  oriental  .  1  tn 


Johis  Creswell  ex  pte  occidental  .  Iliid.  &c.  Reddendo 
inde  annuatim  quatuor  solid  1c  .  Hiis  testibs  Johe  Bel- 
sow  tuc  senescallo  de  Newbyggyng  ,  Thoma  Kydland 
tuc  balliuo  .  Jotie  de  Scheles  .  Johe  Whythede  .  Thoa 
Draper  .  Rofito  Man  .  Jotie  Fawconer  .  Jotie  Seriane  . 
Rofito  Smith  .  1  aliis  .  Dat.  apud  Newbyggyng  1410  . 
12  Hen.  IV.— (Ex  Orig.  Penes  Auctorem.) 


The  chapelry  of  NEWBIGGING-BY-THE-SEA,  has  the  township  of 
North  Seaton  on  the  south,  that  of  Woodhorn  on  the  west  and  north,  and  on 
the  east  "  the  curled  waters"  of  "  the  stormy  main."  A  large  portion  of  it 
consists  of  an  uninclosed  tract  called  the  Links,  or  Newbigging  Moor,  on  which 
the  proprietors  of  the  other  part  of  the  chapelry  have  cattle  stints  in  various 
proportions.  An  unsightly  and  profitless  marsh,  called  the  Carr,  which  is 
formed  by  the  little  brook  which  comes  past  Woodhorn,  and  a  stream  from 
the  north  overflowing  it,  runs  along  the  south  side  of  the  Moor,  and  stands  in 
great  need  of  improvement.  The  whole  chapelry  consists  of  only  one  town- 
ship ;  and,  in  1821,  contained  82  houses  inhabited  by  434  persons,  the  greater 
part  of  whom  were  fishermen — a  fine  race  of  people,  whose  occupation  makes 
them  intrepid,  but  subjects  them  to  perils  that  often  bereave  their  families  of 
their  support."  The  kinds  offish  chiefly  taken  here  are  gadus,  phleuronectes, 

k  The  crews  of  five  boats  belonging  to  this  place,  and  Blyth,  and  Hartley,  and  consisting  in  all 
of  nineteen  men,  perished  in  a  violent  storm  at  sea,  in  1808.  One  family  belonging  to  Newbigging, 
and  of  the  name  of  Robinson,  lost  their  father,  three  of  his  sons,  and  two  nephews.  This  accident 
strongly  excited  the  public  sympathy,  and  collections  and  subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  £1701 
were  raised  for  the  benefit  of  the  families  of  the  sufferers — to  the  judicious  distribution  of  which,  a 
committee  of  gentlemen,  of  whom  the  late  rev.  John  Smith,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  was  an  active 
member,  paid  great  and  meritorious  attention. — In  1824,  a  renegade,  who  had  been  in  the  British 
naval  service  during  the  late  war,  and,  on  the  return  of  peace,  stationed  at  the  flag-staff  on  the 
Town  Moor  here,  made  a  confession  at  Potsdam,  that  in  1812  he  had  murdered  a  man,  who  had 
escaped  from  a  ship  that  was  wrecked  near  the  flag-staff,  secured  his  chest,  and  buried  his  body 
on  a  point  a  little  to  the  south  of  the  station.  Depositions  of  his  confession  were  forwarded  from 
the  war-office,  to  Mr  Bigge,  of  Linden,  with  instructions  to  enquire  into  the  truth  of  his  account. 
He  was  well  remembered  at  Newbigging,  as  a  worthless  fellow  :  but  after  the  most  diligent  search 
was  made  for  the  dead  man's  bones,  nothing  of  the  kind  could  be  found ;  and  as  the  criminal  had 
been  several  times  in  prison  after  his  return  to  Prussia,  for  dishonest  practices,  and  was  in  durance 
at  hard  labour  in  the  work-house  at  Potsdam  for  life  when  he  made  the  confession,  it  was  believed 
that  his  whole  tale  was  a  fabrication  to  get  to  be  put  upon  his  trial  in  England,  and  set  at  liberty 
here  under  more  lenient  laws  than  those  of  his  own  country. 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

cupea,  and  raja — as  common  cod-fish,  haddock,  whiting,  and  ling ;  halibut, 
plaice,  sole,  and  turbot ;  common  herring  and  pilchard  ;  and  skate  :  and  the 
principal  market  for  them  is  at  Newcastle. 


THE    CHAPEL    OF    NEWBIGGING 

Stands  on  the  bold  head-land  of  the  Moor,  which  forms  the  north  and  main 
defence  of  the  harbour.  It  consists  of  a  tower  and  nave  now  in  use,  and  a 
ruined  chancel.  The  annexed  drawing  and  subjoined  notes  supersede  any 
lengthened  account  of  this  neglected,  but  interesting  edifice.  Its  tower  has 
one  bell  in  it,  is  of  good  masonry,  and  a  graceful  form.  The  nave  is  J4>  feet 
9  inches  long,  by  16  feet  wide,  and  has  had  a  north  and  south  aisle,  divided 
from  the  middle  and  remaining  aisle  by  pointed  arches,  now  walled  up.  In 
April,  1829,  it  was  dark,  dirty,  and  ruinous  :  a  large  gap,  which  had  been 
made  in  its  east  wall,  in  the  preceding  winter,  was  very  imperfectly  filled 
with  straw.  Randall's  manuscript  mentions  the  "  small  gallery  at  the  west 
end ;"  and,  "  at  the  east  end,  above  the  altar  table,  the  king's  arms  cut  in 
wood  in  high  relief,  having  been  the  stern  of  a  ship,  cast  away  by  a  storm.'* 
Here  are  no  inscriptions,  monuments,  or  carvings,  worthy  of  notice,  excepting 
certain  crosses  engraven  on  marbles  on  the  floor  of  the  nave,  and  on  antient 
grave-stones,  built  up  in  the  walls  of  the  church,  or  scattered  over  the  church 
yard.  The  chancel  is  about  50  feet  long,  and  without  a  roof.  Besides  the 
large  east  window  of  five  lights,  and  that  on  the  north  of  one,  it  has  two  on 
the  south — one  of  three,  and  the  other  of  two  lights.  All  these  have  been 
once  glazed,  as  appears  by  holes  for  iron  stanchells  in  their  mullions.  It  has 


WOODHORN  PARISH. NEWBIGGING  CHAPEL  AND  MANOR.  215 

an  outer  door- way  to  the  south,  and  one  to  the  north  ;  but  the  latter  of  these 
has  formerly  opened  into  a  porch  or  vestry,  eight  feet  by  six  within.  The 
walls  are  more  modern  than  the  stone-work  of  the  windows  and  door-ways, 
and  the  needle  holes  for  the  scaffolding  to  build  them  are  still  open.  The 
prior  and  convent  of  Tynemouth  were  probably  engaged  in  repairing  this  part 
of  the  chapel  when  the  storm  of  the  Reformation  drove  them  from  their  work, 
which  their  successors  in  the  impropriation  of  the  rectory  of  Woodhorn  have 
hitherto  been  excused  from  finishing.  Somewhat  above  twenty  years  since, 
Newbigging,  to  me,  was  a  favourite  spot ;  and  the  fine  sands  of  the  bay,  the  long 
dry  moor,  and  its  bold  and  rocky  shores,  can  never  fail  to  be  interesting  resorts 
to  any  that  can  be  gratified  with  surveying  the  vastness,  and  admiring  the 
power  and  the  productions  of  the  mighty  deep.  The  rocks  abound  with  va- 
rious sorts  of  sea  weed — among  which,  at  low  water,  curious  and  rare  fishes 
are  often  found  ;  and  the  attention  of  naturalists  would  be  highly  rewarded 
by  investigating  the  numerous  and  beautiful  animals  of  the  molluscous  genus, 
which  coat  and  bespangle  the  sides  of  the  rocks  and  the  loose  stones  in  the 
pools  near  the  margin  of  the  sea,  at  low  water. 

The  manor  of  Newbigging,  as  I  have  before  shown,1  formerly  belonged  to 
the  Balliol  family  :  from  whom  it  passed  to  the  families  of  Valentia,  Dreux, 

1  See  above,  pp.  180  and  181.  Different  religious  houses  had  possessions  within  this  manor. 
Bernard  de  Balliol  gave  to  the  canons  of  Hexham  one  toft  and  two  acres  of  ground  here  ;  and  a 
rent  of  40s.  a  year  in  the  adjoining  village  of  North  Seaton. — (III.  ii.  168.)  The  same  Bernard 
also  gave  to  the  priory  of  Brinkburn  a  messuage  in  this  place,  which  grant  was  confirmed  by  his 
successor  Hugh  de  Balliol. — (Brink.  Chart,  ff.  65,  66.  J  One  John  de  Newbigging  also  granted 
two  messuages  here  to  the  canons  of  Brinkburn,  who  granted  two  tofts  at  the  east  end  of  Newbig- 
ging to  Simon,  son  of  Maugur,  junior,  in  consideration  of  the  yearly  rent  of  500  herrings (Id. 

and  Woodh.  Misc.  JVb.  8.)  Simon,  son  of  Maugur  the  elder,  had  also  a  grant  from  John  Thorald 
of  a  messuage  in  the  ville  of  "  Newbigging,"  which  he  had  by  the  gift  and  feoffment  of  Robert 
his  father,  and  which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Ralph  the  son  of  Alexander  de  Newbigging,  and 
laid  between  the  ground  of  the  said  Simon  on  the  west,  and  a  certain  venal  (channel  or  syke)  on 

the  east,  which  venal  reached  from  the  ground  of  Julian  Crane,  towards  the  sea (Newb.  Misc. 

No.  S.)  And  Robert  Thorald,  a  burgess  of  Newbigging,  in  1331,  gave  to  Robert  his  son,  lands 
in  that  town,  near  the  land  of  Simon  Maugur — (Id.  No.  9.)  The  Thorald  family  forfeited  pos- 
sessions in  this  neighbourhood,  which  were  granted  to  one  Richard  Hunter,  in  34  Edw.  III. ; 
other  forfeited  lands  in  this  place  being,  at  the  same  time,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Robert  de 
Seaton — (III.  ii.  326,  327,  375.)  In  1294,  the  prior  of  the  hospital  of  St  John  of  Jerusalem 
claimed  various  privileges  over  his  possessions  in  Seton,  Newbiggingh,  Ellington,  and  other  places 
in  this  county. — (III.  i.  13Q.J  In  16  Richard  II.  the  prior  of  Tinmouth  had  a  messuage  here. — 
(III.  ii.  258.; 


216  MORPETH  DEANERY.-— MORPETH  WARD*  E.  D. 

Denton,  and  WiddringtOn.  In  1294,  Agnes  de  Valence,  widow  of  Hugh  de 
Balliol,  held  this  manor  in  dower  ;  and  in  that  year,  John  de  Balliol,  king  of 
Scotland,  at  the  assizes  in  Newcastle,  substantiated  his  family  claim  to  a  mar- 
ket to  be  holden  here  weekly,  on  Mondays,  by  charter  of  Henry  the  Third  ; 
and  also  to  a  fair  granted  in  45  Henry  III.  to  be  holden  yearly  on  the  eve,  day, 
and  morrow  of  St  Bartholomew,  which  is  the  day  of  the  dedication  of  their 
chapel,  and  had  probably  been  the  day  of  an  old  prescriptive  fair,  immemori- 
ably  holden  at  the  place  before  that  time.  Hugh  de  Balliol,  indeed,  according 
to  the  Calendar  of  the  Patent  Rolls,  had  had  a  grant  of  a  market  and  an  eight 
days  fair  from  king  John,  in  1203.m  But  Henry  the  Third,  in  the  43rd  year 
of  his  reign,  gave  to  John  de  Balliol  a  charter  for  similar  privileges,  but  two 
years  after  made  some  changes  respecting  the  fair."  In  Edward  the  Second's 
time  there  was  also  a  charter  granted  to  John  de  Britanny,  earl  of  Richmond, 
respecting  a  market  and  fair  at  Newbigging.0  The  antient  importance  of 
Newbigging-by-the-Sea  as  a  maritime  town,  will  however  be  best  shown  by 
authentic  notices  of  it  from  history.  Thomas  Hatfield,  in  1352,  granted  an  in- 
dulgence of  forty  days  to  all  persons  within  his  diocese  who,  by  will  or  other- 
wise, would  contribute  assistance  to  the  repairs  and  maintenance  of  the  pier 
of  Newbigging,  for  the  security  of  shipping  resorting  thither. p  This  pier  was 
built  from  north  to  south  along  the  rocks  on  the  north  side  of  the  harbour, 
and  seems  to  have  been  a  sort  of  breakwater  formed  of  large  rolled  masses  of 
basalt,  and  other  hard  rocks  :  part  of  it  is  still  remaining.  Wallis  says,  that 
in  his  time,  "  some  of"  its  "  piles  of  wood"  were  "  conspicuous  at  low  wa- 
ter." How  long  it  had  existed  prior  to  Hatfield's  time  I  have  seen  no  account. 
But  Edward  the  Second,  in  1310,  summoned  this  place  to  furnish  naval 
assistance  for  his  expedition  against  Scotland ;  July  25,  1314,  requested  the 
bailiffs  of  "  Newbyggyng"  to  furnish  him  with  one  ship  for  the  same  purpose; 
and,  in  1316,  granted  a  patent  for  kayage,  or  authority  to  collect  tolls  for 
loading  or  unloading  goods  upon  quays  here.q  In  1333,  Edward  the  Third 
directed  them  to  lay  an  embargo  on  all  ships  within  their  port,  and  there  to 
detain  them  for  his  use,  as  well  as  to  send  him  a  list  of  all  vessels  belonging 
to  it,  whether  at  that  time  in  the  harbour  or  absent  on  voyages.  On  January 
12,  1335,  they  had  an  order  to  release  any  foreign  ship  detained  there  in 

m  III.  i.  155,  156 ;  III.  ii.  389.  n  III.  ii.  391.  °  Id.  p.  394. 

P  See  Newb.  Misc.  No.  5.  1 1ll.  ii.  364. 


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consequence  of  prior  orders  ;  and  in  November,  in  the  following  year,  all 
their  ships  belonging  to  the  king's  service,  were  summoned  to  muster  with 
the  northern  fleet  at  Orwell,  in  Suffolk.  But  the  circumstance  which  most 
strongly  shows  the  rank  in  which  this  port  was  h olden  in  Edward  the  Third's 
time  is,  that  of  its  bailiffs,  with  those  of  Lynn,  Kingston  upon  Hull,  Newcas- 
tle upon  Tyne,  and  other  places,  each  being  summoned  to  send  three  or  four 
of  its  most  discreet  and  honest  men  to  attend  a  council,  to  be  holden  at  War- 
wick, under  the  bishop  of  Lincoln,  the  earl  of  Warwick,  and  others,  on  mat- 
ters of  great  state  importance,  on  the  Friday  before  New-year's  day,  1337  ; 
on  which  day  several  other  cities  and  towns  were  summoned  to  send  deputies 
to  a  similar  council,  to  be  holden  before  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and 
others,  on  the  same  business,  in  London/  The  boroughs  of  Newbigging  and 
Morpeth  were  each  assessed  at  6s.  in  the  rate  for  defraying  the  expences  of 
the  knights  of  this  shire  at  the  parliament  holden  at  Westminster,  in  1382. 
After  the  death  of  sir  Henry  Widdrington,  in  1518,  the  town  (villa)  paid  a 
fee-farm  rent  of  £10  lls.s  Wallis  describes  it  as  having  "  several  granaries 
in  it  for  export  from  one  of  the  finest  bays  before  it  on  the  coast  of  this  coun- 
ty." "  Corn  ships,  of  about  60  tons  burthen,  coming  up  to  the  town  :  large 
ships,  farther  in,  riding  in  five,  six,  or  seven  fathoms  water,  in  security  from 
tempests  from  the  north  and  north-east."  The  granaries  are  on  the  beach, 
with  which  the  lower  part  of  the  town  street  runs  parallel :  the  other,  which 
is  neat  and  well  built,  lying  along  the  road  which  leads  to  Seaton  and  the 
fords  over  the  Wansbeck.  One  of  the  best  houses  in  the  place  belongs  to 
sir  C.  M.  L.  Monck,  bart.  of  Belsay  Castle  ;  and  another,  which  adjoins  the 
inn,  and  formerly  made  part  of  it,  to  Henry  Tulip,  of  Bruriton,  esq.  Many 
of  the  other  are  let  as  lodgings  to  families  who  frequent  the  place  for  the 
benefit  of  health,  and  sea  bathing.  Warm  and  cold  baths  are  attached  to  the 
principal  inn  :  besides  which,  there  are  here  four  other  houses  licensed  to 
retail  ale  and  spirits  ;  and  this  place  is  fortunate  beyond  many  sea-side  places 
in  having  a  plentiful  spring  of  excellent  fresh  water  on  the  beach,  above  the 
ordinary  reach  of  the  tides.  The  brewery  is  carried  on  by  Francis  Johnson 
and  Co.  The  antient  hospital  of  Newbigging  stood  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
from  the  town,  at  the  place  on  the  road  side  to  North  Seaton,  now  called 
Spital  House. 

r  Rot.  Scot,  i,  92,  129,  148,  311,  468,  475,  s  Cole's  Esch,  756,  f.  46, 

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MORPETH   DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


NEWBIGGING  MISCELLANEA. 

1— Extracts  from  archdeacons'  minutes  at  PAROCHI- 
AL VISITATIONS,  &c. — 1723.  Newbigging  is  a  chapel 
belonging  to  Woodhorn,  and  severed  by  the  vicar  there- 
of. It  is  dedicated  to  St  Bartholomew.  It  hath  for- 
merly been  a  large  church,  consisting  of  three  aisles, 
but  now  nothing  remains  but  the  body  of  the  middle 
aisle,  the  arches  between  the  pillars  on  both  sides  being 
walled  up,  and  the  outward  walls  or  boundaries  of  the 
building  on  both  sides  quite  taken  away.  The  walls  of 
the  old  chancel,  which  has  been  a  spacious  one,  are  yet 
standing  without  roof,  and  built  out  of  the  present  cha- 
pel, the  arch  between  the  body  and  the  chancel  being 
walled  up.  It  appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  best  fa- 
brics in  this  county.  Benefactions. — There  are  certain 
lands  and  tenements  in  Newbigging  belonging  to  the 
chapel,  of  which  the  churchwardens  have  sometimes  let 
long  leases.  They  are  very  much  intermixed  with  other 
lands,  and  by  that  means  may  be  in  danger  of  being 
lost.  In  1723,  when  two  of  the  proprietors  of  adjoining 
lands  were  churchwardens,  a  complaint  was  made  in  my 
court  of  their  having  confounded  the  church  lands  with 
their  own.  Upon  which  I  appointed  a  commission  to 
examine  and  enquire  into  the  church  lands :  and  they 
are  at  present  as  follows  : — 

PER  ANN. 

Conning  garth  lets  for  -          -          -          -  15s. 

Robt.  Gray  pays  for  one  rood  of  land  in  his  stack 
garth     -     "  -          -    '      -*        -   '     '-  3s. 

A  place  called  Hurst  Ledgate  is  let  for          -  12s. 

A  house  and  garth  and  2  roods  of  land  in  Wil- 
son's close         -  -  •  -  -£}->•<. 

A  house  and  2  roods  of  land  5s. 

William  Pattison  pays  for  a  rood  of  land      -  2s.  6d. 

Edward  Dawson  for  a  rood  of  land  -  5s. 

John  Watts  for  a  rood  of  land  -          -  6s. 

John  Winley  for  a  house  &  "2  roods  of  land  14s. 

In  all  yearly 


£4    4-s.  6d. 


The  vicar  of  Woodhorn  hath  also  a  house  here,  with 
one  rood  of  land  belonging  to  it.  This  inventory  was 
completed  by  the  directions  given  in  my  visitation.  Dr 
Sharpe  also,  at  his  parochial  visitation  here,  Sept.  21, 
1723,  among  other  orders,  directed  that  a  new  fence  or 
dike  be  built  about  the  chapel  yard,  which  was  certified 
to  be  done  at  the  Easter  visitation  in  1 725.  August  20, 
1731,  he  visited  this  chapel  again,  and  among  other, 
has  the  following  minute  respecting  it : — "  I  have  now 
directed  that  they  shall  immediately  repair  their  steeple, 
(which  has  been  one  of  the  best  in  the  county,  and  a 


considerable  sea-mark,  but  now  going  to  decay,)  out  of 
the  rents  of  those  lands,  which  are  given  for  the  use  of 
the  fabric  :  and  they  have  undertaken  that  it  shall  be 
done  accordingly."  Archdeacon  Robinson  has  entered 
only  the  following  remark  respecting  this  chapelry  :  — 
"  The  fishing  boats  at  Newbiggen  used  to  pay  the  vicar 
£2  per  annum  each,  which  custom  has  been  beyond  the 
memory  of  man.  Of  late  they  have  paid  nothing,  by 
which  means  the  living  will  be  in  danger  of  losing  near 
£30  p  annum."  Dr  John  Sharpe  visited  July  21,  1764, 
and  gave  the  following  orders : — "  No.  18.  The  inside 
of  the  spire  pinned  and  pointed  where  necessary,  and 
particularly  at  the  top  of  the  west  window.  No.  19. 
The  spire  to  be  repaired  at  the  top,  and  pointed  at  the 
outside,  and  the  needle  holes  filled  up.  No.  22.  All 
stones  that  are  not  properly  head-stones,  to  be  thrown 
out  of  the  chapel  yard,  and  no  head-stones  to  be  set  up 
for  the  future  without  the  consent  of  the  minister." 
"  None  since." — (Archd.  books,  1723  1792,  pp.  140, 
141.;  Dr  Singleton,  at  his  visitation,  June  1,  1826, 
found  upon  enquiry,  that  some  of  the  lots  left  for  the 
support  of  this  chapel  were  so  far  lost,  that  the  occu- 
pants pretend  to  hold  them  by  fixed  payments  ;  which, 
however,  vary  from  the  sums  charged  upon  them  in 
Dr  Sharpe's  memoranda.  There  is  a  house  and  a  gar- 
den, and  two  stints  upon  the  common.  The  chapel  is 
allowed  evening  service  once  a  month,  by  the  vicar  of 
Woodhorn  in  person  ;  but  it  is  right  to  say  that  Mr 
Kennicott  found  things  in  this  respect  as  he  has  kept 
them.  The  church  is  in  a  sad  state,  more  particularly 
considering  that  they  have  £80  in  the  hand  of  a  neigh- 
bour.  The  large  roofless  choir  is  used  as  a  burial  place : 
with  some  persons  the  idea  is,  that  it  has  never  been 
finished.  The  situation  is  bold  and  fine.  The  clerk  is 
paid  by  groats,  and  the  fishing  boats  have  long  discon- 
tinued their  offerings  to  the  vicar. 

2. — CURATES. — Christopher  Burton,  clerk,  curate  in 
1577  and  1585.  Henry  Seaton,  1604. 

3.  -  The  PARISH  REGISTERS  begin  in  1662.  "  Sept. 
5,  1767,  died  at  Newbigging-by-the-Sea,  Mr  Thomas 
Johnson,  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  Recorder : 
he  was  many  years  older  than  the  parish  register  of  the 
place." — ( Newc.  Courant.) 

4. — William  Pye.  judge  of  the  consistory  court  of 
Durham,  decreed  that  John  Langley  the  elder,  John 
Langley  the  younger,  Mark  Buhner,  Francis  Buhner, 
Thomas  Rowntree,  and  Robert  Davison,  having  landed 
and  sold  within  the  chapelry  of  Newbigging  1900  lob- 


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sters,  valued  at  8s.  per  score,  and  worth  =£38 ;  and  650, 
at  8s.  6d.  a  score,  worth  £13  16s.  3d. ;  and  the  tithe 
thereof  amounting  to  £5  3s.  6d.,  should  pay  such  tithe 
to  William  Simcoe,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  besides  con- 
demning  them  in  the  expences  of  the  suit — (From  a 
copy  without  date.) 

5. — Thomas  permissione  divina  Dunolmen  Episcopus, 
dilectis  in  Christo  filiis  universis  Archidiaconis  rectori- 
bus,  &c.  Gratum  obsequium  et  deo  pium  toties  im- 
pendere  opinamur  quoties  mentes  fidelium  per  allectiva 
munera  propensius  excitamus — De  Omnipotentis  Dei 
igitur  misericordia  &  piissimae  matris  suse  necnon  B. 
Cuthberti  patroni  nostri  confessoris  gloriosi  omniumque 
sanctorum  mentis  &  precibus  confidentes  omnibus  paro- 
chianis  nostris  &  aliis  quorum  diocesani  hanc  nostram 
indulgentiam  ratam  habuerint  &  acceptam  de  peccatis 
suis  vere  contritis  &  confessis  qui  ad  emendationem  re- 
parationem  &  sustentationem  PEJLJE  de  Neubinging 
pro  secura  navium  applicatione  aliqua  de  bonis  suis  a 
Deo  sibi  collatis  contulerint  seu  in  suis  testamentis  re- 
liquerint  aut  legaverint  quadraginta  dies  de  injunctis 
sibi  penitentiis  misericorditer  Deo  propitio  relaxamus 
&c  Dat.  in  man.  de  Midelham  3  Feb.  1352 — (Reg. 
Hatf.p.  10.) 

6.— Sciant  presentes  &  futuri  qd  ego  Johes  Thorald 
de  Newbigging  dedi  Simoni  filio  Maug'i  senior!  unu 
messuagiu  9re  cu  ptin.  in  villa  de  Neubigging  q  hui  ex 
dono  *t  feofFamento  Rofcti  patris  mei  et  qd  conda  erat 
Radulphi  fit  Alexandri  de  Neubigg  jacens  in?  ft-am  dci 
Simoois  ex  pte  occidental!  1  qdda  venale  ex  pte  orien- 
tali  extendens  a  Vra  Juliane  Crane  vWs  mare  .  H'end, 
&c.  Hijs  testify  Johe  de  Seton  .  Jotine  de  Newbig. 
ging  clico  .  Rofcto  Thorald  .  Alexndro  filio  Elye  . 
Rogo  filio  Witti  .  Johe  fit  Alexandri  .  Joh  fit  Nichi  . 
1  mult  aliis. — (Ex  orig.  in  Thesaur.  D.  $  C.  Dunelm.) 

7- — Rofctus  Thorold  burgensis  de  Newbigging  dedit 
Roberto  filio  suo  terras  de  Newbigging  juxta  terrain 
Symonis  filii  Maugeri,  &c.  Dat.  1331. 

8. — Edward  earl  of  Oxford  and  Mortimer,  about 
1737,  as  part  of  his  Bothal  estates,  had  5  parcels  of 
ground  here,  amounting  to  4  acres,  3  roods,  and  one 
perch,  occupied  by  Ephraiin  Johnson,  the  names  of  the 
parcels  being  "  Harrop  close,  2  riggs  at  M  awd's  pool, 
Land  End  rigg,  West  close,  and  2  Barrow  rodes." 

9. — After  the  death  of  lord  Widdrington,  we  find  the 
York  Building  Company,  between  the  four  years  from 
1720  to  1723,  letting  the  2  Fisher  closes  at  Newbigging 
at  from  =£20  to  £25  a  year  :  the  Rode  at  from  £10  to 


=£30 :  the  Warren  from  =£22  to  =£31 :  the  Fisher  boats 
from  =£6  3s.  6d.  to  =£8  1 1  s.,  and  a  note  saying  that  "  a 
boat  with  4  oars  is  called  a  double  boat,  and  pays  =£1 
18s.  (id. ;  but  the  single  boat,  which  has  but  2  oars,  pays 
only  £1  8s.  6d."  In  the  advertisement  for  the  sale  of 
lord  Widdrington's  estates,  in  1750,  pursuant  to  three 
decrees  in  chancery,  the  ninth  lot  is  described  thus  :— 

Manor  of  Newbigging  juxta  mare  : — 
Quit  Rents  and  Free  Bents  (disputed) 
Newbigging  Cars  and  Fisher  Closes 
The  Rocks  of  Newbigging  (disputed) 
The  Warrener's  House  and  Warren 
The  Boats  of  Newbigging  (disputed) 

In  all 

10.— The  names  of  the  proprietors  in  Newbigging,  in 
September,  1829,  were — Lady  Vernon,  sir  Chas.  M.  L. 
Monck,  bart.,  Francis  Cresswell,  William  Cresswell, 
Henry  Tulip,  Francis  Johnson,  William  Watson,  Wm 
French,  and  Christopher  Wawn,  Esqrs.,  the  rev.  Benj. 
Kennicott,  John  Watt,  Thomas  Wilkie,  Thos.  Hedley, 
James  Thoburn,  John  Brotheiwick,  William  Sadler, 
John  Stephenson,  Isabella  Pearson,  John  Renner,  Ed- 
ward Hogg,  Robert  Robinson,  and  John  Watson. 

11. — The  following  sonnet  was  written  in  1807,  and 
was  more  suggested  to  the  author's  mind  by  evening 
sea-side  walks  at  Newbigging,  than  at  any  other  place : 

O  moon !  how  well  I  love  thy  beams, 
That  all  night  flow  like  silver  streams, 
O'er  barks  and  waves  that  thy  dominion  own ! 
O,  tell  me  in  thy  vales  if  God  be  known, 
Or  if  thy  creatures  feel  the  change  of  clime  I 
Hast  thou  a  spring — a  rapt'rous  time, 
To  lift  with  love  thfir  passions  high  f 
And  does  a  summer  lighten  in  their  eye  ? 
An  autumn  smite  them,  and  a  winter's  breath, 
Their  bodies  wither  with  the  frost  of  death  ? 
Or  are  they  angels  guarding  men  from  ill, 
And  all  thy  fruits  and  flowers  of  endless  bloom  ? 
Thou  wilt  not  tell  me ;  but  th'  art  lovely  still, 
Fair  virgin !  as  the  seas  and  sails  thy  beams  illume. 

12. — ENOCH  HALL,  noticed  in  the  pedigree  of  Hall, 
of  Catcleugh,  part  ii.  vol.  i.  p.  1 54,  resided  at  Newbig- 
ging. He  was  a  barrister  of  Grey's  Inn,  and  chancellor 
of  South  Carolina,  and  died  at  Greenwich,  in  October, 
1753,  in  his  way  from  Bristol  to  Newcastle. — (Newc. 
Courant.J  His  will  is  dated  July  1,  1751,  and  by  it  he 
left  his  estates  at  Catcleugh,  Spithopehead,  Spithope- 
haugh,  Upper  Chattlehope,  Nether  Chattlehope,  Babs- 
wood,  Gateshaugh,  Evestones,  Netherhouses,  Bower- 


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sheels,  Sylls  and  Syllburn,  the  Hall  otherwise  the  Hull 
Longbank,  Stobbs,  Kelleyburne,  Davy  Sheel  and  Davy 
Sheel-hope,  the  Hill,  otherwise  North  Cresswell-lees, 
and  all  other  his  estates,  to  his  sister  Isabella  Hall, 
subject,  among  other  incumbrances,  to  a  mortgage  of 
£5,000,  and  to  the  following  charges,  viz. : — To  his 
nephew  John  Cay  £100,  and  his  other  nephews  Robert 
and  Gabriel  Cay,  and  his  niece  Grace  Cay,  =£300  each  : 
to  his  nephews  John,  Richard,  and  Martin  Gilpin,  and 
his  niece  Ruth  Gilpin,  each  £300  :  to  his  sister  Sarah 
Hall,  and  his  nieces  Ruth  and  Sarah  Hall,  £300  each : 
to  his  nephew  Edward  Hall  £  1,000  ;  to  his  sister  Mary 
Hall  £ 40  a  year  for  life ;  but  having  become  security 
to  this  sister  for  ^500,  on  her  marriage  with  Joseph 
Lazonby,  he,  by  a  codicil  of  October  1,  1751,  revoked 
the  bequest  to  her  of  £40  a  year  for  life,  and  transferred 
it  to  his  brother  Robert  Gilpin  and  Ruth  his  wife.  He 
was  the  only  son  and  heir  of  Reynold  Hall,  but  had  five 
sisters,  viz. ; — I.  ELIZABETH,  married  to  Robert  Cay, 


of  Newcastle,  esq.,  and  had  issue — 1.  John  Cay,  eldest 
son  and  heir,  in  1756  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London; 
2.  Robert  Cay  ;  3.  Gabriel;  4.  Grace  Cay.  II.  MARY, 
married  in  1751,  to  Joseph  Lazonby,  of  Hexham,  gent. 
III.  SABAH,  married  to  John  Hall,  who,  in  175G,  was 
late  of  Flatworth,  and  then  of  Ryton,  and  had  issue — 1. 
Edward;  2.  Ruth ;  'A.Sarah.  IV.  RUTH,  married  to 
Robert  Gilpin,  of  Broughton  Tower,  in  Lancashire,  by 
whom  she  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter,  viz. : — John, 
Richard,  Martin,  and  Ruth  Gilpin.  V.  ISABELLA,  devi- 
see of  her  brother  Enoch,  in  his  Redesdale  estates,  of 
which  she  had  agreed,  in  1750,  to  sell  the  Hill  to  Wm 
Cook,  of  Thockerington,  in  trust  for  Robert  Wood,  for 
.£760 ;  Davy  Sheel,  Bower  Sheel,  and  South  Riding,  to 
Christopher  Reed,  for  £  1,512;  Kellyburn,  to  Edward 
Fletcher,  of  the  Cleugh-breays,  for  £700 ;  Ivestones, 
Nether  Houses,  and  Sills,  to  Henry  Ellison,  esq.,  for 
£3,350;  and  the  Stobbs,  to  Thomas  Hall,  for  £820— 
in  all,  for  £7,142. 


WIDDRINGTON  chapelry  is  bounded  by  the  sea  on  the  east,  the  town- 
ships of  Cresswell  and  Ellington  in  this  parish,  and  that  of  Oldmoor,  in  the 
parish  of  Bothal,  on  the  south,  the  chapelry  of  Ulgham  on  the  west,  and 
the  parish  of  Warkworth  on  the  north.  It  is  said  to  contain  4142  acres  5* 
and,  in  1821,  had  in  it  388  persons,  and  74  families — of  whom  68  were  agri- 
culturists, five  employed  in  trade  or  mechanics,  and  one  professionally.  This 
is  a  fine  corn  district,  and  also  contains  abundance  of  coal.  In  1722,  John 
Wake,  under  the  direction  of  Richard  Peck,  bored  for  coal  in  Widdrington 
Park,  and  after  passing  through  one  bed  of  six  inches,  another  of  eighteen, 
and  a  third  of  six,  came  to  a  fourth,  at  1,56  feet  deep,  which  was  three  feet 
thick  ;u  and  a  colliery  is  still  worked  in  the  park  grounds,  a  little  to  the  south 
of  Widdrington  castle.  Formerly  there  were  extensive  woods  here,  of  the 
existence  of  which  two  considerable  patches  near  the  Park-head,  and  several 
grotesque  and  stag-horned  trunks  of  oaks  and  old  thorns,  richly  overhung 
with  ivy,  still  remain  as  evidence,  on  each  side  of  the  way  through  the  park 
grounds.  Part  of  the  Park  indeed,  within  the  memory  of  man,  was  covered 
with  wood ;  but  kept  in  such  a  neglected  and  profitless  state  that  sir  George- 
Warren  caused  all  the  trees  to  be  stubbed  up,  and  the  ground  to  be  tilled* 


Mack.  ii.  129, 


u  R.  Peck's  View  Book,  penes  I.  Straker, 


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The  whole  chapelry  contains  three  constablewicks,  viz.  :  Widdrington, 
Driridge,  and  Linton,  which  maintain  their  poor  conjointly.  The  chapel,  so 
early  as  1307,  had  parochial  limits,  and  an  evidence  of  that  year  even  calls  it 
"  a  church,"  and  shows  that  it  had  an  an  altar  in  it  dedicated  to  St  Edmund; 
for  doing  service  at  which  and  elsewhere  in  the  parish,  if  it  should  be  judged 
necessary,  for  the  good  of  the  souls  of  all  his  ancestors,  John  lord  of  Wid- 
drington gave  to  sir  Henry  de  Thornton,  chaplain,  all  that  ground  and  build- 
ings which  sir  Roger  of  Hertwayton,  chaplain,  formerly  held  by  the  gift  of 
his  grandfather  sir  John  de  Widdrington,  besides  two  marks  yearly  out  of  the 
mill  of  Linton/  This  altar  to  St  Edmund  was,  I  apprehend,  the  portable 
one  which  Pope  Martin  the  Fourth,  who  died  in  1284,  in  the  first  year  of  his 
pontificate,  granted  a  licence  to  John  de  Widdrington  and  Margaret  his  wife 
to  have  in  places  suitable  for  the  purposed  Edward  the  Third  also,  by  his 
letters  patent,  in  1339,  granted  to  Gerard  de  Widdrington  a  licence  to  appro- 
priate a  rent  of  seven  marks  a  year  out  of  East  Chevington,  Widdrington, 
and  Driridge,  for  a  chaplain  to  do  divine  service  in  the  chapel  of  Widdring- 
ton ;  and  a  further  sum  of  forty  shillings  in  aid  of  the  same  purpose  out  of  the 
before  mentioned  villages/  Roger  de  Widdrington  had  also  a  grant,  in  1370, 
to  secure  ten  marks  a  year  out  of  Driridge  and  Widdrington  for  a  chaplain 
officiating  here  ;y  and,  after  the  Dissolution,  Robert  Hedley  occurs  under 
"  Witherington  chapel,"  in  a  list  of  pensions  paid  to  incumbents  of  chantries, 
as  incumbent  of  the  Holy  Trinity  Chapel,  and  receiving  a  yearly  pension  of 
£4  lls.  ;z  after  which  time  I  have  met  with  occasional  mention  of  the  names 
,  of  curates*  of  Widdrington,  but  the  curacy  seems  to  have  continued  in  some 
manner  dependent  on  the  mother  church  of  Woodhorn  till  the  year  1768, 
when  vicar  Wibbersley  gave  up  all  right  of  presentation  to  it  by  himself  and 
his  successors  to  the  Warren  family,  and  also  relinquished  to  the  perpetual 
curate  of  it  all  the  claim  they  had  to  the  ecclesiastical  profits  within  the  cha- 
pelry5 which  arise  from  lands  and  the  customary  oblations  for  occasional 
duties,  no  tithes  being  paid  in  this  district,  excepting  to  the  Mercer's  Compa- 
ny in  London,  as  impropriators  of  the  rectory  of  Woodhorn.  The  tithe  of 
hay,  as  I  was  told,  is  paid  by  a  modus. 

T  Widd.  Misc.  No.  3.         w  Id.  No.  4.         x  Id.  No.  2 ;  and  III.  ii.  371.         y  III.  i.  85. 
z  B.  Willis's  Hist,  of  Abbeys,  ii.  167.  a  See  Widd.  Misc.  No.  5. 

t>  Woodh.  Misc.  No.  6 ;  Randal's  Churches,  52. 
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WIDDRINGTON  CHAPEL. 

Archdeacon  Sharpe,  in  1723,  found  the  chapel  itself  in  a  deplorable  state; 
and  when  his  son  visited  it  in  1764,  it  was  in  no  better  condition  ;  but  sir 
George  Warren  repaired  it  in  1766,  since  which  time  duty  has  been  uniform- 
ly done  in  it.c  It  is  an  antient  fabric,  and  consists  of  a  nave  and  chancel, 
which  have  undergone  frequent  alterations  and  repairs.  The  nave  has  had  a 
north  aisle,  the  archways  between  the  site  of  which  and  the  middle  aisle  are 
at  present  walled  up.  The  south  aisle  remains,  is  33  feet  long,  arid  12  feet 
7  inches  wide,  and  is  divided  by  two  pointed  arches,  supported  by  octagonal 
columns  from  the  middle  aisle,  which  is  18  feet  10  inches  wide,  and  has 
pointed  arches,  one  octagonal  and  two  round  columns  on  its  north  side. 
The  chancel  is  36  and  a  half  feet  by  17  feet  7  inches,  and  has  an  oratory 
or  chantry  porch  projecting  from  it  on  the  south,  lighted  by  two  windows, 
and  opening  under  one  arch  into  the  chancel  itself,  and  by  another  into  the 
south  aisle  of  the  nave.  This  porch  is  separated  from  the  rest  of  the  church 
by  an  old  oak  screen,  and  has  an  altar  sink-stone  in  the  south  wall :  it  was 

c  Wid.  Misc.  No.  6. 


WOODHORN    PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. MANOR.  223 

probably  the  chantry  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  of  which  Robert  Hedley  is  men- 
tioned in  1553,  as  having  prior  to  that  time  been  chaplain.  The  east  window 
of  the  chancel  has  three  lights,  and  in  its  north  wall  there  are  two  sepulchral 
cells,  one  with  a  flat,  the  other  with  a  pointed  arch,  and  the  Widdrington 
arms  over  it,  but  both  of  them  without  recumbent  figures.  The  altar  sink- 
stone  is  unusually  large.  Three  corbules  still  remain  under  the  east  window, 
which  probably  assisted  in  supporting  the  ciborium  or  canopy  of  the  altar,  be- 
fore the  time  of  the  Reformation. 

The  matwr  of  Widdrington/  in  the  time  of  king  Stephen,  or  in  the  beginning 
of  the  reign  of  Hen.  II.  was  holden  under  Walter  Fitz- William  as  of  his  barony 
of  Whalton  ;  but  the  claim  of  the  family  to  it,  who  bore  its  local  name  at 
that  time,  having  fallen  into  dispute,  the  contest  had  to  be  settled  by  a  trial 
at  law.  For  a  long  time  after  the  Norman  conquest,  when  a  tenant  had  lost 
his  evidences,  or  they  were  burnt  or  embezzled,  or  his  witnesses  were  dead, 
the  law  permitted  him  to  try  his  right  by  combat  or  wager  of  battel,  between 
his  own  champion  and  the  champion  of  the  demandant.  In  cases  of  this  kind, 
the  special  interference  of  heaven  was  expected  to  give  victory  to  him  that 
fought  on  the  side  of  justice,  and  judgement  was  always  finally  given  to  the 
victorious  party :  they  fought  with  batoons  or  cudgels  ;  but  death  seldom 
ensued.6  Henry  the  Second  greatly  discountenanced  these  judicial  combats 
by  the  introduction  of  the  law  of  grand  assize  ;  but  there  was  another  species 

d  Ceolwulf,  who  resigned  the  crown  of  Northumberland,  and  retired  to  the  monastery  of  Lindis- 
farne,.  about  the  year  737,  gave  to  the  monks  of  that  house  the  ville  of  Warkworth,  with  its  ap- 
pendant  manors  or  places,  all  circumscribed  by  the  following  boundaries  : — From  the  water  called 
the  Line  to  the  mouth  of  the  Coquet,  and  from  thence  to  the  city  called  Brincewell  (Brains- 
haugh  ?) ;  and  from  the  Coquet  to  Hfodscelfe  towards  the  east,  and  from  the  Aln  as  far  as  into  the 
halfway  between  the  Coquet  and  the  Aln. — (Twysd.  x.  Scrip,  col.  69. )  This  grant  probably  in- 
cluded the  chapelry  of  Widdrington,  and  as  much  of  the  integral  part  of  the  parish  of  Woodhorn 
as  lies  to  the  north  of  the  Line.  The  author  of  this  account,  however,  says  that  king  Hosbert 
took  the  ville  of  Warkworth  from  St  Cuthbert ;  but  at  what  period  that  place  was  curtailed  of 
Widdrington  does  not  appear,  though  1  think  it  probable  that  the  separation  was  made  when  the 
lands  of  earl  Mowbray  and  his  adherents  were  parcelled  out  among  the  soldiers  of  Wm  Rufus. 

e  See  more  on  this  subject  in  Coke  on  Littleton,  Second  Institute,  p.  247.  The  oath  of  the 
champions  was  this  : — "  Hear  this  ye  judges — That  I  have  this  day  neither  eat,  drank,  nor  have 
upon  me  neither  bone,  stone,  nor  grass,  nor  any  enchantment,  sorcery,  or  witchcraft,  whereby  the 
power  of  the  word  of  God  might  be  diminished,  or  the  devil's  power  encreased :  and  that  my 
appeal  is  true ;  so  help  me  God,  and  his  saints,  and  by  this  book." 


224  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

of  trial  common  in  the  early  periods  of  our  history,  called  wager  of  law,  or 
pledge  of  duel,  by  which  a  defendant  of  good  credit  could  put  himself  upon 
his  trial  without  the  liability  of  being  borne  down  by  a  multitude  of  false  wit- 
nesses brought  against  him  by  the  plaintiff.  Trials  of  this  kind  were  conduct- 
ed with  great  solemnity,  and  produced  great  interest  among  the  friends  of  the 
contending  parties.  Sometime  about  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Henry 
the  Second,  William  Tascaf  having  accused  Bertram  de  Widdrington  of  un- 
just possession,  as  it  should  seem,  of  the  ville  of  Widdrington  and  a  moiety  of 
Burradon,  and  having  taken  a  day  to  defend  his  charge  in  the  court  of  the 
chief  lord,  and  failing  to  do  this,  Alan  of  Driridge,  his  peer,  gave  his  bond  to 
prosecute  the  suit  by  duel  or  trial  of  battel ;  but  he  also  not  appearing  on  the 
days  appointed,  the  court  adjudged  him  to  be  craven  or  recreant,  and  releas- 
ed the  possessions  in  dispute  to  the  said  Bertram  as  right  heir  to  them,  and  as 
his  own  proper  inheritance.  This  decision  was  made  by  Odonel  de  Umfre- 
ville,  in  the  court  of  William  Fitz-Walter,  at  Whalton,  before  a  great  number 
of  witnesses,  29  of  whom  tested  the  deed  in  which  the  record  of  the  judge- 
ment is  given  by  Walter  Fitz- William  himself,  and  which  was  probably  in- 
tended as  a  new  title  to  these  patrimonial  lands  of  the  demandant.  The  first 
clause  of  the  deed  is  a  conveyance  from  Fitz- William  "  to  Bertram  of 
Wdringtun  of  the  ville  called  Wdringtun,  with  a  moiety  of  Burgundy,"5  or 
Burraton,  to  be  holden  by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  :  the  other  half  of 
Burraton  was  holden  by  the  Ogle  family,  who  were  also  tenants  of  the  baron 
of  Whalton.  The  same  Walter  Fitz- William,  in  accounting  to  Henry  the 
Second  for  the  service  he  owed  to  the  crown  in  1165,  returns  "  Bertram  de 
Wodrington  and  Gilbert  de  Hoggal,"  as  each  holding  under  him  one  knight's 
fee  of  the  old  feoffment.  This  circumstance  of  the  Widdringtons  being  mid- 
dlemen between  the  king  and  his  tenant  in  capite  is  the  reason  why  there  are 
no  early  inquests  after  death  respecting  their  property  and  successive  heirs. 
Much,  however,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  added  to  their  estate  between 
the  time  of  king  Stephen  and  1240,  when  Gerard  de  Widdrington  held  Wid- 

f  The  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  in  the  Pipe  Roll  for  7  Henry  II.  a.  d.  1161,  accounted  in  the 
exchequer,  under  the  head  of  "  new  pleadings  and  new  agreements,"  for  four  marks  for  Wm  de 
"  Tesca,"  who  accordingly  had  a  quietus  for  it  out  of  the  treasury. 

*  In  both  the  copies  of  the  original  it  is  "  mediam  Burgundiae,"  but  this  is  plainly  a  contraction, 
for  "  medietatem  Burgundiae/'  or  a  half  or  moiety  of  Burraton,  in  Tinmouthshire,  of  which  the 
family  for  a  long  time  afterwards  were  proprietors. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  MANOR.  225 

drington,  Driridge,  and  a  moiety  of  Burradon,  as  his  ancestors  had  done,  by 
the  fee  of  one  knight  of  the  old  feoffment.  Some  trifling  acquisitions,  indeed, 
had  been  made  to  it  in  Ellington  and  Linton,  in  the  time  of  king  John.h 
Gerard  de  Widdrington  too,  prior  to  the  year  1274,  had  acquired  from  the 
Merlays  of  Morpeth,  an  estate  in  Tranwell,  to  the  extent  of  twelve  bovates  of 
land.1  The  first  considerable  addition  to  their  wealth,  however,  seems  to 
have  been  by  the  marriage  of  sir  John  de  Widdrington  with  Christian,  one  of 
the  three  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  sir  Adam  de  Swinburne,  who  died  in  1326, 
when  the  king,  in  parliament,  assigned  to  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  as  his  mother 
Christian's  purparty  of  her  husband's  possessions,  the  manors  of  Haughton, 
in  this  county,  and  Laverton,  in  Cumberland,  lands  in  Col  well  and  Stonecroft, 
and  a  third  part  of  a  messuage  in  Newcastle.  This  last  Gerard  also,  through 
the  Dentonj  family,  secured  considerable  possessions  in  his  own  neighbourhood, 

h  Wid.  Misc.  Nos.  7  and  8.  '  III.  i.  116 ;  Wid.  Misc.  No.  17. 

J  It  is  stated  in  the  History  of  Cumberland,  that  Richard  Stouland  and  Helena  his  wife,  in  7 
Edw.  I.  a.  d.  1279,  granted  Over  Denton,  in  Gilsland,  to  John  de  Widdrington,  (Burn  fy  JVfcA. 
it.  50SJ  with  whose  issue  male  it  still  remained  in  the  time  of  James  the  First. — (Hutch.  Cumb.  i. 
145.)  The  Widdringtons  had  also  considerable  interest  in  the  manor  of  Denton,  near  Newcastle, 
and  several  transactions  respecting  it  with  a  family  which  derived  their  name  from  it ;  for,  in 
1327,  John  de  Denton  granted  to  Roger,  brother  and  heir  of  John  de  Widdrington,  late  lord  of 
Denton,  and  their  heirs,  an  annual  rent  of  five  marks,  sir  Geoffry  Scrope,  baron  of  Whallon,  being 
one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  deed  ;  and,  in  1328,  the  same  sir  Geoffry  confirmed  lands  in  Denton, 
which  was  a  manor  within  his  barony  of  Whalton,  upon  Roger  de  Widdrington.  In  1334, 
Richard  Halden,  chaplain,  gave  to  John  Denton,  burgess  of  Newcastle,  one  whole  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Denton,  and  one  whole  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Redewood,  and  2  tofts  and  2  crofts,  and 
30  acres  of  land  in  Denton,  to  hold  for  his  life,  by  paying  to  Roger  de  Widdrington,  brother  and 
heir  of  John  de  Widdrington,  five  marks,  and  on  condition  that  after  John  cle  Denton's  death,  the 
reversion  of  the  property  mentioned  in  the  premises  should  go  to  John  de  Emeldon,  son  of  William 
de  Emeldon,  clerk,  and  of  Agnes,  the  daughter  of  the  said  John  de  Denton,  and  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies.  Sir  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  knight,  by  deed,  dated  at  Widdrington,  in  1355,  granted  to 
Edmund  de  Widdrington  a  rent  often  marks  yearly  out  of  the  manor  of  Denton  ;  and,  in  1361, 
an  indenture  tripartite,  witnesses  that  the  same  Gerard  de  W.  and  his  brother  Roger  having  given 
to  Edmund  de  W.  the  same  annual  rent  of  ten  marks  out  of  Denton,  the  said  Edmund  then 
conferred  the  reversion  of  it  upon  Joan,  late  wife  of  William  Blacklamb,  formerly  burgess  of 
Newcastle,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  John  Blacklamb  and  Joan  his  wife,  and  their  issue ;  remain- 
der to  Gerard  de  Widdrington  and  his  heirs.  Richard  the  Second,  in  1 380,  granted  to  Adam  of 
Fenrother,  and  other  feoffees,  licence  of  mortmain  to  assign  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Tinmouth 
the  manor  of  Denton  and  Redewode,  near  Newburn,  with  the  exception  of  one  annual  rent  out  of 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

at  Woodhorn,  Newbigging,  and  Ellington,  out  of  the  wreck  of  the  estate  of  the 
Balliols,  lords  of  Bywell.  In  the  early  history  of  this  family,  we  no  way  meet 
with  notices  of  their  being  engaged  in  merchandize,  or  as  filling  any  of  the  fiscal 
or  municipal  offices  of  Newcastle  ;  but  their  share  of  the  Swinburne  estate 
seems  to  have  had  the  ordinary  tendency  of  additional  wealth  in  increasing  the 
importance  of  its  possessor,  and  of  gratifying  the  desire  of  adding  field  to  field. 
For  though  they  did  not  condescend  to  gather  the  honey  of  trade  with  their 
own  hands,  they  did  not  refuse  to  intermarry  with  families  that  earned  their 
fortune  in  the  counting  house  :  Gerard,  the  eldest  son  of  Christian  Swin- 
burne, died  without  issue  :  but  his  brother  Roger  married  Elizabeth,  the 
only  daughter  of  Richard  de  Acton,  a  considerable  merchant,  arid  once  mayor 
of  Newcastle,  and  purchased  the  estates  of  Plessy  and  Shotton,  besides  lands 
in  Blagdon  and  Weteslade  :  he  also,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  the  Third,  ac- 
quired the  manor  of  Great  Swinburne,  which  had  been  the  inheritance  of  his 
mother's  uncle,  Nicholas  de  Swinburne,  and  passed  by  one  of  his  three 
daughters  and  co-heirs,  to  the  Fishburne  family.  Soon  after  which  time, 
scions  from  the  parent  stock  of  Widdrington  began  to  root  and  thrive  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  county ;  and  many  individuals  of  the  family  appeared  in  high 
situations  among  the  counsellors  and  warriors  of  their  times.  They  frequent- 
ly filled  the  offices  of  high-sheriff  and  of  knights  in  parliament  for  the  shire  ; 
and  we  pass  in  this  place  over  numerous  instances  of  valour,  loyalty,  and 
wisdom,  to  notice  one  of  a  rare  and  exalted  kind.  Sir  William  Widdrington, 
at  his  own  expence,  raised  forces,  and  fought  with  such  distinguished  bravery 
and  zeal  on  the  side  of  Charles  the  First,  as  to  receive  a  patent  of  nobility 
for  his  gallant  conduct ;  but  he  fell,  fighting  against  the  Cromwellian  party, 
in  a  hot  encounter,  at  Wigan,  in  Lancashire,  in  1651.  Of  this  nobleman, 
Clarendon  has  drawn  the  following  brilliant  portrait : — "  His  lordship  was 

it  often  marks,  and  another  of  one  mark.  In  1382,  Joan,  wife  of  Wm  Blacklamb,  acknowledges 
the  rent  charge  often  marks  to  be  in  reversion  to  the  use  of  John  de  W.  heir  of  Roger  de  W. ; 
and,  in  1393,  John,  son  of  John,  son  and  heir  of  John  de  Denton,  late  burgess  of  Newcastle, 
released  to  John,  son  and -heir  of  Roger  de  W.  all  the  right  he  had  in  all  the  lands  in  Northum- 
berland, which  had  belonged  to  John  de  Denton,  his  grandfather.  In  31  Hen.  VI.  the  prior  of 
Tinmouth  let  to  Gerard  of  Widdrington,  "  all  the  tithes  which  his  father  had  occupied  prior  to 
that  time :"  and  the  said  Gerard  "  knowledged  himself  to  be  paid  for  the  firme  of  Denton  to  the 
moine  efter  Martynmas  day  last  past,  as  were  in  his  own  tyme,  as  in  his  father's  time,  &c." — (Lansd. 
MS.  326,  fol  151,  b.  j  153,  b. ;  154,  b.  Brand's  Newc*  ii.  97. ) 


WOODHORN  PARISH. — 'WIDDRINGTON  MANOR.  227 

one  of  the  goodliest  persons  of  that  age,  being  near  the  head  higher  than  most 
tall  men,  and  a  gentleman  of  the  best  and  most  antient  extraction  of  the 
county  of  Northumberland,  and  of  a  very  fair  fortune,  and  one  of  the  four 
which  the  king  made  choice  of  to  be  about  the  person  of  his  son  the  prince, 
as  gentleman  of  his  privy  chamber,  when  he  first  settled  his  family.  His 
affection  for  the  king  was  always  most  remarkable.  As  soon  as  the  war  broke 
out,  he  was  one  of  the  first  who  raised  both  horse  and  foot  at  his  own  charge, 
and  served  eminently  with  them  under  the  marquis  of  Newcastle,  with  whom 
he  had  a  particular  and  entire  friendship.  He  was  very  nearly  allied  to  the 
marquis,  and  by  his  testimony  that  he  had  performed  many  signal  services, 
he  was,  about  the  middle  of  the  war,  made  a  peer  of  the  kingdom."  William 
lord  Widdrington,  his  son  and  successor,  had  a  bill  introduced  into  parliament 
to  sell  some  lands  for  the  paying  his  brothers  and  sisters  portions,  and  providing 
for  his  younger  children  :  it  came  from  the  lords  April  11,  and  was  commit- 
ted April  17,  to  a  great  number  of  the  members  of  the  house  of  commons  spe- 
cially named,  together  with  the  members  for  Lincoln,  Northumberland,  and 
Cumberland,  with  directions  to  meet  the  next  day  in  the  speaker's  chamber, 
and  to  take  into  consideration  the  interest  of  Col.  Gray  and  Mr  Graham  in 
relation  to  their  engagements  for  the  old  lord  Widdrington,  and  all  other  per- 
sons concerned  as  creditors  or  otherwise  ;k  but  it  does  not,  from  the  journals 
of  that  house,  appear  that  the  measure  ever  passed  into  a  law.  Of  the  public 
life  of  William  the  third  lord  Widdrington,  I  have  met  with  very  few  no- 
tices. By  his  will,  which  is  dated  March  26,  1694,  and  proved  in  the  follow- 
ing year,  he  settled  all  his  lands  on  his  three  sons ;  but  with  a  frailer  bond 
than  he  entailed  upon  them  a  high  and  chivalrous  but  unfortunate  attach- 
ment to  the  house  of  Stuart.  William  the  fourth  lord  Widdrington,  and  his 
brothers  Charles  and  Peregrine,  joined  the  insurrection  which  hoisted  the 
standard  of  revolt  against  the  house  of  Hanover  in  favour  of  Prince  Charles, 
the  son  of  James  the  Second,  and  by  this  rash  adventure,  as  by  a  stroke  of 
lightning,  blasted  and  withered  a  family  that  had  for  seven  centuries  flourish- 
ed in  affluence  and  honour,  and  dissipated  a  fortune  that  had  taken  the 
labours  and  the  prudence  of  the  same  period  to  accumulate  and  keep  to- 
gether. They  were  all  three  taken  in  arms  at  Preston,  tried,  and  found  guilty 
of  high  treason.  The  articles  of  impeachment  of  high  treason  exhibited  against 

k  Jour.  H.  C,  viij.  403,  408. 


228  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

James  earl  of  Derwentwater,  William  lord  Widdrington,   William  earl  of 
Nithsdale,   George  earl  of  Wintoun,   Robert  earl  of  Carnwath,  William  vis- 
count Kenmure,  arid  William  lord  Nairn,  accused  them,  among  other  things, 
of  "  levying  within  the  counties  of  Tiviotdale,  Northumberland,  Cumberland, 
and  the  county  palatine  of  Lancaster,  arid  elsewhere,  within  the  kingdom,  a 
most  cruel,  bloody,   and  destructive  war."     Lord  Widdrington's  answer  to 
these  articles,  and  his  speech  in  extenuation  of  the  crime  charged  against 
him,  together  with  some  account  of  the  estates  he  forfeited,  will  be  found  in 
the  Miscellanea  respecting  this  chapelry.1     Derwentwater  and  Kenmure  were 
beheaded.     Nithsdale,  by  the  cleverness  of  his  amiable  countess,  escaped  out 
of  the  Tower  a  few  hours  before  the  time  appointed  for  his  execution.     Win- 
toun also  escaped.      Widdrington,   Carnwath,  and  Nairn,  were  pardoned  ; 
but  the  attainder  on  their  blood  and  property  was  preserved.     On  Feb.  27, 
1719,  lord  Widdrington  set  forth,  in   a  petition  to  parliament,  that  he  was 
seized  as  tenant  in  tail  of  his  paternal  estate  of  about  £3,000  a  year,   part  of 
which  had  then  been  sold  for  £32,400,  for  the  use  of  the  public,   and  the 
whole  forfeited  from  him  and  his  family  for  ever  ;  but  that  he  was  also  seized 
as  tenant  by  courtesy,   of  the  estate  of  Stella,  worth  about  £800   a  year, 
which  he  had  obtained  in  marriage,  and  it  had  been  decreed  by  the  com- 
missioners and  trustees  for  the  public,  to  descend,   after  his  death,   to  his 
children  ;  he,  therefore,  prayed  that  leave  might  be  given  to  bring  in  a  clause 
to  be  added  to  the  bill  then  depending  in  relation  to  forfeited  estates,  to  enable 
his  majesty  to  apply  out  of  Stella  a  sum  not  exceeding  £700  a  year,   towards 
the  support  arid  maintenance  of  himself  and  his  distressed  family.     The  king 
said,  he  had  no  objection  to  what  the  house  should  do  therein  :  but  the  ques- 
tion passed  in  the  negative  by  a  majority  of  159  noes,  against  126  yeas."1     In 
another  petition,  27  February,  1733,  after  stating  that  a  clause  in  an  act  in 
1723,  recited  that  by  the  sale  of  his  real  and  personal  estate,  and  the  rents 
and  profits  of  it  received  before  the  sale,  the  sum  of  £100,000,  and  upwards, 
had  been  raised,  and  the  greater  part  of  that  sum  paid  into  the  exchequer, 
and  also  directed  the  sum  of  £12,000  to  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of 
himself  and  family  ;  but  he  himself,  being  incapacitated  to  sue,  and  disabled 
to  inherit  any  estate  that  might  fall  to  him,  therefore  prayed  that  leave  might 
be  given  to  introduce  a  bill  into  parliament  for  removing  the  incapacities 

1  Nos.  41,  42,  43.  m  Jour.  H.  C.  xix.  104, 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. WIDDRINGTON  MANOR.    229 

occasioned  by  his  attainder,  and  for  granting  him  such  other  relief  as  the 
house  should  think  fit,  which  bill  passed  into  a  law  by  receiving  the  royal 
assent  on  the  17th  of  May  following."  The  real  purchasers  of  the  greater 
portion  of  the  estate  were  "  the  Governour  and  Company  of  Undertakers  for 
raising  the  Thames  Water  in  York  Buildings."  The  rental  of  the  portion 
they  purchased  was  stated  in  a  printed  particular,  to  be  £1,808  14s..  2d., 
and  their  bargain  was  for  £57,100,  which  is  somewhat  "  above  the  rate  of  31-^ 
years  purchase."  Their  contract  with  the  commissioners  of  forfeited  estates 
was  signed  on  March  30,  1720  ;  and,  in  April,  1722,  they  had  paid  in  instal- 
ments of  the  purchase  money  to  the  amount  of  £49,404  12s.  lid.  ;  but  the 
house,  gardens,  and  demesne  lands,  being  represented  in  the  particular  to  be 
worth  £500  a  year,  and  never  after  the  purchase  producing  more  than  £250 
a  year,  the  company,  in  17^7>  "  drew  up  an  account,  and  stated  a  balance, 
with  their  several  cravings  for  abatement  out  of  the  remaining  part  of  the 
purchase  money,  which  abatements  amounted  in  all  to  £5,127  14s.  ll^d., 
leaving  a  balance  of  £2,567  12s.  lyd.  to  be  discharged,"  which  sum  was  paid 
into  the  exchequer  in  June  that  year,  as  the  real  balance  then  due  to  the 
public ;  but  the  lords  commissioners  declared,  that  however  reasonable  the 
deductions  might  be,  they  had  no  power  to  make  them  ;  in  consequence  of 
which  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  barons  of  the  exchequer,  but  the  com- 
pany having  got  into  great  difficulties,  their  creditors  represented  their  situa- 
tion, with  respect  to  this  estate,  in  a  petition  to  the  house  of  commons,  in 
1744  ;  and  an  act  was  passed  "  empowering  the  surviving  commissioners  and 
trustees  of  forfeited  estates  to  execute  proper  conveyances  of  the  late  lord 
Widdrington's  estate,  in  the  county  of  Northumberland,  contracted  for  by  the 
York  Buildings  Company,  to  trustees,  for  the  creditors  of  the  said  company, 
upon  payment  of  a  sum  of  money  therein  mentioned,  into  his  majesty's  ex- 
chequer." The  sum  mentioned  in  the  act  was  £5,127  14s.  2d.,  so  that  the 
abatements  they  petitioned  for  were  not  allowed.0  In  1749,  the  estate  was 
advertised  to  be  sold,  "pursuant  to  a  decree  and  subsequent  order  of  the 
high  court  of  chancery,"  the  rent  of  the  several  farms  being  then  £2,619  14s. 
8d.,  and  of  the  colliery  £40.  In  the  following  year,  the  whole  was  again  ex- 
posed for  sale,  in  ten  lots  ;  and,  in  1751,  three  of  the  lots  were  still  in  the  mar- 
ket, but  about  that  time  finally  disposed  of.  Widdrington,  Driridge,  Chibburn, 

»  Jour.  H.  C.  xxii.  62,  J54.  °  Id.  xxiv.  799,  821,  856,  891. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  3  N 


230  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

and  part  of  Woodhorn,  were  purchased  by  Thomas  Revel,  esq.,  of  Fitcham, 
in  Surrey,  arid  from  him  have  descended,  by  female  heirs,  to  lady  Vernon, 
their  present  proprietor.  Linton,  and  part  of  Ellington,  were  acquired 
by  Dr  Askew,  as  already  related.  The  Cresswell  family  obtained  Woodhorn 
Demesne  ;  and  part  of  the  township  of  Woodhorn  was  bought  by  the  prede- 
cessors in  the  title  to  it,  of  the  rev.  W.  D.  Waddilove,  its  present  owner. 
This  is  a  rapid  historical  sketch  of  the  fortunes  and  possessions  of  this 
antient  and  war-famed  family.  A  panoramic  view  of  all  its  chiefs  and  their 
families,  grouped  in  successive  generations,  and  tinted  with  the  colours  that 
time  has  spared  of  the  labours  of  the  recording  hand  of  truth,  will  be  found 
in  the  following 


PEDIGREE  OF  WIDDRINGTON,  OP  WIDDRINGTON.  WITH  THAT  OP  SWINBURNE,  OP  SWINBURNE, 
TILL  THE  UNION  OF  THE  TWO  FAJVIILIES,  IN  THE  TIME  OF  EDWARD  THE  FIRST. 

Non  procul  ab  hoc  Morpit,  WITHEBINGTON  Saxonibus  olim  bitjninjrun,  antiquum  castrum  prope  littus 
cernitur,  quod  nomen  fecit  nobili  et  equestri  familiae  de  Wetherington,  cujus  virtus  in  Scotico  bello  subinde 
emicuit.-—  (Camd.  Brit.  Ed.  1590,  p.  654.; 

Then  bespake  a  squire  ot  Northumberland,  "  And  I  stand  myself  and  look  on ; 

Ric.  Witherington  was  his  name  :  "  But  while  I  may  my  weapon  wield 
"  It  shall  never  be  told  in  south  England,"  he  says,  "  I  will  not  fail  both  heart  and  hand." 

"  To  king  Henry  the  Fourth  for  shame.  For  Witheringtoii  my  heart  was  woe, 
'*  I  wot  you  been  great  lords  two,  That  ever  he  should  slain  be ; 

"  I  am  a  poor  squire  of  land ;  For  when  his  legs  were  hewn  in  two, 
"  I  will  never  see  my  captain  flght  on  a  field,  He  knelt,  and  fought  on  his  knee. 

(Chevy  Chace.") 

ARMS.— Quarterly  argent  and  gules  a  bend  sable.     CREST.— A  bull's  head,  sable.     Two  engravings  of  their  seals  are 
given  in  Surtees's  Durham,  under  SEALS,  Plate  11,  Nos.  17  and  18. 

[The  parts  of  this  pedigree  which  are  not  corroborated  by  reference  to  authorities,  or  by  evidence  given  in  the  Widdring- 
ton  Miscellanea,  are  taken  from  the  visitations  by  Flower,  Glover,  and  Vincent,  and  contained  in  the  Harleiaii  MSS.  1448, 
1554,  and  5808  ;  and  from  draughts  of  the  Widdringtou  pedigree,  communicated  by  Christopher  Blackett,  of  Wylam,  esq. 
and  Mr  John  Bell,  of  Newcastle.  Parts  of  it  have  also  been  derived  from  various  miscellaneous  sources,  and  must  be  con- 
sidered more  in  the  way  of  information  than  of  facts.  The  portion  of  the  Swinburne  pedigree  attached  to  the  early  part  of 
this,  Is,  with  respect  to  succession,  from  Ulfchill  to  Adam  the  son  of  John,  exactly  as  it  stands  in  Vincent's,  who,  in  support 
of  it,  refers  to  different  records,  and  amongst  the  rest  to  a  petition  of  John  of  West  Swinburne  against  the  abbot  of  Newmin- 
ster,  in  21  Edw.  I.,  which  probably  recites  the  order  of  descent  from  Ulfus  or  Ulfchill,  in  tlie  same  manner  as  he  has  given 
It,  but  cannot  now  be  found.  The  illustrations,  now  first  added  to  Vincent's  account,  seem  to  coincide  and  verify  with  it.] 

!•— JOHN  DE  WIDDUINGTON  is  stated  to  have  occurred  as  a  witness  to  some  documents  in  SO  Henry  I.  1139 — 1 140. — (Harl.^* 

MS.  5808.)  | 

I 

"  BERTRAM  BE  WDRINGTON"-T     ULFCHILL  DE  SWINBURNE  was  a  witness  to  Walter  Fitz-William's  grant=f* 


II — 

established  his  right  in  Widdring- 
ton,  and  half  ot  Burradon,  iu  the 
time  of  king  Stephen  or  Henry  II. ; 
and,  in  1165,  occurs  in  the  Liber 
Niger  as  holding  one  knight's  fee  ag  patriarcn  of  that  ancient  ^  excelleiit  family. 


Of  the  baron  of  Whalton. — (Wid. 
Misc.  No.  1 ;  and  IL  i.  374.) 


of  Widdrington,  and  half  of  Burradon,  to  Bertram  de  Widdrington,  in  the 
early  part  of  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Second. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  \.)  In  Vin-. 
cent's  pedigree  of  the  Swinburnes  of  Capheaton,  he  is  called  Ulf,  and  stands 


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Issue  of  Bertram  de  Wdrlngton. 
.       I 


Issue  of  Ulfchill  de  Swinburne. 
I 


III.— GALFRID  DE  WYDRINGTON,  and  Gerard  his  son,=r 
were  witnesses  to  a  deed  respecting  Ellington,  with 
Robert  Bertram,  and  Richard  his  son,  the  former  of 
whom  died  in  1203.— (Above,  p.  211,  Ab.  7  *  13.)  Gal- 
frid  de  Widdrington  was  also  a  witness  to  the  deed  of 
Walter  Fitz- William,  baron  of  Whalton,  which  releas- 
ed Oosforth  to  Robert  de  Lisle  in  the  time  of  Odonel 
de  Umfreville,  who  died  in  11H2. — (Lansd.  MS.  326, 
fol.  103.) . 


ADAM,  son  of  Ulf  de  Swinburne. — (Vincent.)  Ralph  Ae*f= 
Gunnerton,  whose  great  gt.  gt.  grandson  was  living  in  1296, 
confirmed  a  grant  of  33  acres  of  land  in  Swinburne,  which 
Adam,  the  son  of  "  Uskill"  de  Swinburne  made  to  Robert, 
the  son  of  Richard  of  Colwell. — (Lansd.  MS.  155,  b.  ;  and 
157,  «  £  b.J 


IV. SIR  GERARD  DE  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  in  1212,  had  from  Hugh  Flandren-= 

sis,  his  man,  a  lease  of  half  a  toft  and  21  acres  of  the  land  belonging  to  himself 
and  his  sister  Maud,  for  16  years,  at  three  marks  a  year,  on  condition,  that  if  the 
said  Gerard  should  die  within  the  specified  term,  Hugli  the  lessor  should  hold  the 
convention  for  the  benefit  of  Galfrid,  Gerard's  son. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  7.)  In  1240, 
Gerard  de  Widdrington  held  Driridge,  and  half  of  Burradon,  of  the  barony  of 
Whalton  (in.  i.  204)  ;  and  he  occurs  twice  in  the  sheriffalty  of  Guischard  de 
Charrum,  from  1267  to  1271,  as  a  witness  to  deeds,  once  with  John  de  Widdring- 
ton,  and  Roger  his  brother,  and  both  times  as  a  knight.— ( Cart.  Rid.  94;  Hurl. 
MS.  1448,/oA  23,  a  ;  see  also  II.  i.  211,  No.  14.)  | ' 

r 


RICHARD  DE  EAST  SWINBURNE,=F 
under  the  name  of  Richard  de 
Swinburne,  was  a  juror  on  the  in- 
quisition  after  the  death  of  Otwell 
de  Insula,  holden  at  Morpeth  in 
34  Henrv  III.  1255. 


V. — JOHN  DE  WODERINGTON,T-    GALFRID,  son  of  Gerard  de     JOHN  DE  SWINBURNE,  son=r=ANiCiA,  to  whom  and  to 


and  his  father  sir  Gerard  de 
Woderington,  occur  as  wit- 
nesses to  a  deed  of  Ada  de 
Balliol  respecting  I/inton  with 
Robert  de  Rue,  who,  in  1240, 
was  owner  of  Linemouth. — 
(Wid.  Misc.  8,  a.)  In  a  deed 
of  1307,  he  is  described  as  sir 
John  deWiddringtou,  &  grand- 
lather  of  John  lord  of  Wid- 
drington,  and  as  having  made 
a  grant  of  lands  to  the  main- 
tenance of  a  chaplain  in  the 
chapel  of  Widdrington — (Id. 
No.  3.) 


Widdrington,  mentioned  a- 
bove,  in  1212,  and  John,  son 
I  suppose  of  this  Galfrid,  oc- 
cur in  the  sheriffalty  of  Wal- 
ter de  Cambo  in  1277  and 
1278. 

GERARD,  son  of  Gerard  de 
Widdrington,  had  a  grant 
from  bis  father  of  12  acres 
of  land  In  the  field  of  Wid- 
drington.— (Wid.  Misc.  8  4.) 
One  of  the  same  name  was  a 
knight  in  1268,  and  on  the 
jury  at  the  assizes  in  New- 
castle in  1294. — (See  Gen.  VI. 
No.  2.) 


of  Richard  of  East  Swin- 
burne, had  a  grant  from 
John  the  prior  and  the  con- 
vent of  Hexham,  of  all 
their  land  and  capital  mes- 
suage which  Richard  Fos- 
sour  formerly  held,  and  all 
their  land,  with  the  toft 
and  croft  which  Sampson  de 
Swinburne  sometime  held 
in  that  village  ;  and  of  all 
their  land  in  Steldene,  ex- 
cepting the  sheep  pasture 

there,  and  their  pasture  in  the  moor  of  "  Gun  Warton,"  according  to  the  purport 
of  a  charter  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  in  the  possession  of  the  said  prior  and  con- 
vent, Hugh  de  Bolbeck,  Robert  de  Insula,  Thos.  de  Ogle,  Thos.  de  Fenwick,  knts., 
John  de  West  Swinburne,  and  others,  being  witnesses  to  the  deed. — (From  the  ori- 
ginal (it  Capheaton.)  In  1266,  he  granted  to  Balliol  College,  Oxford,  the  lands  which 
that  body  still  enjoy  there.  William,  Nicholas,  and  John  de  Swinburne,  were  wit- 
nesses, in  1274,  to  sir  Thos.  Fenwick's  grant  of  Capheaton  to  Alan  de  Swinburne. — 
'///.  ii.  2.J  In  1277,  John  de  S.  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in  Bewcastle  and  Swin- 
iurne;  and,  in  1279,  of  a  market  and  fair  in  Bewcastle  (Id.  392,;;  and,  in  1278,  was 
sheriff  of  Cumberland.  John  de  Denton,  in  Gillsland,  confirmed  a  grant  which  John 
de  East  Swinburne  made  to  William  of  West  Swinburne  respecting  certain  messuages 
and  lands  which  the  said  John  de  Swinburne  held  of  Denton  in  Haughton,  and  which  he  had  of  him  in  ex- 
change for  other  messuages  &  lands  which  were  holden  under  the  said  J.  de  Swinburne  in  Bewcastle. — (Id.  31.  J 
In  1294,  he  was  assessor  and  collector,  in  this  county,  of  the  tenths  granted  by  parliament ;  and,  in  1298,  the 
levies  made  by  him  were  ordered  to  assemble  under  Walter  de  Huntercumb,  lord  of  Wooler.  In  1300,  he  was 
one  of  the  commissioners  appointed  to  summon  the  knights  of  Northumberland  to  meet  the  king,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  performing  military  service  against  Scotland ;  in  the  same  year,  he  had  also  an  injunction  to  enforce  the 
muster  of  the  levies  of  the  men  at  arms,  and  to  return  the  names  of  the  defaulters  into  the  wardrobe  ;  and,  in 
the  following  year,  had  three  several  commissions  of  array  for  Northumberland — (Palg.  Par.  Writs.) 

WILLIAM  DE  SWINBURNE,  rector  of  Fordun,  in  Scotland,  and  chaplain,  treasurer,  &c.  to  Margaret,  queen  of 
Scotland,  and  daughter  of  Hen.  the  Third  of  England  (?)  But  see  more  of  the  history  of  the  Swinburne  family 
under  Capheaton,  Haughton  Castle,  and  Swinburne  Castle. 

1.  ROBERT  DE  SWINBURNE,  according  to  Yin- 
cent,  was  son  and  heir  of  John  de  Swinburne. 
His  descendants  settled  in  Essex,  and  a  pedi- 
gree and  detailed  account  of  them  is  given  in 
Morant's  history  of  that  county.  He  was  lord 
of  Gunnerton  and  chief  lord  of  Swinburne,  and 
(See  over  fur  the  four  other  sons..") 


her  husband,  sir  John 
de  Swinburne,  Richard 
Syward  confirmed  all 
their  lands  in  Espley- 
wood  and  Ravensburn, 
in  North  Tindale,  Hugh 
Russell,  who  tested  the 
release  of  the  manor  of 
Simonburne  to  Adam  de 
Swinburne  and  Idonea 
de  Graham  his  wife,  be- 
ing a  witness  to  the  deed. 
—  (Wid.  Misc.  13;  see 
also  No.  10,  $c.)  Bishop 
Kellaw,  14  Nov.  1313, 
granted  an  indulgence  of 
forty  days  for  the  souls 
of  sir  John  de  Swin- 
burne, knight,  and  of  his 
consort  Anicia,  whose  bo- 
dies were  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  Chol- 
lerton — (III.  ii.  \5.) 


VI. — 1.  JOHN,  SON  OF  JOHN  DE  WIDDRINGTON,  40  Hen.  III.  1256,-r 
had  for  his  homage  a  grant,  by  Richard  of  Gloucester,  of  one  toift 
and  three  acres  of  land  In  Ellington  (Hoorf//.  Misc.  Supra,  p.  212, 
Ko.  22) ;  and  sir  John  de  Woderington,  knight,  occurs  as  a  wit- 
ness to  a  Plessy  deed,  while  Walter  de  Cambo  was  sheriff  of  North- 
umberland in  1278  &  1279  (Cart.  Rid.  Jot.  68) ;  and  he  &  his  brother 
sir  Gerard  Widdrington.  knt.,  in  the  sheriffalty  of  John  de  Lythe- 
graynes,  between  1275  &  1277.— (Uarl.  MS.  249,  Afc.  3,20).  F.  23.) 
(See  over  for  the  three  other  sons.) 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Continuation  of  issue  of  John  de  Wodcrington 

John  lord  of  Widdringrton  also  gave 
to  David  Lascelles,  -with  Joan  lib 
kinswoman,  all  the  land  which  he 
and  his  brother  DUNCAN  had  pur- 
chased in  Ellington,  and  a  meadow 
In  Driridge,  William  Heron,  who 
died  in  1251,  being  one  of  the  wit- 
nesses to  the  deed.— (Supra,  p.  212, 
No.  19.)  This  David  Lascelles  was 
living  in  1307.— (Wid.  Misc.  No.  3.) 

2.  SIR  OERRARD  DE  WIDDRING- 
TON,  knight,  had  by  the  gift  of  his 
father,  sir  John  de  Widdrington,  10 
bovates  of  land  in  Tranwell,  about 
the  year  1268,  which  land  he  had 
by  inheritance   after  the   death  of 
Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  accord- 
ing to  a  deed  made  by  the  sairl  sir 
Gerard. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  17.)  Prior 
to  the  year  1274,  Gerard  de  Wid- 
drington had  acquired  a  rent  of  five 
marks  a  year  from  Roger  de  Merlay 
out  of  Tranwell ;  and  between  the 
years  1267  &  1271,  sir  Gerard  de  W. 
knt.,  and  Roger  de  W.,  and  John 
his  brother,  were  witnesses  to  the 
foundation  charter  of  the  chapels  of 
Plessy  &  Shotton — (///.  i.  116;  ///. 
H.  72,73;  andH.  64.) 

3.  SIR  ROGER  DE  WIDDRINGTON 
and  John  his  brother,  witnesses  to 
the  foundation  charter  of  the  chapels 
of  Plessy  &  Shotton  about  the  year 
1268 ;    and   Roger  de    Widdrington 
distrained  to  take  the  order  of  knight- 
hood in  1278 — (Palg.  Par.  Writs,  i. 
p.  215.) 

4.  DUNCAN  DE  WIDDRINGTON  men- 
tioned with  bis  brother  John  in 
deed  in  1251. 


Continuation  of  ktue  of  John  de  Swinburne  and  Anicia 

had  a  grant  of  Knaresdale  from  Edward  the  Second,  in  the  19th  year  of  whose 
reign  he  died  possessed  of  manors  and  lands  in  the  counties  of  Gloucester, 
Westmorland,  and  Cumberland,  besides  the  manor  of  Knarsdale,  4  bondages 
in  Wark,  in  Tindale  ;  4  in  "  The  Bernis,"  in  Redesdale  ;  a  pasture  in  Swan- 
hope,  the  manor  of  "  Shirdene,"  4  bondages  in  Snabothalgh,  and  the  manor 
of  Gunnerton,  in  this  county. — (Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  vol. »'.  p.  327«; 

2.  SIR  ADAM  DE  SWINBURNE,  Ar/ii^,=j=lDONEA,  sister  of  Hen.  de  Graham, 


son  of  sir  Henry  de  Graham,  and 
her  husband  Adam,  son  of  sir  John 
de  Swinburne,  had  in  free  marriage, 
by  the  grant  of  her  said  brother 
Henry,  a  capital  messuage,  the  de- 
mesne lands,  and  manor  of  Simon- 
burne,  the  title  to  which  they  had 
confirmed  upon  them  by  assize  of 
novel  disseisin  before  the  king's  jus* 
tices  itinerant  at  Wark,  in  Tindale, 
in  October,  19  Edward  I.  1291 — 
(Wid.  Misc.  \Q,  11,  12.) 


son  of  sir  John  Swinburne,  knight,  was 
witness  to  a  deed  of  William  of  Gun- 
warten,  in  1309.— (III.  ii.  360.;  In 
Aug.  1300,  he  occurs  as  receiving  at 
Drumbogh,  in  Scotland,  =£3  Gs.  8d.  for 
his  summer's  wages,  4  marks  for  his 
summer  robe,  &  £12  for  his  own  wages 
and  those  of  3  esquires,  for  48  days. — 
(  Wardrobe  Acct.  for  1300,  p.  193/203, 
&ic.)  Sir  Adam  de  Swinburne  had  free 
warren  in  Simonburne  in  1306  (JII.  ii. 
394);  and  sir  Adam  de  Swinburne, 
knight,  occurs  in  1315  &  1317  as  sheriff 

of  Northumberland,  in  which  last  year  he  was  imprisoned  by  order  of  Edw 
the  Second,  for  giving  his  opinion  too  freely  respecting  the  state  of  the 
borders  in  Northumberland — (See  II.  i.  179,  180  ,-  ///.  ti.  356  ;  Rot.  Scot. 
150,  151.;  There  is  an  inquest  ad  quod  damnum,  of  the  date  1323or  1324, 
respecting  some  property  of  his  in  Colwell — fill.  ii.  399. )  The  inquest 
after  his  death  respecting  his  Northumberland  property  was  taken  at  New- 
castle, in  Jan.  1327,  and  enumerates  that  of  which  he  died  possessed  in  that 
county,  as  consisting  of  the  manors  of  Simonburne  and  Swinburne,  besides 
lands  in  Nunwick,  Colwell,  Espley-wood,  Lusburne,  Huntland,  Bradley 
Staincrofl,  Thirlwall,  Shotlington,  Newton  near  Bywell,  Moriley,  anc 
Shotley ;  besides  which  he  had  the  manors  of  Bewcastle  and  Laverton,  in 
Cumberland. — (Wid.  Mite.  No.  15.J 

3.  NICHOLAS  DE  SWINBURNE,  son  of  John  de  West  Swinburne,  and  called  in  some  documents  lord  of  West 
Swinburne,  in  1278,  founded  a  chantry  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  in  the  chapel  there,  and  gave  to  the  chaplain 
officiating  at  it  17  acres  of  land  which  his  brother  Robert  formerly  held  in  the  same  place  ;  he  and  his  brother 

William  both  ratifying  the  charter  with  their  seals (II.  i.  213,  Evid.  No.  \  ;  and  214,  Evid.  2,  e.)     He  was 

one  of  the  manucaptors  for  his  brother  William,  about  the  same  time,  taking  the  order  of  knighthood  (Palg, 
Par.  Writs,  i.  216;  ;  and  in  that  or  the  following  year,  occurs  with  other  knights  as  witness  to  a  deed. — (Cart. 
Dun.  99. )  He  left  three  daughters,  namely : — I.JULIA,  married  firstly,  to  GILBERT  DE  MIDDLETON,  who 
was  of  the  family  of  the  Middletons  of  Belsay,  and  died  in  ]291 ;  and  secondly,  to  AYMER  DE  ROTHERFORD. 
II.  ANICE,  who  was  not  married  in  1279,  but  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  JOHN  SWAINE.  III.  CHRISTIAN, 
married  to  THOMAS  DE  FISHBURNE,  who,  in  right  of  his  wife,  became  lord  of  West  Swinburne,  and  had  free 
warren  granted  in  it  and  East  Swinburne,  and  Colwell,  in  1302.— (HI.  ii.  393.;  This  Thomas  de  Fishburne 
tiad  a  son  Thomas,  who  sold  the  lordship  and  the  ville  of  Capheaton,  with  all  his  lands  and  services  there,  as 
well  as  a  turbary  in  Great  Bavington,  to  sir  John  de  Vallibus,  whose  successor  Adam  de  Vaux,  of  Beaufront, 
enjoyed  them  in  1246  (  Wid.  Misc.  No.  14  ,•  and  III.  ii.  8;  ;  and  Cuthbert,  the  descendant  of  these  Fishburnes, 
in  1369,  released  Great  Swinburne  to  the  Widdrington  family. 

^  4.  ALAN  DE  SWINBURNE,  rector  of  Whitfield  in  1274,  purchased  the  lordship  of  Capheaton  of  sir  Thomas  de 
Fenwick,  knight ;  and,  in  1281,  conferred  it  upon  his  brother  William,  in  consideration  of  a  life  interest  to  him- 
self out  of  the  manor  of  Chollerton.  He  occurs  as  living  in  1298. — (II.  i.  231.; 

5.  SIR  WILLIAM  DE  SWINBURNE,  knt.,  brother  of  Alan  de  Swinburne,  rector  of  Whitfield,  and  of  Nicholas, 
mesne  lord  of  Swinburne,  became  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Chollerton  by  a  grant  of  Gilbert  Umfreville,  earl 
)f  Angus,  in  1269;  and  of  Capheaton,  by  a  convention  with  his  brother  Alan,  in  1284  (Id.)  :  both  which  estates 
lave  ever  since  uninterruptedly  continued  in  his  lineal  male  descendants,  the  SWINBURNES,  OF  CAP- 
HEATON, whom  the  authoi  has  the  honour  of  inscribing  among  the  first  and  most  liberal  patrons  and  pro- 
moters of  this  work.A 


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Issue  of  John,  son  of  John 
de  Widdrington. 

VII. — JOHN  LORD  OF  WIDDRINGTON,  in  1304,= 
let  his  manor  of  Lintou  (Wid.  Misc.  No.  9)  ; 
and,  in  1307,  gave  to  sir  Henry  de  Thornton, 
chaplain,  all  the  lands  and  buildings  which 
sir  Roger  de  Hertwayton,  chaplain,  formerly 
had  by  the  gift  of  sir  John  de  Widdrington 
his  lather,  besides  two  marks  annually  out  of 
the  mill  of  Lintou,  on  condition  of  the  said 
Henry  performing  divine  service  at  the  altar 
of  St  Edmund,  in  the  church  of  Widdrington. 
— (Id.  No.  3,  a.)  He  and  his  wife  Christian 


Issue  of  sir  Adam  de  Swinburne,  knt. 
and  Idonea  Graham. 

n — i 


suage  in  the  ville  of  Newbigging. — (Id.  No.  3, 
6.)  A  statement  in  one  of  the  Harleian  MSS. 
makes  John  de  Widdrington,  who  married 
Christian  Sywinburne,  the  son  of  Gerard  de 
Wodringtoii,  who  lived  in  the  time  of  Edw. 
the  First. — (See  this  statement  in  Wid.  Misc.  No. 
16.)  He  died  before  1327,  when  a  portion  of 


his   wife's 
Gerard. 


estates  was    allotted    to  his  son 


:2.  CHRISTIAN  SWINBURNE,  second 
daughter  and  co-heir,  to  whose  son 
Gerard,  in  the  division  of  her  fami- 


1.  BARK  ABA  SWINBURNE,  eldest 
daughter  and  co-heir,  was  34 
years  old  in  1327,  when  she  had 


ly  property,   in  the   first  year  of    awarded  to  her  as  her  purparty, 
Edward  the  Third,  the  manors  of    of  the  possessions  of  which  her 
Laverton  and  Haughton,  and  pos- 
sessions in  Colwell,  Stonecroft,  and 
Newcastle,  then  valued  at  =£59  10s. 
9d.  a  year,  were  awarded.— (III. 
ii.  302.) 


father  died  seized,  the  manors  of 
Bewcastle  &  Swinburne,  besides 
lands  in  Thirlwall,  Lusburn, 
Huntland,  Bradley,  Newton  near 
Bywell,  Moriley,  and  "  Short- 
ley,"  also  one-third  of  a  mes- 


suage in  Newcastle,  valued  altogether  at  £48  l?s.  4d.  a  year. — fill. 
ii.  302.)  She  was  married  to  sir  John  de  Strivelyn,  from  whom  her 
property  descended  to  the  Middletons  of  Belsay . 
3.  ELIZABETH  SWINBURNE,  third  daur.  and  co-heir,  married  to  Roger 
Heron,  of  Ford  Castle,  whose  son  William,  for  his  portion  of  the 
-  Swinburne  property,  in  1327,  had  allotted  to  him  the  manors  of 
Simonburn  and  Espleywood,  lands  in  Nunwick  and  Shotlington,  and  one-third  of  a  messuage  in  Newcastle, 
altogether  valued  at  £30  3s.  4d.  a  year — (III.  it.  302.) 

ADAM  DE  SWINBURNE,  I  suppose  to  have  been  the  son  of  Adam  abovenamed^MARGARET,  in  whose  right  it 


and  the  Adam  de  S.  who  died  in  12  Edward  II.  1318,  and  according  to  the 
inquest  taken  after  whose  death  was  found  to  have  been  possessed  of  the 
manors  of  East  Swinburne,  Haughton,  Humshaugh,  Espleywood,  Lusburne, 
and  Simonburne,  with  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  the  last  place,  and 
one-fourth  part  of  the  ville  of  Colwell,  besides  the  manors  of  Bewcastle  and 
Laverton,  in  Cumberland,  of  which  places  Adam  de  Swinburne,  his  father,  to 
whom  they  had  probably  then  reverted  by  settlement,  died  seized  in  1324. — 
(Wid.  Misc.  No.  15.) 


is  stated  in  the  inquest  after 
her  husband's  death,  respecting 
his  Cumberland  property,  that 
he  died  seized  of  the  manor  of 
Laverton,  in  that  county. 


VIII. — SIR  GERARD  DE  WIDDRING-    1.  ELIZABETH,  only^RocER  DE  WiDDRiNGTON,=2.  AGNES,  widow 


TON,  knight,  son  &  heir,  inherited  daur.  of  Richard  de 

his  mother  Christian's  purparty  of  Acton,  of  Newcastle 

his  grandfather  sir  Adam  de  Swiii-  on  Tyne,  by  Maud, 

bunie's  estates,  and  was  24  years  daur.  of  Richard  de 

old  in  1327,  when  the  division  of  Emeldon,and  sister 

them  was  made,  between  him  and  of  Jane,  wife  of  sir 

his  aunt  Barbara,  and  his  cousin  John  de  Strivelyn, 

Heron.     In  1335,  he  was  a  com-  which  Ric.  de  Ac- 

missioner  for  arraying  the  men  at  ton  was  one  of  the 

arms,  horse,  and  archers,  in  North-  bailiffs  of  Newcastle 

umberlarul  (Rot.  Scot.  i.  389)  ,•  and,  in  1307,  1315,  1316, 

in  May,   1338,  be  and  his  brother  1317,    and    1321, 

Roger,  and  his  neighbours,  William  and  mayor  of  that 

of  Gunwarton  and  Adam  of  Swin-  town  in  1333.  This 

bnrne,  had  protections  to  go  in  the  marriage   probably 

suite  of  William  de  Bohun,  earl  of  took  place  in  1335, 


Northampton,  into  foreign  parts. — 
(Rymers  Fold.  v.  47.)  In  1343,  he 
was  a  commissioner  for  punishing 
violators  of  the  treaties  between 
England  and  Scotland  ;  and,  1344, 
again  appointed  one  of  the  arrayers 
of  the  militia  &  train-bands  of  the 
county.  At  the  battle  of  Neville's 
Cross,  in  1346,  Gilbert  of  Carrik  & 
Nicholas  Ciiokdolian  fell  into  his 
hand  as  prisoners,  upon  which  he 
had  a  roy<il  mandate  to  have  them  , 
in  safe  custody  till  he  lodged  them 
in  the  Tower,  in  London ;  but, 
permitting  them  to  escape,  the  she- 
riff of  the  county  had  orders  to  ar- 
rest him,  and  seize  the  whole  of  his 
property  into  the  king's  hands.  In 
this  dilemma,  the  earl  of  North- 
ampton, under  whose  banner  he 
had  gone  into  foreign  nations,  in- 
terfered iu  his  behalf,  and  a  super- 
sedeas,  tested  by  the  king,  at  West- 
minster, Oct.  18,  1347,  was  issued 
to  stay  the  execution  of  the  writ 
issued  against  his  person  and  pro- 
perty.— (Rot.  Scot.  i.  644,649,678; 
(See  over) 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


in  which  year  sir 
Ger.  de  Widdring- 
ton, knight,  settled 
upon  his  bro.  Roger 
and  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  R.  de  Acton,  and 
the  heirs  of  their 
bodies,  the  manor 
of  Colwell,  with  5 
messuages  and  35 
acres  of  land  in 
Gunnerton. — (Wid. 
Miscel.  No.  18,  6.) 
This  Elizabeth  and 
her  husb.  also  had 
a  grant  from  her 
parents,  in  1340,  of 
lands  in  Newton, 


like  his  brother  Gerard,  in 
1337,  was  a  soldier  under 
William  de  Bohun,  who 
was  a  near  relation  of  the 
king,  and  in  that  year 


HENRY  DE  SWIN- 
BURNE, son  and 
heir,  the  inquest 
afterwhose  father's 
death  was  taken  at 


of  Roger  de  Wid- 
drington, in  1379, 
held  in  dower  the 
manor  of  Plessy, 
the  ville  of  Shot- 
created  earl  of  Northamp-  ton,  and  a  place  . 
ton.  He  was  also  at  the  called  Gerardley  Newcastle,  in  131 8, 
battle  of  Neville's  Cross,  (Chart.  Rid.  folio  and  found  him  at 
where  he  took  one  Make-  136)  ;  besides  the  fvof  f ;  f  i.0  91 
peth  prisoner.— (Rymeriv.  castle  and  manor  lnal  um 
1811;  Rot.  Scot.  i.  678.)  of  Haughton,  the  or  22  years  of  age. 
By  his  alliance  with  the  ville  of  Hums-  JJe  probably  died 
daur.  of  a  wealthy  New-  haugh,&a"place  aftpr  hU  fa 

castle  merchant,  he  be-  ofland'MnThorn-  s  aiuer  nis  la- 
came  enabled  to  add  con-  ton,  in  Tindale,  ther,  &  before  ms 
siderably  to  the  estate  of  called  Staincroft.  grandfather  Adam 

\,t*.      ......'.«.,....  i  »,,..        QQ         .__    f  T  „  ...,.J    Tl/tC    *3OdI         O 


de  Swinburne. 


his  ancestors.     Dec.    28,    — (Lansd. MS.  326, 
1343,   Gilbert  of  Colwell   fol.  ;  Dodsw. 

gave  a  power  of  attorney    MSS.) 
to  Roger  de  Widdrington, 

of  Denton,  to  put  Roger  de  Widdrington,  brother  of  sir  Gerard  de 
Widdrington,  knight,  in  possession  of  all  his  lands  and  tenements 
in  the  ville  of  Colwell.  In  1346,  Richard  de  Plessy,  and  Margaret 
his  wife,  granted  him  a  yearly  rent  charge  of  10  marks  out  of  Shot- 
ton  and  Plessy.  Under  the  description  of  Roger,  son  of  sir  John 
de  Widdrington,  knight,  in  1349,  he  had  a  grant  of  the  manor  of 
Plessy,  with  the  villes  of  Shotton,  Blagdon,  and  AVeteslade,  from 
John  de  Plessy.  In  1350,  under  the  style  of  Roger,  brother  of  sir 
Gerard  de  Widdrington,  he  obtained  from  Robert  de  Massam  and 
John  de  Horton,  all  their  right  in  Plessy  ;  from  William  baron  of 
of  Greystock,  lands  in  Blagdon  ;  and  from  the  crown,  lands  in  West 
Hedwin,  Apperley,  and  Elmedley,  which  had  belonged  to  Robert  of 
West  Hedwin,  an  adherent  of  Gilbert  de  Middletoii. — (///.  a.  375.) 

"In  the  same  year  he  gave  all 


in  Edlingham.— (Id.  19.)  In  1345,  William,  son  of  Wm 
de  Acton,  also  granted  to  Roger,  brother  of  Gerard  de 
W.  £20  a  year  out  of  Qwhynitkliefe  and  Togsdon,  and 
d£20  more  out  of  Wissard  Sheles,  in  Redesdale  ;  and  the 
said  Roger  granted,  that  if  a  fine  levied  by  the  said  Wm 
the  son  and  Mary  his  wife,  in  19  Edw.  III.  to  the  said 
Roger,  of  West  Swinburne,  &  its  appurtenances  in  East 
Swinburne,  should  remain  in  force  for  the  five  ensuing 
years,  then  the  said  rents  should  cease,  &c.— (Id.  20,  a.) 


3  o 


his  goods  and  chattels  in  the 
manor  of  Plessy  to  Gilbert  de 
Babington  and  Wm  de  Camera 
(Cart.  Rid.  apud  Blagdon ;  see 
Plessy,  #c.)  ;  and  was  arraigned 
at  Westminster  before  the  king's 
justices,  on  an  assize  of  novel 
desseisin  against  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Thos.  de  Middleton,  respect- 
(See  over) 


234 


MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  Roger  de  Widdi'ington 
and  Elizabeth  Acton. 


Continuation  of  sir  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  knight. 

Pymer,  #.  595.)  In  1348,  he  was  one  of  the  queen's  justices 
itinerant  at  the  court  at  Wark.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  44,  6.) 
These  are  the  notices  we  find  of  him  as  a  public  character. 
In  private  life,  he  occurs  as  obtaining  a  licence  from  Edw. 
III.  in  1341,  to  kernellate  or  fortify  his  manor  house  at 
Widdriiigton,  and  to  grant  a  rent  of  seven  marks  and  40s.  a 
year  out  of  lands  in  East  Chevington,  Widdriiigton,  and  Dri- 
ridge,  for  the  maintenance  of  a  chaplain  performing  divine 
service  in  the  chapel  of  Widdrington. — ( Wid.  Misc.  No.  it  -,  % 
III.  n.  371.)  He  and  his  brother  Roger  often  occur  together 
as  witnesses  to  deeds,  and  for  the  last  time  in  1361. — (Wid. 
Misc.  No.  21,  a.)  He  died  without  issue. 


Continuation  of  Roger  de  Widdrington. 

ing  common  of  turbary  in  East  Swinburne. — (Lansd.  MS.  826, 
fvl.  149.)  In  1361,  he  filled  the  office  of  sheriff  of  North- 
umberland ;  in  1367,  was  party  to  an  indenture  of  truce  be- 
tween England  and  Scotland ;  and,  in  1369,  acquired  from 
Cuthbert  de  Fishburn,  a  release  of  all  right  which  he  had  to 
the  lands  in  West  Swinburne  which  had  belonged  to  John  de 
Fishburn,  Cuthbert's  father,  and  had  descended  to  him  from 
his  ancestor  Thomas  de  FLshburne,  husband  of  Christian,  one 
of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Nicholas  de  Swinburne,  lord 
of  that  place.— (Id.  156.)  In  1369  and  1371,  he  filled  the  im- 
portant situation  of  a  warden  of  the  marches  between  England 
and  Scotland. — (Rot.  Scot.  i.  914,  935,  949.)  The  return  of  the 
inquest  after  his  death  is  lost ;  but  the  abstract  of  it  in  the 
Calendar  of  Escheats,  shows  that  it  was  dated  in  1372,  and  that  he  died  seized  of  manors  or  lands  in  Haughton,  Humshaugh, 
Staincroft,  Widdrington,  Driridge,  Linton,  Plessy,  Shotton,  West  Swinburn,  Colwell,  East  Chevington,  East  Swinburn, 
Chevington,  and  Cresswell  (///.  »'.  86)  ;  and  the  Harleiaii  MS.  294,  referring  to  the  Esch.  a°.  51  Edward  III.,  says,  his  son 
John  was  six  years  old  when  the  inquest  was  taken. 

n — i —  1 

IX — CHRISTIAN  DE  WIDDRINGTON,    SIR  JOHN  DE  WIDDRIKGTON,  knight,-rCATHARiNE,  daur.  of   BARNABA  WIDDRINGTON, 


sir  William  de  Acton,  married  to  John,  son  of 
knight,  to  whom  and  Adam  de  Vaux,  of  Beau- 
to  her  husband  Roger  front,  and  Alice  his  wife, 
de  Widdrington,  her  in  the  vear  1356,  when 
husband's  father,  in  the  lands  and  tenements 
1367,  gave  the  manors  settled  upon  them  and 
of  Denton  &  Lanton,  their  heirs  in  tale  male, 
in  Gillsland,  and  the  in  Newcastle,  Benton, 
manor  of  Bingfleld,  in  Heaton  near  Newcastle, 
this  county. —  (Hid.  Bradford,  Coupen,  Wete- 
Misc.  No.  22.)  slade,  Shotton,  &  Ayden, 

with   divers  remainders. 

—(Wid.  Misc.  27,  28,  a.)  This  Barnaba  and  her 
husband  John  de  Vaux,  had  also  lands  in  Tud- 
hoe  and  Gateshead,  in  the  county  of  Durham, 
entailed  upon  them,  &  the  heirs  of  their  bodies ; 
with  remainders  noticed  in  the  abstract  of  the 
deed  in  the  Widdrington  Miscellanea,  No.  28,  b. 


co-heir  of  her  mother  Eliz.,  daur.  son  of  Elizabeth,  daur.  and  heir  of 
and  co-heir  of  Richard  de  Acton,  Maud  de  Hilton,  in  42  Edw.  III., 
became  the  second  wife  of  sir  Ber-  1368,  was  found  to  be  22  years  old, 
tram  Monboucher,  knight,  lord  of  and  the  next  heir  of  the  said  Maud 
Beamish,  in  coun.  Durham  (Surtees,  his  grandmother,  who  was  a  daur. 
it.  225),  to  whom  Gerard  de  Wid-  and  co-heir  of  Richard  de  Emeldon, 
drington  and  Roger  his  brother,  4  and  married,  firstly,  to  Richard  de 
Feb.,  32  Edw.  III.,  became  bound  Acton ;  and,  secondly,  to  sir  Alex,  de 
for  the  sum  of  £300. — (Lansd.  MS.  Hilton,  lord  of  Hilton,  in  the  county 
326,  fol.  155.)A  of  Durham. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  23; 

ELEANOR  DE  WIDDRINGTON,   wife    Surtees,  it.  26.)     He  Ijad  Plessy,  Shot- 

of Daske.  ton,    and   Gerardley,   entailed  upon 

him  and  his  heirs  male ;  with  rem. 

to  Thomas,  son  of  Wm  de  Hasilrigg,  he  taking  the  surname  and  arms  of 
Widdrington  ;  rem.  to  Roger,  son  of  Walter  Heron,  and  his  heirs  male,  he 
also  taking  the  name  and  arms  of  Widdrington  ;  rem.  to  dames  Christian 
Monboucher  and  Eleanor  Daske,  daughters  of  the  said  Roger ;  rem.  to  the 
right  heirs  of  Roger  de  W.  himself.  The  deed  for  this  transaction  is  by 
indenture,  and  is  dated  on  the  eve  of  St  John,  1389,  and  is  accompanied ' 
by  a  power  of  attorney,  of  the  same  date,  from  Wm  de  Hasilrigg,  to  Thomas  Doukter,  chaplain,  and  Robert  Vaus,  to  put 
this  John  de  Widdrington  in  possession  of  Plessy,  Shotton,  and  Gerardley. — (Wid.  Misc.  24,  25,  26.)  Prior  to  which  time, 
namely,  Oct.  20,  1386,  William  Hasilrigg,  had  a  licence  from  Edw.  duke  of  York,  earl  of  Cambridge,  and  lord  of  the  manor 
of  AVerk,  in  Tindale,  to  enfeoff  John,  son  and  heir  of  Roger  de  Widdrington,  in  Haughton,  Humshaugh,  and  Stonecroft, 
with  similar  remainders,  as  in  the  entail  of  Plessy,  Shotton,  and  Gerardley.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  147  ;  <$•  Hart.  MS.  1448, 
fol.  22,  6.)  Concerning  this  John  de  Widdrington,  the  monks  of  Newminster  entered  a  Charge  in  their  chartulary  for 
claiming  a  greater  part  of  Yarhaugh,  in  the  manor  of  Plessy,  than  Roger  de  Merlay  had  granted  to  his  father  Roger  de  Wid- 
drington, and  for  felling  upon  it  on  Wednesday,  the  16th  of  April,  1399,  100  oak  and  100  ash  trees,  and  a  great  quantity  of 
underwood,  to  the  great  prejudice  and  injury  of  the  inheritance  of  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  the  superior  lord  of  the  said 
manor.— (Harl.  MS.  294,  fol.  114.)  He  occurs  on  the  Clause  Roll  of  1  Hen.  IV.  1400,  under  the  description  of  John,  son 
and  heir  of  Roger  de  Widdrington,  as  holding  Newbigging. — (Dodsw.  vol.  82,  fol.  2.)  In  1403,  he  was  one  of  those  commis- 
sioned to  adminster  an  oath  to  certain  gentlemen  in  the  north  of  England,  that  they  would  be  true  to  the  king,  and  not 
assist  the  earl  of  Northumberland,  by  council,  aid,  or  advice  ;  and,  in  1410,  was  a  commissioner  for  arraying  the  militia  of 
the  county — (Rym.  viii.  369.)  He  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  about  100  years,  in  22  Heri.  VI.  1443,  possessed  of  the  manor 
of  Woodhorn,  a  flshei-y  on  the  Wansbeck,  the  ville  of  Newbigging-by-the-Sea,  the  ville  and  manor  of  Widdrington,  the 
hamlet  of  Driridge,  the  manor  and  ville  of  West  Swinburne,  the  manor  and  ville  of  Colwell,  besides  possessions  in  Little 
Swinburne,  East  Chevington,  Cresswell,  Ellington,  Denton  near  Newcastle,  Gerardley,  Horsley,  Capbeaton,  Newton  near 
Ellington,  Gunnerton,  Thornton  in  Tindale,  Old-moor,  Linton  near  Ellington,  Jesmouth,  Hartford,  Cowpon,  Shotton, 
North  Horsley,  Bromley,  Little  Whittington,  Ayden  near  Corbridge,  the  manor  of  Plessy,  and  the  villes  of  Shotton  and 
Blagdon. — (III.  it.  274.) 

X.- 


~t —  — r~r 

-1.  ROGER  DE  WIDDRINCTON^ELIZABETH,  daur.  of    2.  GERARD  DE  WIDDRINGTON  occurs,    3.  AGNES,  daur.  of  John  de 


sir  Thos.  Grey,  knt.,  April  2,  1419,  as  bound  to  sir  Wm  de  Wodrington,  was  the  wife 
and  widow  of  Roger  Swinburne  in  the  sum  of  £40,  to  suf-  of  Henry  de  Lilburn,  bro. 
Widdrington,  esq.,  &  fer  him  and  his  heirs  to  have  peaceable  of  Thomas  de  Lilburn ;  and 
formerly  wife  of  sir  possession  of  the  castle  and  demesne  by  an  agreement  between 
WmWliitchester,kt.  lands  of  Hwughton,  for  the  term  of  six  her  and  the  said  Thomas, 
in  32  Hen.  VI.  1454,  years,  according  to  a  lease  which  sir  dated  12  Hen.  IV.  had  set- 
died  seized  of  23  hus-  John  de  Widdrington,  knt.,  the  father  tlement  of  dower  in  Lil- 
bandlands  &  32  cot-  of  the  said  Gerard,  had  granted  for  that  burn  and  other  places. — 
tages  in  Wooclhorne,  period  to  the  said  Wm  de  Swinburne.  — (Dodstv.  vol.  4,b,fol.  119— 
8  messuages  and  8  —  (Wid.  Misc.  No.  29.)  On  April  12,  125  ;  X  83.) 
husbandlandsinWid-  30  Hen.  VI.  1452,  Margery  de  Mltford,  4.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  sir 
drington,  the  ville  of  Linton,  a  rent  of  8  marks  a  year  widow  of  William  de  Mitford,  gave  a  William  de  Swinburne,  of 
out  of  the  manor  of  Denton,  besides  the  manors  of  power  of  attorney  to  R.  Worthy,  to  Capheaton,  knight. — (///. 
Plessy,  the  ville  of  Shotton,  and  the  manors  of  North  give  seisin  to  her  dear  friend,  Gerard  i.  215,  232.) 
Dissington  and  Callerton. — (///.  a.  275  ;  and  Cal.  Inq.  de  Widdrington,  in  the  whole  ville  of 

•p.  m.  vol.  4.)  "  Bucliffe,"  and  in  half  the  hamlet  of  "  Portyet,"  in  the  liberty  of 

Hexham  (Supra,  p.  51,  No.  14),  which  places,  in  1387,  had  been  en- 
tailed by  John  de  Vaux,  of  Beaufront,  upon  his  son  Thomas  and  Margery  his  wife,  daur.  of  Robert  de  Lisle,  and  their  heirs  ; 
with  rem.  to  Eli/,  wife  of  John  Errington,  &  daur.  of  the  said  John  de  Vaux. — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  161.)  He  died  s.  p.  1477, 


esq.,  son  and  heir,  on  the  death  of 
his  father,  in  1443,  was  40  years 
of  age.  He  was  high-sheriff  for 
Northumberland  in  1431,  1435, 
1442,  and  1449,  and  died  29  Hen. 
VI.  1451,  possessed  of  nearly  the 
same  property  as  that  enumerated 
in  the  inquest  after  his  father's 
death.— (See  III.  ii.  274,  275,  and 
Cal.  Ing.  p.  m.  vol.  4.) 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. WIDDRINGTON  PEDIGREE.    235 


Issue  of  Roger  de  Widdrington,  esq. 
and  Elizabeth  Grey. 
I 


I — I — 

XI SIR  GERARD  WIDDRINGTON,  knt.,=ELizABETH,  daur.     ROGER  DE  WID-= 

under  the  description  of  Gerard  Wid-    of  Christ.   Boyu-    DRiNGTON.b.1427 
drington,  esq.,  son  and  heir  of  Roger    ton,    of    Sedberg, 
Widdrington,  had  with  his  wife,  Sep.  2,    second  son  of  sir  Thomas  Boynton, 
1464,  a  grant  to  them,  and  the  heirs  of    of  Barmston,  in  Yorkshire, 
their  body,  of  the  castle,  demesne  lands, 

and  manor  of  Haughton,  together  with  the  estates  of  Humshaugh,  Stonecroft, 
Littlecrows,  Greenleys,  and  "  Weeles." — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  3t».)  By  deed,  dated 
in  1455,  he  gave  to  Wm  Lawson  and  John  Thirlkeld,  chaplains,  and  Robert 
Lawe,  the  whole  site  of  the  manor  of  Plessy,  with  the  land  adjoining  it,  as 
well  as  his  property  in  the  field  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Brinkburne,  called 
the  Brigfield,  granted  to  his  father  Roger  de  Widdrington  for  the  term  of  20 
years,  saving  to  himself  the  mines  of  sea  coal  in  the  said  field. — (Id.  30,  6.) 
On  October  20,  1490,  sir  Gerard  Widdrington,  knt.  gave  to  Robert  Chesman, 
rector  of  the  church  of  Angerham,  and  John  Wright,  chaplain,  the  castle, 
manor,  and  ville  of  Great  Swinburne  ;  and,  on  the  22nd  of  the  same  month, 
granted  a  power  of  attorney  to  Robert  Robson,  to  give  Chesman  and  Wright 
livery  of  the  premises.— (Id.  31,  a.} 


other  children,  namely,  Gerard,  John,  David,  Jane,  Lucy,  Elizabeth,  and  Mice, 

. . 


— I—I —        — I —  — I — I 
WILLIAM.    ALEXANDER.    ELIZABETH,  wife 
SIR  JOHN    DE    WID-    of  John  Fenwick. 
DRINGTON,  kt.  was  high-    ISABELL. 
sheriff  of   Northumber- 
land in  1472,  1473,  and  1474.     He  married 
ISABELLA,  daur.   of  Robert  lord  Ogle,  and 
•widow  of  sir  John  Heron,  knight,  and  by 
her  had  issue — Robert  de   Widdrington,  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  his  grandmother  Isa- 
bella de  Ogle (77.   i.   391,    11  *.)      This 

Robert,  in  a  deed  dated  8  May,  5  Hen.  VII. 
1490,  describes  himself  as  "  of  Great  Swin- 
burne, esq."  son  and  heir  of  sir  John  Wid- 
drington, knight,  and  by  it  quitted  all  claim 
to  lands  in  Capheaton,  which  the  said  sir 
John  de  Widdringtou  had  by  the  gift  of 
Roger  Thornton  &  sir  Ralph  Widdrington. 
— (Wid.  Misc.  No.  31,  «.)  Besides  this  Ro- 
bert, sir  John  and  his  wife  Isabella  had  7 
all  noticed  in  Flower's  pedigree  of  this  family. 


XII. — 1.  FELICIA,  fourth  and  youngest^SiR  RALPH  WiDDRiNGTON,=2.  MABELL,  daur.  of   JOHN  WIDDRINGTON,  from  whom 


daur.  and  co-heiress  of  sir  Robert  Clax- 
ton,  of  Horden,  Claxton,  and  Dilston, 
was  24  years  old  in  1 484.  In  her  right 
her  husband  and  his  descendants  became 
possessed  of  Hessewell  and  Pespoole,  in 
the  county  of  Durham. — (Surf,  i.  28.) 


of  Widdrington,  knt.  mar-    Sandford.    She    the   Widdringtons   of  CHEESE- 

ried  to  his  first  wife  before    had    issue   one   son    BURN     GRANGE    descended.— 

1480,  when  they  had  pri-    Thomas,  &  one  daur.     (See  Harleian  MS.  5,808,  fol.  1.) 

vileges  granted  to  them  in    Margaret,     both     of 

the  Friary  on   the  Wall-    whom  died  s.  p. 

knoll,    in   Newcastle. 

(Wid.  Misc.  No  32.)  This  sir  Ralph  W.  for  his  valour  in  the  campaign, 'under 
Richard  duke  of  Gloucester,  against  Scotland,  in  1482,  was  knighted  on  the  plain  of  Sefford,  by  the  earl  of  Northumberland, 
who  had  been  empowered  to  confer  that  honour. — (Collins  Peerage,  H.  377.)  On  Sept.  7,  1484,  he  had  occasion  for  a  pardon 
from  Richard  the  Third ;  and,  on  Sept.  7,  1486,  for  a  similar  security  for  the  royal  clemency  from  Henry  the  Seventh.— 
(Wid.  Misc.  No.  33.)  At  Whitsuntide,  in  the  last  mentioned  year,  he  conveyed  to  William  Thornton,  his  chaplain,  for  his 
good  services,  all  his  lands  in  Ellington. — (Supra,  212,  No.  24.)  In  1491,  he  entered  into  a  convention  with  the  abbot  and 
convent  of  Newminster  respecting  the  chapels  of  Plessy  and  Shotton  (see  under  Plessy}  ;  and  in  Jan.  1492,  he  gave  to  George 
Percy,  John  Heron,  of  Ford,  and  others,  the  castle  and  manor  of  Great  Swinburne  and  Driridge,  according  to  the  tenor  of 
an  indenture  between  himself  on  the  one  part,  and  sir  Wm  Evers,  knight,  and  the  lady  Constance  his  wife,  and  widow  of 
sir  Henry  Percy,  knight,  on  the  other. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  84.)  


XIII.— SIR  HKNRY  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  wasTMARCERy,  daur.  of  sir^SiR  WILLIAM  ELLECAR,    ROGER  AVIDDRINGTON,  of 


Henry  Percy,  knight,  knight,  second  husband,  Chibbuin,  in  this  chapel- 
eldest  son  of  sir  Ralph  by  whom  she  had  a  son  ry,  married  MAUD,  daur. 
Percy,  who  was  brother  Robert  Ellecar,  and  other  of  ...  STKOTHEK,  and  had 
of  Henry  the  Third,  and  children. 


son  of  Henry,  the  2nd 
earl  of  Northumberland. 


daur.  of 
whom  were  dead 


probably  married  about  the  time  the  indenture 
was  made,  in  January,  1492,  between  his  father, 
and  his  wife's  father-in-law  and  mother,  as  re- 
lated above.  The  inquest  after  his  death  is  dated 
at  Hexham,  22nd  Oct.  10  Hen.  VIII.  1519,  and 
sets  forth  that  he  died  Aug.  26,  1518,  possessed 
of  Widdrington,  Woodhorn,  Newbigglng,  Sea- 
ton,  Cresswell,  &  possessions  in  Hexhamshire  ; 
but  the  abstract  of  it  in  Cole's  Escheats  is  very 
imperfect.  This  defect,  however,  is  in  a  great 
measure  supplied  by  the  following  note  attached 
to  the  Widdrington  pedigree,  communicated  to 
me  by  Mr  Blackett,  of  Wylam  : — This  sir  Hen. 
was  great  grandson  of  Roger  Wodrington,  who, 
in  1451,  died  seized  in  ffee  tail  to  him  ami  the 
Issue  of  his  body,  of  the  castle,  town,  and  manor 
of  Woodringtoii,  in  the  parish  of  Woodhor.i, 
stated  to  have  passed  to  this  sir  Henry  by  right  of  inheritance,  who,  by  deed,  dated  1513,  settled  various  estates  in  ffee  tail  to 
sir  John,  his  son  and  heir,  and  issue  of  liis  body,  with  provisions  for  his  son  Ralph,  and  five  daughters,  and  died  26  August, 
1517,  seized  of  the  castle,  town,  and  manor  of  Wodrington,  of  lands  in  Woodhorn,  Newbiggen,  Woodhorn- Ceton,  Cresswell, 
Hurst,  Ellington,  Linton,  Est  Chevington,  Scotton,  North  Dissirigtoii,  Black  Callertou,  Cowpon,  Plessy,  Horsley,  Garrard- 
ley,  Denton,  Horton,  Houndshaugh,  Bulle,  Sing-field,  Whittington,  Collwell,  Thobington,  Stone  Croft,  Little-deans,  Stam- 
fleld,  Hentishaw,  Gonnerton,  Great  Heaton,  Dehton  in  Gillislarid,  Beaufront,  Caburn,  Fallowfleld,  Wells,  East  Swinburne, 
Someryards,  Multon,  and  Borrowdeu. 


issue  two  sons,  viz.  :— 
1.  JOHN  WIDDRINGTON, 
of  Chibburn  and  Hawks- 
ley,  who  married,  Istly, 

"  Meyshall  of  Keynton,"  by  whom  she  had  issue,  all  of 
ad  in  1575  :  his  second  wife  was  MARY,  daur.  of  Win  Ogle, 
of  Cawsey  Park,  to  enable  him  to  marry  whom  he  had,  in  1536,  a  grant 
from  his  nephew  sir  John  Witherington,  knight,  of  three  husbandiands  in 
Shotton. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  35.)  By  this  Mary  he  had  issue  five  children, 
namely  : — 1.  Roger,  aged  26  in  1575;  2.  Robert  ;  3  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Manna- 
duke  Fenwick ;  4.  Barbara  ;  and  5.  Maud ;  and  was  himself  living  in  1575, 
when  he  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Horsloy. — (Raines 
Test.  337.)  II.  ROGER  WIDDRINGTON,  who  had  a  son  William.. 


XIV. — 1.  AGNES,  dau.5^!.  SIR  JOHN  WiDDRiNGTON,T2.  AGNES,  daur.  of    2.  RALPH  WIDDRINGTON,     1.  I)OROTHY,    wife    of 


of  Jas.  Metcalf,  of  Nap- 
pa,  in  Wensleydale, 
Yorkshire. 


knight,  was  15  years  old  in 
1518. — (Coles  Escheats,  756, 
p.  46.)  By  the  style  of  John 
W.  of  W.  esq.  in  1532,  he 

released  all  his  claim  in  Yardhill  (Earle)  to  Gilbert 
Scot,  of  Yardhill,  son  of  Thomas  Scot. — (Wid.  Misc. 
No.  36,  a.)  Henry  earl  of  Northumberland,  by  deed, 
dated  at  Topcliffe,  4  Oct.  27  Hen.  VIII.  1535,  grant- 
ed him  an  annuity  of  £20. — (  Lansd.  MS.  326,/<>i.  654, 
6.)  He  was  one  of  the  council  of  the  inarches  who 
addressed  a  bold  letter,  14  Feb.  1536,  to  the  king,  re- 
specting "  certaine  amyties"  assigned  by  his  majesty's 
most  gracious  letters  patent  to  Cuthbert  Charleton 

(See  overJVf 
•  Sf 


sir  Edward  Gower,  who   was   progenitor   of  Robert  lord  Ogle  of  Bo- 

of    Stitenham,    in  different  branches  of  Wid-  thai.         , 

Yorkshire,  knight,  dringtons,  intended  to  be  2.  CONSTANCE,  wife  of 

She  had  a  marriage  noticed   under    BLACK-  Valentine  Fenwick,  of 


portion  of  300  inks.    HEDDON,  &c. 
as  appeal's  by  the 
indenture  of  agree- 


Walker. 

3.  MARY,  wife  of  John. 

Mitford,  of  Seghill. 


ment  for  her  marriage,  between  sir  John  Wid-  4.  MARGARET,  wife  of 

drington  and  her  father  Edward  Gower,  dated  Roger     Fenwick,     of 

29  June,  34  Henry  VIII.    1542,  and  still  pre-  Bitchfield. 

served  among  the  Plessy  papers  at  Blagdon. —  5.  ANNE  died  unmarried. 

(Cart.  Rid.  142,  &c.)   Her  husband,  for  the  use  (i.  JANE,  wife  of  John 

of  himself  and  of  this  Agnes  his  wife,  26  July,  Fenwick. 

(See  over) 


236 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


fi 


Issue  of  sir  John  Widdrington,  km. 
and  Agnes  Metcalf. 


Issue  of  sir  John  Widdrington,  knt. 
and  Agnes  Oower. 


Continuation  qf  sir  John  Widdrington,  knt. 

and  Edward  Charleton,  of  Tindall.—  (Cot.  MS.  B.  i.  fol.  183.) 
He  was  also,  In  king1  Henry  the  Eighth's  reign,  deputy  war- 
den of  the  middle  marches,  at  one  time  with  an  annuity  of 
£133  6s.  8d.,  and  £26  13s.  Id.,  as  leader  of  Redesdale ;  and, 

at  other  times,  with  a  yearly  pension  of  £200 (Id.  Col.  B. 

iX.f.  203.)  Sir  Anthony  Brown  described  him  in  the  cha- 
racter of  deputy  warden  as  worth  £200  a  year  In  land,  able 
to  serve  the  king  with  100  horse  soldiers,  as  keeping  a  good 
house,  and  a  loyal  and  good  man,  but  readily  offended,  and 
self-willed.—  (II.  i.  67.)  On  the  26th  Jan.  1537,  he  was,  by 
letters  patent,  appointed  to  the  high  office  of  warden  of  the 
middle  marches.  He  was  one  of  the  knights  in  parliament 
for  this  county  In  1552,  in  which  year  Mr  Brandling,  one  of 
the  burgesses  for  Newcastle,  complained  in  the  house  of  com- 
mons against  this  sir  John,  Henry  Widdringtoii,  "  Rauff  Ellarker,"  and  others,  for  an  affray  upon  himself:  upon  which, 
Henry  Widdrington,  who  "  confessed  that  he  begun  the  fray,"  was  committed  to  the  Tower,  and  Ellarker  to  the  ward  of 
the  Serjeant  of  the  house  ;  but  the  liitter  becoming  bound  to  keep  the  peace,  was  at  the  request  of  Mr  Brandling,  released  out 
of  his  ward  :  but  it  does  not  appear  from  the  journals  of  the  house  that  sir  John  received  any  judicial  sentence  for  the  pnrt 
he  was  charged  with  taking  in  this  affair. — (Jour.  H.  C.  i.  19,21,22.)  In  1559,  he  was  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland ; 
and,  In  1568,  his  estate,  in  the  Lawsoii  Manuscript,  is  described  as  consisting  of  "  The  castle,  manor,  and  ville  of  Widdring- 
ton, Drlrldge,  Chibburne,  Garretley,  Colwell,  AVeteslade,  Great  Swinburne,  Shotton,  Plessis,  and  Haughton,  with  a  moiety 
of  the  vllle  and  manor  of  Humshaugh,  and  certain  lands  in  West  Chevington,  Bingfield,  "  Stonehall,"  East  Chevington, 
Little  Swinburne,  and  Blagdon  ;  and  also  of  the  villes  of  Woodhorn  and  Newbigging,  and  certain  lands  at  Seaton-by-the- 
Sea.  t  By  Alice,  his  maid-servant,  he  had  issue — Hector  Widdrington  and  Alexander  Widdrington  ;  which  Hector  was  one  of 
the  constables  of  horsemen  in  Berwick,  and  died  in  1593 ;  his  will  being  dated  28  April,  and  the  inventory  of  his  goods 
at  Chibbiirn,  which  is  very  curious,  May  15,  in  that  year.— (Sire  Wid.  Misc.  No.  36,  c.) 


Continuation  of  Agnes  Grey. 

2  Edw.  VI.  1648,  gave  his  manors  of  Widdrington,  Newbig- 
ging, Plessis  with  Brigfleld,  Shotton,  and  Denton,  in  trust,  to 
her  brother  Thomas  Gower,  esq.  son  and  heir  apparent  of  sir 
Edward  Gower,  knt.  ;  Robert  Constable,  esq.  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent of  sir  Marmaduke  Constable,  of  Nuneaton,  knt.  ;  Rich. 
Gower,  Walter  Gower,  and  Valentine  Fenwick. — (Supra,  p. 
210,  No.  4.)  In  her  will,  which  is  dated  24  March,  1583,  she 
styled  herself  dame  Agnes  lady  Widdrington,  widow  of  sir 
John  Widdrington,  of  Widdrington ;  and  mentions  her  sons 
Benwell  and  Ephraim,  her  daur.  Barbara,  her  son  William, 
and  William's  daur.  Elizabeth  ;  my  son  Isaac,  my  daur.  Jane 
Carnaby,  my  daur.  Sarah  ;  and  leaves  to  John,  son  of  her  son 
Robert,  her  spits  at  Plessy  &  Chihburn.— ( Rome's  Test,  p.  263.) 


I     I     I 1     I     I     I     I     I     I 

XV.— BARBARA,  daur.  of=l.  SIR  HENRY  AVIDDRING-=ELIZABETH,  daur.  of  3.  ROBERT  WIDDRINGTON  purchased  Monkwear- 

EcHv.  Gower,  of  Stiten-    TON,  knight,  was  sheriff  of   sir    Hugh  Trevani-  mouth  in  1597  or  1598.     By  his  will,  which  is 

ham,    and    sister  of  his    Northumberland  in  1579.    an,  of  Corriheigh,  in  dated  29  Aug.  1598,  he  left  his  body  to  be  buried 

lather's    wife,    according    His  will  is  dated  15  Feb.     Cornwall    (see    Coll.  in  Monkwearmouth  church,  where  he  had  re- 

to  Flower's  Visitation  of    1592,   at  which   time  he    Peer.  vj.  280),  who,  sided:  to  his  wife  Eliz.  his  house  there,  for  life; 

Northumberland  in  1575.    was  marshal  and  govern-    to  her  2nd  husband,  and  mentions  his  son  John,  his  broth.  Ephraim  ; 

Ob.  s.  p.                                  nor  of  Berwick.      He  di-    married  SIR  ROBERT  his  daur.  Dent,  and  her  two  sons  Hen.  and  Geo. 

rected  his  body  to  be  bur.     CARET,    afterwards  Dent ;  Robert  Wld.  his  brother  Isaac's  son  ;  and 

among  bis  ancestors,  in  the  chapel  of  Widdrington ;  earl  of  Monmouth,  made  his  right  worshipful  neph.  Mr  Henry  AV., 
and  left  to  his  nephew  Henry  W.  100  marks,  to  be  by  whom  she  had  is-  and  Mr  Robt.  W.  of  Hawksley,  gent.,  his  execu- 
paid  by  his  loving  wife  the  lady  Eliz.  W.,  as  long  as  sue  two  sons  &  one  tors,  and  to  take  charge  of  his  son  John  for  3  or 
she  was  possessed  of,  and  lady  of  Widdrington  ;  to  daur.,  viz. :  I.  HEN-  4  years. — (Raine's  Test.  412.)  He  was  twice  mar- 
his  brother's  son  Roger  W.  £20  a  year;  to  his  bro-  RY,  made  knight  of  ried  ;  Istly,  to  MARGARET  OGLE,  daur.  of  Robt. 
ther's  son  Ralph  W.  20  nobles  a  year  out  of  Haugh-  the  Bath  in  1616,  &  the  sixth  lord  Ogle,  and  sister  of  Cuthbert  the 
ton  and  Humshaugh ;  to  Ralph  Kellinghall,  his  ser-  succeeded  to  his  fa-  seventh  lord  Ogle,  by  which  Margaret  he  had 
vant,  20  marks  sterling;  the  three  pieces  of  great  ther's  honours;  II.  issue: — 1.  Catharine,  wife  of  John  Ogle,  of  Caw- 
ordnance,  in  his  house  in  Berwick,  to  be  carried  to  THOMAS  ;  and,  III.  sey  Park,  esq.  who  died  May  23,  1609./K  2.  John 
Widdrington,  and  there  remain  :  his  wife  Elizabeth  PHILADELPHIA,  mar-  Widdrington,  who  married  the  daur.  and  heir  of 

sole  ex'ix. — (Raine's  Test.  337.)    The  inquest  after  his    ried  to  Thomas,  2nd    Whitehead,  of  Wearmouth,  from  whom 

death  is  dated  Oct.  21,  1592,  and  found  him  possessed    surviving  son  &  heir  descended  the  Widdringtons  of  Plessy  &  Monk- 

of  the  manors  of  Swinburne,  Haughton,  and  Hums-    of  Philip  lord  Whar-  wearmouth,  whose  pedigree  is  given  by  Surtees, 

haugh,   besides  lands  in   Buckley,  Bingfield,  Hens-    ton  ;  which  Thomas  vol.  ii.  p.  8.     By  his  second  wife,  ELIZABETH, 

haugh,  Whittington,  Burradon,  Towlands,  and  Coul-    died  17  Ap.  1622,  in  who  survived  him,  he  had  a  daur.  Anne,  born  in 

ter  Cragg,  also  of  various  rents.     The  rest  of  the    the  life  time  of  his  1633. 

family  property  was  at  the  time  holden  in  dower  by  father.  This  Eliza-  4.  SIR  EPHRAIM  WIDDRINGTON,  of  Trewhit  and 
his  widow  the  lady  Elizabeth.  He  died  s.  p.  beth  had,  for  the  Ritton,  was  knighted  by  James  the  First.  He 
1.  DOROTHY  WIDDRINGTON  married  Roger,  son  of  term  of  her  life,  and  was  born  in  1555,  and  living  in  1639.  By  his 
John  Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  on  which  occasion  by  the  gift  of  her  1st  mother's  will  he  and  his  bro.  Benjamin  had  the 
they  were  enfeoffed  in  lands  in  Gunnerton  &  Cambo,  husband,  the  castle  rectory  of  Whelpington.  He  was  twice  man-led, 
according  to  a  deed  of  trust,  dated  Aug.  2,  30  Henry  and  manor  of  Wid-  firstly,  to  a  sister  of  George  Thirlwall,  of  Roth- 
VIII.  1538  (//.  i.  267,  8,  a.) ;  and  Henry  Widdring-  drington,  &  the  ma-  bury,  his  descendants  by  whom  are  slightly  no- 
ton,  of  Widdrington,  esq.,  and  Roger  Fenwick,  of  nors  of  Woodhorn  &  ticed  under  West  Harle,  in  this  work,  II.  i. 
Wallington,  gentleman,  having  purchased  of  William  Linton.  200./K  His  second  wife  was  JANE,  daur.  of 
Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  Michael  Hebburn,  of  Hebburn. 
said  Roger  Fenwick,  Wallington,  Walker,  and  all  his  other  lands  in  North-  5.  BENWELL  WIDDRINGTON. 
umberland,  released  the  whole  of  them  again  by  a  deed,  dated  June  15,  6.  WILLIAM  WIDDRINGTON,  married,  and  had  a 
15  Elizabeth,  1573. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  87.)  This  Dorothy's  first  husb.  Roger  daughter  Elizabeth. 

died  before  1553  ;  and  she  married,  secondly,  ROBERT  CONSTABLE,  of  Flam-  7.  ISAAC  WIDDRINGTON,  man-led,  and  had  issue 

borough,  in  Yorkshire,  who,  in  the  rebellion  in  1569,  acted  the  part  of  spy  — Robert  and  Elizabeth,  both  living  in  1625. 

for  the  crown,  and  has  consequently  been  distinguished  by  the  editor  of  sir  2.  JANE,  wife  of  John  Carnaby,  of  Langley. 

Ralph  Sadler's  state  papers,  under  the  description  of  this  "  infamous  man,"  3.  MARGERY  (or  Sarah),  wife  of  Henry  Perkin- 

and  "  the  traitrous  spy  of  Sadler."     His  son  signed  the  death  wan-ant  of  son,  of  Beaumont  Hill,  in  the  coun.  Durham. 


Charles  the  First. 

2.  EDWARD  WIDDRINGTON,  of  Swinburne,  married  URSULA,  daur.  &  co-s 
heir  of  Reginald  Carnaby,  of  Halton  Castle,  as  appears  by  an  indenture, 
dated  Jan.  22,  7  Eliz.  1565,  and  made  between  himself  on  the  one  part, 
and  the  said  Ursula  on  the  other,  and  witnessing  that  sir  John  Widdring- 
ton, knt.  having  by  his  writing,  23  July,  1  and  2  Philip  and  Mary,  1555, 
granted  to  his  second  son,  Edward,  the  castle  and  town  of  Swinburne, 
now  the  said  Edw.  W.  in  consideration  of  a  man-iage  between  him  and 
the  said  Ursula  Carnaby,  &c. — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  148,  6.)  The  admi- 
nistration to  his  goods  is  dated  6  March,  1577,  and  calls  him  Edw.  W.  of  , , 

the  parish  of  Chollerton  ;  and  mentions  his  widow  Ursula,  &  his  children??     8.  ISABELL,  wife  of  sir  R.  Delaval. 
Roger,  Ralph,  Dorothy,  Agnes,  and  Catharine.— (Rome's  Test.  124.)  ' 


4.  BARBARA,  wife  of  John  Ewbank. 

5.  REBECCA.    Her  will,  which  is  at  Durham,  is 
dated  Nov.  9,  1625,  when  she  resided  at  Stain- 
drop.    She  died  unmarried. — (Sec  Wid.  Misc.  36.) 

6.  MARTHA  married,  firstly  to  Thos.  Sandford, 
of  Askham,  in  Westmorland,  by  whom  she  had 
issue  two  sons  and  four  daurs.     She  married, 
secondly,  Hilton,  of 

7.  MARY,  wife  of  Edw.  Gray.— (Id.}     In  Hart. 
MS.  1554,  fol.  15,  it  is  Henry  Grey. 


WOODHORN  PARISH* WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. WIDDRINGTON  PEDIGREE.    237 


Issue  of  Edward  Widdrlngton 
and  Ursula  Carnaby. 

I 


1  _ 

iviAifcx,  uuui .   VL     fit.  oiiv  i\ivi.rxi    IT  it»—     JTIAIVJ,  un.  v*    i  t*.  ROGER    \VIDDRINGTON,  OI— K.OSAMOND, 

sir  Henry  Cur-  DRINGTON  married  Francis  Rad-/KCartington  &  Harbottie,  esq.  daur.  of  Mi- 
wen,  of  Work-  ..., and  had  issue:—  cliffe,  of  Der-  concerning  whom,  sir  Robt.  chaelWent- 
ington.  Her  1.  John  W.  of  Stone-  wentwater&  Carey,  on  his  appointment  worth,  of 


XVI.— 1.  SIR  HENRY  WID-ST=MARY,  daur.  of   2.  SIR  RALPH  WID-    MARY 

DRINGTON,  knight,  born  in  " 

1561.     According  to  a  deed, 

dated  10  James  the  First,  he 

levied  a  fine  sur  conusans  de 

droit,    entailing   his   estates 

upon  his  eldest  son  William 

and  his  other  sons,  and  with 

divers  remainders  recited  in 


husband,  7  Oct.    croft  ;  will  4  June,    Dilston. 
1605,  settled  the    1664,  mentions  his 


to  the  office  of  warden  of  the    Worley,  In 
Middle  Marches,  has  this  no-     Yorkshire, 


manor  and   de-  sister  Mountney,  &  his  neph.  Wm  tice  :—  "  I  allowed  him  two  married  to 

mesne  of  Swin-  Widdrlngton,  of  Buteland:  2.  Hen.  horsemen,  and  he  was  em-  her  Isthus- 

burne  on  feoffees  W.   of  Buteland,  esq.  :    3.  Ursula,  ployed  by  me  on  all  occa-  band,   Ber- 

for  his  and  her  wife  of  Thos.  Mountney,  of  Stone-  sions,  and  for  the  time  I  re-  tram  Reve- 

use  for  life,  with  croft,  living  in  1664,  and  ex'ix  to  malned  there  did  the  queen  ley,  who 


remain,  to  then?    her  brother  John's  will. 


&  country  very  much  good."    was  buried 


heirs  male.  —      1.  DOROTHY,  wife  of  John  Erring-    I  have  thought  the  inven-    at  Mitford, 
(Wid.    Misc.   38,    ton,  of  B  win  front,  esq.,  by  whom    tory   of  his    goods  curious    in  1622.  - 


I:.) 


she  had  issue  : — 1.  Wm  E.  who  was    enough  for  a  place  in  the    (Above,  71.} 
dead  in  1643  :  2.  Jane,  wife  of  Thos.    Miscellanea  respecting  Wid- 
Rutherford/f, :    and,  3.  Dorothy  E.    drington.  It  is  at  No.  39.  In  Edward  the 


the  inquest  after  his  death. 
Sir  Robt.  Bowes,  in  a  letter 
to  lord  Burleigh,  about  the 
end  of  1596,  mentions  an  iii- 
road  which  had  been  lately 

made  into  Scotland  by  Mr 

Hen.  Widdrlngton,  in  which 
he  had  spoiled  the  town  of  Cavers,  belonging 
to  Douglas,  sheriff  of  Tiviotdale ;  and  when 
sir  Robert  Carey  was  made  warden  of  the 
Middle  Marches,  "  he  made  choise  of  sir  Hen. 
Woodrington  and  sir  William  Fenwick,  to  be 
his  deputy  wardens,  and  gave  the  one  the 
keepership  of  Redesdale,  the  other  that  of 
Tlndale,  &  allowed  them  out  of  his  60  horse, 
six  a  piece  to  attend  them."  In  1603,  he  was 
appointed,  with  sir  William  Selby  and  sir  William  Fenwick,  to  march  with  a  detachment  of  soldiers  from  Berwick,  to  punish 
a  body  of  banditti  on  the  Western  Marches,  who  had  ravaged  the  country  as  far  as  Penrith. — (Ridp.  Sard.  Hist.  689,  703  ,• 
Careys  Mem.  p.  94.)  He  was  high  sheriff  in  1605,  and  M.  P.  for  this  county  in  1604,  1615,  and  1621.  His  will  is  dated  Sep. 
12,  1623,  and  an  abstract  of  it  is  given  in  the  Widdrlngton  Miscellanea,  No.  38,  a.  By  a  deed  of  his  recited  tn  the  inquest 
after  his  death,  and  dated  2  Sep.  21  James  I.  he  left  a  lease  often  years  of  the  profits  of  Haughton,  West  Haughton,  Hums- 
haugh,  Haughton  Green,  Oreenley,  &c.  to  his  daurs.  Margaret,  Dorothy,  Anne,  and  Ursula.  He  died  4  Sep.  1623,  at  Swin- 
burne Castle,  leaving  it  to  his  son  William,  at  that  time  13  years,  10  months,  and  24  days  old. 


of  Newcastle,  will  dated  13  Sep. 
1643. 

2.  AGNES,  mentioned  in  the  admi- 
nistration to  her  father's  effects. 


Sixth's  time  he  had  an  annuity  of  £20 
from  the  crown. — (Land Rev.  Office,  i.  86.) 
He  was  also  steward  for  the  crown  in 
Hexham,  and  had  a  grant  of  lands  at  Sel- 


3.  CATHARINE  W.  wife  of  Cuthbert,    don,  in  East  Swinburne,  in  1567. — (Id. 
son  of  sir  John  Malleroy,  of  Stud-    2  B.  54  ;  xi.  174  ;  xam.  260.) 
ley,  Yorkshire. 


XVII.— SIR  WILLIAM  WIDDRINGTON,  of  Widdrington-rMARY,  daur.  and    1.  CATHARINE,  married  to  sir  Wm  Riddell,  knight, 


Castle,  knt.  &  bart.,  and  first  lord  Widdrington,  was 
4  years  old  in  1615.  When  the  contentions  between 
the  crown  and  parliament  commenced,  in  Charles  the 
Second's  time,  he  distinguished  himself  for  his  loyalty 
by  raising,  and  employing  under  the  marquis  of  New- 
castle, a  considerable  body  of  troops,  and  by  supporting 
the  royal  cause  with  great  bravery,  constancy,  and 
firmness,  till  the  time  of  his  death.  He  fought  under 
Newcastle  in  the  victories  obtained  at  Tadcaster, 
Yarum,  Seacroft,  Tankersley,  Leeds,  Halifax,  Rother- 
ham,  Sheffield,  Chesterfield,  Gainsborough,  &  Lincoln, 


sole   heir    of   sir    eldest  son  of  sir  Thos.  Riddell,  of  Gateshead,  kt. 
Anth.  Thorald,  of   2,  3,  4.  MARGARET,  ANNAS,  &  URSULA,  all  men- 
Blankncy,inLin-    tioned  in  their  father's  will.     ANNE,  daur.  of  sir 
colnshire.  Henry,  and  sister  of  William  first  lord  Widdring- 

ton,  also  occurs  as  wife  of  sir  Nicholas  Thornton, 
of  Netherwitton,  knight.—  (II.  i.  818.) 

5.  DOROTHY,  wife  of  sir  Charles  Howard,  knt.   fourth  son  of  lord 
Wm  Howard,  of  Naworth,  In  coun.  Cumberland,  by  whom  she  had 
issue  one  son  William. — (Collins.     See  II.  i.  7,  79.  #c.) 

6.  MARY,  second  wife  of  sir  Francis  Howard,  knight,  of  Corby  Castle, 
in  Cumberland,  by  whom  she  had  issue  three  sons,  viz. : — Francis- 
Henry,  Thomas,  and  Henry,  besides  several  daughters,  whereof  Mary 
was  married  to  sir  Thos.  Haggerston,  bart.,  the  rest  all  dying  young. 


and  especially  at  Bradford,  in  Yorkshire.—  fD«ff.  Bar. 
it.  471.)  He  was  sheriff  of  this  county  in  1637;  and 
M.  P.  for  it  in  1641  and  1642  ;  and  was  not  less  re- 
markable for  his  courage  and  attachment  to  the  cause  of  his  sovereign  in  the  house  of  commons  than  In  the  field.  On  Nov. 
10,  1640,  "  Distaste  was  taken  by  this  house  at  sir  Wm  Widerington  for  calling  the  Scots  '  invading  rebels,'  whereuppon 
sir  Wm  in  his  place  stood  up,  and  said  that  he  knew  them  to  be  the  king's  subjects,  and  would  no  more  call  them  rebels  ; 
and  with  this  explanation  the  house  rested  satisfied."  —  \'Jour.  H.  C.  H.  25.)  On  Wednesday,  the  9th  of  June,  1641,  he,  and 
Mr  Herbert  Price,  member  for  Brecon,  violently  took  away  the  candles  from  the  serjeant  of  the  house,  when  there  was  no 
general  command  of  the  house  for  the  bringing  of  candles  in,  upon  which  they  were  summoned  to  their  places,  made  ex- 
planation with  what  intentions  they  did  so,  and  were  commanded  to  withdraw.  After  some  debate  the  house  determined, 
by  a  majority  of  189  against  172,  that  they  should  be  sent  to  the  Tower  for  their  offence,  which  sentence  was  pronounced 
upon  them  by  the  speaker,  and  put  in  force  ;  but,  on  their  petitioning  to  be  discharged  from  their  imprisonment,  the  house, 
on  the  Monday  following,  resolved,  that  they  should  be  restored  to  their  liberty  of  sitting  in  it  as  they  formerly  did.—  f/rf.  p. 
175.)  On  the  26th  of  August,  1642,  both  himself  and  his  colleague,  as  representatives  of  the  house  for  Northumberland, 
were  expelled,  for  neglecting  or  refusing  to  attend  its  service  upon  summons,  and  for  raising  arms  against  the  parliament.  — 
(Id.  p.  738.)  On  Nov.  10,  1643,  the  king  rewarded  his  services  by  creating  him  a  peer  of  the  realm,  under  the  title  of  baron 
Widdrington,  of  Blankney,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  ;  but,  in  the  year  after  the  decisive  battle  of  Marston-moor,  himself,  the 
marquis  of  Newcastle,  and  many  others,  retired  to  Hamburgh  ;  and,  the  house  of  commons,  March  14,  1648,  resolved  "  that 
Charles  Stuart,  eldest  son  of  the  late  king  James  Stuart,"  the  duke  of  Buckingham,  John  earl  of  Bristol,  Wm  earl  of  New- 
castle, sir  William  Widdrington,  George  lord  Digby,  and  others,  and  all  such  persons  as  have  been  acting  in  the  Rebellion 
in  Ireland,  shall  be  proscribed  and  banished  as  enemies  and  traitors  to  the  Commonwealth,  and  shall  die  without  mercy, 
wherever  they  shall  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the  nation,  and  then-  estates  shall  be  confiscated,  and  forthwith  employed 
for  the  use  of  the  Commonwealth.  —  (Scobell.)  In  1651,  he  had  returned  to  the  conflict  in  favour  of  Royalty;  and,  on  the 
3rd  of  September,  in  that  year,  fell,  in  the  40th  year  of  his  age,  fighting  against  the  Commonwealth  forces  under  Col.  Lil- 
burn,  at  Wiggan,  in  Lancashire.  —  (See  Whit.  item.  86,  92,  391,  479.) 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


3    P 


238 


MOKPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  sir  William  Widdrington,  kiit. 
and  Mary  Thorald. 


XVIII.— 1.  WILLIAM,  SECOND  LORD=FELIZABETH,  daur.  atid  heir    2.  HENRY  WIDDRINGTON.    4,  5,  6   EPHKAIM,  JOHN,  and 


WIUDRINGTON,  was  one  of  the  coun- 
cil of  state  at  the  Restoration.  His 
will  is  dated  in  1673,  and  proved  in 
1676 ;  and  by  it  he  ordered  all  his 
estates  which  could  be  disposed  of,  to 
be  sold. 


of  sir  Peregrine  Bertie,  of  Will    in    Doctor's    Com-  ANTHONY,  all   died   unmar- 

Eveden,  in  Lincolnshire,  kt.  inons,  and  dated  in  1657.  ried. 

a  younger  son  of  Kobt.  earl  3.  EDWD.   WIDDRINGTON.  7.  RALPH  WIDDRINGTON  lost 

of  Lindsey.       Her   will    is  Whitelock  mentions  a  sir  liis  sight  in  the  Dutch  war. 

dated  23  June,    1715,   and  Edw.  Widdrington,  who,  His  will  is  in  Doctor's  Corn- 


proved  in  the  same  year. 


after  the  defeat  of  the  roy-    minis,  and  dated  in  1718. 
ulist    party   at   Marston-    8.  ROG.  WIDDRINGTON  slain 


moor,  in  164 1,  passed  over  to  Hamburgh  with  the  earl  of  Newcastle,  lord  Widdrington,  and  at  the  siege  of  Maestricht,  in 
others. — {Mem.  p.  92.)  He  married  Dorothy,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  sir  Thomas  Horsley,  of  1676. 

Longhorsley,  and  was  slain  at  the  battle  of  the  Boyne,  July  1,  1690 (See  above,  p.  104.)  By  a  9  MARY,  wife  of  major  Fran- 
very  polite  and  cautious  electioneering  letter  from  the  duke  of  Newcastle  to  sir  John  Swiii-  els  Crane,  of  Woodrising, 
bnrne,  in  1676,  it  would  appear  that  this  Edw.  was  a  candidate  in  that  year  for  some  office  Norfolk. 

in  the  county. — (Wid.  Misc.  No.  40.)  He  had  a  son  Edward,  whose  gland-daughter  Elizabeth  10.  JANE,  wife  of  sir  Charles 
married  Thomas  Riddell,  of  Swinburne  Castle,  esq.  ancestor  of  the  Riddells  of  Fvlton,  Long-  Stanley,  K.B.,  a  younger  mm 
horsley,  and  Swinburne  Castle. — (See  above,  p.  104.)  of  Wm  earl  of  Derby.  But 

Collins  says,  that  Charles,  3rd 
son  of  Wm  earl  of  Derby,  died  unmarried,  and  was  burled  in  Westminster  Abbey  so  early  as  Ap.  24,  1629. 


XIX. — 1.  WILLIAM,  THIRD  LORD-I-LADY  ALATHEA,    2.  ROGER  WIDDRINGTON,  of    1.  MARY  W.,  wife  of  Richard  Forster. 

daur.  and  heir  of    Blankney,  in   Lincolnshire,    2.  ELIZABETH  W.,  a  nun,  died  in  1731. 


WIDDRINGTON.  By  his  will,  which 
is  dated  26  March,  1694,  &  proved 
in  the  following  year,  he  settled 
his  estate  on  his  three  sons  in  tail 
male,  with  reversion  to  his  right 
heirs. 


Charles  lord  vis-    died  in  1715. 

count  Fairfax,  of      8.  HENRY  WIDDRINGTON. 

Ireland.  Will  proved  1729. 

4.  EDWARD   WIDDRINGTON. 

Will  proved  in  1699. 


4.  DOROTHY  W.,  also  a  nun. 
3.  ANNE  W.,  married  to  John  Clavering, 
of  Callaly,  esq.  6.  JANE  W. 

t>.  CATHARINE  W.  married  Edw.  South- 
cote,  of  Blitheboroug  >,  Lincolnshire.  She 
diud  at  Cambray,  in  1758. — (Newc.  Cour.} 


XX. — 1.  JANE,  eldest^l.  WiLLM.,FOURTH=2.  CATHARINE    2.  CHAS.  WIDDRINGTON    1.  APOLLONIA  WIDDRINGTON  died  a  nun. 


dau.  of  sir  Thos.  Tem- 
pest, of  Stella,  in  the 
county  of  Durham,  & 
sole  surviving  sist.  and 
heir  of  her  brother  sir 
Fran.  Tempest ;  mar- 
riage bond  dated  13 
April,  1700.—  (Raines 
Test.)  She  died  Sep. 
9,  1714.* 


LORD    WIDDRING-    GRAHAM    had    engaged   with   his  bro-    2.  MARY  WID--T-RICHARD   TOWNLEY, 


TON,  was  attainted    letters  of  ad-    thers  Wm  lord  W.  and    DRINGTON. 


for    Rebellion     in 
1716,  &  his  estates 


ministration 
to  her  hus- 


Peregrine,  in  the  Rebel- 
lion in  1715.  They  were    3.  ELIZ.  wife  of 


5Ufc>    1UO    Y^StiAI^O  IV       lit*        UUO—  ln/ll    lu    1  I  1*1.        »  MO*     VTVKV 

ted  ;  but  ob-    bandjs    effects    all  apprehended  at  Pres-  Marmaduke, 

ton.     On  May  7,  1716,  FOURTH  LORD 

Charles    and    Peregrine  LANGDALE,  of 

pleaded  not  guilty  ;  but  Langdale,     in 

bills  of  high  treason  be-  the  Hundred  of 


tained  pardon,  and    in  1743. 

died   at   Bath,    in 

1743. 


.  of  the  antieiit  fa- 
mily of  Townley,  of 
Townley  Hall,  in  Lan- 
cashire, where  there 
is  a  flue  portrait  of 
the  first  lord  Wid- 
drinptori. 


ing  found  against  them,  Philip  Hodgson,  of  Tone,  their  uncle  Pickering,  and  North  Riding  of  York- 

by  marriage,  and  others,  on  the  31st  of  the  same  month,  they  shire.     They  had  one  son,  Ma>maduke, 

withdrew  their  former  pleas,  and  pleaded  guilty.     They  were  all  finally  pardoned,  fifth   lord   Langdale,    who,   dying  in 

and  Charles  Widdrington  is  said  to  have  died  at  St  Omers,  in  1756.  1777,  his  title  became  extinct ;  besides 

3.  PEREGRINE  WIDDRINGTON,  while  in  prison  for  rebellion,  in  1716,  had  the  dan-  four  daurs.,  viz. : — 1.  Constantia,   who 

gerous  disease  called  the  spotted  fever,  but  recovered  of  it.      He  married  Mary,  died  young ;  2.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Robt. 

duchess  of  Norfolk,  widow  of  Thomas  eighth  duke  of  Norfolk,  daur.  and  heir  of  sir  Butler,  esq.  of  Ballyragget,  in  Ireland ; 

Nicholas  Shireburn,  of  Stonyhurst,  in  Lancashire.     By  his  will,  which  is  dated  in  8.  Mary,  married  Charles  Philip,  14th 

1747,  he  gave  his  estates  to  his  nephew,  William  Tempest  Widdrington,  in  tail  male,  lord  Stourton,  father  of  Wm  the  pre- 

with  remainder  to  his  nephew  John  Towuley,  in  tail  male  ;  remainder  to  his  right  sent  lord  Stourton  ;A  &nd  4.  Apollonia, 

heirs.  wife  of  John,  son  of  the  lord  Clifford. 

f 


XXI. — 1.  HENRY=ANNE,  daur.    2.  FRANCIS  WID-    ALATHEA,  born    CHARLES  TOWNLEY,^    JOHN  TOWN-T-BARBARA  Dic- 


FRANCIS  WID-      of Gat- 

DRINGTON,  born  in      tonby,    of 
1700,  &  died  s.  p.         York, 
at  Turnham-green, 
and  was  buried  at  St  Pancras,  in 


DRINGTON,    bur.    21  Ap.   1705;*    of  Townley,  esq.  the 
at   Widdrington,    bei'-ame  a  nun.      celebrated    collector 
MARY    GER-    of  theTownley  mar- 


Oct.  23,  1713.* 

3.  WM  TEMPEST  TRUDE,  b.  July    bles,  coins,  and  ma- 

WIDDRINGTON,  7,  1707;  buried  nuscripts.  His  col- 
London,  7  Sept.  1774.  After  his  esq.  born  May  21,  Sep.  26,  1708.*  lection  of  Etruscan 
father's  death,  he  succeeded  to  the  1712;*  married  ELIZABETH,  antiquities  were  il- 
estates  of  Stella  and  Stanley,  in  ANNE  PHILIPS,  born  Nov.  8,  &  lustrated  in  2  vols. 
the  county  of  Durham,  which  and  died  about  buried  Nov.  10,  4to.,  by  D'Hancar- 
were  his  mother's  inheritance;  1753.  By  his  will  1700.*  ville.  He  died  in 

and  by  his  will,  which  is  dated    he  gave  his  estate  ANNE,  burled    1805,  aged  67.              

in  1772,  he  settled  them  on  his    to  his  brother  for  Feb.  2,  1711.* 

nephew  and  heir  Thomas  Eyre,    life  ;    with  rem.  MARY,  born  Oct.  11,  1713;*  marr.  ROWLAND  EYRE,  of  Hassop 

in  tail  male ;  rem.  to  his  second    to  the  2nd  son  of  in  the  Hundred  of  High  Peak,  Derbyshire. ^r 

cousin  Edward  Standish,  in  tail    his    cousin    lord 

male ;  rem.  to  his  first  cousin    Langdale,  and  heirs  male  ;  rem.  to  his  own  right  heirs. 

John  Townley,  for  life  ;  rem.  to 

Peregrine  Townley,  and  his  heirs  male  ;  remainder  to  his  own  right  heirs. 


LEY  STAN- 
DISH,  esq.  suc- 
ceeded his  ne- 
phew Edw. 

Townley 
Standish,  in 
the  Stella  and 
Stanley  ests., 
and  died  in 
May,  1813. 


CONSON,  dau  of 
Wm  Dicconson, 
of  Wrightiug- 
tou,  in  tlie  pa- 
rish of  Eccle- 
stoti,  in  Lan- 
cashire, esq. 


XXII. — THOMAS  EYRE,  of  Hassop,  only  issue,  succeeded  his  uncle,  the  titular  lord=LADY  MARS'  BELLASISE,  third  daur. 
Widdrington,  in  the  Tempest  estates  of  Stella  and  Stanley,  in  the  county  ot  Durham,  of  Thomas  fourth  viscount,  &  Hrst 
in  1774 ;  married  July  23,  1776;  and  died  without  issue,  at  Nice,  26  March,  1792.  earl  of  Fauconberg. 

(For  remainder  of  this  Generatijn,  see  next  page. ) 


*  The  datei  marked  thus  (»)  are  from  the  Widdrington  Registers. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. VERNON  PEDIGREE. 


239 


2. 


Issue  of  Charles  Townley,  esq. 

and 

I 


Issue  of  John  Townley  Standish,  esq. 
and  Barbara  Dicconson. 
I 


EDWARD  TOWNLEY  inherlted=ANNE,  daur.  of   PEREGRINE  EDWARD  TOWNLEY,-T-CHARI.OTTE  DRUMMOND,  daur.  of  the  hon. 


Robt.  Drummond,  of  Cadlands,  in  Hamp- 
shire ;  a  banker  at  Charing  Cross,  London  ; 
and  sixth  son  of  Wm  Drummond,  third 
viscount  Strathallen,  who  engaged  in  the 
Rebellions  of  1715  &  1745,  and  was  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Culloden,  14  April,  1746. 

XXIII. — CHARLES  TOWNLEY,  esq.  eldest  son  &  heir,  joined  his  father  in  a  fine  and  recovery  of  the  titular  lord  Widdrington'a 
estates,  of  which,  at  his  said  father's  death,  he  will  be  proprietor  in  fee. 


Stella  &  Stanley,  under  lord    Thomas  Eccle-    of  Townley,  in  the  coun.  of  Lan- 
Widdrington's  will,  in   1772,    ston,  in  the  co.    caster,  now  proprietor  for  life  of 

Stella  and  Stanley,  and  the  last 
in  the  remainder  for  them  under 
the  will  of  the  titular  lord  Wid- 
drington,  in  1772. 


took  the  name  of  STANDISH,    of  Lancaster, 
and   died   without   issue,   in 
March,  1807. 


PEDIGREE  OF  BEVEL,  WARREN,  AND  VERNON,  LORDS  OF  WIDDRINGTON. 

[Compiled  from  "  Memoirs  of  the  antient  earls  of  Warren  and  Surrey,  and  their  descendants  to  the  present  time,  by  the 
Rev.  John  Watson,  M.A.,  F.A.S.,  &C.  Warrington,  1782,"  2  vols.  4to. ;  also  from  communications  from  the  Herald's  College, 
and  other  authentic  sources.] 

ARMS  : — Revel,  argent  within  a  bordure  sable,  on  a  chevron  gules  3  cross  crosslets  of  the  field.  Warren,  first  and  fourth 
chequy  or,  and  azure  on  a  canton  gules,  a  lion  rampant,  azure.  Vernon,  quarterly  first  and  fourth,  azure  2  bars  argent ; 
second,  argent  a  fret  sable ;  third,  on  a  fess  azure  3  garbs  of  the  field. 


[  —  THOMAS   REVEL,  esq.,  of= 
?itcham,  in  Surrey;  in  1740,* 
he  was  a  member  of  the  house 
>f  commons,  &  filled  a  situation 
n  the  victualling  office.      He 
mrchased  WIddrington  about 
the  year  1750. 

-    H  EDW.  WARREN,  of3 
Poynton,  in  Cheshire, 
esq.,  lord  of  the  ma- 
nor   and    barony    of 
Stockport,  was  lineal- 
ly descended  from  Wm, 
second  earl  of  Warren 
and   Surrey,  and  son 
William  the  Conqueror, 
riff  of  Cheshire  in  1731  ; 
i  buried  on  the  9th  of  the 
the  church  of  Stockport. 

=ELIZABETH,  daur.  of    T  HEN.  VERNON,  of* 
George  second  earl  of    Sudbury,  in  the  co. 
Cholmondeley  ;  mar-    of  Derby,  esq,,   de- 
ried  Jan.  23,   1731  ;    scended  from  Rich, 
and  was  buried    in    de  Vernon,  lord  of 
Stockport  church,      Vernon,  in  Norman  - 
Dec.  22,  1762.               dy,     who    attended 
Wm  the  First  to  the 
conquest  of  England,  and  was  one  of  the 

-ANNE,  only  daur.  and 
heir  of  Thomas  Pigot, 
esq.,  by  Mary  his  wife, 
sister  of  1'eter  VenoMes, 
the  last  baron  of  Kln- 
derton,  who  was  de- 
scended from  sir  Thos. 
Venables,baron  of  Kin- 
derton,  living  in  1505. 

of  Gundred,  fifth  daughter  of 
He  served  the  office  of  high-she 
and,  dying  Sept.  7,  1737.  was 
same  month,  in  the  chancel  of 

7  Normans  who  were  created  barons  in  - 
the  county  palatine  of  Chester,  by   Hugh  Lupus,  nephew  of  the 
Conqueror.    This  Henry  was  born  in  April,  1686,  and  was  M.  P. 
for  the  county  of  Stafford  In  the  4th  parliament  of  Great  Britain. 

ill                                                                                                 1                                                     i 

II. — JANET-SIR  GEORGE    HARRIOT       5  JOHN  BOR-TBRIDGET,    1.  MARY,  dau. 


REVEL, 
only  daur. 
and  heir, 
first  wife, 
was  buried 
within  the 
ronmiimi- 
on  rails  of 
Stockport 

church, 

Dec.    26, 

1761. 


WARREN,  WARREN    LASE  WARREN, 

only  son  and  died   un-    of  Stapleford,  in 

heir,  created  married,     the  co.   of  Not- 

a  knt.  of  the  ELIZAB.     tingham,    esq., 

Bath.   May  WARREN    descended  from 

26,    1761  ;  married      Wm  Warren, 
married,  for      Robert         who  died  in 

his  2nd  wife,  Carpen-     1496,   and  was 

FRANCES,da.  ter,  esq.     2d  son  of  Law- 
of   sir    Cecil  rence    Warren, 

Bishopp,  of  ancestor  of  the  Warrens  of 

Parkham,  in  Poynton.    He  was  born  at 

Sussex,  bart.  Elvaston,   and  died  Aug. 
10,  1763. 


of  Thos.  How- 
ard, of  Effing- 
ham  ;  married 
21  June,  1738; 


daur.  of 

Gervaise 

Rossill ; 

married 

2dly,  the     died  in  1740, 
rev and   buried   at 

Graham     Sudbury. 
Chapel,  of 

Orston, 

Notts. 


GEORGE  VE-=2d  wife,  MARY,    ANNA  CA- 
NABLESVER-    daughter  ot  sir 
NON,  born      Thomas  Lee,  of 
Feb.  9, 1708;         Hartwell, 


represented 
Lichfield    in 


Bucks,  bart.  ; 
died  s.  p.   Sep. 


three  parlia-    22,   1742  ;  and 


THERINA 

married 
Richard 

Lockwood, 

esq. 


i  two.  He  took 
-  the  surname 
of  VenaMes  in  addition  to,  and  before 
that  of  Vernon  ;  and  also  the  arms  of 
Venables  to  be  borne  by  him  and  his 
(descendants  in  chief  with  their  own 
arms ;  which  arms  were  granted  and 


ments,  and     was  buried  at  Sudbury. 
.  the   borough 
j  of  Derby  in=r3rd  wife,  MARTHA,  dau.  of 


Simon  Harcourt,  esq  ,  and 
sister  of  Simon  earl  Har- 
court, born  15  July,  1715  ; 
married  10  Ap.  1744 ;  died 
8  Ap.  1794,  and  was  buried 
at  Sudbury. 


exemplified  by  patent,  dated  Sep.  3,  1728,  pursuant  to  the'wlll  of  his  great  uncle  Peter  Venables,  esq.  Geo.  the  Third, 
in  consideration  or  his  antient  and  illustrious  descent,  by  patent,  d  ited  May  12,  1762,  raised  him  to  the  dignity  of  a 
peer  of  Great  Britain,  by  the  style  and  title  of  LORD  VERNON,  BARON  OF  KINDERTON,  in  the  county  of  Chester,  to 
him  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body.  He  died  Aug.  21,  1780,  &  was  bur,  at  Sudbury,  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month. 


III.— ELIZABETH  HARRIET=THOS.  JAMES  BULKE- 
WARREN,  only  daur.  and  LEY,  seventh  viscount 
heir  ;  marr.  Ap.  26,  1777 ;  Bulkeley  ;  created  a 
left  £500  to  the  poor  of  the  peer  of  Great  Britain 
parish  of  Wood  horn;  and  14  May,  1784;  died 
died  s.  p.  in  1826,  when  s.  p.  in  1822.  This 
the  estate  of  Widdringtou  antient  family  derive 
passed  to  Frances  Maria  their  descent  from  Ro- 
Warren,  daur.  of  sir  John  bert  Bulkeley,  who 
Borlase  Warren,  bart.  was  lord  of  the  ma- 

nor of   Bulkeley,   in 
Cheshire,  In  the  time  of  king  John. 


1.  JOHN  BORLASE  WARREN,S 
of  Stapleford,  in  Notting- 
hamshire ;  created  .1  baro- 
net May  20,  1775  ;  filled  the 
distinguished  office  of  am- 
bassador extraordinary  and 
plenipotentiary  to  the  court 
of  Russia  ;  was  also  a  vice- 
admiral  of  the  blue ;  knight 
grand  cross  of  the  Bath  ;  & 
one  of  his  Majesty's  most 
honourable  privy  council. 


'CAROLINE,  young- 
est daughter  of  sir 
John  Clavering, 
K.B.,  by  lady  Di- 
ana West,  daur.  of 
John  earl  of  Dela- 
ware. 


2.  ARNOLD,  born  27 
June,  1757 ;  died  in 
Aug.  1829. 

3.  FRANCES,  only 
daur.,  born  17  Nov. 
1755;  married  Au- 
gustus Perky  ns,  esq. 
nephew  of  sir  Thos. 
Perkyns,  bart. 


(For  remainder  c\f  this  Generation,        f 
tec  over  at  T{2.  &  ffS.^  S 

Sr     Sr  2s. 


*  In  this  year,  he  complained  of  a  breach  of  privilege  in  the  house  of  commons,  committed  against  himself. — (Jour.  H  C.  tx&i.  09&,&c.J  In 
1741,  M  member  of  that  house  for  Dover,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  sixteen  barons  of  the  Cinque  Ports. 


240 


MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  sir  John  Borlase  Warren,  bart.  and  Caroline  Clavering. 


1.  GEORGE  VENABLES  VERNON, 
succeeded  his  father  as  2nd  lord 


Vernon,  baron  of  Kinderton;    Charles  Sedley,  of 
born  in  the  parish  of  St  James,    Nuttall     Temple, 


Westmin.,  9  May,  1735  ;  marr. 
firstly,  LOUISA  BARBARA,  daur. 


Issue  of  George  Venables  Vernon 
and  Mary  Howard. 


Issue  of  George  Venables  Vernon 
and  Martha  Harcourt. 

r — : 1  i  i  i  i — i 

1.  ELIZ.  REBECCAT=6.  HENRY  VENABLES  VERNON,T2.  ALICE  LUCY,    7.  WILLIAM  VENABLES 


ANNE,  dau.  of  sir 


Notts,  bt.;  marr. 
14  Feb.  1779:  died 


rsy,  ,          .  . 

Be  sole  heir  of  Bussy,  lord  Man-  16  July,  1793,  and 
sell,  which  Louisa  Barbara  was  bur.  at  Nuttall. 
born  Feb.  2,  1733  ;  married  at 
Saint  George's,  Hanover  Square,  London,  16  July, 
1757  ;  had  issue—  (1.)  George  Venablei  fernon,  born 
Nov.  19,  1761,  died  an  infant,  and  was  buried  at 
Newtek,  in  Sussex  ;  (<J.)  Louisa,  born  in  the  parish 
of  St  George,  Hanover  Square,  18  June,  1765,  and 
died  in  1786,  unmarried;  (3  &  4.)  Charlotte  &  Anne, 
both  died  young.  Their  mother  died  in  1786  ;  and 
their  father,  the  lord  Vernon,  married  secondly, 
GEORGIAN  A,  dau.  of  Wm  Fauquier,  esq.,  by  whom 

he  had  issue—  Georgiana,  born  9  Jan.  1788  ;  married  Sept.  19,  1809,  to 
Edward  Harbord,  third  baron  of  Suffield  ;  and  died  (leaving  issue  two  sons 
and  one  daur.)  Sep.  23,  1823.  His  lordship  died  June  18,  1813. 

2,  8,  and  4.  HENRY,  HOWARD,  and  MARY  ;  all  three  died  young. 

5.  MARY,  born  Dec.  19,  1739  ;  married  at  Sudbury,  Jan.  5,  1763,  to  George 
Adams,  of  Orgrave,  in  Staffordshire,  esq.,  who,  by  royal  licence,  dated  30 
April,  1773,  took  the  surname  and  arms  of  Anson,  and  was  father  to  Thomas 
Anson,  who  was  created  viscount  Anson,  and  baron  of  Toberton,  17  Feb. 
1806.A  _ 


third  lord  Vernon,  was  born  in 
the  parish  of  St  George,  Hano- 
ver Square,  London,  April  18, 
1747.  By  royal  licence,  dated 
19  March,  1779,  he  and  his  is- 


the  name,  arms,  and  crest  of 
Sedley  only.  He  succeeded,  on 
the  death  of  his  half-brother, 
in  1813,  as  lord  Vernon,  baron 
of  Kinderton  ;  but  his  lordship 
relinquished  the  name,  arms, 
and  crest  of  Sedley,  and  died  at 
Kirkby,  in  Notts,  27  March, 
1829,  and  was  buried  at  Sud- 
bury. 


dau.  ot  sir  John    VERNON  died  young,  & 
Whitford,    bt.  ;    was  bur.  at  Sudbury. 
marr.  29  Nov.        8.  EDW.    VENABLES 
1795.  VERNON,  L.L.D.,  lord 

archbishop  of  York, 
primate  of  England,  lord  high  almoner 
to  the  king,  and  one  of  his  Majesty's 
most  honourable  privy  council ;  born  at 
Sudbury,  10  Oct.  1757;  married,  5  Feb. 
1784,  Anne  Leveson  Gower,  3rd  dau.  of 
Granville,  marquis  of  Stafford,  K.G.  ; 
by  •whom  his  grace  has  issue,  besides  se- 
veral other  children — George  Granville, 
M.t».  for  Lichfleld  ;  Leveson  Venables,  in 
holy  orders,  formerly  rector  of  Roth- 
bury,  in  this  county,  and  now  rector  of 
Stokesley,  in  Yorkshire  ;  and  Charles,  al- 
so in  holy  orders,  and  now'  rector  of 
Rothbury. 

9.  ELIZABETH,  born  21  Jan.    1746; 
married  16  Sep.  1765,  to  George  Simon, 
second  earl  and  viscount  Harcourt. 

10.  CATHARINE,  born  81  Aug.  1749; 
died  unmarried,  8  June,  1775 ;  and  was 
buried  at  Sudbury. 

11.  MARTHA,  born  25  Dec.  1751. 

12.  ANNE,  born  2  March,  1754. 


IV.— FRANCES  MARIA  WARREN,S 
only  surviving  child  &  heir  of  her 
father;  married  Aug.  25,  1802. 
Lady  Vernon  had  a  brother  GEO. 
JOHN,  who  was  killed  in  Egypt 
in  1802,  also  a  brother  JOHN,  and 
a  sister  DIANA,  both  of  whom 
died  young. 


:1.  GEORGE  CHARLES  VENABLES  VERNON,  heretofore  G.  C.    6.  HENRY  VENABLES  VERNON,  a 
Sedley,  of  Sudbury  Hall,  in  thecoun.  Derby;  born  Dec.  4,    lieut.  and  captain  in  the  grena- 


1779 ;  and  now  lord  Vernon,  baron  of  Kinderton. 

2.  CATHARINE  living,  and  unmarried  in  1830. 

3.  HENRIETTA  died  about  the  year  1785. 

4.  LOUISA  HENRIETTA  married  in  Nov.   1816,  the  rev. 
B.  Boothby,  rector  of  Kirkby,  coun.  Notts,  son  of  sir  Wm 
Boothby,  of  Ashburne  Hall,  Derbyshire. 

5.  CHARLES  died  2  May,  1805. 


dier  regt.  of  foot  guards ;  marr. 
Aug.  15, 1812,  to  ELIZA  GRACE, 
daur.  of  Edw.  Cooke,  of  Long- 
ford Cooke,  Derbyshire,  esq./K 

7.  JOHN  VENABLES  VERNON', 
rector  of  Kirkby,  Notts. 


in  Derbyshire;  born  22  June,   1802,  and  baptized  at  Staple- 
ford  ;  married  by  special  licence,  Oct.  80,  1824,  at  Hebburn 


V.— GEORGE  JOHN  VENABLES  VERNON,  esq.  of  Sudbury  Hall,-r-l.  ISABELLA  CAROLINE,  eldest  daughter  of  Cuthbert  Ellison,  of 

'  of  Hebburn  Hall,  in  coun.  Durham,  esq.,  M.P.  for  Newcastle, 
by  Isabella  Grace,  daur.  of  Henry  Ibbetson,  of  St  Anthony's, 
in  this  county,  esq.  Born  15  May,  1805. — (See  Ellison  Fed., 
in  Surteet'  Dur,  ii.  78. ) 

1 

AUGUSTUS  HENRY,  born  in  Rome,  1  Feb.  1829,  and 
baptized  there. 


Hall. 


VI. — CAROLINE  MARIA,  born  in  London,  2  January,  1826 ;  baptized 
at  Brighton. 


"  Young  lord,  thy  grandsire  had  a  friend, 

"  In  days  of  youthful  fame  ; 
"  Yon  distant  hills  were  his  domains, 

"  Sir  Bertram  was  his  name. 
"  Young  Bertram  loved  a  beauteous  maid, 

"  As  fair  as  fair  might  be ; 


"  The  dew-drop  on  her  lily's  cheek 

"  Was  not  so  fair  as  she. 
"  FAIR  WIDDRINGTOX  the  maiden's  name, 

"  Yon  tower*  her  dwelling  place ; 
"  Her  Sire  an  old  Northumbrian  chief, 

"  Devoted  to  thy  race." 

fHermit  of  Warkworth.) 


WIDDRINGTON,  in  the  most  antierit  writings  known  to  be  extant  respecting 
it,  is  written  Wd-ring-tun>  Wod-ring-ton,  and  Wode-ring-ton ;  which,  from  its 
being  ringed  or  surrounded  by  a  wood,  might  be  descriptive  of  its  situation. 
The  village  of  this  name  consists  of  two  farm  houses,  about  thirty  cottages, 
the  chapel  already  described,  a  presbyterian  meeting  house,  a  school  house, 
tavern,  and  a  modern  castle,  and  stands  on  a  high  and  fertile  knoll,  which  has 


WOODHORN  PARISH.-— W1DDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. VILLAGE  AND  CASTLE.    241 

still  remaining  around  it  patches  of  natural  oak  woods,  or  traces  of  old  ones, 
and  commands  an  extensive  prospect  in  every  direction.  The  part  of  the 
village,  which  was  built  out  of  the  materials  of  the  old  castle,  has  a  mock 
gateway,  is  crowded,  and  too  much  in  the  style  of  a  manufacturing  place : 
it  is  inhabited  chiefly  by  artificers,  and  the  pitmen  of  the  neighbouring  colliery. 
Lady  Bulkeley  gave  £15  annually  to  the  school,  which  sum  is  still  continued 
to  it  by  the  present  noble  proprietor  of  the  estate.  I  have  seen  no  account 
when  the  congregation  of  presbyterians  in  connexion  with  the  church  of  Scot- 
land belonging  to  this  place,  was  first  established.  John  Horsley,  the  able 
and  amiable  author  of  the  Britannia  Romana,  resided  here,  probably  as  pastor 
of  a  congregation,  before  he  commenced  his  ministry  at  Morpeth.  The  pre- 
sent meeting -hoiLse,  and  its  neat  manse,  were  built  in  1765,  upon  a  lease 
obtained  from  sir  George  Warren  ;  and  the  meeting-house  itself  was  repaired 
and  enlarged,  by  subscription,  so  as  to  be  capable  of  holding  400  persons,  in 
1829.  Its  present  minister,  the  rev.  George  Boag,  was  elected  by  the  con- 
gregation, in  1828.p 

WIDDRINGTON  CASTLE. — The  oldest  view  that  I  have  seen  of  this  antient, 
and  now  obliterated  edifice,  is  that  by  S.  and  N.  Buck,  in  1728 ;  and  the  oval 
view  of  it  engraved  by  Bazire,  and  given  in  Watson's  History  of  the  Earls  of 
Warren  and  their  descendants,  is  a  copy  from  the  same  plate,  with  this 

difference,  that  the  arms  of  William  the  lord  Widdrington,  over  the 

front  door,  are  supplied  with  the  cheeky  shield  of  the  Warrens.  The  licence 
to  kernellate  it  was  granted  to  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  grandson  of  Adam  de 
Swinburne,  by  Edward  the  Third,  in  1341.  In  the  list  of  castles,  supposed 
from  internal  evidence  to  have  been  made  out  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign 
of  Henry  the  Sixth,*1  John  de  Widdrington,  chevalier,  is  returned  as  proprie- 

p  ROBT.  REED,  who  resided  at  Widdrington,  but  whose  chief  employment  was  in  travelling  through 
the  adjoining  country  in  the  capacity  of  a  pedlar  and  a  bee-master,  is  still  well  remembered  in 
all  the  farm-houses  in  the  neighbourhood,  as  an  ingenious  and  useful  man,  and  "  a  good  honest 
crack."  He  obtained  a  prize  from  the  Society  of  Arts  and  Commerce,  for  the  management  of  bees. 
Part  of  his  stock  of  bees,  which  was  at  times  very  large,  was  kept  at  Widdrington,  the  rest  dis- 
persed among  the  farmers  and  cottagers  in  the  vicinity ;  and  his  advice  about  the  management  of 
apiaries  was  constantly  solicited  and  freely  given  through  the  circuit  in  which  he  travelled.  He 
frequently  exhibited  in  the  markets  at  AInwick,  Morpeth,  and  other  places,  a  swarm  of  bees  hang- 
ing from  his  hand.  He  died  March  28,  1821. — (Newc.  Courant.) 

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tor  of  the  castles  of  Swinburne  and  of  Haughton,  in  Tindale,  besides  "  the 
tower  of  Wodrynton,"  but  the  word  turris,  or  tower,  in  the  last  entry,  has 
castrum  or  castle  written  opposite  to  it,  in  an  old  hand,  in  the  margin  of  Mr 
Surtees's  copy,  though  no  such  correction  or  explanation  is  given  in  the  copy 
among  the  Harleian  manuscripts/  The  fine  tower  to  the  left  of  the  entrance 
was  probably  the  part  which  rose,  under  authority  of  licence  from  Edward 
the  Third.  Its  battlements  were  built  on  corbules,  and  it  had  round  project- 
ing turrets  at  each  corner,  and  ornamented  finials  between  each  notch  of  its 
parapet  walls.  These  finials  and  the  bay  window  on  the  ground  floor  were 
unquestionably  more  modern  than  the  tower  itself,  which  was  one  of  the 
richest  and  handsomest  specimens  of  the  early  architecture  of  feudal  times,  in 
the  north  of  England.  The  other  parts  of  the  structure  were  additions  of 
different  dates  :  that  farthest  to  the  right  being  the  most  modern,  and  probably 
added  by  the  last  lord  Widdrington.  The  inscription  in  the  front  of  the  left 
wing  was  perhaps  never  copied.  Lords  John  and  Claude  Hamilton,  sons 
of  the  marquess  of  Hamilton,  for  the  parts  they  took  in  the  deaths  of  the 
regents  Murray  and  Lenox,  in  1579,  were  obliged  to  fly  into  England  ;  and, 
in  1584,  resided  at  Widdrington,  where  they  were  in  that  year  visited  by 
the  Scottish  lords  who  were  banished  by  James  the  Sixth,  for  keeping  him  so 
Jong  in  thraldom.8  Sir  Robert  Carey,  who  married  Elizabeth  Trevanion, 
the  widow  of  sir  Henry  Widdrington,  occasionally  resided  here.  In  the 
year  in  which  he  retired  from  the  office  of  deputy  warden  of  the  West 
Marches,  he  came  about  the  beginning  of  July  "  to  Witherington,  which 
was  his  wife's  jointure :  there  we  stayed  till  towards  the  next  spring,"  but 
having  no  employment  he  resolved  to  go  again  to  court.  When  he  was  ap- 
pointed warden  of  the  Middle  Marches,  he  tells  us — "  I  was  no  sooner  come 
down  but  I  removed  my  wife,  children,  and  household  to  Alnwick  Abbey." 
In  1598,  he  warned  the  gentlemen  on  the  opposite  side  from  hunting  deer 
and  cutting  wood  within  the  English  borders  without  his  leave  ;  but  finding 
his  admonitions  unattended  to,  he  would  not  suffer  the  affront,  and  when 

1  "  Witherington  Castle,  longinge  to  the  Witheringtons,  stondethe  within  half  a  mile  of  the 
shore,  somewhat  as  touching  againg  Cocket  Iseland.  By  it  runnith  a  litle  broke  on  the  northe 
syde,  and  there  is  a  litle  village  of  the  same  name.  The  broke  renneth  into  the  se  by  itselfe.'* — 
(Lei  It.  vij.fol.  76.; 

1  Ridp.  Bord.  Hist.  660.     See  in  Cott.  MSS.  Cal.  C.  viii.  a  letter  on  this  subject. 


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they  came  again  to  their  sports  and  spoils,  he  sent  his  deputies  with  sufficient 
force  to  punish  them.  "  They  observed,"  says  he,  "  my  command,  only 
they  broke  all  their  carts,  and  took  a  dozen  of  the  principal  gentlemen  that 
were  there,  and  brought  them  to  me  at  Witherington,  where  I  lay.  I  made 
them  welcome,  and  gave  them  the  best  entertainment  I  could.  They  lay  in 
the  castle  two  or  three  days,  and  so  I  sent  them  home,  they  assuring  me 
that  they  would  never  hunt  there  again  without  leave,  which  they  did  truly 
perform  all  the  time  I  stayed  there  ;  and  I  many  times  met  them  myself,  and 
hunted  with  them  two  or  three  days,  and  so  we  continued  good  friends  ever 
after."  He  had  promised  James  the  Sixth  of  Scotland  to  be  the  bearer  to  him 
of  the  news  of  queen  Elizabeth's  death  ;  and  between  nine  and  ten  o'clock  on 
Thursday,  March  24,  1603,  which  was  the  day  of  her  departure,  he  set  off 
from  London,  and  reached  Doncaster  that  night.  "  The  Friday  night  I  came 
to  my  own  house  at  Witherington,  and  presently  took  order  with  my  depu- 
ties to  see  the  borders  kept  in  quiet,  which  they  had  much  to  do  ;  and  gave 
order  the  next  morning,  the  king  of  Scotland  should  be  proclaimed  king  of 
England,  and  at  Morpeth  and  Alnwick.  Very  early  on  Saturday  I  took 
horse,  for  Edinburgh,  and  came  to  Norham  about  twelve  at  noon,  so  that  I 
might  well  have  been  with  the  king  at  supper  time  ;  but  I  got  a  great  fall  by 
the  way,  and  my  horse,  with  one  of  his  heels,  gave  me  a  great  blow  on  the 
head,  that  made  me  shed  much  blood.  It  made  me  so  weak  that  I  was  forced 
to  ride  a  soft  pace  after,  so  that  the  king  was  newly  gone  to  bed  by  the  time 
that  I  knocked  at  the  gate"  of  Holyrood  house,  on  Saturday,  March  26,  1603. 
"  I  was  quickly  let  in,  and  carried  up  to  the  king's  chamber.  I  kneeled  by 
him,  and  saluted  him  by  his  title  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  and  Ireland. 
He  gave  me  his  hand  to  kiss,  and  bad  me  welcome."  "  The  True  Narration 
of  the  Entertainment  of  his  Royal  Majestic  from  the  time  of  his  departure  from 
Edinburgh  till  his  arriving  at  London,"  printed  in  London  in  1603,  gives  the 
following  account  of  king  James's  reception  in  England,  and  entertainment  at 
Widdrington  : — "  As  his  excellence  left  Barwicke  on  April  8,  and  entered  the 
realme  of  England,  he  was  received  by  sir  Nicholas  Forester,  high  sheireffe  of 
Northumberland,  who,  besides  his  own  servants  and  followers,  was  accompa- 
nied with  a  number  of  gallant  gentlemen  of  the  shyre,  who,  riding  before  his 
majestic,  led  the  way  towards  Witherington,  where  his  majestic  intended  to 
rest  that  night.  By  the  way,  of  his  kindly  goodnesse  arid  royal  inclination  to 
the  honor  of  armes,  and  reverence  of  vertuous  age,  he  vouchsafed  to  visit  that 


€44  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 

worthy,  honourable  souldier,  sir  William  Read,1  who,  being  blind  with  age, 
was  so  comforted  with  the  presence  and  gracious  speeches  of  the  king,  that 
his  spirit  seemed  so  powerful  within  him,  as  he  boasted  himselfe  to  feel  the 
warmth  of  youth  stir  in  his  frost-nipt  bloud.     The  way  his  majestic  had  to 
ride  being  long,  enforced  him  to  stay  with  this  good  knight  the  lesse  while  ; 
but  that  little  time  was  so  comfortable,  that  his  friends  hope  it  will  be  a  meane 
to  cherish  the  old  knight  all  his  life  long.     Not  to  be  writing  this  longer  than 
his  highness  was  in  riding  the  journey,  he  departed  thence  upon  the  spurre, 
scarce  any  of  his  traine  being  able  to  keepe  him  company  ;  for  being  neare 
37  miles,  he  road  it  all  in  lesse  than  foure  houres.     And  by  the  way,  for  a 
note,  the  miles,  according  to  the  northern  phrase,  are  a  wey  bit  longer  than 
they  be  here  in  the  south.  Well,  as  long  as  the  miles  were,  his  majestic  made 
short  worke,  and  attained  Witherington,  where  by  the  master  of  the  place, 
sir  Robert  Carey,  and  his  right  vertuous  lady,  he  was  received  with  all  duty 
and  affection  :  the  house  being  plentifully  furnished  for  his  entertainment. 
Besides,  for  scituation  and  pleasure,  it  standes  very  delightful.     His  majestic 
having  a  little  while  reposed  himselfe  after  his  great  journey,  found  new  occa- 
sion to  travel  further ;  for  as  he  was  delighting  himselfe  with  the  pleasure  of 
the  parke,  he  suddenly  beheld  a  number  of  deere  neare  the  place.    The  game 
being  so  faire  before  him  he  could  not  forbear,  but  according  to  his  wonted 
manner  forth  he  went  and  slew  two  of  them,  which  done,  he  returned  with  a 
good  appetite  to  the  house,  where  he  was  most  royally  feasted  and  banketted 
that  night.""      "  On  Saturday,   the  ninth  of  April,  his  majestic  prepared 
towards  Newcastle  ;  but  before  his  departure  he  knighted  Mr  Henry  Widher- 
ington,  Mr  William  Fenwick,  and  Mr  Edward  George  ;  after  which,  taking 
his  leave  with  royal  courtesie  he  set  forwards  towards  Newcastle,  being  16 
miles  from  Witherington. "v     After  the  attainder  of  lord  Widdrington,   the 
whole  building  was  much  neglected,  and  fell  fast  into  decay.     The  creditors 
of  the  York  Buildings  Company,  in  their  petition  to  the  house  of  commons 
for  the  sale  and  legal  conveyance  of  the  Widdrington  estates,  represented  that 
the  first  article  in  the  printed  particular  by  which  the  Company  purchased  it, 
in  1720,  was  comprized  in  these  words,  viz.  :  "  a  large  house  arid  gardens  in 

1  He  resided  at  Fenham,  in  North  Durham.     See  account  of  him  and  his  pedigree  in  Raine's 
North  Durham,  p.  175. 

u  Nichol's  Progresses  of  James  the  First,  vol.  i.  p.  67,  68.  v  Id. 


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good  order  and  repair,  with  convenient  out-houses,  a  large  park  well  stocked, 
with  demesnes  thereto,  valued  at  about  £500  per  annum" — "  yet  the  premises 
comprized  in  that  article  were  actually  at  that  time  let  at  no  more  than  £250 
per  annum,  and  subject  to  allowances  thereout  to  the  tenant,  for  taxes  and 
repairs,  which  by  the  then  receiver's  accounts,  amounted  to  £82  10s.,"  "  for 
which,  and  several  other  overcharges  and  allowances,  the  company  had  craved 
an  abatement  out  of  the  purchase  money."  The  petitioners  also  further 
stated  "  that  the  house  mentioned  in  the  first  article  of  the  said  printed  rental 
is  a  large  antient  building,  which,  at  the  time"  the  company  purchased  it, 
"  was,  and  still  is  in  a  very  ruinous  condition,  and  in  danger  of  falling,  and 
uninhabitable,  save  only  a  small  part  for  the  use  of  the  steward  to  the  estate  : 
and  the  park  and  the  demesnes  mentioned  in  the  same  article  are  let  to  sun- 
dry tenants  at  the  utmost  improved  rents  :  and,  though  £1,254  has  been  laid 
out  in  repairs  and  improvements,  and  building  tenants'  houses,  yet  the  premises 
comprized  in  the  said  first  article  of  the  printed  rental,  and  thereby  estimated 
at  £500,  have  never  produced  more  than  £250."w  Sir  George  Warren  pulled 
the  whole  fabric  down  before  he  had  fixed  upon  a  design  for  rebuilding  it ;  and 
when  he  requested  a  friend  to  supply  him  with  a  plan  and  elevations  for  restor- 
ing it,  Buck's  view  of  the  edifice  he  had  razed  was  presented  to  him  as  the  best 
model  he  could  have  for  the  purpose.  The  first  house  erected  by  sir  George, 
instead  of  the  old  one,  was  set  on  fire  when  it  was  nearly  finished,  and  totally 
burnt  down.  Watson,  in  his  history  of  the  house  of  Warren,  gives  "  the  east 
view  of  Widdrington  castle,"  (engraved  from  Buck,  by  Bazire,  in  1785,)  "  in 
the  state  it  was  in  before  the  late  accidents  that  happened  to  it  by  fire."1 
Hutchinson,  who  took  his  "  View  of  Northumberland"  in  1776,  and  pub- 
lished it  in  1778,  says,  "  since  the  author's  tour  this  fine  mansion  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  said  to  be  occasioned  by  the  negligence  of  workmen."  The 
builder  of  the  present  edifice,  and  of  the  new  part  of  the  village,  was  one  Thos. 
Sewell,  of  Alnwick,  probably  a  self-taught  architect,  and  therefore  pardonable 
for  the  badness  of  his  style.  Its  situation  is  good,  and  a  little  to  the  south- 
east of  that  of  the  old  one.  It  is  octangular,  and  has  Venetian  windows 
below,  and  quaterfoil  openings  for  light  to  the  upper  rooms.  Sir  George  and 
lady  Warren  frequently  resided  in  it.  After  their  time  it  had  different  tenants : 
the  last  of  whom  was  Charles  John  Clavering,  esq.,  now  of  Axwell  Park,  who 

w  Jour.  H.  C.  xxir.  799,  800,  82 1.  x  II.  162. 

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left  it  in  1802,  since  which  time  it  has  been  uninhabited,  and  verging  to  decay. 
The  Park  of  Widdrington  consisted  of  about  600  acres,  and  was  situated  to 
the  south  of  the  castle,  about  the  Parkhead  and  Houndenlee,  the  grounds 
of  which  last  place  marched  upon  the  monastic  lands  of  Forum.  It  has  been 
shown  that  this  park  was  well  replenished  with  deer,  when  Widdrington  was 
honoured  with  a  royal  visit,  in  1603,  by  James  the  First ;  and  sir  Thomas 
Swinburne,  amongst  the  "  extraordinary  charges  expended  for  the  first  year 
of  his  sheriffwick,  an0.  1628,**  has  £1  5s.  paid  to  "  my  lord  of  Monmouth, 
for  two  bucks  from  Widdrington  Park."y 

CHIBBURN  has  its  name  from  a  small  burn2  that  runs  through  its  grounds. 
It  consists  of  two  farms,  called  High  and  Low  Chibburn,  and  lies  between  the 
lands  of  Widdrington  and  Driridge.  Low  Chibburn  was  frequently  the  resi- 
dence of  the  dowager  ladies  or  a  junior  branch  of  the  Widdringtons.  Robert 
Widdrington,  of  Monkwearmouth,  by  will,  29  Aug.  40  Elizabeth,  left  to  his 
son  John,  all  his  lands  at  Chibburn,  held  by  him,  I  suppose,  under  lease  ;  for, 
in  1568,  Chibburn  is  enumerated  among  the  estates  of  sir  John  de  Widdring- 
ton, whose  widow  the  lady  Agnes,  in  1582,  left  all  her  spits  at  this  place  and 
Plessy  to  her  son  Robert's  son  John.  The  old  mansion-house  of  Lvw 
Chibburn  has  been  defended  by  a  moat  and  barmkin.  It  is  a  massive  old- 
fashioned  stone-building,  with  a  chimney  like  a  huge  buttress  projecting  from 
its  south  gable.  I  see  no  ground  to  believe  that  the  building  now  occupied 
as  a  barn  here  was  ever  a  chapel  belonging  to  the  established  church,  either 
in  papal  times  or  since  the  Reformation,  as  some  have  supposed. 

DRIRIDGE  was  antiently  and  uniformly  written  Dririgge ;  but  has  now  for 
a  long  time  been  corruptly  called  Druridge ;  even  as  far  back  as  1381  it 
occurs  as  "  Drurige"*  Alan  of  Dririg  was  the  recreant  champion  of  William 
Tascha,  in  his  contest  with  Bertram  de  Widdrington  for  the  Widdrington 
estate,  in  the  baronial  court  of  Walter  Fitz- William  at  Whalton,  in  the  time 
of  king  Stephen.15  A  chantry  in  Widdrington  chapel  had  lands  in  this  hamlet, 

y  See  III.  i.  360. 

1  It  is  a  mere  syke.  A  larger,  but  slow  and  winding  brook  of  the  same  name,  divides  the  grounds 
of  Widdrington  from  those  of  Chevington,  and  is  thus  noticed  by  Harrison,  in  1577  : — "  There  is 
a  little  fall  between  Hawkeslaw  and  Drurith,  which  riseth  about  Stokeswood,  goeth  by  East  Chev- 
ington and  Widdrington  Castle,  and  afterward  into  the  ocean." — (Description  of  Britain,  p.  89. ) 
Cheeseburne  Grange,  in  this  county,  is  in  some  documents  called  both  Chibburn  and  Chilburn, 
which  last  spelling  is  probably  the  most  antient,  and  the  right  one. 

•  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5.  b  Wid.  Misc.  No.  1. 


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which  consists  principally  of  two  farm  houses,  and  stands  on  a  ridge  slightly 
elevated  above  the  flat  lands  of  Chibburn  on  one  side,  and  the  sea-shore  on 
the  other.  It  is  chiefly  remarkable  for  giving  name  to  Druridge  Say,  which 
is  a  fine  sweeping  crescent,  four  miles  in  extent,  and  hemmed  with  very  firm 
and  beautiful  sands.  Ships  can  unload  and  take  in  cargoes  here  very  conve- 
niently in  fine  weather  ;  and  limestone  was  brought  in  considerable  quantities 
from  the  Durham  coast,  to  be  burnt  in  the  kilns  on  the  links  at  Druridge, 
while  the  high  price  of  corn  tempted  the  farmers  in  this  neighbourhood  to 
force  their  grounds  with  that  often  useful,  but  as  often  most  impoverishing 
stimulant. 

LINTON  has  its  name  from  being  situated  upon  the  river  Line,  which,  after 
it  passes  out  of  the  banks  of  the  Ulgham  grounds  into  this  township,  begins  to 
run  in  a  flat  and  sedgy  channel ;  is  employed  in  turning  a  water  corn  mill ; 
and  has  three  farm-houses,  and  a  few  cottages  for  hinds,  scattered  upon  its 
sinuous  margin.  Formerly,  the  Line,  from  this  place  to  the  sea,  had  plenty 
of  trout  in  it.  This,  in  1240,  was  one  of  the  manors  of  the  Balliol  barony, 
of  which  Ada  de  Balliol,  widow  of  John  Fitz-Robert,  then  held  it  by  free 
marriage.  John  Fitz-Robert  was  lord  of  Warkworth,  a  descendant  of  the 
Vescys  and  Tysons,  lords  of  Alnwick,  and  ancestor  of  the  Claverings.  He 
died  in  1240.  His  widow  Ada  granted  a  toft  and  12  acres  of  land  in  Linton 
to  "  Hosbert  of  Sredlam  ;"c  and  his  grandson  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  by  one 
deed,  dated  in  1267  or  1268,  gave  half  the  ville  of  Linton  to  John  de  Wid- 
drington,  and  his  heirs,  for  their  homage  and  service  ;  and,  by  another,  the 
whole  manor  of  Linton.d  The  mill  here  is  very  antient ;  for,  in  1307,  as  has 
been  before  remarked,  John  de  Widdrington  granted  two  marks  a  year  out  of 
it  to  a  chaplain,  for  celebrating  divine  service  at  the  altar  of  St  Edmund,  in 
Widdrington  chapel.6  This  estate,  after  the  attainder  of  lord  Widdrington  in 
1716,  passed,  like  the  rest  of  that  nobleman's  Northumberland  estates,  to  the 
York  Buildings  Company,  and  from  them  to  Dr  Askew,  grandfather  of  Adam 
Askew,  esq.,  its  present  proprietor/ 

c  Wid.  Misc.  No.  8.  a  Woodh.  Misc.  Nos.  43  and  44.  «  Wid.  Misc.  No.  3,  a. 
t  John  of  Newbigging,  clerk,  about  the  year  1333,  made  a  grant  of  a  toft  and  ten  acres  of  land 
in  Pendemore,  near  Linton  (Woodh.  Misc.  Sup.  p.  212,  Ab.  26)  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  granted 
to  sir  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  knight,  one  messuage,  two  tofts,  and  twenty  nine  acres  of  land  in 
Newmoor,  near  Linton  (  Wid.  Misc.  JVb.  45) ;  and,  long  prior  to  that  time,  Hugh  de  Balliol  brought 
an  action  of  grand  assize  against  Robert  Bertram  for  two  caracutes  of  land  in  Pentemor. — (Id.  46.) 


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WIDDRINGTON  MISCELLANEA. 

1.  Walt'  fit  Witti  oib;  hofnib;  suis  1  amicis  francis  1 
Anglis  gsentib;  ri  futuris  saltm  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  1 
concessisse  Bertramo  de  Wdringtuna  villa  q  vocatur 
Wdringtuna  et  medium  Burgundie  cu  oib;  ptinentiis 
suis  in  bosco  rt  in  piano  .  in  p'tis  't  in  pascuis  .  in  aquis 
1  molendinis  lifcas  T;  quietas  sibi  1  heredb;    suis   in 
ppetuu  tenendas  a  me  t  hered  meis  sicut  pater  suas 
melius  t  lifcius  eas  una  die  1  una  nocte  tenuit  1  ipse- 
met  hactenas  tenuit  p  servicio  j  mit  faciendo  in  feudo 
1  tleditate  .  Cognitu  etiam  vobis  sit  oib;   qui  has  Iras 
videritis  vel  auderitis  qd  ilia  calumpnia  q'm  Witts  Tasca 
liuit  adv'sus  Bert'm  de  Wdrington  qd  Bert'm  diratio- 
navit  juditio  curie  dni  sui  1  qd  Witts  nequiter  earn 
amisit  eo  qd  die  cepit  in  curia  sumi  dni  Walteri  fit 
Witti  de  nequitia  sua  defendend  t  hoc  se  defecit  .  t 
Alanus  de  Dririg  pare  suu  vade  suu  dedit  ad  pbandu 
illu  de  nequitia  1  ille  suu  dedit  et  diem  cepit  ad  de- 
fendendu  se  iudicio  curie  dni  sui  .  scitt .  duello  t  ad 
dies  constitutes  1  terminal,  nee  venit  nee  $>ta  mandao 
immo  ut  nequa  se  deficit  1  ideo  iudicio  curie  summi 
dni  Walteri  fit  Witti  ut  nequa  ea  amisit  1  Bert'mo  sicut 
recto  heredi  remisit  sicut  pp'a  hereditas  sua  .  Et  qd 
ego  Walterus  fit  Witti  warranto  hoc  judiciu  qd  factum 
fuerit  apd  Weltuna  de  appellatoe  Alani  de  Dririg  et  de 
defectu  Wittmi  Tascha  .  Hoc  sciendu  qd  Hodonellus 
de  Umframvilla  hoc  juditium  fecit  et  testimonio  suo 
appbat  illud  cu  his  t  qui  subsequntur  .  Testibus  Witto 
de  Merlay  .  Widon  Tysun  .  Witto  de  Turbrevilla  . 
Waltero  fit   Stanceli   .    Richo  fre   ejus  .  Ulfchill  de 
Swyneburna  .  David  de  Buivilla  .  Johe  fit  Seman  . 
Wilardo  de  Trophill .  Rogo  fre  eius  .  Richo  fit  Seman  . 
Ilado  de  Sco  Petro  .  Witto  de  Grenevilla  .  Ricfio  Bar- 
tram  .  Umfrido  de  Ogla  .  Giltto  fit  eius  .  Rot5to  de 
Newham  .  Rofcto  de  Unflanwilla  .  Huctredo  fit  Fara- 
man  .  Witto  fit  Alfredi  .  Hug.  fit  Stanfelin  .  Osberto 
Presbiter  de  Weltun  .  Osberto  Presbiter  de  Ortun  . 
Witto  de  Hebra-.   Herberto  Preposito  de  Mitibrd  . 
Alstar  fit  Glessan  .  RoEto  fit  Petri  .  Rofcto  Belmis  . 

Rog  fit  Grunbald ( '  Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  158,  collated 

with  Dodsw.  xl.fol.Ql,  by  W.  C.  T.  of  Wal'n,  esq.) 

2.  Rec  licentiam   dedit  Gerardo   de  Woderyngton 
quod  ipse  dare  possit  7  marcas  reddit.  exeunt,  de  villis 
de  Est  Chyunton,  Wodryngton,  1  Dririg,  in  coin  North- 
umt>  cuidam  captto  in  capello  de  Wodryngton  celebrat. 
necnon  40  solidat  reddit.  exeunt,  de  gdictis  villis  in 
auxilium  sustentacon.  ejusdem  capcllani  p  iras  suas  pa- 
tentes  dat.  10  Sep.  15  Ed.  3 — (Lansd.MS.  326,/.  151,  i.) 


3,  a.  Sciant  omnes  tarn  ps  quam  fut.  quod  ego  Jofte3 
dnus  de  Widrington  dedi  dno  Henrico  de  Thornton 
captto  totam  eandem  terrain  eum  edificiis  Ic.  quam 
dnus  Rogerus  de  Hart  way  ton  capttus  quondam  habuit 
ex  dono  dni  Johannis  de  Wydrington  avi  mei,  et  duas 
marcatas  annui  redditus  in  molendino  meo  de  Lynton 
"tc.  p  autem  hac  donacione  Jdictus  dnus  Henricus  tolo 
tempore  vitse  suse  celebrabit  divina  ad  altare  sti  Ed- 
mundi  in  ecctia  de  Wydrington  vel  alibi  infra  paroehiam 
si  necessitas  fuerit  p  aiabus  omn.  antecessorum  meorum  . 
Test.  Rogero  Maudute  milit.  .  Rogero  de  Cresswell  . 
David  Lascelles  .  Dat.  apud  Widrington  in  festo  Pente- 
costes  anno  dni  1307. — (Id.  fol.  152.) 

3,  b.  Sciant  p1  t  f.  quod  ego  Hugo  Molendarius  dedi, 
He.  dno  Johni  de  Woderington  militi  et  Xtiane  uxor 
ejus  unum  mess,  in  villa  de  Newbiggin,  'Ic.      Test. 
Waltero  filio  Petri,  Johe  Clerico  .  Maugero  .  Roberto 
Thorald  senior  .  Waltero  Pudding,  1c (Id.f.  150,  b.) 

4,  Martinus  papa  cone.  Johni  de  Wyderington  rnilit. 
Dunelm.  dioc.  et  Margaret  uxori  ejus  habere  altare  por- 
tabile  in  locis  ad  hoc  congruentibus  .  anno  pontifical. 
sui  primo.  Id.  Jul. — fid.  fol.  150.) 

5,  a.  CURATES  of  Widdrington. — Nicholas  Hertborne, 
by  will,  28  Nov.  1566,  leaves  his  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  chapel  of  Widdrington,  and  gives  to  sir  Edw.  Trew- 
ett,  curate  there,  "  one  pair  of  hose,  one  worsed  dublet, 
one  bonet,  &  one  strayt  capp  of  satten,"  to  pray  for 
him.— John  Scot,  "  scotus,  curatus,"  occurs  in   1557} 
and,  in  1558,  is  called  John  Scot  alias  Clerk,  and  in  the 
same  way  in  1580.     In  1582  he  was  suspended,  and  in 
1584  succeeded  by  Alexander  Thornton. — In   1585  the 
curacy  was  vacant ;  and,  in  1 604,  filled  by  Joseph  Monk. 
— (Archd.  Visit.  Sooks.J — William  Sanderson,  usher  of 
Morpeth,  was  perpetual  curate  from  the  time  of  the 
severence  of  this  cure  from  the  mother  church  of  Wood- 
horn,  to  the  year  1773,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Henry 
Johnson,  who  was  also  vicar  of  the  two  Bywells,  and 
died  in  1828.— Ralph  Errington,  curate  of  Ulgham,  no- 
minated May  5,  1828,  by  the  honourable  George  Chas. 
Venables  Vernon,  now  lord  Vernon,  and  Frances  Ma- 
ria Warren,  his  wife.     The  author  is  indebted  to  Mr 
Errington  for  several  extracts  from  the  registers  of  this 
place,  and  for  other  obliging  particulars  respecting  the 
chapelry. 

5,  b.  The  REVENUES  of  the  Curacy  arise  partly  from 
the  rent  of  an  estate  purchased  by  queen  Anne's  bounty 
money,  at  West  Snape  Guist,  near  Stanhope ;  and  there 
is  a  rent  charge  of  £2  a  year  out  of  an  estate  called 


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Broad  Meadows,  also  near  Stanhope,  in  Weardale,  pur- 
chased by  archdeacon  Dr  John  Sharpe,  with  £50  given 
by  sir  George  Warren,  to  be  invested  for  the  purpose 
of  applying  its  proceeds  to  the  repairs  of  the  chapel. 

5,  c.  The  REGISTERS  begin  in   1698,  but  seem  to 
have  a  chasm  in  that  of  burial  between  1738  and  1766: 
they  contain  the  following  entries: — "   1?82,  buried 
Thomas  Claverin,  of  Hemscott-hill,  aged  101 ;  1788, 
Oct.  1 5,  baptised  Isabella  Charlotte,  daur.  of  the  rev. 
Lambton  Loraine  and  Isabella  his  wife." 

6.  MINUTES  OF  ARCHDEACONS. — Visited  Sept.  21, 
1723.  Here  I  found  an  old  surplice,  a  quarto  bible,  and 
a  prayer  book,  old  pulpit,  font,  and  communion  table, 
scarce  any  of  them  lit  for  use,  and  two  old  pews.     But 
the  roof  is  tumbling  down,  and  all  the  chapel  in  other 
respects  is  in  a  lamentable  condition. — (Arohd.  Sharp.) 
Visited  July  23,  1764,  and  found  things  in  a  still  worse 
condition  than  when  my  father  visited.     However,  I 
got  the  bishop's  consent  to  an  augmentation ;  and  wrote 
to  Mr  Edward  Ward,  steward  to  sir  Geo.  Warren,  to 
propose  to  sir  George,  that  if  he  would  re-build  the 
chapel,  I  would  endeavour  to  get.  an  endowment  raised 
for  a  resident  minister.     Mr  Ward  promised  to  use  his 
endeavours.     Fifty  shillings  a  year  used  to  be  paid  to 
the  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  said  to  be  in  lieu  of  8  acres  of 
land  lying  in  the  township  of  Linton.   This  was  detain- 
ed from  the  vicar  about  9  years  ago,  on  pretence  that 
the  chapel  of  Widdrington  was  a  demesne  chapel.     Mr 
Watson  happening  in  or  about  1 750,  to  be  in  London, 
related  the  matter  to  Mr  Burrough,  one  of  the  masters 
in  chancery,  who  had  the  writings  of  the  Widdrington 
estate  then  in  his  office,  which  estate  was  then  under 
sale,  and  Dr  Askew  having  purchased  the  township  of 
Linton,  and  other  parts  of  the  said  estate,  it  was  imme- 
diately ordered  that  Mr  Simcoe  should  be  paid  the  ar- 
rears of  9  years,  amounting  to  =£22  ;  and  a  reserve  was 
made  in  the  said  Dr  Askew's  purchase  deeds,  by  a  de- 
cree of  the  lord  chancellor,  to  pay  the  vicar  of  Wood- 
horn  50s.  a  year  for  the  time  to  come. 

June  21,  1826.  The  vicar  of  Woodhorn  receives 
tithes  within  the  limits  of  the  chapelry,  and  the  mer- 
cer's company  are  the  impropriators — their  impropria- 
tion  being  worth  £130  a  year.  There  is  neither  glebe 
nor  parsonage,  and  the  church-yard  has  no  very  clear 
boundary  from  the  lands  of  the  castle.  There  is  one 
chapelwarden  appointed  by  "  the  24,"  and  a  village 
school  unendowed,  but  assisted  by  the  liberality  of  the 
Warren  family.  A  porch  in  the  chapel,  which  is  re- 
PART  II,  VOL.  II.  3 


paired  by  Mr  Askew,  is  in  bad  condition.  I  went  into 
the  Widdrington  vault,  in  which  is  the  dust  of  three 
bodies, — a  male,  a  female,  and  a  child,  in  decayed  cof- 
fins. I  was  told  they  were  lord  and  lady  Widdrington. 
The  curate  produced  registers,  and  offered  to  produce 
living  parties  who  had  been  married  at  the  chapel,  to 
show  that  it  had  the  right  of  solemnizing  marriages  at 
it ;  which  right,  however,  Dr  Sharpe,  as  I  learnt  by  a 
letter  from  the  incumbent,  issued  an  injunction  against, 
but  afterwards  acknowledged  he  had  acted  precipitately 
in  doing  so,  and  requested  that  things  might  go  on  as 
if  no  sueh  injunction  had  been  given.  Mr  Errington, 
the  sub-curate,  informed  me  that  the  incumbent  of  the 
mother  church  made  no  objection  to  its  enjoying  this 
privilege ;  and  it  would  certainly  be  a  great  accommoda- 
tion to  the  inhabitants,  and  is  desirable  on  many  ac- 
counts, that  it  should  do  so (Dr  Singkton.) 

7.  Anno  ab  incarnatione  dni  M.CCxij.  ad  festum  be- 
ati  Martini  facta  est  hec  conventio  inter  dnm  Gerardum 
de  Widerington  et  Hugonem  Flandrensem  holem  siium 
.  scilicet  .  quod  Hugo  Flandrensis  dimisit  dno  suo  Ge- 
raido  de  Widrington  dimidium  tot'tum  suum  &  xxiij 
acras  ter.  sue  et  Matildis  sororis  sue  p  tribus  man-is  ar- 
gent' uscfe  in  16  annos  .  Et  si  dnus  Gerardus  obijt  infra 
pdictum  terminum  gdictus  Hugo  tenebat  gdictam  con- 
vencionem  Galfrido  filio  dicti  Gerardi.—  (Lansd.  MS. 
326,  fol.  151, 1.) 

8.  Ada  de  Bayllol  omnibus  has  litteras  visuris,  &c. 
salutem  .  noveritis  me  viduitate  et  legia  potestate  mea 
dedisse  Hosfito  de  Stredlam  p  homagio  et  servicio  suo 
unum  thoftum  et  12  acras  ter.  cum  pertin.  in  Lintune  . 
Test,  dno  Geraido  de  Woderington  .  Johanne  filio  ejus  . 
dno  Roberto  de  Cresswell .  dno  Sewallo  de  Meyneville  . 
RoEto  de  Rue,  &c.— fid.  fol.  152.) 

8,  b.  Omnibus  Xti  fidelibus  hanc  cartam  visuris  vel 
audituris  Gerardus  de  Wyderington  salutem  .  Noveri- 
tis me  dedisse,  rtc.  Gerardo  filio  meo  p  homagio  *"t  ser- 
vitio  12  acras  terre  cum  ptin.  in  territorio  de  Wydering- 
ton .  Test.  Hugone  de  Morwick  .  Roberto  de  Cress., 
well  .  John  de  Plesseiz  .  Ada  Barat  .  Rogero  de  Bam- 
burg  .  Adam  de  Plesset,  &c, — (Id.  fol.  150,  b.) 

9,  a.  Anno  D'ni  M.CCCC.iv  ad  festum  sci  Matthii 
Johes  dnus  de  Woderington  dimisit  manerium  suum  de 
Lincton,  &c.      Test.  Rogero   de   Seton   .   Rogero  de 
Cressewell .  Galfrido  Dryriggs. — (Id.  f oh  153.) 

9,  b.  Anno  3  Edw.  2.  Ita  convenit  inter  Wittm  dnn> 
de  Gunwarton,  &c.  Test,  dno  Jotie  de  Swynbume 
milit .  dno  Ada  de  Swynburne  milif-  filio  dicti  JoliU  .. 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


dno  Roberto  de  Insula  de  Chipches  milit  .  Rico  filio 
Alani  de  Swynburne.— (Lansd.  MS.  326, /of.  158.) 

9,  c.  The  following  additional  notices  respecting  sir 
Adam  de  Swinburne  are  from  the  Rolls  of  Scotland, 
vtL  i.  pp.  40 — 164  : — In  1297,  he  was  imprisoned  in 
the  castle  of  Berwick,  in  consequence  of  which  there 
were  royal  letters,  dated  at  Portsmouth,  on  May  24,  in 
that  year,  directing  the  constable  of  the  castle  of  Ber- 
wick to  be  guided  by  the  advice  of  Hugh  de  Cressing- 
ham  on  the  propriety  of  setting  him  at  liberty.  On 
Oct.  26,  1309,  the  king  by  letters,  dated  at  York,  com- 
manded John  de  Swinburne,  Adam  de  Swinburne,  and 
Robert  de  Swinburne,  to  repair  to  their  respective 
estates  on  the  borders,  near  Carlisle,  and  there  to  con- 
tinue and  attend  to  the  defence  of  the  Marches.  On 
July  17,  1310,  Adam  de  S.  had  a  protection  on  his  way 
into  Scotland.  He  was  made  a  supervisor  for  raising 
the  militia  of  the  county,  May  2,  131 1  ;  and  again, 
March  23,  1314.  On  Oct.  12,  1315,  the  posse  comita- 
tus  of  Northumberland  was  ordered  to  march  with  Adam 
de  Swinburne,  their  sheriff,  under  Henry  Beaumont, 
the  king's  cousin,  to  punish  certain  aggressions  of  the 
Scotch.  On  Nov.  4,  in  the  same  year,  he  occurs  again 
as  sheriff.  In  May,  1316,  the  king  appointed  him,  and 
Richard,  son  of  Marmaduke,  to  give  safe  conduct  to  cer- 
tain commissioners  of  Robert  de  Bruce  in  their  way 
from  Scotland  to  England  and  back  again.  On  Aug.  20, 
he  was  in  the  commission  for  arraying  the  forces  of 
Northumberland ;  on  the  26th,  to  pardon  and  receive 
into  the  king's  allegiance  such  Englishmen  as  had 
fought  on  the  side  of  Scotland  in  the  late  wars ;  and,  on 
Sept.  3  and  7»  was  again  a  commissioner  of  array  for 
this  county. 

10.  Ego  Henf  de  Graham  fit  dni  Henf  de  Graham 
dedi  Ade  fit  dni  Johis  de  Swyneburn  cu  idonea  sorore 
mea  in  lifcu  maritagiu  capitale  messuag  qd  hui  in  Sy- 
mundburne  in  Tyndale  et  dinicas  culturas  in  ead.  Test, 
dnis  Nicho  de  Graham  fre  meo  .  Johe  de  Sules  .  Pa- 
tricio  de  Graham  .  militib5  .  magro  Rotto  de  Merlay  . 
Witto  de  Erth  .  Johe  de  Statelington  .  Ada  de  Charle- 
ton  .  magro  Jotie  de  Teket  .  Rico  de  Thirlewall  et  at. 
—(Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  46,  b.) 

11.  Sciant  gs  t  fut.  qd  ego  Henticus  de  Graham  dedi, 
&c.   Ade  filio  dni  Johis  de  Swynburne  cu  Idonea  sorore 
mea  in  ITbum  maritagiu  totu  mafiiu  de  Symondburne  p 
oes  suas  rectas  divisas  in  dinicis  redditibus  liBo"?  homa- 
giis  et  servic  molend  natiuis  et  eott  sequa  1  catallis  et 
oibj  aliis  ptin.  £  sine  aliquo  retenemento  .  Hend  gdtis 
Ade t  Idonie  et  hered  suis  de  dno  Nicho  de  Graham  fre 


meo,  ^tc.  Test,  dno  Wmo  de  Sules,  tune  Justic'  Lao* 
donie  .  dnis  Johe  de  Sules  fre  eius  .  Patricio  de  Gra* 
ham  .  Witto  de  Sco  Claro  militibj  .  Magro  Rofito  de 
Merlay  .  t  Wmo  de*Graham  fre  meo  cticis  .  Johe  de 
Statelington  .  Ada  de  Charleton  .  magro  Johe  de  Ware- 
wicke  .  Rico  de  Thirlewall  .  Hug  fit  Hugonis  de  Nun- 
newick  .  Johe  de  ead  et  aliis..— (Id.) 

12.  Ego  Henf  de  Graham  fit  dni  Henf  de  Graham 
concessi  relaxavi  1    qet.  clamaui   imppetuu  Ade   de 
Swyneburne  t  Idonie  sorori  mee  sponse  sue  totu  ma. 
de  Symondburne  .  Quod  ma.  "lc.  fdti  Adam  I  Idonea 
recupaiHmt  p  assisa  noue  disseisine  coram  dno  Waltero  de 
Camhou  et  Waltero  de  Bothebrig  Justic  .  dni  R'  Angt 
assignatis  apud  Werke  in  Tindale  die  Martis  px.  p1  fm 
sci  Luce  Evang.  a°  r.  r.  E.  xix°.     Test.  Hug.  de  Nun- 
newyk    .    Hug.  Russell   de   Symondburne   .    Ric.  de 
Thirlewall  .  Johe  fit  Witti  de  ead  .  Hug  de  Terewithe 
Scheles  .  Nicho  fit  Andree  de  Thorngrafton  .  Rofcto 
fit  Bricij  de  Thirlewale  .  Waldeuo  de  Nunnewyke  et 
aliis.— (Id.) 

13.  Ego  Richus  Syward  dedi  dno  Johi  de  Swyne- 
burne et  Anicie  uxori  sue  oes  ¥ras  suas  in  Espley  wod  et 
Rauenisburne  in  North  Tindale.    Test,  dno  Rofito  de 
Insula  .  Alexo  de  Swynburne  .  Rofcto  de  Bellingham  . 
Nicho  de  Rideley  .  Hugon.  Russell .  Hugon.  de  Walys 
.  Wmo  de  Charleton  .  Witto  de  Birkeland  .  Reginaldo 
de  Wetherington  et  aliis. — ( Id.  fol.  48.) 

14.  Omnibs — Thomas  filius  Thome  ffischeburne  saltm 
— NoQitis  me  dedisse  dno  Johanni  de  Vallibus  militi  t 
heredib5  suis  T;  suis  assignatf  dominium  totius  ville  de 
Magna  Heton  1  tota  terram  meam  qua  hui  in  eadem 
villa  cu  ofnibj  suis  ptin.  1  cu  oiodis  §uiciis  IttSoty  rt  natiu- 
01?  eiusdm  ville  .  ac  etia  centu  solid  reddit'  quos  Willms 
de  Swynburn  michi  debuit  p  ann.  &c.     Dedi  insup  &c. 
turbariam  mea  qua  habui  in  magna  Babington*  &c.  Hys 
testibs  dno  Johne  de  Cambhowe  .  dno  Johne  de  Insula 
de  Wodeburn  .  dno  Johne  de  Halton  militibus  .  WilLmo 
de  Swetehop  .  Adam  de  Yeiteham  .  Rotto  de  Bote- 
land  .  Ricardo  de  Heddon  °t  aliis. — (Copied  by  the  Rev. 
J.  Raine,  from  a  deed  in  the  possession  of  John  Hutton,  of 
Marske,  esq.  Aug.  1,  182?.) 

15.  Edwardus  Sextus  rex,  &c.  INSPEXIMUS  quandem 
inquisitionem  apud  Novum  Castru  super  Tynam  die 
lune  px.  post  octav.  sci  Michis  a°  r.  r.  E.  2,  12°  captam 
in  hsec  verba : — Inquisicb  capt.  apud  Novum  Castrum, 
tc.  12°  Ed.  2.  coram  dno  Rofcto  de  Sapy,  esc.  citra 

*   A  part  of  the  township  of  Great  Bavington  is  still  called  the 
Divot-hill,  i.  e.  the  Turff-hill. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. WIDDRINGTON  CHAPELRY. MISCELLANEA. 


Trentam  p  Anthonium  de  Errington  .  Johem  Gray  . 
Johem  de  Walyngton  .  &c.  Qui  die.  super  sacru  suu 
qd  Adam  de  Swynburne  seit.  fuit  die  q°  obijt  de  mane- 
rijs  et  hamlettis  subscriptis  cu  ptin.  viz.  :  —  De  raanerio 
de  Est  Swynburne  et  tenuit  dcm  manerium  de  dno 
Roolo  de  Swynburne  dno  de  Gunwerton  per  servic  14 
denar.  ad  Wardam  castri  Novi  Castri.  Item  de  mane- 
rio  de  Haulfton  et  Homeshalf  et  tenuit  dcm  maneriu 
de  rege  in  capit.  ut  de  dnio  de  Werke  in  Tindale  per 
servitiu  .  i  .  spuerij.  Item  de  manerio  de  Espley  wode 
et  Lusburne  et  tenuit  de  dno  Johne  de  Comyn  p  ser- 
vitiu homagij  't  unius  denarii  p  ann.  Item  de  maner 
de  Simundburne  et  tenuit  quondam  de  dno  Johne  Gra- 
ham in  lifem  maritagiu  et  cu  advocacoe  ecctie  de  Sy- 
munburne.  Item  qd  de  quarta  parte  ville  de  Colewell 
et  tenuit  de  dno  Rogero  de  Heyrone  p  servitiu  sex  de- 
nar. p  annu.  Et  hec  omia  p*dca  tenementa  jacent  wasta 
quia  destruenter  p  guerr.  Item  die.  qd  Henricus 
filius  dci  Ade  est  ejus  heres  et  est  etatis  22  annoi?  et 
amplius.  —  INSPEXIMUS  etiam  quandem  aliam  inquisi- 
conem  coram  Symone  de  Grymesby  esc.  dci  nuper  dni 
regis  in  hec  verba  :  —  Inquisitio  capt.  apud  Novu  Castru 
super  Tynam  die  veneris  px.  ante  festu  Epiphie  a°  20Q 
Edw.  2.  p  sacrum  Warini  de  Swethopp  Ic.  qui  die.  su- 
per sacfm  suum  qd  Adam  de  Swynburne  tenuit  die  quo 
obyt  ma.  de  Halghton  ut  de  ma.  de  Werke.  Item  te- 
nuit ma.  de  Swynmundburne  cum  tentis  in  Nunwyke 
de  ma.  de  Werke  in  Tindale.  Item  tenuit  ma.  de 
Swynburne  de  Thoma  Swynburne  dno  de  Gunwarton. 
Item  tenuit  tc.  Item  dicunt  quod  Barnaba  filia  dci 
Ade  de  Swinburne  .  Gerardus  de  Woderington  filius 
Christiane  filie  dci  Ade  sororis  ejusdem  Barnabe  .  et 
Wittus  Heron  filius  Elizabethe  filie  dci  Ade  sorons 
ejusdem  Christiane  .  sunt  ppinquiores  heredes  ejusdem 
Ade.  Item  dicunt  qd  dca  Barnaba  fuit  etalis  34  annoT? 
in  fto  sci  Martini  in  hyeme  ultimo  flftt.  Et  Gerardus 
fuit  24  annoi?  in  fto  sci  Michis  pHt.  Et  gdcus  Witius 
fuit  etatis  22  annoi?  in  festo  sci  Andree  apli  ultimo  gftt. 
(Lmsd.  MS.  326,  /o/.  131.  %c.) 


1  Anno  2.  regis  Ed.  2.  Adam  de  Swynburne. 
baro  ob.  &e.  et  Christiana  una  sororum  et 
heredum  dicti  Ade  nupta  fuit  ......  de  Wo- 

derington qui  peperit  Gerardum  de  Wode- 
rington. _ 


16.  Gerardus 
Woderington.  temp 
Ed.  I. 


John  de  Wodering-^Christiana,  daur.     Adam  de  Swinburne  baro 


rington,  temp.  Ed.  ii. 
Gerard  de  Wode- 
rington. 


and  coheire  of  ob.  &c.  Inq.  p.  m.  20  Ed.  2. 
Adam  de  Swin-  Barbara  ux.  Joh'is  Stri- 
buruc.  vclyn  in  Scotia. 

Eliz.  ux.  Heron.nr~~»~ 

Gerard  de  Wid-    Roger  de  Widdrington,3^  Agnes.    William  Heron, 
drington. temp'e  Ed.  3.  | 

John  de  Widdrington,=Marg't.    Barnaba  ux.    John  sonn  of  Adam 


temp.  Hie.  2. 


de  Vaux. 
(Ilarl.  MS.  1554,  fol.  4,  5,  a,  b.) 


17.  Sciant,  &c.   quod   ego  Johes  de  Wodderington 
dedi  Galfrido  de  Wodderington  filio  meo  decem  bovatas 
terre  cum  toftis  et  croftis  t  omnibus  aliis  ptin.  in  villa 
de  Tranewell  1c.  quas  decem  bovatas  terre  &  quos  na- 
tivoshui  hereditarie  post  mortem  dniRogeri  de  Merlay 
tertii   .   sicut  carta  fta  dto  dno   Gerardo  testat.  red- 
dendo  inde  annuatim  fn  et  beredibus  meis  unum  denaf 
die  assumptions  beate  Marie.    Et  dno  Roberto  de  So- 
merville  dno  de  Witton  et  Isabella  uxor  ejus  et  heredi- 
bus  eorum  unam  libram  cymini  vel  duas  denar  ad  fes- 
tum  Iti  Cuthberti  in  Septembri  p  me  t  heredibus  meis 
p  omnibus  servitiis  tc.     Test,  dnis  Roberto  Bertram 
de  Bothal  .  Wc  Hayrun  .  WalPo  de  Cammou  tune, 
vie.  Northumbr.  .  Wittmo  de  Middleton  .  Waltero  de 
Corbeth  .  Hugon  Gubion  .  Johne  de  Resell  .  Elya  de 
Divelston  .  Ada  Baret  .  Rogero  Mauduth  .  Johne  de 
Herthwayton    .    Rogero   de  Woderington   et  aliis. — 
(Lansd.  MS.  326, /o/.  160,  b.) 

18,  a.  Johnes  de  Swynburne  et  Agnes  uxor  hent  2 
mess.  1  48  acr.  in  Chollerton  .  Test,  dnis  Johne  de  He- 
ron  tune  vie.  Northumbr.  dnis  Gerardo  de  Woderington 
et  Withno  Heron  milit  .  Rogero  de  Woderington  . 
Wittmo  de  Swynburne  .  die  veneris  px.   post  fesfm 
Tanslaconis  fcte  Marie  Virginis,  1361,  35  Ed.  3.— (Id. 
fol.  145.) 

18,  b.  Finis  a°  9,  Ed.  3  inter  Rogerum  fratrem  Ge- 
rardi  de  Woderington  Elizabethan!  filiam  Ricardi  de 
Acton  de  Novo-Castro  super  Tynam  quer.  et  Gerardum 
de  Woderington  militem  deforc.  de  manerio  de  Cole- 
well  cum  ptin'  et  5  mess'  et  35  acras  terr*  in  Gunwar- 
ton .  Gerardus  concessit  premissa  Rogero  et  Elizabeths 
et  hered  de  corporibus  ipsorum  Roger!  et  Elizabethe.— 
fid.  fol.  155,  b.) 

19,  Omnibj  Ricus  de  Acton  &  Matild  ux  eius  saltm 
^tc.  Noueritis  nos  dedisse  Rogero  de  Wyderington  t 
Elizabethe  ux  sue  oia  ?ras  in  Neuton  in  Edlyngham  cum 
suis  ptin'  que  quondam  fuef  Rici  de  Emeldon  .  Habend 
'tc.  1  si  gdci  R.  t  E.  sine  heredib3  1c.  obierunt  tune 
volumus  qd  oia  gdca  terr,  1c.  nobis,  1c.  revertantur  in 
ppetuum  .  Test,  dno  Rotto   Darreyns  tune  vie.  Nd. 
Johe  de  Fenwyk  .  Rotito  de  Insula,  militib^  .  Rotto 
de  Rihill  .  Rotto  de  Biker  .  Thoma  Fossur  t  aliis. 
Bat.  apd  Edlingham  a°  M.CCC  quadragesimo  .  14  Ed. 
3 (Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  40,  fol.  68.) 

20,  a.  Cest  endent  fait  entr  Roger  de  Wyderington 
friera  Gerard  de  W.  chr  de  une  pte  1  Wm  le  fitz  W»n 
de  Acton  de  Noefcbastell  sf  Tyne  d'alter  pte  tesmoigne 
q  come  lavandit  Wm  le  fitz  W"»  ad  g'nte  p  une  fait 
annuel  al  dit  Roger  une  annuel  rente  de  vynte  lyvrs 


£52 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  E.  D. 


issant3  de  touj  ses  ?res  1  tenements  in  Qwhynitklieffe 
&  Toggesdon  en  le  counte  de  Net,  &c.  1  une  auter  an- 
nuel  de  £20  &c.  en  Wissardsheles  en  Redesdale,  &c.  le 
dit  Rog  voet  1  g'nte  p'  lui,  ses  hcires,  1c.  q  si  la  fyne 
quele  lavant  dit  Will,  fitz  W.  &  Man  sa  feme  ount  levi 
en  la  court  nre  seign'r  le  Roy  en  Ian  xix  en  West- 
monstr  a  lavant  dit  Rog  del  maner  del  West  Swynburne 
oue  lea  apurtenancej  en  Est  Swynburne  estoit  en  la 
force  tanks  q  al  fine  de  cynk  ann3  pcheins  tc.  q  les  dits 
fails  annuels  &c.  perdent  lur  force  &  soyent  tenu3  p' 
nulles.  Escript  a  Noefchastell  sr  Tyne  le  Judy  en  le 
fest  seint  Michell  larkangell  1'an  di  grace  1345. —  S. 
WILL'I  FIL  :  WILL'I  DE  ACTON,  and  a  cross  between 
4  lions  passant  gardant.  —  (Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  4&,  fol. 
101—108.) 

21,  a.  Finis  19  Ed.  3  inter  Rogerum  frem  Gerard  de 
Woderington  quer.  1  Wittmum  filium  Wittmi  de  Acton 
de  Novo  Castro  super  Tynam  1  Mariam  uxor'  ejus 
filiam  Thome  Musgrave  de  I  car.  terr.  in  Est  Swin- 
burne esse  jus  Rogeri. — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  150.) 

21.  b.  Pat  eat  universis  qd  ego  Gilttus  de  Collewell 
loco  meo  posui  Rogm  de  Wyderington  de  Denton  at- 
tornatu  meu  ad  deliberand  seisina  dno  Rogero  de  Wyd- 
erington militi  in  omibs  terr.  t  ten.  meis  in  villa  1 
fritor.  de  Collewett.    Dat.  apud  villam  Novi  Castri  s. 
T.  28  Dec.  17  Ed.  3 — fCart.  Bid.  p.  46.> 

22.  Pateat  universis  quod  ego  Rogerus  de  Wydrington 
.  (sic)  Tho.  Ullesby  capellano  et  Edmund  de  Heselrigg, 
&c.  ad  delitand  Johni  de  Wyderington  filio  meo,  1  Ka- 
tharine filie  Wittmi  de  Acton  militis  seiam  de  maneriis 
de  Denton  et  Lanton  in  Gillesland  in  COHU  Cumbr  .  Et 
manef  de  Byngfield  cum  ptin.  in  libertat'  de  Hextilde- 
sham  .  H'end  gdictis  Johanni  1  Katherine  secundum 
vim  carte  mee  indentate  cujus  dat.  est    apud  Werk- 
worth   die  Jovis  in  festo  ascens'     D'ni  1367  •  fdict. 
Johni  &  Katharine  confect — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  f.  156.) 

23.  42  Ed.  3.  Matildis  de  Hilton  ten.  3.  ptes  man'  de 
Vesemouth— Johes  de  Wodrington  miles  fit  Eliz.  filie 
t  heredis  Matildis  gdce  est  heres  ppinquior. — (MS.  in 
Bill.  D.  $  C.  Dunelm.) 

24.  Cest  endent'e  tesmoigne  q  Witt  de  Heselrige  ad 
done  a  John  de  Woddryngton  fitz  1  heir  Roger  de 
Woddryngton  le  manoir  de  Plessys  la  vile  de  Shotton 
T:  une  place  apelle  Gerardle  ou  la  reversion  de  la  tierce 
pties  dit3  manoir  ville  1  place  que3  Agneoys  iadys  com- 
paigne  a  Roger  de  W.  tient  en  dower  1  que3  ieo  nvoie 
de  done  1  g'ntte  Roger  de  W.  q  dieu  asoile  .  A  avoir 

dit  John  "t  1&3  heires  males  de  son  corps  q  »i  le 


dit  John  deuye  saun5  heir  male  remaynent  a  Tho's  fitz 
William  de  Heselrig  1  les  heires  males  portantes  le 
surnome  1  Ie3  armes  le  susdit  Roger  de  W. — remaynent 
a  Roger  fitz  mons.  Waltier  Heron  portantes  le  surnome 
1  les  armes  le  susdit  Roger  de  W — remaynent  as  heires 
du  corps  le  dit  John  de  Woddrington — remaynent  as 
dames  Christiane  Monboucher  et  Elyanore  Daske  files 
iadys  le  dit  Roger  de  W.  et  a  les  heires — remaynent  as 
droites  heires  le  susdit  Roger  de  W. — Ceux  son  tes- 
moignes  .  Clement  Prior  de  Tynemouth  .  Henry  de 
P'cy  count  de  Northumbr.  .  Tho's  VmFunuitt  chr  . 
Roger  Heron  chr  .  Mathew  de  Qwitfeld  chr  .  Walter 
Heron  chr  .  John  de  ClaQyng  chr  .  Gerard  Heron  chr 
.  Wittm  Heron  chr  .  John  Heron  de  Thornton  .  NU 
chot  Raynes  .  Esmond  Heron  .  Robert  VmPunuitt  et 
autres  .  Escf  a  noef  chastell  sur  Tyne  le  veyle  de 
seynt  Jake  1'ane  de  g'ce  Mitt  troycent3  oeptant  1  neef. 
—(Cart.  Rid.  136,  137.) 

23.  There  is  a  similar  entail,  mutatis,  mutandis  of 
"  la  chastell  et  ma.  de  Halghton  la  vile  de  Hounshalgh 
une  place  de  ?re  en  Thornton  en  Tyndale  apelle  Stayn- 
crofl  ove  Ie3  autres  9res  dans  la  franchise  de  Tindale." 
It  has  also  the  same  witnesses  excepting  that  "  ABs- 
aundre  de  Cresswell"  stands  between  Esmond  de  Heron 
and  Robert  de  Umfreville,  and  that  it  is  written  "  a 
Noef  Chastell  sur  Tyne  le  xxii  jour  d'Octofir  lane  de 
g'ce  mitt  troicent5  soixtant  et  sys." — Dodsw.  MSS.  vol. 
45,  fol.  101—108.) 

26.  Sachent  tou3  gente5  moi  Wittm  de  Hesilrig  avoir 
ordeigne  Tho's  Doukter  1  Robert  Vaus  mes  atto*nes  a 
deliv'e  seizine  a  John  fitz  1  heire  Roger  de  Woddryngton 
en  le  manoir  de  Plessys  la  ville  de  Shotton  1  en  une 
place  apelle  Gerardtee  .  Escr  a  noef  chastell  sur  Tyne 
le  veyle  a  seynt  Jake  1389 — (Cart.  Rid.  fol.  138.) 

27-  Ceste  endentur  fait  pentr'  Adm  de  Vaus  1  Alic' 
sa  feme  dun  pt  1  Rog  de  Woderington  t  Wittm  de 
Meneuill  dautr  pt  tesmoign  q  le$  auandit3  Adm  ct  Alic' 
ount  done  a  les  auandit5  Rog  1  Wittm  les  fres,  &c.  en 
la  vile  de  noue  Chastett  sur  Tyne  .  Ben  ton  .  Heton 
iuste  noue  Chastell  .  Bradeford  .  Coupen  .  Wydeslade 
.  Schotton  .  Ayden  .  t  allours  en  le  counte  de  Nd.  a. 
avoir,  &c.  sur  tiel  condition  q  les  dit3  Rog  1  Wittm 
faceont  feoffment  a  John  fitz  les  dit3  Adm  ct  Alic,  1 
Barnabe  fiele  le  dit  Rog  1  a  les  heyrs  le  dit  John  du 
corps  la  dit  Barnabe  engendre3  deint3  les  xi.  jours  ags  le 
feoffement  fait  as  dits  Rog  rt  Wittm— Et  la  dit  Barnabe 
prendra  a  baron  le  dit  John  ct  a  cele  mariage  soi  assen. 
tera  q'nt  ele  ira  de  age,  &c.  Done  a  la  vile  de  noue 


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253 


chastett  sur  Tyne  dunaign  prochein  deuant  la  fest  seint 
Lucie  1'an  de  grace  mile  iroiy  cents  quinq'nt  sei3ine  . 
Ceaux  tesmoignes  monf  Wittm  Heron  .  monf  Gerard 
de  Wodrington  .  monf  John  Heron  .  monf  Henri  de 
Hauerington  chivalers  .  Alayn  del  Strother  adonqs 
viscount  de  Northumfer  .  Wittm  de  Heselrigg  .  Thomas 
de  Heselrigg  .  "t  aufe — (Cart.  Rid.  138,  139.) 

28,  a.  Ceste  endent'e  tesmoigne  q  Roger  de  Wyder- 
ington  1  Wittm  Meneuitt  ount  done  a  John  le  fitz 
Adam  de  Vaus  1  a  Barnaba  la  file  le  dit  Roger  1  a  les 
ties  &c.  touj  les  ?res  en  les  viles  del  Neufchastell  sur 
Tyne  .  Benton  .  Heton  iuste  le  Neufchastell  .  Brad- 
ford .  Coupon  .  Wetslade  .  Shoton  .  Aydon  &c.  remayn- 
ent  a  Adam  de  Vaux  1  Alice  sa  feme — remaynent  a 
Gilfct  de  Vaus— Et  si  le  dit  Giltit  deuie  sans  heres 
males  q  la  moiste  retournment  a  dit  Roger  de  W.  *t  ces 
ties  1  lautre  moiste  a  dit  Wittm  de  Menevitt  't  ces  ties. 
Done  a  la  vile  del  Neufchastell  sur  Tyne  le  dunage 
pchein  ags  la  fest  de  seint  Hitt  1'an  1356 — (Id.fol.  140, 
141.) 

28,  b.  Cest  endenture  tesmoigne  q  Rog  de  Wodering- 
ton  ^  Wm  de  Meneuitt  ount  done  a  John  le  fitz  Adam 
de  Vaus  1  Barnaba  la  feile  le  dit  Rog  1  a  les  heyrs  de 
dit  John  le  queux  il  engendra  du  corps  la  dit  Barnaba 
tous  les  ¥res  T.  tenj  &c.  qils  ount  en  les  viles  de  Tode- 
how  Gatesheaued  ct  aillours  deint3  1'euesche  de  Du- 
resme  lej  queux  els  auoyent  du  donne  Adm  de  Vaus  1 
Alic'  sa  feme — remaynent  a  Adam  de  Vaus  1  A  lie'  sa 
feme  1  a  les  heyrs  du  corps  le  dit  Adm  engendre3 — re- 
maynent a  Gilftt  de  Vaux  et  a  les  heyrs  mayles  de  son 
corps  engendrej — Et  si  le  dit  Gilfct  deuie  saun3  heyres 
males  de  son  corps  engendre3  .  q  la  moyte  de  fres  &c. 
reto'nent  al  dit  Rog  de  Woderington  1  863  heyres  t 
lautr.  moyte  al  dit  Wittm  de  Meneuitt  t  ses  heyrs  a 
tous  iours.  Done  a  Duresme  le  Judy  pchein  ags  la  seint 
Hillar.  1'an  de  grace  mile  C.C.C.  zinq'nt  setisme. — (Id. 
Jol.  J35.) 

29,  Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  cum  Gerardus  de 
Woderington  leneatur  Wittmo  de  Swyneburne  milit.  in 
xl  ii.  solvend  eidem  Wittmo  in  festo  nativitatis  sci  Jo- 
hannis  bape  px.  futuro  post  datum  p'sent. — Predictus 
tamen  Wittus  vult  quod  si  ipse  et  heredes  sui  tenere 
possint  pacifice  castrum  de  Haulghton  et  terr'  dnicales, 
rtc.  que  terr'  habet  ex  dimissione  Johannis  de  Woder. 
ington,  ctir.  pris  Gerardi  ad  terminum  sex  annorum, 
tc — Dat  2°  Apr.  7  H.  5 — (Lansd.  MS.  326, /.  156,  I.) 

30,  a.  Omnibus — Thomas  Walton  et  Johnes  de  Tho- 
resby  capellani  saltern  .  Sciatis  nos  demisisse  Gerardo 

PART  II,  VOL,  II,  3 


Woderington  aro  filio  et  heredi  Rogeri  Woderington  ar. 
1  Elizabethe  uxori  ejus  filie  Christopheri  Boynton  cas- 
trum dominicum  et  manerium  nfm  de  Haughton  in  li- 
bertat.  de  Tyndale  cum  ptin.  in  Haughton  .  Homes- 
haugh  .  Stancroft .  Little-crows  .  Greneleys  1  Weeles, 
"lc. — Habend  gdictis  Gerardo  1  Elizabethe  et  hered  de 
corporibus — rem.  rectis  heredibus  Gerardi  dat.  2°  Sep. 
1454  1  32  H.  6.—(Id.fol.  15?.) 

30,  b. — Oi5ib3  Gerardus  Wodryngton  armiger  saltm 
sciatis  me  dedisse  Witto  Lawson  1  Johi  Thirlkeld  ca- 
petto  1  Rofcto  Lawe  totum  ilium  situ  mafiij  de  Plessys  cu 
?r.  eidem  situi  adjacent,  modo  in  tenura  Witti  Thomson 
1  Galffi  Coke  ex  demisione  mea  ad  tnu  annoi?  .  Et  g?ea 
sciat'  me  concessisse  eisdem  totii  statu  meu  in  campo 
prioris  "t  conventus  de  Brenkburn  vocat'  le  Briggefeld 
p  ipm  priorem  Rogero  Wodryngton  patri  meo  ad  tnu  20 
annoT?  concessu,  salva  tantum  mineria  carbonu  mariti- 
moT}  infra  eiusdem  campu  .  Dat.  15  Oct.  34  Hen.  6.— 
(Swinb.  Misc.  MSS.fol.  39.) 

31,  a.  Omnibus — Gerardus  Woderyngton  miles  saltm 
.  Sciat'  me  dedisse  Koberto  Chesman  rectori  ecciie  de 
Angham  et  Johni  Wright  capellano  castrum  mania  t 
villum  de  Magna  Swynburn  .  Datu  apud  Swynburn 
gdict.   20  Oct.  6  Ed.  t.—(Ex.  orig.  in  Thes.  D.  $  C. 
Dunelm. ) 

31.  b.  Noverint  universi  me  B-obertum  AVoderington 
de  Swyneburne-M agna  ar.  iilium  et  heredem  Johannis 
Wedrington  milit.  qtum  clamasse  totum  jus  quod  hui  in 
omibus  illis  terris  in  villa  de  Capheton  que  dictus  Jo- 
hannes de  W.  miles  nuper  huit  ex  dono  Rogeri  Thorn- 
ton ar.  1  Radulphi  Woderington  militi  .  Dat.  8°  Maij 
a°  5  Hen.  7 — (Lansd.  MS.  326, /o/.  154.) 

32.  Frater  Ricus  Minister  domus  sci  Micftis  de  Wak- 
nole  infra  villam  Novi  Castri  super  Tynam  ordinis  see 
Trinitatis  et  Redemptionis  captivorum  T're  S'te  qui 
sunt  carcerati  p  fide  Ihu  Xti  a  paganis. — dittis  nobis  in 
Xto  dno  Radulfo  Wedryngton  et  Fet  uxori  salutem  tc. 
Minister  concessit  ^dict.  Rado  *t  Felicie  Jvilegia  tc. 
annoD'ni  1480.— (Id.fol.  150.) 

33.  Radulphus  Woderington  de  Woderington  in  com. 
Northumt)  miles  habet  pardonacionem  .  1c — 1 1  Sep.  2 
R.  3.  Rad.  Wyd.  de  Wyd.  miles  habet  pardonationem, 
6  Feb.  a°  1°  H.  7 — (Id.fol.  150.) 

34.  Radus  Woderington  miles  dedit  Georgio  Percy  . 
Jotini  Heron  de  Forde  .  T;c.  ilia  caslra  t  maneria  de 
Magna  Swynburne  et  Dririch  cum  ptin.     Hend  secun- 
dum  vim  quarundam  indenturai?  .  dat.  4°  Januarij,  7 
Hen.  7?  inter  me  gfatum  Radm  ex  una  pte  et  Wittmum 

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Evers  milit.  et  dnam  Constantiam  uxorem  suam  nuper 
uxor*  Henrici  Percy  militis  ex  altera  .  Dat.  sexto  die 
Januarij  7  Hen.  T.—fLansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  149.) 

35.  Sciant  presentes  &.  futuri  qd  ego  Johes  Wyther- 
ington  de  Wytherington  miles  dedi  Johanni  Wyther- 
ington  de  Hawkesley  gefioso  consanguineo  meo  1  Ma* 
rie  Ogle  solute  filie  naturali  Withm  Ogle  nuper  de 
Cockle  Parke  militis  defuncti  in  consideratione  rnari- 
tagii  inter  eosdem  fiend,  tot.  illas  tres  husbondrias  meas 
ats  diet.  Husbond  Lands  in  villa  de  Sbotton   .   Dat.  30 
June,  34  Hen.  8.     Sealed  with  a  bull's  head,  and  sign- 
ed JOHN  WETERINGTOX — (Cart.  Rid.  123.) 

36,  a.  Oinibj  Jofies  Woddryngton  de  Woddryngton 
armiger  .  Noveritis  me  relaxasse  Gilberto  Scot  de  Yerd- 
hill  filio  &  hered  Thome  Scott  totu  jus  meum  in  oibj 
terris  &c.  in  villa  1  campis  de  Yerdhill,  10  May,  24 
Hen.  8,  \532.—(Bytoell  Papers.} 

36,  b.  Jotines  Wyderington  miles  flu?  subgardianus 
in  Middle  Marchiis  fsus  Scotiam  per  letteras  patentes 
dat.  26  Januarij,  28  Hen.  8,  IbVJ.—t  Lansd.  MS.  326.) 

36,  c.  28  Ap.  1593.  Hector  Wooderington,  one  of  the 
constables  of  horsemen  in  Berwick: — To  Ralph  e  Wood- 
erington, the  house  in  Berwicke  wherein  I  now  dwell, 
and  £50 ;  to  Isabell  Grave,  dau.  of  my  sister  Mary 
Gray,  =£40  ;  to  my  sister  Rebecca  Wooderington,  £10 ; 
to  my  brother  Isaac  Wooderington's  eldest  son  Robert, 
a£10;  to  Mary  Lanchester,  100  angels;  to  Thos.  and 
Hector  Garrat,  £10  ;  the  rest  of  my  goods  to  Elizabeth 
lady  Wooderington,  her  heirs  and  assigns,  and  she  to  be 
sole  ex'ix. — (Raine's  Test.  331.) 

37,  Henricus   Woderington  de  Woderington  ar.  et 
Rogerus  Fenwyke  de  Wallington  generosus  saint  cm  . 
Cum  Wittus  Fenwyke  de  Wallington  vendidit  1  con- 
cessit  predictis  Henrico  °t  Rogero  maneiia  sua  de  Fen. 
wyke  Walington  et  Walker  ac  omnia  alia  terra  que  ha- 
buit  in  com.  Northumb.  .  Noveritis  nos  prefat.  Henr.  1 
Roger,  quietum  clam,  predicto  Wittmo  Fenwyke  totum 
jus  quod  habuimus  in  maneria   predicta  .    15  Junij, 

15  Eliz.  a°  D'ni  1573 — (Lansd.  MS.  326;  Fenwick 
Deeds,  Wo.  36.) 

38,  a.  12  Sep.  1623.  Sir  Hen.  Wooderington,  knight. 
The  manor  ofDitchburn,  and  the  towne  of  Charlton, 
heretofore  settled  upon  my  said  dau.  Riddell,  who  mar- 
ried   ,  son  of  sir  Thomas  Riddell,  to  be  re-conveyed 

to  my  dau.  Eliz.  &  £1000,  to  be  given  to  my  dau.  Rid- 
dell in  lieu.     I  have  made  2  leases  :  the  one  of  Haugh- 
ton,  Humshaugh,  and  Haughton  Green — the  other  of 
Swinburne,  Colwell,  and  Towland,  for  10  years,  for  my 


daurs.  Margaret,  Dorothy,  Annas,  Ursulay,  and  Mary. 
The  estate  of  the  Manor  in  Newcastle,  bought  of  sir 
Nicholas  Tempest,  to  be  sold  by  him,  and  divided 
amongst  my  daurs,  &.  they  committed  to  my  brother  Ro- 
ger .  Sir  Henry  Curwen,  sir  John  Fenwick,  and  sir 
Wm  Lampton,  knt.  and  my  son-in-law  Wm  Riddall  and 
my  brother  Roger  W.  supervisors. — (Raine's  Test.  481.) 

38,  b.  Henricus  Woddrington  de  Woddrington  castle 
mil  dedit  Thome  Strickland  de  Sisergh  in  com.  Westm. 
milit.  Jacobo  Bellingham  de  Overlevens  in  eodem  com. 
milit.  Henr.  Curwen  de  Workington   in   com.  Cumfr 
milit     Christofero  Carus  de  Halton  in  com.  Lancastr. 
arm.  et  Georgio  Preston  de  Holcar  in  com.  Lane,  afo, 
totum  illud  manerium  sive  dnicum  de  Swynburne  rtc. 
Habend  ad  usum  gdicti  Henrici  t  dne  Marie  uxor* 
ejus  $  vita   .   rem.  hered  masculis  dti  Henrici  .  Dat.  7 
Oct    1605,  3  Jacobi.— f  Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  155.) 

39.  5  March,  1641.   Inventory  of  the  goods  of  Roger 
Widdrington,  esq.  late  of  Harbottle.     Imprimis : — His 
apparel,  sword,  horse,  and  furniture,  with  three  watches 
in  his  pocket,  ten  bloodstones,  two  silver  seals  (a  great- 
er and  a  less),  and  one  gold  tooth-pick,  one  gold  signet 
on  his  finger,  and  one  hundred  and  three  pounds  in  his 
purse,  =£CC.     In  his  Studdie: — His   bookes,   certaine 
mathematicall  instruments,  one  table  with  divers  draw- 
ing boxes,  one  little  desk,  divers  pictures,  three  chaires 
with  quishins,  one  little  chist  with  another  little  iron 
chist,  one  silver  cup,  &c.  =£lx.     In  sir  Ephraim  Wid* 
drington's  chamber : — In  prizing  of  his  apparell  they 
did  see  something  in  the  possession  of  Rosamond,  late 
wife  to  Roger,  diseased,  which  she  would  not  deliver. 
There  were  likewise  certain  webs  conveyed  out  of  the 
house  to  Mr  Cuthbert  Collingwood,  of  Eslington,  by 
the  said  Rosamond,  who,  being  questioned,  sent  for  the 
same  again  by  Wm  Reveley,  gent,  son  to  her  first  bus* 
band.     The  said  Roger  died  seized  of  a  trunke,  which, 
at  his  death,  was  at  the  house  of  sir  George  Wentworth, 
of  Wooley,  in  Yorkshire,  brother  to  the  said  Rosamond, 
who,  being  desired  to  give  her  letter  to  the  said  admi- 
nistrator, absolutely  refused.     The  said  Roger  Widder- 
ington,  before  his  death,  recorded  in  his  countbooke  the 
said  trunke,  with  the  parcells  of  the  goods  in  it,  in  this 
manner : — A  note  of  things  left  at  Wooley  when  I  came 
last  from  thence,  which  was  in  July  last,  1641.     In  the 
lether  bagg: — Imprimis,  Of  gold  and  silver  imbroidered 
gloves  iii  pare ;  of  plaine  gloves  vi  paire  ;  of  wrought 
purses  with  gold  and  silver,  ii;  table  booke  of  silver,  i ; 
sett  of  silver  counters,  viz.  38,  with  a  silver  box,  i ; 


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silver  boxes,  ii ;  red  silk  and  silver  points,  viii  ;  brace- 
letts  of  currall  and  curralline,  ii ;  black  cheane,  i  ;  black 
braceletts,  ii ;  gold  and  silver  thred  of  pearles,  ii ;  one 
peice  of  red  plush ;  silver  bell,  i ;  silver  hatband,  i ; 
hot-water  celler  of  plush,  i ;  black  silk  scarfe,  i ;  black 
bonelace  ;  silk  stockings  v  pare ;  silk  gaiters  iiii  pare ; 
Jewells,  in  one  box  corsanits  with  dimond,  i ;  pearle 
braceletts,  i;  co...  in  gold,  i ;  gold  crosses,  ii;  gold 
rings,  ix  ;  aggat  beads,  xv  ;  silver  bodkins  ;  corrall  one 
peece ;  box  with  spirit  of  rosemarie — all  these  things 
are  lapt  in  two  ycards  and  a  quarter  of  new  hollon,  and 
put  in  a  great  leather  bagg.  OF  PLATE — Imprimis, 
bason  and  ure,  i ;  canns,  ii ;  bowles,  of  which  three  lit- 
tle and  three  great,  vi ;  gylt  boll,  i ;  double  gilt  salt,  i ; 
little  salt,  i ;  fiuit  dishes,  a  greater  and  a  lesser,  ii ;  su- 
gar box  and  spoone,  i ;  madelen  cupp  and  cover,  i ; 
pottengers,  iii ;  plates  for  sallets,  &c.  vi ;  botes  for  like 
use,  vi ;  hottwater  taister,  i ;  spoones,  one  dozen  and 
seaven ;  little  spoone,  i ;  and  of  little  lowe  wyne 
cupps,  iii. — Plush  petticote,  colour  reed,  with  silver 
lace,  i ;  plush  for  a  gowne,  coloure  black,  xiii  yeards ; 
plush  cloakes,  one  of  haire  colour  and  the  other  black, 
ii ;  suite,  viz.  black  sattaine  doublet  and  black  cloth 
britches ;  black  sattaine  gowne,  i ;  scarlet  waistcote 
with  silver  lace,  i ;  feather,  1  ;  sowed  shirts,  ii ;  brode 
reed  scarfe,  with  silver  and  gold  lace,  1  ;  hollon  aprons, 
of  which  two  laced  and  two  plaine,  iiii ;  hollon  quishin 
clothes  laced,  ii ;  new  scots  cloth  v  yeards ;  hollon 
smocks,  iii ;  hollon  hoddes,  ii ;  night  vails  laced,  i ; 
black  quoines  and  frosclothes,  ii ;  damask  webb  for  table 
clothes,  vii  yeards;  damask  webb  for  napkins,  xxviii 
yeards ;  damask  napkins,  i  doz. ;  to  longtable  clothe  of 
dammaske,  i ;  long  towell  of  dammaske,  i ;  dammaske 
cobbert  cloth,  i;  long  diper  table  cloths,  ii;  dlper 
squaire  cloths,  ii ;  diper  cubbert  clothes,  ii ;  long  tow- 
ell of  diper,  ii ;  primtners,  ii ;  one  webb  of  fine  lining, 
xx  yeards.  The  trunk  aforesaid  was  sent  away  in  dan- 
ger of  the  Scotts.  Ax  IXVENTORIE  of  the  leases  of 
the  sd  Roger  Widdrington : — One  lease  from  the  earl 
of  Suffolke,  for  lande  in  Norham,  which  we  value  at 
agxii. — one  lease  from  Marke  Tuesteade,  of  London, 
fishmonger,  for  tithes  in  Norham,  for  which  the  said 
Roger  is  bound  to  pay  £50  pr.  an.  The  3d  Roger  did 
afterwards  demise  the  same  tithes  for  fifty  pounds  by 
yeare.  The  said  Roger  is  bound  for  his  nephew,  sir 
Wm  Widderington,  for  ^540,  taken  up  in  M*  W«n  Gib- 
son's shop.  FDNERALL  EXPENCES. — Imprimis  for  fu- 
nerall  expences,  1  Ii ;  to  black  cloth  for  his  coffine,  £\\. 


xv  s. ;  for  torches,  x  s. ;  to  the  poor,  £ x  ;  to  the  curat, 
vi  s. ;  for  a  mortuary,  x  s. ;  for  black  ribbons,  vii  £  x  s. 
Thesumeofall — sum  of  his  goods,  =£1446  14s.  7d. ; 
sum  of  his  debts,  =£6620  Os.  2d. ;  the  debts  surmount 
the  goods,  £5173  5s.  7d. 

WM  CLENNELL,  LANC.  THIRLWALL,  &c. 

40.  For  the  honfcle  Sr.  John  Swinburne,  Barronnett, 
These : — Sir,  haveing  receued  severall  favors  from  you, 
I  hope  you  will  pardon  me,  yl  I  begg  ye  favour  from 
you  yl  you  will  make  your  votes  for  my  cosen  Edward 
Widdrington  :  he  is  a  very  good  protestant  worthy  man 
as  Hues  .  I  have  presumed  to  write  to  Sr.  Francis  Rat- 
cliff  .  His  and  your  intrest  with  your  frends  will  chuse 
any  body,  soe  powerfull  you  are  in  Northumberland  . 
I  haue  soe  much  buseness  I  write  in  hast  to  you  .  I 
present  my  humble  service  to  my  lady,  and  am  your 
most  faithfull  servt.  H :  NEWCASTLE. 

Welbeck,  Jan:  y«  22,  1676. 

41.  The  lord  Widderington  was  brought  to  the  bar, 
and  having  there  also  kneeled,  was  acquainted  by  the 
lord  chancellor  with  the  aforementioned  order,  and  ask- 
ed by  him  if  he  was  ready  to  put  in  his  answer  to  the 
articles  of  impeachment  of  high  treason  exhibited  against 
him  by  the  house  of  commons,  which  he  said  he  was, 
and  delivered  the  same  at  the  bar,  which  answer  was 
read  as  follows : — 

The  answer  of  William  lord  Widderington  to  the  ar- 
ticles of  impeachment  of  high  treason  exhibited 
against  him  by  the  honourable  the  knights,  citi- 
zens, and  burgesses  of  Great  Britain,  in  parlia- 
ment assembled : — 

It  is  with  inexpressible  concern  and  affliction  the 
said  lord  appears  before  this  august  assembly,  charged 
with  crimes  of  the  most  heinous  nature  ;  and  though  it 
is  natural  to  mankind  to  endeavour  to  conceal  their 
guilt,  and  make  use  of  all  manner  of  defence,  especially 
in  the  case  of  life,  yet  as  he  surrendered  himself  at 
Preston,  intirely  relying  on  his  majesty's  mercy,  so  he 
is  now  resolved  not  to  take  any  measures  which  may 
argue  the  least  diffidence  of  that  mercy,  or  of  your 
lordships'  goodness ;  and  therefore  the  said  lord  con- 
fesses he  is  guilty  of  the  treason  wherewith  he  is  charged 
in  the  said  articles ;  and  after  having  thus  freely  ac- 
knowledged his  offence,  he  begs  leave  to  lay  his  case 
before  your  lordships,  and  humbly  hopes,  when  the 
particular  circumstances  are  considered,  it  will  not  be 
thought  to  merit  the  most  rigorous  punishment,  but 
that  both  your  lordships  and  the  honorable  house  of 


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commons  will  look  upon  him  as  a  proper  object  of  his 
majesty's  clemency ;  and  he  humbly  hopes  he  may  not 
be  thought  the  less  unworthy  of  favour,  in  that  he 
never  before  offended,  nor  was  at  any  time  privy  to,  or 
acquainted  with  any  design  or  contrivance  to  destroy 
or  disturb  the  established  government,  the  laws  or  re- 
ligion of  this  kingdom,  but  came  unawares  into  this 
sudden  and  unpremeditated  action;  for  although  he 
had  met  with  publick  rumours  and  reports  of  intended 
invasions  from  abroad,  and  insurrections  at  home,  yet 
he  never  knew,  or  any  other  way  heard  of  any  formed 
design  against  the  government,  till  he  was  told  the 
night  before  of  a  meeting  intended  at  Plainfield,  in 
Northumberland,  on  the  sixth  of  October  last ;  and  be- 
ing soon  after  informed  that  almost  all  his  neighbours  & 
acquaintance  had  there  met  in  arms,  he  took  a  hasty  and 
inconsiderate  resolution  of  joining  them  j  nor  was  he  in 
any  sort  prepared  for  such  an  undertaking,  having  only 
some  of  his  own  family  with  him,  no  arms  but  his  com- 
mon fowling  pieces  and  wearing  swords,  and  fewer  horses 
than  he  had  constantly  kept  for  several  years  before ; 
and  nothing  but  the  report  of  so  many  of  his  friends 
being  engaged  could  have  hurried  him  on  to  an  enter- 
prize  so  unaccountably  rash  and  unjustifiable  ;  and  he 
is  willing  to  hope  your  lordships  will  esteem  it  some 
alleviation  of  his  crime,  that  in  a  commotion  of  that 
nature  there  was  so  little  vlolaiion  of  the  rights  and 
properties  of  those  who  opposed  them  ;  for  he  believes 
few  instances  can  be  found,  where  such  a  multitude 
continued  so  long  in  arms  without  doing  greater  a.cts  of 
violence  and  injustice.  The  said  lord  cannot  charge 
himself  with  any  injurious  acts  to  the  property  of  his 
fellow-subjects,  and  endeavoured  to  prevent  them  in 
others,  and  hopes  it  was  thence  owing  in  some  measure, 
that  there  was  shewn  all  along  greater  marks  of  mode- 
ration and  humanity,  than  is  common  in  such  a  warlike 
and  hostile  proceeding.  The  suddenness  of  the  attack 
at  Preston,  without  any  previous  summons,  admitted 
no  time  for  mediating  a  submission  before  the  loss  of 
that  blood  which  was  there  unfortunately  spilt ;  but 
after  the  heat  and  surprize  of  the  first  action  was  over, 
a  cessation  of  arms  was  desired,  and  upon  the  mutual 
messages  which  then  passed,  the  officers  sent  from  the 
general  encouraged  them  to  believe  the  surrendering 
themselves  would  be  the  ready  way  to  obtain  the  king's 
mercy,  and  gave  them  repeated  assurances,  that  they 
submitted  to  a  prince  of  the  greatest  clemency  in  the 
world.  Upon  these  hopes  and  assurances  they  made  a 


general  surrender  of  themselves  to  the  king ;  and  the 
said  lord  may  justly  take  notice  to  your  lordships,  that 
as  he  was  the  last  who  took  up  arms,  so  he  was  the  first 
who  procured  a  meeting  of  the  chief  persons  among 
them,  in  order  to  lay  them  down  f  and  cannot  doubt 
but  your  lordships,  and  the  honourable  house  of  com- 
mons, will  think  it  equitable  to  make  some  distinction 
between  an  obstinate  resistance  and  an  early  and  hum- 
ble submission,  whereby  the  peace  and  tranquillity  of 
this  part  of  his  majesty's  dominions  was  intirely  re- 
stored. Nature  must  have  started  at  yielding  them, 
selves  up  to  a  certain  and  ignominious  death,  when  it 
must  be  acknowledged  that  it  was  not  impracticable  for 
many  of  them  to  have  escaped ;  and .  it  was  possible 
so  great  a  number  grown  desperate  might  have  obtain- 
ed further  success,  and  thereby  prevented  the  so  speedy 
suppressing  that  insurrection ;  but  the  said  lord,  and 
the  rest,  having  with  the  utmost  confidence  relied  on 
the  assurances  of  his  majesty's  great  clemency,  and  the 
hopes  ot  mercy,  which  had  been  given  them  from  the 
officers  who  commanded  the  royal  forces,  he  is  encou- 
raged, with  great  earnestness  to  implore  the  intercession 
of  your  lordships,  and  the  honourable  house  of  commons, 
with  his  majesty,  for  that  mercy  on  which  they  wholly 
depended  ;  and  as  he  doth  not  know  where  mercy  was 
refused  to  those  who  so  early  and  with  so  much  resigna- 
tion submitted  to  it,  so  he  humbly  hopes  your  lordships 
may  be  induced  to  think,  that  the  exercise  of  this  divine 
virtue  by  his  majesty  towards  those  who  cast  themselves 
at  his  royal  feet  upon  the  sole  prospect  and  expectation 
of  it,  will  appear  no  less  glorious  to  his  majesty,  and 
prove  no  less  advantageous  to  the  future  quiet  and 
tranquillity  of  his  government,  than  any  examples  of 
justice  in  such  a  case  can  be  likely  to  do.  And  what- 
ever marks  of  goodness  and  favour  his  majesty  shall 
vouchsafe  to  the  said  lord  will  not  fail  to  engage  him 
by  the  strongest  ties  of  gratitude,  to  demonstrate  in  the 
future  course  of  his  life  the  most  constant  inviolable 
duty  to  his  majesty,  and  the  most  real  esteem  and  ve- 
neration for  your  lordships  and  the  honourable  house  of 
commons.  WIDDERINGTOH. 

And  the  said  lord  Widdrington  being  asked  if  he  had 
any  thing  further  to  say,  he  begged  to  be  excused  all 
imperfections  in  his  said  answer,  said  he  had  been  in-, 
disposed  with  the  gout  in  his  stomach,  and  was  not 
able  to  employ  himself  in  preparing  his  answer  till  last 
night,  and  finished  it  but  this  morning,  and  humbly 
implored  their  lordships'  intercession,  to  his  majesty  foy 


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Savour  and  mercy ;  and  his  answer  and  plea  was  record- 
ed accordingly,  and  he  withdrew. 

Afterwards  the    lord    high    steward    said,    "  Lord 
Widdrington,  what  have  you  to  say  for  yourself  why 
judgement  should  not  pass  upon  you,  according  to  law?" 
To  which  his  lordship  replied—"  My  Lords,  I  have 
abandoned  all  manner  of  defence  ever  since  I  first  sur- 
rendered myself  to  his  majesty's  royal  clemency,  and 
only  now  beg  leave  to  repeat  to  your  lordships  some 
circumstances  of  my  unhappy  case,  which  I  have  al- 
ready set  forth  in  my  answer.    Your  lordships  see  be- 
fore you  an  unfortunate  man,  who,  after  leading  a  pri- 
vate and  retired  life  for  many  years,  has,  by  one  rash 
and  inconsiderate  action,  exposed  himself  and  his  fa- 
mily to  the  greatest  calamities  and  misery,  and  is  now 
upon  the  point  of  receiving  the  severest  sentence  di- 
rected by  any  of  our  English  laws.     I  do  protest  to 
your  lordships  that  I  was  never  privy  to  any  concerted 
measures  against  his  majesty's  royal  person  or  the  esta- 
blished government.    As  to  the  insurrection  in  North- 
umberland, I  only  heard  of  it  accidentally  the  night 
before  it  happened,  and  being  soon  after  informed  that 
all  my  neighbours  and  acquaintances  had  met  in  arms, 
a  crowd  of  confused  and  mistaken  notions  hurried  me  at 
once  into  a  precipitate  resolution  of  joining  them  :  a  re- 
solution which  I  must  own  t  could  never  since  calmly  re- 
flect upon  without  part  of  that  confusion  I  find  myself 
under  in  the  public  acknowledgment  of  so  much  rashness 
and  folly.    After  thus  plunging  out  of  my  depth,  as  un- 
prepared for  such  an  enterprise  as  the  action  was  unpre- 
meditated, I  cannot  for  my  own  particular,  upon  the 
strictest  recollection,  charge  myself  with  any  violation 
of  the  properties  of  my  fellow-subjects ;  but,  on  the 
contrary,  I  always  endeavoured  to  encourage  humanity 
and  moderation  during  the  whole  course  of  our  misera- 
ble expedition  ;  and,  in  order  to  make  the  best  atone- 
ment in  my  pow  er  for  the  great  fault  I  had  been  guilty 
of,  I  can   justly  say  that  I  was  in  no  small  degree 
instrumental  in  procuring  a  general  submission  to  his 
majesty.    But,  my  lords,  however  willing  or  desirous 
either  I  or  any  others  might  be  to  put  a  speedy  end  to 
those  unfortunate  troubles — self  preservation,  the  first 
and  most  powerful  law  of  nature,  would  have  rendered 
the  proposal  vain  and  fruitless,  had  not  the  officers  who 
commanded  the  royal  forces  given  us  hopes  of  mercy, 
and  assured  us  we  submitted  to  a  prince  of  the  greatest 
clemency  in  the  world.  These  hopes,  and  this  assurance, 
PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


answered  the  strongest  objections,  overcame  all  remain- 
ing difficulties,  and  gave  the  finishing  stroke  to  a  gene- 
ral surrender,  whereby  the  further  effusion  of  British 
blood  was  prevented,  and  a  perfect  tranquillity  restored 
to  these  parts  of  his  majesty's  dominions.  My  lords, 
as  this  my  first  attempt  was  rash  and  unpremeditated, 
as  I  always  used  and  promoted  moderation  and  humani- 
ty towards  my  fellow-subjects,  and  as  I  did  not  obsti- 
nately persist  in  my  fault,  but  was  the  first  who  pro- 
posed an  early  submission  to  his  majesty,  I  humbly 
hope  my  unhappy  case,  and  the  deplorable  condition  of 
my  unfortunate  children,  already  deprived  of  their  ten- 
der mother,  will  raise  a  generous  compassion  in  your 
lordships  and  the  honourable  house  of  commons :  and  I 
must  earnestly  entreat  both  your  lordships  and  that 
honourable  house,  to  become  intercessors  with  his  ma- 
jesty in  my  behalf,  for  that  mercy  which  I  was  encour- 
aged to  hope  for  when  I  first  surrendered,  and  which  I 
have  ever  since  with  the  utmost  confidence  relied  on. 
I  have  only  to  add  my  most  solemn  assurance,  before 
this  august  assembly,  that  no  future  time  shall  ever 
find  me  wanting  in  the  most  inviolable  duty  and  grati- 
tude to  that  merciful  prince  who  gives  me  my  life,  and 
restores  a  father  to  five  miserable  and  distressed  or- 
phans ;  and  I  shall  always  retain  the  highest  esteem 
and  veneration  for  your  lordships  and  the  honourable 
house  of  commons."  The  lord  high  steward  then  said, 
"  Lord  Widdrington,  for  greater  certainty,  I  ask  your 
lordship  whether  you  have  pleaded  any  thing  in  arrest 
of  judgment  ?"  to  which  his  lordship  replied,  "  No,  my 
lords,  I  have  not." — ( State  Trials,  vol.  vi.  p.  6 — 13.^ 

42.  I  have  a  manuscript  copy  of  the  "  Rental  of  the 
estate  late  of  the  late  lord  Widdrington,  in  the  county 
of  Northumberland,  purchased  by  the  York  Buildings' 
Company,  with  the  improvement  &  alterations  that  have 
been  made  of  the  rents  thereof,  for  the  years  1720,  1721 , 

1722,  and   1723."     It  contains  the  particular  rent  of 
each  farm,   besides  quit  rents,  rents  of  cottages,  &c. 
The  whole  rental,  when  the  company  made  their  pur- 
chase, was  .£1808  8s.  2d. ;  as  improved  by  Mr  Lawson, 
and  commencing  Aug.  1,  1720,  it  was  £1993  6s.  2d  ; 
improved  by  Mr  Horsley,  in   1721,  .£3049   19s.;  rent 
for  the  year  1722,  £3090   1 7s.  6d.;  rent  for  the  year 

1723,  £3020  8s.  6d.     The  following  remarks  are  added 
to  this  statement : — "  The  house,  gardens,  park,  &c. 
were  actually  let  at  the  time  of  purchasing  for  no  more 
than  £250,  and  yet  were  valued  in  the  original  rental 

U 


258 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


at  £500  a  year ;  and  the  commissioners  of  enquiry  al- 
lowed always  £10  per  annum  out  of  the  said  £250  a 
year,  for  keeping  the  house,  gardens,  and  park,  in  good 
repair.  It  is  therefore  submitted  whether  there  ought 
not  a  proportional  abatement  of  the  purchase  money  to 
be  made."  "  The  cottages,  Nos.  130,  131,  were  burnt 
by  the  French  in  the  year  1693."  These  extracts,  I 
should  mention,  do  not  seem  to  have  been  collated 
with  the  original;  and,  while  I  am  writing,  I  can- 
not  find  out  from  what  source  I  obtained  them.  "  An 
account  of  the  respective  personal  estates  forfeited 
by  the  late  Rebellion,  according  to  the  best  discovery 
the  commissioners  have  hitherto  been  able  to  make," 
states  that  lord  Widdrington  had  personal  effects  in 
various  hands  to  the  amount  of  .£7129,  of  which  sum 
£6687  were  in  the  hands  of  lords  Dei  by  and  Ashburn- 
ham.  Further  particulars  respecting  his  estates  may 
be  derived  from  advertisements  in  the  Newcastle  Cou- 
rant  for  May  26,  1?49  ;  April  14,  June  2,  and  Oct.  27, 
17^0  ;  and  in  April  and  May,  1751. 

43.  Sciant  Rentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Rofitus  filius 
Roger!  dnus  de  Werkeworth  dedi  Jotini  de  Wodrington 
et  hered  suis  4?  homagio  ct  servicio  suo  totain  medieta- 
tem  ville  de  Linton  .  Test,  dnis  Hugone  de  Eure  . 
Guischardo  de  Charron  tune  vie.  NorthumEr  .  Wittmo 
de  JLilleburne  .  Wallero  Corbet  .  Thoma  de  Fenwyke 
.  Johne  de  Plesseto  .  Gerardo  de  Woderington  .  Ro- 
gero  Maudut .  Johne  de  Oggell .  Johne  de  Hertwayton 
milit.— (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  152,  b.J 

44.  Ego  Rofctus  filius  Rogeri  dominus  de  Werke- 
worth dedi  Johni  de  Woderington  j>  homagio  totum 
manerium  meum  de  Linton  .  Test,  dno  RoBto  de  In- 
sula  .  Thoma  de  Fenwyk  .  Johne  de  Plessatis  .  Ro- 
gero  Maudut  .  Michaell  de  Killum  .  Waltero  de  Cam- 
how  .  Witto  de  Kirketon  .  Johne  de  Ogell  .  Philippo 
de  Cairwyth  milit. — (Id.) 

45.  Sciant  p.  t  f.  qd  ego  Joties  de  Neubigging  clicus 
dedi  dno  Gerardo  de  Wodrington  militi  1  messuag.  2  tofta 
1  29  acr.  ¥re  1  dim.  cum  ptin.  in  nova  mora  iuxta  Lyn- 
ton  cum  pratis.     Test,  dno  Rog.  Mauduyt  tune  vie.  N. 
—dno  Rofcto   Bertremo   militib3  .  Rofcto  Cresswell  . 


Rottto  de  SetoH  .  Johe  de  Seton  .  Alano  de  Heppis- 
cotes  .  Thoma  de  Wodeburne  1  aliis. — (Dodsw.MSS. 
vol.  45;  X,  251.; 

46.  An0  R.  R.  Joh  nono  incipient!  decimo Go- 

defrid  Mauduit,  Rogerus  de  Plesset  ,  David  de  Bure- 
don,   1   Wittus  fit   Begin,   iiij    milites    sum.   ad   eli- 
gend  xij  ad  faciend.   magna  assiam  in?  Hugon.  Baillol 
pet.  T;  Rofctum  Bertram  ten.  de  ii  can.  ¥re  cu  ptin.  in 
Pentemore  .  q  ven.  1  eligerunt  istos  Wm  de  Wideslad  . 
Wm  de  Coiners  .  Germam  Tisun  .  Robtm  de  Hamel- 
don  .  Thorn,  fil.  Liulfi  .  Nichm  de  Lilleburn  .  Rictim 
de  Plesseto  .  Wm  de  Ulcester  .  Petru  de  Trehaneton 
.  Wm  Maltalent,  &c.— fid.  vol.  97;  X.  203.  Ill.ii.  342.J 

47.  Extract  from  the  will  of  the  right  hon.  Eliz.  Har- 
riet viscountess  Bulkeley,  dated  10  March,  1823  : — "  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  the  persons  who,  at  my  decease, 
shall  respectively  be  archdeacon  of  Nor'humberland  and 
vicar  of  the  parish  of  Woodhorn,  in   the  county  of 
Northumberland,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  upon 
trust,  to  place  out  the  same  in  the  purchase  of  stock,  or 
on  government  security,  at  interest,  in  their  respective 
names,  with  liberty  of  changing  and  transferring  the 
stocks  and  securities,  from  time  to  time ;  and  upon  fur- 
ther trust  to  pay  and  apply  the  dividends  and  interest 
of  the  said  sum  of  £500,  or  the  stock  and  securities  in 
or  upon  which  the  same  shall  be  laid  out  or  invested,  as 
and  when  the  same  shall  become  payable,  and  be  re- 
ceived unto  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  the  said 
parish  of  Woodhorn,  in  the  said  manner  as  they  may 
deem  most  beneficial,  for  ever.    And  I  direct  that  from 
time  to  time,  and  for  ever,  when  and  so  often  as  the 
archdeacon  of  Northumberland  for  the  time  being,  or 
the  vicar  of  the  parish  of  Woodhorn  for  the  time  being, 
shall  die,  the  said  last-mentioned  trust  monies,  stocks, 
and  securities,  shall  be  transferred,  or  assigned  in  such 
manner,  and  so  that  the  same  may  become  vested  in 
the  archdeacon  of  Northumberland  and  the  vicar  of  the 
parish  of  Woodhorn  for  the  time  being,  upon  the  trusts 
herein  before  declared  of  the  same ;  and  the  expences 
of  such  transfer  or  assignment  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
income  of  the  said  trust  fund." 


HORTON  is  the  name  of  the  third  and  most  southerly  chapelry,  in  the 
great  parish  of  Woodhorn,  In  the  oldest  spelling,  in  which  I  have  seen  it,  it 
is  written  Orton,  which  may  mean  boundary  town.  It  has  St  Cuthbert'a 
antient  patrimonial  lands  of  Bedlingtonshire  lying  between  it  and  the  rest  of 


WOODHORN  PARISH. HORTON  CHAPELRY. BOUNDARIES,  &c.  259 

the  parish  of  Woodhorn  on  the  north,  on  which  side  it  is  bounded  by  the 
river  Blythe ;  on  the  east,  by  the  chapelry  of  Earsdon,  which  is  in  Tinmouth- 
shire  ;  on  the  south,  and  partly  on  the  west,  by  the  chapelry  of  Cramlington ; 
and  on  the  remaining  part  of  its  western  march,  it  has  the  lands  of  Plessey,  in 
the  parish  of  Stannington.  It  consists  of  five  distinct  townships,  namely,  Horton, 
Cowpen,  Bebside,  East  Hartford,  &  West  Hartford;  and,  its  population,  in  1801, 
was  1197  ;  in  1811,  1449  ;  and,  in  1821,  2099,  of  which,  in  the  last  mention- 
ed year,  89  families  here  were  employed  in  agriculture,  418  in  trade,  and  9 
living  by  professions,  or  on  their  own  fortunes  ;  and  between  1811  and  1821, 
300  colliers  and  their  families  were  removed  from  Plessey,  in  the  adjoining 
parish  of  Stannington,  to  Cowpen,  in  this  chapelry,  the  whole  of  which 
contains  about  5000  acres,  is  well  enclosed,  and  consists  of  a  strong  clayey 
soil,  advantageously  employed  in  the  growth  of  wheat,  oats,  and  beans.  In 
some  parts  of  it  clover  and  turnips  can  be  grown.  In  the  fifth  year  of  Richard 
the  Second,  "  Coupon"  was  assessed  "  at  2s.  ;  Bepside,  2s.  ;  Neusom  and 
Horton,  3s.  ;  Herford  and  Stiklawe,  3s.  4d."g  for  the  expences  of  the  knights 
of  the  shire  during  their  attendance  in  parliament  in  that  year.  Formerly 
"  Horton  and  its  members,  Stikelaw  and  Hartford,"  were  parcels  of  the  barony 
of  Whalton  :  "  Cupum"  and  Bepside  were  in  the  barony  of  Bolam  ;h  but  the 
greater  part  of  the  lands  within  the  two  last  named  townships  were  granted  at 
an  early  period  to  the  monasteries  of  Brinkburn  and  Tinmouth. 

HORTON,  and  its  members,  in  1165,  do  not  seem  to  have  had  any  mesne 
tenant  enfeoffed  in  them  ;*  but,  in  1240,  sir  Walran  de  Horton,  knight,  held 
Horton,  Stiklaw,  and  Hartford,  of  the  heirs  of  John  Fitz-Robert  as  of  the 
barony  of  Whalton,  by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoffment.j 
This  sir  Walran,  in  1249,  was  defendant  in  a  suit  at  law  between  him  and 
John  Baard,  respecting  certain  lands ;  but,  when  the  trial  should  have  come 
on,  he  essoined  himself  de  malo  lectu,  that  is,  he  excused  his  own  appearance 
on  the  plea  of  sickness ;  upon  which  four  neighbouring  knights,  namely, 
Robert  of  Cresswell,  Adam  Barat,  Thomas  de  Ogle,  and  Symon  de  Dyvelles- 
ton,  were  ordered  to  view  him  where  he  lay  ;  but  neither  he  nor  they  appear- 
ing upon  the  day  again  named  for  hearing  the  cause,  a  writ  was  directed  to 
the  sheriff  of  the  county  requiring  Roger,  son  of  Utting  of  Cresswell,  and 

*  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5.  '-  III.  i.  204,  206 ;  and  III.  ii.  255. 

1  See  II.  i.  375.  j  lit  i.  204. 


260  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

others,  to  become  sureties  for  the  four  knights,  to  distrain  all  their  lands,  and 
to  compel  them  to  be  at  the  Strand,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  on  a  certain 
day,  to  certify  their  view.k  Sir  Walran  had  a  son  Richard  de  Horton,  who, 
in  1257  or  1258,  had  a  grant  from  Robert  de  Monteford,  burgess  of  Newcas- 
tle, of  12  acres  of  land  in  the  field  of  "  Stikelau."1  His  estate,  however,  soon 
after,  but  in  what  manner  I  can  give  no  account,  passed  into  the  hands  of  a 
foreigner :  for  Guischard  de  Charron,  who  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland 
from  1267  to  1270,  had  conjointly  with  Isabella  his  wife,  a  grant  of  posses- 
sions or  privileges  "  in  Horton  Shireve,  Stukelawe,  and  Hereford,"  in  1269.m 
The  same  Guischard  also,  in  1290,  obtained  from  Edward  the  First  the  pri- 
vilege of  free  warren  in  "  Horton  "I  Stikelawe  ;"n  and,  in  1294,  being  sum- 
moned to  the  assizes  at  Newcastle  to  show  by  what  evidence  he  claimed  that 
privilege  in  the  demesne  lands  in  these  two  places,  he  produced  the  royal 
grant  for  it,  and  at  the  same  time  paid  a  fine  of  half  a  mark  for  confirming 
his  right  to  exact  assize  of  bread  and  ale  on  the  same  estates.0  This  Norman 
adventurer  also  acquired  considerable  property  in  the  south  of  England,  and 
became  seneschal  to  Robert  de  Lisle,  bishop  of  Durham,  and  proprietor  of 
the  estates  of  Beamish,  Tanfield,  and  Causey,  in  that  county.  Such  further 
particulars  as  I  have  been  able  to  collect  respecting  his  descendants  and 
estates  in  these  parts  are  given  in  the  following 

GENEALOGY  OF  CHARRON,  MONBOUCHER,  HARBOTTLE,  AND  FITTON,  LORDS  OF  HORTON. 

[Derived  from  Surtees's  History  of  Durham,  and  illustrated  with  additions  from  various  sources.  There  are  extracts 
from  fifty-nine  interesting  deeds  in  the  Dodsw.  MS.  82,  fol.  111—146,  respecting  Ellingham,  Preston,  and  Newcastle,  and  the 
families  of  Monboucher,  and  Harbottle,  in  the  times  of  Edw.  II.  &  III.,  Rich.  II.,  and  Hen.  IV.  &  V.,  but  of  which  I  have 
not  hitherto  been  able  to  procure  a  copy.] 

ARMS.— Charron :  sable,  2  water  bougets  argent.—  Monboucher  :  argent  3  ewers  gules.— Harbottle :  azure,  3  idcles  bend- 
ways,  or :  Mr  siii'tees  is  inclined  to  suppose  the  3  charges  in  the  Harbottle  shield  to  have  been  intended  for  bottles. 

La  vi  ie  tout  premier  venir 
Le  bon  Bertram  Montbouchier 
De  goules  furent  troi  pichier 
En  son  escu  d'argent  luissant 
En  le  ourle  noire  li  besant. 

(Siege  of  Car  laverock.) 

k  III.  ii.  342.  !  Hort.  Misc.  No.  1.  m  III.  ii.  392. 

nlll.  ii.  393.  °III.i.  170,  171. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. HORTON  CHAPELRY. PEDIGREE  OF  CHARRON,  &c. 


-^MARY,  daur.  ^GUISCHARD  DE  CHARRON  came  into  England  in-rlsABELL  ,  to  whom  arid  her  husband  G.  de 


Charron,  Edw.  I.  In  1276,  confirmed  In  tail  gene- 
ral all  the  lands  which  had  belonged  to  Gilbert  le 
Norreys,  together  with  the  water  mill  and  the 
tenements  of  Strother  and  Kalcifote,  with  a  waste 
and  divers  hereditaments  in  Thame,  (Tanfleld) 
granted  to  them  by  the  bishop  of  Durham,  under  a 
rent  of  28s.  8d.  a  year.— (///.  it.  361.)  Was  this 


&  co-heir,  of  Rie.  the  suite  of  Peter  de  Savoy,  uncle  of  Eleanor,  wife  of 
.Sutton,  lord  of  king  Henry  the  Third  ;  and  was  appointed  in  50  Hen. 
Sutton  on  the  III.  1265,  to  give  livery  to  John  de  Dreux,  of  the 

Trent,  co.  Notts,  earldom  of  Richmond,  in  Yorkshire,  which  earldom 
~~  the  said  Peter  de  Savoy  had  by  grant  from  the  crown 
when  he  first  came  into  England. — (Dug.  Bar.  i.  49,  51.)  As  sheriff  of 
Northumberland,  Guischard  de  Charron  occurs  as  testing  deeds  respect- 
ing Plessey,  from  1267  to  1270  (///.  it.  72,  75)  ;  and  the  Hundred  Rolls 
contain  accusations  against  him  for  abuses  and  extortions  in  the  exercise 
of  that  office  :— For  instance,  he  gave  away  three  several  pieces  of  ground  in  the  moat  of  the  castle  of  Newcastle  ;  let  the 
viscountal  rent  of  Tindale  ward  for  .£12,  which,  till  his  time,  had  never  exceeded  £6  a  year  ;  took  a  bribe  of  one  robber,  of 
£10,  for  allowing  him  to  escape  out  of  custody— of  another,  of  £5,  for  replevin  ;  and  increased  the  number  of  the  county 
Serjeants,  and  let  out  their  offices  at  undue  prices. — (///.  i.  105,  1 11,  112,  117.)  He  had  free  warren  in  all  his  lands  in  the 
franchise  of  Durham  ;  and,  in  1289,  a  grant  of  a  similar  privilege  in  his  manor  of  Sutton  upon  Trent.  The  licence  to  fortify 
his  residence  at  Hoi-ton,  in  this  chapelry,  was  tested  in  1293. — (///.  «.  362.)  At  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  in  1294,  he  occurs 
as  senior i  and  was  nominated  an  arbitrator  in  a  dispute  respecting  privileges  between  the  crown  anJ  Gilbert  de  Umfreville 
(///.  ».  154)  ;  and,  in  1298,  was  one  of  the  commissioners  before  whom  the  inquest  was  taken  respecting  the  possessions  of 
the  monks  of  Hexham  prior  to  the  burning  of  their  house  by  the  Scots. — (7/7.  ii.  156.)  The  levies  made  by  him  and  others 
in  Northumberland,  were  summoned  to  assemble  at  Newcastle,  on  March  25,  in  the  same  year.  Mention  occurs  in  the 
Wardrobe  Acct.  for  June  18,  1300,  of  Richard,  son  of  Philip  of  Calcete,  page  of  Guischard  de  Charron,  who,  in  1303  or  1304, 
had  a  trial  with  a  tenant  about  rights  in  the  manor  of  Mering,  in  Nottinghamshire,  but  was  worsted. — (Abb.  Placit.  p.  29.) 


II.— .-STEPHEN  DE  CHARRON  released  GUISCHARD  DE  CHARRON,  lord  of  Horton,  Herford,  and  Sticklaw,  in^AncE,  mention- 

Sutton  upon  Trent  to  his  half  bro-  this  county ;  of  Beamish,  Causey,  and  Tanfield,  in  the  bishopric  of    ed  in  records  in 

ther  Guischard  de  Charron  and  Alice  Durham  ;  and  of  Sutton,  in  Nottinghamshire  ;  was  sheriff  of  North-  I  1306  and  1309. 

his  wife.      umberland  in  1308  ;  &  one  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  for  it  in  1310.  } 

III. — JOAN  DE  CHARRON,  SOIC^BERTRAM  MONBOUCHER,  and  his  wife  Joan,  in  1332,  acquired  the  manors  of  Hamerdon  and 

daur.  and  heir,  on  whom  and    * 

her  husb.   her  parents  settled 

the  manor  of  Sutton  on  Trent, 

3  Ed.  II.    1309,  reserving  out 

of  it  £20  a  year,  and  a  red  rose 

at  Midsummer.  

IV.— REGINALD  MONBOUCHER  was  47  years  old  when  the  Inquest  after  his  father's  death  was  taken.*5?" 

V. — ISABELL,  daur.  of  sir=SiR  BERTRAM  MONBOUCHER,  knt.,  one  of  FUI-^CHRISTIAN,  daur.  of  sir  Roger  Widdrington,  and 
Ricliard   Willoughby,    of    ler's  list  of   Northumberland    worthies,   wit-    co-heir  of  her  mother  Eliz.   daur.   and  co-heir  of 


Filsham,  and  lands  in  Morleye  and  Chertsey,  in  Sussex,  of  John  de  Britannia,  earl  of  Rich- 
mond (Cat.  Inq.  p.  m.  ii.  52)  ;  and  Edw.  II.  in  1218,  granted  to  him  the  manor  of  "  Syhall," 
with  its  appurtenances,  for  life,  which  Walter  de  gelby  had  forfeited  by  engaging  In  the 
Middle  ton  Rebellion. — (III.  ii.  297.)  The  inquest  after  his  death  for  his  Durham  property 
was  taken  Dec.  13,  1332  ;  but  there  is  none  extant  respecting  his  estates  in  this  county, 


Woollaton,    in    Notting-  nessed  a  deed  respecting  Plessey  and  Shotton, 

hamshire,  who,  in  1334,  dated  at  Newcastle,  July  7,  1357,  at  which  time 

was  raised  to  the  high  of-  he  was  not  a  knight. — (Cart.  Bid.  fol.  86.)    He 

flee  of  chief  justice  of  the  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1374,  1377, 

king's  bench.      She  died  1379,    1380,    and  a  knight   of   the  shire   for 

s.  p.  the  same  county,  in  50  Edw.  the  Third,  1876. 
In  1374,  he  and  his  wife  conjointly  let  a  tene- 


Richard  de  Acton,  by  his  wife  Maud,  daur.  and 
co-heir  of  Richard  de  Emeldon,  which  Maud  was 
afterwards  married  to  sir  Alex,  de  Hilton,  lord  of 
Hilton,  in  coun.  of  Durham.  This  marriage  was 
probably  solemnized  about  Feb.  4,  1357,  on  which 
day  Gerard  de  Widdrington  &  Roger  his  brother 
gave  a  bond  to  Bertram  Monboucher  for  the  sum 
of  £300,  of  which  bond  there  is  an  abstract  in  the 
Harleian  MS.  326,  fol.  155.  The  Abridgement  of 
the  Originalia  makes  this  Christian  one  of  the 
daurs.  instead  of  one  of  the  grand-daurs.  of  Ma- 
led  de  Hilton,  when  her  purparty  of  her  grand- 
mother's inheritance  in  Jesemouth  was  set  out 
for  her  in  1370.— (///.  ».  832.) 


ment  in  the  MarkeUgate,  in  Newcastle,  to  one  Wm  Frost,  of  that  place  ; 
In  1375,  he  gave  a  power  of  attorney  to  put  certain  feoffees  in  possession 
of  his  manor  of  Taunrteld  ;  and,  in  1389,  demised  to  Henry  of  Bingfield 
all  bis  lands  in  Shelefield,  in  the  lordship  of  Byker. — (Hort.  Misc.  Nos.  2, 
3,  #  4.)  He,  and  others,  30  Oct.  }384,  were  appointed  commissioners  to 
enquire  into  the  waste  and  peculation  committed  in  certain  places,  and 
matters  on  the  borders  between  England  and  Scotland  — (Rot.  Scot.  it.  60.) 
He  died  In  12  Rlc.  II.  1386,  in  which  year  the  inquest  after  his  death  was' 
taken  at  Morpeth,  and  found  him  die  possessed  of  6  messuages  in  Newcastle,  half  the  manor  of  Great  Whittington,  one-sixth 
of  the  manors  of  Jesemouth  and  Tynedale,  of  the  ville  of  Weldon,  Thhskemill,  2  tenements  and  a  husbandland  in  Thrister- 
ton,  a  husbandland  in  Emeldon,  certain  lands  at  Byker,  lands  in  Shotton,  a  stone  quarry  in  Elswick,  a  husbandland  in 
Heaton-Jesemouth,  besides  Horton,  with  its  members  Sticklaw  and  East  Herford,  2  husbandlands  in  Cramlington,  3  tene- 
ments in  Cowpen,  8  husbandlands  in  West  Herford,  2  tenements  and  12  acres  of  ground,  &c.  in  Bebside,  in  the  barony  of 
Bolam,  and  in  Ponteland  a  tenement  and  2  acres  of  peat  land.  He  had  also  considerable  possessions  in  Sussex,  Notts,  and 
Yorkshire. — (///.  ii.  255.)  His  property  in  Newcastle  consisted  of  2  messuages,  and  an  annual  rent  of  10s.  out  of  a  tenement 
In  Pilgrim-street,  near  the  Wall,  holden  in  free  burgage.  The  tower  next  east,  and  379  feet  from  Newgate,  was  called 
"  Bertram  Monboucher  Tower,"  probably  from  his  building  it.— (/franrf's  AVwc.  t.  15.) 


VI. — BERTRAM  MONBOUCHER,  esq. ^ELIZABETH.     1-  SIR  HENRY=!SABELL  MONBOUCHER,  who,  as-j-SiR  ROBERT  HARBOTTLE, 


son  &  heir  of  Bertram  M.  knight, 
died  in  1400  or  1401,  possessed  of 
interest  in  the  manor  of  Jesemouth, 
and  the  advowson  of  the  chapel 
there,  of  Shieldfleld,  in  the  lordship 
of  Byker,  Heaton,  near  Newcastle, 
four  manors  in  Sussex,  and  one  in 
Notts,  holden  of  the  honour  of  Rich- 
mond— (///.  «.  263.) 


HETTON,  knt.  sister  and  heir  of  Bertram  Mon-  I  who  was  sheriff  of  North- 
He  died  4  Hen.  IV.,  having  boucher,  made  a  grant  of  lands  |  umberland  in  1406. 

had  issue  by  his  wife  Isa-    in  Harrington,  in  the  county  of  • — : < 

bell : — 1.  William,  who  died  Durham,  July  12,  8  Hen.  IV.   1340  ;  but  there  is  perhaps 

s.  p.    2.  Joan,  wife  of  Thos.  a  mistake  in  this  date,  for  by  the  Calendar  of  the  Inquests 

Lilburne.    3.  Elizabeth,  wife  after  Death,    Isabel!,  the  wife  of  sir  Robert  Harbottle, 

of  John  Parke.      4.  Marga-  seems  to  have  died  in  5  Hen.  VI.  in  the  enjoyment  of  in- 

ret,  wife  of  Thomas  Mid-  terest  in  the  manor  and  chapel  of  Jesemouth,  2  husband- 
dleton. 


lands  in  Heaton,  3  parts  of  the  manor  of  "  Brerdon,"  the 
ville  of  Hartley,  the  manor  of  Chillingham,  8  burgages  in 

Bamborough,  and  a  rent  in  Newcastle  (III.  ii.  270) ;  part  of  which  she  held  in  dowery  as  of  the  inheritance  of  her  first 

husband.—  (Id.  262.) 


s 


PART  U,  VOL.  II, 


3    X 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  Bertram  Monboucher,  esq. 

and  Elizabeth 

I 


Issue  of  Isabel!  Monboucher,  and 
Sir  Robert  Harbottle. 
I 


VII. — BERTRAM  MONBOUCHER,  son  and^ELizABETH.  She  married,    SIR  ROBERT  HARBOTTLE,  of  Preston,  in  Northumber-: 


2ndly,   THOMAS  MOLDKN,  land,  knt.  sheriff  of  the  same  county  in  1439.    He  and 

steward  to  bishop  Lan£-  certain  others,  May  17,  1438,  received  a  royal  mandate 

ley  ;  and,  3rdly,   Sin.  Ko-  directing  them  Ursee  a  treaty  between  commissioners 

BERT  HILTON,  of  Hilton  ;  of  England  and  Scotland  fulfilled,  in  which  it  was 

and  died  Aug.    16,    1450.  agreed  that  the  value  of  a  Scottish  ship  &  merchandise 

In  the  inquest  after  her  unjustly  detained  in  England,  should  be  given  up  to 

death,  in   consequence  of  sir  Robert  Ogle  as  a  recompence  for  a  redemption  of! 

her  third  marriage,  she  is  570  marks,  which  the  same  Robert  had  paid  for  being! 


heir  of  Bertram  M.  He  died  5  Hen.  V. 
1418,  possessed  of  2  parts  of  the  manor 
of  Horton,  near  Cramlington,  a  moiety 
of  the  villes  of  Sticklaw  and  East  Her- 
ford,  of  lands  at  Cowpen  and  Bebside, 
Whalton,  Cramlington,  Weldon,  Emel- 
doii,  Elswick,  and  Thristerton,  and  two 
parts  of  a  quarter  of  the  manor  of  Jese- 
mouth. — (Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  5  Hen.  V.  ;  and 
III.  ii.  268.) 

I I 

VIII. — BERTRAM  MONBOUCHER,  who  is  described    BERTRAM  HARBOTTLE,  esq.  heir  of  Bertram  Monboucher  ^JOAN,  daur.  of 


styled  baroness  of  Hilton. 


unjustly  detained  a  prisoner  in  Scotland. — (Hot.  Scvt.\ 
n.  306.) 


in  the  inquest  after  his  death  as  son  and  heir  of  and  lord  of  Beamish  and  Tanfleld,  in  coun.  Durham  ;  of 

B.  M.,  son  and  heir  of  B.  M.,  and  as  dying  with-  Sutton  upon  Trent,  and  of  Dalton  Trevors,  in  Yorkshire; 

out  issue,  possessed  of  property  in  Newcastle,  a  was  sheriff  of  this  county  in  1447,  and  died  Aug.  2,  1462, 

moiety  of  the  manor  and  the  advowson  of  the  possessed  of  a  share  of  the  manor  of  Jescmouth  and  of  the 

chapel  of  Jesemouth,  and  two  parts  of  one-third  advowson  of  the  chapel  there,  besides  the  manor  of  Hor- 

of  Thrusmill,  and  lands  in  Heaton  and  Shield-  ton,  in  the  barony  ot  Whalton. — (///.  a.  277.) 

field.— (///.  a.  270.)  


Thomas  lord 

Lumley,  of 

Iiumley  Castle. 


IX. — RALPH  HARBOTTLE,  aged  9  years  inef=MARGARET  PERCY,  daur.  of    1.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Richard  Harding,  of  Holling- 


1462.  Collins  says,  that  in  1474,  he  had 
become  possessed  of  those  lands  in  Thris- 
ton,  which  had  been  the  property  of  Lau- 
rence de  Acton  and  Maud  his  wife,  who 
were  the  parents  of  his  wife's  mother. — 
(Collins  ii.  363  /  $  Antig.  Rep.  iti.  132.) 


sir  Ralph  Percy,  knt.,  son    side,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  esq 

of  Henry,    second    earl   of       2.  LUCY,  married  to  John  Carnaby,  of  Halton,  in 

Northumberland.     She  was    this  county,  esq. 


living  in  1506.— (Collint,  ii. 
363.) 


3  &  4.  ISABELL  and  JOAN. 

6.  AGNES,  wife  of  Roger  Fenwlck,  of  Stanton.— 
(Supra,  p.  II  3.)  A 

— 


X.  —  SIR  GUISCHARD  HARBOTTLE,  son  and  heir,  had  licence  of  entry-r-JANE,  daur.  of  sir  Henry  ALICE,  wife  to  John  Heb- 
into  his  Durham  property  from  bishop  Bainbridge  in  1503,  and  was  I  Willoughby,  of  Woolaton,  borne,  of  Hard  wick,  near 
lord  of  Beamish,  Sutton  on  Trent,  &  Dalton  Trevors.  He  died  in  1516.  [  Notts,  knight.  Sedgefleld,  Durham.  /K 

r—  -  —  T  ~~~1 

XI.—  1.  GEORGE  HARBOTTLE,  esq.    2.  ELEANOR  HARBOTTLE,-I-THOMAS  PERCY,    MARY  HARBOTTLE,  younger=rSin  EDWARU 


was  a  minor  in  1525.  He  married 
Margaret,  daur.  of  Ralph,  third 
lord  Ogle,  but  died  without  issue. 
— (CoUins  ii.  389.) 


elder  sister  &  co-heiress, 
had  livery  of  her  lands  in 
1524;  and  on  the  parti- 
tion of  her  brother's  estate, 
with  her  sister,  Dec.  4, 


2nd  son  of  Henry 
Algernon  Percy, 
earl  of  Northum- 
berland, was  ex- 
ecuted at  Tyburn, 
in  June,  1537,  for 
the  part  he  took 
in   the   Rebellion 
of  the  Pilgrimage 
of  Grace. 

sister  and  co-heiress  of  her 
brother  George,  had  the  ma- 
nors  of   Suttou   on    Trent, 
and  Dalton  Trevors,  besides 
lands  in  Sussex;  and,  I  sup- 
pose, Horton  and  Stickluw, 
tion  with   her  sister,   of  tl 
estate,  in  1534. 

FlTTON,    Of 

Gawsworth, 
cou.  Chester 

knight. 

on  the  parti- 
leir  brother's 

1534,  had  Beamish  and  Tanfleld  for  her  share.  She  married, 
secondly,  about  1541,  sir  Richard  Holland,  of  Denton,  in  Lan- 
cashire, by  whom  she  had  no  issue.  By  her  will,  which  is 
dated  May  18,  1566,  she  appointed  her  sons  Thomas,  earl  of 
Northumberland,  and  sir  Hen.  Percy,  her  ex'ors.  Her  death 

happened  in  April,  1567.  

I 1 — I — I —  I    I    T 

XII.— THOMAS  PERCY,  born  in  1528,  married    1.  MARY  PERCY  married  sir  Francis    SIR  EDWARD  FITTON,-T-ANNE,  daur.  of 

Anne  Somerset,  daur.  of  Henry  earl  of  \Vor-    Slingsby,  knight,    of  Scrlven,  near    sheriff  of  Cheshire  23  1  Peter  Warbur- 

cester.     This  Thomas  was  restored  in  blood    Knaresborough.  Henry  VIII.  |  ton,  esq. 

by  queen  Mary,  and  became  7th  earl  of  North-    2.  CATHARINE,  wife  of  Ralph  Rither. 

umberland,  but  engaged  in  the  great  Northern    3.  JOAN,  wife  of  Arthur  Harris,  of 

Rebellion,  in  1569,  and  was  beheaded  at  York    Prittlewell,  in  Essex. 

In  1572.—  ( See  the  Peeraget.)^ 

2.  SIR  HENRY  PERCY,  8th  earl  of  Northumberland,  ancestor  of  the  dukes  of  Northumberland,  shot  himself  in  the  Tower 
of  London  in  1585.  A  3.  INGRAM  PERCY.  4.  GUISCHABD  PERCY  died  in  infancy. 


XIII. — SIR  EDWARD  FITTON,  knight,  filled  the  offices  of  M.  P.,  and  high  sheriff  for  the  county  of  Chester,=r  ALICE,  daur.  of 

and  distinguished  himself  for  his  loyalty  and  valour  in  the  Rebellion  in  Ireland,  in  the  beginning  of  queen 

Elizabeth's  reign.     This,  I  apprehend,  was  the  sir  Edward  Fitton,  knight,  who,  in  the  same  reign,  sold  the 

manor  of  Horton,  with  lands  in  Horton  and  Sticklaw,  to  Robert  Delaval,  of  Scaton  Delaval,  esq.  and  was 

defendant  in  a  suit  in  chancery  with  the  purchaser  for  completing  the  plaintiff's  title  to  the  estate. — (Col. 

Proc.  in  Chan.  vol.  i.  p.  222.)      Also,  in  the  same  reig-n,  Thos.  Fitton  had  a  suit  in  the  same  court  against 

Robert  Wilkinson,  and  others,  to  compel  them  to  support  the  title  by  purchase  to  a  tenement,  and  of  a  fishing  on  the  river 

Tyne,  in  the  queen's  manor  of  Tinmouth,  the  record  of  the  proceedings  in  which  suit  contains  a  curious  and  particular 

account  of  the  customs  in  that  manor.— (Id.  p.  285. ) 


XIV. — EDWARD  FITTON,  of  Gawsworth,  created  a  baronet  Oct.  2,  1617,  married  ANNE,  daur.  of Barret,  by  whom  he 

had  an  only  son  Edward,  who  succeeded  his  father  as  second  baronet,  but  died  in  1643  without  issue.  He  had  also  several 
daughters,  of  whom  Penelope  married  sir  Charles  Gerrard,  knight,  father  of  Charles  earl  of  Macclesfleld,  who,  after  several 
suits  with  a  trilateral  branch  of  the  Fitton  family,  succeeded  to  their  estates. 


The  antient  village  of  HORTON  stands  on  a  gradual  slope,  about  three  miles 
west  of  the  sea,  and  one  south  of  the  river  Blyth.  Formerly  it  consisted  of 
several  dwelling-houses,  but  at  present  it  is  reduced  to  one  farm-house,  an 


\VOODHORN  PARISH. HORTON  CHAPELRY. HORTON   CASTLE.  263 

ale-house,  and  three  cottages. p  Low  HORTON,  which  is  only  about  two 
miles  from  the  sea,  also  formerly  consisted  of  a  farm-house,  four  cottages,  and 
an  antient  castle,  and  its  appendages.  It  has  already  been  noticed,  that  in 
the  time  of  Henry  the  Third,  Horton  belonged  to  a  family  who  took  their 
name  from  it.q  In  the  latter  end  of  the  same  reign,  it  had  fallen  into  the 
hands  of  Guischard  de  Charron,  who,  from  the  circumstances  of  his  test- 
ing numerous  deeds  respecting  the  adjoining  villes  of  Plessey  and  Shot- 
ton,  and  having  a  licence  in  1293,  to  fortify  his  manor  house  of  Horton/ 

p  See  Horton  Misc.  No.  6.  STICKLAW  was  an  antient  ville  lying  to  the  south  of  Horlon,  of 
which  manor  it  was  uniformly  reckoned  a  member.  It  stood  on  the  west  side  of  the  highway 
between  Morpeth  and  Tynemouth,  about  the  site  of  the  farm-house  now  called  Stickley.  Some- 
time in  the  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century,  William  of  "  Stikkelaue"  witnessed  a  deed  of 
William  Paris  respecting  lands  in  Shotton. — (Cart.  Rid.  69. )  In  1257,  Robert  Monteford,  a 
burgess  of  Newcastle,  "  gave  to  Richard  of  Hortun,  son  of  sir  Walran,  knight,  12  acres  of  land, 
as  well  in  the  field  of  Stikelau  without  the  ville,  as  in  toft  and  croft  within  the  ville,  namely,  those 
12  acres  which  sir  Hugh  the  Chaplain,  of  Newcastle,  formerly  held  in  the  ville  of  Stikelau — to 
wit — in  toft  and  croft  one  acre,  in  the  fleurs*  three  acres,  in  Hewedis  two  acres,  in  Wellesyde  six 
acres,  by  the  payment  of  nine  shillings  a  year,"  which  payment  was  probably  at  that  time  the  full 
or  rack  rent  of  the  premises — (Hort.  Misc.  No.  1  J  One  "  sir  Richard  de  Stykelau"  was  the 
first  vicar  instituted  into  the  living  of  Edlingham  after  the  appropriation  of  its  rectory  to  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham,  and  was  living  in  1273. — (III.  ii.  122J  This  place,  in  the  proceedings 
in  chancery  between  the  Fittons  and  Delavals,  in  queen  Elizabeth's  time,  continued  to  be  called 
"  St icklowe ;"  but,  in  1628,  it  is  Stikley  in  the  return  of  John  Shaftoe,  gent.,  of  that  place,  as  a 
juror  at  the  assizes  in  that  year. — fSwinb.  MSS.-iii.  ]Q5.)  From  the  days  of  the  Charrons  to  the 
present  time,  it  has  constantly  followed  in  the  train  of  the  fortune  of  the  lords  of  Horton,  into  which 
township,  as  a  separate  ville  and  constablewick,  it  seems  to  have  been  absorbed  prior  to  1663,  as 
it  is  not  noticed  in  the  county  rate  for  that  year,  nor  ever  since. 

*»  WILLIAM  DE  HORTON,  a  monk  of  St  Alban's,  was  sent  on  a  secret  mission  to  the  king  of 
Scotland  in  1257. — (Matt.  Paris,  p.  48.)  He  was  perhaps  a  native  of  this  place,  became  a  monk 
of  Tynemouth,  and  was  preferred  to  St  Alban's,  of  which  church  he  drew  up  an  account  of  the 
privileges  up  to  1257. — (Brand's  Newc.  ii.  84.)  Afterwards  he  became  prior  of  Tynemouth,  and 
in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third  began  to  build  the  town  of  North  Shields,  which  proceeding,  about 
the  year  1292,  caused  such  strong  contentions  in  law  between  his  own  house  and  the  corporation 
of  Newcastle. — (Id.  ii.  563.)  One  John  de  Horton  was  feoffee  with  Robert  de  Massum  for  the 
purpose  of  giving  possession  to  Roger  de  Widdrington,  in  1350,  of  the  adjoining  manor  of  Plessey. 
—  (Hort.  Misc.  No.  5.)  *  III.  ii.  361. 

*  This,  I  apprehend,  means  the  floors  or  fiats,  as  there  are  numerous  fields  and  districts  known  by  that  name, 
which  are  flat  lands,  or  lying  at  the  foot  of  slopes. 


264  MORPETH   DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,   E.   D. 

seems  to  have  resided,  occasionally  at  least,  upon  his  property  here.  His 
son,  and  successors  the  Monbouchers,  though  they  sometimes  occur  in  the 
list  of  sheriffs,  and  as  knights  of  the  shire,  make  no  conspicuous  figure  in  the 
annals  of  the  county.  They  probably  preferred  the  comforts  of  their  welL 
placed  residence  of  Beau-mis,  on  the  wooded  and  sheltered  banks  of  the 
Team,  to  the  security  of  their  castle,  in  the  bleak  and  exposed  village  of 
Horton.  This  was  the  fortalice  to  which  the  adherents  of  Gilbert  de  Middle' 
ton,  after  his  capture  in  Mitford  castle  in  1317,  retreated,  under  the  banner 
of  his  friend  and  ally  Walter  de  Selby.  Walsingham  calls  it  a  refortiuncula, 
or  little  castle.  Walter  de  Selby  was  lord  of  the  neighbouring  manor  of  "  Sy- 
hall,"  which  he  forfeited  by  this  act  of  rebellion,  and  which  was  given  to  sir 
Bertram  Monboucher  in  1218,  probably  by  way  of  recompence  for  the  injury 
done  to  his  castle  and  property  here  by  the  rebel  army.  After  this  time,  the 
castle  and  manor  seems  to  have  been  holden  under  the  Monbouchers  and 
their  successors,  for  a  considerable  time,  by  the  Delaval  family ;  but  by  what 
species  of  tenure  I  have  seen  no  account ;  for  the  list  of  the  names  of  castles 
in  Northumberland,  made  out  about  the  year  1416,  notices  the  castle  of 
Horton-by-the-Sea  (which  it  calls  a  fortalice  in  the  margin)  as  at  that  time  a 
property  of  the  heirs  of  William  of  Wychester,"  who  died  in  1410,  and  had 
inherited  Seaton  Delaval  by  his  father's  marriage  with  Alice,  sister  of  Henry, 
and  daughter  of  sir  William  Delaval.  The  same  authority  also  states,  that 
the  tower  of  Seaton  Delaval  was  then  the  property  of  sir  William  Wychester, 
chevalier,  and  the  tower  of  "  Sighall,"  of  William  Delavale.  It  is,  however 
plain,  from  proceedings  in  chancery  already  noticed,  that  the  fee  simple  of 
Horton  was  not  in  the  hands  of  the  Delavals  till  sir  Edward  Fitton,  the  direct 
lineal  descendant  of  the  Charrons  and  Monbouchers,  conveyed  it  to  them  in 
the  time  of  queen  Elizabeth.  Sir  Robert  Delaval,  the  purchaser,  according 
to  the  inquest  after  his  death,  died  in  1606,  seized  of  Horton,  then  holden  of 
the  barony  of  Whalton  by  the  payment  of  £6  6s.  8d.  ;r  and,  in  1663,  sir  Ralph 
Delaval,  "  for  Horton,"  was  assessed  in  the  county  rate  upon  a  rental  of 
£350  a  year,"  from  whom  this  place,  as  well  as  the  adjoining  estate  of  Stick- 
law,  has  passed  in  regular  lineal  descent  from  heir  to  heir,  to  its  present  pro- 
prietor, sir  Jacob  Astley,  of  Seaton  Delaval,  in  this  county,  and  Melton  Conr 
stable,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  baronet.  Persons  who  remembered  this, 

8  III.  i.  26.  »  Cole's  Esoh.  Harl.  MS  757,  fol.  333.  «  III.  i.  252.. 


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castle  have  told  me  that  it  was  defended  by  a  double  moat  and  rampart  of 
earth,  but  that  the  greater  part  of  its  foundations  were  rased,  and  the  rampart 
levelled  into  its  moat  in  1809,  when  the  present  excellent  farm-house  was 
built,  from  the  site  of  which  it  was  situated  only  a  few  yards  to  the  north- 
west. Part  of  it  indeed  may  be  traced  in  thick  walls  in  the  old  farm-house, 
the  deep  pond  on  the  south  side  of  which  was  probably  a  part  of  the  moat. 
The  late  Samuel  Huthwaite,  esq.  when  he  resided  at  Seaton  Delaval,  in 
1810,  also  informed  me  that  two  maiden  sisters  of  admiral  Delaval  were  the 
last  of  that  family  who  resided  in  it. 

HORTON  CHAPEL  stands  on  the  side  of  the  road  leading  from  Newcastle  to 
Blyth,  and  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  west  of  the  village.  The  prospect  from 
it  over  the  sea,  and  to  the  north  and  south,  is  very  extensive.  It  is  a  con- 
spicuous object  in  every  direction,  especially  from  the  east.  It  is  of  very  an- 
tient  foundation,  but  was  re-built  in  1827.  The  nave  and  chancel  are  of  the 
same  height  and  width,  and  inside  measure  60  feet  by  21.  The  small  porch, 
to  the  north,  was  a  part  of  the  old  fabric,  and  built  by  the  late  Mr  Baker  for 
the  accommodation  of  his  own  family,  and  of  the  rest  of  the  inhabitants  of 
West  Hartford.  The  whole  is  neatly  and  commodiously  fitted  up  ;  but  the 
style  of  the  exterior  cannot  be  commended.  Plain  Gothic,  with  square-headed 
labelled  windows  in  side  walls,  and  pointed  ones  in  gables,  is  a  charming  and 
far  from  an  expensive  mode  of  building  country  churches :  it  is  also  easily 
learnt ;  but  hitherto  very  little  studied  or  understood  by  country  builders, 
though  there  are  numerous  plain  and  useful  publications  on  the  subject.  In 
the  floor  of  the  aisle  here  is  a  marble  slab,  with  an  inscription  respecting  the 
family  of  Watson,  of  Cowpen  ;  and,  on  the  south  front,  a  monument  to 
the  rev.  Richard  Muckle  ;x  and  an  antient  grave  stone,  bearing  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  in  bas-relief,  and  found  in  the  porch  of  the  old  chapel : — 

©rate  pro  anima  ^HHg)  anne  fcarfcotol  5>  3  <£— -that  is,  «  Pray  for 

the  soul  of  Anne  Barbowl."  The  shears  on  tombs  are  symbols  of  a  female. 
I  do  not  know  the  meaning  of  the  sigla  SI.  O.  The  chapel  has  a  small  tower, 
and  one  bell ;  and  was  re-built  partly  by  rate,  but  chiefly  by  subscription.7 

x  See  Horton  Misc.  Nos.  8  and  9.  *  Id.  No.  10. 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


THE    OLD    CHAPEL, 

Before  it  was  taken  down,  was  a  tottering  structure,  and  in  yearly  want  of 
repairs.  Its  north  aisle  had  from  time  immemorial  been  taken  away,  and  the 
three  arches  that  divided  it  from  the  rest  of  the  nave  continued  walled  up  till 
Mr  Baker  opened  one  of  them  as  an  entrance  to  the  porch  he  built  for  West 
Hartford.  Two  stone  coffins  found  here,  are  still  lying  behind  the  chapel. 
In  pope  Nicholas's  taxation  for  the  payment  of  first  fruits  and  tenths  by  the 
clergy  to  Edward  the  First,  in  1291,  the  vicarage  of  Woodhorn,  with  the  cha- 
pelry  of  Horton,  was  valued  at  £50  a  year  ;  the  prior  of  Tinmouth's  portion 
in  the  same,  at  £4  18s.  3d.  ;  and  the  rectory  of  Horton,  then  also  appropri- 
ated to  the  priory  of  Tinmouth,  at  £20  13s.  4d.,  which  sum,  according  to  the 
Tinmouth  chartulary,  was  rated  in  the  following  proportions  :« — "  Horton  20 
marks,  Copoun  8  marks,  Bebeset  40s. ;  total  £20  13s.  4d.,  and  the  tenths 
upon  that  40s.  4d."z  Neither  Newbigging  nor  Widdrington  chapel  is  men- 
tioned in  that  document,  probably  on  account  of  their  being  then  served  by 
chaplains  paid  by  the  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  or  being  founded  after  the  revenues 
of  the  vicarage  were  finally  fixed,  or  because  they  were  free  chapels,  or  their 

z  See  Brand's  Newc.  ii.  593 ;  and  III.  i.  350. 


WOODHORN  PARISH. HORTON  CHAPELRY. EAST  HARTFORD.  267 

chaplains  were  maintained  at  the  expence  of  the  priory  of  Tinmouth.  There 
are  depositions,  in  suits,  about  tithes  in  Woodhorn  and  Horton,  in  the  time 
of  queen  Elizabeth,  in  the  registrar's  office  in  Durham." 

HERFORD,  I  apprehend,  in  antient  times,  comprehended  the  district  now 
called  East  and  West  Hartford ;  and  had  its  name  from  being  situated  on  the 
ford  over  the  river  that  formed  the  her,  or  boundary  between  this  chapelry 
and  the  parish  of  Bedlington.  The  calendar  of  the  cartulary  of  Brinkburne 
notices  grants  of  land  in  "  Herford"  to  that  monastery — one  by  Archil,  son 
of  Edmund,  and  confirmed  by  Richard,  son  of  Argylic  ;  another  of  land,  by 
Adam,  son  of  Gilbert  of  Shotton  ;  a  third,  of  suit  of  mill  in  "  Herford, 
Schotton,  and  Plessiz,"  by  Simon  de  Plessiz ;  and  a  fourth,  by  the  same 
Simon,  of  pasture  in  "  Herford."13  King  John's  confirmation  charter  to  the 
monks  of  Tinmouth,  ml204<,  conceded  to  them  "  Hereford  upon  the  Blythe,"c 
and,  in  the  following  yJp*',  the  "  almoner  of  Herford"  stands  charged  with  an 
annual  cornage  rent  of  "  5  d.  ob."  to  the  abbot  of  St  Alban's.d  The 
clear  yearly  rent  of  the  possessions  of  Tinmouth  priory,  in  Herford,  as  assessed 
to  the  payment  of  first  fruits  and  tenths  to  the  crown,  in  1291,  was  14s.  ;e 
and,  March  15,  1307,  that  house  paid  a  fine  to  the  crown  for  having  acquired 
87  acres  and  half  a  rood  of  land,  two  acres  of  meadow,  and  a  rent  of  23d.  in 
"  Herford."f  In  the  assessment  on  this  county  towards  the  expences  of  its 
two  knights  sent  to  parliament  in  1381,  the  lands  of  the  prior  of  Tin- 
mouth  in  "  Herford,  Cowpen,  and  Bebside,"  are  reckoned  as  in  his  fran- 
chise, and  therefore  not  rated  to  that  contribution.8 

EAST  HARTFORD  lies  between  Bebside  and  West  Hartford,  and  has  the 
beautiful  banks  of  the  Blyth  for  its  northern  boundary.  This  was  one  of  the 
Charron  and  Monboucher  estates.  Bertram  Monboucher,  in  12  Richard  II., 
died  seized  of  "  Stykelawe  and  East  Herford,"  and  his  successor  of  the  same 
name,  is  returned  as  dying,  5  Henry  V.,  .possessed  of  the  same  places.11  In 
1663,  it  belonged  to  Ralph  Bates,  of  Holywell,  esq.,  and  at  present  to  his 
lineal  descendant  Ralph  Bates,  of  Milbourne  Hall,  esq.1 

a  For  further  particulars  respecting  this  chapel,  its  revenues,  and  curates,  see  Horton  Miscel- 
lanea, Nos.  7  &  8.  b  See  Arch.  J31.  vol.  ii.  p.  221. 

c  Brand,  ii.  78.  d  Id.  79.  e  Id.  592.  f  Id.  88 ;  III.  i.  57. 

«  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  4.  h  III,  ii.  255,  268. 

'  It  is  one  farm,  was  assessed  on  £35  a  year  for  county  rate,  in  1663  ;  on  £297,  in  1829;  for 
re-building  the  court  houses,  in  Newcastle,  in  18Q9,  £305;  and,  for  church  rate,,  in  1827,  on  £300, 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

WEST  HARTFORD  lies  on  the  western  extremity  of  this  chapelry,  and  the 
mansion-house  of  this  estate  is  charmingly  situated  on  the  chord  of  a  fine 
sweeping  bow  of  the  Blyth,  and  was  last  tenanted  as  a  family  residence  by  the 
two  benevolent  sisters  of  charity,  Mrs  Atley  and  Mrs  Baker.  The  descent  to  it 
is  steep,  and  covered  with  young  hanging  wood.  At  the  time  of  the  Dissolution 
the  priory  of  Tinmouth  received  rents  of  2s.  2^d.  from  free  tenants,  and  other 
rents  of  £2  a  year  in  this  place.  In  queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  there  were  pro- 
ceedings in  chancery  respecting  property  in  this  township,  "  Blakeden,"  and 
Cowpen,  between  Richard  Grey,  senior,  brother  and  heir  of  John  Grey, 
deceased,  plaintiff,  and  Thomas  Lawson,  defendant,  which  Grey  claimed  to 
be  legally  entitled  to  them  by  purchase  and  descent. j  Edward  Grey,  of 
Bitchfield,  for  himself  and  his  wife,  as  popish  recusants,  in  1639,  compounded 
for  a  capital  messuage  there  and  in  Stamfordham,  and  for  all  their  lands  and 
tenements  in  "  Westhartford,"  Woodburne,  and  Morpipth,  and  all  their  goods 
and  chattels,  at  100s.  a  year.k  In  1663,  Thomas  Riddell,  of  Fenham,  esq. 
was  assessed  for  "  West  Harford,"  to  county  rate  on  a  rental  of  £60  a  year.1 
But,  about  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  it  belonged  to  Wm  Reed, 
esq.,  from  whom  it  has  descended  to  Miss  Hick  and  Mr  Robert  Hedley,  as 
related  in  the  Horton  Miscellanea,  No.  11. 

BEBSIDE,  in  old  writings,  is  Bebesette,  which  might  mean  the  seat  or  resi- 
dence of  Bebe,  some  aritient  owner  of  the  place.m  This  township,  like  the 

j  Proc.  in  Chan.  vol.  i.  f.  335.  k  Hopk.  MSS.  vol.  34. 

1  III.  i.  252.  Rental  for  county  rate  in  1829,  £616 ;  for  courts  and  gaol,  in  1809,  £330  ;  for 
church  rate,  in  1827,  £657. 

m  Great  Bavington,  in  the  parish  of  Whelpington,  in  the  oldest  writings  respecting  it,  is  written 
Babinton  &  Babington  Magna ;  and  a  deed  respecting  that  place,  dated  in  12  Char.  I.,  and  recited  in 
an  indenture  in  the  possession  of  Mr  Bigge,  of  Linden,  mentions  "  a  house  on  the  south  side  of  the 
said  towne,  with  the  garth  thereto  belonging,  called  the  Bab-crag."  We  have  also  in  this  county 
Bamborough,  which,  in  the  Saxon  times,  was  called  Urbs  Bebban  and  Bebbanburgh,  probably  from 
the  name  of  its  first  founder.  It  is,  however,  remarkable  that  the  Bab-crag  in  Great  Babington  is 
whinstone — that  the  great  whinstone  stratum  breaks  out  in  numerous  abrupt  scars  in  that  town- 
ship— that  Bamborough  castle  is  seated  upon  the  same  stratum — and  that  a  strong  whinstone 
dike,  running  north  and  south,  passes  under  or  near  the  house  of  Bebside ;  and  a  few  years  since, 
appeared  at  the  day  on  the  southern  bank  of  the  Blyth,  in  this  township,  but  has  since  been 
extensively  quarried  away  for  materials  for  the  highways  in  this  neighbourhood.  While  I  am 
speaking  of  this  dike,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  say,  that  it  is  of  very  compact  blue  whin,  contains 


WOODHORN  PARISH. HORTON   CHAPELRY. BEBSIDE.  269 

adjoining  one  of  Cowpen,  was  a  manor  holden  under  the  barons  of  Bolam  ;n 
but  prior  to  the  year  1204,  "  Bebesette"  had  become  a  possession  of  the 
priory  of  Tinmouth,0  to  which  house  it  is  mentioned  as  belonging  in  a  con- 
firmatory charter  in  that  year.  In  1294,  the  prior  and  convent  of  the  same 
house  had  tithes  in  the  manor  of  "  Bebeset,"  and  also  a  carucate  of  land, 
which,  after  the  deduction  of  expences,  produced  them  a  yearly  rent  of  half  a 
mark,  and  in  Cowpen  an  annual  rent  in  money  of  46s.  lOd,  ;  the  whole  rent 
in  both  places  being  53s.  6d.p  In  the  same  year,  they  also  claimed  the  privi- 
lege of  free  chase  in  it ;  and,  March  15,  1307,  had  pardon  for  obtaining  12 
acres  of  land  at  "  Bebbeset  super  Blidam,"  without  licence  of  mortmain.*1 
Ralph  Fitz-William,  baron  of  Morpeth,  endowed  a  chantry  in  Tinmouth 
priory  in  1315,  and  had  from  the  monks  there  security  upon  the  manors  of 
"  Cowpen  and  Bebbesset,"  for  the  due  performance  of  the  services  required 
in  his  new  foundation/  Bertram  Monboucher,  lord  of  Horton,  in  12  Ric.  II. 
died  seized  of  two  tenements  and  twelve  acres  of  land,  and  other  possessions 
here  ;  and  the  inquest  after  the  death  of  sir  John  de  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  in 
10  Hen.  VI.  returns  him  as  then  dying  in  possession  of  a  capital  messuage 
and  divers  lands  in  "  Coupon  and  Bebset,"5  in  which  Constance  his  widow, 
in  the  38th  year  of  the  same  reign,  had  settlement  of  dower,  by  indenture 
between  her  and  her  son  John.1  At  the  time  of  the  Dissolution,  31  Henry 
VIII.,  according  to  the  survey  of  the  possessions  of  the  priory  of  Tinmouth, 
"  Bibside"  grange  yielded  a  rent  of  £5  a  year  to  the  crown."  Edward  the 
Sixth  granted  it  to  John  Dudley,  earl  of  Northumberland.  After  that  time, 
families  of  the  name  of  Ogle  and  Bell  were  proprietors  here.v  About  the 

fine  quartz  chrystals,  some  of  which  are  tinted  with  blue,  and  resemble  amethysts ;  but  that  at 
present  the  workings  in  it,  on  both  sides  of  the  Blyth,  are  discontinued  on  account  of  the  great 
expence  incurred  in  carrying  them  on.  n  III.  ii.  255. 

0  Reg.  St.  Alban's,  Cott.  MS.  fol.  114.  P  Tinm.  Cart,  quoted  by  Brand,  ii.  591. 

9  III.  i.  149 ;  Brand,  ii.  88.  r  Wallis,  ii.  161,  280. 

8  III.  ii.  255,  266.  l  Supra,  p.  51,  No.  16.  u  Monast.  Ang.  2nd  ed. 

v  For  some  account  of  the  Ogles  of  Bebside,  see  Horton  Miscellanea,  No.  12.  John  Bell  was 
an  overseer  of  the  watches  appointed  to  be  kept  in  this  chapelry  in  1552  (See  Hart.  Misc.  JVo.  6)  ; 
and  John  Bell  is  returned,  in  1663,  as  proprietor  of  Bebside ;  but  not  long  after  that  time  it  occurs 
as  belonging  to  Mr  Thomas  Ogle. — (III.  i.  328.)  There  are  several  records  respecting  coal  mines 
here  and  in  Cowpen,  and  one  about  Bebside  grange,  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  the  land  revenue, 
Spring  Gardens,  London.  Edward  Delaval,  of  Bebside,  was  a  juror  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle^ 
PART  U.  VQL.  II,  3  Z 


2*70  MORPETH  DEANERY.— CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

year  1700,  John  Ogle  sold  it  to  John  Johnson,  esq.,  whose  daughter  Maria 
carried  it  by  marriage  to  Captain  Fielding,  whose  daughter's  husband  John 
Ward,  esq.,  sold  it  to  his  nephew  John  Ward,  from  whom  it  was  inherited  by 
its  present  owner  Robert  Ward,  esq.,  of  London. w  The  old  slitting  mills  of 
Bebside,  which  were  advertised  in  the  Newcastle  Courant,  in  1750  and  1757, 
to  be  sold,x  are  now  disused  ;  and  Bebside  Grange,  the  old  mansion-house  of 
this  estate,  is  occupied  by  a  farmer  :  it  has  a  small  tower  in  the  centre  of  its 
south  front. 

The  old  village  of  COWPEN  lies  about  a  mile  west  of  the  port  of  Blyth,  on 
the  highway  between  that  place  and  Newcastle,  and  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
from  the  river  Blyth,  which  forms  the  northern  boundary  of  this  township, 
and  is  an  estuary  as  far  upwards  as  Bedlington  iron  works.  The  village  con- 
tains a  few  good  houses,  especially  those  of  the  rev.  Ralph  Errington,  and  of 
Marlow  Sidney,  esq.  Like  Cowpen  on  the  Tees,  a  little  below  Stockton,  I 
suppose  it  to  have  had  its  name  from  being  a  place  of  coupiny1  or  bartering. 
They  were  both  pretty  fast  in  monastic  hands,  and  had  extensive  salt  works 
at  them,  which,  in  remote  periods  of  our  history,  were  sources  of  great  wealth. 
"  Cupum,"  in  1240,  was  accounted  a  manor  in  the  barony  of  Bolam,z  the 
lords  of  which  place,  prior  to  that  time,  but  by  deeds  without  date,  had  grant- 
ed various  possessions  here  to  the  canons  of  Brinkburne.  James  de  Bolam 
granted  them  a  salt-pan  in  "  Cupum,"  of  which  they  had  charters  of  con- 
firmation by  Gilbert  and  Walter  de  Bolam,  as  well  as  by  the  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham. Roger  Fitz-Hugh  made  them  one,  and  John  Fitz-Hugh  two  grants  of 

in  1628;  and,  in  1748,  William  Bee  and  John  Tally  voted  at  the  election  for  freeholds  here — 
probably  some  mushroom  voters,  as  they  had  the  freeholder's  oath  administered  to  them. 

w  See  Hort.  Misc.  No.  13. 

x  Together  with  shops  for  about  forty  nailors,  a  large  and  commodious  dwelling-house  fit  for  a 
gentleman's  family,  and  thirty  acres  of  land — the  whole  held  under  a  lease,  of  which  about  eighty 
years  are  unexpired,  and  subject  to  a  yearly  rent  of  £28. — (Newc.  Courant,  Jan.  29,  1757. )  Mr 
Thomas  Simpson,  of  Pilgrim-street,  Newcastle,  seems  to  have  been  the  lessee  of  these  works  and 
premises — (Id.  May  22,  1756.)  The  rental  of  Bebside  for  county  rate,  in  1663,  was  £120;  in 
1829,  £1018;  for  courts  and  gaol,  in  1809,  £884  ;  for  church  rate,  in  1827,  £934.  I  was  told 
that  it  pays  a  modus  of  £2  in  lieu  of  all  tithes ;  but  could  not  learn  to  whom. 

y  This  word  has  the  same  origin  as  our  English  words  to  chop  and  to  cheapen,  the  Saxon 
ceapan,  and  the  Dutch  koopen,  and  contains  the  root  of  such  names  of  places  as  Coupland,  Cheap- 
side,  Chapmanslade,  Copemanthorpe,  Chippen,  Chippenham,  Copenhagen,  &c. 

z  III.  i.  206. 


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lands  here,  one  of  which  was  confirmed  to  them  by  Walter  de  Bolam  ;a  and 
king  John,  in  1201,  granted  to  them  "  lands  between  the  salt  works  and  the 
way  which  led  from  the  CupwelP  to  the  mill  of  Cupun."c  King  John  also,  in 
1204,  confirmed  to  the  monastery  of  Tinmouth  a  moiety  of  the  ville  of 
*'  Copun,"  or  "  Couperun  ;"d  and,  in  the  following  year,  "  Copun"  stands 
charged  with  an  annual  cornage  rent  of  l6d.  to  the  abbot  of  St  Alban's.e 
Tinmouth,  in  1294,  also  laid  a  doubtful  claim  to  wreck  of  sea  in  this  place ; 
in  1307,  had  a  pardon  for  acquiring  four  tofts  and  seventy  acres  of  land  in  it, 
without  a  licence  of  mortmain  ;f  and  in  1539,  the  year  of  the  Dissolution  of 
the  greater  monasteries,  had  rents  from  free  tenants  here  of  £2  12s.  6d.  a 
year  ;  £3  a  year  from  a  coal  mine,  and  a  windmill ;  £9  from  salt  works  ;  and 
for  assize  of  bread  and  ale  6s.  8d.  ;g  and  part  at  least  of  the  possessions  of 
that  house  in  Cowperi  continued  in  the  hands  of  the  crown  in  1568. h  It  may 

a  Arch,  JE\.  ii.  222. 

b  The  Cupwell  was  near  the  village,  and  in  use  till  it  was  drained  off  by  the  workings  of  Cow- 
pen  colliery.  A  large  stone,  which  belonged  to  it,  and  was  the  last  memorial  of  its  site,  was 
removed  a  few  years  since  on  account  of  some  animal  accidentally  receiving  an  injury  from  it. — 
(R.  E.)  c  III.  ii.  388.  d  Cart.  Antiq.  fol.  27 ;  III.  ii.  389.  e  Brand's  Newc.  ii.  79. 

t  III.  ii.  57 ;  and  Brand,  ii.  88.  Cowpen,  during  the  domination  of  the  See  of  Rome  over  this 
kingdom,  did  not,  however,  belong  exclusively  to  the  monks.  John  and  Roger  Widdrington,  in 
the  time  of  Edward  the  Third,  made  settlements  of  property  in  it. — (Supra,  253.)  John  Rogerson 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Stikeburn,  27  Aug.  1402,  conveyed  to  William 
Johnson,  of  Newcastle,  a  messuage  in  "  Copon ;"  (Hort.  Misc.  JVb.  14)  and,  20  Aug.  1349, 
Adam  de  Vaux  gave  to  John,  son  of  John,  son  of  Adam  de  Meneville,  all  the  lands  and  rents 
which  he  had  by  inheritance  from  his  mother  Catharine,  in  the  villes  of  Newcastle,  "  Copun,  Ben- 
ton,  Wyndesclade,  Gatesheved,  and  Tudhow." — (Id.  No.  13.)  There  is  also  in  the  treasury  at 
Durham  a  feoffment  to  John  de  Vaux  of  nearly  the  same  property,  but  dated  in  1372. — (L.  163.) 

8  Monasticon,  2nd  ed. 

h  In  1568,  Cuthbert  Hedley  is  the  only  person,  excepting  the  queen,  returned  in  the  Feodary's 
account  for  that  year,  as  having  lands  in  this  place.  He  resided  in  Morpeth,  and  under  the  style 
of  "  merchant"  in  that  town,  Aug.  9,  1569,  by  indenture  of  feoffment,  with  livery  and  seizin 
indorsed,  conveyed  to  William  Mavin,  of  Cowpen,  yeoman,  a  messuage,  and  one-third  part  of  his 
lands  here.  In  June,  1577,  Edward  Mavin  gave  a  bond  of  arbitration  to  Richard  Watson,  of 
Cowpen,  yeoman.  In  1591,  Cuthbert  Hedley,  of  Morpeth,  gentleman,  conveyed  to  Andrew 
Story,  of  Berwick  upon  Tweed,  a  messuage  and  eight  oxgangs  of  land  in  this  place,  on  which 
occasion  there  was  a  fine  between  Cuthbert  Watson  and  Andrew  Story,  plaintiffs,  and  Cuthbert 
Hedley  and  Isabella  his  wife,  defendants ;  and  a  recovery,  in  which  George  Dedam  and  John 


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be  useful  to  know,  that  there  are  authentic  copies  of  divers  deeds  in  the 
auditor  of  the  land  revenue's  office,  respecting  lands,  tenements,  salt  works, 
and  coal  mines,  in  Cowpen,  leased  or  granted  off  in  fee  to  different  persons 
by  queen  Elizabeth,  in  whose  reign  there  were  also  proceedings  in  the  ex- 
chequer respecting  coal  mines,  and  in  chancery  about  lands  and  tenements  in 
this  place.5  Till  1619,  the  lands  were  all  open  and  inconveniently  intermix- 
ed ;  but  on  Nov.  15,  in  that  year,  the  several  proprietors  entered  into  articles 
with  each  other  to  make  an  equal  division  in  severalty  of  the  township,  pro- 
portionably  to  every  one's  right,  and  for  that  purpose  employed  "  William 
Matthews,  a  skilful  surveyor."  Then,  and  prior  to  that  time,  as  may  be  seen 
in  the  last  note,  families  of  the  name  of  Delaval,  Widdrington,  Hedley,  Fen- 
wick,  Watson,  and  Preston,  had  property  here.  Sir  Francis  Bowes  held  a 
considerable  part  of  it  in  1663.  At  present,  all  these  old  names  have  vanished 
out  of  its  rentals.  The  Watson  estate  only  a  few  years  since,  in  1802,  went 

Preston  are  demandants,  Cuthbert  Watson  and  Andrew  Story  tenants,  and  C.  Hedley  and  his 
wife  vouchees. — (See  Hort.  Miscel.  No.  15.)  The  parties  to  the  articles  for  dividing  the  township 
in  1619,  were,  sir  Ralph  Delaval,  knt. ;  Robert  Widdrington,  esq. ;  Lewis  Widdrington,  esq.  ; 
Tristram  Fenwick,  gent,  for  himself  and  children,  heirs  to  Magdalen  their  mother  deceased,  one  of 
the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Robert  Fenwick,  gent,  deceased  ;  Mai-tin  Fenwick,  gent,  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  another  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  the  said  Robert  Fenwick ;  John  Preston  the 
younger,  John  Preston  the  elder,  William  Slory,  and  Robert  Smith,  yeomen,  who,  by  indenture 
of  feoffment,  March  1,  1619,  conveyed  to  Cuthbert  Watson,  105  acres  in  Cowpen,  in  the  following 
parcels,  namely : — In  the  North  Fields,  1 1  acres  ;  in  the  High  Croft,  4  acres  ;  in  the  Whins 
pasture,  adjoining  Bebside,  62  acres ;  and,  in  a  part  of  the  Mill  Field,  called  the  Gallyflat,  24 
acres.  At  the  same  time,  William  Story  had  also  105  acres  set  off  to  him  in  the  following  portions, 
namely  :— In  the  North  Field,  11  acres  ;  in  the  Mill  Field,  25  acres;  and  in  the  West  Whins,  69 
acres. — Robert  Delaval  and  John  Preston,  of  Cowpen,  gentlemen,  were  both  summoned  as  jurors 
to  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  in  1628 ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  the  viscountal  rent  for  this  place  was 
13s.  4d.,  and  the  sheriff  accounted  into  the  exchequer  for  a  rent  of  £4  for  Cowpen  coal  mine,  for 
£2  for  a  salt  pan  from  Thomas  Bates,  gent.,  and  for  £3  for  two  other  salt  pans  in  Cowpen — 
(Swinb.  MSS.  vol.  Hi.  p.  9,  85,  297,  Sfc.)  In  1663,  the  proprietors  were—sir  Frances  Bowes, 
Robert  Preston,  sir  Thomas  Widdrington,  Mr  John  Proctor,  John  Smith,  Mr  Wm  Widdrington, 
ofBurnhill,  Mr  John  Fenwick,  of  Deanham,  Robert  Preston,  and  Cuthbert  Watson.  Preston's 
lands  became  mortgaged  to  the  Trinity-house  in  Newcastle  ;  the  master  and  brethren  of  which,  in 
1712,  sold  them  to  Cutbbert  Watson,  of  Cowpen,  gent,  for  £450.  Thomas  Preston,  John  Rich- 
ardson, Jacob  Russell,  and  Cuthbert  Watson,  voted  for  freeholds  in  Cowpen  at  the  election  for 
Northumberland  in  1748.  The  rental  for  county  rate  in  Cowpen,  in  1663,  was  £308;  in  1829, 
£4716  ;  for  courts  &  gaol  in  Newcastle,  in  1809,  £3227  3s. ;  and  for  church  cess,  in  1827,  £4222,, 
1  See  Martin's  Index,  and  Proc.  in  Chanc.  vol.  i. 


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to  the  two  daughters  and  co-heiresses  of  the  late  Cuthhert  Watson,  esq. — 
Dorothy,  widow  of  the  late  Charles  Dalston  Purvis,  esq.,  and  Margaret  Diana, 
wife  of  the  rev.  Ralph  Errington,  who  now  resides  here  in  the  mansion-house 
of  his  wife's  ancestors.'  "  Mr  Dagney"  lived  in  this  village  in  1769.  One  of 
its  mansion-houses  was,  some  years  ago,  greatly  injured  by  fire,  and  has  not 
since  been  effectually  repaired ;  and  the  only  considerable  house  here  at  pre- 
sent, excepting  Mr  Errington's,  is  that  of  Marlow  Sidney,  esq.,  which  is  occu- 
pied by  his  son  Marlow  Francis  Sidney,  esq.  The  densest  part  of  the 
population  of  this  township  is,  however,  on  the  estate  of  the  rev.  Robert 
Croft, k  at  Cowpen  Blythe,  which  adjoins  the  ville  and  port  of  Blyth,  and  con- 
sists of  several  streets  and  places  known  by  the  names  of  Crofton,  Crofton 
Mill,  Waterloo  Place,  Cowpen  Square,  and  Cowpen  Place.  At  Crofton,  there 
is  a  workhouse  for  the  chapelry  of  Horton  and  the  township  of  Newsham,  of 
which  Blyth  forms  a  part.  In  Waterloo  Place,  the  burghers  have  a  meeting- 
house, and  the  new  connexion  of  Methodists  a  chapel,  which  was  built  in 
1818,  cost  £650,  and  is  inscribed  in  front  nj"TV  iT)iT — i.  e.  Jehovah-jiroh.1 
There  are  also  considerable  alkali  works  by  the  side  of  the  Blyth,  in  this 
township,  carried  on  by  Messrs  Crane  and  Co. 

j*f 
j  See  Pedigree  of  Watson,  of  North  Seaton,  above,  p.  191  ;  and  Hort.  Misc.  No.  10. 

*  Mr  Croft  and  his  wife  hold  about  a  moiety  of  the  whole  township,  which  is  the  same,  I  sup- 
pose, as  sir  Francis  Bowes  held  in  1663.  The  parts  they  have  let  off  on  building  leases  are  for 
three  lives,  renewable  by  a  fine  of  £5  for  each  new  life,  so  that  their  proprietors  vote  for  them  at 
elections  for  the  county  ;  but  the  leases  being  to  the  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns  of  the 
tenants,  on  the  death  of  persons  intestate,  they  pass  to  personal  representatives,  not  to  heirs.  The 
descriplion  of  the  parties  granting  the  lease  is — "  Thomas  Blackburn  Hildyard,  of  Flinham-house, 
Notts,  esq. ;  the  rev.  Sevitt  Thoroton,  of  Colnwick,  Notts,  clerk ;  Robert  Thbroton,  of  Harrington, 
Lincolnshire,  esq. ;  lieut.-col.  Thoroton,  of  the  grenadier  guards ;  Kingsmill  Evans,  of  the  Hill, 
Herefordshire,  esq.  and  Anne  Roselia  his  wife ;  Elizabeth  and  Mary-Isabella  Thoroton,  both  of 
Duke  Street,  Middlesex,  spinsters ;  which  said  T.  B.  Hildyard,  Sevitt  and  Robert  Thoroton, 
Anne  Roselia  Evans,  and  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Thoroton,  are  the  children  of  Anne  Thoroton,  late 
of  Bath,  widow,  deceased,  and  the  rev.  Robert  Croft,  of  York,  clerk,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  which 
Anne  Thoroton  and  Elizabeth  Croft  survived  Margaret  Wauley  Bowes,  late  of  Carleton,  York- 
shire, spinster,  their  late  sister." 

1  See  Genesis,  xxiv.  14. 


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HORTON  MISCELLANEA. 

l._Omnil>5  Robt.  de  Monteford  burgensis  noui  cast' 
salutm  .  NoQitis  me  gcessisse  1  ad  feodo  f'ma  dedisse 
ricardo  de  hortun  fit  dni  Walranni  militis  duodecim 
acras  fre  ta  i  campo  de  Stikelau  ext'  uillam  q'm  in  tofto 
1  in  crofto  inf'  villam  .  scilic*  illas  duodecim  acras 
quas  dns  Hugo  capls  de  novo  castro  quodam  tenuit  de 
vill'o  de  Stikelau  .  scilicr  in  tofto  1  in  crofto  vnam  acra 
.  In  floris  tres  acras  .  In  hewedis  duas  acras  .  In  welle- 
syde  sex  acras  .  tenend  1c.  Reddendo  novem  solid 
argenti,  &c. — hiis  testib3  Johe  de  Plascheto  vicecom. 
tune  tepis  .  dno  henrico  de  levale  .  dno  ada  barent  . 
Witto  de  Kirketun  .  Galef  do  de  vytheslade  .  ada  de 
seleby  .  Richardo  de  Herford  .  Witto  de  stikelau  . 
Wa$o  fit  Ricardi  de  dalton  .  ada  de  aula  ,  symone  de 
haliwelle  .  et  multis  aliis. — (Ex.  Orig.  in  Thes.  D.  fy  C. 
Dunelm.) 

2. — Hec  indentura  testatur  qd  Bertramus  Monbo- 
cher  miles  1  Xtiana  ux.  eius  filia  quondam  Rogi  de 
Woderington  heres  quondam  Matild  de  Acton  filie  & 
hedis  quondam  Rici  de  Emeldon  concesserunt  &  ad 
firmam  dimiserunt  Witto  Frost  de  N.  C.  sup.  T.  unum 
tentu  1c.  in  le  Marketgate  in  dee  vitt  .  Tenend  dicto 
W.  .  Reddend  inde  annual,  gdcis  B.  &  Xt.  26  sol.  &  8 
den  .  Testibus  Jotie  Bulkam  tune  majore  ville  N.  C. 
pdic  .  Thoma  Graper  .  Thorny  Wodman  .  Laurent  de 
Acton  .  Thoma  de  Trilbye  tUnc  Battuis  eiusdem  vii  . 
Nicho  de  Sabram  .  Johe  de  Howden  .  Johe  Hewell  . 
Robto  Daunt  .  Hen?  Scot  .  1  aliis  .  Dat.  apd  vitt  N. 
C.  1374 fDodsw.  MSS.  vol.  70,  fol.  68.) 

3.— Oib3  'Ic.  Ego  Bertramus  Montburgcher  miles  sal- 
tmD'no  in .  Noveritis  me  constituisse  &  loco  meo  posuisse 
ditcos  mihi  Wm  Buldeflore  T;  Johem  Taillour  attorna- 
tos  meos  .  oiunctim  ct  divisim  ad  liftand  plena  seiam 
Robto  de  Umfranvill  .  Edmundo  Perpound  T;  Nicho 
Montburgcher  mih'tib3  .  Robto  de  WiclyfFe  captto 
Eboi?  dyec  .  Ada  de  Fenrother  custodi  capelle  sci 
Edmundi  confessoris  in  Gatesheved  .  "T;  Witto  de  Wer- 
copp  ppetus  vicarius  ecclie  de  Bedelyngton  .  in  manerio 
meo  de  Taunfeld  .  cum  oibj  suis  ptin.  ut  in  carta  inde 
p  me  confecta  pdcis  R.  T:c.  plenius  ftinetur.  Dat.  apud 
Taunfeld  10  Jan.  49  Ed.  3,  13?5 (Id.  fol.  72.; 

4.  Cnb3  Bertramus  Monboucher  saltm.  in  D'no.  Sci- 
atis  me  gcessisse  t  ad  firma  dimississe  Henf  de  Byng- 
feld  oes  ¥ras  meas  iacent  in  Shelefeld  infra  dnium  de 
Biker  .  1  in  Patounfeld  .  H'end  in  non.  annos  .  Redd 
annuat  16  sol.  8  den  .  Dat.  apd  N.  C.  sup  T.  1389 — 
(Id.  vol.  25,  fol.  83.; 


5. — Sciant  presentes  "t  futuri  qd  nos  Rofctus  de  Mas- 
sam  1  Johannes  de  Horton  dedimus  Rogero  de  Wode- 
rington fratri  dni  Gerardi  de  Woderington  militis  ma- 
neriu  nrm  de  Plescys  cu  ptinenciis  ct  quicquid  habuim 
in  dco  manerio  die  confeccois  hui'  carte  .  Habend  pre- 
dicto  Rogo  heredib3  suis  1  suis  assignatis  de  capital!  dno 
feodi  illius  .  Hiis  testibj  Johne  de  ffenwick  .  Ro^to  de 
la  vale  .  Rofito  Bertame  .  Johne  de  Eure  .  Rogo  Man- 
duyt  militibj  .  Johne  de  Coupeland  tuc  vicecomite 
Northumbr.  .  Rofcto  de  ffenwik  .  Thma  de  fi^enwik  . 
Bartholomeo  Benet  .  Rogo  de  Cressewelt  .  Witto  de 
Heppescotea  .  Wittmo  de  Seton  .  Rico  de  Crameling- 
ton  1  aliis  .  Dat  apud  maneriu  de  Plescys  gdcm  die 
Jovis  crastino  fci  Michalis  anno  D'ni  .  1350. — (Chart. 
Rid.  70.; 

6. —  In  1552,  a  border  law  commanded  Shotton-dike- 
Nook  to  be  watched  nightly,  by  two  men,  inhibitors  of 
Shotton  and  Harforth  ;  another  watch  to  be  kept  at  the 
north  side  of  the  Downe-hill,  with  two  men  nightly,  of 
the  inhabitors  of  Horton  and  Bebsyde  ;  and  the  watch 
on  Lorakin-hill  to  be  kept  nightly,  by  two  men  of  Cow- 
pen  and  Blythe's  Nook.  Setter  and  searcher  of  the 
three  watches,  George  Morton ;  overseers,  Liell  Fen. 
wick  and  John  Bell — Sept.  7,  1590.  Inventory  of  the 
goods  of  Randall  Fenwick,  gent.,  of  Horton,  by  Thos. 
Ogle,  gent.,  &c. ;  and,  April  5,  1597,  administration  to 
the  goods  of  Randall  Fenwick,  of  the  parish  of  Horton, 
mentions  his  wife  Isabell,  alias  Bell ;  his  children  Wil- 
liam and  Elizabeth,  then  under  age ;  and  his  goods  as 
of  the  value  of  =£493  6s — fRaine's  Test.  137  $  419.; 
Lancelot  Cramlington,  of  Hartford  and  Earsdon,  was 
receiver-general  of  the  land  tax  for  Northumberland 
and  Durham,  and  was  buried  in  All  Saints'  church, 
Newcastle. — (Cramlington  Pedigree. J 

7. — EXTRACTS  from  Archdeacon's  Memorandums : — 
1723.  Value  given  in  upon  oath  before  the  bishop's 
commissioners  in  1719,  £15  15s.  The  impropriators  of 
this  chapelry  are  the  duke  of  Somerset  and  the  Mercer's 
Company.  The  lessees,  Mr  Edward  Grey,  of  Alnwick ; 
Mr  Peter  Potts,  of  Cowpen ;  Mrs  Potts,  of  Killing- 
worth  ;  and  (Mrs  Partis)  now  Mrs  Green,  of  Stanning- 
ton  Bridge.  Mr  Grey,  I  am  informed,  hath  half  the 
tythes  leased  to  him. — Sept.  11,  1732.  "  It  is  now, 
taking  altogether,  made  a  decent  chapel." — (Archd.  Tho. 
Sharpe.)  1758.  Some  years  ago,  it  was  augmented  by 
the  queen's  bounty.  A  lot  lately  fell  to  it,  but  it  doth 
not  yet  receive  the  benefit  of  it. — (Dr.  Robinson.; 
Though  Horton  was  augmented  by  lot,  in  1734,  yet  it 


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was  not  regularly  certified ;  for  no  deed  of  severance 
was  ever  executed,  therefore  the  second  lot  has  never 
yet  been  allowed  to  take  place.  The  purchase  for  the 
first  augmentation  lies  at  Redheugh,  in  Allendale,  and 
brings  in  6  per  cent.  The  second  lot  in  1754,  and  be- 
nefaction in  1 767,  viz. — £600  in  all,  were  laid  out  in  a 
purchase  at  Snape-house  or  Snowhope,  near  Stanhope, 
and  now  let  for  <£19  per  annum. — (Dr.  John  Sharpe.) 
There  is  neither  glebe  nor  parsonage ;  but  the  perpe- 
tual curate,  besides  the  lands  in  Weardale  and  Allen- 
dale,  has  £15  a  year  from  the  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  and 
a  payment  of  £2  10s.  from  Bebside.  The  parish  ves- 
try, which  is  also  the  Sunday-school  room,  is  built 
over  the  public  stable,  which  is  in  the  church-yard. 
The  great  ty  thes  are  in  the  duke  of  Northumberland 
(as  appropriator  of  Tinmouth)  and  Mr  Sidney,  for  Cow- 
pen,  worth  .£250  per  annum ;  in  the  Mercer's  Com- 
pany and  the  rector  of  Hampstead,  for  Horton,  worth 
.£260 ;  and  in  the  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  for  Hartford, 
worth  £40  a  year.  The  clerk  has  4d.  a  cottage  and  6d. 
a  farm.  The  registers  begin  in  1649.  They  have  a 
silver  flaggon,  chalice,  and  patten,  given  by  Mrs  Atlee 
in  1772.  The  chapel  is  in  a  very  bad  state  indeed  out- 
wardly :  the  interior  is  not  so  bad.  I  gave  no  orders 
for  this  year,  but  to  husband  their  means  till  next 
spring,  and  then  to  lay  on  a  good  blue  slate  roof. — 
fDr.  Singleton.)  The  plate  presented  by  Mrs  Atlee 
and  Mrs  Baker  is  worth  about  £60. — fW.  D.  T.) 

8,  a. — The  PARISH  REGISTERS  are  kept  in  an  iron 
chest,  in  the  clerk's  house,  at  the  chapel.  They  are  in 
four  volumes,  and  contain  entries  of  baptisms  from 
1648,  of  marriages  from  1660,  of  burials  from  1725 — 
(Wm  D.  T.) 

8,  b. — INCUMBENTS  AND  CURATES  OF  HORTON  : — 
"  Richard  Presbyter  of  Orton"  was  one  of  the  29  wit- 
nesses to  Walter  Fitz- William's  grant  of  Widdrington 
to  Bertram  de  Widdrington,  in  the  beginning  of  the 
twelfth  century.  After  the  Reformation,  the  curates 
here  appeared  and  disappeared  in  quick  succession. 
John  Leighton,  in  1577,  was  curate  without  licence;  in 
1608,  he  occurs  as  vicar  ofOvingham.  Edward  Be- 
thorn.)  deacon,  curate  in  1578;  was  vicar  of  Woodhorn 
in  the  Ibllim  ing&year,  and  of  Eglingham  in  1590.  Alex. 
Liffhton,  1581 :  he  occurs  also  about  the  same  time  as 
curate  of  Cramlington ;  and,  in  1605,  of  South  Gos- 
forth.  Thomas  Jackson,  curate,  1582 ;  was  vicar  of 
Norham  in  1590.  Thomas  Haigh,  in  1584  and  1604. — 
(From  MSS.  in  Reg.  Office,  Durham.) 


Miles  Birkheadvais  curate  in  1682,  two  years  prior  to 

which  time  Mr  Charles  Newton  and,  his  daur.  Barbara, 

*• 
Mark  Young  and  Jane  his  wife,  and  their  son  Robert, 

were  presented  at  the  archdeacon's  visitation  for  ab- 
senting themselves  from  divine  service  ;  also,  both  in 
June  and  Sep.  1 680,  the  chapel  was  presented  as  being 
out  of  repair.  14  June,  1682,  "  We  want  a  Bible." — 
CMS.  pents  J.  Bell.) 

^William  Simcoe,  vicar  of  Woodhorn  and  Horton,  and 
rector  of  Newbiggen,  was  inducted  here  Mar.  10,  1725. 

John  Potter,  clerk,  curate  of  Horton  and  Cramling- 
ton, entered  upon  Horton,  June  24,  1725,  and  was 
buried  there  Oct.  30,  1763.  He  was  a  native  of  New- 
biggen, in  the  parish  of  Dacre,  Cumberland.  He  was 
also  chaplain  at  Seaton  Delaval ;  and  as  such,  registered 
the  baptisms  at  Horton, — of  Sophia  Anne,  Jan.  14, 
1755  ;  and  John,  June  17,  1758,  children  of  John  De- 
laval, esq.  (afterwards  lord  Delaval)  and  Mrs  Susannah 
his  wife. 

Richard  Muckle,  nominated  by  the  vicar  of  Wood- 
horn,  Jan.  23,  1764,  after  augmentation.  The  monu- 
ment to  his  memory,  bearing  the  following  inscription, 
was  on  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  of  the  old  chapel, 
and  is  now  on  that  of  the  new  one  : — "  Near  this  place 
lie  the  remains  of  Richard  Muckle,  curate  of  this  cha- 
pelry,  who  died  on  the  5th  of  Sept.  1?88,  aged  44 
years" 

William  Treakell,  LL.B  ,  admitted  Dec.  8,  1783. 

James  Wilkinson,  clerk,  May  1,  1785. 

Robert  Messinger,  clerk,  nominated  sometime  in  the 
latter  end  of  the  year  1813.  Mr  Messinger  is  also  per- 
petual curate  of  Ninebanks,  in  Allendale. 

*»*  The  assistant  minister  now  here,  April  1830,  is 
the  rev.  Wm  D.  Thompson,  author  of  15  Sermons, 
which  were  printed  in  )  829,  and  fully  answer  to  their 
title  of  being"  Practical  and  Familiar,"  and  are  be- 
sides full  of  fervour,  true  Christian  piety,  and  right 
feeling  and  thinking.  I  hope  they  will  act  as  ushers  to 
that  patronage  which  Mr  Thompson's  worth  and  talents 
entitle  him  to ;  and  I  take  this  opportunity  of  express- 
ing my  obligations  to  him  for  the  ready  attention  he 
gave  to  answering  several  queries  I  submitted  to  him 
respecting  this  chapelry. 

9. — RENTAL  of  Horton  chapelry  for  re-building  the 
chapel,  furnished  by  the  rev.  Ralph  Errington.  The 
cess  was  at  3^d.  in  the  pound,  and  produced  £129  18s. 
9d. :— Land  and  tythe  in  West  Hartford,  =£657  ;  ditto 
in  East  Hartford,  £300 ;  land  in  Bebside,  =£934  ;  land 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


and  tythe   in   Horton,   £2,79? ;    and  houses,   knds, 
tythes,  &c.  in  Cowpen,  £'4,222 — total,  £8,910. 

9,  b. — SUBSCRIBERS  to  re-building  Horton  cha- 
pel:— The  duke  of  Northumberland,  the  Mer- 
cer's Company  (London),  sir  Jacob  Astley,  the 
rev.  Benj  Kennicot  (vicar  of  Woodhorn),  and 
the  rev.  Robert  Croft,  each  £50,    -        -     £250     0 
Rev.  Dr  White  and  Ralph  Bates,  each  £10,          20     0 
Mrs  Hedley  and  Miss  Hick,  each  £15,        -         30     0 
Rev.  R.  Errington  and  Mrs  Purvis,  each  £5,        10     0 
Mr  Thoburn,  £5  ;   Mr  Watts,  £5  ;  Mrs  Tate, 

£3  3s.  13     3 

Total  cost  -  £323     3 

The  chapel  was  re-built  by  Mr  William  Turner,  of 
Blyth,  whose  bill  for  the  whole  work  done  to  it,  ex- 


cepting painting,  was  £390,  besides  the  old  materials  ; 
the  painting,  £36  6s.  8d. ;  the  whole,  £425  6s.  8d. 
Mr  Ward,  the  proprietor  of  Bebside,  contributed  £25 
to  the  subscription  for  re-building  the  chapel;  but  his 
agent  expended  it  in  planting  shrubs  around  the  cha- 
pel yard,  and  in  making  a  new  wall  on  the  west  side 
of  it.— (WmD.  T.) 

10 — "  The  family  burial  place  of  Cuthbert  Watson,  of 
Cowpen,  who  died  the  3d  of  May,  1802,  aged  59  years. 
Cuthbert,  his  father,  died  the  23rd  of  February,  l?9J, 
aged  C4  years.  Margaret,  relict  of  the  last-named 
Cuthbert  Watson,  and  daughter  of  Ralph  Bates,  esq.  of 
Newbottle,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  died  Dec.  26th, 
1814,  aged  97-  Diana,  relict  of  the  first-named  Cuth- 
bert Watson,  esq.,  and  daughter  of  Stephen  Watson, 
esq.  of  North  Seaton,  died  October  9,  1822,  aged  75." — 
(  On  a  marble  in  Hortoti  Chapel.) 


11.— PEDIGREE  OF  REED,  HICK,  AND  HEDIiEY,  OP  WEST  HARTFORD. 
[Extracted  chiefly  from  the  genealogical  stores  of  Mr  Thomas  Bell,   of  Newcastle.] 

I._t  WILLIAM  REED,^ PLACE,  died  at  Hartford,  9  Sept.  1761.— (Newc.  Conr.}  "  There  is  a  pedigree    1  WILLIAM  LAKE,=F 

of  West  Hartford,  esq.  j  of  the  Place  family,  from  whom  I  understood  Mrs  Reed  descended,  in  Surtees,    of    Long    BentonJ 
|  vol.  3)  p.  286,  237,  but  he  does  not  notice  any  marriage  with  Reed." — (7*.  B.)        esq. 

I — 1  I 

II. — PBISCILLA  REED,=MR  ATLEY,  a  dia-    ELIZABETH  REED,    MR  LEWIS  HICK.-TANNE  LAKE,=WILLIAM  CRAMLINGTON,  esq. 


eldest  daughter 
Sep.  28,  1800. 


died     mond  merchant     marr.   JOHN  BA-    of  Newcastle  up- 
See  a    at  Lisbon.    He  &    KEK,  rsq.  an  alder-    on  Tyne,  hoast- 


high,  but  truly  deserv-  his   wife,  at  the  man  of  Newcastle,  man,  died  10  Ju- 

ing  character  of  this  time  of  the  great  son  of  Francis  Ba-  ly,  1767,  and  was 

lady,  in  the  Newcastle      earthquake    in  ker,   of  Tanfleld,  bur.  at  All  Saints. 

Chronicle  of  Octob.  4,  that    city,    were  who  was  brother 


1800."— T.  B.) 


resident  at  their  of  Geo.,  the  grandfather  of  the  pre- 

country  house  ;  sent  George  Baker,  of  Elemore.   She 

but  their  town's  was  man',  at  Horton  chapel,  July  1, 

residence  was  de-  1762,  and  said  to  have  a  fortune  of 


stroyed. 


£8,000. — (Neuic.  Journal.')  Mrs  Baker 
&  her  sister  Mrs  Atley  were  splendid 


patterns  for  imitation  In  the  orderly  and  benevolent 
disposition  of  their  time  arid  fortune. 


marr.  2ndly,  alderman  of  Newcastle,  died 
at  St.  Nichl.  May  12,  1810,  aged  So.  He 
Newc.  May  hart  for  his  first  wife,  ANNF., 
18, 1772.  She  daur.  of  Wm  Scott,  of  New- 
died  Mar.  23,  castle,  esq.,  &  paternal  sister 
1804,  aged  70  of  lords  Stowell  and  Eldcn. 
years,  &  was  She  died  1  Jan.  1764,  &  was 
buried  at  All  buried  at  All  Saints,  having 
Saints,  Newc.  had  issue  one  son  William, 
and  four  daughters,  of  whom 
ANNE,  the  second  and  only  surviving  child, 
married  sir  John  Creechloe  Turner,  knt.,  of 
Castle  Carleton,  in  Lincolnshire ;  and  died 
1 1  November,  1815. 


III. — 2.  ELIZABETH  HICK,  married^pRoBERT  SHAFTOE  HEDLEY,  esq.,  alderman  of  New-    1.  ALICE  HICK,  living  unmarried 
Sep.  22,  1791  ;  living  In  1830.  j  castle  ;  difd  at  Bath,  in  May,  1803. in  1830. 


IV. — ROBERT  SHAFTCE  HEDLEY,  eldest  son,  mar-    ANN  HEDLEY,  eldest  daur.,  married  Wm  Cuthbert, 
ried  Miss  Clarke,  and  has  issue.  and  had  issue. 


GEORGE,  and  other 
issue. 


12.— PEDIGREE  OF  OGLE,  OF  BEBSIDE. 

[From   Harl.    MS.    1448,   and  other  sources.] 

I. — SIR  WILLIAM  OGLE,  of  Cawsey  Park,  third  son  of  Ralph  lord  Ogle.=f=MARGARET  DELAVAL,  daughter  of  sir  John  Delaval, 

See  above,  p.  135. j  of  Seatou  Delaval. 

I I 

II.— JAMES  OGLE,    JOHN  OGLE,  of  Bebside,  second  son,  of  which  viile  he  was  returned  as  possessed,  by  the^PniLiPPA,  dau. 
of  Cawsey  Park./K    queen's  feodary,  in  1568.     He  had  two  younger  brothers,  Thomas  and  Matthew  ;  and  one  I  of  John  Ogle,  of 

sister  Anne,  wife  of  Martin  Fenwick,  of  East  Hedwin  and  Burradon  ;  and  another,  I  Ogle  Castle. 

Margaret,  married  to  John  Wirtdrington,  of  Hawkslcy.  j 

I T 1 

III. — I.WILLIAM  OGLE,  of  Bebside,  died  before  )587,    2.  THOMAS  OGLE,  of  Bebside,    3.  LANCELOT  OGLE.-T-DOROTHY  WATSON, 
when  CONSTANTIA  MIDDLETON,  of  Newcastle,  pro-    gentleman,  the  sequestration  j  of  Ellingham. 

bably  for  the  purpose  of  administering  to  his  goofls,    of  whos<;  goods,  dated  March 

pretended  to  be  his  wife,  and  Ralph  Delaval  &  Thos.  9.  1615,  returns  him  as  then  deceased,  and  mentions  his  wife  Dorothy, 
Ogle  are  mentioned  as  brothers  of  the  deceased.  who  was  daughter  of  George  Whitfleld,  of  Newcastle  ;  and,  25  August, 

1616,  as  Mrs  Dorothy  Ogle,  widow  of  Thomas  Ogle,  of  Bebside,  gent., 

rendered  an  account  into  the  Consistory  Court  of  Durham,  which  mentions  Mr  John  Cramlington,  of  Walton,  Yorkshire, 
and  is  embodied  in  an  inventory  of  that  date  made  by  Thomas  Ogle,  esq.,  Thomas  Bates,  gent.,  and  others. — (Koine's  Test, 
170,  444.) 


IV.— THOMAS  OGLE  was  eight  years  old  in  1615. 


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13.— PEDIGREE  OF  JOHNSON,  FIELDING,  AND  WARD,  OF  BEBSIDE. 

I.— JOHN  JOHNSON,  esq.  said  to  have  purchased  Bebside  about  the  year  1720,  of  John  Ogle.     He  was  high-sheriff 
Northumberland  in  1715. 

I — 1 ' 

II. — MARY  JOHNSON,  eldesfr FIELDING,    ELIZABETH  JOHNSON,  second  daur.  and  co-heiress,=rMATTHEW  WHITE,  esq. 

daur.  and  co-heiress,  inhe-    a  captain  in  the    carried  considerable   possessions  in  Muiton,   North/Kof  Blagdon. — (See  under 
rited  Bebside  from  her  father.  (  army. Shields,  &c.  to  her  husband,  which  he  sold.  Blagdon. ) 

III. — 1.  CHARLES  JOHN  JOHNSON  Fi 

a  capt.  in  the  East  India  Compa 

died  in  India  in  1767.— (Newc.  Courant,  SO  April,    1766  (Kewc.  Qatr.) ;  &~bur. 


K  FIELDING,  esq.,    3.  MARY  FIELDING,  married=f=JoHN  WARD,  of  Whitby,    WILLIAM  WARD,=P 
,ny's  land  forces,    at  Horton  chapel,  Aug.  16,    a  Russia  merchant.    Af-    of  Fenchurch  St., 


1768.) 

2.  WILLIAM  CARR  FIELDING,  living  in  1755. 


there,  Dec.  7,  1789.— (Hort. 
Reg.) 


ter  his  marriage,  he  re-    London. 

sided  at  Bebside,  and  in 

Westgate  Street,  where  he  had  a  son,  bornj 

March  9,  1772. — (Newc.  Cour.) 


I  I  3BH; '"  " — ~~l 

IV. — 1.  CHARLES  FIELDING    ROBERT  WARD,  died    HARRIET  WARD,  now    1.  JOHN  WARD,  esq.  pur-  2.  ROBERT  WARD,  esq. 

WARD,  a  barrister  at  law  in    at  Mr  Pearson  s,  at    living  in  France.    She    chased  Bebside  of  his  un-  now  proprietor  of  Beb- 

London,  died  before  his  fa-      Unthank,  in  this      had  two  sisters,  both    cle  John,  and  sold  40  acres  side  by  inheritance 

ther,  and  unmarried.              county,  and  unmar-    of  whom  are  dead.          of  it  to  the  Watsons,  of  from  his  broth.  John  ; 

ried.                                                                       Cowpen,  as  an  accommo-  resides  in  the  Albany, 

dation  to  them.  Piccadilly,  London ;  & 
marr.  Miss  Moorson. 


14. — Carta  Jonis  Rogson  de  Elyngton  1  Marg  ux°is 
filie  t  hered  Johis  Slikburn  fca  Wiifo  Jonson  de  Novo 
Castro,  tc.  de  un.  mess.  T;c.  in  Copon  .  Test.  Witt  °l 
Joh  de  Cramlington,  tc.  27  Aug.  3  Hen.  IV.-  (  Orig. 
in  Thesau.  D.  £  C.  Dunelm.) 

15. — Sciant  p.  t  f.  quod  ego  Adam  de  Vaux  dedi 
Johni  filio  Johnis  filij  Ade  de  Menevill  omia  terr"  redd 
tc.  que  habeo  per  Katherinam  matrem  meam  heredita- 
rio  in  villis  de  Novo  Castro  super  Tynam  .  Copun  . 
Benton  .  Wyndesclad  .  Gatesheved  t  Tudhow  in  com' 
Northumbr.  et  Dunelm.  20  Aug.  1349.— (Lansd.  MS. 
326,  fol.  156.) 

16 — In  1601,  Andrew  Story,  of  Berwick  upon  Tweed, 
garrison  man,  by  will,  gave  to  Jane  his  wife,  his  farm 
in  Cowpen,  with  remainder  to  his  eldest  son  William, 
and  his  other  sons  Jenkyn  and  Robert  successively ; 


and  also  mentions  his  son  Nicholas,  his  brothers,  Jef- 
frey's two  daughters  Anne  and -Dathalie,  and  appointed 
his  brothers  Andrew  and  Roger  supervisors,  his  sons 
being  then  under  age. — (Raine's  Test.  380  )  Also,  Dec. 
7,  1608,  Henry  Horsley,  by  will,  dated  at  Newcastle, 
gave  to  his  executors,  George  Horsley  his  brother,  and 
his  brother-in-law  John  Scot,  of  Alnwick,  one-fourth 
share  of  the  coal  mines  of  Bebside  and  Cowpen,  under 
lease  from  Thomas  Harbottle,  and  mentions  his  sister 
Isabell  Simpson,  his  brother  John  H.,  his  sister's  son 
John  Forster  in  Burton,  his  sister's  son  John  Scot  in 
Alnwick,  his  sister  Isabella  Gibson  in  Cambridge  or 
Norfolk  (Id.  440) ;  and,  July  15,  Robert  Delaval,  of 
Cowpen,  esq.,  besides  numerous  other  bequests,  left  to 
his  wife  Alice  his  lease  and  estate  of  Cowpen. — (Id. 
500.) 


STANNINGTON  parish  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  parish  of  Bedlirig- 
tor\,  and  the  chapelries  of  Horton  and  Cramlington  ;  on  the  south  and  west 
by  the  parish  of  Ponteland  ;  on  the  west  again  by  the  parish  of  Whalton  ; 
and  on  the  north  by  the  parish  of  Morpeth.  The  river  Blyth  traverses  it  from 
west  to  east ;  and  the  great  north  road  from  Newcastle  to  Edinburgh,  from 
south  to  north.  The  whole  parish  is  now  in  the  west  division  of  Castle  ward, 
and  the  seven  townships,™  of  which  it  consists,  maintain  their  poor  conjointly. 


m  Five  of  these  townships,  namely,  Stannington  East  and  West  Side,  Bellasis,  Salt- 
wick,  East  and  West  Dudden,  and  Clifton  and  Coldwell,  are  on  the  north  side  of  the  Blyth ; 
aud  two  of  them,  namely,  Plessey  and  Shotton,  and  Blagdon,  on  the  south  side  of  that  river.  In 
the  old  arrangement  of  Castle  ward,  the  first  five  of  these  townships  were  in  the  west;  the  two  last 
in  the  east  division.  Under  the  invasion  census,  made  in  September,  1801,  the  population  was 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


4    B 


278  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

Its  population,  in  1801,  was  1252  ;  in  1811,  1270 ;  and,  in  1821,  963.  Mr 
Myers,  the  incumbent  of  the  parish,  in  an  explanatory  letter  in  the  census  of 
1821,  shows,  that  in  that  year  there  were  504  inhabitants  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Blyth,  and  421  on  the  south  side  of  it,  and  that  the  decrease  in  the 
population  between  that  and  the  preceding  years  was  owing  to  the  colliery  at 
Plessey  being  relinquished  in  1813,  and  about  300  colliers  and  their  families 
removed  to  a  new  colliery  establishment  then  commenced  at  Cowpen.  The 
population,  in  1821,  consisted  of  211  families  resident  in  201  houses,  of 
which  families  128  were  employed  in  agriculture,  45  in  trade,  and  38  com- 
prised of  different  descriptions.  Its  lands  consist  of  a  stiff  but  generally  fertile 
soil,  well  fenced,  and  well  tilled.  Freestone  of  fine  quality  and  colour  abounds 
in  many  parts  of  it,  especially  at  Blagdon,  and  on  the  banks  of  the  Blyth  ; 
and  some  of  the  "Newcastle  coal  beds  extend  diagonally  over  its  southern  and 

returned  as  willing  to  be  disposed  of  in  the  following  manner : — 2  volunteers,  21  between  15  and 
16  on  horseback,  61  between  15  and  16  on  foot,  97  drivers  of  carts,  76  drivers  of  cattle,  30 
pioneers,  23  guides,  44  labourers,  21  from  age  or  infirmity  incapable  of  removing  themselves  in 
case  of  danger,  331  women  capable  of  retiring,  47  women  old  and  incapable  of  removing 
themselves,  403  children,  10  aliens — in  all,  1166  people.  Under  the  return  in  July  21, 
1803,  there  were  found  in  this  parish,  298  persons  between  the  ages  of  15  and  60,  8  persons 
infirm  and  incapable  of  active  service,  44  between  15  and  60  willing  to  serve  on  horseback, 
and  76  between  15  and  60  willing  to  serve  on  foot.  The  arms  ready  to  be  brought  were — 
4  swords,  3  pistols,  17  firelocks,  and  4  pitchforks ;  the  implements,  6  felling  axes,  9  pick  axes,'  24 
spades,  14  shovels,  3  hooks,  and  8  saws  ;  and  the  live  and  dead  stock  consisted  of — in  live  stock, 
123  oxen,  386  cows,  283  young  cattle,  193  calves,  1529  sheep,  150  goats,  394  pigs,  51  riding 
horses,  230  cart  horses,  and  126  young  horses  :  in  dead  stock,  1  waggon  for  4  horses,  1  cart  for 
3  horses,  107  for  2,  and  5  for  1 ;  16  sacks  of  flour  and  meal;  quarters  of  grain  threshed  out,  35*- 
of  wheat,  54|  of  oats,  73 £  of  barley,  8  of  beans  and  peas,  and  50  of  malt :  thraves  of  grain  not 
threshed  out,  1462  of  wheat,  1103  of  oats,  687  of  barley,  80  of  beans  and  peas,  and  20  of  rye; 
131  tons  of  hay,  2205  thraves  of  straw,  91  acres  of  turnips  :  in  corn  growing,  894  acres  of  wheat, 
1341  acres  of  oats,  280  acres  of  barley,  6  acres  of  rye,  32^  acres  of  beans  and  peas,  27^  acres  of 
potatoes,  and  1 122  acres  of  meadow ;  and  there  were  2  mills  and  22  ovens  in  the  parish.  The 
rental  for  county  rate,  independent  of  the  property  of  lards  Carlisle,  Grey,  and  Newcastle,  in 
1663,  was  £754;  of  the  whole  parish,  in  1829,  £11,603  17s.  5d. ;  for  gaol  and  county  courts, 
in  1809,  £11,758  11s.;  property  lax,  in  1815,  £14,091:  money  raised  for  the  poor,  in  1803, 
£677  18s.  7^d.;  for  the  poor  and  highways,  in  1815,  £950;  and,  in  1821,  £792  6s.  In  1381, 
this  parish  was  assessed  for  the  expences  of  the  knights  for  the  county  attending  parliament  at 
Westminster,  for  that  year,  in  the  following  proportions  : — "  Saltwyke  2s.,  Dudden  East  12d., 
Dudden  West  12d.,  Stannington  and  Bellasis  3s.,  Clifton  and  Caldwell  3s.,  Shotton  3s.,  Blakeden 
18d."  Plessey  is  not  named  in  this  document,  but  was  probably  included  with  Shotton. 


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eastern  sides,  but  do  not  seem  to  stretch  so  far  west  as  the  Duddens  and 
Saltwick. 

This  parish  formed  part  of  the  extensive  BARONY  of  Merlay ;  and,  in  1240, 
Roger  de  Merlay  held  here,  in  capite  of  the  crown,  the  villes  of  Saltwick, 
Dudden,  and  another  Dudden,  Clifton,  Caldwell,  Stannington,  Shotton,  and 
Blakeden :  and,  at  the  same  time,  the  mesne  tenants  enfeoffed  here,  were 
Richard  de  Dudden,  in  Dudden  del  West,  by  half  a  knight's  fee  ;  William  de 
Koynere,  in  Clifton  and  Caldwell,  and  John  de  Plessey,  in  "  Schotton, 
Blakeden,  and  Wydeslade  del'  north,"  each  by  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old 
feoffment  ;  and  Robert  de  Camhow,  in  a  carucate  of  land  in  Saltwick,  by  a 
twentieth  part  of  a  fee  of  the  new  feoffinent :  also,  in  1240,  Alice  de  Merlay 
held  Twizle,  in  the  parish  of  Morpeth,  and  East  Dudden,  in  this  parish,  by 
the  soccage  service  of  free  marriage.11  Since  the  division  of  the  property  of 
the  barons  of  Morpeth  between  the  co-heirs  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third, 
the  principal  part  of  their  possessions  here,  like  those  in  Morpeth,  have 
descended  by  female  heirs  through  the  noble  families  of  Greystock  and  Dacre, 
to  the  earl  of  Carlisle,  their  present  proprietor. 


Is  dedicated  to  St  Mary,  and  consists  of  a  porch,  vestry,  tower,  nave,  two 
transepts,  and  a  chancel.     The  parch  is  on  the  south  side  of  the  nave,  and 

n  III.  i.  208,  216. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

has  the  vestry  opening  into  it,  and  adjoining  it  on  the  west ;  both  are  antient 
structures,  but  the  tower  seems  the  oldest  part  of  the  whole  fabric,  and  at  the 
ground  measures  9  feet  9  inches  square  within.  The  nave  is  54  f  feet  by  24* 
feet  9  inches ;  has  a  gallery,  on  which  is  a  barrel  organ,  the  gift  of  the  impro- 
priator.  Traces  appear  in  the  north  wall  of  the  nave,  of  arches,  which  once 
separated  the  middle  from  a  north  aisle.  The  south  aisle  is  still  existing,  and 
has  three  plain  pillars  and  four  pointed  arches.  The  transepts  are  12  feet 
broad  :  that  on  the  south  12^  feet  deep,  and  the  north  one  only  7-i  feet.  The 
chancel  measures  35  feet  by  12  feet  10  inches,  and  has  on  its  floor  a  marble 
inscribed  to  the  memory  of  the  Greens,  of  Stannington  ;  and,  adjoining  the 
impropriator's  pew,  on  the  south,  a  window,  decorated  with  antient  coloured 
glass,0  inserted  in  1772  by  the  late  sir  Matthew  White  Ridley.p 

Of  the  history  of  this  church  and  its  revenues  while  it  was  a  rectory,  I 
have  little  account.  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  founded  a  chantry  in  it, 
with  lands  and  other  revenues,  for  the  maintenance  of  one  chaplain,  who 
should  say  divine  services  at  the  altar  of  St  Mary,  for  the  souls  of  himself, 
his  ancestors,  descendants,  and  of  all  the  faithful  departed  of  this  life.q  The 

0  The  chief  subjects  represented  in  this  window  are: — 1.  A  shield  ruby,  with  3  crowns,  or; 
2.  The  Virgin  and  the  infants  Jesus  and  John  ;  3.  On  a  field  azure  a  saint  or,  sitting  on  a  chest, 
or,  his  head  radiated,  in  his  left  hand  a  ball,  his  right  slightly  elevated  towards  the  handle  of  a 
sword  placed  horizontally  in  his  mouth  ;  4.  The  arms  of  France  and  England  quarterly ;  and  5, 
below  them  a  shield  argent,  charged  with  a  cross  patonce  or,  between  4  martlets,  or. 

p  Newc.  Courant,  16  Nov.  1772. 

q  The  charter  of  this  foundation  is  given  in  Wallis  ii.  p.  283,  and  in  III.  ii.  p.  71 — 76,  of  this 
work,  and  is  to  the  following  effect : — Hoger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  for  the  health  of  his  own  soul, 
and  of  the  souls  of  all  his  ancestors  and  successors,  who  had  died  in  the  faith  in  Christ,  gave  in  free 
alms,  for  the  maintenance  of  one  chaplain,  for  doing  divine  services  for  all  the  faithful  departed  out 
of  this  life,  one  toft  and  croft  on  the  west  side  of  the  church  of  Stannington,  with  common  of  pasture 
and  other  easements  belonging  to  the  ville  of  Stannigton,  for  four  cows  and  thirty  ewes  and  their 
lambs,  till  they  were  one  year  old ;  ten  acres  of  land  in  Clifton,  and  twenty  acres  in  Coldwell,  which 
the  founder  had  by  the  gift  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Hexham  ;  also  half  a  carucate  of  land 
in  Clifton,  given  to  him  by  the  same  donors ;  and  another  half  carucate  by  Robert  of  Cambou  j 
and  three  bovates  of  land  in  the  ville  of  Coldwell,  by  Gilbert  Conyers,  with  common  of  pas- 
ture in  Clifton  and  Coldwell,  as  set  forth  in  the  deeds  of  the  several  donors  to  the  founder.  The 
presentation  of  the  chaplain  to  be  in  the  archdeacon  of  Northumberland  or  his  official  for  the  time 
being,  and  the  chaplain  besides  paying  all  the  temporal  services  for  his  lands  mentioned  in  the  char- 
ters of  the  first  donors,  to  do  divine  services  at  all  canonical  hours,  except  prevented  by  sickness, 
or  other  lawful  cause,  and  then  to  find  a  fit  substitute  to  do  them  :  also  every  day  to  say  the  set- 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. STANNINGTON   CHURCH. REVENUES.  281 

benefice,  in  1291,  before  it  was  spoiled  of  the  greater  part  of  its  tithes  of  corn 
and  hay  to  enrich  the  monks  of  Newminster,  was  assessed  for  first  fruits  and 
tenths  on  an  annual  rental  of  £53  2s.  4f  d.  Roger  de  Somerville,  the  repre- 
sentative of  his  grandmother,  Isabell  de  Merlay,  one  of  the  two  co-heirs  of  the 
last  Roger  de  Merlay,  however,  in  1330,  gave  the  advowson  of  it  to  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Newminster ;  but  the  deed  which  appropriated  the  greater 
part  of  its  revenues  to  that  house  is  not  dated  till  1333,  and  then  confers  the 
advowson  of  the  vicarage  upon  the  bishop  of  Durham,  and  secures  to  the 
vicars  in  perpetuity  the  manse  on  the  east  side  of  the  church,  which  was  then 
called  "  The  Vicar's  Place,"  together  with  twelve  acres  of  the^  glebe  land 
belonging  to  the  church,  and  the  tithe  of  corn  and  hay  of  the  three  villages  of 
Blakeden,  East  Dudden,  and  West  Dudden,  the  tithe  of  hay  in  Saltwick,  and 
of  foals,  calves,  geese,  swine,  hens,  lint,  white  hemp,  and  all  the  small  tithes, 
oblations  and  mortuaries,  and  of  all  other  things  which  belonged  to  the  altar- 
age of  that  church,  excepting  the  tithe  of  wool  and  lambs  and  the  tithe  of  mills, 
which  it  reserved  to  the  impropriators.  The  farm  called  Whinney-hill  was 
formerly  a  part  of  the  township  of  East  Dudden,  and  as  such  still  pays  tithe 
to  the  vicar.  The  vicarage-house,  built  by  Mr  Robinson,  in  1745,  and  neatly 
maintained  by  his  successor,  the  present  incumbent,  stands  very  pleasantly  in 
a  flower  garden  fronting  the  south,  and  in  the  west  street  of  the  village, 
through  which  the  antient  paved  road  or  saltway  led  to  the  Duddens,  Salt- 
wick,  and  the  western  parts  of  this  countyr — a  line  of  communication,  which 
is  now  very  indifferent,  but  if  straightened  and  improved  from  Hartford 
bridge  to  the  Ponteland  road,  near  Belsay  or  Harnham,  could  not  fail  of  being 
of  great  public  convenience  and  utility. 

After  the  Dissolution,  the  crown  let  the  RECTORY  of  this  parish  for  some 
time  under  two  leases;  but  Feb.  8,  1607,  sold  the  corn  tithes  of  Clifton, 
under  a  reserved  rent  of  6s.  8d.  a  year  to  Richard  Roberts  and  George  Tyte  ; 

vice  for  the  dead,  called  placebo,  dirige,  and  commendatio,  as  if  a  corpse  was  present.  The  founder 
also  gave  for  the  maintenance  of  the  said  service,  one  silver  chalice,  gilt  within,  and  of  the  value  of 
23s. :  two  sets  of  good  vestments,  five  consecrated  towels,  and  one  good  missal  with  a  gradale,  a 
banner,  and  a  troper,  all  to  be  renewed  as  oft  as  wanting  by  the  chaplain  himself,  for  the  time 
being,  who  should  also  at  his  own  charge  find  a  proper  clerk,  candles,  wine  and  wafers,  and  keep 
his  house  in  good  repair. 

r  For  the  incumbents  of  this  church,  and  other  particulars  respecting  it,  see  Stannington  Mis- 
cellanea, No.  1.  To  Mr  Myers,  the  present  incumbent,  I  am  much  indebted  for  civilities  to  myself, 
and  answers  to  several  queries  respecting  his  parish. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  4   C 


282  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

and,  on  May  11,  in  the  following  year,  granted  in  fee  to  George  Johnson  and 
John  Grimesditche,  subject  to  an  animal  rent  of  3s.  4d.,  the  tithe  of  wool  and 
lamb,  and  all  other  tithes  whatsoever  arising  in  the  same  township,  excepting 
the  tithe  of  corn — which  conveyances  were  probably  made  under  the  direc- 
tion, and  for  the  use  of  the  ancestors  of  the  present  proprietor  of  Clifton,  as 
that  township  is  now  entirely  tithe  free.  The  rest  of  the  rectorial  tithes 
of  this  parish,  which  had  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  were,  19  July, 
1574,  let  on  a  lease  of  twenty-one  years,  to  Ralph  Grey,  of  Chillingham, 
under  a  reserved  rent  of  £7  11s.  8d.  ;  and  again,  June  3,  1595,  the  crown, 
for  the  same  rent,  granted  them  to  Ralph  Grey,  and  his  sons  William  and 
Thomas,  for  their  lives ;  but,  April  6,  1605,  conveyed  them  in  fee,  (still, 
however,  subject  to  the  old  fee-farm  rent,)  to  sir  Henry  Lindley,  knight,  and 
John  Starkey,  together  with  three  tenements  and  several  parcels  of  land  in 
Stannington — to  the  use,  I  apprehend,  of  the  family  of  Grey,  of  Chillingham, 
amongst  whose  descendants  they  were  parcelled  off  in  portions,  the  last  of 
which  was  sold  to  the  Ridleys,  of  Blagdon,  about  the  year  1774.s 

STANNINGTON  is  represented  in  modern  books  as  two  townships,  Stannington 
East  and  Stannington  West,  though,  in  1663,  as  at  present,  it  was  only  Stan- 
nington— one  constablery  ;  and  long  prior  to  that  time,  in  1381,  Stannington 
and  Bellasis  were  assessed  together  at  3s.  for  the  expences  of  the  knights  of  the 
shire  attending  parliament  in  that  year.1  The  village  stands  on  a  high  and 
dry  situation,  and  has  the  great  north  road  running  through  it,  and  a  branch 
street  to  the  west,  in  which  the  vicarage  and  church  are  situated.  From  the 
Conquest  to  the  present  time,  the  Merlays,  and  their  successors  in  the  barony 
of  Morpeth,  have  been  the  chief  proprietors  here  :  reference,  therefore,  to  the 
account  of  that  barony,  under  Morpeth,  will  show  how  the  possessions  of  the 
Merlays  became  divided  amongst  their  posterity,  and  the  gradations  through 
which  Stannington  has  descended  to  its  present  noble  possessor,  the  earl  of 
Carlisle.  Roger  de  Merlay  the  First,  who  died  in  1188,  gave  the  priory  of 
Hexham  one  toft  and  two  oxgangs  of  land  in  Stannington,  besides  an  annual 
rent  charge  of  18d.  ;u  and  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  is  accused  in  the  Hun- 
dred Rolls,  of  alienating  to  William  Fitz-Ralph,  eight  oxgangs  in  the  same 
manor,  besides  conveying  the  mills  of  Stannington,  and  their  appurtenances,  to 
the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster.  The  fact  respecting  the  grant  of 

'jyn  M  >  Stan.  Misc.  No.  1,  d,  e,  f,  g.  e  Wallis  ii.  apx.  6.  u  III.  ii.  167. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. STANNINGTON  MILLS.  283 

Stannington  mitts  to  Newminster  is  this  : — Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  con- 
veyed the  mill  of  Stannington,  with  various  lands  and  appurtenances  belong- 
ing to  them,  to  John  de  Plessey,  who  granted  them  to  that  house.    The  grant 
to  John  de  Plessey,  which  was  made  between  the  years  1246  and  1256,  is  still 
preserved  among  the  Cartee  Ridleanse,   and  conveyed  to  him  the  mills  of 
Stannington,  with  the  stank  or  wear  of  the  mill-pool,  the  water-mill  and 
the  site  of  the  wind-mill,  and  the  whole  suit  of  multure,  being  one-thirtieth 
part  of  all  the  corn  sent  to  grind  by  the  men  of  Stannington,  Clifton,  and 
Coldwell,  excepting  the  produce  of  the  two  bovates  of  land  belonging  to  the 
prior  of  Hexham  ;  the  lord's  tenants  in  Stannington  to  lead  all  materials,  and 
perform  the  whole  work  of  building  and  upholding  the  mill  and  its  stank  ; 
and  the  men  of  Clifton  and  Coldwell  to  contribute  to  making  and  maintaining 
the  stank.     The  same  deed  also  secured  to  the  grantee  sufficient  way-leave 
for  all  sorts  of  carriages  from  the  great  royal  road,  which  led  from  Stanning- 
ton towards  the  bridge  of  the  Blye,  as  far  as  Softeresmere,   and  by  it  to  Wil- 
liam Richardson's  selion  of  land,   and  up  to  the  wind-mill ;  also  sufficient 
timber  to  make  and  repair  the  mills  from  the  woods  of  Witton  and  Horsley, 
with  estovers  for  the  stank  or  wear  in  the  dene  of  the  Blye.     Also,  all  the 
land  called  Milneside,   and  comprized  within  the  following  boundaries  ;• — 
From  the  water  of  Blye  by  the  dyke  to  the  east  end  of  Portejoyehalvh,   and 
so  towards  the  north  to  the  tillage  land  of  Stannington,  and  by  it  eastward  to 
the  king's  great  highway  which  leads  from  Stannington,  southward  to  Stan- 
nington bridge,  and  along  the  bridge  over  the  water  of  Blye,   and  so  by  the 
water  of  Blye  to  the  aqueduct  which  comes  from  the  mill,  and  by  that  duct 
westward  to  the  south  end  of  the  said  dike  of  Portejoyehalvh.      Also  all  that 
plot  of  ground  which  lies  between  the  old  course  of  the  water  of  Blye  and  the 
mill  race,  which  land  is  called  Milne  halvh,  and  the  whole  water  of  the  Blye 
from  Stannington  bridge  to  the  west  end  of  the  mill-pool,  to  be  holden  of  the 
grantor  by  the  grantee  and  his  heirs,  by  the  payment  of  one  pair  of  gilt  spurs 
on  the  feast  of  St  Cuthbert,  in  lieu  of  all  other  services,  customs,  claims,  and 
demands  whatsoever/     The  Charter  Rolls  for  1268  contain  a  royal  grant  to 
"  John  de  Plessetis"  respecting  the  mills  both  of  Plessey  and  Stannington,  as 
well  as  the  lands  of  Milneside  and  Millhalgh   at  this  place,  and  Yarhalgh  and 
Linehalgh  at  Plessey ;  and  Wallis  gives  a  dateless  abstract  of  the  same  u  John 

v  Stan.  Misc.  No.  3. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

de  Plesseto's"  grant  of  the  mills  of  Stannington  to  the  abbot  and  monks  of 
Newminster.w     After  the  Dissolution,  the  fee  simple  of  the  water  mill  here 
continued  for  some  time  in  the  crown  j  for  queen  Elizabeth,  June  3,   1577* 
let  it  and  a  close  of  one  acre  to  Nicholas  "  Arrington,"  for  21  years,  at  a 
reserved  rent  of  £4  a  year ;  but,  in  1613,  James  the  First,   among  other 
things,  conveyed  the  same  mill  and  land,  "  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the 
late  monastery  of  Newminster,"  to  Martin  Freeman  and  Edward  Sawyer,  to 
be  holden  by  them,  their  heirs,  and  assigns,  in  fee.     After  that  time,  the  mill 
and  its  grounds,  as  well  as  the  contiguous  farm  of  Catraw,  belonged  to  the 
respectable  family  of  Green,  of  Stannington  Bridge,  who  continued  here  for 
four  or  five  generations,  till  they  sold  it  to  W.  Hall,  esq.,  whose  three  daugh- 
ters and  co-heiresses,  in  1828,  conveyed  the  whole  property,  mills,  mansion, 
houses,  and  lands,  to  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  bart.     William  Ward,  esq.  resided  at 
Stannington  Bridge,  in  1774.     Let  me,  however,  go  back  to  some  notices 
respecting  other  parts  of  this  township.     Wallis  says,  that  "  in  the  antient 
rolls  of  the  barony,    Stannington  is  distinguished  by  the  name  of  Cook's 
land ;"  and  the  inquest  after  the  death  of  Robert  lord  Greystock,  in  1317, 
asserts  that  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Stannington  was,  in  times  of  peace, 
worth  £9  a  year  ;  and  that  Hugh  the  Cook  then  held  lands  in  it,  under  the 
baron  of  Morpeth,  by  the  third  part  of  one  knight's  fee,   which  lands  in  quiet 
times  were  worth  £10  a  year/     Probably  these  were  the  lands  which  the 
Greys,  of  Howick,  were  possessed  of  in  1663,  which  afterwards  went  to  Wil- 
liam Bigge,  esq.  of  Benton,  by  his  marriage  with  Mary,  sole  heiress  of  Charles 
Clarke,  of  Ovingham,  esq.,  and  which  were  sold  by  his  grandson  Charles  Wm 
Bigge,  of  Linden,  esq.  to  Ralph  Carr,  esq.  barrister,  their  present  proprietor.7 
CLIFTON  and  CALDWELL,  in  the  county  rates,  were  formerly  assessed  as 
one  constablewick.     They  are  the  property  of  lord  Carlisle,  and  situated  on 
the  great  road  between  the  township  of  Stannington  and  the  parish  of  Mor- 
peth.    Coldwell,  however,  is  a  quite  forgotten  place ;  it  is  not  put  on  any 

w  III.  ii.  391 ;  and  Wallis,  ii.  307. 

*  Wallis,  ii.  282,  295.  Edmund  de  Vernon,  in  1361,  gave  to  sir  John  Heron,  knight,  and 
Thomas  of  Witton,  half  of  one-third  of  Witton-under-Wood,  a  farm  in  Windgales  and  a  quarter 
of  Great  Benton,  Stannington,  and  Bellasis,  for  their  lives,  and  by  a  rent  to  be  paid  at  the  house 
of  John  de  Mitford,  in  Milk  Street,  London. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  4.) 

y  III.  i.  259 ;  above,  p.  98;  and  Newc.  Cour.  for  Jan.  1744. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. COLDWELL  AND  CLIFTON.  285 

map  of  the  county,  but  supposed  to  have  stood  near  a  spring  still  called  the 
Coldwell,  on  the  way-side  between  Clifton  and  the  farm  premises  called  the 
North  White  House,  and  on  the  west  side  of  the  great  road,  nearly  opposite 
the  twelfth  mile  stone,  where  lines  of  old  foundations  of  houses  and  yard  walls 
still  indicate  its  site.55  William  de  Bradford,  by  deed  without  date,  but  wit- 
nessed by  the  barons  of  Morpeth,  Mitford,  and  Morwick,  gave  to  William  de 
Vescy  all  his  land  in  the  ville  of  Caldwelle,  to  be  holden  by  the  service  of  an 
eighth  part  of  one  knight's  fee.*  The  grange  of  Caldwell,  the  proper  name 
of  which  was  Scrapla'w,  belonged  to  the  monks  of  Newminster,  and  William 
Conyers  exchanged  it  with  them  for  lands  in  Clifton,  of  which  place,  as  well 
as  Caldwell,  he,  or  one  of  his  name,  was  mesne  lord  in  1240.  In  1362,  John 
Preston,  of  Newcastle,  and  Alan  Whitehead,  chaplains,  settled  upon  sir  John 
Heron,  knight,  all  the  lands  in  the  ville  of  Caldewell,  near  Clifton,  which 
they  had  by  the  feoffment  of  Thomas  of  Walton,  son  of  Elizabeth  of  St  Kyr- 
with  ;b  and,  in  1382,  feoffees  appointed  for  that  purpose,  entailed  upon  the 
same  knight,  with  a  long  succession  of  remainders,  the  manor  of  Eshet,  the 
ville  of  Dudden  East,  lands  in  Clifton  and  Caldwell,  and  the  reversion  of 
lands  in  the  ville  of  Thornton,  near  Hartburn.c  An  inquest  respecting  the 
property  of  sir  William  Heron,  knight,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  in  1405, 
shows  that  they  were  then  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Eshette,  1 60  acres  of 
land  in  Clifton  and  Caldwell,  114  in  Dudden,  and  56  in  Temple  Thornton, 
besides  possessions  in  other  parts  of  the  county  ;d  and  William  Heron,  of 
Ford,  esq.,  lieutenant  of  the  Middle  Marches,  in  1500,  gave  to  his  son  Henry, 
all  his  lands  in  "  North  Gosforth,  Little  Benton,  Clifton,  Cawewell,  Little 
Dudden,  Tempill  Thornton,  Little  Ryle,  Thropton,  &c."e 

CLIFTON  is  situated  on  the  post  road,  two  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Mor- 
peth. In  1165,  William  of  Clifton  held  land  of  Roger  de  Merlay  by  the 
service  of  one  knight's  fee/  which  lands,  in  1240,  appear  to  have  been  Clifton 
and  Coldwell,  and  then  possessed  by  William  Conyers.s  In  1316,  Elizabeth 
Conyers  held  Clifton  by  one  knight's  fee,  and  suit  of  court  at  Morpeth, 

*  The  following  list  of  the  names  of  the  places  and  farm-houses  in  this  township  was  made  out 
in  1774  : — Dovecoat-house ;  White-house,  then  in  two  farms  ;  Well-hill,  alias  Moor;  Glororam; 
High  Clifton ;  and  Clifton  Coldwell,  which  last  place  was  then  in  two  farms. 

a  Stan.  Misc.  No.  3,  b.  b  Id.  No.  4.  c  Id.  No.  5.  d  III.  ii.  265. 

*  Stan.  Misc.  No.  6.  f  Lib.  Nig,  339.  g  III.  i.  208. 

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286  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

•  _" 

when  the  inquest  returns  it  as  having,  in  peaceable  times,  been  usually  worth 
£10  a  year."  The  anniversaries  of  Henry  Conyers  and  Eda  his  wife,  were 
observed  by  the  monks  of  Newminster,  for  benefactions  of  land  bestowed  upon 
them  in  Clifton  and  Caldwell  j  and  of  William  Conyers,  who  gave  them  lands 
in  Clifton  in  exchange  for  the  grange  of  Caldwell.1  The  other  eleemosynary 
lands  here  were  half  a  carucate  and  ten  acres  in  Clifton,  and  twenty  in  Cold- 
well,  given  by  the  prior  and  convent  of  Hexham  to  Roger  de  Merlay  the 
Third  ;  and  another  half  carucate  in  Clifton,  given  by  Robert  of  Camhow  ; 
and  three  bovates  in  Caldewelle,  by  Gilbert  de  Conyers,  to  the  same  Roger 
de  Merlay — all  of  which,  as  has  been  noticed,  he  settled  upon  his  chantry  to 
the  virgin  in  Stannington  church. j  In  10  Edw.  IV.  sir  Thomas  Ogle,  knight, 
died  seized  of  lands  in  Clifton;  and,  in  queen  Elizabeth's  time,  there  was  a 
suit  in  chancery  respecting  "  a  great  ground  and  pasture  called  Clifton  field," 
which  Philip  earl  of  Arundel  and  William  lord  Howard,  in  right  of  and  con- 
jointly with  their  wives,  had  demised  to  Andrew  Young  and  Henry  Shern- 
borne,  the  defendants,  and  which  they,  the  defendants,  had  agreed  to  grant  to 
Edward  Grey,  the  plaintiff,  the  object  of  whose  petition  to  the  court  was  to 
have  his  title  to  the  lease  established.  This  Edward  Grey  was,  I  apprehend, 
sir  Edward  Grey,  knight,  who  was  governor  of  Morpeth  castle  in  1589,  and 
high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1598,  and  dated  his  will  in  the  same  castle 
in  1627.  His  great  grandson  Philip,  in  1663,  was  proprietor  of  Howick,  and 
the  four  farms  in  Stannington,  which  now  belong  to  Ralph  Carr,  esq. 

EAST  AND  WEST  DUDDEN,  now  corruptly  called  DuddoeEast  and  West^  lie  on 
the  ridge  which  runs  between  the  Blyth  and  the  Wansbeck,  and  have  a  brook 
and  a  sinuous  dene  between  them,  the  banks  of  which  are  now  disrobed  of  their 
thickets  of  hollies — trees  which  once  luxuriated  upon  them,  and  still  thrive  in 
the  hedges  and  lanes  of  this  township.  West  Dudden,  since  the  time  when 
William  the  Norman  enfeoffed  the  Merlays  in  the  barony  of  Morpeth,  has  not 
been  permitted  to  nurture  a  continued  series  of  free  tenants  on  its  soil ;  but 
its  neighbour  on  the  east,  for  a  long  succession  of  ages,  was  either  holden 
by  soccage  or  knight's  service  of  that  barony,  arid  still  continues  to  pay  a  fee- 
farm  rent  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle.  In  1240,  however,  Richard  of  Duddenk 

h  Wallis,  ii.  294.  •  Obits  of  Newminster.  J  III.  ii.  72,  &c. 

k  Several  individuals  of  the  name  of  Dudden  are  mentioned  in  old  Northumberland  deeds. 
William  de  Dudden  witnessed  two  charters  respecting  Shotton  in  the  early  part  of  the  third  cen- 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. EAST  AND  WEST  DUDDEN.  287 

held  "  Ihtdden  del  West?'  of  Roger  de  Merlay  by  half  a  knight's  fee  of  the 
old  feoffment ;  and,  in  1270,  witnessed  two  deeds  respecting  the  chapels  of 
Plessey  and  Shotton  ;'  and,  in  1273,  Edmund  de  Dudden  died  seized  of  the 
manors  of  "  West-dudden  and  Heppescotes,  and  four  tofts  and  114  acres  of 
ground  in  Blakeden."m  But  though  this  place,  in  the  rate  for  1381,  is  assessed 
as  a  distinct  township,  yet  the  freehold  of  its  soil  seems,  at  an  early  period,  to 
have  been  absorbed  again  into  the  barony,  probably  in  the  form  of  an  escheat; 
for  in  1418  and  1436,  "  Dudden  West"  is  expressly  mentioned  as  belonging 
to  the  Greystock  family.  In  1601,  however,  it  seems  to  have  in  some  mea- 
sure, lost  its  connection  with  the  lords  of  Morpeth,  for  in  that  year  queen 
Elizabeth  granted  to  John  Holland,  and  others,  West  Dudden,  in  Northum- 
berland ;n  but  it  is  enumerated  in  the  list  of  the  places  of  which  lord  William 
Howard  died  possessed  in  1625,  and  is  now  the  sole  property  of  his  direct 
lineal  descendant  the  earl  of  Carlisle. 

In  1219,  Alice  de  Merlay  is  returned  in  the  Testa  de  Neville  as  disposable 
in  marriage  by  the  king,  and  possessed  of  lands  worth  100s.  a  year ;  and,  in 
1240,  as  the  only  soccage  tenant  in  the  barony  of  Merlay,  of  which  she  then 
held  "  Twisill  and  Dudden  del  East  in  free  marriage."  Of  this  lady,  how- 
ever, Time  seems  to  have  taken  down  only  these  two  notices  in  his  annals. 
In  1292,  Hugh  de  Carliol  granted  to  Agnes,  the  widow  of  his  father  Thomas 
de  Carliol,  a  third  part  of  the  lands  he  inherited  from  his  said  father,  in 
"  Jesemue,  Swereland,  Dudden,  Twysell,  and  Glentley."0  During  the  she- 
riffalty  of  Hugh  Gubium,  from  1293  to  1295,  Thomas,  the  son  of  Thomas  de 

tury  ;  and  John  de  Dudden  occurs  as  testing  deeds  about  Plessey  in  1301  and  1308. — (Cart.  Rid. 
33,  79,  96,  125;  ///.  it.  398J  John  de  Dudden  was  also  one  of  the  sureties  for  sir  Henry  de 
Dichand  representing  this  county  in  parliament  in  1296  ;  and  for  Richard  de  Horsley,  for  the 
same  purpose,  in  1304.—  (Palg.  Par.  Writs,  L  73,  148.)  The  inquest  at  the  death  of  Robert  lord 
Greystock,  in  1317,  says  that  Edward  de  Dudden  held  the  manor  of  Dudden  of  (he  manor  of 
Morpeth,  by  a  third  part  of  one  knight's  fee  and  suit  of  court,  and  that  in  peaceable  times  it  was 
worth  £10  ;  but  does  not  particularise  whether  he  held  East  or  West  Dudden. — (Wallis,  ii.  295.) 
Stephen  de  Dudden  occurs  in  a  list  of  men  at  arms  in  Northumberland  in  1324  (Cot.  MSS.  Claud. 
C.  II.  2.  fol.  72,  b.) ;  and  Philip  de  Dudden  resided  in  Blakeden  in  1350,  and  settled  property 
there  upon  his  wife  Constance,  who,  after  his  death,  re-married  to  John  de  Botlie,  of  Alnwick; 
and,  in  1357,  conjointly  with  her  second  husband,  conveyed  all  her  property  in  Blakeden  to  Roger 
de  Widdrington.— (Cart.  Rid.  47  #  136.) 

1  Cart.  Rid.  11,  17,  &  61.  »  III.  i.  67,  208.  n  Land  Rev.  Office,  Rec.  xii.  160. 

0  Hazlerig  Deeds ;  Lansd.  MS.  326. 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

Carliol,  made  a  conveyance  of  "  Dudden,  Twysel,  and  Glantley,"  to  his  eldest 
brother  Hugh  ;p  and,  in  1359,  Robert  of  Tughall,  who  seems  to  have  married 
Elizabeth,  a  grand-daughter  of  Hugh  de  Carliol,  released  to  Thomas,  son  of 
Peter  Graper,  his  two  natives  Robert  and  Richard  de  Dudden,  with  all  the 
retinue  and  appurtenances  to  their  goods  and  chattels. q  The  next  gleam  of 
light  that  shines  upon  the  history  of  this  place  is  not  till  1638,  on  the  llth  of 
April,  in  which  year  an  inquest  was  holden  at  "  Ireby,"  which  found  that 
William  Buckle,  gentleman,  made  his  will  on  Jan.  2,  in  that  year,  and  died 
on  the  llth  of  Feb.  following,  leaving  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  three  daughters, 
(the  oldest  of  whom  was  then  19  years  old),  and  possessed  of  a  manor  or 
capital  messuage  called  "  East  Dudden,"  holden  of  William  Howard  of  his 
barony  of  Morpeth,  by  one-third  of  a  knight's  fee  and  13-id.  rent/  In  1663, 
it  is  for  the  first  time  called  East  Duddoe,  and  was  then  the  property  of  "  Mr 
John  Pye,  of  Morpeth,"  who  was  assessed  for  it  at  £50  a  year,  and  for  Stan- 
nington  rectory  at  £100.  This  John  Pye  was  rector  of  Morpeth,  and  made 
his  will  May  12,  1668  ;  but  I  am  unable  to  state  how  East  Dudden  went 
out  of  his  family »  At  present  it  belongs  to  Richard  Wilson,  esq.  a  solicitor  in 
Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  London,  who  inherited  it  from  his  brother  John  Wilson, 
esq.  who  was  a  surgeon  in  Morpeth,  descended  from  the  Wilsons  of  Ulgham, 
and  died  hi  1820.  This  place  consists  of  521  acres,  is  within  a  ring  fence,  in 
two  farms,  and  since  the  year  1824  has  been  frequently  advertised  for  sale. 

SALTWICK  stands  on  the  brow  of  a  high  green  slope  fronting  the  south,  and 
commands  on  every  side  but  the  north  a  very  extensive  prospect.  According 
to  a  survey  made  in  the  time  of  Robert  Harley,  earl  of  Oxford  and  Mortimer, 
it  consists  of  nine  hundred  and  seventy  one  acres,  was  then  in  two  farms,  and 
had  fields  in  it  called  the  Wellrig,  Stoneyfold,  and  Nightfold.  Another  sur- 
vey, made  by  Mr  Dolbin,  about  60  years  since,  makes  it  to  consist  of  nine 
hundred  and  eighteen  acres.  It  was  a  manor  of  the  Merlay  barony,  under 
which  Robert  de  Camhow,  in  1240,  held  one  carucate  of  land  in  it  by  the 
grant  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  and  by  the  service  of  one-tenth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  of  the  new  feoffment.5  In  the  partition  of  the  Merlay  lands 
between  the  Greystock  and  Somerville  families  in  the  reign  of  Edward  the 
First,  Saltwick  was  allotted  to  John  de  Greystock,  and  his  descendants  ;  but, 

P  Hazlerig  Deeds ;  Lansd.  MS.  326.  <)  Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  163. 

*  Cole's  Esch.  vol.  760,  p.  258.  •  III.  i.  1 16,  208. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. SALTWICK.  289 

in  1362,  it  had  merged  into  the  estate  of  the  Ogles,  of  Ogle,  of  which  it 
continued  to  form  a  part,  till  the  late  duke  of  Portland,  sold  it,  and  the 
other  Ogle  possessions  now,  but  erroneously,  called  the  Ogle  Barony,  to 
Thomas  Brown,  esq.,  an  opulent  London  merchant.1  The  Ogles,  however, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  held  it  of  the  barons  of  Morpeth  by  half  a 
knight's  fee,  and  a  rent  of  13^d.  Its  hay  tithe  to  the  vicar  is  covered  by 
a  modus. 

BELLASIS"  is  in  a  low  situation,  sheltered  with  rising  ground  to  the  north, 
arid  has  the  Blyth  before  it,  the  winding  waters  of  which  are  made  deep  and 
slow  by  the  wears  of  Stannington  mill.  What  beauties  there  were  about  it 
that  could  make  the  first  Norman  settlers  upon  it  think  it  (as  its  name 
certainly  implies  they  did)  a  handsome  place,  the  charm- destroying  hand  of 
Time  has  now  made  it  difficult  to  discover.  With  Bog-hall,  it  makes  one  con- 
stable wick,  and  three  farms.  The  account  of  knight's  fees  for  the  aid  to  the 
king,  in  1240,  does  not  notice  it  as  a  manor  belonging  to  Morpeth  barony, 
though  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  it  was  so  ;  for,  in  1294,  Robert  de  Somer- 
ville  and  Isabella  his  wife,  claimed  to  have  free  warren  in  "  Beleasise,"  and 
in  the  division  of  the  Merlay  property  between  John  de  Greystock  and  his 
uncle  Robert  de  Somerville,  the  manors  of  Stannington,  Belassise,  Tranwell, 
Saltwick,  Plesses,  and  Shotton,  are  enumerated  in  the  list  of  possessions  that 
fell  to  Greystock's  share  ;  though  it  is  plain  from  several  inquests  after  death, 
that  the  Somervilles,  and  their  successors  the  Griffiths,  had  a  portion  of  its 
lands,  till  they  sold  them,  with  Netherwitton,  to  the  Thorntons,  of  that  place, 

1  Roger  de  Saltwick,  in  1 1 29,  witnessed  Ralph  de  Merlay's  confirmation  grant  of  Morwick  to 
the  church  of  Durham ;  and  Richard  and  William  de  Saltwick,  about  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third 
and  Edward  the  First,  occur  as  testing  deeds  about Plessey  and  Blagdon — (Cart.  Rid.  16,  25,  67, 
125.;  Ralph  Ogle,  son  of  Matthew  Ogle,  of  Saltwick,  aged  22,  being  in  1573,  in  "  the  quier  of 
Stannington  church,  drew  his  dagger  at  one  Rosse,  for  refusing  to  give  up  the  streined  goods  of  an 
Egypticus."  In  1629,  Ralph  Ogle,  of  the  parish  of  Stannington,  gave  an  annuity  to  his  wife, 
out  of  his  lands  in  Saltwick,  and  his  house  in  Stannington.  —  (Rainess  Test.  128  fy  493 .)  Two  or 
three  years  since,  Mr  Brown  bored  for  coal  in  a  stone  quarry  in  the  Quarryfield,  about  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  north  of  the  village ;  but  though  his  workmen  went  to  the  depth  of  50  fathoms,  they 
found  no  coal  worth  working :  they  bored  chiefly  through  beds  of  clay  and  sandstone. 

u  This  name,  in  records,  is  very  variously  written.  The  following  is  a  chronological  arrange- 
ment of  the  forms  in  which  I  have  found  it  between  1294  &  1483  : — Beleasise,  Bellasis,  Belessys, 
Belasise,  Bellasys,  Belasyse,  and  again  Bellasis.  It  is  nearly  a  synonym  to  the  mideval  Latin 
word  bellositum,  and  the  French  beaulieu. 

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290  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Fourth  ;v  for  after  that  time,  Richard  Thornton, 
and  others,  obtained  a  charter  for  free  warren  in  Witton,  Bellasis,  and  other 
parcels  of  the  Merlay  estates  ;  and  this  is  reckoned  among  the  places  in  which 
Roger  de  Thornton  died  seized  of  possessions  in  1483.w  Some  ecclesiastical 
establishment,  at  an  early  period,  seems  to  have  had  property  here  ;  for,  in 
1305,  John  de  Greystock  gave  to  Master  Richard,  of  Morpeth,  one  half  of  the 
manor  of  Bellesis,  which  Richard  had  a  royal  licence  for  enfeoffing  Reginald 
of  Morpeth,  chaplain,  in  one  messuage  and  one  carucate  of  land  in  Belesis, 
near  Stannington  ;x  and  there  is  a  public  record  among  the  inquisitiones  post 
mortem,  dated  in  8  Richard  III.  respecting  the  same  property  ;y  and  another 
to  Roger  de  Somerville,  for  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  in  1329,  respecting  the 
manor  of  Bellasis.55  In  queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  a  family  of  the  name  of  Bell, 
whose  lineage  is  recorded  in  the  visitation  for  Northumberland  in  16 15,  were 
seated  here,  and  still  proprietors  in  this  place  in  1663. 

PEDIGREE  OF  BELL,  OF  BELLASIS,  AND  SPEARMAN,  OF  EACHWICK. 

[There  are  copies  of  this  pedigree  up  to  1615,  in  the  Harleian  MSS.  1554,  fol.  84;  and  1448,  fol.  24  :  but  I  am  Indebted 
to  Mr  Thomas  Bell  for  an  improved  copy  of  it  for  that  period ;  and  for  the  succeeding  descents — the  materials  for  which,  he 
informs  me,  were  principally  taken  from  documents  furnished  by  the  late  Ralph  Spearman,  esq.  of  Each  wick.  Mr  Bell, 
however,  says  he  is  aware  that  there  are  incongruities  in  it ;  but  Mr  Marsden  can  find  me  no  wills  at  Durham  to  correct  its 
errors  or  supply  its  defects.  Probably  there  is  a  generation  wanting  between  John  and  Robert  Bell,  in  generations  five  or 
six,  as  William  Bell  is  returned  as  proprietor  of  Bellasis  in  the  rental  for  the  county  rate  in  1663.3 

I.— THOMAS  BELL,  of  Bellasis,  in  the  parish  of  Stunning-ton,  in  the  county  of  Northumberland :  will  dafednrELiZABETH  ...... 

Feb.  3,  1583  ;  proved  at  Durham  :  buried  in  the  south  porch  of  Stannington  church. 

I — r~ I —  — I 1 

II.— 1.  CHRISTOPHER  BELL,  of  Bellasis  aft>resaid,=f= daughter  of Lawson,    2.  GEORGE  BELL.    4.  JANET  BELL. 

eldest  son  and  heir. j  of  Cramlington.  3.  JOHN  BELL.         5.  ELIZABETH  BELL. 

III. — JOHN  BELL,  of  Bellasis,  only  son,  died  12  Nov.  158Q.=rELizABETH,  daughter  of  Cuthbert  Horsley,  of  Horsley. 

IV.— 1.  ROBERT  BELL,  eldest  son,  was  at  2.  JOHN  BELL,  of  Bellasis,  was  2  Jan.  1587,  aged  21  years^ANNE,  daur.  of  Martin 
his  father's  death,  aged  18  years  and  5  and  6  months;  living  in  1615,  and  in  1628,  when  he  was  j  Fenwicke,  of  East  Hed- 
months;  died  2  Jan.  1587.  on  the  jury  list  for  the  assizes  in  Newcastle  in  that  year.  I  don. 

— CStvinb.  MSS.  vol.  Hi.  p.  205—268.) 

I 1 1 

V.— CATHERYNE  BELL.    ELIZABETH,=T=JOHN  BELL,  of  Bellasis,  aged  24  years=pMARy  SLINGSBY,  only  daur.    WILLIAM  BELL, 


daughter  of 

Humphrey  Green,   of   Stannington ; 
first  wife. 


in  1615 ;  proved  the  foregoing  part  of 
this  pedigree  before  Norroy  and  Blue 
Mantle,  heralds  at  arms,  at  the  visita- 
tion for  Northumberland  in  1615.  He 
and  his  father  were  both,  in  1628,  for  some  contempts  of  court,  proclaimed 
at  the  great  door  of  Stannington  church ;  and,  in  Easter  term,  1629,  out- 
lawed for  pel-severing  in  their  contumacy.—  ( Swinb.  MSS.  Hi.  205—268.) 


and  heiress  of  the  rev.  Chas.    an  apprentice  in 
Slingsby,  rect.  of  Rothbury;    London  in  1615. 
married  29  May,  1628.    Her 
father    was    inducted    into 
Rothbury,  12  April,  1584. 


v  See  III.  i.  68,  72,  183 ;  III.  ii,  251,  254 ;  II.  i.  324.  w  III.  ii.  279,  396. 

x  III.  i.  56.  y  III.  ii.  253. 

z  III.  i.  68.  Cuthbert  Grey,  merchant  in  Newcastle,  by  will,  dated  19  April,  1623,  left  all  his 
leases  of  "  Colemynes  in  Newbiggin,  Heigham-dicks,  Bellasis,  Newham,  Whitliemoore,  and  East 
Denton,  to  his  wife  Elizabeth."— ( Rome's  Test.  479.J 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  ELLISON,  &c.,   OF  BELLASIS.          291 


Issue  of  John  Bell,  of  Bellasis, 
and  Mary  Slingsby. 


Issue  of  John  Bell,  of  Bellasis, 
and  Elizabeth  Green. 
I 

VI. — CATHERINE  BELL,    1.  ROBERT  BELL,  of  Bellasis^ELizABETH,  daur.  of  James  Oliver,    2.  JOHN  BELL,  of  London,  mar- 


only  child  by  first  wife;    agent  to  sir  John  Fenwicke, 


born  before  1615. 


of  Wellington,  died  in  1725, 
aged  95  years. 


1    I    I 
VII — JOHN  BELL,  of  NCW-=MARGARET,  dan. 


of  Hexham,  owner  of  a  messuage    ried  the  widow  of  a  druggist 
called  Wine  Cellar  Stairs,  and  lands    there,  and  through  her  influence 
called  Palmer's  Croft,  &c.  ;  she  died    turned  quaker.=r= 
in  1736,  aged  90. 

T 


5.  CHARLES  BELL.^TMARGARET,  dau. 


F~l 1 

Three  Daughters ;    BENJAMIN  BELL, 


of  John  Wailes,  of  one  married  Lee,  a  a  quaker,  drug- 
Heugh,  and  relict  surgeon,  one  Wil-  gist,  and  living  in 
of  John  Wailes,  of  son,  of  York,  and  Leadenhall-street, 
Eachwick.  the  other  died  Loud.,  in  1738. =r 
young, 


castle,  mercht.  adventurer,    of ,  died  21    of  Eachwick,  Nor- 

died  22  June,  1716,  aged  62.  Nov.  1710,  aged  thumberland,  vo- 
— (M.  I.  in  St  John's  church,  55. — (M.  I.  in  St  ted  for  land*  at 
Newc.)  Spearman  says,  they  Johns  Newc.)  Eachwick  in  1748. 

had  an  only  daur.    Sarah, 
who  died,  and  was  buried  in  St  Andrew's  church  yard.  * 

2.  WILLIAM  BELL  married ,  daughter  of Smith,  of  Haughton  Castle  ;  had  issue ;  all  died  young. 

8.  SARAH  BELL  married  Jonathan  Pilsbury,  of  Newcastle,  ship-owner  :  lie  dying  without  issue,  she  married,  2ndly, 
Ralph  Scurneld,  of  Eachwick,  esq.,  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1700.  He  died  without  issue,  1  Sep.  1728  ;  and, 
by  will,  dated  10  April,  1728,  bequeathed  Eachwick  estate  to  his  brother-in-law  Edward  Bell.  His  widow  married,  Sdly, 
John  Ogle,  of  Eglingham,  esq.,  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  17 44:  he  died  without  issue  in  1737:  his  widow  died 
in  1756,  aged  80.  There  is  a  Latin  monumental  inscription  to  his  parents,  Ralph  and  Jane  Scourfield,  in  Brand's  New- 
castle, i.  114. 

4.  EDWARD  BELL,  of  Newcastle,  and  of  Each  wick-hall,  Northumberland  ;  niajornrMARy,  daur.  and  heiress  of  William 


in  the  Northumberland  militia  ;  will  dated  12  April,  1743,  died  15  April,  1743,  aged 
62.  "  Sepulchrum  Edwardi  Bell  et  Mariae  uxoris  ejus,"  occurs  on  a  stone  in  St 
John's  church,  Newcastle,  together  with  the  arms  of  Bell  impaling  those  of  Atkins. 


Atkins,  of  Sheraton  and  Hezelton, 
coun.  Durham  ;  died  23  July,  1739; 
buried  at  St  John's,  Newcastle. 


VIII.— WILLIAM  POT-=!.  ELIZABETH-TGEORGE  SPEARMAN,    2.  SARAH  BELL  died    ROBERT  BELL,=T ,  daur.    BENJAMIN 


TER,  eldest  son  and  heir 
of  William  Potter,   of 
Hawkwell,  esq.  justice 
of  the  peace  for  North- 
umberland; died  a.  p. 
1747  ;  first  husband. 

BELL,    marr. 
2dly,  in  Oct. 
174S;  died  14 
April,  1792, 
aged  69. 

of  Preston,  esq.,  eld. 
surviving  son  of  Phi- 
lip Spearman,  of  the 
same  place,  esquire  ; 
born  10  June,  1710; 
died  1  Nov.  1753. 

unmarried   23  Dec.    of  Bedlington, 
1763,  aged  29  yvars.    esq.  died  1788. 
3.  ANNEBELLborn 
26  Dec.   1736  ;  baptized  at  Heddon- 
on-the-Wall,  25  Jan.  1737. 
4.  EDWARD  BELL,  only  son,  died  an 
infant,  in  March,  1744. 

of  Aaron 
Steel,    of 
North  Dis- 
sington, 
yeoman. 

BELL,  a 
quaker  an 
druggist  ii 
London.65] 

IX. — RALPH  SPEARMAN,  MARY  SPEARMAN,  ROBERT  BELL,  SARAH^ROBERT  CLAYTON,  1.  A  Daur.  marr.  Stamper  Bland, 
born  4  Sept.  1749;  died  born  18  May,  1751 ;  of  Bedlington,  BELL.  Aof  Newcastle,  esq.  of  Lombard  St.,  London,  banker, 
unmarried  at  Eachwick,  died  unmarried 26  esq.,  died  un-  sheriff  m  1777;  &  2.  A  Daur.  married  S.  Gurney, 
18  July,  1823,  aged  74 ;  Feb.  1827,  aged  married.  mayor  in  1804  and  1812.  of  Norwich,  banker,  who  pur- 
buried  at  Heddon-on  the  76.  chased  Shipwash  estate,  Northd. 
Wall.  3.  REBECCA  marr.  Abel  Chapman,  of  Whitby,  co.  York,  ship-owner ;  died  13  May,  1828. 


PEDIGREE  OF  ELLISON,  WREN,  AND  BACOX,  OF  EAST  BELLASIS. 

[From  Surtees,  ii.  78,  with  additions  chiefly  by  Mr  Henry  Turner,  of  Blagdon.] 


I. — WILLIAM  ELLISON,  esq.,  brother  of  Robert  Ellison,  of  Hebburn,  esq.,  and  grandson  of  Robert-r-CECiLiA  BLAND,  married 


Ellison,  esq.,  M.  P.  for  Newcastle  in  the  long  parliament,  1642,  &c.  ;  also  in  the  healing  parliament 
in  1660.  This  William  was  baptized  at  Jarrow,  Nov.  7,  1672;  sheriff  of  Newcastle  in  1706,  and 
mayor  in  1722  and  1734.  Will  dated  5  April,  1745;  buried  July  15,  1747.  He  left  Bellasis  to  his 
four  daughters,  co-heiresses. 


June  2,  1701  :  will  dated 
June  21,  1755  ;  and  bur. 
March  23,  1760. 


1.  SUSANNAH,  bap.  13  Dec.  1709 ;  marr.  at  Jarrow,  26  July,  1748,  to  the 
rev.  Robert  Swinburne,  A.  M.,  vicar  of  Finden,  in  Sussex.     See  pedigree 
of  Swinburne,  under  Longwitton,  II.  i.  310.     He  died  s.  p.  Ap.  17,  1761. 

2.  JANE,  borii  in  1711,  and  died  in  1712. 

,    8.  BARBARA,  bap.  April  1,  1715.  After  the  death  of  her  sisters  Susannah 

sheriff  of  Newcastle  in  1734;  died  8  Feb.  1764,    and  Jane,  without  issue,  she  became  possessed  of  three-fourths  ot  East 
aged  57.     He  married,  firstly,  MARGARET  FEN-    Bellasis  ;  and  dying  without  issue,  left  it  to  her  niece  Mrs  Bacon. 
WICK,  Feb.  7,  1740,  who  died  Aug.  3,  1757.  aged        5.  JANE,  bap.  Nov.  7,  1723 ;  marr.  the  rev.  John  Mills,  B.  A.,  of  Lincoln 
45;  and,  secondly,  ANNE  DAVISON,  marr.  14  Nov.    College,  Oxford,  who  became  perpetual  curate  of  Jarrow,  Sep.  29,   1751, 
1758,  and  died  June  4,  1765.  and  died  in  1755,  without  issue. 

4.  ISABELLA  ELLISON,  born  Aug.  7,  1713;  married-r-RoBERT  WREN,  of 
at  Jarrow,  29  Dec.  1746.  I  Newcastle,  esq. 

5 


II. — 1.  CUTHBERT  ELLISON,  bap.  14  June,  1703 ; 
died  s.  p.  1745. 

2.  HENRY,  born  in  1704,  and  buried  in  1710. 

S.  WILLIAM,  born  and  buried  in  1716. 

4.  ROBERT  ELLISON,  bap.   17  Feb.  1708  ;  was 


*  "  John  Sell,  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  merchant  adventurer,  by  will  dated  31  May,  1716,  devised  his  premises  in  the  Bigg  Market,  to  his 
nephew  James  Sell,  charged  with  the  payment  of  £ 300  to  John  Sell,  the  son  of  the  said  James  ;  and  £ 200  to  Mary  Sell,  the  daughter  of  the 
said  James  ;  and  £300  to  the  next  son,  or  .£200  to  the  next  daughter  the  said  James  Sell  should  have  by  Mary  his  then  wife — nephew  James 
Sell  sole  executor.— 15  April,  1749 :  Release  from  Mary  Sell,  of  Newcastle,  spinster,  to  her  brother  John  Sell,  of  all  her  right  and  title  to  the 
said  premises,  under  the  will  of  John  Bell. — Same  date  :  Release  from  John  Oxnard,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  and  Jane  his  wife  (which  Jane 
was  the  next  child  of  the  said  James  Sell  by  Mary  his  wife),  to  John  Sell,  of  all  their  interest  in  the  same  premises.— In  Jan.  1754-5,  John  Bell, 
of  London,  gentleman,  eldest  son  of  James  Sell,  of  Newcastle,  gent.,  sells  the  premises  in  question  to  Thomas  Wallis,  merchant."— (T.  B.) 


MORPBTH  DEANERY.—- CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Robert  Wren,  esq. 
and  Isabella  Ellison. 
I 


III.— 1.  CHARLES  WREN,  an    2.  ISABELLA  WHEN.    She=REV.  JOHN  BACON,-rlst  wife,    3.  CECILIA  WRSK  died  at  her  house 


eminent  attorney  in  Newcas-  died  Feb.  2,  1812,  &  left  Incumbent  of  the 

tie  :  he  marr.  Mrs  Reynolds,  her  7-8ths  of  East  Bella-  church  of  st  Andrew 

had  a  share  of  Hebburn  col-  sis  to  her  husband,  by  Auckland,  died  July 

liery  at  its  commencement ;  whom  she  had  no  issue.  1,  1827. 
and  died  without  issue. 


in  Newcastle,  Dec.  18,  1829.  She 
had  half  of  her  mother's  share  of 
East  Bellasis,  but  sold  it  to  her  brother-in- 
law,  the  rev.  John  Bacon.  "  Miss  W.  was 
the  last  lineal  descendant  from  sir  Christopher 
Wren  in  the  north  of  England. " — (Nevic.  Cour, ) . 


IV.— OEOROE  BACON,  eldest  son,  died  In  the  life  time  of  his  father.  =r=. 


V.— WILLIAM  BACON,  second  son,  to  whom  his  father  devised  East  Bellasis,  is  now  a  minor,  and  about  16  years  old. 


PEDIGREE  OF  HEPPLE,  &c.,  OF  WEST  BELLASIS. 

I.— WILLIAM  COOK,  of  Thockerlngton,  purchased  under  a  decree  of  the  high  court  of  chancery,  Gallow-hill,  in'r...  FOKSTFR. 
the  parish  of  Bolam,  for  £10,900,  which  estate  had  belonged  to  Mark  Aynsley,  and  of  which  the  said  William 
Cook  came  into  possession  at  Old  Martinmas,  1754  ;  will  dated  16  May,  1770. 

I — r— i 1 

II.— MICHAEL  COOK  and  his  brother  John  purchased  Riplington  of  John  DOROTHYT=ROBERT  HEPPLE,  of  Black-heddon, 
Grey,  of  Alnwick.  Will  dated  10  April,  1771,  by  which  he  devised  all  his  COOK.  purchased  West  Bellasis,  and  re- 
estate  called  High  Gallow-law,  and  all  his  other  real  estate  to  his  bro.  John.  |  sided  there. 

2.  ANTHONY  COOK  had  a  daur.  Jane,  on  whom  her  uncle  Michael,  by  his  will,  settled "~ — 

an  annuity  of  £20  out  of  his  real  and  personal  estate.     His  brother  John  also,  by  will,  left  him  an  annuity  of  £4O,  and  the 
dwelling-house  he  occupied  at  Foumart-law,  for  life ;  besides  20  fothers  of  coals  in  the  year,  and  grass,  and  hay  and  straw 
for  two  cows  and  one  horse,  and  £600  to  Anthony's  daughter  Jane. 

3.  JOHN  COOK,  by  his  will,  dated  I  Nov.  1786,  left  Riplington  to  bis  nieces  Mary,  Rebecca,  and  Dorothy,  danrs.  of  Robert 
and  Dorothy  Hepple,  and  to  his  niece  Anne,  daur.  of  the  said  Robert  and  Dorothy,  High  Gallow-hill,  Low  Gallow-hill,  and 
Foumart-law,  with  reversion  to  her  other  sisters,  as  tenants  in  common,  in  case  of  her  dying  without  issue.     He  died 
August  27,  1787. 

III.— JOHN  BELL,  of  Haltwhistle  ;s 
married  before  April  11,  1788.  In 
1793,  with  his  wife,  mortgaged 
Gallow-hill  to  Richard  Wilson,  esq. 
then  of  Bartlet's  Buildings,  Lond. ; 
and  after  that  sold  it  to  lordDecies. 
(First  husband.) 


1.  ANNE  HEPPLE,  ex'ix  of  the=WM  CRAW-    2.  MARY  HEPPLE,  wife  of  EDMUND  COOK,  of 


will  of  her  uncle  John  Cook, 
which  she  proved  April  ll/ 
1788.  She  is  now  living,  and 
as  one  of  the  surviving  co- 
heirs of  her  father,  in  posses- 
sion of  one- third  of  West  Bel- 
lasis. 


FORD,  of 
Newcastle. 
(2nd  husb.) 


Foumart-law ;  living,  &  proprietor  of  one- 
third  of  West  Bellasis,  and  one-half  of  Rip- 
lington :  her  husband  is  dead. 

f.  DOROTHY  HEPPLE,  wife  of  MATTHEW 
HUNTER,  of  Byker  Hill,  died  without  issue. 
3.  REBECCA  HEPPLE. TDANIEL  TEASDALE. 
I 


IV.— 1.  ROBERT  BELL,    2.  REBECCA  BELL  married  JOHN  FORSTER,  son  of  Matthew  Forster  and  CUTHBERT  TEASDALE,  now 

living  in  1830.  his  wife  Catharine,  daur.  of  William  Rutherford  &  Catharine  his  wife,  owner  of  one-third  of  West 

sister  of  Philadelphia,  wife  of  John  Horsley,  of  North  Milbourne,  which  Bellasis,    and    one-half  of 

Philadelphia  was  one  of  the  six  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  ROBERT  PEARSON,  of  East  Matfen.  Riplington. 

3.  JANE  BELL,  second  wife  of  THOMAS  FENWICK,  of  Preston,  near  North  Shields,  esq.,  who 
had  for  his  first  wife,  Miss  Jackson,  of  Colpig-hill,  near  Lanchester,  in  the  county  palatine  of  Durham. 
4.  DOROTHY  BELL  died  unmarried.       5.  MARY  BELL,  unmarried,  and  living  at  Ponteland. 

With  the  history  of  BOG-HALL,  which  is  the  most  westerly  part  of  the 
township  of  Bellasis,  I  am  very  little  acquainted.  Robert  Crow,  of  Higham 
Dikes,  voted  for  it  in  1748  ;a  and  left  it,  in  moieties  I  apprehend,  to  his  two 
sons,  one  of  whom  was  called  George,  and  left  his  share  to  his  son  Robert, 
who  sold  it  to  his  cousin  germ  an  Robert  Crow,  who  left  the  whole  estate  to 
his  brothers  Thomas  and  George,  the  first  of  whom  died  lately  at  Ponteland, 
and  the  latter,  the  present  owner  of  the  place,  resides  and  is  in  business  in 
South  Shields. 

PLESSIS,  in  Latin,  was  often  Plessetum,  or  Plesseta  ;  but,  in  old  writings, 
assumes  a  great  variety  of  forms.  At  present  it  is  both  written  and  pronounced 


a  In  the  same  year,  Christopher  Rutter,  of  Newcastle,  voted  for  Bellasis. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. PLESSIS.  293 

Plessey?  The  manor  lies  along  the  southern  bank  of  the  Blyth,  between  the 
townships  of  Hartford  and  Shotton  ;  and  the  present  ville  of  Plessis,  or  the 
Pleasants,  is,  as  its  name  implies,  delightfully  seated  on  a  dry  and  fertile 
knoll,  overlooking  a  fine  sweeping  turn  of  the  Blyth,  which  opens  out  of  the 
rich  haugh  ground  on  which  Plessey  mill  is  situated,  and  closes  below  in  the 
emerald  meadows  at  Hartford  bridge.  The  river  banks  here  are  steep,  and 
on  both  sides  covered  with  fine  hanging  woods  of  oak  ;  and  the  prospect  to 
the  north,  and  over  the  sea,  very  varied  and  extensive.  It  has  already  been 
noticed  that  John  de  Plessis,  in  1240,  held  "  Schotton,  Blakeden,  and  Wyde- 
slade  del  North,"  of  the  Merlay  barony,  by  one  knight's  fee  of  the  old  feoff- 
ment.  The  reason  why  Plessis  is  not  noticed  in  this  account  was,  I  apprehend, 
from  its  being  sometimes  considered  as  a  manor  within  or  appurtenant  to  the 
manor  of  Shotton.  Indeed,  in  an  inquest  in  137^,  it  is  expressly  mentioned 
as  "  Plessise,"  in  the  manor  of  Shotton.0  It  is  difficult  to  pierce  far  back 
into  the  history  of  this  interesting  place.  There  can,  however,  I  think,  be  no 
doubt  that  it  and  Shotton,  Blakeden,  and  North  Weteslade,  formed  part  of 
the  lands  which  Reiner,  in  1165,  held  of  the  barons  of  Morpeth  by  two 
knight's  fees  of  the  old  feoffment.d  Adam  de  Plaeisei/.,'  however,  was  a  wit- 

b  It  is  sometimes  plural,  "  de  Plessetis ;"  and  at  others  singular,  "  apud  Plessetum,"  or  "  de 
Plesseto."  It  also  occurs  thus  : — Plesschez,  Plesseiz,  Plescys,  &c. ; — and,  in  the  names  of  its  pro- 
prietors, in  this  manner  : — "  Ric'  de  Plessiz,"  "  Richardo  de  Pleysiz,"  "  d'nus  Joh'es  de  Ples- 
cheto,"  "  Ric'  fiP  Ric'  de  Plesseto,"  "  Joh'es  fil'  Simonis  de  Plescys,"  &c.  &c.  This  name  brings 
to  memory  the  famous  castle  of  Pleshey,  in  Essex,  called  in  the  oldest  documents  Plescys,  and 
Plesseis.  There  was  also  the  manor  of  Plessis,  in  Hertfordshire ;  and  the  charms  and  beauties  of 
Plessis  le  Tours,  in  Touraine,  fourteen  miles  from  Paris,  and  built  by  Louis  XI.  about  1463,  have 
been  rendered  familiar  to  the  readers  of  English  novels  by  the  magical  pen  of  the  author  ofQuentin 
Durward.  John  de  Plessetis,  said  to  be  a  Norman  by  birth,  was  a  favourite  of  Henry  the  Third, 
became  Earl  of  Warwick  by  his  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Thomas  earl  of  Warwick,  and  died  in 
1263,  leaving  a  son  Hugh  de  Plessetis  by  a  former  wife. 

c  III.  i.  86.  d  Lib.  Nig.  339. 

e  There  was  another  Adam  de  Plesselo,  who,  in  the  latter  end  of  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Third, 
had  a  grant  of  five  bovates  of  land  in  Horsley,  entailed  upon  himself  and  the  heirs  of  his  own  body, 
by  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third. — (Above,  p.  101,  119.)  He  also  occurs  as  a  witness  to  indulgences 
granted  between  1249  and  1260,  for  re-building  Newcastle  bridge,  and  to  several  other  documents; 
but  respecting  his  parentage,  or  any  family  he  left,  I  have  met  with  no  account.  Sybill,  the 
daughter  of  Robert  de  Plesseto,  also  lived  about  the  same  time,  and  gave  to  Simon  de  Plesseto  cer- 
tain possessions  in  Shotton — (Cart.  Rid.  No.  8.J 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  4   F 


294  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

ness  to  Roger  de  Merlay  the  First's  grant  of  land  in  Morwick  to  the  church 
of  Durham,  and  is  mentioned  in  the  Great  Roll  of  the  Pipe  for  1170,  as 
having  some  plea  before  William  Basset,  and  Alan  de  Neville,  junior,  justices 
itinerant  for  this  county  in  that  year  ;f  and  sir  Roger  de  Plesseto  was  one  of 
the  four  knights,  who,  in  trinity  term,  1209,  were  summoned  to  elect  twelve 
other  knights  to  make  a  grand  assize  between  Hugh  Balliol,  plaintiff,  and  his 
cousin  Roger  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  defendant,  respecting  two  carucates  of  land 
in  Pentmore — one  of  which  12  was  sir  Richard  de  Plesseto,  whose  grand-son 
John  was  the  possessor  of  this  and  the  contiguous  estates  of  Shotton,  Blake- 
den,  and  North  Weteslade,  in  1240.  This  John  de  Plessis  stands  high  in  the 
annals  of  the  county  as  an  office  bearer,  and  for  integrity  of  character.  In 
1257s  and  1258  he  was  high-sheriff,  and  concerning  his  execution  of  the  duties 
of  that  office,  the  commissioners  for  making  the  inquisitions  contained  in  the 
Hundred  Rolls  have  entered  this  honourable  record — that,  excepting  Robert 
de  Insula,  he  was  the  only  person  who,  for  many  years,  had  kept  his  hands 
free  from  the  pollution  of  bribes  for  granting  recognizances,  and  was  not  guilty 
of  shameful  extortions.  After  the  battle  of  Lewis,  too,  and  the  king  and  his 
son  the  prince  Edward,  and  his  brother  the  king  of  the  Romans,  had  fallen 
into  the  hands  of  the  victorious  barons,  John  de  Plessetis  was  selected  by  the 
earl  of  Leicester  to  fill  the  important  and  authoritative  situation  of  conservator 
of  the  peace  in  Northumberland.  The  commission  which  gave  him  this  ap- 

f  See  Dug.  Bar.  i.  287. 

*  In  this  year,  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  granted  to  John  de  Plesseto  and  his  heirs,  the  fol- 
lowing liberties  : — Exemption  from  suit  of  court ;  and  that  he,  and  such  of  his  heirs  as  should 
become  lords  of  Plessey,  might  hunt  the  hare  and  fox  wherever  they  pleased,  excepting  in  the  lord's 
forest  and  in  the  woods  of  Morpeth  :  also  liberty  to  cut  and  carry  away  timber  from  the  woods  of 
Witton  and  Horsley,  for  building  and  repairing  the  mills  of  Stannington  and  Plessey  :  also,  when 
they  should  want  estovers  out  of  season  for  the  repairs  of  the  said  mills,  to  take  them  in  any  of  the 
woods  at  Morpeth  excepting  the  east  one :  also  to  take  estovers  for  the  repairs  of  the  stank  or  wear 
of  the  said  mills  on  the  north  side  of  the  dene  of  the  Blye,  and  in  the  wood  of  Schaldfenn.  Also, 
that  his  own  avers  or  nags  might  go  and  return  from  the  manor  of  Plessey  by  the  back  gate,  on 
the  other  side  of  the  water  of  Blye,  and  so  on  the  north  side  of  that  water  to  his  pasture  of  Wai- 
more,  without  disturbance  of  any  one.  Also,  that  the  said  John  and  his  heirs  should  have  liberty 
to  make  and  repair  the  stank  of  their  fishery  to  the  other  side  of  the  Blye,  into  the  solid  ground  of 
the  grantor,  on  the  north  side  of  that  stream  ;  and  further,  that  whenever  either  he  or  they  should 
chance  to  commit  a  forfeiture,  they  should  pay  only  12  pence  for  each  offence — (Stan.  Misc.  7.) 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  PLESSIS,  OF  PLESSIS. 


295 


pointment  was  dated  June  4,  1264,  and  created  a  similar  officer  for  each 
county  in  the  kingdom.11  It  empowered  them  to  do  whatever  they  should 
judge  proper  for  preserving  entire  the  rights  and  liberties  of  the  people.1  His 
posterity,  however,  did  not  remain  long  here  to  reap  the  fruit  of  his  honours 
or  emulate  the  glory  of  his  example  ;  for  his  grandson,  Richard  de  Plessetis, 
in  1349,  conveyed  this  and  his  other  contiguous  estates  to  Roger  de  Widdring- 
ton,  and  after  that  time  the  name  of  their  family  disappears  in  the  records  of 
the  county. 


PEDIGREE  OF  PLESSIS,  OF  PLESSIS. 

[ARMS.— John  de  Plessis,  in  1315,  released  to  Robert  de  Coventree  and  his  heirs,  all  right  in  an  annuity  of  40s.  payable 
out  of  lands  in  Prestwick,  and  tested  his  deed  with  a  seal  bearing  a  lion  rampant,  and  the  inscription — SIG.  IOHANNIS  DE 
PLESSIS.— ('Stow.  Misc.  No.  9,  a,)1 


I. — ADAM  DE  PLAEIZEIZ  was  a  contemporary  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  First,  and  a  witness  to  that  baron's  grant  of  lands  in-r- 
Morwick  to  the  church  of  Durham,  and  is  mentioned  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1170. 

II. — RICHARD  DE  PLESSIX  had  a  grant  to  him  and  his  heirs,  from  Eve,  the  daur.  of  Hawis  de  Merlay,  of  all  her  hereditary^ 
right  and  land  in  Northumberland,  which  Adam  de  Plessix  held  of  Hawis  de  Merlay,  her  mother — to  be  holden  of  her  and! 
her  heirs  by  the  annual  payment  of  10s.  at  her  house  in  Norfolk.  The  charter  for  this  transaction  contains  a  clause  of] 
warrantry,  in  which  it  calls  the  premises  alienated  by  the  donor,  "  that  tenement,"  but  without  saying  where  it  was  situ- 
ated. Roger  de  Meriay,  baron  of  Mitford,  and  William  de  Coineres,  mesne  lord  of  Clifton  and  Caldwell,  in  this  parish,  tested! 
the  deed. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  9,  b. )  Richard  de  Pleysiz  had  also  a  release  of  eight  acres  of  land  in  Shotton  from  one  Robert! 
Fltz-Richard  ;  and  a  grant  of  12*4  acres  in  the  same  grounds  from  Ysod',  the  daur.  of  Win  Godswain. — (Id.  10  If  tl.) | 

III. — RICHARD,  SON  OF  RICHARD  DE  PLESSETO,  had  from  William  Paris,  of  Schotton,=pDAME  IDONEA,  whose  son  John  de 


a  grant  of  six  acres  of  land  in  the  part  of  the  field  of  Schotton,  which  was  called  Bac- 
stanes  dene,  for  20s.  paid  to  the  grantor  in  his  very  great  necessity. — (Stan.  Misc.  No. 
12.)  Richard  de  Plessy,  and  his  sons  John  and  Simon,  were  alive  in  the  time  of  Hen. 
the  Third,  as  appears  from  an  extract  from  the  Brinkburne  Cartulary,  made  in  1597, 
by  Robert  Treswell,  Somerset  Herald,  and  contained  in  the  Harleian  Manuscript  294, 
No.  3,137  ( F.  34)  ;  and  this  Richard's  son  John  directed  that  the  monks  of  Newminster 
should  annually,  on  the  anniversary  of  his  father,  spend  the  sum  of  10s. — (III,  ii.  74.) 


IV. — JOHN  DE  PLESSETIS  was  assessed  for  his  lands-rDAME  HELEN,  on  whose 


obit  her  husband  direct- 
ed that  one  mark  (13s. 
Id.)  should  be  annually 
expended. 


to  the  aid  in  1240.  He  purchased  the  mills  of  Stan- 
nington of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  ;  and  between 
the  years  1267  and  1271,  granted  to  his  broth.  Simon 
his  manor  of  Plessey,  with  the  advowson  of  the  hos- 
pital of  Herford  Bridge,  and  of  the  chapels  of  Plessey 
and  Shotton,  besides  giving  him  the  mills,  wood,  and  villes  of  Plessey  and 
Shotton,  and  the  lands  of  Linehalgh  &  Yarhalgh,  and  settling  upon  the  monks 
of  Newminster  certain  rent  charges,  on  condition  that  they  expended  in  pit- 
tances— 20s.  on  his  otvn  anniversary,  on  his  wife's  one  mark,  on  sir  Richard's 
his  father  10s.,  on  his  mother  the  lady  Idouea's  10s.,  and  on  those  of  sir  Roger 
de  Toggesdene  and  Agnes  his  wife  half  a  mark  each.  He  also,  by  the  same 
deed,  gave  40s.  a  year  to  the  nuns  of  Coldstream,  and  2  marks  a  year  to  those 
of  the  neighbouring  convent  of  Eccles.—  (III.  ii.  74.)  About  the  same  time, 
he  also  conferred  considerable  possessions  on  the  chapels  of  Shotton  and  Plessey 
— -acts  of  piety  which  threw  sweetness  and  lustre  over  the  character  he  sus- 
tained for  purity  and  integrity  in  the  high  official  situations  which  he  filled  in 
the  county.  The  record  for  John  de  Plessetis,  referred  to  in  the  Calendar  of 
the  Charter  Rolls  for  the  year  1257,  and  there  erroneously  stated  to  belong  to 
the  county  of  Essex,  relates  to  property  in  Stannington,  and  lands  in  Milne- 
side  and  Milnhalgh,  and  the  mills  of  Plessey  and  the  water-course  there,  and 
the  ground  of  Yarhalgh  and  Linehalgh. — (See  Col.  Rot.  Char.  87;  %  HI. 
391.) 


Plesseto  gave  certain  rent  charges  out 
of  his  property  to  the  monks  of  New- 
minster under  certain  conditions,  one 
of  which  was,  that  they  should  annu- 
ally expend  the  sum  of  10s.  on  the 
day  of  his  mother's  obit. — (III.  ii. 
74.) 

SIMON  DE  PLESSETO,  on  whom,  and  on  the^ 
heirs  of  his  body,  his  brother  John  settled 
his  estates  of  Shotton  and  Plessey.  This 
Simon,  in  1278,  was  distrained  to  take  the 
order  of  knighthood ;  and  on  that  occasion, 
had  for  his  manucaptors,  his  neighbours 
Walter  of  Hereford,  Ralph  de  Essingdon, 
and  Roger  de  Widdringtoii.  He  was  also, 
at  the  same  time,  a  surety  for  Richard  de 

Horsley  taking  the    same  order (Palg. 

Par.  Writs,  215.)  As  sir  Simon  de  Plesseto, 
knight,  he  had  a  grant  from  William,  son 
of  William  of  Stannington,  of  half  a  caru- 
cate  of  land  in  Blakedene. — (Stan.  Misc.  No. 
13.)  It  would  appear  that  he  was  dead 
before  1303 ;  for,  in  Dec.  In  that  year,  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Roger  of  Bokenfield,  gave  to 
John  de  Plessetis  a  quietus  for  a  rent  of  20s. 
a  year,  payable  out  of  the  manor  of  Schot- 
ton and  Plessetis,  by  the  hands  of  the  heir 
of  Simon  de  Plessetis ;  which  rent  Roger 
Craw,  of  Langstretun,  had  a  grant  of  from 
the  said  Win,  son  of  Roger  of  Bokenfleld. 
—(Stan.  Misc.  No.  15.) 


9 

8. 


11  Rymer,  i.  793. 


1  Unpin. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  .1  oh ii  de  Plessetis 
and  Dame  Helen. 


Issue  of  Simon  de  Plesseto 

and 

. I 


V.— AGNES,  married  to  ROGER  DE    JOHN  DE  PLESSETIS,  as  has  been-j-     MARC.  A  RET,  oneofthesisters=: JAMES  DB  HAYDEN  was 

and  heirs  of  John  de  Plescys.    born  in  Scotland.  With 
The  sheriff  of  Northumber-    the  release  of  him  and 
land,  in  1358,  contended  that    his  wife  of  Plessey  and 
her  husband  was,  from  her,    Shotton  to  Rog.  de  Wid- 
entitled  after  her  death,  to  a    drington,  there  is  one 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Pies-    of  the  same  property, 
sys,  and  of  certain  lands  and    and  to  the  same  person, 
tenements  in  Shotton. — (II.    from   John  de  Hayden  ,• 
».  361.)     But,  both  she  and    but  "  Dat'  apud  Swin- 
her  husband,  April  7,   1356,    burne   West,    3  April, 
had  Joined  in  a  release  to  Ro-    1356,  and  having  in  ad- 
ger   de   Widdrington  of   all    dition  to  all  the  wltness- 
their  right  in  the  manors  of   es  in  the  other,  "  d'no 
Plescys  &  Schotton. — (Stan.    Joh'e  cap'llo."  Also  one 
Misc.  No.  20.)  Nicholas  de  Hayden  had 
a  lease  of  lands  in  Ples- 
cys &  Schotton,  under 
John,  the  son  of  Simon 
de  Plessys,  in  1340. 


TOGGESDENE,  upon  \vliom  con-  oiisci'vi'il,  seems,  by  the  death  of 
jointly,  John  de  Plesseto,  in  1246,  his  father,  to  have  been  in  pos- 
settled  for  their  lives  all  his  lands  session  of  his  patrimonial  estates 
"  del  Plessiz,  and  of  Scotton,  with  in  1303.  In  Oct.  1326,  by  feof- 
the  capital  messuage  del  Plessiz,  fees,  he  settled  his  capital  mes- 
and  the  custody  of  the  lands  and  suage  of  the  manor  of  Plessis,  as 
heirs  of  Richard  de  Wydeslade,  it  then,  and  in  the  times  of  his 
and  the  marriage  of  such  heirs  sue-  ancestors,  stood  within  the  yard 
cessively." — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  14.)  wall  and  foss,  together  with  a 
John  de  Plesseto  also  left  direc-  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Plessis, 
tions  for  expending  half  a  mark,  and  of  certain  lands  in  Shotton, 
at  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  on  and  of  the  advowson  of  the  cha- 
the  anniversary  of  the  deaths  of  pel  there,  upon  himself,  to  be 
sir  Roger  de  Toggesdene  and  the  holden  of  his  son  Richard  and 
lady  Agnes  his  -wife.— (HI.  H.  74.)  Margaret  his  wife  for  the  term 
JOAN  DE  PLACETO  was  a  nun  in  of  his  life,  aiid  with  reversion  to 
the  convent  of  Coldstream,  on  them  after  his  death.  On  the 
which  account,  and  for  the  health  Lord's-day  before  the  feast  of  Stl 
of  his  own  soul  and  of  that  of  Margaret  the  virgin  (July  20), 
"  Elen"  his  late  wife,  he  gave  to  1339,  he  released  to  his  son  Ri- 
her  an  annuity  of  40s.  out  of  his  chard,  all  right  in  2  tofts,  2  crofts,  a  husbandland  of  ground  called  The  Latttdiland,  and 
mill,  with  reversion  of  the  same  also  60  acres  more  in  Shotton.—  (Stan.  Misc.  No- 17,  a,  6.)  Under  the  designation  of  John,  son 
yearly  sum,  after  her  death,  to  the  of  Simon  de  Plescys,  in  March,  1840,  he  also  gave  to  his  son  Richard,  all  his  services  and 
convent  itself,  sir  Adam  abbot  of  rents  due  from  his  free  tenants  in  Schotton,  Plescys,  Blakedeue,  and  Wydeslade  ;  a  rent 
Newminster,  sir  Walter  and  Ste-  of  half  a  mark,  which  his  daughter  Joan  paid  him  out  of  a  tenement  in  Shotton,  and  a 
phen,  rectors  of  the  churches  of  rent  which  Nicholas  de  Haydene  rendered  for  land  in  "  Plescys  and  Schotton,"  with  the 
Staintun  &  of  Morpeth,  sir  Thos.  reversion  of  all  the  lands  which  the  same  Nicholas  held  under  a  demise  for  the  term  of 
chaplain  of  Whotton,  William  of  7  years. — fid.  No.  15.)  He,  however,  out-lived  his  son;  for,  though  on  Thursday,  the  mor- 
Wydslaud,  Adam  de  Plasseto,  row  after  the  feast  of  St  John  the  Baptist  (24  June),  in  1349,  he  released  to  Roger  de 
Richard  de  Whotton,  clerk,  and  Widdrington  all  the  claim  he  had  in  the  manor  of  Plescys,  and  the  villes  of  Schotton, 
many  others  being  witnesses  to  Blakeden,  and  Witslade,  his  son  Richard  being  a  witness  to  the  deed ;  yet,  on  Oct.  6,  in 
the  deed. — (Colds.  Cart.  IvU.)  the  same  year,  he  gave  a  similar  release  to  Margaret,  the  widow  of  his  son  Richard. — (Id. 

Nvs.  18  Sf  19.)     Indeed  an  extract  made  by  Dodsworth,  and  copied  in  the  Harleian  MS. 

294,  expressly  says  that  John  de  Plesseto  formerly  alienated  the  manor  of  Plesses  and  the  ville  of  Shotton  to  Roger  de  Wod- 
rington  ;  and  further  adds,  that  John,  the  son  of  the  same  Roger,  laid  claim  to  a  greater  part  of  Yerehaulgh  than  the  charter 
of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  had  conferred  upon  the  Plessis  family,  or  his  own  father  had  enjoyed,  and  on  the  ground  thus 
usurped  had  caused  100  oaks,  10  ash  trees,  and  a  great  quantity  of  underwood  to  be  felled  on  April  16,  1399,  to  the  injury, 
and  in  no  small  contempt  of  Ralph  baron  of  Greystock. 


VI. — RICHARD  DE  PLESSETIS,  son  and-r-MARGARET,  the  widow  of  Richard  JOHN  DE  PLESCYS  and  ADAM  DE  PLESCYS,  both 
heir  of  John,  in  1331,  confirmed  his  :  de  Plescys,  on  the  Lord's-day  before  in  remainder  for  Plessey  and  Shotton  in  the  en- 
father's  gift  of  land  in  Prestwick  to  :  the  feast  of  St  Denys  (Oct.  9)  in  tail  in  1348. 

Robert  of  Coventry- — (//•  »•  280,  7,  rf.)  •  1349,  granted  the  manors  of  Pies-  JOAN,  sister  of  Richard  de  Plescys,  had  by  the 

In  1336,  Thomas  Heppescotes,  clerk,  :  sey  and  Shotton  to  Roger  de  Wid-  demise  of  her  father  John,  a  toft  and  a  croft  in 


made  a  re-donation  to  Richard  de  Ples- 
sys of  all  the  lands  in  Shotton  &  Ples- 
sys, which  he  had  obtained  by  the  grant 


drington  (Stan.  Misc.  No.  25)  ;  when  Shotton,  called  Lofdyland,  and  54  acres  of  arable 
she  stipulated  with  him  that  she  and  4  of  meadow  land,  at  a  rent  of  2  marks  a 
should  have  all  the  Martinmas  fee-  year,  for  the  term  of  her  life. — (Stan.  Misc.  22.) 
of  the  same  Richard,  and  of  John  his  \  farm  rents  of  all  the  free  tenants 
father. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  21.)  In  1340,  :  and  villains  of  Plescys  and  Schotton,  with  all  debts  due  to  herself  and  husband  ;  and 
Thomas  Heppescotes,  rector  of  Mor-  •  that  he  should  build  for  her  a  sufficient  house  in  the  manor  of  Plescys,  which  should 
peth,  confirmed  to  Richard,  son  of  :  consist  of  a  hall,  chamber,  pantry,  buttery,  brew-house,  and  byer  for  6  cows  &  their 
John  de  Plesys  and  Margaret  his  wife,  •  calves ;  also  that  she  should  have  some  place  for  a  curlilage  or  yard ;  and  two  acres 

of  the  best  meadow  land  at  Holford,  for  her  life,  besides  pasture  for  6  cows  and  their 
calves,  and  for  one  horse  ;  also  two  chaldrons  of  good  sea  coal  from  the  pits  of  Ples- 
sey ;  and  ten  cart  load  of  peats,  to  be  dug  where  she  pleased  in  the  wastes  of  Plescys 
and  Schotton,  and  liberty  of  grinding  her  corn,  multure  free,  at  the  manor  mill ; 
and  of  pulling  as  much  ling  as  was  sufficient  for  her  to  burn  in  her  own  mansion- 
house  :  all  which  covenants  the  said  Roger  agreed  to  perform  under  the  penalty  of 
£10. — (Id.  No.  26.)  As  executrix  of  the  will  of  her  husband,  she  had  a  release  from 
Roger  de  Widdrington,  in  Oct.  1349,  of  all  actions  and  demands. — (C.  R.  120.) 


all  the  land  which  he  had  by  the  gift 
of  the  same  Richard  in  the  manors  of 
Shotton  and  Plescys,  except  a  toft  and 
a  croft  which  Gilbert,  the  son  of  Wm 
held,  9  acres  of  demesne  land  in  the 
field,  called  The  east  Townend  field,  3 
acres  on  Stany knoll,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  same  field,  and  3  acres  on  the 
north  side  of  the  village,  besides  ground 


In  Holforth,   and  the  toft  and  croft • 

called  the  Lejdyland,  which  Joan  his  sister  held  by  the  demise  of  her  father. — (Id.  No.  22.)  In  1346,  he  and  his  wife  granted: 
to  Roger  de  Widdrington,  brother  of  Gerrard,  an  annual  rent  often  marks  out  of  the  manor  of  Plessey. — (Id.  No.  23.)  This; 
•was  probably  a  transaction  in  the  nature  of  a  mortgage  ;  for  the  Cartae  Ridleanse  contain  a  defeasance,  dated  at  Plessey,  in : 
the  same  year,  and  relative  to  the  same  transaction,  but  my  abstract  of  it  omits  the  day  of  its  date. — (Fol.  131.)  In  Trinity; 
term,  however,  1348,  he  and  his  wife,  by  fine,  settled  the  manors  of  Plessey  and  Shotton  upon  themselves  for  life,  and  failing: 
them  on  Roger  de  Widdrington,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  with  remainder  successively  to  John  &  Adam  de  Plescys,  Richard's: 
brothers,  and  remainder  to  Roger  de  Widdrington's  right  heirs  (Stan.  Misc.  No.  24)  ;  and,  April  5,  1349,  under  the  description- 
of  Richard  de  Plescis,  son  of  John  de  Plessis,  late  lord  of  that  place,  he  granted  to  Thomas  Paul,  a  burgess  of  Newcastle,  and- 
John  Paul,  his  son,  a  lease  for  two  years,  of  ten  tofts,  ten  crofts,  and  two  acres  of  land  in  Plescis,  on  condition  of  the  grantee: 
giving  up  a  feoffment  which  the  grantor  s  father  made  to  him  respecting  the  same  premises.  : 

VII.— 1  ELIZABETH,  daur.^ROGER  DE  WIDDRINGTON,  on  Oct.=AGNES,  widow  of  Roger  de  Widdrington,  appears  by  a  deed, 

of  Richard  de  Acton.  Ill,  1349,  under  the  description  of    dated  in  1379,  to  have  holden  in  dower  the  manor  of  Plessys, 

Roger  de  W.,   son  of  John  de  W.,    the  ville  of  Shotton,  and  a  place  called  Gerardlee. — (Above,  p. 

knight,  released  to  Margaret  del  Plessis,  ex'ix  of  the  will  of   234,  gen.  ix. ;  and  p.  252,  No.  24.) 

Richarde  del  1'lessls,  her  late  husband,  all  kinds  of  actions  and 

f  (for  remainder  of  Roger  de  Widdrington  see  next  page.)?? 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. PEDIGREE  OF  W1DDRINGTON,  OF  PLESSIS.          297 


Issue  of  Roger  de  Wlddrlngton 
and  Agnes  


Continuation  of  Roger 
de  Widdrington. 


demands  for  debt,  &c.  —  (Stan.  Misc.  No.  27.)  I  have  not  legal  science  or  sagacity  sufficient  to  see  clearly  the  reason  why  the 
Plessey  family  conveyed  their  estates  to  the  Widdringtons  —  whether  it  was  In  consideration  of  money,  or  for  natural  affection, 
or  partly  for  both.  Was  Agnes,  the  second  wife  of  this  Roger,  a  daughter  either  of  John  de  Plessey,  or  his  son  Richard  ?  It 
is  certain  that  the  fine  In  1848  (Id.  No.  2-t)  settled  Plessey  and  Shotton  first  upon  Hie-hard  de  P.  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and 
the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  with  remainder  to  Roger  de  W.  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  rem.  to  John  de  Plescys,  bro.  of  Richard, 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  rem.  to  Adam,  another  brother  of  Richard,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  rem.  to  the  right  heirs  of 
the  said  Roger.  This  settlement  seems  to  favour  the  conjecture  of  affinity  or  consanguinity  having  had  influence  in  making 
it.  But  a  charter  between  Roger  de  W.  and  Richard  de  P.  and  Margaret  his  wife,  dated  in  1346,  respecting  the  grant  of  an 
annuity  of  ten  marks  out  of  Plessey  and  Shotton,  already  noticed,  and  a  defeasance  of  the  same  rent,  and  of  the  same  date, 
seem  to  show  that  the  transaction  they  relate  to  was  a  mere  mortgage  of  the  property,  thus  saddled  with  a  rent  charge.  — 
(Cart.  Rid.  129,  130,  181.)  That  Richard  de  Plessis's  estate  was  in  an  embarrassed  condition,  is  indeed  plain,  from  the 
fact,  that  so  early  as  the  yar  1342,  he  burdened  his  lands  at  Shotton  and  Hoi  forth  with  a  mortgage  for  ten  years,  or  till  a 
debt  of  £15  in  silver  was  paid  of.  —  (Stan.  Misc.  27,  6.)  This  Roger  de  Widdrington  represented  Northumberland  in  parliament 
in  21,  24,  34,  and  86  Edw.  III.  I  have  added  to  the  Miscellanea  respecting  this  palish  some  feoffments  and  other  deeds 
respecting  Plessey  and  Shotton,  dated  between  the  years  1350  and  1357,  and  to  which  this  Roger  was  one  of  the  parties, 
but  more  for  the  sake  of  the  names  that  occur  in  them  than  for  any  important  historical  inference  intended  to  be  drawn 
from  them  respecting  the  families  or  property  now  under  consideration.  —  (Stan.  Misc.  Nos.  28,  29,  30,  31,  32,  33.) 


VIII. — SIR  JOHN  DE  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  was  22  years  old  in  1368.  In  1393,  Thomas  Witton 
dispute  between  him  and  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  respecting  an  annual  payment  of  five  marks  due  from  him 
to  them,  out  of  the  mills  of  Shotton  and  Plessys  ( Cart.  Rid.  Jol.  132) ;  and  Elen,  daur.  of  William  Lokewodde, 
Sep.  4,  1432,  quit  claimed  to  sir  John  de  Wodryngton,  knight,  and  Henry  Fenwick,  chaplain,  all  right  in  the 
manors  of  Plessise  and  the  ville  of  Shotton. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  84.) 


daur.  of  sir 
Wm  Acton, 
knight. 


IX. — ROGER  DE  WIDDRINGTON,  son  and  heir,  was  40  years  old  when-rELizABETH,  daur.  of  sir  Thomas  Gray :  she  was  mar- 
he  succeeded  his  father,  in  1443.  The  manor  of  Plessys  and  ville  of  I  ried  firstly,  to  sir  Wm  Whitchester,  knight,  and  died 
Shotton  are  enumerated  in  the  inquest  after  his  death,  dated  in  1451.  [  in  1454. 

|— — 
X. — SIR  GERARD  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  as  G.  de  W.  esq.  15  Oct.  1455,  gave  to  Wm  Lawson,  John  Therlkeld,-r~ELizABETH, 


chaplain,  and  Robt.  Lawe,  all  the  site  of  the  manor  of  Plessys,  with  the  lands  adjacent  to  it,  then  in  the  tenure 
of  Wm  Thomson  and  Galfrid  Coke,  by  his  own  demise,  for  a  term  of  years.  He  also  gave  to  the  same  feoffees 
all  his  estate  in  the  field  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Brinkburne,  called  le  Briggefeld,  and  granted  by  them  to 
his  father  Roger  Wodrington  for  the  term  of  20  years,  saving  to  himself  the  mines  of  sea-coal  under  the  same 
field,  &c.—  (Swmb.  Misc.  MSS.  Jol.  39.) 


daughter  of 
Christopher 
Boynton. 


XI. — FELiciA,-rSiR  RALPH  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  with  whom  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster=MABEL  SANDFORD. 

dau.  of  sir  Ro-  I  made  an  agreement,  May  20,  1491,  that  instead  of  an  annuity  of  five  marks,  payable  to 

bert  Claxton.    j  him  out  of  the  mills  of  Placetum  and  Stannington,  they  should  have  only  26s.  a  year,  but  enjoy  certain 

waste  chapels  and  tenements  which  they  claimed  to  belong  to  them  in  Schotton  and  Placetum,  by  his  own 

charter  of  appropriation. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  35.) 

XII. — SIR  HENRY  WIDDRINGTON,  knight.  "TMARGERY,  daughter  of  sir  Hugh  Percy. 


XIII. — AGNES,  daur.  of  James= 
Mctcalf,  of  Nappa,  in  Wensley- 
dale,  Yorkshire.  By  this  mar- 
riage there  was  issue  a  3rd  son, 

LEWIS     WlDDRINGTON,      WhOSB 

name  is  omitted  in  the  pedigree 
above,  p.  236  ;  and  from  whom 
the  RIDDELLS,  of  Felton  and 
Swinburne  Castle,  &  of  Cheese- 
burn  Grange,  derive  their  de- 
scent. 

XIV. — 1.  MARGARET,  daur.  OF^ROB'ERT  WIDDRINGTON,  eldest  son  of  the  second  marriage :  he  was  of=2.  ISABEL!.,  who  had 
Robert  the  sixth,  and  sister  of  I  Chibburn  and  Plessey.     He  was  knight  of  the  shire  for  Northumber-    by  her  husband's  will 
Cuthbert  the  seventh  lord  Ogle.  I  land  in  81,  35,  and  39  of  Eliz.,  and  purchased  property  in  Monkwear-    his  house  in  Wear- 
mouth  in  1597.     His  will  is  dated  Aug.  29,  1598.     For  his  brothers    mouth  for  life. 
',  and  sisters,  see  above,  p.  236,  gen.  xv. 


SIR  JOHN  WIDDRINGTON,  knight,  born= 
in  1503.  On  Jan.  13,  1512,  he  gave 
"  to  John  Witherington,  of  Hawkes- 
ley,  gent."  his  cousin,  and  Mary  Ogle, 
daur.  of  sir  Wm  Ogle,  late  of  Cockle 
Park,  knight,  in  consideration  of  mar- 
riage between  them,  three  husband- 
lands  in  Shotton,  which  place  &  Pies- 
sis  are  reckoned  among  his  estates  in 
thttFeodary's  account,  in  1568. — (Above, 
p.  254,  No.  35.) 


:AGNES,  daur.  of  sir  Edward  Cower,  of  Stitenham, 
Yorkshire.  Her  husband,  in  1548,  settled  his  ma- 
nors of  Newbigging,  Plessis,  with  the  Brig-field, 
Shotton,  and  Denton,  upon  trustees,  for  their  joint 
use  during  their  lives.  During  her  widowhood  she 
probably  lived  at  Plessey  ;  for,  by  her  will,  she  lett 
to  her  grandson  John,  son  of  her  son  Robert,  "  her 
spits  at  Plessy  and  Chibburn." — (Raine's  Test.  p. 
268.) 


XV. — 1.  JOHN  WIDDRINGTON,  esq.  was  21  years  old5 
in  1599,  and  by  his  father's  will  had  all  his  lands  at 
Chibburne.  He  was  of  Monkwearmouth  and  Plessey 
Hall,  and  died  29  Sep.  1602.  Inq.  p.  m.  in  co.  pal. 
Dun.  6  Nov.  44  Eliz. 

2.  CATHARINE,  wife  of  John  Ogle,  of  Cawsey  Park. 

3 ,  wife  of  ...  Dent.  By  her  father's  will  they 

had  his  lease  of  coal  mines  on  Byker  Moor ;  and  their 
children  George  and  Henry  Dent,  by  the  same  will, 
had  the  tithe  of  Newton-on-the-Moor. 


,  daur.  of    \  RICHARD  NEILE,  born  afrDoROTHY She 


...  Whitehead,  Westminster  in  1562  ;  bishop 
ofTynemouth  of  Rochester  in  1605,  ofLich- 
field  in  1610,  of  Lincoln  in 
1613,  of  Durham  in  1617,  of  Winchester  in 
1627,  and  archbishop  of  York  in  1631,  where 
he  died  31  Oct.  1640,  and  was  buried  in  the 
cathedral  there. 


was  buried  in  the 
the  church  of  Thread- 
needle  Street,  Lon- 
don. 


TART  II.  VOL.  II. 


4    G 


298 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  John  Widdrington,  esq. 

and  ...  Wbitehead. 
I         _ 


Issue  of  Richard  Neile 
and  Dorothy 


XVI.— 1.  ROBERT  WIDDRINGTON,  OFTELIZABETH,  daur.    2.  JOHN  WIDDRINGTON,    PAUL  NEILE  was  knighted-rELizABETH, 


of  John  Richard-    2nd  son,  to  whom  his    at   Bishopthorpe,   27  May, 


son,  of  the  city  of   brother  granted  an  an- 
Durham.  nuity    of   £30    out   of 

Monkwearmontb.  He 
married  Isabel!,  daur.  of  sir  Ralph  Delaval, 
of  Seaton  Delaval. 


Plessey,  esq.,  son  and  heir,  was  four 

vears  and  five  months  old,  6  Nov. 

1602.    28  Nov.  1621,  he  had  general 

livery  of  Plessey  &  shotton,  and  the 

other  estates  of  his  father  John  W. 

By  indenture,  9  May,  1641,  between 

himself  of  the  one  part,  and  Ralph " 

Pudsey,  of  Stapleton,  co.  York,  esq.  and  John  Richardson,  of  the  city  of  Durham, 

on  the  other,  he  settled  the  manor  of  Plessey,  lands  in  Newhouses,  Brighouses, 

Shotton,  and  Shotton  Edge,  on  himself  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  for  life,  with  rem. 

to  bis  only  daur.  Anne,  and  her  heirs,  for  ever,  as  recited  in  the  inquest  after 

death  for  his  Durham  property,  which  is  dated  13  Dec.  17  Ch.  I.    He  died  June  5, 

1641,  aged  about  40  years.  

XVII.— CHARLES  BRANDLING,  of  Alnwick1 
Abbey,  esq.  was  a  colonel  in  the  army,  and 
in  1663  assessed  to  county  rate  for  New- 
houses,  Bridgehouse,  Shotton,  Plessey,  and 
Plessey  Mill,  all  in  this  parish ;  Brocksfleld 


1633.  He  resided  at  Hutton 
Bonville,  Yorkshire,  in  1610, 
and  paid  £802  as  a  composi- 
tion for  his  estate,  for  de- 
linquency to  the  Common- 
wealth. "  After  the  Restora- 
tion, he  was  one  of  the  ush- 
ers of  the  privy  chamber  ; 
and  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  Royal  Society, 
Dec.  1662."— (Surtees.) 


sister  of  sir 

Gabriel 
Clarke,  D.D. 
prebendary 
of  Durham ; 
administra- 
tion granted 
June,  1682. 


custody  of  whom,  14  Dec. 
1641,  was  granted  by  Chas. 
the  First  to  sir  Wm  Wid- 
drington, under  the  de- 
scription of  "  one  of  the 
daurs.  and  co-heirs  of  Ro- 
bert Widdrington,  esq.  de- 
ceased." Then,  next  day, 
there  were  articles  of  a- 
greement  made  between 
the  said  sir  Wm  W.  knt., 
of  the  first  part,  and  Ralph 
Pudsey,  esq.  of  the  other 
part,  for  the  wardship  of 
Anne  Widdrington,  who 
was  married  to  Charles 
'  Brandling  in  Michaelmas 

term,  1650. — (Abstract  of  Plessey  deeds.)  Some  accounts  say,  that  this 
Anne  became  the  wife  of  Ralph  Pudsey,  and  by  him  had  an  only  dau. 
Anne,  successively  wife  of  Charles  Brandling  and  sir  Richard  Neile. 
If  there  was  a  contract  for  marriage  between  R.  Pudsey  and  Anne 
Widdrington,  I  think  it  probable  that  the  marriage  was  never  so- 
lemnized. 


i  :rc>sey  iviiu,  in  i  ill  mis  p;u  1^11  ,  £>iuua.3iiciu, 

in  the  parish  of  Embleton  ;  the  Abbey  de- 
mesne and  Heckley,  at  Alnwick  ;  and  for 
tow  Higlilaws,  in  Mitford  parish  ;  besides 
tithes  in  several  places  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Alnwick.  Administration  to  his 
goods  was  granted  23  Feb.  1666,  to  Thos. 
Brandling  his  brother ;  and  tuition  of  his 
son  Robert,  29  Aug.  in  the  same  year,  to 
Francis  Brandling,  uncle  of  the  said  Robt., 
who,  however,  on  Nov.  2,  1667,  chose  for 
his  curator  Richard  Neile,  gent.,  his  father- 
in-law.—  (Raine's  Test.  209,  212.)  


ANNE  WIDDRINGTON,  the-j-2.  SIR  RICHARD  NEILE,  knight,    1.  WILLIAM  NEILE, 


married  before  Nov.  2,  1667,  esq.  eldest  brother, 
when  his  son-in-law,  Robert  He  was  a  scholar 
Brandling,  chose  him  for  his  and  philosopher  of 
curator.  He  was  engaged  in  great  promise ;  but 
the  service  of  bishop  Cousins,  falling  in  love  with 
but  an  intemperate  and  extra-  one  of  the  maids  of 
vagant  man  ;  and  encumbered  honour,  and  not  be- 
Piessey  and  Shotton  with  such  ing  able  to  gain  his 
heavy  mortgages,  that  Sep.  1,  father's  consent  to 
1694,  Nathaniel  Wyersdale,  citi-  marry  her,  he  was 
zeti  and  draper  of  London,  and  seized  with  a  deep 
John  Tyzack,  also  of  London,  melancholy,  &  died 
mercht.,  covenanted  With  Mar-  24  August,  1670,  at 
garet  &  Frances  Neile,  of  Pies-  White  Waltham,  in 
soy,  spinsters,  to  give  them  Berkshire,  where 
£8,500  for  the  manors  of  Pies-  there  is  a  inonu- 
sey  &  Shotton  ;  but  this  agree-  ment  to  his  memo- 
ment  does  not  seem  to  have  ry. 
been  ratified,  for  Ralph  Brand- 
ling, Nathaniel  Wyersdale,  and  others,  as  mortgagees 
of  the  property  and  trustees  of  the  two  Miss  Neiles, 
by  indenture,  dated  13  Jan.  1699,  and  in  considera- 
tion of  £7,000,  conveyed  Plessey  and  Shotton,  late 
~~  the  property  of  sir  Richard  Neile,  knight,  to  Thomas 
Radcliffe,  of  Dilston,  esq.  This  Richard  Neile,  by  patent  from  bishop  Cousins,  2  March,  1663,  was  made  tinder-sheriff  of 
Durham.  He  was  also  high-sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1687  and  1688.  Surtees  gives  some  curious  particulars  and 
anecdotes  respecting  him  in  notes  to  the  Life  of  his  grandfather.  His  brother  died  of  love  ;  but  he  seems  to  have  treated  his 
mother  with  impiety,  been  constantly  in  quest  of  a  wife  for  the  sake  of  her  money,  and  as  soon  as  he  had  secured  a  fortune 
by  matrimony,  to  have  begun  to  spend  it  in  vulgar  riot  and  intemperance.  In  a  letter  of  March  8,  1665,  speaking  about 
his  "  mistresses,"  he  observes  thus  to  his  friend  : — "  Shee  you  meane  there  is  no  hopes  of  but  stealing  her,  at  which  I 
should  not  the  least  scruple,  but  her  age  being  but  13,  doth  much  hinder,  for  it  is  impossible  to  contrive  any  such  design, 
at  least  to  me  it  is ;  and  the  other  madd  woman  I  will  by  no  means  have  any  thing  to  do  with  her.  I  will  either  have 
one  to  maintain  me,  or  stay  till  I  can  maintain  one  myself,  of  which  I  see  no  Jykeues,  &c." — (Surtees.)  He  was  knighted 
in  1688,  and  died  in  London. 

i 


XVIII. — 1.  ROBERT  BRANDLING  married  Mary,  1.  ELIZABETH  NEILE,  baptized  26  Oct.  1668,  and  died  young, 
daur.  of  Win  Hodgson,  of  Winlaton,  in  the  co.  2.  MARGARET  NEILE,  bap.    12  April,  1670  ;=Stephen  "Harwood,  who,  as 
Durham  ;  which  Mary  was  buried  at  Alnwick,  marriage  settlement  3  May,  1695  ;  died  before    ex'or  to  his  wife,  executed  an 
July  27,   1678.     Her  husband,  Feb.  11,  1675,  1697.                                                                         indenture  Oct.  14,  1697. 
had  a  release  of  all  his  father's  estates,  except  3.  FRANCES  NFILE,  bap.  2S:=John  Setton,  of  the  city  of  Durham.    Among- 
Plessey  and  Shotton,  from  his  mother  &  father-  Aug.  1672.   She,  her  husband,    the  deeds  at  Blagdon  is  an  assignment  of  a 
in-law;  and  he,  on  March  2<J,   1676,  released  and  Stephen  Harwood,  30  Ap.    decree,  dated  23  Dec.  1699,  by  Mr  John  Set- 
all  claim  of  Plessey  to  Neile.     He  died  5,  and  1705,  gave  a  release;      Thos.    ton  and  his  wife,  for  securing  the  payment 
They  had  two  chil-  Radcliffe. 


of  £60  and  interest,  to  Mr  Thomas  Radcliffe. 
This  John  Sutton,  or  Setton,  resided  in  New- 
castle in  1699. 
4.  PAUL  NEILE,  bap.  7  July,  1673,  and  died  young. 


was  buried  9  Sep.  1681. 

dren — Mary,  buried  at  Alnwick,  17  May,  1679, 

and  Ralph,  buried  at  the  same  place,  March  16, 

1680. 

2.  FRANCES  BRANDLING,  born  March,  1661-2. 

3.  RALPH  BRANDLING,  esq.  born  Dec.  7,  1662.  He  resided  at  Felling,  and  is  assessed  in  Mr  Krr's  book  of  rates  to  the  same 
estates  in  Northumberland,  as  his  father  Col.  Charles  Brandling  was  possessed  of  in  1663. — (///.  i.  324.)     In  1697,  he  found 
one  horse  for  Capt.  Grey's  troop  of  trainbands.— (Ker's  MS.)     By  his  marriage  with  Anne,  daur.  and  sole  heir  of  John  Leg'he, 
of  Middleton,  Yorkshire,  he  obtained  that  estate ;  but,  dying  without  issue,  he  devised  it  to  his  brother  Charles. 

4.  CHARLES  BRANDLING,  of  Felling,  esq.   married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Grey,  esq.  of  Howick.     By  a  deed,  which 
describes  him  as  of  Morpeth  Grange,  and  is  dated  March  24,   1700,  his  brother  Ralph  conveyed  to  him  all  his  interest  in  ;iri 
annuity  of  £30  out  of  Plessey  and  Shotton,  which  had  been  granted  to  him,  his  heirs,  and  assigns,  for  99  years,  by  another 
deed  made  in  1676.    This  Charles  B.  was  great-grandfather  to  the  REV.  RALPH  BRANDLING,  of  GOSFORTH,  tiie  present 
owner  of  that,  and  the  estate  of  Middleton,  in  Yorkshire. 

5.  MARY  BRANDLING  married  firstly  to  ALEXANDER  AMCOTES,  of  Pencher,  esq.,  and  secondly  to  JOHN  LJVMBE,  of  A\'c*t 
Ilcrrington,  in  the  county  palatine  of  Durhanij  esq. 


STANN1NGTON  PARISH. PLESSIS.  299 

Thus  it  appears  that  Plessis  and  Shotton  were  finally  conveyed  by  the 
Plessis  to  the  Widdrington  family  in  134-9  ;  and  that  sir  Richard  Neile,  the 
second  husband  of  the  heiress  of  the  last  of  the  line  of  the  Widdringtons  to 
whom  these  estates  descended,  was  compelled  by  his  habits  to  put  the  title  to 
them  into  the  hands  of  mortgagees,  who,  as  trustees  to  his  daughters,  sold 
them  to  Thomas  Radcliffe,  esq.,  brother  to  Francis,  first  earl  of  Derwent- 
water.  Mr  Radcliffe  was  a  colonel  in  the  array,  and  died  unmarried,  devising 
these  and  his  other  estates  to  lady  Mary  Radcliffe  during  her  life,  and  after 
her  decease  to  James  earl  of  Derwentwater,  and  his  heirs  ;  after  whose  for- 
feiture and  death  in  1715,  they  were  advertised  for  sale  before  the  commis- 
sioners and  trustees  for  the  forfeited  estates,  at  their  office  in  the  Inner  Tem- 
ple, July  11,  1723,j  and  purchased  by  Matthew  White,  esq.,  whose  son  sir 
Matthew  White,  baronet,  in  17-55,  devised  them  by  will  to  his  brother-in-law, 
Matthew  Ridley,  of  Heaton,  esq.,  grandfather  of  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  baronet, 
their  present  proprietor. 

The  Cartee  Ridleanse  contain  several  curious  deeds  respecting  the  villages  of 
Plessis  and  Shotton,  their  chapels,  the  hospital  and  chapel  of  Hertford  bridge, 
the  old  mansion-house  of  the  Plessis  family,  and  the  mill  of  Plessis,  which 
cannot  fail  to  be  interesting  to  minds  that  love  to  look  backwards  in  the  his- 
tory of  places  rendered  dear  to  them  by  birth,  or  residence,  or  property. 

I  have  found  no  hint  in  the  title  deeds  of  PLESSIS  to  lead  to  any  certain 
conclusions  respecting  either  the  size  or  the  site  of  the  antient  village  of  that 
name.  The  ville  of  Plessis  is  indeed  a  term  of  very  frequent  occurrence  ; 
but,  I  apprehend,  generally  in  a  sense  nearly  similar  to  the  word  township  :  it 
signified  the  ground,  houses,  and  their  appurtenances,  lying  within  the  pre- 
cincts of  the  manor.  A  deed,  however,  made  in  1349,  mentions  "  those  ten 
tofts  and  ten  crofts  and  two  acres  of  land  which  lie  nearer  on  the  east  (pro- 
pinquiwa  orienti)  on  the  west  side  of  the  manor  of  Plescys  :"  and  a  collection 
of  ten  tofts  and  ten  crofts  certainly  seems  to  justify  the  supposition  that  the 
place  where  they  stood  was  a  village  ;  and  the  description,  "  on  the  west  side 
of  the  manor  of  Plescys,"  to  point  out  the  neighbourhood  of  Plessey  Hall  for 
its  site.  The  modern  village  of  Plessey,  the  site  of  which  has  been  already 

J  See  Stan.  Misc.  No.  36.     Colonel  Thomas  Radcliflfe  was  the  third  son  of  Francis  first  earl  of 
Derwentwater  and  the  lady  Katharine  his  wife,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  sir  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Meldon. 
The  estates  of  Newsham  and  Blyth,  in  this  neighbourhood,  and  of  Nafferton  Hall  and  Whittle 
near  Ovingham,  also  belonged  to  him. — (Wallis,  ii.  281.) 


300  MORPETH  DEANERY.— CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

noticed,  is  a  mere  shattered  collection  of  pit-houses,  and  not  half  the  size  it 
was  some  years  since.  It  is  tenanted  chiefly  hy  old  people, — widows  and  in- 
firm workmen, — who  were  left  as  pensioners  on  the  estate,  when  the  Plessey 
colliery  establishment  was  removed  to  Cowpen.  Of  the  CHAPEL  of  Plessis, 
too,  there  is  now  neither  trace  nor  tradition.  When  John  de  Plessis  endowed 
it,  and  its  holy  sister  at  Shotton,  he  gave  them  three  acres  of  ground  on  the 
Kirk-medue,  so  that  there  was  probably  one  or  more  places  of  worship  on 
these  estates  before  his  time.  His  deedk  particularizes  every  building  and 

k  The  Latin  of  this  deed  is  printed  in  III.  ii.  p.  70,  71,  and  72.  The  sense  of  it  in  Eng- 
lish is  as  follows  : — John  de  Plessy,  moved  by  piety  to  God,  and  for  the  safety  of  the  souls 
of  himself,  Elen  his  late  wife,  and  of  all  his  ancestors,  successors,  and  of  the  departed  souls 
of  all  the  faithful,  gave  to  his  chaplain  Thomas  Kirkby,  and  to  the  priests  succeeding  him, 
perpetually  in  free  alms,  and  for  serving  the  chapels  of  Schotton  and  Plessy,  the  under- 
mentioned donations,  that  is  to  say: — 1.  A  manse  on  the  north  side  of  the  chapel  of  Schot- 
ton, with  all  the  buildings  there  erected ;  and  the  two  tofts  nearest  to  the  chapel,  on  the  east,  with 
their  contiguous  buildings.  2.  One  toft  on  the  east  part  of  the  ville  of  Shotton.  3.  One  toft 
near  that  of  Matthew  the  Potter,  on  the  west  part.  4.  One  toft  in  the  ville  of  Blakeden,  with 
a  croft  near  the  east  end,  and  on  the  north  side  of  that  village.  5.  A  rent  of  2s.  a  year  out  of  the 
land  of  Richard,  son  of  Robert  of  Shotton.  6.  One  carucate  and  a  half  of  land,  and  fourteen  and  a 
half  acres  in  the  fields  of  Schotton  and  Blakeden,  of  which  seven  score  and  nineteen  acres  laid  in 
the  fields  of  Shotton,  in  the  following  parcels,  viz  : — Six  acres  at  Kinglaw,  and  near  Holleford ; 
six  and  a  half  acres  at  Flaxwell,  and  beyond  the  foot-way  of  Flaxwell  towards  Waymoor ;  at 
Langdike-head,  five  acres ;  on  Potterstrother,  five  acres  and  three  roods  ;  on  each  side  of  the  way 
of  Faudun,  &  on  the  east  side  of  the  cross  of  Faudun,  three  acres ;  upon  Faudun,  one  acre;  on  the 
east  side  of  Faudun,  two  acres ;  on  the  east  side  of  Langdike,  five  roods  ;  at  Pylaw,  one  and  a 
half  acre ;  at  Swainesthorn,  seven  acres  and  one  rood ;  in  Puddle-meadow,  ten  acres ;  in  Ulvsacre, 
one  acre ;  upon  Shotton  Dun,  two  acres  and  three  roods ;  on  the  east  side  of  the  Dun,  four  acres, 
and  on  the  west  side  of  it,  four ;  near  the  house  of  Matthew  Potter,  two  acres ;  upon  Longtotfur- 
langk,  four  acres  j  upon  Blakelaw,  four  acres ;  upon  Hosbernebrigg  and  Baxtandene,  twelve  acres ; 
at  Waterybutts,  one  acre ;  at  Farnilaw,  one  acre  j  at  Pilgrimwell,  one  acre ;  at  Brokencross,  five 
roods ;  at  Crookroods,  two  acres  and  three  roods ;  at  Pitlaw,  one  acre ;  at  Weteflaskes,  half  an 
acre ;  over  against  the  ville  of  Schotton,  three  acres ;  on  both  sides  of  the  Greendike,  three  acres ; 
upon  Faudunslath,  four  acres ;  in  Holforde,  four  acres ;  also  in  Holforde,  six  and  a  half  acres  of 
meadow,  of  which  one  acre  lies  near  the  lord's  meadow ;  in  Campsmeadow,  two  acres ;  at  Kirk- 
meadow,  three  acres ;  in  Gilberdpulle,  half  an  acre ;  under  the  town  of  Shotton,  a  meadow  called 
Freelech  ;  at  Grenslath,  two  and  a  half  acres  j  at  Greendike,  half  an  acre  ;  at  Pitlawstrother,  three 
acres  ;  at  Breches,  three  acres  ;  at  Morspot  and  Dederigg,  five  and  a  half  acres  j  under  Dederigg, 
three  acres ;  at  Burnmouth,  five  acres ;  at  Waywoodhead,  one  rood  ;  at  Langbusk,  one  acre ;  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  king's  highway,  one  rood  ;  upon  Milnside,  three  and  a  half  acres ;  behind 
Matthew  Potter's  house,  half  an  acre ;  in  Stanchorleche,  half  an  acre ;  at  Ruwedyck,  one  rood  ;  at 
Wuluynwell,  three  and  a  half  acres  ;  at  Wytemere,  and  in  the  fields  of  Blakeden,  thirteen  acres, 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. PLESSIS  CHAPEL.  301 

parcel  of  land,  which  he  gave  to  their  chaplain,  and  enumerates  all  the  books, 
robes,1  and  ornaments  to  be  provided  and  kept  in  the  chapel  of  Shotton  ;  but 

namely — half  an  acre  lying  in  Dikefurlangk ;  in  Flores,  three  roods ;  at  Benelands,  two  roods  ;  at 
Thornilau,  one  acre  and  a  half;  at  Langeland,  half  an  acre ;  at  Scortbuttes,  one  rood  ;  at  Bringke- 
laume,  two  acres  ;  at  Milkhopeletch,  two  acres  and  one  rood ;  at  Leyes,  two  acres ;  upon  Faudun, 
two  acres;  near  Ouueswell,  three  roods;  besides  common  of  pasture  for  all  sorts  of  cattle  used  in  the 
plough,  and  sheep,  with  the  men  of  Schotton  and  Blakeden.  He  also  granted  to  the  said  Thomas, 
and  the  priests  succeeding  him,  common  of  pasture  with  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  for  thirteen 
oxen,  and  four  horses  or  affers,  in  his  inclosed  lands,  excepting  in  the  wood  then  inclosed  with  a 
dyke,  and  that  they  might  have  their  calves  through  all  his  ground,  from  the  course  of  the  rivulet 
of  Holletch  westward,  except  in  the  meadows  and  sown  grounds  in  the  close  season;  and  if  any  of 
such  animals  belonging  to  the  said  Thomas  should  stray  beyond  the  limits  of  the  ground  in  which 
they  had  common  right,  nothing  more  than  simple  damages  should  be  levied  for  the  trespass  :  that 
they  should  be  free  from  suit  of  mills  (i.  e.  grind  their  corn  at  the  lord's  mill,  or  where  they  pleased) ; 
that  if  such  priest,  or  any  of  his  successors,  should  be  absent  with  the  leave  of  the  founder,  his 
heirs  or  assigns,  or  prevented  by  sickness  from  doing  their  duty,  they  should  find  a  fit  chaplain  to 
fill  their  office ;  but  if  any  of  them  should  grossly  neglect  their  duty,  then  the  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Plessey  should  have  power  to  present  a  proper  incumbent  in  his  place :  moreover,  the  said  Thomas 
and  his  successors  shall  celebrate  divine  service  on  three  days  in  every  week,  in  the  chapel  of  Shot- 
*  ton,  that  is  to  say,  on  the  second,  third,  and  sixth  week-day,  excepting  on  the  days  of  the  Nativity 
of  our  Lord,  the  Circumcision,  Epiphany,  Easter  eve,  All  Saints,  and  all  the  Feasts  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin,  in  which  they  shall  do  divine  service  in  the  chapel  of  Shotton ;  and  on  the  other  four  days 
in  each  week,  that  is  to  say,  on  the  LordVday,  the  second,  third,  and  fifth  week-day,  and  on  the 
Sabbath,  they  shall  do  the  same  service  in  the  chapel  of  Plessey,  excepting  that  if  any  of  such  days 
should  happen  on  the  days  of  the  Invention  or  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross,  of  St  Lawrence,  and 
St  Catharine,  then  service  to  be  done  in  the  chapel  of  Shotton.  And  the  said  chaplains  shall  find 
a  fit  clerk  to  serve  both  chapels,  and  proper  lights,  and  the  wafers  and  wine  for  that  of  Shotton  : 
also  keep  and  leave  the  houses  built  in  the  said  tofts  in  as  good,  if  not  better  state  than  they  found 
them.  They  shall  besides  uphold  all  the  ornaments  of  Shotton  chapel,  which  consist  of  two  pair 
of  decent,  whole,  and  perfect  vestments,  one  for  feast  days,  the  other  for  work  days ;  two  rochets, 
two  consecrated  palls,  two  pair  of  corporals,  two  frontals  and  two  upper  frontals,  two  towels  for 
sacraments,  and  one  for  the  hands,  one  competent  silver  cup,  two  suitable  vials,  three  surplices, 
one  cope  of  silk,  one  lantern,  one  censer  for  incense,  one  text  book  for  giving  the  peace,  one  good 
missal  containing  the  sequences,  one  good  gradale  with  its  sequences,  one  psalter,  one  antiphonar 
with  the  hymns  capitular,  and  collects,  one  banner,  one  cross  for  processions ;  and  if  any  other 
furniture  shall  hereafter  be  added  to  the  said  chapel,  it  shall  be  continued  to  it  in  full  with  those 
already  mentioned,  under  penalty  of  excommunication.  All  these  ornaments  to  be  repaired  or 
renewed,  and  the  chapel  repaired,  as  often  as  they  shall  stand  in  need  of  repairs  or  renewal,  by 
the  said  incumbent  and  his  successors. 

1  John  de  Plescys,  in   1343,  laid  in  pawn  for  20s.  with  "  frer  Jake,"  master  of  the  hospital  of 
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302  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

notices  nothing  relating  to  that  of  Plessis,  excepting  the  duty  to  be  done  in  it. 
Like  that  of  Shotton,  it  had  fallen  into  disuse  and  ruins,  and  its  site  into  the 
hands  of  the  monks  of  Newminster,  before  the  time  of  the  Reformation."1 

PLESSEY  HALL  at  present  is  a  largish  farm-house,  probably  built  about  a 
century  and  a  half  since,  and  out  of  the  remains  of  a  more  extensive  edifice. 
Some  old  apple  trees  and  a  large  walnut  tree,  in  the  site  of  the  old  garden, 
and  in  front  of  the  house,  seem  to  have  belonged  to  the  time  when  the  Wid- 
dringtons,  and  their  successor  sir  Richard  Neile,  resided  here  :  but  traces  of  a 
place  of  considerable  importance  are  still  to  be  seen  behind  the  house,  in  old 
earth  works,  a  foss  that  has  run  in  front  of  it,  and  remains  of  a  terrace  wall 
running  along  the  uppermost  verge  of  the  southern  bank  of  the  Blyth,  and 
turning  up  the  Hall  dene"  to  flank  arid  fortify  the  west  as  far  as  the  southern 
line  of  earth  works  in  front  of  the  house.  The  place  is  admirably  chosen  for 
retirement  and  security.  Charming  walks  might  be  formed  along  the  sides  of 
the  Hall  dene,  and  on  the  rocky  banks  of  the  Blyth.  The  monks  and  gentry 
of  antient  times  seldom  failed  in  choosing  admirable  sites  for  their  houses. 
Beauty,  comfort,  and  security  reigned  round  their  residences.  Here  the  old 
family  of  Plessis  flourished  for  several  generations,  in  the  "  capital  messuage 
of  their  manor  of  Plessetum,"  which,  in  a  deed  of  1316,  is  described  as  being 
situated,  as  it  had  been  in  the  times  of  the  ancestors  of  its  then  existing  lord, 
within  the  close  or  protection  of  a  wall  and  a  ditch.0  In  1242,  sir  John  de 
Plesseto  settled  upon  Roger  of  Toggesdene  and  Agnes  his  wife,  his  lands  of 
Plessis  and  Shotton,  and  his  capital  messuage  "  del  Plesiz,"  which  at  that 
time  he  had  in  his  own  hand.p  After  the  whole  estate  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  Widdringtons,  in  1349,  I  think  it  probable  that  some  of  them  resided  here 
as  tenants  to  the  chief  of  the  family,  till  the  fee  simple  of  it  was  given  to  the 
branch  whose  heiress  married  to  Brandling  and  Neile,  after  whose  time  it 
sunk  into  the  grade  of  a  farm-house,  and  its  tenants  were  too  much  occupied 
in  tilling  the  clayey  soils  of  the  estate  to  admire  the  beauties  of  the  situation 

Our  Lady,  in  the  Westgate,  Newcastle,  one  vestment,  with  the  white  chesible,  and  two  towels  belong- 
ing them ;  one  towel  for  the  altar,  with  one  embossed  frontal,  and  two  white  capes  of  the  same  attire  ; 
also  three  books,  namely — one  grail,  one  processionary,  and  one  martyrology,  to  be  redeemable  at 
the  three  several  payments  of  half  a  mark  each — (Cart.  Rid.  133.)         m  Stan.  Misc.  No.  35. 
n  A  narrow  woody  dingle,  which  has  a  well  in  it  called  Our  Lady's  Well. 
0  Stan.  Misc.  No.  17,  a,  P  Id.  No.  14. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. HERFORD  CHURCH,   AND  HOSPITAL.  303 

which  procured  it  its  name.  In  the  Plessis  pedigree,  notice  has  been  taken  of 
the  bargain  which  Margaret,  the  widow  of  Richard  de  Plessis  made,  in  1349, 
with  Roger  de  Widdrington,  for  a  house,  and  maintenance  for  her  life.  She 
had  probably  been  occupying  the  manor  house  up  to  that  time.  Widdrington, 
among  other  things,  covenanted  to  allow  her  £20  a  year  ;q  and  to  build  her  a 
house  "  within  the  site  of  the  manor  of  Plescys,  to  consist  of  a  hall,  a  cham- 
ber, a  pantry,  a  buttery,  a  brew-house,  and  a  byre  for  six  cows  and  their 
calves."r  Was  this  the  origin  of  the  hamlet  situated  on  the  wayside,  about  a 
mile  south-east  of  Plessey  Hall,  and  now  called  Plessey  Neivliouses  ? 

But  the  most  remarkable  buildings  in  this  township  were  the  CHURCH  and 
HOSPITAL  OF  HERFORD-BRIDGE.  Of  these,  Time  has  left  us  a  few  scattered 
notices,  in  records,  but  not  a  trace  on  the  earth,  of  their  walls.  They  were 
situated  in  the  farm,  called  in  the  rental  of  1663,  the  Bridge-house.  The  field 
in  which  they  stood  was  called  the  Chapel  field ;  and  old  gardens,  and  the 
exact  site  of  the  chapel,  were  described  to  me  by  a  person  born  at  Plessey, 
and  now  71  years  old,  and  who,  as  a  boy,  was  present  when  the  stone  coffin, 
now  in  the  walks  at  Blagdon,  was  found  within  the  area  of  the  chapel  walls. 
He  told  me  that  his  mother,  hearing  of  the  discovery,  ran  from  the  village  to 
the  spot,  a  distance  of  two  or  three  hundred  yards,  and  was  horrified  on  her 
first  view  of  it,  to  see  himself  rising  out  of  it.  She  said  that  ill-luck  would  at- 
tend him  through  life  :  and  he  was  certainly,  in  early  years,  seized  with  pains, 
which  she  attributed  wholly  to  his  being  the  first  to  lie  down  in  that  chamber 
of  death,  after  its  cover  was  removed  ;  and  now  he  is  stone  blind  and  has  a 
wooden  leg,  but  cheerful  spirits,  and  religious  knowledge  and  hopes,  which 
make  him  smile  on  his  mother's  prognostications,  and  attribute  his  pains  and 
deprivations  to  their  proper  causes.  These  ruins,  he  says,  had  a  cottage  at 
them,  and  stood  about  twenty-five  or  thirty  yards  west  of  the  highway,  and 
at  the  bottom  of  the  field  which  reaches  to  the  toll  bar  at  Plessey  Checks. 

i  Stan.  Misc.  35,  b. 

r  The  covenant  for  fuel  to  be  used  in  this  house  was,  that  she  should  yearly  have  ten  wain  loads 
of  peat,  and  liberty  to  pull  as  much  ling  as  she  pleased  on  the  wastes  of  Plessys  and  Schotton; 
besides  two  chaldrons  (six  fothers)  of  sea  coal  at  the  mines  of  Plescys.  Pytlau  and  Pyttlaustrother 
are  names  which  occur  in  deeds  respecting  this  estate,  made  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third ;  and 
Coal  Pits  continued  to  be  extensively  worked  here  till  within  the  last  twenty  years.  All  the  upper 
seams  have  been  quite  exhausted,  and  the  surface  is  still  in  many  places  blotched  with  black  heaps 
of  rubbish. 


304  MORPETH  DEANERY.— CASTLE  WARD,  W.  o. 

The  ground  from  the  spot  rises  to  the  south,  and  to  the  north  forms  a  grassy 
slope  to  the  haughs  at  Hartford  Bridge.  During  the  sheriffalty  of  sir  William 
Heron,  between  the  years  1246  and  1256,  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  in  a 
charter  respecting  the  mills  of  Plessey,  Shotton,  and  Blagdon,  confirmed  them 
to  John  de  Plesseiz,  to  be  holden  of  him,  together  with  "  Plesseiz,  Scotton, 
Blakedon,  Northwydeslade,  and  the  hospital  of  Hereford  Bridge,"  by  the  ser- 
vice of  one  knight's  fee.  Then,  in  1267,  John  de  Plessiz  granted  to  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Brinkburne,  a  place  called  Heiford  bridge  ;s  and,  about  the 
same  year,  he  entailed  upon  his  brother  Simon,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  all 
his  manor  of  Plessetum,  with  the  advowson  of  the  hospital  of  Herford  Bridge, 
and  of  the  chapels  of  Plessetum  and  of  Schotton,  with  the  mills  arid  wood, 
and  villes  of  Plessetum  and  Schotton,  and  various  appurtenances  ;c  also,  about 

s  Arch.  JE1.  ii.  221. 

i  I  give,  for  once,  a  literal  translation  of  an  antient  charter,  as  a  specimen  of  early  conveyancing. 
I  apprehend  that  it  was  made  near  the  close  of  life,  and  that  it  may  be  considered  as  of  a  testament- 
ary nature,  or  made  instead  of  a  will : — To  all  to  whom  this  charter  may  come,  John  de  Plesseto 
wisheth  eternal  salvation  in  the  Lord.  Know  all  of  you,  that  I  have  given,  granted,  and  by  this 
my  hand-written  charter,  confirmed  for  ever,  to  my  brother  Symon  de  Plesseto,  all  my  manor  of 
Plessetum,  with  the  advowson  of  the  hospital  of  Herford  bridge,  and  the  advowson  of  the  chapels 
of  Plessetum  and  of  Schotton,  with  the  mill  and  wood,  and  the  villes  of  Plessetum  and  of  Schot- 
ton wholly,  in  demesnes  and  services,  together  with  the  homages  and  services  of  Adam  Bareth, 
Wm  de  Wydeslade,  and  Helias  de  Blakedene,  and  of  all  my  other  freemen  as  well  of  Schotton  as 
of  Blakedene,  and  of  Wydeslade,  who  have  holden  of  me,  to  be  holden  and  had  to  the  same 
Simon,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and  to  be  holden  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee, 
in  fee  and  inheritance,  with  all  appurtenances  in  demesne,  and  services,  homages,  wards,  escheats, 
aids,  villainages,  villains,  cottagers,  and  all  their  retinue  in  cattle,  to  the  said  manor,  mills,  and 
villes  whatever  way  belonging.  To  have  and  to  hold  as  freely  and  quietly  also,  in  meadows,  pas- 
tures, ways,  paths,  moors,  marshes,  waters,  wears,  fisheries,  with  all  things,  commodities,  and 
easements  named  and  unnamed,  as  I  myself  have  thus  well  and  freely  and  fully  holden  all  the 
aforesaid,  on  the  day  of  making  this  charter,  except  three  days  works  in  autumn  from  each  selfod 
in  Schotton  and  Plessetum,  which,  from  motives  of  charity,  I  have  released  to  them  for  ever.  By 
performing  all  the  services  to  the  said  tenements  appertaining  ;  and  by  paying,  for  ever,  one  pair 
of  gilt  spurs  for  the  mill  of  Stannington,  which  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminstcr  have  by  my 
grant ;  and  by  paying  annually  to  the  said  abbot  and  convent,  and  to  their  successors  for  ever,  at 
Newminster,  five  marks  sterling,  at  two  terms,  namely,  two  and  a  half  marks  at  the  Feast  of  St 
Cuthbert  in  March,  and  two  and  a  half  marks  at  the  Feast  of  St  Cuthbert  in  September,  which 
five  marks  I  have  thus  assigned,  namely — for  finding  two  wax  [candles]  of  two  marks  [value]  by 
the  procuration  of  the  keeper  of  the  lights  [to  burn]  around  the  tomb  of  St  Robert,  the  first  abbot 
of  Newminster,  which  said  wax-lights  shall  be  lighted,  and  burn  in  the  way  and  order  which  the 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. HERFOHD  CHURCH  AND  HOSPITAL.  305 

the  same  time,   a  dispute  having  arisen  between  the  same  Simon  arid  the 
prior  of  Brinkburn,  respecting  the  prior's  place  at  Herford  Bridge,  it  was 

other  four  wax-lights,  which  are  found  there  for  me  by  the  abbot  and  convent  of  the  same  place, 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  mill  of  Stannington  ;  and  also,  the  said  keeper  shall  provide  a  competent 
and  sufficient  quantity  of  provisions  and  liquor  for  the  said  convent,  on  the  day  of  the  death  of  the 
said  St  Robert.     Also,  I  have  given  the  three  remaining  marks  specially  to  the  said  convent,  in 
augmentation  of  the  two  marks  which  I  have  given  them  before  out  of  the  mills  of  Stannington,  as 
pittances — so  that  20s.  be  expended  on  my  anniversary;  on  the  anniversary  of  my  late  wife  Helen, 
one  mark ;  on  the  anniversary  of  sir  Richard,  my  father,  10s. ;  on  the  anniversary  of  dame  Idonea, 
my  mother,   10s. ;  on  the  anniversary  of  sir  Roger  Toggesdene,  half  a  mark ;  and  on  the  anni- 
versary of  the  lady  Agnes,  his  wife,  half  a  mark :  and  by  paying  to  the  nuns  of  Caldstreme, 
40s.  annually,  and  for  ever,  at  Plessetum,  to  wit — at  the  Annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin 
Mary,  20s.,  and  at  the  nativity  of  the  same  Virgin,  20s. ;  and  by  paying  for  ever,  annually,  at  the 
two  foresaid  terms,  at  Plessetum,  two  marks  to  the  nuns  of  Eccles ;  and  by  paying  to  John  Lithe- 
graynes  two  marks,  for  his  life  only,  namely,  one  mark  at  Pentecost,  and  one  mark  at  the  Feast  of 
St  Martin,  in  the  winter.  Moreover,  1  have  given  and  confirmed  by  the  present  charter,  to  the  said 
Symon,  for  ever,  the  lawn  of  Lynhalvhe,  with  the  watercourse*  on  the  north  part  of  it,  and  the 
whole  water  of  the  Blye  on  the  south  side  of  Linhalvhe,  with  all  the  advantages  which  can  arise 
from  it  by  paying  out  of  it  annually  one  pound  of  cumin ;  also,  the  cut  through  the  middle  of 
Yerehalvhe,  and  all  that  part  of  the  lawn  or  open  ground  on  the  south  side  of  Yarehalvhe,  with  all 
the  emoluments  thence  arising,  by  paying  annually  out  of  it  one  pound  of  cumin.  All  these  things 
more  fully  above  mentioned  the  aforesaid  Symon  shall  hold  and  have  for  every  other  service,  cus- 
tom, and  tax,  to  me  or  to  my  heirs  appertaining.     If,  however,  it  happen  that  the  said  Symon 
should  die  without  an  heir  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  the  whole  manor  aforesaid,  with  the 
advowson  of  the  said  hospital  and  of  the  said  chapels,  and  with  the  mill,  wood,  and  villes  aforesaid, 
and  with  all  other  appurtenances,   and  with  the  lawn  of  Lynhalvhe  and  water-course,   with  the 
whole  water  of  the  Blye  on  the  south  side  of  the  Linhalgh,  and  with  the  cut  through  the  middle  of 
Yerehalvhe,  with  all  that  part  of  the  lawn  on  the  south  part  of  Yerehalvhe,  shall  immediately  and 
wholly  revert  to  me  and  my  heirs,  without  let  or  hinderance  of  any  one.     And  the  said  manor,  the 
said  advowsons  of  the  hospital,  and  of  the  chapels,  the  mill,  wood,  and  the  villes  aforesaid,  with 
all  and  singular  their  appurtenances,  and  with  all  things  above  specified ;  and  also  the  lawn  of 
Lynhalve,  with  the  water-course,  and  with  the  whole  water  of  the  Blye  on  the  south  side  of  Lin- 
halve,  and  the  cut  through  the  middle  of  Yerehalvhe,  with  all  that  part  of  the  land  on  the  south  side 
of  Yerehalgh,  with  all  their  appurtenances,  I,  John,  and  my  heirs  to  the  said  Symon,  and  the  heirs 
of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  against  alt  men,  will  warrant,  acquit,  and  defend  for  ever.     In  per- 
petual testimony  of  all  which  things,  we,  the  said  John  and  Symon,  have  alternately  to  this  chiro- 
graphed  charter  set  our  seals.     These  being  witnesses — Lord  Adam,  then  abbot  of  Newminster ; 

*  The  Latin  word  is  fossatum,  which  sometimes  means  a  canal  or  water-course.  Yerehalvhe^  means  a  haugh,  on 
which  there  was  a  yare  or  fishery  :  Lynhalvhe^  a  haugh  employed  in  growing  line  or  lint. 
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306  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,   W.  D. 

settled  by  deed  in  the  following  manner  : — Simon  having  learned  for  certain 
from  his  brother  John,  arid  other  creditable  persons,  that  the  said  prior  and  his 
convent  had  had  that  place  free  and  separate  from  the  cattle  of  any  one  depas- 
turing within  his  boundaries,  granted  it  to  them,  their  successors,  and  assigns, 
in  the  same  manner,  free  and  apart,  so  that  neither  he,  his  heirs,  successors, 
or  tenants,  should  at  any  time  of  year,  claim  the  privilege  of  pasture  within 
the  following  limits,  namely  :  from  loneschestres"  to  the  Blythe,  and  by  the 
course  of  the  Blythe  to  the  king's  highway ;  and  again,  from  loneschestres  to 
the  Pilgrim  Well,  and  as  the  strand  of  that  well  runs  towards  the  east  into 
the  moor,  and  as  the  dyke  between  the  moor  and  the  arable  ground  falls  to 

sir  Wyschard  de  Charrun,  then  sheriff  of  Northumberland ;  master  Robert  of  Dri field e,  then  rector 
of  the  church  of  Eland  ;  sir  Stephen,  then  rector  of  the  church  of  Mitford ;  sir  Stephen,  then 
rector  of  the  church  of  Stannington ;  sir  Walter,  then  rector  of  the  church  of  Morpeth ;  master 
Lambert  Germiuin,  then  vicar  of  Bedling-ton  ;  Thomas,  chaplain  of  Schotton ;  sir  John  de  Ogle ; 
Sir  John  de  Herthwaython ;  sir  Gerard  de  Woderyngton ;  Roger  de  Woderington ;  Richard  de 
St  Peter,  and  others. 

u  This  IONESCHESTRES  was,  I  suppose,  one  of  a  series  of  small  camps,  each  80  or  100  yards  square, 
that  run  in  a  line  northwards  out  of  the  Cramlington  grounds,  through  Plessey  &  Shotton,  into  the 
east  part  of  the  township  of  Stannington.  That  loneschesters  was  in  Shotton  is  plain,  from  a  deed 
which  Robert,  son  of  Richard,  made  to  Richard  de  Pleysiz,  respecting  eight  acres  of  ground  in 
that  ville,  namely, — upon  Toneschestres,  one  acre  and  a  half;  near  loneschestres,  on  the  east,  one 
acre;  between  Neisbreche  and  the  road,  one  acre;  upon  Weywudde-heved,  one  and  a  half  acre; 
upon  Lambechote-furlang,  half  an  acre ;  under  Bacstanesdene,  on  the  east,  one  acre ;  upon  Flores, 
one  and  a  half  acre. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  10.)  One  of  the  parcels  of  ground  in  Shotton  with  which 
the  chapels  of  Plessey  and  Shotton  were  endowed,  was  called  "  Campesmedue." — (III.  ii.  71.) 
BACSTANEDEENE,  or  as  it  is  in  another  of  the  Plessey  charters,  Baxtandene,  had  its  name,  I  appre- 
hend, from  sandstones  fit  for  the  purpose  of  baking  upon,  having  been  got  in  it.  There  is  a 
sandstone  quarry  on  Bakstone-law,  near  Whelpington.  Baxtone-heugh,  near  Trevvhit,  in  the 
parish  of  Rothbury,  was  made  the  station  of  a  watch  in  1552  (Border  Laws,  278);  and  one  of  the 
quarries  for  the  stone,  of  which  the  cloisters  of  Durham  Cathedral  was  built,  was  called  Bakstan- 
ford. — (Raine's  St  Cuthbert,  155.)  Formerly,  yeasted  or  leavened  bread  was  very  little  used  in 
the  north  of  England  ;  and  the  people  lived  principally  on  oaten  cakes  rolled  out  very  thin,  and 
baked  on  stones  called  bakstones  or  girdles.  In  farm  houses,  the  bakstone  was  often  three  or  four 
feet  in  diameter,  capable  of  holding  two  cakes,  and  fixed  upon  three  or  four  low  pillars  :  the  girdle 
was  less  and  lighter,  and  stood  upon  an  iron  tripod,  called  a  brandreth.  After  iron  plates  began 
to  be  used  for  the  same  purpose,  the  larger  one  continued  to  be  called  "  the  bakstone,"  and  the 
smaller  the  girdle ;  and  it  is  remarkable  that  slatey  sandstones  are  called  girdles  by  the  miners 
in  Alston  Moor.  In  the  interior  of  Norway,  unleavened  cakes  are  still  not  unfrequently  baked 
upon  stones;  and  the  bilious  pikelet  of  the  midland  counties  of  England  requires  a  similar  process. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. HERFORD  CHURCH  AND  HOSPITAL.  307 

the  east  as  far  as  the  king's  highway,  and  hy  that  way  on  the  east  side  of  the 
church  of  Herford  to  the  Blythe/  Now,  this  description  confirms  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  account  given  to  me  on  the  spot,  of  the  identity  of  the  site  of 
this  antient  establishment.  The  next  notice  I  have  met  with  respecting  them 
is  in  1340,  when  John,  son  of  Simon  de  t'lescys,  gave  to  his  son  Richard,  all 
his  services  and  rents  of  all  his  free  tenants  in  Schotton,  Plescys,  Blakeden, 
and  North  Wydeslade,  as  well  as  the  advowson  of  the  chapels  of  Schotton  and 
Plescys,  and  of  the  chapel  of  Herford  Bridge.vv  When  these  places  ceased  to 
be  the  seats  of  piety  and  hospitality,  arid  their  endowments  were  again  amal- 
gamated with  the  contiguous  property  of  the  lords  of  Plessey,  it  may  be  diffi- 
cult to  discover  :  but  a  part  of  the  religious  institutions  of  the  chapel  were 
neglected  so  early  as  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Richard  the  Second  ; 
for  an  inquest  holden  at  Corbridge,  before  William  de  Ergun,  escheator  of 
the  county,  on  June  22,  in  that  year,  found  that  the  predecessors  of  the  lord 
of  Herford  upon  Blythe,  had  given  to  the  prior  of  Brinkburn  and  his  success- 
ors, divers  lands  at  Herford,  for  the  maintenance  of  a  chaplain  there ;  but 
that  the  chantry  was  then  withdrawn  to  the  injury  of  the  king  and  its  foun- 
ders, and  that  the  land  was  valued  at  13s.  4d.  a  year.x  This  value,  I  appre- 
hend, was  some  fee-farm  or  quit-rent,  due  to  the  king  or  the  lord  of  Plessey. 
Thus  far  Antiquity  arid  Truth  have  in  records  left  impressions  of  their  footsteps 
respecting  the  history  of  Hertford  Spital,  concerning  which  further  trace  or 
tradition  none  seems  to  be  existing.  I  do,  however,  suppose  that  I  have 
somewhere  seen  a  public  record  tested  here  by  one  of  the  Edwards,  in  his 
way  to  Scotland  ;  but  after  diligent  search  in  Rymer,  and  other  collections  of 
records  chronologically  arranged,  have  been  unable  to  obtain  a  second  sight  of  it. 
The  northern  bank  of  the  river  at  Herford  bridge  is  steep  and  woody,  and 
has  its  brow  crowned  with  the  graceful  villa  of  William  Burdon,  esq.  and  an 
emerald  haugh  rich  and  lovely  before  it ;  and  I  think  I  can  no  where  find  a 
more  graceful  place  than  in  "  these  flowery  fields  of  joy,"  where  the  Blythe, 

"  In  notes  with  many  a  winding  bout, 
"  Of  linked  sweetness  long  drawn  out/' 

steals  over  his  rocky  bed,   to  insert  a  translation  of  dean  Ogle's  charming 
ode  to  this  ever  youthful  and  delightful  stream.    The  original,  in  Latin,  must 

v  Stan.  Misc.  No.  37.  w  Id.  No,  16,  x  Id.  No.  38. 


308  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  W.  D. 

be  reserved  as  an  heir  loom,  to  be  stored  up  in  the  account  of  Kirkley.  The 
dean  wrote  it  in  1768,  after  a  long  absence  from  this  patrimonial  seat  arid 
estate  of  Kirkley  : — 

O  thou  !  that  murmuring  tellest  along 

My  native  fields  thy  ceaseless  song, 

And  speedest  on  the  pebbled  bed. 

With  the  green  ocean's  waves  to  wed, 

Still  through  my  own  beloved  meads 

Thy  never  failing  stream  proceeds  : 

To  me  the  mind  is  not  the  same 

Since  first  upon  thy  banks  I  came, 

And  like  another  joyous  child, 

The  hours  in  harmless  sport  beguiled  ; 

Or  heaps  upon  thy  winding  shore, 

Of  shining  pebbles  laid  in  store ; 

Or  loved  within  thy  cooling  wave 

My  yet  too  tender  feet  to  lave ; 

Or  caught  thy  fry  in  fisher's  toils, 

And  boasted  of  my  numerous  spoils  : 

So  passed  my  days  in  labour  vain, 

Days  never  to  return  again. 

So  late  a  boy  !  to-morrow  old  ! 

And  so  the  years  on  years  are  rolled  : 

Day  steals  on  day  with  steady  feet : 

And  what,  dear  stream,  with  speed  more  fleet, 

Than  thy  loquacious  waters  sweep 

To  mingle  with  the  mighty  deep  ? 

But  take  unto  the  troubled  main, 

Take  all  my  grief  and  all  my  pain, 

And  keep,  as  erst,  thy  winding  ways, 

And  cheer  our  house  with  happy  days. 

I  turn  to  another  place,  connected  by  benefaction  with  an  antient  religious 
institution  of  the  county — THE  MILL  OF  PLESSEY.  There  is  generally  something- 
picturesque  and  poetical  in  the  situation  of  mills,  and  the  site  of  this  is  un- 
commonly so.  Mills,  too,  in  the  feudal  times,  were  very  valuable  property,  on 
account  of  the  tenants,  within  the  manors  in  which  they  were  situated,  being 
bound  to  grind  a  certain  quantity  of  corn  at  them — all  at  least  that  was  con- 
sumed within  the  manor ;  and  consequently,  to  pay  oppressive  multure. 


STANNIKGTON  PARISH. — -MILL  OF  PLESSEY.  309 

This  service  was  called,  in  Latin,  secta  molendirii,  arid  secta  multurse  ;  or  se- 
quela molendini,  and  sequela  multurse  ;  and,  in  English,  suit  of  mill.  In 
Scotland,  it  was  called  thirlage,  that  is  bondage,  from  the  tenants  being 
thirled  or  bound  to  grind  their  corn  at  the  lord's  mill.  Among  the  Cartse 
Ridleaiia3  there  are  several  curious  deeds  respecting  the  snugly  seated  and 
retired  mill  of  Plessey,  a  few  of  which  I  will  notice,  arid  abstract  or  translate 
in  the  margin,  as  showing  the  origin  of  the  mill  itself,  and  illustrative  of  the 
customs  of  the  times  in  which  it  was  built.  Its  site  is  on  the  wood-girt  and 
delightful  haughs  antiently  called  Lmehalgh  and  Yarelialgh.  Free  power  to 
build  it,  as  well  as  mills  in  "  Scotton,  Blakedene,  and  North  Wydeslade," 
was  granted  between  the  years  1246  and  1256,  by  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third, 
to  John  de  Plessciz  ;y  to  whom  the  same  baron,  during  the  same  period, 

y  I,  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  give  to  John  de  Plesseiz,  free  power  of  erecting  mills  in  the 
grounds  of  Plesseiz,  Scotton,  Blakeden,  and  North  Wydeslad,  and  all  the  multure  arising  from 
all  the  suit  of  the  demesnes,  of  the  free  and  servile  men  of  Plesseiz,  Scotton,  Blakeden,  and  North 
Wydeslade,  and  of  the  hospital  of  Hereford  Bridge,  with  all  days  work?,  customs,  and  all  things 
to  them  appertaining,  without  any  restraint,  which  the  men  of  the  same  villages  used  to  do  at  my 
mills  of  Stannington ;  that  they  make  the  said  suit,  that  is,  to  the  thirteenth  measure  of  multure, 
with  the  said  days  works,  customs,  and  appurtenances,  at  the  mills  of  the  said  John  and  his  heirs, 
and  that  these  burdens  remain  upon  them  for  ever.  I  moreover  grant  and  give,  for  myself  and 
my  heirs,  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs,  free  power  of  raising,  building,  and  securing  the  stank  or 
wear  of  their  water  mill,  over  the  water  of  Blye,  into  and  upon  my  solid  ground  ;  and  of  making 
such  stank  as  long  and  as  high  as  they  please;  and  whenever  they  wish,  they  may  enlarge, 
lengthen,  widen,  and  amend  it  at  their  pleasure,  both  in  my  ground  on  the  north,  or  on  the  ground 
of  the  same  John  and  his  heirs  on  the  south,  both  in  the  water  and  upon  the  solid  land,  as  they 
may  see  fit,  without  any  hindrance  of  me  and  my  heirs,  for  ever.  And  if  it  should  so  happen,  that 
the  water  of  the  Blye  should  anywhere  change  its  course,  within  the  ground  of  me  and  my  heirs  on 
the  north  part,  out  of  the  old  course  of  the  same  water,  I  will  and  grant  for  myself  and  my  heirs,  to  the 
same  John  and  his  heirs,  that  they  may  stank  that  course,  and  like  other  their  stanks,  may  at  their 
pleasure,  strengthen,  enlarge,  heighten,  and  repair,  as  they  shall  deem  expedient  at.  any  time,  and 
as  often  as  it  shall  happen,  and  in  all  other  places  wheresoever,  and  on  what  occasion  soever  the 
water  shall  pass  over,  all  which  things  aforesaid  I  grant  to  them  for  ever.  I  also  grant,  for  myself 
and  my  heirs,  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs,  power  to  dig  and  take  earth  to  make  and  amend  their 
stank  when  they  please,  upon  my  iand  on  the  north  side  of  the  Blye,  wherever  they  may  think  fit, 
without  any  impediment  from  me  and  my  heirs,  for  ever.  I  moreover  grant,  for  myself  and  my 
heirs,  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs,  that  their  men  may  freely  pass  and  re-pass  on  my  ground  on 
the  north  side  of  the  Blye,  without  cutting  any  of  my  wood,  to  carry  and  lead  stone  and  earth, 
and  other  things  necessary  to  the  repairs  of  their  stank,  with  cars  and  carrets,  when  they  please, 
without  any  sort  of  let  or  hinderance  of  me  and  my  heirs,  for  ever.  I  also  grant,  for  myself  and 

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310  MORFETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

conveyed,  (as  appears  by  an  exemplification  of  his  charter,  granted  by  Henry  the 
Third,  in  1267,)  the  mills  of  Stannington  arid  of  Plessis,  with  the  wears  and 
waters,  liberties,  easements,  fisheries,  and  all  other  emoluments  belonging  to 
them  ;  arid  also,  all  the  suit  of  multure, — that  is,  to  the  thirteenth  measure  of 
all  the  men  who  were  accustomed  to  do  suit  at  the  said  mills  more  fully  at 
any  time  ;  except  of  two  bovates  of  land  which  the  prior  of  Hexham  held  in 
Stannington.  This  charter  also  contains  clauses  respecting  the  boon  services 
and  customs  due  to  the  mill  and  its  wears,  with  power  to  distrain  for  all  sub- 
traction of  rights  ;  and  confirms  upon  the  grantee,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
liberty  of  taking  timber  from  the  woods  of  Witton  or  Horsley  for  the  repairs 
of  Stannington  mill,  or  from  the  north  side  of  the  dene  of  Blye  for  mending  its 
wears  ;  and,  in  the  close  season,  if  repairs  were  wanting  in  the  mill,  to  take 
as  much  timber  as  they  wanted  for  the  purpose,  out  of  the  woods  of  Morpeth, 
that  is,  out  of  Scaldefen,  Cottingwood,  or  the  Westwood,  on  the  view  of  the 
forester.  The  grant  also  conferred  on  John  de  Plessey,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
the  land  called  Milnesyde  to  the  water  of  Blye,  and  all  the  water  of  Blye, 
from  Stannington  bridge  to  the  head  of  the  wear  of  the  mill ;  also,  all  the 
place  called  Milnhalvh,  which  lies  between  the  old  course  of  the  Blye  and 
the  mill-race,  by  the  payment  of  a  pair  of  gilt  spurs  annually  on  St  Cuthbert's 
day,  in  September.  Then  it  goes  to  confer  on  the  grantee,  the  cut  or  mill- 

my  heirs,  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs,  that  they  may,  when  they  please,  make  a  cut  through  the 
middle  of  Yerehalgh,  for  securing  the  stank  beyond  the  water  of  the  Blye  there,  and  turning 
the  course  of  the  water  by  the  same  stank,  and  carrying  the  cut  through  the  middle.  And.  if  it 
should  happen  that  the  cut  by  the  force  of  the  water  should  get  filled  with  earth,  or  be  stopped  by 
any  other  chance;  or,  moreover,  if  the  stank  itself,  or  the  ground  upon  which  it  may  be  built, 
should  be  taken  away,  I  grant  to  them  free  power  of  mending  and  repairing  such  cut  and  stank 
whenever  they  please,  without  any  hinderance  from  me  and  my  heirs,  for  ever ;  so  that  the  said 
water  of  the  Bl  e  be  suffered,  for  ever,  to  run  freely  through  the  said  cut.  And  if  it  should  hap- 
pen that  the  said  John,  or  his  heirs,  in  process  of  time,  should  wish  to  change  the  stank  of  their 
mill,  and  build  it  in  another  place  upon  my  ground  on  the  north  side  of  the  Blye,  I  grant  the  same 
to  them  in  all  things  as  I  have  granted  above.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs, 
of  me  and  my  heirs,  the  said  mills,  with  all  the  said  suit  of  multure,  clays  works,  customs,  and  all 
other  things  and  appurtenances,  without  any  restraint,  freely,  quietly,  and  wholly,  for  ever — by 
doing  for  it,  and  for  his  whole  fee  aforesaid,  namely,  lor  Plesseiz,  Scotton,  Blakeden,  North  Wydes- 
lade,  and  the  hospital  of  Herforcl  Bridge,  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  only  for  all  service,  custom, 
and  demand.  Then  follows  the  clauses  of  warrantry,  sealing,  and  testing,  as  given  in.  the  copy  of 
the  original  in  the  Stannington  Miscellanea,  No.  39. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. MILL  OF  PLESSEY.  311 

race  through  the  middle  of  Yerhalvh,  and  the  parcel  of  ground  in  Yerhalgh, 
lying  on  the  south  side  of  the  cut,  to  hold  by  the  yearly  payment  of  one  pound 
of  cumin.  Also,  it  gave  to  him  and  his  assigns,  all  that  land  called  Linhalvh, 
which  laid  on  the  north  side  of  the  Blye,  and  was  inclosed  with  a  dike,  as  well 
as  the  dike  itself,  and  the  water  of  Blye,  through  the  whole  length  of  the  land, 
to  he  holden  also  by  the  yearly  payment  of  a  pound  of  cumin.z  In  1270, 
Robert,  son  of  sir  Walter  of  Camhou,  and  Isabella  his  wife,  released  to  sir 
John  de  Plesseto,  the  mills  of  Plessetum,  which  he  had  granted  to  them  in  free 
marriage,  for  ever,  by  charter  of  feoffrnent,  and  in  exchange  for  the  manor  of 
Meldon,  which  he  conferred  on  them  by  writings  made  for  that  purpose.3 
After  that  time,  Simon,  the  brother  of  John  de  Plessis,  demised  this  mill  to 
Roger  de  Akeden,  abbot  of  Newminster,  between  whose  successor  John,  as 
defendant,  and  John  de  Plessis,  Simon's  son,  as  plaintiff,  there  was  a  dispute 
respecting  them,  in  1302,  which  was  settled  in  the  following  manner  : — The 
defendant  gave  the  plaintiff  ten  marks,  and  covenanted  for  himself  and  suc- 
cessors that  J.  de  Plessis  and  his  heirs,  for  all  arrears  of  rent  due  to  them, 
should  be  released  for  four  years  from  the  annuity  of  five  marks,  which  the 
abbot  and  his  convent  were  accustomed  to  receive  out  of  the  mill.  And  the 
abbot  further  bound  himself  and  successors  to  indemnify  John  de  Plessis  and 
his  heirs  from  a  rent  charge  of  five  marks  a  year,  which  they,  as  lessees  of  the 
mills,  had  for  the  last  twenty  years  been  accustomed  to  pay  out  of  them  to 
the  nuns  of  Eccles  and  Caldstream.b  In  1349,  Richard  de  Plessis  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife  granted  the  mills  of  Plessis,  Schotton,  and  Blakedene,  with  all 
their  rights  and  privileges,  to  Roger  de  Widdrington,  by  the  payment  of  a 
rose  for  the  first  twelve  years ;  and  after  that,  to  them,  and  the  heirs  of  their 
body,  for  53s.  4d.  a  year  :c  and,  in  1351,  the  same  Roger  de  Widdrington  let 
the  mills  of  Plescys  and  Schotton,  "  as  they  laid  within  their  aritient  bounda- 
ries," at  the  great  annual  rent  of  £40.d  A  rent  of  five  marks  a  year,  payable 
out  of  "  the  mills  of  Shotton  arid  the  manor  of  Plessys,"  was  in  dispute  in 
1393,  between  the  abbot  of  Newminster  and  John  de  Widdrington,  and  set- 
tled on  December  4,  in  that  year,  as  appears  by  the  original  convention  now 
atBlagdon,  and  bearing  an  impression  of  the  seal  of  that  house.6  But  religious 
establishments  possessed  of  more  captivating  influences  than  the  Premonstra- 

*  Stan.  Misc.  No.  40.  •  II.  i.  279,  No.  6,  c,  b  Stan.  Misc.  No.  41, 

c  Indent,  at  Blagclon.         <!  Stan.  Misc.  No.  43,        c  Cart.  Rid.  121,  133, 


312  MORtETH  DEANERY. MORPETtt  WARD,  E*  D- 

tensian  monks  of  Brinkburn,  or  the  Cistertiari  devotees  of  the  Virgin  at  New- 
minster,  had  won  the  piety  of  the  Plessey  family  to  settle  lands  or  annual 
payments  of  money  on  their  houses.  The  nuns  of  St  Bartholomew,  in  New- 
castle, had  a  parcel  of  land  in  Shotton  ;f  and  John  de  Plessis,  son  of  Richard, 
near  the  close  of  his  life,  settled  a  rent  of  40s.  a  year  upon  the  nuns  of  Cald- 
stream  ;  and  a  similar  annuity  on  the  sister  convent  at  Eccles.g  Indeed,  a 
deed  of  him  and  Elen  his  wife,  preserved  in  the  Coldstream  chartulary, 
charges  the  mill  of  Plessey  with  the  annual  payment  of  40s.  to  his  daughter 
Joan,  who  was  a  nun  there  ;  and,  after  her  death,  settled  the  reversion  of  the 
same  annuity  on  the  convent  itself.  In  1302,  the  rents  of  these  Scotch  con- 
vents were  increased  to  five  marks  a  year  ;h  and,  sometime  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  the  First  or  Second,  the  prioress  of  "  Kaudstreme"  petitioned  the 
king  and  council  to  have  letters  to  the  sheriff  of  Northumberland  for  the  reco- 
very of  rents  within  his  bailiwick.' 

SHOTTON  was  commonly  written  Schotton,  but  in  the  oldest  writings  Scot" 
ton,  j~c  in  Saxon,  being  equivalent  to  our  sh.  It  stands  on  a  bold  sand- 
stone eminence,  overlooking  the  winding  course  of  the  Blyth,  and  having  in 
sight  Simonside,  the  Cheviot  hills,  and  a  broad  expanse  of  the  German  ocean. 
At  present,  it  consists  of  one  farm-house,  and  a  few  cottages  ;  but  formerly 
had  a  chapel,  and  several  free  tenants,  besides  cottagers  and  bondagers.  This, 
as  well  as  her  twin  sister  of  Plessey,  were  villes  strongly  betrothed  to  the 
canons  of  Brinkburne  and  the  monks  of  Newminster.  William  de  Paris, 
William  son  of  Roger  of  Schotton,  Olivia  de  Schotton,  Robert  de  Blaykeston, 
Gilbert  de  Schotton,  Simon  de  Plessiz,  and  William  de  Schotton,  each  made 
a  grant  of  lands  in  Shotton  to  Brinkburne  ;  and  Margaret  de  Schotton  con- 
firmed the  last  of  these  grants,  transcripts  of  all  which  are  in  the  Brinkburne 
chartulary  at  Stowe.  The  nuns  of  Newcastle,  too,  had  lands  here  near  the 
East  Cross — probably  the  parcel  called  the  Nunflat  in  a  lease  between  John 
de  Plessis  and  Welarid  Mauduit  for  twenty  years,  of  it,  and  of  a  culture  in  the 
Shortbuttes,  in  this  township.j  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  who  flourished  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  reign  of  king  John,  and  was  baron  of  Warkworth,  Rothbury, 
Whalton,  Newburne,  and  Corbridge,  by  his  deed,  still  remaining  among  the 
Plessey  deeds  at  Blagdon,  and  with  the  seal  attached  to  it,  as  engraved  in 

f  Stan.  Misc.  No.  8.  g  III.  ii.  72.  h  Stan.  Misc.  No.  41. 

1  Rot.  Par.  i.  472.  J  Stan.  Misc.  No.  8,  and  43,  a. 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. SHOTTON.  313 

Surtees,  and  a  defaced  impression  on  its  back,  inscribed  SEC  RET  VM  SIGIL- 
LVM,  granted  to  Ralph  Pincerne  for  his  homage  and  service,  all  the  land 
which  he  held  of  Robert  of  Throklawe,  which  consisted  of  a  moiety  of  that, 
which  he  acquired  by  fine  of  duel  of  Walter  of  Shotton,  in  the  ville  of  Shot- 
ton.1'  Eve,  the  daughter  of  Hawise  de  Merlay,  gave  to  Richard  de  Plessi/, 
all  her  hereditary  right  and  her  land  in  Northumberland,  which  Adam  de 
Plessiz  had  holden  of  Hawise  her  mother,  to  be  holden  of  her  and  her  heirs 
by  the  payment  often  shillings  annually  out  of  the  standing  rent,  at  Michael- 
mas, and  under  the  obligation  of  sending  it  to  her  house  in  Norfolk.  The 
clause  of  warrantry  calls  the  premises  conveyed  "  that  tenement ;"  and  all 
the  witnesses  seem  to  be  Norfolk  persons,  except  William  de  Corners,  who 
was  mesne  proprietor  of  Clifton  and  Coldwell,  in  this  parish.  One  of  them, 
indeed,  was  called  Roger  de  Stratton  ;  and  the  family  of  Crawe,  three  of 
whom  tested  this  deed,  are  known  to  have  been  inhabitants  of  Longstratton, 
in  that  county:  for,  in  1301,  William,  son  of  Roger  of  Bokenfield,  released 
all  his  right  in  a  rent  of  20s.  a  year,  payable  out  of  the  manor  of  Schottum 
arid  Plesseta,  by  the  hand  of  the  heir  of  Simon  de  Plessetis,  which  rent 
Roger  Craw,  of  Langstretun,  had  then  lately  granted  to  the  said  William  ;l 
and  Robert  de  Welham,  of  Longstratton,  in  Norfolk,  by  deed,  dated  at  West- 
minster, 12  March,  1303,  and  tested  by  several  Northumberland  knights  and 
gentlemen,  granted  to  John  de  Plesseto,  of  Northumberland,  all  his  right  in 
an  annual  rent  charge  out  of  Schotton  and  Plesscet.m  William  de  Paris"  gave 
to  Robert,  son  of  Hangerai  of  Schottone,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  seven  acres  of 
land  in  Schottone,  with  the  toft  and  croft  that  laid  near  the  toft  of  Richard 

k  Stan.  Misc.  No.  43,  b.  !  Id.  No.  15.  m  Id.  No.  44. 

n  William  Paris  also  gave  to  Richard,  son  of  Richard  de  Plesseto,  six  acres  in  the  culture 
called  Bacstanedene,  for  20s.,  give"n  to  him  in  hand  in  his  very  great  necessity. — (Stan.  Misc.  No. 
12.)  This  William  de  Paris  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a  Shotton  deed  without  date. — (Id.  JVb.  10.) 
He  also  granted  lands  in  Shotton  to  the  priory  of  Brinkburn. — (Arch.  JEL  ii.  121.)  Roger  de 
Paris  tested  a  deed  of  Waldeve,  the  son  of  Edward,  respecting  Edlingham — (HI.  ii.  122.)  John 
de  Paris,  of  Morpeth,  lost  a  suit  at  law,  about  an  acre  of  land,  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  in 
1353  (III.  ii.  322) ;  and  John  de  Paris  was  vicar  of  Whelpington  in  1393.— (II.  i.  205.)  Was 
Matthew  Paris,  the  honest  monk  and  English  historian,  a  member  of  this  family  ?  He  is  frequent- 
ly minute  about  Northumberland  affairs,  which  no  other  historian  notices.  Did  not  both  he  and 
William  de  Horton  become  monks  of  Tinmouth,  and  get  preferred  from  that  cell  to  its  superior 
abbey  of  St  Alban's,  of  which  they  were  contemporary,  and  highly  talented  and  eminent  members ? 
— (See  above,  p.  263,  note  q.) 

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314  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

his  brother,  on  the  east,  and  in  the  north  street,  namely — one  acre  in  croft ; 
one  acre  on  the  east  side  of  the  town  end  ;  three  acres,  saving  a  rood,  in 
Holeford  ;  five  roods  in  Langsumleche  ;  and  one  acre  at  Swain's  Thorn  :° 
and  after  that,  Robert,  son  of  Angerai  de  Shotton,  released  to  sir  John  de 
Plesseto,  all  the  land  he  had  in  the  ville  and  grounds  of  Schotton  and  Pless- 
chez.p  Then  we  have  Richard,  son  of  Robert  of  Schotton,  releasing  to  John 
de  Plesseto,  and  his  heirs,  all  the  right  he  had  in  the  ground  which  William 
Paris  had  possessed  in  the  ville  of  Plessetum  and  Scotton,  for  one  mark  of 
silver,  paid  before-hand,  and  in  lieu  of  nine  acres  of  ground  in  the  fields  of  the 
same  villes  ;  and  also,  in  the  same  deed,  covenanting,  under  a  penalty  of  100 
shillings,  to  raise  a  suit  against  the  feoffees  of  William  de  Paris,  whenever 
J.  de  Plesseto  might  call  upon  him  to  do  so,  as  well  as  to  make  him  his  at- 
torney, to  receive  in  the  plea  whatever  might  be  recovered  from  the  feof- 
fees.'1 William  Godswain,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third,  was  a  proprietor 
of  land  in  Shotton,  and  had  a  daughter  Isolda,  who  conveyed  to  Richard  de 
Pleysiz  several  parcels  of  land  in  Schotton  ;r  and  afterwards,  by  a  deed  with- 
out date,  but  probably  in  the  latter  end  of  the  same  reign,  Maud  arid  Eda,  the 
daughters  of  Ralph  Freeman,  released  to  sir  John  de  Plesseto  all  the  right 
they  had  in  the  land  in  Schotton  which  had  belonged  to  their  father,  and  also 
to  all  the  ground  which  Ysoda  Grine,  daughter  of  William  Godsvayn  had  had 
in  the  same  place.5  I  insert  in  a  note,'  from  the  Cartee  Ridleanse,  a  few 

0  III.  ii.  396.  P  Stan.  Misc.  No.  45.  «  Id.  No.  46. 

r  Stan.  Misc.  No.  12.  This  deed  conveyed  twelve  acres  of  land  in  the  ground  of  Shotton, 
namely  : — Two  acres  in  Pittlawe,  and  one  and  a  half  on  Lambecotefurlang ;  half  an  acre  near  the 
wood ;  one  acre  at  Warwodehevid ;  one  acre  in  Holeford ;  one  acre  in  Etheling ;  two  acres  in 
Twistis ;  one  towards  the  east  next  the  moor ;  one  acre  at  the  head  of  the  Long-dyke  (fossati)  ; 
one  acre  upon  Faudune ;  and  half  an  acre  at  Burnemouth  :  to  hold  by  the  annual  payment  of 
one  penny  on  Easter  day. 

s  Stan.  Misc.  No.  47,  a.  For  this  release  John  de  Plesseto  returned  to  the  same  Maud  and  Eda, 
five  and  a  half  acres  of  land  which  had  belonged  to  the  same  Ysoda;  of  which  land  one  acre  laid 
over  against  Schotton,  one  upon  Potterstrother,  two  upon  Baxedene,  half  an  acre  at  Dykesheved, 
and  one  acre  beyond  the  path  of  Stakeswell.  The  same  John  also  restored  to  the  same  Maud  and 
Eda,  one  acre  of  meadow  in  Holford,  near  the  demesne  meadow,  which  had  belonged  to  their 
father  :  to  hold  by  the  annual  rent  of  one  pound  of  cumin,  and  suit  of  mill.  Thomas,  son  of  Ro- 
ger Grene,  of  the  Plescys,  who,  in  1369,  granted  to  Roger  de  Widdrington  a  toft  in  Plescys,  and 
twelve  acres  of  arable  land  in  the  field  of  Shotton,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow  in  Holford,  which 
came  to  him  by  inheritance  from  his  father,  was  probably  a  descendant  of  Ysoda  Grine. — (Stan, 
Misc.  47,  b.J 

1  John  de  Plessis,  in  1322,  enfeoffed  Richard  de  Horsley  in  a  toft  and  croft  in  Schotton,  formerly 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. SHOTTON.  315 

other  early  deeds  respecting  this  place,   which  were  made  after  dates  to  such 
documents  hecame  common,  and  in  the  time  of  the  Plessis  family,  some  parts 

holclen  by  Gilbert,  the  son  of  William,  a  toft  and  croft,  and  twenty-four  acres,  which  Robert,  son 
of  Richard  Scot,  had  holclen  in  the  same  ville ;  also,  in  sixty  acres  of  the  demesne  land  of  Shotton, 
— of  which  four  acres  laid  in  the  culture  called  the  Brakes,  eleven  acres  in  the  culture  called 
Touneshe :  vd  of  Scotton,  eleven  acres  in  the  culture  called  Stanyknoll,  six  acres  in  the  culture 
called  Milneside,  and  four  acres  of  meadow  in  Schippemeadoows,  to  hold  for  twelve  years,  with 
reversion  to  the  grantor. — (II.  il.  55.)  John  de  Plescys,  in  1325,  gave  to  Thomas  Paule,  a  burgess 
of  Newcastle,  those  ten  tofts  and  ten  crofts,  and  two  acres  of  land,  which  lie  most  easterly  on  the 
west  side  of  the  manor  of  Plessis,  with  their  appurtenances  in  Plescjs  and  Shotton,  with  va- 
rious easements  and  privileges,  excepting  Tynnyghaulgh  and  Milnehaulgh,  wheat,  pasture,  and 
the  wood  of  Blithes  dene.  But  on  Tynnynghaulgh  and  Milnehaulgh,  he  gave  to  the  grantee 
and  his  assigns,  common  of  pasture  for  eight  animals  through  the  whole  year,  and  for  his  sheep, 
from  Michaelmas  to  eight  days  after  Easter;  binding  him,  moreover,  to  grind  the  corn  grown  and 
used  on  the  premises  at  his  manor  mill,  but  allowing  him  to  take  the  rest  where  they  pleased. 
This  deed  properly  belongs  to  Plessey.  (Stan.  Misc.  No.  48.)  On  March  30,  1336,  Thomas 
Heppescotes  released  to  Richard  de  Pless  s,  lands  and  tenements  in  Schotton  and  le  Plessys, 
which  he  had  by  the  gift  and  feoffment  of  the  said  Richard,  and  John  his  father. — (Id.  No.  49.) 
Then,  on  July  18,  1339,  John  de  Plescys  released  to  his  son  Richard,  all  his  right  in  two  tofts, 
two  crofts,  and  a  husbandland  of  ground  called  Lavedilande,  besides  sixty  other  acres  of  land  in 
Shotton  (Id.  Ao.  17,  b.)  ;  and  Thomas  de  Heppescotes,  parson  of  the  church  of  Morpeth,  March 
28,  1340,  gave  to  Richard,  son  of  John  de  Plescys,  the  toft  and  croft  in  Schotton,  which  was 
called  Lofdyland*  and  fifty-four  acres  of  land,  and  four  acres  of  meadow,  which  Joan,  the  sister  of 
the  said  Richard,  by  a  demise  of  their  father,  held  for  a  term  of  years.— (Id.  No.  50.)  The  same 
Thomas  Heppescotes  also,  on  the  same  28th  of  March,  1340,  entailed  upon  the  same  Richard,  and 
Margaret  his  wife,  with  remainder  to  John,  son  of  Simon  de  Plescys,  on  condition  of  their  paying 
him  six  marks  annually  during  his  life,  the  manors  of  Shotton  and  Plescys,  excepting  the  toft  and 
croft  which  William,  the  son  of  Gilbert,  formerly  held, — of  which  three  acres  laid  in  the  middle  of 
the  field  called  the  West  Townend  field  ;  three  acres  on  the  Stanyknoll,  on  the  south  side  of  Shot- 
ton  towards  the  east,  and  three  acres  on  the  north  side  of  the  same  ville  towards  the  west  of  the 
same  field  ;  and  also  excepting  four  acres  of  meadow  in  Holforth,  parcel  of  eight  acres,  which  were 
divided  between  the  said  Richard  and  John  his  father;  and  further,  excepting  those  eight  acres  of 
meadow  which  the  said  Thomas  before  had  by  the  gift  of  the  said  Richard,  for  the  term  of  his  life  ; 
also  excepting  one  toft  and  one  croft  called  The  Lefdyland,  and  fifty-four  acres  of  land  and  four 
acres  of  meadow,  which  Joan,  the  sister  of  the  said  Richard,  had  by  the  demise  of  their  father,  for 
a  term  of  years  :  to  hold  to  the  said  Richard  and  Margaret,  and  the  heirs  of  their  body,  with  re- 
mainder to  John,  the  son  of  Simon  de  Plescys,  their  father,  and  his  heirs.  —  (Id.  A'o,  22  )  John 
Fenwick,  of  Blakeden,  4  June,  1390,  granted  to  Thomas  Walton  sixty-four  acres  of  land  in  the 

j.'l  '_•    :   '   ,'-•'.'.        •  "•:'•••   •'  *'•><     '•„'«;  ''-V* 

*  This  Ladyland  probably  had  its  name  from  some  religious  institution   dedicated  to  Our  Lady  the  Virgin. 
The  transition  from  the  Saxon  hlafoij,  to  lavcdi,  lofdy,  and  lefdy,  in  these  deeds,  is  very  perceptible. 


316  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

of  the  history  of  which  they  develope  more  fully  than  has  been  attempted  in  its 
pedigree.  They  also  are  curious  on  account  of  the  names  of  places"  they  men- 
tion, and  of  the  witnesses  attached  to  them  in  their  originals  :  hut  the  ohject  of 
the  greatest  interest  in  Shotton  was  its  CHAPEL,  founded  by  sir  J.  de  Plessis, 
in  1269  or  1270.  The  sources  of  its  revenues,  the  services  to  be  done  in  it,  and 
the  vestments,  books,  and  ornaments  with  which  it  was  to  be  perpetually  fur- 
nished, are  fully  detailed  in  the  deed  of  its  endowment,  printed  in  English, 
under  Plessey,  and  in  Latin,  in  the  second  volume  of  Records,  under  Stan- 
nington  church.  Besides  having  a  manse  for  its  minister,  situated  on  the 
north  side  of  it,  and  two  tofts  adjoining  it  on  the  east,  it  had  several  other 
tofts,  certain  rents,  and  seven  score  and  nineteen  acres  of  land  in  Shotton  ; 
and  one  toft  and  a  croft  at  the  east  end  of  the  village,  arid  thirteen  acres  of 

field  of  Shotton,  near  Weteslade,  of  which  forty  laid  on  Qwitstaneflat,  and  twenty-four  on  Potter- 

strother  :  to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  for  ever,  by  the  accustomed  services (Id.  No.  51.) 

u  The  division  of  one  large  town  field  into  various  doles  or  parcels  of  land,  caused  every  flat, 
knoll,  marsh,  spring,  and  runner  of  water,  to  have  some  distinct  and  appropriate  name,  which  was 
carefully  preserved  as  long  as  the  field  continued  to  belong  to  different  proprietors.  This  observa- 
tion is  strongly  exemplified  by  different  deeds  respecting  Shotton,  especially  by  that  respecting  its 
chapel :  but  when  a  whole  ville  became  the  property  of  one  person,  the  old  inhabitants  had  settled  in 
mercantile  towns,  or  migrated  to  foreign  countries,  the  boundary  stones  of  their  ridges,  selions,  and 
acres  of  land  were  removed,  the  whole  field  divided  into  new  inclosures  with  new  names,  and 
such  old  English  sounding  names  as  Lambcotefurlong,  the  Linthaugh,  the  Bakestone  dene,  the 
Ladyland,  and  Pilgrim's  well,  were  soon  lost  and  forgotten.  HOLFORD  is  one  among  the  few  names 
that  has  survived  the  race  of  the  antient  inhabitants  of  this  manor.  It  borders  upon  the  Blythe, 
a  little  below  Stannington  Bridge,  and  has  some  excellent  meadow  ground  in  it.  John  de  Mid- 
dleton,  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  in  1294,  showed  that  Henry  the  Third,  in  1270,  granted  to  his 
ancestor,  sir  Richard  de  Middleton,  lord  high  chancellor  of  England,  free  warren  in  Belsay,  Thorn- 
borough,  Bitchfield,  and  Shotton ;  but  this  Shotton  was,  I  apprehend,  the  estate  now  called 
Showston,  or  Shoreston,  in  Bamboroughshire.  Richard  de  Emeldon,  however,  in  7  Edw.  III.  died 
seized  of  a  tenement  in  Holford,  in  Shotton,  besides  divers  tenements  in  Throcklawe — (III.  i.  70.) 
Then  Christian,  the  wife  of  sir  William  Plumpton,  knight,  who  had  been  first  married  to  Richard 
de  Emeldon,  died  in  38  Edw.  III.  in  possession  of  lands  in  Shotton.  —  (Id.  82.)  Then  again,  John  de 
Strivelyn,  and  Joan  his  wife,  one  of  the  three  co-heiresses  of  the  same  Richard  de  Emeldon,  in  1 
Richard  II.  had  two  acres  of  land  in  Holforth  (III.  ii.  250),  which  they  settled  upon  John  de 
Middleton  and  Christian  his  wife,  who,  in  20  Richard  II.  are  mentioned  as  having  forty  acres  of 
land  in  Shotton  (Id.  261) ;  and,  in  10  Henry  V.  this  last-named  Christian  died  seized  of  three 
acres  of  meadow  in  Holford,  holden  by  soccage  service  of  sir  John  de  Widdrington,  knight,  as  of 
his  lordship  of  Shotton.— (III.  ii.  269.) 


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laud  in  the  fields  of  Blagdon  ;  together  with  common  of  pasture  for  all  its 
chaplain's  cattle  in  Shotton  and  Blagdon,  and  pasture  for  thirteen  oxen,  eight 
afers  or  horses,  and  all  his  calves,  in  the  enclosed  lands  of  its  founder/  The 
foundation  deed  was  tested  by  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  the  sheriff  of  the 
county,  and  several  neighbouring  knights  and  esquires  ;  and  afterwards  con- 
firmed by  the  bishop  of  the  diocese,  and  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham  ; 
and  while  the  Plessis  family  continued  here,  there  were  frequent  arrange- 
ments among  them  respecting  the  advowson  both  of  this  and  the  chapels 
of  Shotton  arid  Herford  Bridge.  But  before  the  year  1491,  their  "  glory 
had  departed  from"  them  ;  for,  about  that  time,  sir  Ralph  Widdrington, 
knight,  had  "  appropriated  certain  waste  chapels,  with  certain  lands  belong- 
ing to  them,  in  the  villes  and  territories  of  Schotton  and  Placetum,"  to  the 
abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  ;  and  in  that  year  covenanted  with  them, 
that  instead  of  the  annuity  of  five  marks,  which  they  had  been  accustomed  to 
receive  out  of  the  mill,  they  should  be  content  to  receive  only  40s.  annually, 
as  long  as  they  should  continue  in  peaceable  possession  of  the  said  chapels, 
and  of  all  the  lands,  tenements,  rents,  and  emoluments  belonging  to  them.w 
Further  than  this  respecting  the  chapel  of  Shotton  I  have  been  able  to  learn 
nothing.  Its  very  site  is  forgotten  :  neither  is  there  any  thing  known  respect- 
ing the  East  Cross,  which  stood  near  the  ground  of  the  nuns  of  Newcastle, 
nor  of  the  Cross  of  Faudun,  or  the  Broken  Cross/ 

BLAGDON  was  formerly,  and  almost  uniformly  written  Blakedene  ;y  and  had 
that  name  from  a  dark  woody  dene  or  dingle,  the  water  of  which  runs  into 

v  About  the  time  of  its  foundation,  Sybil,  the  daughter  of  Robert  de  Plesseto,  gave  to  Symon  de 
Plesseto  a  toft  and  a  croft  in  Shotton,  to  be  holden  by  the  payment  of  one  silver  penny  annually 
to  the  maintenance  of  the  light  in  this  chapel. — (Stan.  Misc.  JVb.  8.) 

w  Stan.  Misc.  No.  35,  a.  x  Stan.  Misc.  No.  8;  Supra,  300  ;  and  III.  ii.  71. 

y  Blake,  in  the  provincial  language  of  the  western  part  of  the  north  of  England,  means  dark 
yellow,  as  applied  to  colour ;  and  dark,  or  sun-burnt,  or  tanned,  as  applied  to  complexion.  It 
includes  the  gradations  of  colour,  from  the  brown  of  mahogany,  or  the  kernel  'of  the  horse  chesnut, 
to  that  of  dark  coloured  gold,  and  may  be  imitated  by  the  different  preparations  of  terra  di  sienna. 
Blake  is  yellow  tinged  with  red,  but  free  from  all  mixture  of  blue.  Thus  butter,  in  early  spring,  is 
blake.  But,  in  the  Saxon  blaciau  or  blaecan,  which  mean  to  blacken,  to  grow  pale,  to  bleach,  and 
in  blsec,  paleness,  all  warmth  is  taken  out  of  the  colour,  and  the  hue  is  wan,  and  chilled  with  dif- 
ferent shades  of  blue  or  black.  The  Dutch  bleek,  and  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  bla?o,  have 
nearly  a  similar  meaning ;  and  "  Batman  uppon  Bartholome,"  after  describing  how  lint  is  manu- 

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318  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

the  Blytbe,  a  little  below  Bellasis  bridge.  It  lies  wholly  on  the  south  side  of 
the  Blythe,  and  the  south-west  extremity  of  this  parish  ;  but  a  part  of  the 
township  of  Shotton,  which  is  tithe-free,  lies  between  the  park  wall  of  this 
estate  and  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  township.  It  has  already  been  shown 
that  in  1240,  sir  John  de  Plessis  held  this  manor  of  the  barons  of  Morpeth ; 
but  I  apprehend  that  they  had  only  an  inconsiderable  interest  in  the  soil :  for 
William,  son  of  Richard  of  North  Wydeslade,  gave  to  German,  the  son  of  sir 
Robert  de  Hilton,  knight,  five  tofts  and  nine  bovates,  and  seven  acres  of  land 
in  Blakedene,  to  be  holden  of  the  lords  of  Plessis  by  the  payment  of  all  the 
accustomed  services,  excepting  an  annual  fee-farm  rent  of  15s.  a  year  due  out 
of  the  whole  of  the  grantor's  lands  in  Wydeslade  and  Blakeden  :  and  Robert 
de  Hilton,  son  of  sir  Alexander  de  Hilton,  gave  the  same  lands,  subject  to  the 
same  services,  to  John  de  Duddune.  The  two  deeds  for  these  transactions 
are  both  tested  by  Guischard  de  Charrun,  who  was  high-sheriff  of  this  county 
during  the  last  five  years  of  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Third.  Sir  Robert  de 
Hilton,  knight,  was  baron  Hilton,  of  Hilton,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  and 
was  possessed  of  lands  at  Rennington  and  Shilbottle,  which  had  descended  to 
him  by  inheritance,  from  his  ancestor  Richard,  son  of  Gilbert  Tyson,  lord  of 
Alnwick,  who  was  slain  on  the  side  of  Harold,  in  the  battle  of  Hastings.2  A 

factured,  and  "  heckled  and  at  the  last  sponne,"  says,  "  then  the  thred  is  sod  and  bleaked  and 
bucked,  and  oft  layed  to  drieng,  &c."  fol.  302,  b.  Bleak,  as  applied  to  weather,  means  dark  and 
cold,  and  in  this  sense  blake  enters  into  the  meaning  of  such  Northumberland  names  as  B/akehope, 
on  the  Bremish,  Black-Blakehope  in  Redesdale,  Blakelaw,  &c, 

z  See  Surtees,  ii.  26,  30.  The  particulars  of  this  grant  of  Blagdon  to  Germanus  de  Hilton,  are 
as  follow  : — I,  William,  son  of  Richard  of  North  Wydeslade,  have  given  to  German,  son  of  sir 
Robert  de  Hilton,  knight,  five  tofts  of  husbands,  with  the  lands  and  tenements  to  them  pertaining, 
in  the  ville  of  Blagdon,  namely, — that  toft  which  Roger,  son  of  Nicholas  Todde,  formerly  held, 
with  the  two  bovates  of  land  belonging  to  it;  the  toft  and  two  bovates  of  land  belonging  it,  formerly 
holden  by  Wm  Potter ;  the  toft  which  Robert  son  of  Aunger  held,  with  the  two  bovates  of  land  which 
had  been  in  the  possession  of  Galfrid  of  Blakeden  ;  the  toft  which  Robert  Johnson  formerly  held, 
and  the  two  bovates  of  land  heretofore  in  possession  of  Robert  White ;  the  toft  and  appurtenant 
bovate  of  land  which  Brimbel  held ;  and  the  six  acres  of  land  called  the  SmitA's  Land,  and  one 
other  acre  which  also  had  been  holden  by  Robert  Johnson  :  to  be  holden  by  the  said  German,  his 
heirs,  and  assigns,  of  the  lords  of  the  fee  of  Plessis,  by  the  performance  of  the  services  customarily 
due  from  the  said  ville  of  Blakedene,  saving  an  annual  fee-farm  rent  of  15s.  due  to  the  said  lords 
of  Plessis  for  all  my  lands  and  tenements  in  Wydeslade.  and  Blakedene,  from  which  fee-farm  rent, 
either  in  whole  or  in  part,  I  for  myseff,  my  heirs,  and  assigns,  release  the  said  German,  his  heirs, 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. BLAGDON.  319 

bovate  or  an  oxgate  of  land,  as  well  as  a  carucate  or  ploughland,  and  a  husband- 
land,  were,  I  apprehend,  all  the  same,  and  consisted  of  no  definite  quantity  of 
ground,  the  quality  as  well  as  the  quantity  of  which  they  were  formed  being 
constantly  taken  into  consideration  :  for  instance,  there  were  husbandlands  in 
West  Matfen  and  Lorbottle,  which  consisted  of  20  acres  each,  and  in  Brad- 
ford of  24  acres  ;  arid  two  bovates  of  land  in  Ellington  consisted  of  30  acres 
each.3  The  most  modern  term  for  them  was  farm,  and  one  of  each  was  as 
much  as  was  considered  sufficient  for  the  maintenance  of  one  family.  Sup- 
posing then  that  each  husbandland  or  oxgang  in  Blakedene  consisted  of  22 
acres,  the  Hilton  family  were  possessed  of  one  estate  here,  consisting  of  205 
acres  of  inclosed  grounds,  besides  the  privileges  in  the  township,  which  the 
following  words  of  the  deed  conveyed  to  them  : — "  With  all  lands,  meadows, 
pastures,  common  of  pasture,  ways,  paths,  woods,  moors,  and  marshes,  and 
all  other  places,  within  as  well  as  without  the  said  manor  wheresoever  and 
howsover  appertaining  to  the  said  tofts  and  tenements."  Also,  during  the 
sheriffalty  of  the  same  Wyschard  de  Charron,  John  de  Plessis  gave  a  toft  on 
the  north  side  of  the  east  end  of  Blakedene  to  the  chapels  of  Shotton  and 
Plessey  :  and  granted  among  other  things,  to  his  brother  Simon,  the  homage 
arid  services  of  his  free  tenant  Helias  de  Blakedene  ;b  to  which  Simon,  Wil- 
liam, son  of  William  of  Stannington,  in  1278  or  1279,  conveyed  half  a  caru- 
cate of  land  in  Blakedene,  which  he  had  obtained  by  the  gift  of  his  brother 
Thomas.0  About  the  same  time,  Robert  Frankeloyn,  of  Bokingfield,  gave  to 
John  de  Lyem  all  the  moiety  of  the  purparty  of  messuages,  lands,  £c.  in 
Wydeslade,  Blakedene,  and  Schotton,  which  he  inherited  as  one  of  the  heirs 
of  his  uncle  William  of  Wydeslade.d  In  1323,  John  de  Plessy  released  to 
Robert  Coc,  of  Newcastle,  all  right  in  a  rent  of  7s.  6d.  out  of  his  land  in 
Blakedene  ;  also  all  claim  as  well  to  a  yearly  rent  of  6d.  for  Castle  ward  as 
for  scutage,  homage,  relief,  cornage,  and  all  other  foreign  or  military  service, 
besides  the  suit  which  he  was  bound  to  render  to  the  mill  of  Blakedene  ;  but 
by  still  paying  one  penny  annually  at  Christmas  for  all  sorts  of  services.  He 
also  granted  to  the  said  Robert  common  of  pasture  for  his  free  tenement  in 

and  assigns. — (Stan.  Misc.  JVb.  52.)  The  deed  of  Robert  Hilton  to  John  de  Duddune  is,  mutatia 
mutandis,  nearly  similar  to  the  above. 

3  II.  i.  350  ;  II.  ii.  195,  note  u. ;  III.  ii.  334.     See  Coke's  Institutes,  i.  fol.  5,  a. 
b  III.  ii.  71,  73.  «  Stan.  Misc.  No.  13.  d  Id.  No.  53. 


,320  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  £.  D. 

Blakedene  for  all  kinds  of  beasts,  and  through  the  whole  year,  in  all  parts  of 
the  ville  of  Shotton,  excepting  in  his  severalties  (separalibus),  namely — From 
the  head  of  Stannington  bridge,  as  the  Cawsey  goes,  to  the  head  of  the  ville 
of  Schotton,  and  so  going  downwards  to  The  Plescys,  and  from  The  Plescys 
towards  the  east,  as  far  as  the  Brokin  crosse,  and  from  the  Brokin  crosse  to 
the  Bryngfeld  as  the  king's  highway  goes  to  the  north  ;e  and  this  deed  made 
the  still  further  concession  to  the  grantee,  of  pulling  as  much  heather  on 
Shotton  moor  as  he  pleased,  and  of  digging  and  carrying  from  Waymore  to 
his  land  in  Blakedene,  turf  to  the  extent  of  six  wain  loads/  The  interest 
which  the  Plessey  family  had  in  this  manor  was  finally  released  to  the  Wid* 
dringtons  in  1349  ',s  and,  in  the  following  year,  William  "  baron  of  Graystok 
and  lord  Graystok,"  granted  to  Roger,  brother  of  sir  Gerard  de  Widdrington, 
knight,  all  the  lands  which  had  belonged  to  Philip  of  Dudden,  in  Blakedene, 
and  which  John  de  Hastings,  parson  of  Morpath,  held  of  the  said  baron  for 
the  term  of  his  life  by  assignment  to  him  from  Robert  Evenwood,  and  after 
that  term  to  the  baron  himself.11  Then,  in  1357,  John  Bothe,  of  Alnwick, 
and  Constance  his  wife,  granted  to  Roger  de  Widdrington,  for  the  term  of 
the  said  Constance's  life,  all  the  lands  in  Blakedene  which  she  had  by  the  gift- 
of  Philip  de  Duddene,  her  late  husband,  which  transaction  closes  all  that  I 
have  met  with  respecting  the  interest  which  the  Duddene  family  had  here.' 
The  Widdringtons,  of  Widdrington,  however,  in  1568,  continued  in  the  pos- 
session of  lands  in  "  Bleigdon,"  which  probably  followed  the  fortune  of  the 
line  of  that  family  which  settled  at  Plessey  and  Shotton,  and  passed  by  pur- 
chase, with  these  two  townships,  from  the  Neiles  to  the  Whites,  and  their 
successors  the  Ridleys. 

But  a  family,  that  spread  the  shadows  of  its  branches  all  over  the  county 
at  an  early  period,  threw  up  a  goodly  scion  in  this  place,  which  flourished 
upon  it  for  three  full  centuries  ;  but  for  the  last  hundred  and  forty  years  has 
either  faded  out  of  notice,  or  become  hidden  in  the  umbrageous  forest  of 
wealth  that  has  risen  up  within  that  period.  John  de  Fenwyk,  of  Blakedene, 
on  June  4,  1390,  gave  to  Thomas  of  Walton  64  acres  of  land  in  Shotton  ;j 

e  This  boundary  seems  to  have  included  all  John  de  Plessis's  inclosed  lands  of  Shotton  and 
Plessey,  between  the  bridges  of  Hartford  and  Stannington,  and  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  Ely  the, 
and  on  the  south  by  the  moors  of  Plessey  and  Shotton. 

f  Stan.  Misc.  No.  54.        g  Id.  No.  18.         h  Id.  No.  65.         *  Id.  No.  56.        J  Id.  No.  50. 


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and  May  31,  1393,  attorned  Robert  Grabefore  to  receive  of  Thomas,  son  of 
Alan  del*  Strother,  the  manor  of  Hawick.k  One  of  the  thunderbolts  of 
Cromwell's  parliament  fell  on  this  family,  November  2,  1652,  when  it  was 
resolved  that  the  name  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Blagdon,  be  inserted  into  the 
bill  for  the  sale  of  estates  forfeited  to  the  Commonwealth,  for  treason  j1  and 
the  king,  by  patent,  in  1663,  granted  to  Henry  Gilford  and  John  Horton, 
among  other  things,  the  lordship  or  manor  of  Blackeden,  or  Blackdene,  to 
hold  in  fee  at  the  request  of  George  Collingwood,  esq.m  I  am  unable  to  ex- 
plain the  nature  of  this  last  transaction.  The  Fenwicks,  however,  continued 
to  have  property  here  till  1692,  when  Wm  Fenwick"  conveyed  it  to  Matthew 

k  II.  i.  266,  3  a.  »  Jour.  H.  C.  vii.  204.  m  Stan.  Misc.  No.  1,  e. 

n  I  lament  my  inability  to  give  a  pedigree  of  the  Fenwicks,  of  Blagdon;  and  I  have  not 
yielded  to  the  difficulties  I  have  had  to  contend  against  in  completing  it,  till  the  press  demands  my 
account  of  Blagdon.  The  following  are  all  or  the  principal  notices  1  have  respecting  them  : — 
LIONEL  FENYK,  of  Blackden,  and  RANDAL  FENYKE,  of  Kyrkharle,  are  mentioned  in  the  will  of  their 
friend  Roger  Errington,  of  Walwick,  Nov.  29,  1558 — (Raine's  Test.  941.)  JOHN  FENWICK,  of 
Littleharle,  in  1568,  had  certain  lands  in  Littieharle,  Denham,  North  Middleton,  Blagdon,  Hawick, 
and  Crookden. — (Laws.  MS.fol.  15.)  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  Blagdon,  was  one  of  the  supervisors 
of  the  will  of  Marmaduke  Fenwick,  of  Kirkharle,  which  will  is  dated  May  26,  1591  (Raine's  Test. 
357.):  and  OSWALD  FENWICK,  of  Cramlington,  in  his  will,  dated  Dec.  10,  1610,  mentions  his 
brother  ROBERT'S  base  daughter ;  gave  his  own  son  Henry  his  lease  from  Mr  Mitford  of  tene- 
ments in  Ryell ;  and  left  legacies  to  his  cousin  John  Fenwick,  of  Brinkburn,  his  brother  WILLIAM 
FENWICK,  of  Blagdon,  and  to  his  brother-in-law  Robert  Lawson,  of  Cramlington. — (Id,  340.) 
LIONEL  FENWICK,  of  Blagdon,  gent,  occurs  in  the  jury  list  for  the  assizes  in  Newcastle,  in  1628; 
and  administration  to  the  goods  of  Lionel  Fenwick,  of  "  Blaidon,"  was  granted  20  June,  1630,  to 
Edward  Lorran,  gent,  for  the  use  of  John,  Henry,  Robert,  and  Mary,  children  of  the  deceased  by 
Julian  his  wife,  but  then  all  under  age.—  fid.  189.)  The  estates  of  WILLIAM  FENWICK,  of  Blagdon, 
were  sequestered  by  parliament  in  1 652  ;  and  Margaret,  the  widow  of  Wm  Fenwick,  of  Blagdon, 
was  living  in  1670.  Mr  LIONEL  FENWICK,  for  Blagdon,  was  assessed  to  county  rate,  in  1663,  upon  a 
rental  of  £100  a  year.  The  bond  for  him  to  marry  Barbara  Widdrington  is  dated  24  July,  1665  ; 
and  administration  to  his  effects  was  granted  to  his  widow,  March  4,  1677,  when  Thomas  Fen- 
wick,  of  Brinkley,  gent,  was  bondsman  to  it. — (Raine's  Test.  45,  216.)  This  Thomas  Fenwick,  of 
Brinkley,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Martin  Fenwick,  of  Butterley,  (from  whom  the  Fenwicks, 
of  Lemmington,  &c.  descended),  and  had  a  son,  LIONEL  FENWICK,  of  Blagdon,  whose  daughters 
Margaret  and  Barbara,  in  1691,  released  Robert,  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas  Fenwick,  of  Lemming- 
ton,  from  the  payment  of  £100  to  each  of  them,  charged  upon  Brinkley  by  the  will  of  their  grand- 
father Thomas  Fenwick,  dated  April  1,  1687. — (Deeds  at  Hebburn  Hall.) 
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322  MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 

White,  esq. :  and  Dec.  12,  1700,  released  to  him  all  title  in  Blagdon  and 
Phoenix  Nest ;  since  which  time  the  history  of  this  estate  will  be  found  in  the 
following 

PEDIGREE  OF  RIDLEY,  OF  WILLIMOTE8WICK,  HARDRIDING,  BEATON,  AND  BLAGDON. 

[The  frame-work  of  this  pedigree,  from  Nicholas  Ridley,  who  married  Mary  Skelton,  is  taken  from  the  Herald's  Visita- 
tions of  Northumberland,  in  1575  and  1615,  as  remaining  in  Herald's  College,  arid  contained  in  the  Harleian  MSS.  1554  and 
1448  ;  also  from  Dugdale's  Visitation,  in  1666,  communicated  with  additions  by  C.  G.  Young,  esq.  York  Herald  and  Register 
in  the  College  of  Arms.  References,  in  general,  are  given  to  the  sources  from  which  the  illustrations  and  additions  are 
derived.  For  want  of  dates  to  the  three  first  generations  of  the  pedigree,  I  have  been  unable  to  digest  the  illustrations  I  have 
collected  respecting  them  under  their  proper  heads ;  and  my  endeavours  to  connect  the  first  of  these  generations  with  their 
undoubted  ancestors,  the  Ridleys,  of  Ridley  Hall,  and  other  places  in  South  Tiiidale,  in  the  twelfth  and  succeeding  centuries, 
have  hitherto,  for  want  of  materials,  been  unsuccessful.] 

ARSIS  : — Gules,  a  cheveron  between  three  falcons  argent,  to  which  Charles  the  Second,  at  the  Restoration,  granted  to 
John  Ridley,  esq.  three  cannon  balls  on  a  cheveron,  as  an  augmentation  to  the  antient  family  bearing.  CREST  :  — A  bull 
passant. 

ODARD  DE  RIDLEY  witnessed  the  deed  which  granted  the  HUDARD  DE  WILLIMOTHWIC,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Se- 
manor  of  Williamston,  in  Knaresdale,  to  William  de  Switi-  cond,  tested  a  grant  of  lands  in  Whitelaw,  to  the  canons  of 
burne,  in  1280. — (III.  i.  18  ;  and  Wallis,  it.  19.)  Hexham  (Lansri.  MS.  326,  fol.  115) ;  and  "  Vdard  de  Willi- 

REDLEY,  father  of  NICHOLAS 

Robert  de  Insula,  of  Woodbui 

wyk,  all  the  right  he  had  in  Portyathe  and  Quittington,  with  it.  27.) 

the  services  of  uncle  John,  and  other  claims  which  descended  NICHOLAS  DE  WILLIMOTHWIC  and  AVilliam  Cumin,  in  the 

to  him  after  the  death  of  his  grandmother  Hawise.     Robert  time  of  king  John,  witnessed  Richard  Cumin's  confirmation 

de  Insula,  of  Woodburn,  was  28  years  old  in   1250. — (Stan,  grant  of  "  Karrawer"  to  the  church  of  St  Andrew,  in  Hex- 

Misc.  57,-  //.  i.  174.)     I  also  find  Nicholas  de  Ridley  a  wit-  ham.     Matthew  of  Whitfield,   Randal  of  Halvton,  Adam  of 

ness,  about  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third,  to  several  deeds  Thorngraftpn,  Andrew  of  Hetherinton,  Adam  of  Nunnewich 

respecting  property  in  South  Tindale.  and  John  his  son,   Uhcred  of  Cherltun,  and  many  other  pro- 

NICHOLAS  DE  RIDDELEY,  prior  to  1306,  but  after  the  death  prietors  within  the  franchise  of  Tindale,  were  witnesses  to 

of  his  mother  Margery,  entered  upon  the  lands  of  her  inherit-  the  same  charter. — (Lansd.    MS.   326,  fol.    115.)     I  also  find 

ance  in  Hunt  kind,  in  Tindale,  which  lands  she  had  after  the  Odard  of  Wilmoti'wic,  and  several  of  his  Tindale  neighbours, 

death  of  her  brother  Nicholas  de  Witefield,   who  purchased  testing  the  deed  by  which  Bricius  of  Thirlwall  gave  the  piece 

them  of  Hugh  de  Grindon. — (Rot.  Par.  i.  210.)     Nicholas  de  of  ground  in  Thirlwall,  called  Wirl-cou-a-calfe,  to  the  priory 

Ridley  also  occurs  as  testing  a  Thorngrafton  deed,  in  1820;  ot  Hexham. — (Lansd.  MS.  1448,  fol.  54.) 

one  respecting  Featherstonehaugh,  in   1336 ;  and  others  re-  JOHN  BF.LACYS  and  ALICE   his  wife,  had  a  licence  from 

specting  Whitfield,  and  other  places  in  that  neighbourhood,  bishop  Langley,  Oct.  2,  1423,  to  have  masses  said  by  one  or 

between  1337  and  1371.  more  fit  presbyters,  in  their  chapel  of  Wyllymoteswyke,  with- 

HUGH  DE  RIDLEY,  Nicholas  de  Ridley,  and  others,  were  in  the  parish  of  Hautwysel. — (Lang.  Reg.  289.)    This  John  de 

witnesses  to  a  Whitfield  deed,  in  1371.     Hugh  de  Ridley  was  Belasis  was  ancestor  of  the  late  noble  family  of  Belasyse,  earls 

also  the  first,  and  Nicholas  de  R.  the  third  witness  to  a  deed  of  Fauconberg ;  and  I  find  him,  in   1415,  bound  to  Wm  Mit- 

about  Beltingham,  in   1375;  and  Hugh  himself,  to  various  ford,  of  Mitfprd,  in  a  penalty  of  £200,  to  make  an  award;  and, 

other  deeds  abstracted  by  Dodsworth ;   and,  lastly,  to  one  in  1422,  a  juror  at  Newcastle,  on  an  inquest  after  the  death 

about  Sadlingstanes,  in  1386.  of  Christian,  widow  of  sir  John  de  Middleton  ;  which  notices 

ODERD  DE  RIDLEE,  by  deed,  dated  at  Hautwesell,  Oct.  5,  certainly  connect  him  with  the  affairs  of  the  county,  though  I 

1424,  granted  to  William  Stapleton,  of  Edenhall,  senior,  esq.,  am  unable  to  state  how  he  became  possessed  of  Willimoteswick. 
and  Robert  Couper,  rector  of  Whitfield,  their  heirs  &  assigns, 

all  his  lands  and  possessions  in  Hautwesill,  Caldlawe,  Hensalgh,  Thorngrafton,  and  Milnehouse,  with  all  his  other  lands 
within  the  lordship  and  liberty  of  Tindale. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  58.)  This  conveyance  was  probably  by  way  of  trust,  and  for 
the  purpose  of  creating  some  special  uses  in  a  settlement  or  entail. 

NICHOLAS  DE  REDLE  died  before  August  5,  1467,  when  Joan,  his  widow,  had  a  grant  from  John,  son  and  heir  of  John 
Smith,  of  Hawtewesill,  of  a  burgage  in  that  town,  called  /<•  Xtanehouse,  with  a  garden  arid  other  annexed  premises,  lying 
between  the  tenement  of  Nicholas  Redle,  son  of  the  said  Nicholas  and  Joan,  on  the  west,  and  a  tenement  of  Richard  Thirl- 
wall,  on  the  east. — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  60.) 

NICHOLAS  DE  RYDLK,  of  Wyllemondswick,  esq.  March  20,  1481,  had  a  grant  from  Thomas  Knaffe,  of  "  Hatwesyle,"  of 
two  burgafres  in  that  placr— one  of  which  was  situated  between  the  burgage  of  Nicholas  Federstanehauge,  011  the  east,  and 
that  of  Richard  Symson,  on  the  west,  to  be  holdeit  by  the  annual  payment  of  lOd.  to  the  prioress  and  convent  of  "  Lamle;" 
and  the  other  laid  between  two  burgages  of  the  said  NicholHs  Rydle. — (Id.  No.  61.)  Nicholas  Ridley,  William  Salkeld,  and 
William  Musgrave,  Sep.  22,  1484,  were  made  commissioners  on  the  part  of  England,  for  meeting  deputies  for  Scotland,  at 
Lough  Mabanestone  ;  and,  on  Oct.  14,  in  that  year,  "  for  the  more  speedy  and  better  assuring  of  the  Trewes."  He  was  also 
appointed  to  sit  on  a  similar  commission  on  the  18th,  at  Haldenstank ;  and,  on  the  2 1st  of  the  same  month,  at  Riddan- 
burn,  on  the  East  Marches.  In  a  deputation  of  Jan.  30,  1485,  he  is  styled  "  Nicholas  Redley  armiger  pro  corpora  nostro," 
an  esquire  of  the  king's  body  ;  and,  on  April  18,  in  the  same  year,  he  had  letters  of  safe  conduct  from  the  king  of  Scotland. — 
(Rymer,  xij.  249,  266.) 

NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Willimoswick,  was  present  in  May,  1503,  when  seizin  was  given  of  the  several  royal  estates  com- 
prized in  the  counties  of  Menteth,  Sterlingshire,  Lithgoshire,  and  the  Forest  of  Ettrick,  as  dower  to  Margaret,  then  the 
affianced  queen  of  Scotland  ;  and  sir  Nicholas  Ridley,  knight,  was  sheriff'  of  Northumberland  during  the  two  last  years  of  tb« 
reign  of  Henry  the  Seventh,  and  the  three  first  years  of  Henry  the  Eighth. 


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de   Musgrave,    of   Mus-    that  other  uncle  of  bi-      LEY,  of  Unthank,      wife    of    CUTH- 
grave,  in  Westmorland,    shop  Ridley,  who,  ac-    near  Willimoteswick.    BERT  ERRINGXON, 
and  Edenhall,  in  Cum-    cording  to  the  vcnera-  -r- of  Errington. 


berland,  by  Johanna,  one 
of  the  two   daurs.    and 


father  of  English  botany, 


was  a  doctor  of  divinity,  and  famous  not  only  at  Cambridge, 

co-heirs  of  sir   William  but  at  Paris,  where  he  long  studied,  and  throughout  Europe,  by 

Stapleton,    of  Edenhall,  the  writings  of  Polydore  Virgil.     At  the  charge  of  this  doctor 

whose  other  daur.  Mary  was  our  Nicholas,     bishop  of  London,  "  maintained  at  Cam- 

married  firstly,  sir  Wm  bridge,  afterwards  at  Paris,  and  lastly  at  Lovain."     He  was 

Hilton;    and,  2dly,   Ri-  rector  of  Bishopgate,  and  prebend  of  Mora,  July  3,  1523;  of  St 

chard,  brother  of  the  said-  Edmund's,  Lombard-street,  20  Feb.  1526  ;  and  sinecure  rector 


Thomas  Musgrave. 


of  Fulham,  and  prebend  of  Isledon,   Oct.  30,   1529. 
June  12,  1536. 


He  died 


I. — NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Willimoteswick. TALICE,  daughter  and  co-heir  of Skelton,  of  Bramfort. 

II. — NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Willimoteswick. =PANNE,  daur.  of  ......  Eglesfield. 

III.— NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Willimoteswick.^MARY  CURWEN,  of  Workington.    THOMASINE,  first  wife  of  Thomas  Carnaby, 

I  of  Halton  Castle,  in  this  county. 

I — I —  — I 1 

IV. — SriK  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  SOII-T-MARY,  daur.  of  Thomas  8.  ROBERT  RIDLEY  was  3.  CHRISTOPHER  RID-  4.  JANE  RIDLEY, 
and  heir,  obtained  the  name  of" 
the  Broad  Knight,  and  is  the  knt. 
mentioned  by  Turner,  as  one  of 
the  uncles  of  bishop  Ridley.  In 
1513,  he  was  a  commander  in  a 
division  of  a  mauraudinc:  army, 
which  lord  Dacre  led  into  Scot- 
land in  that  year  (//.  t.  160); 
in  1520,  was  rewarded  by  the 
crown  for  the  assistance  he  had 
given  in  casting  down  the  fort- 
ress of  "  Blackatur,"  in  Scot- 
land ;  and,  about  the  same  time, 
for  his  services  against  that  couri-  — 

try  under  lord  Ogle. — (Cot.  MSS.  Calig.  B.  i-  fol.  125.)  In  1525,  sir  Nicholas  Ridley,  knt.,  and  Hugh  Ridley,  had  a  grant, 
probably  on  lease,  of  divers  lands  in  South  Tindale  (Land  Rev.  Off.  Records,  2  a.  64)  ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  sir  Nicholas 
Ridley,  and  divers  other  Northumberland  gentlemen,  were  summoned  to  proceed  under  the  warden  general  of  the  Marches, 
with  a  large  body  of  forces,  into  Scotland,  as  appears  by  an  entry  in  lord  Dacre's  Ledger  Book  for  that  year,  among  the 
Hopkinsou  Manuscripts  at  Eshton-hall.  These  frequent  inroads  into  Scotland  bred  in  all  the  Northumberland  families 
such  a  love  for  arms  and  display  of  martial  skill,  that  very  frequently  when  they  could  not  assemble  under  a  lawful 
leader,  they  collected  under  an  experienced  commander  of  their  own,  arid  in  revenge  for  former  injuries,  wasted  and 
plundered  then:  Scottish  neighbours.  Frequently,  too,  one  clan  or  district  quarrelled  with  another,  and  prosecuted  their 
deadly  feuds  with  fire  and  sword,  and  all  such  teiTors  and  unnatural  cruelties  as  rise  up  with  civil  dissention.  But  war 
encourages  noble  sentiments,  as  well  as  lifts  up  the  ferocious  and  unforgiving  hand  of  revenge ;  and  the  people  of  the 
borders  had  so  deep  a  sense  of  gratitude  for  assistance  rendered  them  in  defence  of  their  persons  or  property,  that  the  gene- 
rous feeling  became  hereditary  in  families  :  and  bishop  Ridley,  in  his  farewell  letter,  has  very  accurately  described  this 
state  and  temper  of  the  borders  in  his  time  : — "  Ye  know,"  says  he,  "  that  be  my  countrymen  dwelling  upon  the  borders, 
where,  alas!  the  true  man  suffereth  oftentimes  much  wrong  at  the  thieves  hands — if  it  chance  a  man  to  be  slain  of  a  thief, 
as  it  oft  chanceth  there,  which  went  out  with  his  neighbour  to  help  him  to  rescue  his  goods  again,  that  the  more  cruelly 
he  be  slain,  and  the  more  steadilly  he  stuck  by  his  neighbour,  in  the  fight  against  the  face  of  the  thief,  the  more  favour 
and  friendship  shall  all  his  posterity  have  for  the  slain  man's  sake  of  all  them  that  be  true,  as  long  as  the  memory  of  his 
fact  and  his  posterity  doth  endure."  The  Broad  Knight,  his  son  Hutch,  and  others  of  the  venerable  prelate's  relations,  were 
far  from  uri frequently  engaged  in  the  military  exploits,  skirmishes,  and  "  hair-breath  escapes"  of  their  border  country- 
men, as  may  be  seen  by  numerous  letters  in  the  Cottonian  library,  documents  among  the  public  records,  and  passages  in 
history.  He  died  29  Hen.  VIII.  1587,  when  Nicholas,  son  of  his  son  Hugh  is,  in  the  inquest  after  his  death,  returned 
his  heir. 

I 


I —  — I    I    I    I    I    I    I 

V. — 1.  SIR  HUGH  RIDLF^V^ISABELLA,  daur.  of   2.  WILLIAM  RIDLEY,  of    1.  HUGH  RIDLEY  was  dead  before   1555,  in  which 


of  Willimoteswick,  seems 
to  have  died  in  his  father's 
life  time,  as  his  son  Nicho- 
las, in  the  inquest  after  his 
father's  death,  is  returned 
heir  to  his  father.  "These 
be  the  fees  that  sir  .Wm 
Carr  gives  over  and  besides 
his  household  wages  : — to 
his  4  deputies  £40 — to  sir 
John,  with  Tindale,  £40; 
to  John  Ogle  £5 — to  '  Hew 
Kidle'  £3  6s.  8d."  '—  (Cot. 
MSS.  Calig.  B.  vi.  fol.  401.) 


sir  John  Heron,  of    Battersby,  in  Cleveland,  year  his  brother,  the  bishop,  thus  addressed  his 

Chipchase,  knight,    married  a  daur.  of  Mr  widow  :  —  "  Farewell,  my  beloved  sister  of  Un- 

Blakeston./f^  —  (Hopkin.  thank,  with  all  your  children,  my  nephews  and 

MSS.  vol.  31.)  nieces.     Since  the  departure  of  my  brother  Hugh, 

3.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  of  Kingswood,  brother  my  mind  was  to  have  been  unto  them  in  the  stead 

of  Hugh,  is  noticed  in  the  inquest  after  the  of  their  father  ;  but  the  Lord  God  must  and  will 

death  of  his  nephew  Nicholas,  in  Cole's  Es-  be  their  father,  if  they  will  love  him,  and  fear  him, 

cheats,  Hart.  MS.  756,  p.  115.  and  live  to  the  trade  of  his  law." 

4.  THOMAS  RIDLEY,  also  noticed  in  the  2.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  fellow  of  Pembroke-hall, 
same  inquest.  Cambridge,   1524;   M.  A.,   1526;    proctor,   1533; 

5.  JANE  RIDLEY,  wife  of  John  Hei'on,  of  D.D.  and  master  of  Pembroke-hall,  1540.   He  was 


Chipchase 


also  chaplain  to  the  University,  and  a  common 


6.  MARGARET  R.  marr.  to  John  Feather-    i-eader  there.     In  1542,  he  was  made  prebendary 


stonehalgh,  of  Stanhope. 

7.  MABELL  R.  married  firstly,  ...  Fenwick, 
of  Littleharle  ;  and  2dly,  sir  John  Lumley, 
of  Axwell-houses,  in  c.o.  pal.  Dun. 


of  the  fifth  stall  in  Canterbury  Cathedral,  by  char- 
ter  of  erection;  afterwards  vicar  of  Herne,  in 
Kent  ;  and,  in  1547,  rector  of  Monksoham,  in 
Cambridgeshire  ;  in  the  same  year,  bishop  of  Ro- 

8.  ANNE  R.  wife  of  Wm  Wallis,  of  Knaresdale.    Chester;    in   1550,  bishop  of  London.     Some  ac- 

counts say,  he  was  translated  to  Durham,  after 
bishop  Tunstal's  deprivation  in  1552.  In  the  Marian  persecution  he  suffered  martyrdom  for  the  Protestant  faith,  at  Oxford, 
16  Oct.  1555.  Dr  Turner,  who  was  his  contemporary,  and  born  at  Morpeth,  speaking  of  bishop  Ridley,  says,  "  He  was 
born  in  my  native  county  of  Northumberland,  and  sprung  of  the  gentle  pedigree  of  the  Ridleys."  "  After  his  return  from. 
the  schools  beyond  the  seas,"  where  he  had  been  maintained  by  his  uncle  Robert,  "  he  lived  with  us,"  continues  Turner,  "  in 
Pembroke-hall  ;  but  at  length  was  called  away  from  us  to  the  bishop  of  Canterbury,  whom  he  served  faithfully,  and  lastly, 
was  raised  to  the  dignity  of  a  bishop.  The,  town  where  he  was  born  was  called  Willowmontiswick,  or  Willowmont."  There 
is  a  small  print  of  him,  entitled  "  Nicholas  Ridley,  Episcopus  RortVnsis,  25  Sep.  151-7;  Episcopts  Londinensis,  3  April,  1550  : 
martyrus  coronatus,  16  Oct.  1555.  H.  Holbein,  pinxit  :  J.  Miller,  sculpsit." 

1.  ALICE  RIDLEY,  who  married  secondly,  GEORGE  SHYPSIDE.  "  Farewell,"  says  the  zealous  and  affectionate  bishop, 
"_  Farewell  my  dear  brother  George  Shypside,  whom  I  have  ever  found  faithful,  trusty,  and  loving,  in  all  state  and  condi- 
tions; and  now,  in  the  time  of  my  cross,  over  all  other,  to  me  most  friendly  and  stedfast,  and  that  which  liked  me  best  over 
all  other  things,  in  God's  cause  ever  hearty.  Farewell,  my  dear  sister  Alice,  his  wife.  I  am  glad  to  hear  of  thee  that  thou 
dost  take  Christ's  cross,  which  is  now  laid,  blessed  be  God,  upon  thy  back  and  mine  in  good  part.  Thank  thou  God  that 
hath  given  thee  a  godly  and  a  loving  husband  :  see  thou  honour  him  and  obey  him  according  to  God's  law.  Honour  thy 
mother-in-law  his  mother,  and  love  all  those  that  pertain  unto  him,  being  ready  to  do  them  good  as  it  shall  lie  in  thy  power  ; 
as  for  thy  children,  I  doubt  not  of  thy  husband,  but  that  He  which  hath  given  him  a  heart  to  love  and  fear  God,  and  in  God 
them  that  pertain  unto  him,  shall  also  make  him  friendly  &  beneficial  to  thy  children,  even  us  if  they  had  been  gotten  of  his  own 
body.  "  Mr  Shypside  acted  a  good  deal  as  agent  to  his  brother-in-liuVj  the  bishop  ;  &  when  the  storm  of  the  Marian  Persecution 

(For  remainder  of  Ms  generation,  sec  over.)1?? 


324 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


Issue  of  sir  Hugh  Ridley, 
and  Isabella  Heron. 


Continuation  of  issue  of  Christopher  Ridley, 
and 


was  passing  over  the  prelate's  head,  his  wretched  successor  In  the  see  of  London  vented  his  vulgar  spleen  against  Shypside  in 
a  letter,  in  the  following  manner  : — "  My  usurper  I)r  Ridley  is  utterly  repulsed  :  so  that  I  would  ye  did  order  all  thing*  at 
Kidinerley  and  Bushley  at  your  pleasures,  not  suffering  Sliecpslicad  or  Shiptside  to  be  any  ruedler  there,  or  to  sell  or  carry  away 
any  thing  from  thence  ;  and  I  trust  at  your  coming  up  now  at  the  parliament,  I  shall  so  handle  both  the  said  Sheepsheads  &  the 
other  Calvesheads,  that  they  shall  perceive  their  sweet  shall  not  be  without  sour  sauce." — (Burnet's  Hist.  Kef.  ii.  book  2,  A"o.  7.) 
Ridley,  during  the  time  he  presided  over  the  see  of  London,  had  tirated  Bonner's  mother  with  great  tendeniess  and  respect ; 
but  as  soon  as  the  fierce  Romanist  found  the  pastoral  staff  within  his  grasp,  he  did  not  wield  it  over  Ridley's  sister  and 
her  husband  as  an  emblem  of  mercy  and  protection,  but  shook  it  over  their  heads  as  the  baton  of  terror  and  oppression. 

2.  ELIZABETH  RIDLEY,  wife  of  JOHN  RIDLEY,  of  the  Walltown,  of  whom  their  brother  the  bishop  took  farewell  in  the=r 
following  affectionate  terms : — "  Farewell  my  beloved  brother  John  Ridley,  of  the  Walltown,  and  you  my  gentle  and 
loving  sister  Elizabeth,  whom,  besides  the  natural  league  of  amity,  your  tender  love  which  you  were  said  ever  to  bear  to- 
wards me  above  the  rest  of  your  brethren,  doth  bind  me  lo  love.     My  mind  was  to  have  acknowledged  this  your  loving 
affection,  and  to  have  acquitted  it  with  deeds  and  not  with  words  alone.     Your  daughter  Elizabeth  I  bid  farewell,  whom  I 
love  for  the  meek  and  gentle  spirit  that  God  hath  given  her,  which  is  a  precious  thing  in  the  sight  of  God."     Her  husband 
was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Haltwhistle  church,  where  there  is  an  inscribed  monument  to  his  memory. 

3.  RIDLEY,  wife  of  Matthew  Whittleld,  to  whose  son  the  bishop  in  his  farewell  letter  thus  addressed  himself  :— 

"  Farewell  my  young  cousin  Ralph  Whitfleld.     Oh,  your  time  was  very  short  with  me  :  my  mind  was  to  have  done  you 
good,  and  yet  you  caught  in  that  little  time  a  loss  ;  hut  I  trust  it  shall  be  recompensed  as  it  shall  please  Almighty  God." 


VI.— 1.  SIR  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Willymoteswirk,1 
son  and  heir  of  Hugh  Ridley,  who  was  son  and 
heir  of  Nich.  Ridley,  who  died  89  Hen.  8,  1537. 
— (Cole's  Escheats,  Hart.  MS.  760,  334.)  In  1552, 
he  resided  at  Willimoteswick,  "  in  a  good  tower 


I    I    I    I    I 1 

-MABELL,  daur.  of  sir    4.  THOMAS  RIDLEY,  o 

Philip  Dacre,  of  Mor-    Walltown. 

peth,   third    son    of        2.  JOHN  RIDLEY 

Humphrey  lord  Da-    Plankford,  marr.  Jane, 

ere,  had  by  her  hus-    danr.  of  John  Krrington,  brother  of  Gilbert  E. 


,   OfTELIZABETH     RlDLEY,    Sole 

|  danr.  &  heir  of  John  Rid- 
,   of  j  ley,  of  Walltown. 


band's  will,  her  thirds  3.  CUTHBEKT  RIDLEY  went  into  Ireland,  and  re- 
apportioned  in  Ridley  sided  there.  One  copy  of  the  pedigree  says,  he 
and  Milkridge  lord-  "  went  into  Westmorland." 

ships.  1 ,  wife  of  Ralph  Whitfleld,  of  Whitfleld,  esq. 

2.  DOROTHV,  wife  of  Henry  Jackson. 
3 ,  wife  of  Wm  Weldon,  of  Weldon,  esq. 


and  a  stone  house  adjoining,  which  he  kept  in 
good  repair"  (///.  »'.  Sil7)  ;  and,  in  the  same  year, 
•was  a  commissioner  for  inclosures  in  the  Middle 
Marches. — (Border  Laws,  p.  334.)  The  queen's 
feodary  for  1568,  gives  the  following  enumera- 
tion of  his  Northumberland  estates: — The  manors 
and  villes  of  Willimoteswick  &  Henshaugh  ;  also 
Cragshiel,  Homstede,  Legget,  Rosburie,  Crookbank,  Chesterwood,  Hayden,  Woodsbiel,  Ridley  Hall,  Reltingham,  Shaws, 
Woodburnhouse,  Midshaw,  Style,  Bragwood,  Farns,  Alonsgreen,  Pempugh,  Woodhall,  Fallmgton,  Milkridge,  Highhouses, 
Whitechester,  with  lands  in  "  Haltwisle,"  Haydon  Bridge,  Morriley,  Whiteshiel,  Thorngrafton,  Birkshaw,  Mineshaw, 
Bradley,  East  Grlndondikes,  Henshaugh,  Toyhouses,  Hunter  Crag,  Barton  Mill,  and  Walltown.  He  was  sheriff  of  North- 
umberland in  1570.  By  his  will,  which  is  at  Durham,  and  dated  15  Oct.  1573,  he  left  to  his  two  sons  William  and  Alex- 
ander, Henshaugh,  for  life ;  and  to  his  wife,  Mabell,  the  third  part  of  Ridley  lordship  and  Milkridge,  besides  devising 
legacies  to  his  daughters  Margaret  and  Isabell,  and  to  his  son  Nicholas  and  his  brother  Thomas,  and  appointing  Francis 
Dacre,  Ralph  Whitfleld,  and  George  Lumley,  supervisors.—  (Raine's  Test.  360.)  This  will,  as  cited  in  the  inquest  after  his 
son  Nicholas's  death,  also  entailed  his  estates  on  his  eldest  son  and  heir  Nicholas,  and  his  heirs  male,  with  remainders  to 
his  second  son  William,  third  son  Thomas,  and  fourth  son  Alexander. 


VII.— 1.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of=MARGARET,  dau. 


— i — i — i — i — i — i — i — r       r 

2.  WILLIAM  RIDLEY=T=    3.  THOMAS  RIDLEY,  ofnr    JOHN  RIDLEY,  of  Wall- 


Hardriding,  is  men- 
tioned in  the  inquest 
after  the  death  of  his 
brother  Nicholas.  He 
married  MARY,  daur. 
of  his  cousin  John  Rid- 
ley, oftheWall  town.  " 


town,  in  1615,  married 

Anne   Charleton,   of 
Hesleyside,  from  whom 
were  the  R1DLEYS  of 
WALLTOWN. =f= 
A 


Willimoteswick,  esq.     He  was    of  Thos.  Forster,    was  28  years  old  at 

high-sheriff  in  1585  ;  and  died    of  Ederston.  the  time  of  his  bro. 

16  June,  in  that  year,  without  Nicholas's  death,  in 

issue.    I  find  in  Raine's  Testa-    1586,  when  he  succeeded  to  his  estates  ; 

u  irii  fa,  the  sequestration  of  his    marr.  a  d.  of  John  Heron,  of  Chipchase. 

goods,  dated  12  Feb.  1586,  and    On  Oct.  24,  8  Eliz.  Wm  Ridley  had  a 

mentioning  his  wife  Margaret,    grant  of  lands  and  tenements  at  West- 

The  inventory  to   them   was    wood,  in  Hexhamshire ;  and  again,  30 

"  praised"  on  March  7,  by  Jas.     Oct.  18  Eliz.  a  grant  also  of  lands  and  tenements  in  Hexamshire. — (Land  Rev.  Off.  Rec.  ii.\ 

and  Hugh  Ridley  (Raine's  Test.    B.  9,  IV.  10.)     The  inventory  of  his  goods  is  dated  22  Aug.   1599 ;  describes  him  as  of 

132,  380) ;  and  the  inquest  af-    "  Wyllmontswick,  esq."  and  was  made  by  Christopher,  John,  and  Hugh  Ridley  ;  and  the 

ter  his  death  bears  date  at  Cor-    administration  to  his  effects  was  taken  out  Aug.  27,  in  the  same  year,  by  his  son  William's 

bridge,   21   Sep.  in   the  same    wife's  father,  Richard  Musgrave,  esq.  whom  it  appoints  tutor  to  his  children  William, 

year,  and  describes  him  as  dying    Michael,  Mabell,  and  Margaret. — (Raines  Test.  147,  390.) 

on  the  6th  of  Jan.  preceding,        4.  ALEXANDER  RIDLEY  married  BARBARA,  daur.  of  Thomas  Crane,  of  Crowhall,  in  the 

possessed  of  a  capital  messuage    parish  of  Haltwhistle,  and  in   1628  had  a  writ  of  error  in  a  matter  of  himself  and  wife 

and  lands  in   "  Willymonts-    against  one  Thomas  Glenwright.     They  had  also  a  writ  of  latitat  against  Isabella  Bates, 

wick,"  property  in  the  ville  of   spinster,  and  Thomas  and  John  Gleuwright,  and  Thomas  Rey,  besides  various  other  legal 

"  Ayden  &  Aydenbriggs,"  the    proceedings  against  the  same  persons,  before  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  in  the  same  year, 

manor  of  Ridley  Hall,  Belt-    in  which  he  was  also  a  juryman  at  the  assizes. — (Sivinb.  MSS.  Hi.  53,  159,  $c.  ;  see  also 

ingham,  lands  in  Crookbank,    Arch,  miana,  i,  161.)      The  inventory  of  his  goods,  in  which  he  is  styled  of  Whitshield, 

Chesterwood,      Thorngrafton,    gent.,  is  dated  May  20,  1663. — (Raine's  Test.  893.) 

Millhouse,  "  Braed"  and  Whit-  I.JANE.     2.  MARGERY.     S.ELIZABETH.     4.  MABELL.     5.  ISABELL.     6.  ANNE. 

shiels,  tenements  called  "Myk- 

ryde,     the  Woohall,  and  Milburne,  lands  and  tenements  in  Walltown  and  Birkshaw,  also  lands  in  Sillwray,  Woodshiels, 

Newbrough,  "  Pempeugh,"  and  Allonsgreen  ;  considerable  possessions  in  Haltwhistle,  Shaws,  Farnens,  Milkwhame,  Steel, 

"  Crendledykes,"  and  Millhouses ;  lands  and  tenements  called  Kingswood ;  a  great  waste  or  uncultivated  tract,  which 

formed  part  of  the  forest  of  Lowes  ;  also  lands  in  "  Mosskennel,  Allonsgreen,  Toohouses,  Whitchester,  Huntercrag;  and 

Bardon  Mill,  the  manor  of  Henshaugh,  and  the  rectory  of  Haltwissle." — (Cole's  Esch.  Harl.  MS.  760,  p.  334.) 


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'•fc 

Issue  of  William  Ridley, 

and Heron. 

I  


Issue  of  Thomas  Ridley,  of  Hardriding, 
and  Mary  Ridley,  of  Walltown. 


VIII. — 1.  WILLIAM  RIDLEY,-T ,  daur. 


2.  MICHAEL 

3.  MABELL. 
4-.  MARGA- 
RET. 


in  1615,  was  lessee  under  the  ofsirRichd. 
crown  of  the  castle  &  manor  Musgrave, 
of  Wark,  the  village  and  ma-  of  Norton, 
nor  of  Playnmcllor,  a  tene-  ki.ight. 
ment  called  Unthank, another 
called  Faiishield,  and  of  "  Stewart  in  Playnmellor ;" 
and  also  joint  tenant  with  Roger  Carnaby  and  Edward 
Maughan,  in  the  ville  and  manor  of  Grindon,  and  the 
lands  called  the  Knagge,  in  which  year,  these  and  other 
possessions  were  granted  in  fee  to  Theophillus  lord 
Howard  of  Walden.  In  1629,  held  in  capite  of  the 
crown  the  capital  messuage  called  Ridley  Hall,  and  the 
manors  of  Willymoteswiek  and  Melkridge,  with  various 
other  manors,  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  &c. — (Mich. 
MSS.  No.  33  y  K.  622.)  


1.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  ANNE,  daur.=2.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,-I-BARBARA, 

eldest  son,    died  of  ...  Heron,  of  Hardriding,  esq.  to  I  daur.  of ... 

s.  p.  of      Birtley,  whom  Aug.  21,  1602,  I  Errington, 

3.  CUTH.  RID-  who  had  is-  sequestration   of   the  I    of  West 

LEY,  from  whom  sue    by    her  goods  of  Christopher  |    Denton 

were   the    RID-  husband, two  Ridley,  late  of  the  pa- 

LEYS  ofTECK-  daurs.,  Bar-  rish  o'f  Simonburne,  was  granted. 


ET. 

4.  GEO.  RIDLEY, 
mentioned  in  his 
broth.  Nicholas's 
will. 


bara  #  Eliza-    —(Raines  Test.   140.)     Will  dated 
betk,    who      May  23,  1617,  mentions  his  bro. 
died  young.     George,  his  eldest  son  John,  his 
second  son  Albanie,  his  daughters 
Elizabeth  and  Barbaric,  and  his 
wife  Barbaric,  "  now  great  with 
child,"  and  directs  "  his  body  to 
be  buried  In  Haltwhistle  chnrch,  near  to 
where  his  late  wife  was  buried." 


IX. — MUSGRAVE  RIDLEY,  of  Willymoteswick,  esq. 
a  staunch  loyalist,  was  plundered  and  sequestered      Ralph  Feather- 
for  his  steady  adherence  to  the  cause  of  Charles  the        stonehalgb,  of 
First,   in  whose  reign   he  held  in  capite  of  the      Stanhope,  in  co. 
crown  the  manor  of  Willymoteswick,  Ridley,  Rid-  Durham, 

ley  Hall,  and  Melkridge,  besides  divers  messuages 
and  lands  there,  and  the  rectory  of  "  Haltwesil  (Wallis,  H.  24) ;  but,  in 
the  succeeding  tyranny,  on  Nov.  2,  1652,  the  name  of  Musgrave  Rid- 
ley, of  "  Williemonswick,"  was  ordered  to  be  inserted  into  the  bill  for 
the  sale  of  estates  forfeited  to  the  Commonwealth  for  treason. ^(Jour. 
H.  C.  vm.  204;.)  Willimoteswick,  and  many  other  estates  of  the  Rid- 
leys,  in  1663,  belonged  to  sir  Francis  Neville,  of  Chevet,  in  Yorkshire, 
who  was  also  a  loyalist,  and  heavily  fined  during  the  time  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. I  am  not  in  possession  of  documents  to  show  who  are 
now  the  representatives  of  this  eldest  line  of  the  Ridleys ;  but  I  find 
In  the  Haltwhistle  Registers,  that  Hugh  Ridley,  of  Plenrnellor,  chief, 
and  Mabell  Lowes,  of  Wagtail-hall,  were  mairied  at  Haltwhistle,  Nov. 
4,  1695  ;  and  John  Ridley,  of  Hexbam,  who  was  usually  called  Chu-f 
Ridley,  voted  at  the  election  in  1774,  for  a  freehold  in  the  palish  of 
Haltwhistle,  called  Hall-peat-moss. 


1.  ANNE,  daur.  of=rl.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  of  Hardi-iding,*^.  MARY,  daur.  of 


according  to  Dugdale's  account,  at  |  Edw.  Lawson,  of 
the   visitation    for   Northumber-  j  Brunton,  esq. 
land  in  1666,  was  then  one  of  his 


majesty's  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  county  of 
Northumberland,  and  aged  51  years.  He  was  also 
major  of  a  regiment  in  the  army  "of  William,  marquis 
of  Newcastle,  for  the  service  of  king  Charles  the 
First ;  as  also  a  major  in  the  garrison  of  Carlisle 
when  sir  Philip  Musgrave  was  governor  there  ;  and 
afterwards  major  to  sir  Marmaduke  Langdale,  who 
was  created  baron  Langdale  in  1658. 

2.  ALBANY  RIDLEY,  second  son,  of  London,  mer- 
chant, died  s.  p. 

3.  SUSANNAH,  wife  of  Mr  Michael  Stokoe,  of  Hay- 
don  Bridge. 

4  and  5.   ELIZABETH  and  BARBARA,  mentioned  ir: 
their  father's  will. 


X. — 1.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  who_died  unmarried.     1.  BARBARA,  wife    3.  EDWARD  RIDLEY,  J  MATTHEW  AVHITE,=f=jANE,  daiir. 

2.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY  was-r-MAKTHA,  daur.      of  John   Brad-      aged  14  in  1666.    He  esq.  a  merchant  in  New- I  of    Nicholas 

"  of  Rich.  March,    wood,  of  the  city    wasof  Lincoln's  Inn,  castle,  and  of  Hawthorn,  I  Fenwick,  of 

married   Dorothy  in  the  county  of  Durham,    Newcastle. 

Chamberlayne,    and  part  of  which  manor  and  j 

bad  issue: — Mary,  township  Richard  White, 

Eleanor,      Dorothy,  of  Hawthorn,   In   1607,   purchased  of 


19  years  old  in  1666.  He 
was  styled  of  Newcastle 
upon  Tyne  and  Heaton. 
He  died  22  Jan.  1710. 


of  Newcastle,     of  Carlisle, 
merchant,  died 
April  13,  1728. 


Anne,  8;  Edward,  who.  sir  Francis  and  Edward  Radcliff,  of 
was  a  colonel  in  the  Guards,  and  died  unmarried.  On  Sep.  25,  1684,  Mr  Edward  Dilston,  in  this  county  ;  which  Richard 
Ridley  was  appointed  "  agent  or  solicitor"  for  the  town  of  Newcastle ;  and,  in  White  had  a  son  and  heir,  Miles  White, 
1686,  occurs  in  an  order  of  the  common  council  as  a  friend  of  the  Jacobite  party,  who,  on  May  5,  1628,  was  19  years  old, 
—(Brand's  Newcastle,  i.  30;  it.  364.)  and  had  for  his  successor  in  his  estate. 

4.  NEVILLE  RIDLEY,  aged  12  in  1666.    There  is,  at  Netherwitton,  a  warrant  for    Geo.  White,  who,  in  1721,  sold  Haw- 
summoning  him  to  appear  before  the  commissioners  of  forfeited  lands  ;  but  I  have    thorn  to  his  cous.  Matt.  White,  son  ofthe 
not  the  date  of  it.     He  died  without  issue.  subject  of  this  notice,  who  was  sheriff 

5.  WILFRID  RIDLEY,  aged  10  in  1666;  died  without  issue.  of  Newcastle  at  the  Revolution,  in  1688; 

6.  GODFREY  RIDLEY,  aged  9  in  1666.  and  mayor  of  that  town  in  1691  and 

7.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  aged  2  in  1666.  1708.     He  was  also  governor  of  the 

2.  ELIZABETH,  aged  13  in  1666;  married  Edward  Stokoe,  of  Carlisle. /K  Merchants' and  Hoastmen's  Companies, 

3.  MARY,  aged  8  in  1(566 ;  married  the  rev.  Thomas  Tate,  who  became  vicar  of   and  died  Oct.  10,   1716,  as  appears  by 
Haltwhistle  in  1687.  an  inscription  foi-merly  on  his  tomb  In 

4.  JANE,  aged  6  in  1666  ;  married Dobson.  All    Saints'   church,    arid    printed    in 

5.  ANNE,  aged  4  in  1666  ;  marr.  Chris.  Barrow,  of  Shankfoot,  near  Haltwhistle.    Brand's  Newcastle,  vol.  i.  p.  376.     He 

left  out  of  a  house  in  Pilgrim  Street, 

Newcastle,  30s.  a  year  to  the  poor  of  each  of  the  parishes  of  St  Nicholas  and  All  Saints,  and  20s.  a  year  to  the  poor  of  St 
John's. — r  Bourne,  26,  79,  101  )  i — 


— I —  1     I     I     I 1     I     I 

XI. — 2.  RICHARD  RIDLEY,  of  Newcastle-p-l.   MARGT.   WHITE,     I.JOHN  RIDLEY,  esq.  died  14  April,  1686,  and  buried  in  St 

and  Heaton,  esq.  "  eldest  son  to  Nicholas  ' 

Ridley,  who  was  born  at  Hardriding." — 

(Bourne,  114)      Mayor  of  Newcastle  in 

1713  and  1732  ;  governor  of  the  Hoast- 

men's  Company  from  1716  to  1725.    Was 

owner  of  Plessey  colliery  when  it  was 

sold  in  1723.     He  died  2  Nov.  1739  ;  and 

was  buried  in  St  Nicholas,  Newcastle. 


dan.  of  Matt.  White,  Nicholas  chnrch,  Newcastle. — (Brand,  i.  282.) 
of  Newcastle ;  mar.  8.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  esq.  was  envoy  from  England  to 
at  Stannington,  18  Anne,  empress  of  Russia.  He  had  an  estate  on  the  Tyne, 
Nov.  1707.  She  died  a  little  above  Willimoteswick  \  Bourne,  114) ;  and  died  at  the 
at  her  house  in  New-  Link-house,  near  BIyth,  in  June,  1751. — (Newc.  Courant; 
castle,  Dec.  16,  1764,  see  Brand's  Newc.  i.  494.) 

aged  83   years. —  4.  EDWARD  RIDLEY.  5.  JOHN  RIDLEY. 

(Xewc.  Cow.)  1.  MARY  RIDLEY,  wife  of  Gawen  Aynsley,  of  Littleharle 

Tower,  esq.  died  March  18,  1746,  aged  70,  and  was  buried 
in  the  chancel  of  Whelpington  church. 
2.  ANNK  RIDLEY  died  young. 

3.  ANNE  RIDLEY,  wife  of  Joshua  Douglas,  esq.  of  Newcastle,  by  whom  she  had  issue  three  daurs.  viz.  : — 1.  Mary  ;  and  2. 
Alice,  both  of  whom  died  unmarried  ;  and  3.  Martha,  married  at  Gosforth  in  May,  1746,  to  sir  Thomas  Claverlng,  of  Axwell 
Park,  in  co.  Durham,  bart.     She  died  Aug.  16,  1792,  aged  66,  and  was  buried  at  Whickham. 

4.  MARTHA  RIDLEY  died  unmarried  in  Soho  Square,  London,  in  Feb.  1763. — (Newcastle  Courant.) 

(for  other  issue  of  Matthew  White  and  Jane  Fenwick,  see  over.) 

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Issue  of  Richard  Ridley 
and  Margaret  White. 


Issue  of  Matthew  White  and 
Jane  Feuwick,  continued. 


I 1 1 1 III! 

1.  NICHOLAS  WHITE.    2.  NICHOLAS  WHITE.    3.  MATT.  WHITE,  of=T=ELizABETH,    4.  ROBERT  WHITE.    2.  ELIZABETH    WHITE, 


Blagdon,  esq.,  go- 
vernor of  the  Merchants'  Company  in  Newc«istle,  from  171 2  to 
1739,  distinguished  himself  highly  in  1715,  for  his  defence  of  the 
house  of  Hanover  ;  sheriff  of  Northumberland  in  1720.  By  his 
will,  which  is  dated  Feb.  1,  1749,  he  left  his  body  to  be  buried  in 
All  Saints'  church ;  a  legacy  to  his  daur.  Mary  ;  to  liis  servant, 
John  Wilson,  £50 ;  to  his  son-in-law,  Matt.  Ridley,  &  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  and  their  children,  i'10  a  piece  to  buy  them  mourning-; 
and  all  his  real  and  personal  estate  to  his  dear  son,  Matt.  Whi<e, 
with  remainder  to  his  chiurs.  Elizabeth  and  Mary  equally.  He 
died  at  Blag-don,  June  18,  1750,  aged  60  years,  and  was  buried 
ill  the  family  vault  in  All  Saints'  church. — (Newc.  Cour.,  June 
23,  1750.) 


daur.  &  co- 


wife  of  Robt.  Douglas, 


heir  of  John  Johnson,  of  Beb-  esq.  died  at  Newcastle, 
side,  esq.  April  29,  1756,  &  with- 

out issue. 

3.  MARTHA  WHITE,  living  in  1749 ;  and  then,  by  her 
brother  Matthew's  will,  made  one  of  the  guardians  of 
h»-r  niece  Mary.  4.  MARY  WHITE. 

6.  ISABELLA  WHITE,  wife  of  Thomas  Walters,  esq.  of 
Newcastle,  who  had  issue — Thomas  and  Isabella  Walters, 
each  of  whom,  in  1755,  had  a  legacy  of  £50  by  the  will  of 
sir  Matthew  White,  bart. 

6.  JANE  WHITE  died  unmarried. 


XII.— 1.  HANNAH,1 

da.  of  Jos.  Barnes, 
esq.  of  Newcastle, 
son  of  alderman 
Barnes.  She  died 
7  Nov.  1741,  and 
was  buried  in  St. 
Nicholas'  church, 
Newcastle. 


—  I —                                                     — I —            — II  I  II  I  I  I  II         I 

2.  MATTHEW  RIDLEY,  of  Heaton,  esq. ~T-2.  ELIZ.  WHITE,    1&3.  NICHOLAS  MATT.  WHITE,    MARY  WHITE, 

'  sole  heir  of  her    and    NICHOLAS,  JOHN,  NICHO-    under  age   in 

brother,  sir  Mat-    both  died  young.  LAS,    GEORGE,    1749,     when, 

thew  White,  of         4.    RICHARD  JANE,     CHAS.,    by  her  father's 

Blagdon,  bart.  ;    RIDLEY,  esq.,  a  and  MARY,  all 

married  at  Stan-    captain  of  foot,  died  young, 

nington,  IBNov.    married    ANNE,  MATTHEW 
1742;    had   a 
marriage   por- 
tion of  £8,000 ; 


"  Bright  star  of  Heaton, 
"  You're  aye  our  darling  sweet  one, 
"  May  heaven's  blessings  light  on 
"  Your  Lady,  bairns,  and  you." 

He  was  mayor  of  Newcastle  in  1733, 
1744,  r<51,  and  1759  ;  and  made  go- 
vernor of  the  Merchants'  Company 
in  1739.  Was  one  of  the  unsuccess- 


ful candidates  for  representing  Newcastle  in  parliament, 
at  the  election  in  1741,  to  pay  for  the  law  experices  of 
which,  he  is  said  to  have  sold  Hardriding  to  Wm  Lowes, 
esq.  who  was  his  attorney  on  that  occasion.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  poll,  the  votes  were  as  follows  : — Wal- 
ter Blackett,  esq.  1458;  Nicholas  Fen  wick,  esq.  1231; 
Matthew  Ridley,  esq.  I  l:il  ;  Wm  Carre,  esq.  683.  He 
was,  however,  M.P.  for  Newcastle  in  the  five  successive 
parliaments  from  1747  to  1774,  in  which  last-named 
year  he  retired  from  that  office  on  account  of  declining 
health.  In  the  Rebellion  in  1745,  he  stood  in  Newcastle 
at  the  head  of  the  supporters  of  the  reigning  family,  and 
"  by  his  prudence  and  activity  averted  the  attack  medi- 
tated against  that  town  by  the  enemies  of  the  house  of 
Brunswick,  and  thereby  materially  checked  the  progress 
of  their  arms."  He  died  April  6,  1778,  aged  66.  There 
is  a  fine  monument  to  his  memory,  by  Bacon,  in  Saint 
Nicholas  church.  It  is  of  marble,  and  consists  of  a  sta- 
|tue  of  him  as  large  as  life,  an  epitaph,  and  various  em- 
blematical figures.  His  public  character  was  spiritedly 
drawn  by  a  friend  in  the  Newcastle  Courant,  and  is 
given  in  Brand's  Newcastle,  ii.  550. 


will,  she  had 
£100  a  year 
till  21  ;  and 

daur.  of  George    WniTE.ofBlag--    after  that  age, 
Roach,    a  mer-    don,  esq.  high-    £150  a  year; 
chant  in  Ports-    sheriff  of  Nor-    &  after  mar- 
and  died  May  4,      mouth ;    died       thumberland      riage,    £8,000 
1764.  Oct.    19,   1762 ;      in   1756,    in      in  lieu  of  the 

and  buried  in  St    which  year  he    annuity. 

Nicholas,   Newcastle. (Newcastle     received    the 

Courant.)  honour  of  knighthood ;  and  on 

1,  2,  &  4.  JANE,  MARTHA,  and  May  8,  was  created  a  baronet, 
MARY,  all  died  young.  with  remainder  to  the  heirs 

3.  MARGARET,  1st  wife  of  the  rev.  male  of  his  sister  Elizabeth, 
Hugh  Moise«,  A.  M.,  lecturer  of  All  wife  of  Matthew  Ridley,  esq. 
Saints',  and  master  of  the  H<.sp.  of  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  North- 
St  Mary  the  Virgin,  &  of  the  Head  umberland  militia.  By  his 
School,  Newcastle.  will,  which  is  dated  Sept.  30, 

5.  JANE,  wife  of  MATT.  BELL,  1755,  he  entailed  his  estates  up- 
esq.  great  grandfather  of  Matthew  on  his  sister  Elizabeth  and  her 
Bell,  of  Woolsington,  esq.,  now,  husband,  for  their  lives;  with 
August  6,  1830,  returned,  for  the  rem.  to  their  son  Matt.  White 
third  time,  M.  P.  for  this  county.  Ridley,  and  heirs  male ;  with 

rem.  to  Nich.  and  their  other 

sons  successively  ;  then  to  the  use  of  his  sister  Mary  White,  and 
heirs  male,  &c.  ;  then  to  the  daughters  of  his  sister  Elizabeth,  and 
their  heirs  male  successively,  with  divers  other  remainders.  He 
also  gave  to  his  sister  Mary,  a  portion  of  £12,000  over  and  above 
the  £8,000  left  to  her  by  her  father,  but  with  restrictions  in  case 
of  her  marrying  without  the  consent  of  her  guardians.  He  also  left  the  following  annuities : — To  his  sister  Mary,  £400  ; 
to  his  cousin  Matthew  Walters,  £100  ;  to  Edward  Bigg-e.  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  £*00  ;  to  John  Robinson,  his  house-steward, 
£20 ;  besides  various  legacies,  especially  to  "  Charles  John  Johnson  Fielding,  William  Carr  Fielding,  and  Mary  Fielding, 
children  of  my  aunt  Fielding,  £50  a  piece."  He  died  at  Blagdon,  March  30,  1763,  and  was  buried  in  All  Saints'  church, 
Newcastle. 


T  I I I I \(sce  over) 

XIII. — 1.  RICHARD  RIDLEY,    2.  SIR  MATTHEW  WHITE  RIDLEY.^SAKAH,  dau.  and    3.  EDWARD  RIDLEY,  born  May  22,  1747; 


esq.  was  a  col.  in  a  foot  regt.  baronet,  born  in  the  parish  of  St 
Born  in  the  parish  of  St  Geo.  John,  Newcastle,  Oct.  28,  1745; 
the  Martyr,  London,  5  July,  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  in 
1736,  and  died  in  Edinburgh,  1763,  when  he  was  a  minor,  and 
s.  p.  1 789 ;  bur.  in  St  N.  Newc.  at  Westminster  school ;  mar.  July 
12, 1777.  He  was  chosen  M.P.  for 

Morpeth  in  1768  ;  &  was  mayor  of  Newc.  in  1774,  1782,  &  1791. 
He  also  represented  Newcastle  in  parliament  from  1774  to  1812; 
was  a  colonel  of  the  Loyal  Newcastle  Associated  Volunteer  In- 
fantry ;  atid  presided  over  the  Merchants'  Company  of  Newcas- 
tle, from  1778  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  event  occurred  at 
his  house  in  Portland  Place,  London,  April  16,  1813.  As  a 
senator,  he  was  "  active  and  independent,"  and  distinguished 
for  his  uniform  opposition  to  the  tory  administrations  of  the 
country.  The  beautiful  full-length  figure  of  him,  on  his  monu- 
ment, in  St  Nicholas'  church,  is  by  Flaxman,  and  considered  an 
admirable  likeness. 


Bath  ;  died  Aug.    near  Blyth,  esq.  born  March  5,  1749,  be- 
3,  1806.  came  a  bencher  in  Grey's  Inn,    and  a 

master  in  Chancery.  He  married  LETI- 
TIA,  daur.  of  Hugh  Atkins,  esq.  a  Russian  merchant ;  and 
died  at  Bath,  Jan.  1,  1805,  aged  55.  There  is  a  handsome 
monument  to  his  memory  on  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel 
of  St  Nicholas'  church. 

5.  JOHN  RIDLEY,  born  April  14,  1750  ;  was  a  captain  in 
the  24th  regt.  cf  foot ;  and  died  at  New  York,  in  1776,  s.  p. 

6.  HENRY  RIDLEY,  D.D.,  christened  at  All  Saints'  church 
August  1,  1753;  lord  Ravensworth,  sir  Thomas  Clavering, 
and  Mrs  Ridley,  being  sponsors  for  him. — (Kerne;  Courant.) 
He  was  of  University  College,  and  M.  A.  there  in  1776.   On 
June  14,  1779,  he  was  appointed  lecturer  of  All  Saints',  in 
Newcastle  ;  and,  April  19,  1781,  married  FRANCES,  dau.  of 

Aubone  Surtees,  esq.,  and  sister  of  the  countess  of  Eldon  ; 

Sept.  21,  1786,  elected  master  of  the  hospital  of  St  Mary  Magdalene,  and  chaplain  of  the  chapel  of  St  Thomas  a  Becket,  on 
Tyne  Bridge,  Newc.  ;  afterwards  he  became  rector  of  Whippenham,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight ;  D.D.,  June  3,  1802  ;  prebendary 
of  Gloucester  in  1804  ;  in  1805,  vicar  of  Kirkby-under-dale,  in  Yorkshire  ;  in  1817,  had,  on  the  presentation  of  the  crown, 
the  living  of  St  Andrew  cum  St  Mary,  in  Hertford.  He  was  also  rector  of  Hertingfordbury,  in  Herts,  where  he  died  Octob. 
11,  1825,  aged  72  years.  =r  p 

J/K  (For  remainder  of  this  eaicrathn.  see  ncxi  pvee.W 

!•  2. 


heir  of  Benjamin    died  March  18,  1749. — (Ncivc.  Cour.) 
Colborne,  esq.  of        4.  NICHOLAS  RIDLEY,  of  Link-house, 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. RIDLEY  PEDIGREE,  AND  BLAGDON  HALL. 


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Issue  of  sir  Matt.  White  Ridley,  bart. 

and  Sarah  Colburiie. 
I 


Cont.  of  issue  of  Matthew  Ridley, 
and  Elizabeth  White. 


7.  EDWARD  RIDLEY,  born  11  September,  1754  ;  died  April  17,  1757;  .and  buried  at  St  Margaret's,  AVestminster. 

8.  CHARLES  RIDLEY,  born  27  February,  1756,  and  died  November  11,  1762. 

1.  ELIZABETH  CHRISTIANA,  eldest  child,  born  25  December,  1743;  married Robinson,  of  BTorpeth,  and  died  s.  p. 

2.  MARGARET,  born  December  5,  1744.  and  rii.'d  in  March,  1813. 

3.  JANE,  born  March  6,  1752  ;  married  Arthur  Shakespear,  of  Stepney,  near  London  ;  and  died  in  February,  1804.  =r 

4.  MARY,  born  August  6,  1758,  and  died  unmarried  in  1779.  A 

T 


I    I    I    I    I 
XIV. — 1.  SIR  MATTHEW  WHITE  RIDLEY,-T~LAUR  A,  youngest    2.  NICHOLAS  WILLIAM  RIDLEY  took  the  name  of  COLBORNE  in 


born  18  April,  1778  ;  chosen  member  for 


Newcastle  of  the  several  successive  par- 
liaments from  October,  18:2,  to  July  30, 
1830,  inclusive. 


daur.    of  George    addition  to  th.it  of  Ridley,  in  compliance   with  the  will  of  his 


Edvv.    Hawkins,    maternal  grandfather  Benj.  Colbnme,  esq.     He  married  Char- 
esq.  lotte,  daur.  of  the  right  lion.  T.  Steele,  by  whom  he  has  issue. 

Mr  C.  was  chosen  M.  P.  for  Horsham  in  1830.  A 

3.  HENRY  COLBORNE,  in  holy  orders ;  marr.  Mary.  daur.  of  James  Fairer,  esq. 
4.  RICHARD,  in  holy  orders ;  married  Cath.  Lucy  Johnson.  5.  CHARLES  JOHN,  in  holy  orders. 

6.  EDWARD  BENJAMIN,  born  in  1795,  and  died  four  days  afterwards. 

7.  HENRIETTA  ELIZABETH  married,  firstly,  August  20,  1804,  the  HON.  JOHN  SCOTT,  eldest  son  of  John,  earl  of  Eldon,  by 
whom  she  had  issue  an  only  son,  John  viscount  Encombe,  born  Dec.  10,  1805.  Her  first  husband  dying  Dec.  4,  1805,  she  mar- 
ried, secondly.  James  William  Farrer,  esq.  of  Ingleborongh,  near  Settle,  Yorkshire. 

— I    I    I —  I    I    I ~  I    I    I I— I 1 

XV. — I.MATTHEW  WHITE  RIDLEY,  esq.    4.  HENRY  RICHARD.        1.  SARAH.       4.  MARIANNE. 
born  Sep.  9,  1807.  5.  WILLIAM  JOHN.          2.  LAURA.      5.  JANETTA  MARIA. 

2.  NICHOLAS  HENRY  died  young.  6.  GEORGE.  3.  LOUISA.      6.  MARY,  born  Oct.  8,  1820,  and 

3.  CHARLES  WILLIAM.  died  Jan.  1,  1821. 


BLAGDON  HALL. — I  have  seen  no  account  of  the  mansion-house  of  the 
Fen  wicks,  of  Blagdon ;  and  Bourne,   speaking  about  this  place,   says,  "  of 
what  it  was  formerly  I  have  little  knowledge.     In  the  reign  of  king  Henry  the 
Third  and  Edward  the  First,  we  meet  with  one  Adam  de  Blakedon  and  John 
de  Blakedon,   who  were  bailiffs  of  Newcastle."     The  place  called,  from  the 
crest  of  the  Fen  wicks,  the  Phoenix  Nest,  was  a  few  houses  on  the  west  side  of 
the  mail  road,  and  a  little  north  of  the  southern  entrance  into  the  grounds. 
Indeed,  only  about  twelve  years  since,   there  were  cottages  there,  over  the 
door-way  of  one  of  which  was  carved — THE  PHCENIX  NEST — in  a  stone  lintel, 
which  is  now  built  up  in  the  park  wall,  where  the  cottage  stood  out  of  which 
it  was  taken.    The  present  extensive  pile,  called  Blagdon  Hall,  owes  its  origin 
to  Matthew  White,   esq.,   who  died  in   1749-     His  arms,  quartering  those  of 
Johnson,  of  Bebside,  whose  co-heiress  he  married,  are  carved  within  a  scrawl 
in  the  pediment  of  the  south  front.     "  Since  the  present  gentleman,"  says 
Bourne,  whose  book  was  published  in   17^6,  "  was  the  possessor,  it  vastly 
surpasses  what  it  was  formerly  ;  and  whether  we  consider  the  stateliness  of 
the  house,  the  grandeur  of  the  avenue,  the  beauty  of  the  gardens,  or  the  art 
and  ornament  of  the  curious  fish  ponds,  we  shall  find  them  exceeded  by  few 
in  the  whole  country."     "  Some  additions  and  ornaments,"  Wallis  observes, 
were  made  to  it  by  sir  M.  White,  the  son  of  its  founder  ;  and  very  considera- 
ble enlargements  to  it  and  the  contiguous  offices,  and  improvements  in  the 
grounds  and  approaches  have  been  made  by  their  successors,  the  Ridleys. 
The  main  front  faces  the  south,  and  has  a  sumptuous  suite  of  rooms  on  the 


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ground  floor,  consisting  of  a  saloon,  dining-room,  drawing-room,  and  library, 
in  all  135  feet  long.  The  east  front  measures  65  feet.  Porticos,  from  designs 
by  Bonomi,  were  added  on  the  south  in  1826,  and  on  the  east,  in  1830 : 
that  on  the  south  has  its  intercolumniations  closed  with  a  screen  of  stained 
glass,  beautifully  enriched  with  classical  figures,  by  Mr  John  Gibson,  of  New- 
castle, and  is  used  as  a  conservatory.  The  Blakedene,  filled  and  hemmed  on 
each  side  with  forest  trees,  runs  behind  the  house  on  the  north  ;  arid  has  in  it 
a  large  quarry  of  fine  yellow  sandstone,  and  is  crossed  by  a  handsome  bridge, 
the  arch  of  which  is  closed  to  a  certain  height  to  dam  back  the  water  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  dene  to  the  level  of  the  land  on  each  side,  by  which  con- 
trivance a  deep  and  sinuous  river  is  thrown  through  the  adjoining  grounds.0 
Another  bridge  was  built  by  the  present  proprietor,  about  150  yards  further 
down  the  dene,  about  six  years  since,  as  a  communication  from  the  house 
with  the  adjoining  grounds  on  the  north. 


STANNINGTON  MISCELLANEA. 

1,  a.  INCUMBENTS  or  STANNINGTON.  RECTORS. — 
William,  presbyter  of  Stan'ton  was  one  of  the  witnesses 
to  Edgar,  the  son  of  Gospatric's  grant  of  Witton,  and 
other  places,  in  the  Gospatric  barony,  to  Ilanulph  de 
Merlay,  in  free  marriage  with  his  sister  Juliana. — (II. 
t.  323.)  Also,  William,  presbiter  of  Staniton,  in  1129, 
witnessed  Ralph  de  Merlay's  confirmation  of  his  father's 
grant  of  Morwick  to  the  monks  of  Durham. 

Herbert,  parson  of  Stannington  between  the  years 
1246  and  1256,  witnessed  the  grant  of  Roger  de  Mer- 
lay the  Third,  of  the  mill  of  Stannington,  to  John  de 
Plessy. 

Sir  Stephen,  rector  of  the  church  of  Stannington,  oc- 
curs three  times  as  a  witness  among  the  Plessey  deeds ; 
and,  one  of  the  times,  in  1267 — (Cart.  Rid.  ii.  83  ,•  and 
III.  ii.  72.)  He  also  witnessed  John  de  Plessy 's  grant 
of  the  mill  of  Stannington  to  the  monks  of  Newminster. 
—(III.  ii.  66.) 

Sir  Ric.  Sassot,  vicar  of  Stanigt,  occurs  as  a  witness  to 


a  deed  without  date,  respecting  lands  in  Plessey.—  (Cart. 
Rid.  67.) 

John  de  Grendale,  1316.  He  was  the  last  rector,  and 
is  mentioned  in  the  appropriation  of  the  rectorial  rights 
of  this  church  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster. 
— fill.  ii.  69.) 

VICARS. — John  de  Redwell,  1338 :  became  vicar  of 
Ellingham  in  1363,  on  the  resignation  of  Wm  Thorpe, 
who  succeeded  him  in  this  vicarage. 

William  Thorpe,  1363,  after  the  resig.  of  Redwell. 

William  Cane,  1366,  after  the  resignation  of  Thorpe. 

John  de  Duffield,  1370,  after  the  resig.  of  Cane. 

William  de  Malteby,  1388,  after  the  death  of  Duffield. 

Wm  de  Lamesley,  1401,  after  the  resig,  of  Malteby. 

Thomas  Whittinyham,  1416,  after  the  death  of  Lames- 
ley  ;  was  vicar  of  Kirknewton  in  1427. 

John  Gray,  1427,  prior  to  which  time  he  was  vicar  of 
Kirknewton,  which  living  he  seems  to  have  exchanged 
with  his  predecessor  in  this  vicarage. 

George  Lawes,  chaplain.   He  became  rector  of  Simon  • 


°  I  have  omitted,  in  the  account  of  this  township,  to  notice  that  sir  Simon  of  Plessis,  knight, 
gave  to  William,  son  of  William  Taylor,  of  Felton,  clerk,  half  a  carucate  of  land  in  Blakedene, 
between  the  years  1267  and  1271 — (Stan.  Misc.  No.  62.)  There  were  proceedings  in  chancery, 
in  queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  between  Richard  Grey,  senior,  brother  and  heir  of  John  Grey,  deceased, 
plaintiff,  and  Thomas  Lawson,  defendant,  respecting  a  claim  by  purchase  and  descent  to  all  those 
messuages,  lands,  and  tenements  of  John  Blackden,  deceased,  in  Blackden,  West  Hartford,  and 
Cowpen,  which  the  said  John  Blackden  had  sold  to  the  said  John  Grey. 


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burn,  August  12,  1496;  and  resigned  Stannington,  14 
November,  in  the  same  year. 

John  Ilykeson,  chaplain,  was  collated  14  Nov.  1496, 
after  the  resignation  of  Lavves. 

Steplien  Halydane,  presbyter,  collated  by  Cuthbert, 
bishop  of  Durham,  23  Feb.  1533,  after  the  resignation 
of  Hykeson. 

Christopher  Thorabye,  clerk,  collated  29  November, 
1 558,  after  the  resignation  of  Halydene ;  and  occurs  as 
incumbent  in  1606. 

John  Snape,  A.  M.  1629.  He  was  promoted  to  Hart- 
burn,  24  Nov.  1636 ;  biit  ejected  by  the  rebels,  and 
taught  a  school  at  Whickham,  in  the  county  of  Durham, 
till  he  was  restored  in  1660.  See  under  Hartburn. 

Evan,  an  intrudei. 

George  Hawdon,  A.M.  24  Sept.  1661;  collated  by 
John,  bishop  of  Durham. 

John  Jackson,  A.  M.  12  Dec.  1662. 

John  Thompson,  clerk,  7  Oct.  1 663 ;  after  the  resig. 
of  Jackson.  John  Thompson  became  rector  of  Ingram 
in  1637,  but  was  ousted  there  by  the  rebels. 

Reynold  Horsley,  clerk,  12  March,  1665v 

John  Teasdale,  1699. 

Cuthbert  Ellison,  A.  M.  1724  ;  was  curate  of  All 
Saints  in  1708.  He  was  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford; 
wrote — 1.  "  The  Babler,  in  2  Sermons,  on  Acts,  xvij.  18, 
preached  in  St  Nicholas'  church,  before  the  Corporation 
of  Newcastle,  May  25th  and  Nov.  27th,  1726;"  pub- 
lished  in  1745,  price  6d — 2.  "  A  Pastoral  between  Cory- 
don  and  Thyrsis."— 3.  "  A  Trip  to  Benwell,  by  Q.  Z. 
Newcastle,  1726."  This  last  production  is  in  verse,  and 
a  copy  of  it  at  Brand's  sale,  sold  for  £2  12s.  6d.  It  is 
scarce,  and  in  great  request  among  the  collectors  of 
local  literary  curiosities. 

Matthew  Robinson,  A.  M.  1744,  after  the  death  of  El- 
lison. He  was  vicar  of  By  well  St  Andrew  from  1729 
to  the  time  of  his  death  ;  also  curate  of  Slaley  in  1740. 
He  built  the  vicarage-house  here  in  1745,  and  died  10 
Nov.  1756. — (]\ewc.  Cour.) 

Joseph  Wood,  A  M.  in  Jan.  1757-  He  was  of  Univer- 
sity College,  Oxford,  and  had  been  preacher  at  Blyth 
before  his  collation  here.  He  died  Sept.  8,  1779. 

Thomas  Samuel  Butt,  p.  m.  Wood  ;  had  preferment  in 
Staffordshire,  and  died  in  1801. 

Samuel  Viner,  after  the  death  of  Butt ;  died  Nov.  1 1, 
1815,  aged  70. 

Timothy  Myers,  clerk,  4  Nov.  1815,  p.  m.  Viner,  on 
the  collation  of  bishop  Barrington,  when  Mr  Myers 
PART  II.  VOL.  II»  4 


resigned  his  vicarage  of  Preston  cum  Sutton  Poyntz, 
and  his  relation  Mr  Bowyer,  archdeacon  of  Northum- 
berland, in  right  of  his  stall  at  Salisbury,  presented  a 
friend  of  the  bishop  of  Durham's  to  it.  Mr  Myers  was 
chaplain  of  the  Mars  at  the  taking  of  Copenhagen  ;  also 
for  some  time  of  Sherburn  hospital.  He  married  Miss 

,  a  niece  of  Mrs  Bowyer;  and  his  uncle,  Thomas 

Myers,  B.L.L.,  was  vicar  of  Lazonby,  in  Cumberland, 
and  died  only  a  few  years  since.  I  am  obliged  to  Mr 
M.  for  setting  me  right  in  some  particulars  respecting 
this  parish,  and  for  several  communications  respecting  it. 

1,  b.  PATRONAGE,  VALUE,  PROCURATIONS,  REGIS- 
TERS, &c. — This  church  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  bi- 
shop of  Durham  ;  valued  in  the  king's  books  at  £5  13s. 
4d. ;  pays  lls.  4d.  yearly  tenths;  2s.  8d.  episcopal,  and 
12s.  archidiaconal  procurations.  Its  registers  commence 
in  1658,  but  Mr  Myers  tells  me,  contain  no  entries 
either  curious  or  useful  for  genealogies. 

1,  c.  PRESENTATIONS — Dec.  13,  1596,  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Grace,  of  Stannington,  was  presented  at  a  vi- 
sitation, for  turning  the  riddle  for  things  lost  and  stolen. 
The  riddle — the  "  Mystica  vannus  lacchi,"  was  form- 
erly much  in  use  among  practitioners  in  the  occult 
sciences.  A  pair  of  spring  shears  were  commonly  used 
with  them,  and  of  their  own  accord  turned  round  when 
the  name  of  the  person,  who  had  stolen  the  goods  pur- 
sued, was  called  over  them.  Lovers,  too,  in  an  open 
passage  at  night,  sought  to  see  through  the  meshes 
of  a  riddle,  the  form  of  their  future  partners  in  the  con- 
nubial life. — June  9,  1680,  Reynold  Horsley,  vicar, 
and  the  churchwardens  of  the  parish,  presented  Cuth- 
bert Ogle  and  Thomasine  his  wife,  for  being  fanatics, 
and  not  coming  to  church  ;  William  Potts,  'for  being  a 
quaker ;  and  George  Smith,  Richard  Smith  and  his 
wife  Mary,  and  Isab.  Liddle,  as  papists. — (MS,  penes  J. 
Sell,  p.  308.) 

1,  d.  ARCHDEACONS  MINUTES. — Lord  Tankerville 
is  impropriator,  and  Jos.  Green,  of  Stannington  Bridge, 
is  the  lessee.  'Tis  worth,  in  all,  about  £140.  Mr  Mat- 
thew White,  of  Blagdon,  Mr  Robert  Fenwick,  of  New- 
castle, and  Capt.  Towry,  are  the  present  impropriators. 
— (Archdeacon  Thou.  Sharpe.}  A  good  house  was  built 
by  Mr  Robinson,  the  late  vicar,  and  enlarged  by  the 
present,  so  as  to  be  both  a  commodious  and  elegant  ha- 
bitation. Ordered  July  8,  1760,  That  the  roof  of  the 
north  aisle,  belonging  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle's  estate  at 
Clifton  and  Caldwell,  be  repaired,  and  the  walls  and 
ceiling  thereof  decently  cleaned.— (Dr.  Rolinson.)  July 

P 


MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


18,  1764,  Ordered,  that  the  upper  arch  in  the  belfry  be 
repaired  where  cracked ;  and  that  all  stones  that  are 
not  properly  head-stones  be  thrown  out  of  the  church 
yard,  and  none  for  the  future  be  placed  upon  graves, 
without  the  consent  of  the  minister. — (Dr.  John  Sharpe.) 
October  30,  1828.  The  entrance  from  the  nave  to  the 
chancel  is  through  a  very  handsome  Saxon  arch.  They 
have  a  silver  cup  coverless,  and  a  patten  inscribed 
"  Donum  Richardi  Neile  Armigeri,  parochiae  de  Stan- 
nington  in  comitatu  Northutnl5."  The  parochial  con- 
cerns are  managed  by  a  select  vestry  of  24,  who  meet 
at  Easter.  The  clerk  receives  3d.  from  house  to  house, 
and  £3  from  the  rate.  The  parochial  school  is  endowed 
with  £11  a  year  from  the  following  sources : — From 
West-house  estate,  left  by  Mrs  Magdalen  Grey,  the 
benefactress  of  Howick  school,  £2  ;  and  interest  of  £180 
in  the  hands  of  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  £9  ;  for  which  sums 
eleven  poor  children  are  educated,  on  the  nomination  of 
the  minister  and  churchwardens.  The  Sunday  school 
is  kept  up  by  subscription,  and  attended  by  20  children. 
The  benefice  is  worth  about  £400  a  year.  The  vicar 
has  certain  stints  on  grounds  of  the  earl  of  Carlisle, 
which  he  proposes  to  exchange  for  land  on  the  south 
side  of  the  house.  His  glebe  is,  in  all,  21  acres — 7  ad- 
joining the  house,  and  including  buildings  and  gardens, 
and  14  on  the  east  side  of  the  great  road  to  Morpeth, 
and  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  vicarage-house. 
He  has  also  two  cottages,  separated  by  a  lane  from  the 
west  end  of  the  church-yard.  There  is  a  meeting-house 
at  Plessey  Checks. —  (Dr.  Singleton.*)  BENEFACTIONS. — 
M is  Magdalen  Grey,  of  Durham,  left  40s.  a  year  to- 
wards the  endowment  of  a  school  in  this  place.  This 
was  part  of  the  £300  left  by  her  in  charity. — (Arch. 
Thomas  Sharped) 

1,  e.  RECTORY. — Search  in  the  Rolls  Chapel  for  the 
grant  of  the  RECTORY  of  Stannington  :  what  follows 
only  appears : — 

Pat.  16°  Eliz.  p.  2.— 19  July.  To  Ralph  Graye,  all 
and  all  manner  of  tithes  of  sheaf  and  grain  in  Stanning- 
ton, Shotton,  Plesshes,  Saltwicke,  and  Bellasys,  and  the 
tithes  of  hay  in  Shotton  and  Stannyngton,  parcel  of  the 
rectory  of  Stannington  appropriated  to  the  late  monas- 
tery of  Newminster — To  hold  (inter  alia)  to  the  said 
Ralph  Graye  for  21  years  :  rent  £7  Us.  8d.  A  copy 


of  this  grant  is  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  the  land 
revenue. 

Pat.  19°  Eliz.  p.  8.— 3  June.  Grant  to  Nicholas  Ar- 
rington  (in?  at)  of  all  that  water  mill,  and  one  small 
close,  containing  one  acre,  in  Stannington  aforesaid,  for 
21  years  :  rent  £4. 

Pat.  37°  Eliz.  p.  14.- Grants  to  Ralph  Graye,  and 
Wm  Graye  and  Thos.  Graye,  his  sons  (in?  at),  all  and 
all  manner  of  tithes  of  sheaf  and  grain  in  Stannington, 
Shotton,  Plesshes,  Saltwick,  and  Bellasis,  and  all  tithes 
of  hay  in  Shotton  and  Stannington,  to  the  late  monas- 
tery of  Newminster  late  belonging — to  hold  for  the  lives 
of  the  said  Ralph  Graye,  Wm  G.,  and  Thos.  G. :  rent 
£7  Us.  8d. 

Pat.  3°  Jac.  p.  10.— 6  Ap.  Grants  to  Henry  Lindley, 
knt.  and  John  Starkey  (in?  at),  three  tenements  and  se- 
veral parcels  of  land  in  Stannington,  and  all  and  all 
manner  of  tithes  of  sheaf  and  grain  in  Stannington, 
Shotton,  Fleshes,  Saltwicke,  and  Bellacys,  and  all  tithes 
of  hay  in  Shotton  and  Sta»nington,  late  parcel  of  the 
possessions  of  the  monastery  of  Newminster — to  hold  in 
fee:  rent  £7  Us.  8d. 

Pat.  4°  Jac.  p.  29.— 8  Feb.  Grant  to  Richd.  Roberts 
and  George  Tyte  (in?  at),  all  those  tithes  of  sheafe  and 
grain  in  Clifton,  in  the  parish  of  Stannington,  late  be- 
longing to  the  monastery  of  Newminster — to  hold  in 
fee :  rent  Cs.  8d. 

Pat.  6°  Jac.  p.  30,  No.  3.— 1 1  May.  Grants  to  Geo. 
Johnson  &  John  Grimesditche  (in?  at),  all  those  tithes 
of  wool  and  lamb,  and  other  tithes  whatsoever,  in  Clifton, 
in  the  parish  of  Stannington,  except  the  tithes  of  sheaf, 
grain,  and  hay,  in  Clifton — to  hold  in  fee  :  rent  3s.  4d. 

Pat.  10°  Jac.  p.  25. — Grants  to  Martin  Freeman  and 
Edmund  Sawyer  (in?  at),  all  that  water  mill,  and  one 
acre  of  land  thereto  belonging,  in  Stannington,  peel  of 
the  possessions  of  the  late  monastery  of  Newminster — 
to  hold  in  fee. 

Pat.  15°  Car.  2,  p.  9 — 27  Ap.  Grants  to  Henry  Gil- 
ford and  John  Horton  (in?  at),  the  lordship  or  manor 
of  Blackeden  ats  Blackdeane — to  hold  in  fee  at  the  re- 
quest of  George  Collingwood,  esq. 

6  Aug.  1774.  Received  from  Mr  Wilson,  £10  10s. 
for  the  foregoing  search  for  Henry  Rooke,  esq. 

BIGOE  HENZELL. 


I,/.  The  RECTORY  of  Stannington  was  purchased  of  the  Greys,  of  Chillingham,  or  their  grantees,  in  thirds  ; 
the  first  by  Matthew  White,  in  1734 ;  the  second  by  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  in  1771  ;  and  the  third  by  M.  W. 
Ridley,  esq.  in  1775  ;  and  the  progress  of  its  descent  from  the  crown  to  its  present  proprietor,  is  sketched  in  the 
following  genealogical  table — the  materials  for  which  are  derived  from  title  deeds,  and  other  authentic  papers: — 


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331 


I.— SIR  RALPH  GREY,  of  Chilling-ham,  where  he  died-r-IsABELL,  daur.  and  co-heir  of  sir  Thomas  Grey,  of  Horton,  whose  will 
Dec.  17,  1565,  warden  of  the  West  Marches,  6  Ed.  VI.  |  is  dated  at  Ogle  Castle,  in  the  adjoining  parish,  of  Whalton. 

II. — JANE,  daur.  ofnrSiR  RALPH  GREY,  of  Horton,  succeeded  to  Chilling-ham  on  the  death  of  his  elder=DoROTHY,  daur.  of 
Wm  Arthington,  of  I  brother,  sir  Tho?.  Grey;  and,  19  July,  1574,  had  a  lease  for  21  years,  of  the  im-  sir  Thos.  Mallet,  of 
Arthington,  in  York-  propriation  of  Stannington  ;  and,  in  1595,  another  lease  of  the  same  property,  for  Enmore,  &  wid.  of 
shire.  {  the  lives  of  himsHf,  and  his  sons  William  and  Thomas  Grey.  ' sir  Thos.  Palmer,  kt. 

III. — ANNE,  daur.  and  co-heiress  of  SJT^WILLIAM  GREY,  of  Chillingham  ;  created  a  baronet  IS^PRISCILLA THOMAS 

John  Wentwortb,  of  Gosfleld,  in  Essex,  |  June,  1619 ;  lord  Grey  of  Wark,  1 1  Feb.  1623 ;  died  in/K  GREY. 

baronet. ;  1674;  and  buried  at  Epping-,  in  Essex. 

IV. — RALPH  LORD  GREY,  as  Ralph  Grey,  of  Harting,  in  Essex,  3  April,  1658,  conveyed  to  sir  Edward=rKATHARiNE,  daur.  of 
Ford,  for  99  years,  the  tithes  of  Stannington,  in  trust  for  uses,  which  were  to  increase  the  jointure  of  sir  Edward  Ford,  of 
his  then  wife  Katharine,  and  to  make  provision  for  his  younger  children,  with  power  of  revocation.  Harting,  in  Essex,  & 
Sir  Edward  Ford,  on  Dec.  14,  in  the  same  year,  by  indorsement,  surrendered  the  above  term  ;  and  widow  of  Alex.  Cole- 
next  day,  Ralph  Grey  revoked  the  first  deed  :  but  30  &  31  July,  as  the  hon'ble  Rnlph  Grey,  son  &  heir  pepper,  eldest  son  of 
apparent  of  Wm  lord  Grey,  conveyed  the  said  tithes  to  trustees,  for  the  use  of  Kath.  his  wife  ;  and,  John  lord  Colepepper. 
after  her  death,  for  his  own  life  ;  and  then  to  his  younger  children  Ralph,  Charles,  and  Katharine. 


V.— FORD  LORD  GREY,  cre-= 
ated  viscount  Glendale,  and 
earl  of  Tankerville  in  1695  ; 
died  June  25, 1701,  when  he 
filled  the  office  of  lord  privy 
seal. 


T —  — I —  — I 

:MARY,  fourth  daur.  of    KATHARINE  GREY  married    RALPH  LORD  GREY  was    CHARLES  GREY 
Geo.  first  earl  of  Berke-    Richard  Neville,  of  Billing-    governor  of  Barbadoes    died  young-. 


ley  ;  she  married,  2dly, 
Rooth,  of  Epsom 


bear ;  and  her  marriage  set-    in  1 698. 
tlement  dated  3  &  4  June, 


and  died  May  19,    mentions  the  dowager  lady_Grey  as  then  possessing 


VI. — MARY  GREY,-TCH 
only  child ;  married  ' 
in  1695  ;  died  May, 
31,  1710. 


1719.  Stannington  tithes  for  life. 

r  ~  - 

BENNET,    1.  GREY  NEVILLE,  eldest  son,  died    2.  HENRY  NEV 


took  the  name  of  GREY  ; 


W0AA4JAO       DAUJVAT)          1.     WttAB     1^  JL  V  lljlj  C.,      I    nil   .^l       aull,    IIM    .1         fm    *A£<rln/l     i.^1  £j  V  HjriTj,     LUUIX    L11C    lldliiC      « 'J       *J»  [i  T.  1    y 

2nd  lord  Ossulston,  without  issue  ;  but,  by  his  will,  and,  9  &  10  May,  1739,  as  Henry  Grey,  esq.  of 
and  first  earl  of  dated  14  Feb.  1722,  left  his  estate  Billingbear,  brother  and  heir  of  Grey  Neville, 
Tankerville,  died  14  to  his  brother  Henry  Grey,  esq.  for  he,  and  Richard  Neville,  of  Aldworth,  son  and 

^_  March,  1753.  his  life  ;  and,  if  he  should  die  with-    heir  of  Kath.  Aldworth,  his  sister,  by  Richard 

out  issue  male,  to  his  nephew  Ri-    Aldworth,  deceased,  sold  their  undivided  one- 
chard  Neville  Aldworth,  on  condition  of  his  taking  the  name  of  Neville,    third  part  of  Stannington  tithes  to  JohnTowry, 

esq.   a  captain  in  the  navy,  who,  by  will  of 
March  1,  1757,  left  his  whole  estate,  and  his  house  at  Southampton,  to  his  wife  Penelope,  for  life  ;  with  rem.  to  his  nephews 
Henry  John  Phillips  and  George  Phillips  successively  ;  which  George,  under  the  name  of  George  Phillips  Towry,  22  and  26 
March,  1771,  sold  his  one-third  part  of  the  rectory  and  parsonage  of  Stannington,  and  other  tithes,  to  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  bart. 
3.  CATHARINE  NEVILLE,  only  daughter,  married  Richard  Aldworth,  esq.*?1 


VII. — CHARLES  BENNET,-TI.  CAMILLA,  dau.  2.  SUSANNAH  COL-  3.  ROSAMOND  COL-  4.  JANE  COLVILLE  RICHARD  NEVILLE 
second  earl  of  Tankwville,    of  Edw.  Colville, 

had  three  brothers,  JOHN,     of  White-house,      , „    __     ,   _. 

HEXRY,  and  GREY,  all  of    chapplry  of   He-  RICHARD    ALLAN,  Titlington.    which  Inn,  Lond.,  who,  1739,    joined     his 

whom  died  young;   al--o    worth,  co.    Duiv  a  merchant  in  Rot-  Rosamonds    <levi-  by  will,  Dec.  20,  uncle  Henry  Grey 

three  sisters,  viz.  BRID-    ham,  as  one  of  the  terdam,  when  they  sees,    Bryan   Bur-  1731,    left   to  his  in  the  sale  of  his 


VILLE,   who,  in      VII.LE,  wife  of  Ro-    marr.  Istly,  CHAS.     ALDWORTH,    esq., 
1775,  was  wife  of   GER   PEARSON,   of    CLERK,  of  Grey's    an   only   son,    in 


GET,  countess  of  Lyming- 
ton  and  Portsmouth  ;  the 
lady  ANNABEI.LA,  wife  of 
lord  William  Paulet  ;  and 
MARY,  wife  of  Wm  Wil- 
mer,  none  of  whom  seem 
to  have  had  any  interest 
in  these  tithes.    This  earl 
of  Tankerville,  9  and  10 
Aug.    1731,    conveyed  to 
Chas.  Clerk,  the  husband 
of  Jane,  his  wife's  sister, 
one-third  of  the  tithes  of 
Stannington  ;  which  one- 
third  the  devisees  of  the 
said    Jane    conveved,    in 
1775,  to  Matt.  Ridley,  of 
Blagdon,  esq,  ;  and,  30  & 
31  Oct.    1734,  this  same 
earl,  together  with  Henry 
Grey,   son  of  his  great- 
aunt  Cath  ,  wife  of  Rich. 
Neville,  and  Henry  Grey,  ' 
of  Howick,  sold  one  other 
Ridley,  the  present  proprit 
of  Mary  Grey,  who  marrif 

devisees  of  her     had  a   son  Charles 
sister  Jane  Fen-    Allan,  also  a  mer- 
wick,  had  a  share    chant  there,  and  a 
of  the    one-third    daur.  Sttra/t  Rodger 
of  Stannington      a  widow,  both  o 
tithes    purchased    whom  joined  with 
by  Charles  Clerk,    their  mother  in  the 
the  first  husband    conveyance  of  thai 
of  the  said  Jane.    year. 
This    Camilla, 
countess  of  T.  and  her  son  George, 
and  daur.  Camilla,  were  parties  to 
the  deed  of  1775.     She  was,  after 
her  marriage,  a  lady  of  the  bed- 
chamber to  queen  Caroline,  and  af- 
terwards to  the  princess  Augusta, 
who  married  the  duke  of  Bruns- 
wick. She  died  Oct.  8,  1775,  at  the 
great  age  of  105. 

rell,  esq.  of  Broom-    wife  Jane,  forever,      undivided    one- 
Park,  and  her  two    all     "  the    lands,    third  of  Stanning- 
daurs.     Rosamond    tithes,  &c.-"  lately    ton  tithes  to  Capt. 
&  Sarah,  of  Glan-    purchased  of  Chas.     Towry. 
"   ton,    as  residuary    earl    of    Tanker- 
legatees  and  ex'ces    vine.     This  conveyance  was  dated  in 
to  their  mother's    1731,   and   included    one-third  of    the 
will,  made  the  3rd    tithes  of  Stannington  ;  but   the  deed 
party  to  the  deed    being  lost,  lord  Tankerville  confirm,-d 
of  1775.  'r3                 the  title  to  them,  by  lease  and  release, 

29  and  30  March,    1739.     Mrs  Clerk 
married,  2ndly,  ROBERT  FENWICK,  esq.  of  Lemmington,  th«j 
settlement  to  which  marriage  is  dated  14  &  15  June,  1739  ; 
and,  by  her  will,  which  is  dated  26  March,   1746,  she  left 
her  one-third  of  the  tithes  of  Stannington,  in  trust,  to  her 
husband,  for  lite  ;  and,  after  his  death,  to  her  sisters,  the 
countess  of  Tankerville,   Susannah   Allan,  and  Rosamond 
Pearson,  in  equal  shares  ;  which  they,  or  their  devisees, 
sold  to  Matt.  Ridley,  esq.  of  Blagdon,  June  2,   1775,  whose 
family  thus  became  possessed  of  the  whole  of  tli^se  tithes. 

third  part  of  the  same  tithes  to  Matthew  White,  esq.  of  Blagdon,  maternal  ancestor  of  sir  M.  W. 
tor  of  the  whole  of  them.     Hemy  Grey,  of  Howick,  was  eldest  son  of  John  Grey,  and  brother 
d  Towry. 

1 

VIII. — CHARLES=ALICIA,  third    GEORGE  BENNET    CAMILLA  BENNET  marr.     1.  ROSAMOND  PEARSON,  wife  of  GEORGE  DICK, 
BENNET,  3rd  earl    daugh.  of  sir    was  one   of  the    Jan.  11,   1754,   GILBERT    of  Mid-Calder,  Edinburgh, 
of  Tankerville.       John   Astlev,    third  partv  to  the    FANE  FLEMMING,  who,       2   JANE  PEARSON,  wife  of  GEORGE  POTTS,  of 
of  Pates-hall,    deed  of  1775,  and    in  the  deed  of  1775,  is    Lowlin,  parish  of  Holy  Island, 
cou.  Stafford,    is  there  described     described  as   of  South         3.  SUSANNAH  PEARSON  married  JOHN  SAM- 
baronet.  as  of  the  parish    Audley-street,  parish  of    PLE,  of  Rock-moor  House. 

of  Saint  James's,    St  James's,  Westminster.        4.  SARAH  PEARSON,  who,  with  her  sisters 
Westminster.  and  their  husbands,  were  the  fourth  party  to 

the  deed  of  1775.     She  died  at  Glanton,  Dec, 
3,  1809,  aged  87,  and  left  the  principal  part  of  her  wealth  to  her  great  niece,  wife  of  the  rev.  Wm  B.  Moises,  vicar  of  Feltou. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. CASTLE  WARD,  E.  D. 


1,  g.  The  IMPROPRIATOR  of  Slannington  has  tithe 
of  corn,  hay,  wool,  and  lamb,  in  Bellasis  and  Bog-hall ; 
of  corn,  wool,  and  lamb,  and  a  modus  of  £3  6s.  8d.  for 
hay,  payable  on  St  Andrew's  day,  in  Stannington,  Stan- 
nington  Bridge,  and  Catraw  ;  of  corn,  wool,  and  lamb, 
in  Plessey  and  Shotton  ;  and  of  tithe  of  wool  and  lamb 
only,  in  Blagdon,  East  and  West  Dudden,  and  Whinny- 
hill.  The  farms  which  comprized  the  township  of  Clif- 
ton and  Cold  well,  form  that  part  of  the  impropriation 
which  was  purchased  by  the  proprietor  of  the  ground  in 
the  time  of  James  the  First ;  and  the  rest  of  the  tithes 
of  the  parish  belong  to  the  vicarage.  The  two  fee-farm 
rents  reserved  by  the  crown  in  the  grants  of  the  tithes 
of  Clifton,  as  well  as  a  fee-farm  rent  of  10s.  a  year  out 
of  the  lands  of  Clifton  and  Coldwell,  are  now  paid  to 
Francis  Pym,  esq. ;  and  the  rent  of  £.1  11s.  8d.  due  for 
the  rest  of  the  rectory,  belongs  to  the  representatives  of 

Noel,  esq.     The  average  rental  of  the  tithes,  for 

8  years,  from  1763  to  1771,  was  £294  lls.  2d.  The 
real  rental  in  1759,  £305  17s.  Gd. ;  in  1760,  £281  6s. 
2d. ;  in  1761,  £276  16s.  8d. ;  in  1762,  £269  Os.  8d. ;  in 
1772,  £297  4s.  2d.;  in  1773,  £301  19s.  8d. ;  and,  in 
1774,  £304  2s.  2d. 

1,  h.  TITHES. — The  books  of  Acts  and  Depositions 
in  the  Registry  of  the  Consistory  Court  of  Durham, 
contain  minutes  of  proceedings  in  that  court  in  1562 
and  1580,  respecting  tithes  in  this  parish  ;  but  whether 
they  relate  to  those  that  belong  to  the  vicar,  or  lay 
rector,  I  have  not  examined. 

1,  i.  TERRIERS. — There  are  three  Terriers  of  the 
possessions  of  this  vicarage,    all  differing  from   each 
other  ;  one  of  them  was  made  in  1G63,  and  two  of  them 
in  1792. 

2,  a.    Omib3  Xpi    fidelibj  Rogerus  de  Merlay  Ter- 
cius  saltm  in  duo  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  Johi  de  Plesseto 
T;  hedibj  suis  molendina  de  Stanigton  cu  omib5  ptinetiis 
suis  cu  toto  stagno  rt  tota  aqua  ptinete  ad  molendinu 
aqriciu  ct  totu  situ  molendini  ventiritii  cu  omibj  libta- 
tibj  T;  aysiamtis  ad  dca  molendina  ptinStibj  tarn  I  pisca- 
riis  q'm  in  aliis  comodis  1  totam  sectam  mul?re  scii  ad 
fciudecimu  vas  de  omibj  hoib5  de  Stanigtofi  de  Clifton 
1;  de  Caldewelle  tarn  lifcoi?  q'm  no  liBoT?  sine  aliq°  reti- 
nemto  exceptis  duabj  bouatis  Vre  q's  prior  de  Hextil- 
desha  tenet  in  villa  de  Stanigton  .  Volo  etia  1;  cocedo 
qd  homies  de  Stanigton  faciant  1    sustineat  molendin 
aqriciu  *t  stagnu  dci  molendi  t  qd  faciant  oimoda  cari- 
agia  opacones  *t  cosuetudies  ad  dca  molendia  ptinentes 
ippetuu  .  sicul  pleni'  aliq°  tempe  fecerut  i  cui'cuq,  manu 


dci  homies  de  Stanigton  p  tpe  f  Oint  .  1  qd  homies  de 
Clifton  ft  de  Caldewett  faciant  stagnu  ct  sustineat  ippe- 
tuu sicut  pleni'  aliq°  tpe  fecerut  in  cui'cuq,  manu  p  fpe 
f8int  .  Dedi  etiam  ct  cocessi  dco  Johi  1  hedibj  suis 
liftam  potestatS  dist'ngendi   omes  hoies  gdca?/  villas  de 
Stanigton  de  Clifton  1  de  Caldewett  ta  liBos  q'm  no 
lifcos  ad  gdcas  secta  cariagia  opacoes  rt  cosuetudies  plena- 
rie  faciendas  sic  aliq°  tpe  cosueueru  pleni'  qccienscuq.  ab 
eisdem  se  sfetraxerint  i  cui'cuq.  manu  doe  ville  p  tpe 
fQint  .  Cocessi  etia  sufficientem  via  ad  oimoda  cariagia 
a  magno  chimino  regio  qd  ducit  de  Stanigton  Qs'  ponte 
de  Blye, .  vs%  in  Softeresmere  "i  p  Sof?esmere  usq,  ad 
selione  q'  fuit  q°nda  Witti  fit  Ric'  ft  totu  eude  selione 
usq,  ad  molendm  ventiriciu  .  Dedi  i?um  rt  cocessi  dco 
Johi  ^t  hedibj  suis  meremiu  sufficient  ad  dca  molendia 
de  Stanigton  facienda  t  repanda  de  boscis  de  Wytton  ct 
de  Horseley  q'nt  1  q°ciens  vidint  eis  expedire  p  visu 
forestarij  mei  ft  hedu  meoi?  .  Insup  dedi  °t  cocessi  dco 
Johi  ct  hedibj  suis  sufficient  estoQia  sua  ad  stagnu  dci 
molendi  aqricij  capienda  in  Dena  de  Blye  p  visum  t  li- 
taconem  forestarij  q'  p  tpe  fflit  i  dca  Dena  .  Dedi  etia 
1  cocessi  dco  Johi  T-  hedibj  suis  tota  9ram  q  vocat' 
Milnesyde  p  has  diuisas  .  scil  de  aq'  de  Blye  p  fossatu 
in  capite  oriental!  de  Porteioyehaluh  'I  sic  8s'  aq'lone  . 
vsq,  ad  fra  culta  de  Stanigton  1  inde  p  ?ra  culta  Qs'  ori- 
ents usq,  ad  magnu  chiminu  regale  qd  ducit  de  Stanigton 
fis'  austru  usq,  ad  ponte  de  ead  .   1  p  ponte  usq,  in  aq'm 
de  Blye  .  °l  sic  p  aq'm  de  Blye  usq,  ad  ductu  aq  qui 
uenit  de  molendio  .  1  p  ipm  ductu  8s'  Occident'  usq,  ad 
capd  australe  dci  fossati  de  Porteioyehat  .  ifum  dedi  1 
cocessi  dco  Johi  T;  hedib3  suis  tota  ilia  placia  q'  est  in? 
ve?em  cursu  aq  de  Blye  t  ductu  molendini  q  quids  pla- 
cia vocat'  milnehaluh  T;  tota  aq'm  de  Blye  de  ponte  de 
Stanigton  .  usq,  ad  capd  Occident'  stagni  dci  molendi . 
Cocedo  etia  dco  Johi  1  hedibj  suis  qd  ipi  faciant  omi- 
modu  eofnodu  suu  inf  gdcas  Milnesyde  .  Milnehal .  T; 
dcam  aq'm  q°ciens  uolQint  t  s'  vidint  meli'  expedire  . 
Habenda  T.  tenenda  omia  sup'dca  de  me  1  hedibj  meis 
dco  Johi  rt  hedib5  .  Reddendo  annuatim  mihi  1  hedib5 
meis  dcs  Joh^s  T.  hedes  sui  p  ofnib5  sup'dcis  tantu  vnu 
par  calcariu  deauratoi?  ad  festu  sti  Cuthtti  i  Septembi 
pro  omi  seruico  cosuetudie  exaccone  T;  demanda  .  Hiis 
testib5  .  Dno  Ada  Abbati  de  Novo  Monasfio  .  Witto 
Heyru  tuc  vie'  Northumbf  .  Johe  fil  Symon  .  Rogo  de 
Toggesden .  Hereto  psona  de  Stanigton  .  Rofito  de  Stam- 
ford captto  Rogo  de  Horset  .  Rofcto  de  caffla  . 

Barthot  de  Windeg'  .  Witto  de  caffla  .  Nichot  de  Scot- 
ton  ct  aliis — (Cart.  Hid.  62—65.) 


STANNINGTON  PARISH. STANNINGTON  MISCELLANEA. 


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2,  b.  The  burial  place  of  William  Greene,  gent, 
whose  son  Charles  Greene  was  here  interred,  29th  of 
May,  1719.  Here  lieth  the  body  of  the  above  said 
Wm  Greene,  gent,  of  Stannington  Bridge,  who  died 
the  10th  of  February,  1722,  in  the  64th  year  of  his  age. 
Also,  Mary,  his  wife,  who  died  March  the  15th,  1738, 
aged  62.  Here  lieth  also  interred  the  body  of  Captain 


Joshua  Greene,  eldest  son  of  the  said  Wm  Greene, 
who  died  a  bachelor,  the  29th  of  Dec.  1 739,  in  the  52d 
year  of  his  age.  Also,  Martha,  wife  of  John,  son  of  the 
said  Wm  Greene,  Jan.  24th,  1749,  aged  46  ;  and  John, 
the  son,  June  3d,  1764,  aged  32  ;  as  also  the  said  John, 
the  father,  Dec.  28,  1765,  aged  65. — (Monumental  In- 
scription in  Stannington  Church.) 


PEDIGREE  OF  GREENE,  OF  STANNINGTON  BRIDGE. 

[Partly  derived  from  the  monument  in  Stannington  church,  No.  2,  b.  in  this  Miscellanea.  For  the  rest,  from  Gen.  IV. 
to  the  bottom,  I  am  indebted  to  the  labour  and  liberality  of  Mr  Thos.  Bell,  land-surveyor,  Newcastle,  who  compiled  it  from 
the  title  deeds  of  the  estate.  Isoda,  daur.  of  Wm  Godswain,  had  lands  in  the  adjoining  township  of  Shotton,  in  the  time  of 
Henry  the  Third  (Stan.  Misc.  47,  a  $  b.}  ;  and  Thomas,  son  of  Roger  Grene,  in  1369,  gave  to  Roger  de  Widdrington  a  toft  in 
Plescys,  and  12  acres  of  arable  land  in  Shotton,  and  half  an  acre  of  land  in  Holford,  which  he  had  by  patrimony  from  his 
said  father.— (Id.  50.)] 


I,—  HUMPHREY  GREENE,  of  Stannington,  in  1615.     Perhaps  he  was  a  son  of  Humphrey  Greene,  who  was  vicar  of  Bolamn11 
in  1587,  and  an  arbitrator  in  1615,  with  the  vicar  of  Hartburn,  about  a  boundary  in  dispute  between  Wm  Fenwlck,  esq.  ofl 
Stanton,  and  Nicholas  Thornton,  esq.  of  Netherwitton.  —  (  Hethenuitton  papers.  ) 

\  ....................................  I  --  - 

II.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  John  Bell,  of  Bellas!*,  in  1615,  when  she  had  a  son  John  Bell,  aged  24  years. 

III.  JOSHUA  GREENE,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  mortgaged  his  property  at  Stannington,  In  1658  and  1659,  to  Mark  Milbank,^ 
for  ten  years  (MM.  papersj  :  and,  in   1663,  was  assessed  in  the  county  rate  for  Stannington,  at  £80  ;  for  the  mill  there,  atl 
.£15;  and  for  North  Weatslet,  at  £30.—  (Ill,  i.  259.)  | 


IV.  —  WILLIAM  GREENE,  of  Stannington  Bridge. 
He  died  Feb.  10,  1728.  aged  64. 


Will  dated  1st  September,  1722.  ^MARY,  daur.  of  .........  ;  died  March  15, 

_  |  1738,  aged  62. 


V.—  -JOSHUA  GREENE,  eldest  son,  and  heir-at-law,  died  MARY  GREENE,  eldest  daur.   married  the  rev.  Henry  Featherstone- 

unmarried  29  Dec.  1739,  aged  52.  haugh,  ot  Newcastle,  clerk.     He  died  12  April,  1779.     They  had  a 

GEORGE  GREENE,  second  son,  named  in  the  will  of  daur.  Bridget  Featherstonehangh,  who  was  ex'ix  to  her  mother's  will. 
his  father,  in  1722;  afterwards  of  Stoke  Newington,        ELEANOR  GREENE,  second  daur.   died  unmarried,  Nov.  1752.     By 

co.  Middlesex  ;  died  unmarried  Feb.  1764.    Will  dated  her  will,  dated  17  Jan.  1750,  she  left  her  sisters,  Mary  Featherstone- 

12  Aug.    1762  ;  Charlotte  Andree,  of  Hatton  Garden,  haugh  and  Martha  Skutt,  residuary  legatees  ;  and  appointed  them 

•widow,  &  Wm  Ward,  of  the  same  place,  esq.  executors,  and  her  brother  George  executors,  but  he  alone  proved  the  will. 

JOHN  GREENE,  third  son,  succeeded-rMARTHA,  dau.        MARTHA  GREENE,  third  daur.  married  Benj.  Skutt,  of  Brompton, 

to  the  Stannington  Bridge  estate^  on    of  ........  ,  died  near  London,  and  had  issue.     She  died  29  July,  1786.     Will  dated  18 

24  Jan.    1749,  Feb.  1777.  and  codicil  13  June,   1786;  Eleanor  Greene  Skutt,  spin- 

aged  46.  ster,  and  Percival  Bentley,  executors.     Mr  Skutt  died  a.  d.  1778. 


the  death  of  his  bro.  Geo. ;  died  31  Dec. 


1765,  intestate  ;  adminis.   granted  to 
Wm  Ward,  of  Stannington  Bridge,  esq. 


VI. — WILLIAM  GREENE,  of  London,  gentleman,    MARY  GREENE,  eldest  daur.  married  Thomas  Rundle,  of  the  city  of  London 
17(55,  eldest  son  and  heir  ;  ob.  s.  p.  1788.  (living  1765).     She  died  31  May,  1775.     They  had  an  only  child,  Frances 

JOHN  GREENE,  a  lieut.  in  the  navy  ;  ob.  s.  p.    Rundle,  of  Staple  Inn,  coun.  Middlesex,  spinster,  1788. 

.3  June,  1764. — (Kewc.  Courant.)     I  suspect  this        PRISCILLA  GREENE,  2nd  daur.  of  London,  spinster,  1765;  living  1788. 
John   to    have    been    the   eldest    son,    though        MARTHA  GREEN,  3rd  daur.  wife  of  John  Fall,  of  Norwich,  warehouse- 
William  is  styled  "  eldest  son  and  heir,"  in  the    man  ;  living  in  1765. 
settlement  made  In  1765. 

GEORGE  GREENE,  of  Norwich,-r-ANNE,  daur. 
draper,  succeeded  to  the  Stanning-  " 
ton  Bridge  estate  in    1788.     His 
will  is  dated  Dec.  18  in  the  same 
year,  in  which  he  also  died.  Ann 
Green  (his  widow)  &  Bryan  Bur- 


rell,  of  Broome  Park,  esq.  ex'ors. 


ELIZABETH  GREENE,  4th  daur.  wife  of  Wm  Minecan,  of  the  Custom-^ 
house,  Newcastle  ;  man-led  at  St  John's,  31  May,  1764. 

of....,  living        ELEANOR  GREENE,  of  Norwich,  spinster  in   1765;  married  to  William' 
his  widow,      Botwright,  ot  the  city  of  Norwich,  grocer,  and  had  issue.  =/k 

HENRIETTA  GREENE,  6th  daur.,  of  Norwich,  spinster  in  1765;  man-led 
to  Robert  Bark,  of  Norwich,  land-surveyor. 

BRIDGET  GREENE,  7th  daur.,  of  Norwich,  spinster  in  1765;  married  to 


5  Oct.   1790. 


John  Raynes,  of  New  Buckenham,  coun.  Norfolk,  tanner. 

r 


VII. — GEORGE  GREENE,  eldest  son,  and  heir-at-law,    ELIZABETH  GREENE.    ELIZABETH  MINECAN   married  Wm  Botwright 
died  s.  p.    By  will,  dated  7  March,  1799,  he  appoint-    MARTHA  GREENE.        the  younger,  of  Norwich,  gentleman. 


ed  Wm  Bolinbroke,  of  Norwich,  clothier,  and  Robert    PRISCILLA  GREENE.         MARY  MINE-' 
Goose,  of  the  same  place,  painter,  his  executors  ;  and    BRIDGET    FEATHER-    CAN,  2nd  daur. 
directed  his  estates  to  be  sold,  and  the  monies  to  arise    STONHAUGH  GREENE,    and  co-heiress  ; 
from  such  sale  to  be  divided  between  his  four  sisters 
and  Miss  Mary  Ann  Bolinbroke   (daur.  of  his  ex'or), 
in  equal  shares,  at  21  years  or  marriage,  with  benefit 


living  in  1830, 
a  widow. 


'GEORGE  HALL,  of  Stannington 
Bridge,  esq.  purchased  that  e- 
state  (indenture  dated  30  May, 
1800),  of  Bolinbroke  and  Goose, 
the  ex'ors  of  the  will  of  George 
Greene.  He  died  4  April,  1813 ; 
will  dated  1  Oct.  1804 ;  codicil 
25  March,  )813. 

—1 

VIII. — RODDAM  HALL,  only  son.  ELIZABETH  MARY  HALL,  eldest  daur.  ISABELLA  HALL,  MARY  HALL,  youngest  daur.  and 
died  16  June,  1814,  under  age,  and  co-heir  to  her  brother,  married  living  unmarried  co-heir,  married  James  Nisbet,  of 
and  unmarried.  Adam  Runic,  of  London,  esq.  att or-  in  1830.  London,  esq.  ;  settlement  dated 

ney-at-law.  2  July,  1829. 


of  survivorship.  By  a  codicil  of  same  date,  he  leaves  £50  of  such  monies  to  his  uncle  Robert 
Stebbing,  of  London.  Bolinbroke  and  Goose  proved  the  will,  and  sold  the  estate  to  George 
Hall,  for  £10,500,  in  May,  1800. 


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Mr  Hall,  soon  after  he  purchased  the  Stannington 
Bridge  estate,  pulled  down  the  ancient  water  corn  mill, 
and  converted  the  malt-kiln  and  malting  into  dwelling- 
houses  ;  and,  in  18  . .,  a  cotton  print  manufactory  was 
erected  on  the  estate,  and  occupied  as  such  for  several 
years  by  Messrs  Purvis  and  Co.  It  is  now,  1830,  used 
as  a  sail-cloth  manufactory,  and  in  the  occupation  of 
Messrs  Proctor,  as  tenants  to  Messrs  Purvis  and  Co. 
the  lessees  thereof.  Mr  Hall's  three  daughters,  Eliza- 
beth, Isabella,  and  Mary,  sold  Catraw,  or  Stannington 
Bridge  estate,  which  was  sometimes  in  the  deeds  called 
Green's  Hall  and  West  Hall,  to  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  bart. 
in  March,  1828,  for  £20,500 — (T.  B.) 

3,  a.  Ceste  endent'e  fait  entre  Esmond  de  Vernoune 
d'  une  pte  et  Monr  John  Heron  ch*  et  Thomas  de  Wy- 
ton  d'  autre  tesmoigne  q'  1*  avandit  Esmond  ad  graunte 
et  lesse  a  les  avandit3  Mr  John  Heron  et  Thomas  de 
Wyton  le  moyte  del  tierce  pte  del  manoir  de  Witton- 
uader-wode  oveque  les  membres  de  meisme  la  ville  ove 

la  ferme  de  Wyndggates  solounc  inde  oveq,  les 

appurtefi  ove<k  la  quarte  ptie  de  G'nte  Bempton  .  od 
les  membres  et  la  quarte  pte  de  Stanyngton  .  ove  la 
quarte  ptie  de  Belasys  .  a  avoir  et  tenir  a  les  dites  .  a 
touj  lour  vies  .  Salve  a  dit  Esmond  gardes  .  maritages 
— Rondant  a  dit  Esmond  ses  heires  et  863  assingnes  a 
loundres  a  le  meson  John  de  Mitford  en  Milkestrete  p 
les  pine  trois  ann3  &c. — Tesmoygnes  Mon*  Wittm  He- 
ron .  Mr  Gerard  de  Wodryngton  Chevalers  .  Rob*  de 
Oggill .  Rog  de  Woudrington  .  Thomas  de  Horsley  et 
autres  .  Done  a  Wytton  le  "Vendirdz  pch  ap's  la  fest  de 
saynt  Andrew  .  La  au  du  Regne  le  Roi  Edw.  iij  aps  le 
conquest  trentisme  quinte.  [Seal,  a  bend  sinister  with 
a  label  in  chief.  Crest,  a  horse's  head  ?] 

3,  b.  Sciant  p.  1  f.  qd  ego  Wittus  de  Bradford  dedi 
Witto  de  Vescy  totam  fram,  &c.  in  villa  de  Caldwelle, 
1c.  p  servit.  8vj.  ptis  unius  feodi  milit.  .  Test.  Rogo  de 
Merlay  .  Rog  Bertram  .   Hug  de  Morwyk  t  multis 
alus — (Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  74,  fol.  18.) 

4.  Johes  de  Preston  de  Novo  Castro  s.  T.  et  Alanus 
Whitheved  captts  dederunt  dno  Jolii  Heron  militi  omia 
terr  et  ten.  cu  ptin.  que  hent  de  feoflfamento  Thome  de 
Walton  filij   Elizabethe  de  Sco  Kyrwith  in   villa  de 
Caldewell  iuxa  Clifton  in  co.  NorthumB  .  Test.  Rogo 
Woderington  .  Witto  de  Hesilrigg  .  Edo  de  Essliet  . 

Thoma  Graa  .  Joho  de Witto  Harden  .  Ro"Bto 

Vsher  .  et  al  .  Dat  die  Jo  vis  in Epliie  D'ni  anno 

35  Edw.  Ill — (Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  43.) 


5.  Nos  Rogerus  de  Bothel  .  rt  Wittus  de  Meryngton 
capti  dedim'  Johi  Heron  mil  ma  de  Esshet  .  villam  de 
Dudden  est  .  ac  etiam  omia  terf  tc.  in  Clifton  et  Cad- 
well  .  cum  ptin.  cu  reQsione  omniu  terras  in  villa  de 
Thornton  iux.'  Hertburn  .  rem.  Witto  Heron  mil  filij 
ejusdem  Johis  .'  rem.  Gerardo  Heron  mil  fri  ejusdem 
WiHi  .  rem.  Johi  Heron  fit  dni  Johis  Heyron  fris  eoT?- 
dem  dnoiz  Gerardi  et  Witti  .  rem.  Witto  Heron  fri 
eiusdem  Johis  .  rem.  Nicho  Heron  fri  eiusdem  Witti  . 
rem.  rectis  hered  predict.  Johis  Heron  milit.  pris  pred- 
co'9  dno"!?  Gerardi  1  Witti  .  rem.  Johi  Heron  ad  vitam 
.  rem.  Witto  Heron  milit.  et  hered  mascut  .  Gerardo 
Heron  mil  et  hered  mascul  .  Johi  Heron  fit  dni  Johis 
Heron  fris  eoi?dem  dnoi?  Gerardi  et  Witti  et  her.  mas- 
cut  .  rem.  Witto  Heron  fri  eiusdem  Johis  .  rem  Nicho 
Heron  fri  eiusdem  Witti  et  hered  mascul  .  rem.  rectis 
hered.  predci  Johis  Heron  pris  fSdcoT?  dnoT?  Gerardi  rt 
Witti  in  forma  predca  .  Test.  Henrico  Percy  co.  Nor- 
thumfc  .  dno  Henrico  fit  suo  .  dno  Thoma  de  Percy  fil 
eiusdem  com  .  Roberto  Coyngners  .  Thoma  Gray  de 
Heton  .  Rogero  Heron  milit  .  Johi  de  Mitforth  . 
Nicho  Raymes  .  Johe  Corbet  et  al  .  Dat.  sexto  Jan.  a° 
D'ni  M°CCC°  Ixxxij0  et.  r.  R'  R.  2.  8° — (Lansd.  MS. 
326,  fol.  43,  6.,  44.) 

6.  Wittus  Heron  de  Ford,  armig  locu  tenens  Middle- 
marchiaT?  versus  Scotiam  dedit  dilco  fri  suo  Henrico 
Heron  oia  ilia  fras  et  ten  in  villis  de  North  Gosforth  . 
Benton  pva  .  Clyfton  .  Cawewell .  Dudden  pva  .  Tem- 
pill-Thornton  .  Rille  pva  .  et  Thropton  in  com.  North- 
umbf  et  vjQ  1  viijd  de  terris  1  tentis  in  Glanton  an- 
nual, in  com.  fidco.     Et  ufi  clausuf  extra  muros  ville 
Novi  Castri  sup  Tyna  voc  Wellflatt  et  patu  vocat  Whi- 
ham-Meadow  in  Epatu  Dunolm  .  Et  constitui  Johem 
Heron  frem  meu  et  Hugo  Gallon  meos  legitimos  attor- 
natos  cu  plena  potestate  ad  dilifcand  seisina  .  Dat.  13* 
Maij  a°  15  Hen.  \Il.—( Id.  fol.  47-) 

7.  Omib3 — Roger'  de  Merlay  ¥cius  salt'  .  NoGitis  me 
dedisse — Johi  de  Plesselo  1  hedibj  suis  illas  subsc'ptas 
Iil5tates  .  scilicet  qd  q'ti  sint  ab  omimodis  curie  sectis  . 
Et  qd  dictus  Johes  °l  hedes  sui  q'  fuerint  dni  de  Ples- 
seto  possint  currere  ad  lepore  T;  uulpe  ubicut^  voluerit 
in  ?ra  mea  excepta  foresta  1  exceptis  boscis  de  Morpath 
sn  impedimto  °t  ^t*dictione  mei  T.  hedii  meoi?  1  ballio"^ 
niroi?  .  Et  qd  capiant  rt  habeat  meremiu  de  boscis  de 
Witton  t  de  Horsley  ad  molendina   sua  de  Staningtoii. 
1  de  Plesseto  edificanda  1  repanda  q°cienscuqj  1  q'ndo- 
cut^  sibi  uiderit  magis  expedire  p  uisum  forestarii  mei  1 


STANN1NGTON  PARISH. STANNINGTON  MISCELLANEA. 


tiedu  meoty  •  Et  qd  liceat  pdco  Johi  1  hedibj  suis  si 
forte  aliq'ndo  necesse  habuerit  ext'a  tepus  libacionis 
accipe  estoueria  sua  ad  dca  molendina  costruenda  1  re- 
panda  de  boscis  de  Morpalh  ubicuq,  uoluerit  excepto 
pdco  orientali  p  uisu  forestarii  mei  1  hedu  meoi?  .  Et  qd 
dictus  Johes  1  hedes  sui  accipiat  ct  habeat  p  uolutate 
ipoT?  estoueria  sua  ad  stagna  dcof;  molendinoi?  facienda 
ei  repanda  in  fe  dene  de  Blye  ex  pte  aq'lonali  1  in  bcsco 
de  Schaldefen  .  similrP  qd  aueria  pp'a  dci  Johis  1  tiedu 
suoi?  eant  1  redeant  de  manio  de  Plesseto  p  posticiu  ult' 
aq'm  de  Blye  "t  ita  ex  aq'lonali  pte  de  Blye  usq,  ad  pas- 
tura  sua  de  waimor  sii  pturbalione  mei  °t  hedu  meat) 
q'ndocuq,  1  q°cienscuq,  voluerint  .  Pre?ea  qd  diclus 
Johes  t  hedes  sui  faciant  1  repent  stagnu  ad  piscaria 
sua  ultra  aq'm  de  Blye  usc^  in  ?ra  mea  solida  ex  aq'lona- 
li pte  de  Blye  ubicuq,  °t  q'ndocuq,  uoluerit  put  sibi  vide- 
rit  magis  expedire  .  similif  qd  dictus  Johes  t  hedes  sui 
si  forte  in  forisfactu  incident  .  dent  p  forisfaclo  suo  du- 
odeci  denarios  tm  q°cienscuq,  euenerit  .  Et  ego  Rogus 
de  Merlay  1  hedes  mei  gdco  Johi  t  hedib3  suis  oms 
libtates  sup0  subscriptas  warantizibim*  cot'  oms  homines 
in  ppetuu  .  Et  in  hui'  rei  testimoniu  .  hanc  gsente  car- 
ta  sigilli  mei  apposition?  roboraui  •  Hiis  testibj  .  Dopno 
Ad  tuc  Atbe  noui  Monasfij  .  Dno  Rogo  Bert'm  de  M it- 
ford  .  Dno  Hug  de  Morwik  .  Dno  Witto  Hayrun  tuc 
vicecom'  NorhuboT?  .  Dno  Rogo  Bert'm  de  Botha):  . 
Johe  filio  Symon'  .  Ad  Barat  .  Rogo  de  Togesden"  . 
Rogo  Mauilut  .  Walfo  tuc  vicar  de  Morpath  .  Rad  de 
Ellinden'  .  llic'  de  Saltewick  .  Barthot  de  Windegat'  t 
aliis  .  Dat'  anno  Gfe  .  M  .  cc°  .  1 .  septimo  apd  nouu 
Monasftu  die  Jouis  pximo  an'  festu  beate  Marie  Mag- 
dalen'— (Cart.  Rid.  24.) 

8.  Omibj— Sjbilla  fit  Rofcti  de  Plesseto  satm  .  NoSit 
vnfisitas  vrm  me  dedisse  Symoni  de  Plesseto  toftu  meu 
"t  c°ftu  q  habui  I  uilla  de  Schotton  t  vna  acra  9re  iux' 
cruce  occidntale  jacete  in?  ftra  monialiu  noui  cast'  1  Pra 
henr'  Gynnur  cu  omibj  ptin'  .  que  fQut  aliq'ndo  llic' 
Tate  .  Hnd  t  tend  dco  Symoni  1  hed  suis  ul  suis  as- 
sig'tis  cu  ornibj  lilitatibj  aysiam'  1  cab;  aliis  comoditatibj 
ad  dcam  ¥ra  p^tin'  .  Reddendo  inde  annuati  lumeni  ca- 
pelle  de  Schot'  vnii  den*  tm  ad  festu  luentois  see  c'cis 
p  omi  alio  §uicb  psuetudie  "t  demanda  .  Et  ego  sybilla  1 
hed  mei  pMcum  toftu  t  c°ftQ  Jdcam  ac'm  ?re  cu  suis 
gtin'  pt'-oms  hraes  t  fgias  p  pdcum  iuic'  waratlzabim'  . 
In  cui'  &c.  Hiis  testibj  dno  Stepho  tuc  rectore  Ecce 
de  Stanigt'  .  dno  Johe  de  Wderingt'  .  dno  Gerardo  de 
ead  .  Had  de  essenden  .  Ric' de  sco  Pet'  .  Witto  de 


Wydeslad  .  Th  de  Schotton'  captto  .  1  aliis  .  s .  .  d . — 
(Cart.  Rid.  83.) 

9,  a.  Johes  de  Plessis  qui'clam.  Robto  de  Coventre  et 
hered  suis  totum  jus  in  quodam  armuo  reddit  40s.  ex- 
eunt, de  terris  et  tentis  meis  in  Preslwyke,  &c.  Test. 
dno  Ada  de  Tyndale  milit.  &c.  Dat.  apud  Novum  Cas- 
trum  super  Tynam  die  martis  px  p1  festum  s'ti  Barna- 
bae  1315 — (Lansd.  MS.  326,/o/.  115,  b.)  See  also  the 
deeds  7  b,  and  7  d,  on  the  same  subject,  II.  i.  279  and 
280. 

9,  b.  Notu  sit  gsentibj  et  fut'is  qd  Ego  eua  filia  Ha- 
wis  de  M'laj  dedi  et  ^cessi  et  hac  carta  mea  pfirmaui 
Ric'  de  Plessix  totu  jus  hereditariu  et  ?ra  mea  j  Norh- 
uBland  q'  ada  de  Plessix  tenuit  de  Hawis  de  M'laj  ma- 
tre  mea  .  teneda  de  me  et  hedid;  meis  illj  et  hedib;  suis 
hereditarie  rededo  in'  anuati  .  x .  sot  de  cesa  ad  festu 
sci  .Michael  et  in'  mitfe  deb«  ad  domu  mea  j  Norfolchia 
et  illud  tenemtu  ego  et  hedes  mej  illi  et  hedib;  suis 
waratizaie  debem'  p  suiciu  pnoiatu  .  h's  testib;  Rogo  de 
ffllaj  .  Nich  Crawe  .  Rob  de  Hoeslee  .  Rogo  de  St'tun  . 
Rogo  fit  ade  .  Johe  Mudha  .  Stephano  fit  Ric' .  Watfo 
filio  Ric' .  Witt  de  coineres  .  Galf'do  c'we  .  Rogo  C'we 
.  Rob  fit  Saffrei .  toma  c'we  .  s.  d.— (Cart.  Rid.  74.) 

"10.  Sciant  omnes  has  litteras  visuri  ut  audit'!  $  ego 
RobV  fili'  liicianli  dimisi  1  quietu  clamaui  totu  jus  meu 
1  clamiu  qd  habui  vers'  octo  ac's  ftre  in  villa  de  Seottu' 
.  Scilict  apd  Jonescestres  vna  ac'm  1  dim' .  Jux'  Jones- 
cestres  vers'  orients  .  vuna  ac'm  .  In?  Neisbreche  1 
Gamin*  1  vna  ac'm  .  apd  Weywuddeheued  vna  ac'm  rt 
dim* .  apd  Lambechote-furlang  dimid  ac'm  .  subt9  Bac- 
stanesdene  vers'  occidente  vna  ac'm  .  Apd  flores  vna 
Ac'm  t  dimid  .  Ricardo  de  pleysiz  1  hedibj  suis  de  me 
t  hedibj  meis  jta  qd  ego  1  heredes  mei  nuq'm  ippetuu 
aliq'm  calupnia  ul  querela  uers'  ?ra  gdcam  mouebim' .  Pro 
hac  q'eta  clamacia  dedit  m'  gdcs  Ricard'  Quinq,  Marchas 
argetj  in  meo  magno  negocio  .  Hiis  testibj  Wifto  de 
Choiners  .  Rogo  de  Pleysiz  .  Johe  de  Wideslaile  .  Witto 
de  Duddene  .  Ricard  de  Salhtwic  .  Ricard  clico  .  Witto 
Paris  .  1  multis  aliis.— (Id.  33.) 

1 1.  Sciant  oins  q  ego  ysod  filia  Wiffi  Gods  wain  dedi 
Ricardo  de  Plessiz  1  heredibj  suis  ut  cui  assignare 
uoluerit  Duodecim  ac's  terre  ^t  Dimidiam  In  rritorio  de 
Schotton' .  videlic*  Duas  ac's  ad  Pittelawe  1  vnam  ac'm 
t  dimidiam  sup  Lambecotefurlang  1  dimid  ac'm  iuxta 
siluam  1  vnam  ac'm  ad  Warwodeheuid  .  t  vnam  ac'm 
in  Hollefarde  .  "t  vnam  ac'm  in  Etheling  .  1  Duas  ac'a 
in  Twistis  .  1  vnam  ac'm  8s'  occidentem  iux'  moratn  » 


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°t  vnatn  ac'm  ad  capd  longi  fossati  .  t  vnam  acram  sup 
faudune  .  T;  dimid  acram  ad  Burnemuthe  .  Habend  . 
Redderido  inde  tm  vnu  denariu  .  Et  ego  ysoda  "t  here- 
des  mei  warantizabim*  .  Hiis  testib5  Ada  Barat  .  Ric' 
de  Wydeslade  .  Witto  de  Horsley  .  Witto  de  Coyfis  . 

Ric'  de  Saltewic  .   Ada  de  Ca Hot  clerico   .   ct 

multis  aliis — (Cart.  Rid.  18.) 

12.  Sciat  oes  ta  gsentes  qa  fut'i  q  ego  Witts  paris  de 
Schottu  dedi  et  cocessi  et  hac  gsnti  carta  mea  cofirmaui 
Ric'  fit  Ric'  de  plesseto  sex  ac's  ftre  I  capo  de  schottu  . 
sciliee  i  ctt'a  q  dr  bacstanesdene  p  .  xx .  sot  q°s  m' 
dedit  i  rnanu  i  mea  maxa  necessitate  tend  .   Reddndo 
vnu  denariu  ,  Hiis  test'  Rog  de  Mt .  Witto  d  Mt  ffe 
suo  .  Witto  de  coyneres   .  Hnric'  fit  suo  .  Ric'  fit  Rog 
de  Wydeslade   .   Walt  de  sco  pet3   .    Ric'  de  H'ford  . 
Witt  de  stikkelaue  .  Ric'  ctico  .  1  mttis  aliis.— (Id.  69.) 

13.  Omnibus  Wittmus  filius  Wittmi  de  Stanington 
satm  .   Noveritis  me  dedisse  dno  Symoni  de  Plesseto 
militi  dimidiam   carucatam  fee  in  villa  1  fritorio  de 
Blakeden  q'm  Thomas  fra¥  meus  q°ndam  mi  dedit . 
Hys   testib;   Wal?o   de  Camhov   tuc   vie  Northumfi . 
Wittmo  de  Middleton  .  Johe  de  Woderington  .  Rado 
de  Essingden  .  Johe  de  Kirkby  militib;  .  Rico  de  Sco 
Pet0   .  Hugone  Galun  .  Nicho  Vigerus  .   Wittmo  de 
Wydeslade  .   Anselmo  de  eadem  .  Witto  de  Espeley  . 
Thoma  Scot  de  Wartofi  .  Hugone  de  Bykerton  1  aliis. 
— (Id.  76.) 

14.  Anno  ab  incarnacbne  dni  M°CC°xl°  vij°  Jn  cras- 
tino  sancti  Jacobi  apti  facta  est  hec  couenco  in?  Dnm 
Johem  de  Plesseto  ex  vna  parte  .  Et  Dnm  Rogm  de 
Togysden  ex  altera  .  videlicet  quod   dictus  Johs  de 
Plesseto  dedit  .   concessit   .   1  hac  gsenti  carta  cyro- 
g'phata  confirmauit  dicto  Rogo  de  Togysden  1  Angneti 
uxori  eius  totam  feam  suam  del  Plessiz  .  °t  de  Scotton' 
cu  capital!  messuag'  del  Plessiz  q'm  habuit  dicto  die  i 
manu  sua  sn  aliquo  retinemto  .  Et  custodiam  ?re  1  he- 
redum  Ricardi  de  Wydeslade  vna  cu  maritagio  eotydem 
heredum   successive   .   si  contigit   aliquem  eoi?  in  fata 
descedere  .   Tenend  "I  Habend  dictis  Rogo  1  Angneti 
de  dco  Johe  toto  lepe  uite  sue  tm .  Et  si  quis  dictoT?  Rogi 
1  Angnetis  supuixit .  teneat  dictam  ?ram  sicut  gsc'ptu 
est  toto  tepore  uite  sue  tin  .  Et  post  decessum  eoTzdem 
Rogi  1  Angnetis  .   dicte  ?re  cu  ptineciis  sicut  sup' 
sc'ptu  est  sn  cont'diccbne  alicui'  redibunt  dicto  Johi  t 
heredibj  suis  .  Et  sciendum  est  quod  si  dictus  Rogus 
descedat  in  fata  .  an'  dictam  Angnete  .   dicta  Angnes 
nullam  dotem  poftt  petere  .  q'm  diu  tenuit  dictas  ftras 


de  Plesseto  1  de  Scotton'  .  ttel  dicta  custodiam  .  Nee 
Elena  vxor  dicti  Johis  de  Plesseto  aliq'ni  petal  dotem 
in  fris  dicti  Johis  mariti  sui  predictis  .  Jn  uita  dictou 
Rogi  "t  Angnelis  .  si  contigat  dictu  Johem  priusq'm 
dictam  Eleiiain  in  fata  descede  .  Et  si  ita  contingat  quod 
dictus  Rogus  amittat  custodiam  ¥re  Ricardi  de  Wydes- 
lade p  etatem  ligitimam  dictoT?  heredum  dicti  Ricardi 
uel  aliquo  alio  casu  p  defectu  warantizaconis  dicti  Jotiis 
uel  heredum  suoru  .  dictus  Johes  *l  heredes  suis  satis- 
faciant  dicto  Rogero  tin  in  uita  sua  ad  ualentiam  dicte 
?re  Ricardi  de  Wydeslade  .  Et  ut  hec  couenco  rata  sit 
stabilis  .  Alter  Alftus  sc'pto  cyrog'phato  sigillum  suu 
apposuit  .  Hiis  T.  Dnis  Stepho  tuc  Afefee  Noui  Monasfij 
.  Magro  Wanclino  .  Witto  Heyr  tuc  vie'  .  Johe  fit  Sy- 
mois  Johe  de  Eslington'  .  Witto  de  Swyneford  .  RoBto 
de  Cama  .  Wal?o  Heyr'  .  Witto  de  Togysden  .  Witto 
de  Bilton'  .  Witto  de  Bamburg'  .  Et  aliis. — (Id.  63.) 

15.  Omnibj  hoc  sc'ptu  visur'  ut  auditur'  Witts  fit 
Rogi  de  Bokenfeld  saltm  in  dno  .  NoQitis  me  imppetuu 
quietu  clamasse  Johi  de  Plessetis  totu  ius  T;  clamiu  qd 
hui  ut  here  potero  in  viginti  solidatis  reddit'  anuali 
pcipiend  de  maflio  de  Schottum  *t  Plessetis  p  man'  he- 
redu  Simon'  de  Plessetis  quern  q'dm  redditu  Rogs  Craw 
de  Langstretun'  michi  nup  concessit .  Hiis  testibj  Rogo 
Corbett .  dno  Johe  de  Camhow  .  dno  Rico  de  Horsley  . 
dno  Johe  de  Oggill  militibj  .  Johe  de  Duddon  .  Witto 
de  Denum  .  Johe  de  Horsley  .  t  multis  aliis  .  Dat'  apd 
Morpath  die  JMercur'  px'  ante  Natat  dni  .  32  Ed.  I. — 
(Id.  78.) 

16.  Omib3 — Johes  fit  Simonis  de  Plescys  Nofiitis  me 
cocessisse  Rico    fit  meo  omia    §uicia  1    redditus   oim 
b'fee  tenentiu  meoi?  1    hedum  SUOT?  de  ofnibj  terr'  t 
ten'  que  de  me  tenent  in  Schotton' .  Plescys  .  Blake- 
den'  .  1  Wydeslade  North  .  Et  simili?  me  dedisse  eidem 
Rico  uduocacoes  Capella'S  de  Schotton'  .  Plescys  .  T; 
capelle  Pontis  de  Hereford  .  Et  etiam  nofiitis  me  con- 
cessisse  eidem  Rico  redditu  vni'  dimidie  marce  p  annu 
quern  Johna  tilia  mea  michi  reddere  deberet  de  ten'  in 
Schotton'  vna  cu  redditu  que  Nichus  de  Haydene  michi 
reddit  annuatim  ad  9minu  .  septem  annoi?  px  fut'oi;  p 
terr'  1  ten'  in  Plescys  1  Schotton'  .  et  vna  cu  reQsione 
oim  terras  "t  ten'  que  idem  Nichus  tenet  ex  dimissione 
mea  in  Plescys  t  Schotton'  ad  ?minu  pMcm  imppetuu  . 
Jn  cuius  tc  .   Hiis  testibj  RoBto  Darreys  tune  vie' 
Northumtr  .  Nicho  de  Punchardon' .  Alano  de  Heppes- 
cotes  .  Welando  Mauduyt'  .  Johe  de  Lyh'm   .  Rico  fit 
Gilfcti  de  Blakeden' .  Watfo  de  Blakeden' .  t  ahjs  .  Dat' 


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ftpud  Schotton'  die  martis  px  post  festii  sci  CuthBti  in 
martio  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  ¥cij  a  Conquestu  quar- 
todecimo — (Cart.  Rid.  42.) 

17,  a.  Presens  indenfa  testat'  qd  nos  Johes  Archer  T; 
Witts  de  Bedlington  capetti  dedimus  Johi  de  Plesseto 
capitale  mesuagiu  many  de  Plesseto  sicut  nuc  situ  est  1 
fuit  tempib5  antecessoT?  ipius  Johis  infra  clausu  muri  T; 
fossati  .  Dedimus  etia  eide  Johi  totam  medietate  pMci 
maSij  de  Plesseto  .  Scilicet  ilia  medietate  dnicai;  ¥rai? 
ppinq'ore  sole  cu  ptin  vt  in  p'tis  ftc.  cu  medietate  totius 
£te  qua  Alicia  de  Sadlingstanes  tenet  in  Shotton  ad 
'Pminu  anno"V  et  cu  medietate  aduocacbis  capelle  de  Shot- 
ton  cu  omibj  ?ris  husbanded  quas  Adam  filius  Simonis  . 
Act  fit  Brou  .  Rofctus  Bisshop  .  Nichus  Kyng  .  Walfus 
Breer  .  Rogus  Roos  Casdracke  ad  fine  ville  .  T;  Witts 
Frend  quonda  tenuerut  in  Shotton  vna  cu  medietate 
illius  ?re  cu  lofto  qua  Gilfitus  fit  Witti  quoda  tenuit  in 
eade  villa  *t  cu  ?r'  qua  Johes  Swain  .  Ada  Broun  .  "t  Ada 
fit  Witti  Kyng  nuc  tenet  in  eade  villa  de  Shotton  .  et 
cu  cotagiis  que  Henr'  Cementaf  .  Hutredus  ffafc  .  Ma- 
theus  Port .  T;  Edwaldus  quoda  tenuerut  in  eade  villa 
vna  cu  cotagio  illo  cu  ¥ra  adiacente  que  Ricus  Mair 
quonda  tenuit  in  P  lesseto  .  vna  cu  medietate  illoi?  dece 
solid  quos  Thomas  Paul  debet  p  annu  p  ¥ris  1  tenement' 
que  ide  Thomas  tenet  in  Plesseto  .  et  cii  §uiciis  liBoT? 
tenentm  de  Wetesladnorth  .  Blakden  .  et  Shotton :  vidj 
§uic'  Witti  Thorald  .  Johis  de  Lyh'in  .  Witti  de  Felton 
clici  .  Prioris  de  Brinkborn  .  et  Cicilie  de  Blakden  cu 
illis  t'b3  denar'  qui  debenf  p  annu  de  ft-a  ilia  qua  Rogus 
gpoitus  quoda  tenuit  in  Shotton  .  Hend  et  tenend  pMco 
Jotli  de  Plesseto  ad  totam  vitam  suam  de  Rico  filio 
eiusde  Johis  et  Margareta  vxore  eius  et  heredibj,  &£. 
Pre?ea  coucessim'  qd  medietas  cotagio'V  toftoT?  et  crof- 
to^  que  Thomas  Paul  tenet  de  not  in  Plesseto  ad  ftnin. 
vite  sue  et  que  post  morte  suam  not  reuti  deberet  re- 
maneat  pMco  Johi  tenend  ad  tola  vitam  suam  de  gdcis 
Rico  et  Margarete,  &c.  Ita  qd  si  gdci  Ricus  et  Marga- 
reta absq'  heredib;  de  ipis  legitie  exeuntibj  obierunt  tuc 
gdca  capitale  messuagiu  et  medietas  maflij  remancant 
rectis  heredib5  gdci  Johis  de  Plesseto  &c.  Hiis  testib5 
dno  Johe  de  Fenwick  tuc  vie'  Northufcr  .  dnis  Giltto  de 
Boroudon  .  et  Rogo  Mauduyt  militibj  .  Rotito  de  Tog- 
hale  .  Nicho  de  Punchardofi  .  Alano  de  Hepscotes  . 
RoEto  de  Milneborii  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apd  Plessetu  die 
vefiis  pxia  post  fm  sci  Luce  Ewangeliste  anno  regni . 
reg'  Edwardi  filii  reg'  Edwardi  vicesimo. — fid.  109.) 
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Plescys  saltm  in  dno  sempi?nam  .  NoSitis  me  imppetuu 
quietu  clamasse  Rico  de  Plescys  fil  meo  totu  ius  et  cla- 
meu  quod  hui  heo  seu  aliquo  modo  here  PO?O  in  duob3 
toftis,  duobj  croftis  et  vna  fra  husbandi  que  vocat'  the 

Lauedilande,  et  eciam  in  sexaginta  acris  Vre  in 

Schotton  cu  ptin'  .  Ita  qd,  &c.  Hiis  testib3  dno  Rofeto 
Darreyns  tune  vie'  NorthuBr  .  Nicho  Punchardon'  . 
Alano  de  Heppescotes  .  Johe  de  Lyham  .  et  Welando 
Mauduyt  .  Dat.  apud  Schotton'  die  dnica  px  ante  festii 
see  Margar'  virginis  anno  regni  Regis  Edwardi  feij  a 
conquestu  fciodecimo. — (Id.  79.) 

18.  Omnibj  Johes  de  Plesseto  saltm  .  Noueritis  me 
remississe  Rogero  de  Woderington  filio  Johis  de  Wode- 
rington  militis  totu  jus  qd  habeo  in  manerio  de  Plesscys 
et  in  villis  de  Sehotton  .  Blakeden  .  et  Witslade  .  Dat' 
apud  maneriu  de  Plescys  die  Jovis  in  crastino  tii  Johis 
Bapte  anno  1349.     Hiis  testib;  dnis  Johe  de  fFenwick  . 
Gerardo  de  Woderington  .  Witto  Heron  .  Johe  Heron. 
Witto  de  la  vale  militib;  .  Ricardo  filio  ejus  .  et  alijs. — 
(Id.  68.) 

19.  Omnib;  Johannes  de  Plesceto  salute  .  Noueritis 
me  remisisse  Margarete  que  fuit  vxor  Ricardi  de  Ples» 
cys  filij  mei  totu  jus  qd  habeo  in  manerio  de  Plescys  cu 
villis  de  Schotton  Blakeden  et  Witslade  .  In   cujus  rei 
testimonium   presentibj   sigillum  meii  apposui   .    Hiis 
testib;  Adam  de  Lyham  .  Edmundo  de  Esshet .  Rico  de 
Blakeden  et  aliis  .  Dat.  apud  maneriu  de  Plescys  sexto 
die  Octobr.  anno  dni  1349.— (Id.  102.) 

20.  Omnib5  Jacobus  de  Hayden  et  Margareta  uxor 
ei' :  saitm  in  dno  .  NoQit  nos  remisisse  Rogo  de  Wode- 
rington hedibj  et  assignatis  suis  totu  ius  et  clameu  qd 
hem'  in  mafiijs  de  Plescys  et  Schotton'  .  Hiis  Testibj  . 
dnis  Wittmo  Heron' .  Johne  Heron  .  Gerardo  de  Wode- 
rington militib5  .  Johne  de  Coupland  tune  vie'  North- 
umtr* .  Witto  de  Lilburn'  .  Thorn'  Muschante  .  Witto 
de  Hesilrig  .  Witto  de  Preston  .  Hug  fit  Sampsonis  . 
dno  Ad  Capellano  qui  sc'psit  hanc  cartam  et  aliis  .  Dat' 
apd  Plescis  vij  die  Ap't  anno  gratie  millesimo  cccrao 
Lvjto.—f/d.  39.) 

21.  See  No.  29  of  these  Miscellanea  for  the  deed  here 
referred  to. 

22.  Hec  carta  indentata  testat'  qd  Thomas  Heppes- 
cotes rector  ecctie  de  Morpath  dedit  concessit  et  hac 
gsenti  carta  sua  indentata  confirmauit  Rico  fit  Johis  de 
Plescys  et  Margar'  vxi  eius  quicq'd  gdcus  Thomas  huit 
de  dono  p"dci  Rici  in  man'  de  Shotton'  et  Plescys  tarn  in 
dnicis  q'm  in  §uic'  liBe  tenent'  et  bondag'  eoi?dem  man' 

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et  alija  quibjcu^  exceptis  vno  tofto  et  vno  crofto  que 
GilBtus  fit  With'  quond  tenuit  et  nouem  acris  ?re  de 
dnicis  .  quai?  tres  acre  iacent  in  quod  campo  qui  vocat' 
adfinem  ville  9sus  occid  in  medio  eiusde  campi  simt  et  tres 
acre  iacent'  sup  le  Stanyknol  ex  aust'li  pte  de  Shotton 
v'sus  oiientat  pte  eiusde  campi  siml  et  tres  acre  iacentes 
inf  vndecim  acras  ex  boriali  pte  eiusde  ville  v'sus  occi- 
dens  eiusde  campi  simt  et  exceptis  q'tuor  acr'  p'ti  iacen- 
tibj  in  Holforth  que  sut  pcella  octo  acrai?  que  ptite  fu- 
erunt  in?  Johem  prm  gdci  Rici  et  ipm  Ricm  et  exceptis 
itt  octo  acris  p'ti  quas  p"dcus  Thomas  p'us  huit  de  dono 
pMci  Rici  ad  ?minu  vite  sue  et  exceptis  vno  tofto  et 
vno  crofto  que  vocat'  le  lefdyland  et  exceptis  quinq'a- 
ginta  et  q'tuor  acris  ?re  et  quatuor  acris  p't.i  quas  Johna 
soror,  gdci  Rici  huit  ex  dimissione  pris  gdci  Rici  ad 
tminu  annoT?  .  Hend  et  tenend  imppm  .  Redd  inde  p 
annu  f)dco  Thorn'  sex  marcas  ad  totam  vitam  ipius 
Thome  .  Et  si  contigat  qd  ijde  Ricus  et  Margar'  obie- 
runt  sine  hed  remaneant  Johni  fit  Symon'  de  Pleseys 
et  hed  suis  imppm  In  cui'  rei  &c.  Hiis  testibj  dno 
Rofito  Dareyns  tuc  vie'  Northumfcr  Nicho  de  Punchar- 
don'  Alano  de  Heppescotes  Rico  de  Blakden'  Wal?o  de 
Blakden'  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  Shotton'  die  Lome  in  oc- 
tav'  sciCuthfcti  in  marchio.  a.  d.  1340.— (Cart.  Rid. 
112.) 

23.  Omibj  Richardus  del  Plescise  et  Margareta  vxor 
eius  saitm  in  dno  NoSitis  nos  dedisse  Rogero  de  Wode- 
rington  fratri  dni  Gerardi  de  Woderyngton'  milit'  vnu 
annuu   redditum  decem  marcai?   pcipiend  de  manerio 
nro  del  Plescise  et  de  omnib3  terris  et  tenement'  mis  in 
villa  de  Schotton'  cu  ptinen'  p  annu  .  Hnd  .  Dat'  apd  le 
Plescise  die  veneris  proxima  post  festum  sci  Martini  in 
yeme  .  a.  d.  1346.     Hiis  testibj  Dno  Robto  Bertram 
tuc  vicecomite  Northumfcr  .   Dnis  Rofcto  de  la  vale  . 
Johe  de  Fenwyc  .  Wittmo  de  la  vale  .  militibj  .  Rofcto 
de  Fenwyc  .  Thoma  de  Fenwyc  .  Rofcto  de  Punchar- 
don'   .   Rofito  de  Seton'  .   Wittmo  de  Heppescotes  . 
Witimo  de  Fenrothere  et  multis  aliis. — (Id.  84.) 

24.  Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  in  cur'  dni  regis 
apud  Westm'  a  die  Pasch  in  quindecim  dies  anno  regni 
Edwardi  regis  Angl  tercij  a  conquestu  vicesimo  scdo 
In?  Ricm  Plescys  et  Margaretam  vxem  eius  quer'  et 
Johem  de  Stanynton'  capettm  et  Simonem  de  Shotton' 
capettm  deforc'  de  mafiiis  de  Plescys  et  Shotton'  cum 
ptin' .  vnde  pttm  conuenceis  sum'  fuit  in9  eos  in  eadem 
cur'  .   Scitt  qd  gdci  Ricus  et  Margareta  recogn'  gdca 
maSia  cum  ptin'  esse  jus  ipius  Simonis  vt  ilia  que  iidem 


Simon  et  Johes  hent  de  done  f  dcoty  Rici  et  Margarete  . 
Et  p  hac  recogn'  fine  et  concordia  iidem  Johes  et  Simon 
concesserunt  gdcis  Rico  et  Margarete  pdca  mafiia  cum 
ptin'  Et  ilia  eis  reddiderunt  in  eadem  cur'.  Hend  et 
tenend  eisdem  Rico  et  Margarete  et  heredibj  de  corpib3 
ipoi?  Rici  et  Margarete  exeuntibj  de  capit'  dnis  feodi 
illius  p  suic'  que  ad  pdca  mafiia  ptinent  imppm  .  Et  si 
contingat  qd  ijdem  Ricus  et  Margareta  obierunt  sine 
her'  de  corpibj  suis  exeunte  lunc  post  decessum  ipV$ 
Rici  et  Margarete  fdca  mania  cu  ptin'  integre  remane- 
bunt  Rogo  de  Wyderyngton  et  her'  de  corpe  suo  per' 
tenend  de  capitl  dnis  feodi  illius  p  §uic'  que  ad  pMca 
mafiia  ptinent  impp  .  Et  si  contingat  qd  idem  Rogus 
obierit  sine  her'  de  corpe  suo  per  tune  post  decessum 
ipius  Rogi  gdca  maneria  cu  ptin'  integre  remanebunt 
Johi  de  Plescys  fratri  gdci  Rici  et  her'  de  corpe  per'  te- 
nend de  capit'  dnis  feodi  illius  p  §uic'  que  ad  f)dca  mafiia 
ptinent  imppm  .  Et  si  contingat  qd  idem  Johes  de 
Plescys  obierit  sine  hede  de  corpe  suo  per'  tune  post  de- 
cessum ipius  Johis  gdca  maneria  cum  ptin'  integre  re- 
manebunt Ade  de  Plescys  fri  eiusdem  Johis  et  hedib3 
de  corpe  suo  per'  tenend  de  capit'  dnis  feodi  illius  p 
Suicia  que  ad  pMca  mafiia  ptinent  imppm  .  Et  si  contingat 
qd  idem  Adam  obierit  sine  her'  de  corpe  suo  per'  tune 
post  decessum  ipius  Ade  gdca  mafiia  cu  ptin'  integre  re- 
manebunt rectis  hedibj  gdci  Rogi  tenend  de  capit'  dnis 
feodi  illius  p  iuic'  que  ad  pMca  mafiia  ptinent  imppm. — 
(Id.  100.) 

25.  Ista  indentura  facta  in?  Rogerum  de  Wodering- 
ton  ex  pte  una  et  Margareta  que  fuit  uxor  Rici  de 
Plescys  ex  pte  al?a  testatr  qd  predca  Margareta  dedit  fldco 
Rogo  maneriu  de  Plescys  et  dc  Schotton  vna  cu  omib3 
?ris  &c.     Reddendo  inde  annuatim  |dce  Margarete  to- 
ta  vita  sua  viginta  libras  argenti .  Hiis  testib3  Johne  de 
Fenwick  .  Gerardo  de  Woderington  .  Witto  Heron  mi- 
lit^  .  Rofito  de  Midelton  .  Johne  de  Killingword  se- 
niore  .  Johne  de  Preston  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apd  Schotton 
die  doc°  px«  post  festu  sci  Dyonisij  a.  d.  1349,  et  anno 
r.  R'  E.  3°  p.  c.  23° — (Id.  3?.) 

26.  Ista  indentura  fca  die  doc°  px«  post  festu  sci 
Luce  Ewangte  anno  dni  1349  in?  Rogeru  de  Wode- 
rington ex  pte  vna  et  Margareta  que  fuit  vxor  Rici  de 
Plescys  ex  pte  altera  testat'  qd  gdcus  Rogus  concessit 
et  obligat  se  et  hedes  suos  ad  ofnes  jiuencbes  subscriptas 
tenendas  sciit  qd  predca   Margareta  hebit  firmas   sci 
Martini  in  hyeme  de  omib3  tenentib3  liberoT?  et  villanoi? 
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debent'  predee  Margarete  vel  Kicardo  quonda  viro  suo 
et  qd  faciet  construere  cu  omi  delTbacoe  qua  comode 
fieri  poterit  sufficiens  edificiu  infra  situ  manerij  de 
Plescys  videlt  aula  camera  .  panetria  .  botelria  .  bra- 
cina  .  et  vaccaria  p  sex  vaccis  et  eaty  vitulis  et  predca 
Margareta  hebit  quanda  placea  p  curtilagio  suo  hndo  . 
Et  predcus  Rogus  dedit  et  concessit  dee  Margarete 
duas  acras  prati  de  melioribj  de  prato  de  Holford  .  Te- 
nend  et  hnd  ad  tola  vita  predce  Margarete  .  Et  predcus 
Rogus  concessit  comuna  pastuie  gdce  Margarete  ad  sex 
vaccas  et  ea1^  vitulos  et  ad  vnu  equu  ad  pascend  in 
oraib3  locis  vbi  auerie  dci  Rogi  depascent'  cu  vaccis  dci 
Rogi  et  in  casu  vbi  dcus  Rogus  no  habet  vaccas  cu  bobj 
dci  Rogi  sub  custodia  pastoris  dci  Rogi  et  misa  et  ex- 
pensa  dci  Rogi  bestie  fJdce  erunt  custodiend  .  et  conces- 
sit predce  Margarete  annuatim  pcipe  et  recipe  p  volun- 
tate  sua  duas  celdras  carbonu  maritimoi?  ad  minera  de 
Plescys  fcam  infra  maneriu  vna  cu  dece  carectatis  bleta^ 
in  vastis  de  Plescys  et  Schotton  anuatim  p  voluntate 
dee  Margarete  ad  bletand  cu  litio  introitu  et  exitu  in 
omibj  locis  campi  pdci  ad  dcm  maneriu  cariand  .  Et 
§dca  Margareta  p  tola  vita  sua  molet  omia  blada  sua 
infra  situ  suu  expensibilia  ad  molendinu  de  Plescys 
vbicuq,  molendinu  fern  fuerit  infra  dominiu  manerii  de 
Plescys  sine  niultura  aliqali  et  ppinquori  trumulo  .  Et 
pMcus  Rogus  concessit  p  se  et  heredib3  suis  pMce  Mar- 
garete bruera  vbicuq,  anuatim  pMca  Margareta  voluerit 
ad  vsu  suu  pp'um  eradicare  in  vastis  suis  de  Plescys  et 
Schottoii  et  ad  mansione  sua  pp'am  ibid  cSburend  cu 
liBo  ingressu  et  egressu  cu  omib?  seruientib3  suis  cari- 
and ad  gdcam  mansione  p  voluntate  sua  inde  faciend  . 
Et  ad  omes  istas  conuencoes  tenendas  fdcus  Rogus  et 
hedes  sui  obligati  sunt  gdce  Margarete  sub  pena  decem 
librae  si  defecerit  in  aliquibj  conuencoib3  istai?  pMcaT?  . 
HUs  testib3  Johne  de  Fenwick  .  Gerardo  de  Wodering- 
ton  .  Witto  Heron  .  et  Jofine  Heron  militibj  .  Eartho- 
lomeo  Benet  .  Witto  de  Hesilrigg  .  Johne  de  Preston 
et  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  Schotton  .  s.  r — (Id.  128.) 

27.  Presens  indent's  fca  apd  Schotton  die  venis  px 
an'  fm  conQsiois  sci  Pauli  anno  regni  Reg'  Edward  ?cij 
a  coquest'  sexto-deco  in?  Ricm  filiu  Jofiis  de  Plescys  ex 
pte  vna  et  Wittm  dcm  Bett  de  Morpath  ex  pte  al?a 
testat'  qd  cu  jdm  Rics  dederit  dco  Witto  oinia  ?ras  et 
tenementa  sua  que  huit  in  villa  de  Schotton'  iuxta 
Plessys  simul  cu  dece  solidat'  anui  reddit'  que  Thomas 
Pawett  si  debuit  et  reddidit  p  ten'  in  eadm  .  Et  etiam 
qatuor  acras  p«ti  in  Holforth  quas  dns  Thomas  de  He- 


piscotis  ^dam  tenuit  cu  omib3  suis  ptin'  .  Habend  for 
ten  years,  or  till  a  mortgage  of  sixteen  pounds  of  silver  be 
paid  off.  Data  apd  Schotton'  die  vefiis  px'  an'  fm  con- 
uersionis  sci  Pauli  anno  supradco. — (Id.  76.) 

28.  Omnibj  &c.  Rogerus  de  Woderington'  filius  Johis 
de  Woderington  militis  saltm  in  dno  .  Noueritis  me  de- 
disse — Gerardo  de  Woderington'  .   Henrico  de  Hauer- 
ington'  militib3  .  Rogero  Heron'  psona  ecctie  de  fford" 
Johanne  de  Burdon'  psona  ecdie  de  Routhbury  .  Wittmo 
de  Emeldon'  psona  ecclie  de  Bottale  .  Thme  de  Hesel- 
rigg  dno  de  Heselrigg  .  Rogero  de  Fenwick  .  Edmundo 
de  Woderington   .  Wittmo  fit  Symon'  de  Heselrigg  . 
Thma  fit  Symon  de  Heselrigg  .  Johi  fit  Ade  de  Rodum 
.  Johi  de  Heselrigg  de  Schepwassh .  Rotto  de  Massam . 
Ranulfo  de  Malteby   .   Johi  fit  GilM  de  Babington' . 
Johi  fit  Witti  fit  Rici  de  Babington'  .  GilBto  Gaumbel 
de  Werkword  .  Wittmo  fit  Witti  de  Swethop  .   Gilfcto 
Heion'  fit  Rogi  Heron'  militis  .  Rico  fit  Joti  Heron' 
militis  .  maneria  mea  de  Plescys  et  Schotton'  .  Habend 
&c.  Hiis  testibj  dnis  Rotto  de  la  vale  .  Wittmo  Heron' 
.  Johne  Heron  militib3  .  Edmundo  de  Esshet .  Wittmo 
Whiteheued  .  RoEto  de  Midleton'   .   Adm  de  Lyam  . 
Ricardo  de  Blakden'  et  aliis. — (Id.  118.)   No  date;  but 
this  deed  was  probably  made  in  1350,  for  John  de  Bur- 
don, rector  of  Rothbury,  died  in  1352. 

29.  Omnib;   Gerard  us  de  Woderington  Henric'  de 
Hauerington,  &c.  (ut  Supra,  No.  28).     Noueritis  nos 
dedisse  Rogo  de  Woderington  fit  Johis  de  Woderington 
militis  maneria  nfa  de  Plescys  et  Schotton  cu  omib3  suis 
ptinenciis  que  huim9  de  dono  p\lci  Rogi  et  quicquid  ha- 
buim9  in  eisdem  maneriis  de  dono  eiusdem  Rogi  .   Ha- 
bend predca  cu  ofnib3  suis  ptinenciis  ut  fdcm  est  pMco 
Rogo  .  Hiis  testib3  &c.  (ut  Supra,  No.  28.)— (Id.  119.) 

30.  Pateat   uniQsis   p  gsentes   qd  ego  Rogerus   de 
Woderyngton  fit  Johis  de  Woderington  militis  remisi 
Matgarete  del  Plessis  executrici  testi  Rici  del  Plessis 
qu°d  viri  sui  onimodas  accbnes  et  demandas  quas  hui  9s9 
pfatu  Ricm   .    Dat  apd  mafiiu  de  Plessys  die  dnica  px' 
post  fm  sci  Dionisij  1349.— fid.  120.) 

31.  Pateat  vniQsis  p  gsentes  qd  ego  Rogus  de  Wode- 
rington' frater  dni  Gerardi  de  Woderington'  militis  dedl 
et  concessi  Johi  de  Babington  filio  Gilfcti  de  Babington 
et  Witto  de  Camera  omia  bona  et  catalla  mea  in  mane- 
rio  de  Plescys  die  confecbis  hui9  scripti  existencia  .  Dat' 
apud  maneriu  de  Plesscys  Jdcm  die  mercurij  in  crastino 
[Sep.  15]  exaltacbis  see  Crucis  .  a.  d.  1350— (Id.  82.) 

32.  Sciant  preseutes  "t  futur'  qd  nos  Thomas  de 


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Heselrigg  filius  Symonis  de  Heselrigg  1  Wittms  Hun- 
tur  filius  Rotti  Hunter  de  Horsely  dedim'  Witto  de 
Qwhelpedale  t  Rico  Somer  maneriu  nfm  de  Plescys  cu 
ptinenciis  1  quicquid  habuim'  in  dco  manerio  die  con- 
feccbis  hui'  carte  habend  .  In  cui'  "tc.  Hiis  testib3 
Johne  de  ffenwik  .  Rofcto  de  la  vale  .  Rofcto  Berfm  . 
Johne  de  Eure  .  Rogo  Mauduyt  militibj  .  Johne  de 
Coupelande  tuc  viscecomite  Northumtr .  Rofito  de  ffen- 
wik  .  Thma  de  ffenwik  .  Bartholomeo  Benet  .  Rogo  de 
Cressewell .  Wittmo  de  Heppescotes  .  Wirhno  de  Seton' 
.  Rico  de  Cramelington' .  1  aliis  .  Dat'  apd  maneriu  de 
Plescys  gdcm  die  safcfci  [18  Sep.]  px'  post  ftn  Exaltacois 
ste  Cruicis  [Sep.  14]  Anno  Dni  1350.— (Cart.  Rid.  29.) 
33,  a.  Sciant  presentes  1  futuri  qd  nos  RoBtus  de 
Massam  1  Johannes  de  Horton'  dedimus  .  Rogero  de 
Woderington  fratri  dni  Gerardi  de  Woderington'  militis 
maneriu  nfm  de  Plescys  .  Hiis  testibj  Johne  de  ffen- 
wik  .  Rofeto  de  la  vale  .  Rofeto  Bertflme  .  Johne  de 
Eure  .  Rogo  Mauduyt  militib5  .  Johne  de  Coupeland 
tuc  vicecomite  Northumbr'  .  Rofcto  de  ffenwik  .  Thma 
de  ffenwik  .  Bartholomeo  Benet  .  Rogo  de  Creesewett  . 
Witto  de  Heppescotes  .  "Wirhno  de  Seton'  .  Rico  de 
Cramelington'  1  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  maneriu  de  Plescys 
gdcm  .  die  Jouis  crastino  [Sep.  30]  6i  Michalis  [Sep. 
29]  A.  D.  1350. 

33,  b.  Omnibj — Willelmus  de  Kellaw  filius  1  heres 
Ricardi  de  Kellaw  saitm  in  dno  .  Noueritis  me  imperpe- 
tuu  quetu  clamasse  Rogero  de  Woderington'  heredibj  1 
assignatis  suis  totu  ius  et  clameu  que  habeo  in  manerio 
de  Plescys  1  Schotton' .  &c.  .  Dat'  apud  villa  noui  Cas- 
tri  sup  Tynam  die  vein's  septimo  die  rnens^  Julii  a.  g. 
1357.     Hiis  testibus  dnis  Willelmo  Heron'  .  Gerardo 
de  Woderington  .  Johanne  Heron'  militibj  .  Bertramo 
Monboucher  .  Wittelmo  de  Hesilrigg  .  Roberto  de  Pun- 
chardon' .  Gilfcto  de  Vaus  .  Thoma  de  Hesilrigg  .  Jo- 
hanne capetto  qui  fecit  hanc  cartam  et  aliis — (Id.  85.) 

34.  Omib5  hoc  scriptu  visur'  vt  audituris  Elena  re- 
licta  Witti  de  Lokewodde  sattm  in  dno  .  Nofiitis  me  re- 
mississe  Johi  de  Wodryngton'  militi  1  Henrico  de  Fen- 
wyk  capetto  heredibj  "t  assign'  suis  impp'  totu  ius  1 
clameu  meu  que  vnqua  hui  in  manio  de  Plessise  T.  villa 
de  Shotton  .  In  cui'  rei  testiom  huic  gsenti  scripto  meo 
sigillu  meu  apposui  et  sigilla  omcio^i  maiorat9  ville  Novi 
Castri  sup  Tyna  1   vicecom'   NorthumBr  in   testiom 
gmissoT?  apponi  pcuraui  in  j^sen   .  Johis  Cartington  . 
Rotti  Whelpynton  1  alioi; .  Dat  4to  die  Septembris  a. 
r.  R'  Henrici  6ti.  p*  c.  A.  llmo.— ss.  &.—(Id.  98.) 


35.  Notu  sit  omib5  quod  cu  quond  Johes  de  Placeto 
dedisset  deo  1  beate  marie  ct  ahhi  ct  couetui  Novi  Mo« 
nasterij  qui^  marcas  annul  redditus  de  molendinis  suis 
de  Placeto  1  Stanygton'  et  de  mafiio  suo  de  Placeto  put 
in  diQsus  cartis  suis  inde  eisd  afcfci  T-  {>uetui  fact'  pleni' 
liquet  .  Ac  ecia  cu  Radulphus  Wodryngton'  miles  p 
carta  suii  nup  cocessit  1;  app'avit  quasd  vastas  capellas 
cu  c'tf  terris  1  tenemet^  dcis  capellis  spectatib3 1  ptine- 
tibj  in  villa  1  territoriis  de  Schotlon'  et  Placeto  in  co- 
mitat'  Northubf  diet'  AtBi  1  5»uetui  t  successoribs  suis 
ippetuu  put  in  ead  carta  inde  eis  p  pfat'  Radulphu  facta 
pleni'  gtinet9    Ita  couentu  e  t  ocordatu  in?  gfat'  atiBem 
t  puetu  1  gdcm  Radulphum  q  q«mdiu  dci  abbas  t  {»uet' 
T:  sui  successores  pacifice  habeat  possideat  1  plene  gau- 
deat  dcas  capellas  cu  0%  ?ris  1  tenemet'  redditibs  t 
emolumetf  q'buscu^  dcis  capellis  debitf  °t  ^suet^1  abs^ 
secta  calupnia  in  placitacbe  vl  expulsioe  diet'  Radulphi 
heredu  vel  assignatoru  suoru  ^  gdci  abbas  ct  guet'  sint 
ptenti  anuati  cu  quadraginta  solid  pcella  dci  anui  reddit' 
quincj  marcaru  anuati  1  no  amplius  1  q  residuu  dci  red- 
dit' viz.  xxvj  s .  1  oclo  defiioru  p  gdicte  aftftem  °t  puetu  ac 
successores  sui  de  ce?o  no  petat'  in  futuru  n'  ipi  abbas 
couet'  ac  sui  successores  impediat'  ac  pturbet'  de  posses- 
sione  deal?  capellaT?  ft  9ris  eisd  capellis  spectantibj  sie 
ptinentibj  quod  absit.  1  p  maiori  testimonio  ^missoT?  IS 
gdci  abbas  1  puet'  qflm  predcus  Radulphus  Woderington 
miles  sigilla  sua  ptib5  huius  scripte  indentale  al?nati 
apposuerit  vicesimo  die  Mail  anno  dni  mitto  cccc  no- 
nageslo  primo  t  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  septimi  p' 
^qm  4nglie  sexto. 

36.  Import  of  a  particular  or  rental  of  part  of  the 
estate  late  of  James  late  Earl  of  Derwentwater,  to  be 
sold  before  the  commissioners  and  trustees  for  the  for- 
feited estates,  at   their  office,  in  the  Inner  Temple, 
July  11, 1723: — PLESSEY,  where  the  names  of  the  farms 
and  tenants,  with  their  respective  rents,  are  as  follow  : 
Plessey  Hall,  &c.,  Robert  Widdrington,  £60  ;  Plessey 
New-houses,  James  Atkinson,  £55  ;  Robert  Gilhespy, 
=£27   10s.;  John  Newton,  £13   15s.;  John  Robinson, 
jun.,  =£13  15s. ;  Bridge  Farm,  Wm  Silvertop,  £23 ;  the 
Mill,  with  about  14  acres  of  land,  John  Young,  £35  ; 
Hartford  Bridge  House,  Wm  Fletcher,  5s. ;    Plessey 
Colliery,  Richard  Ridley,  esq.,  £18. — SHOTTON,  Robert 
Cockburn,  Thomas  Bell,  John  Anderson,  William  Gil- 
hespy, each  .-£31  5s. ;  Shotton  West  Houses,  John  Ro- 
binson, sen.,  =£54 ;    Shotton  Edge,   John  Pye,   £33 : 
total  rental  of  Plessey  and  Shotton,  =£458  5s.— NEW- 


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SHAM.  Edward  Byers,  for  the  Demesne,  &c.  £40,  and 
for  the  West  Farm,  ^40;  the  Link- house  Farm,  Fran- 
cis "Weldon,  £90 ;  Blyth  Nook  Farm,  Wm  Silvertop, 
£40 ;  Cuthbertson's  Farm,  John  Clark,  £38 ;  John 
Farkess  and  John  Chicken,  for  the  Great  West  Farm, 
each  £22  10s.;  Philip  Jubb,  a  house  and  close,  £2; 
Richard  Nicholson,  the  fishery,  £5  10s. ;  Richard 
Lamb  and  Mary  Grey,  each  a  cottage  at  £1  5s. ;  and 
James  Blacket,  Eleanor  Potts,  and  John  Ward,  each  a 
cottage  at  5s. ;  Edward  Watts,  for  a  coney  warren,  with 
about  15  acres  of  land,  £35  ;  Robert  Wright,  esq.,  and 
John  Spearman,  esq.,  steath  rooms,  £100  :  total  rental 
of  Newsham,  £438  15s. — NAFFERTON,  Farm  in  Naf- 
ferton,  Jeremiah  Brown,  Roger  Sisterson,  and  Edward 
Hindmarsh,  each  £?2  13s.  4d. :  total  at  Nafferton,  £218. 
Total  of  the  whole  rental  of  land  in  Plessey,  Shotton, 
Newsham,  and  Nafferton,  to  be  sold,  £1115. — ^[  The 
inheritance  of  the  above  premises  is  to  be  sold  expect- 
ant on  the  death  of  the  lady  Mary  Radclyffe.  N.  B. 
This  estate  was  devised  by  colonel  Thomas  Radclyffe, 
deceased,  to  lady  Mary  Radclyffe,  during  her  life ;  and 
after  her  decease,  to  James,  late  earl  of  Derwentwater, 
and  his  heirs.  The  will  was  made  since  the  statute  of 
11  and  12  William  III ;  and  lady  Mary  Radclyffe  be- 
ing  a  papist,  was  incapable  to  take  by  virtue  of  that 
devise,  and  consequently  that  devise  void  ;  and  if  so  the 
purchaser  will  be  entitled  to  the  estate  in  possession, 
James,  late  earl  of  Derwentwater,  being  not  only  de- 
visee, but  heir-at-law  to  colonel  Thomas  Radclyffe,  his 
uncle,  the  devisor. 

37.  Vniflsis  Symon  de  Plesseys  safm  I  dno  sempiftia  . 
Ad  omiu  uram  notitiam  uolo  puenire  q°d  orta  dudii  mo- 
dica  distancia  in9  p'orem  de  B'nkeburn'  t  me  de  pastu- 
ra  loci  sui  ad  pote  de  Hereford  .  Didici  p  certo  de  dno 
Johe  de  Pleyssis  dno  1  fre  meo  T.  aliis  fide  dignis  qd . 
Idem  p'or  ct  ^uentus  de  B'nkeburn'  locu  illu  cu  suis 
ptinenc'  lifiu  hut  1  sepatu  ne  aueria  alicui'  infra  s'uas 
diuisas  comunicare  debeant .  Q''re  ego  Symon  uolo  pcedo 
1  p^senti  sc'pto  cofirmo  p  me  1  hedibj  meis  t  successo- 
oribj  q'd  p'or  t  <?uent'  de  Brinkeburn'  successores  ct 
sui  assignati  locu  sup"dcm  de  Hereford  lifts  fiant  "I  se- 
patu teneant .  ne  ego  ut  hedes  mei  successores  lit  tenen- 
tes  mei  aliq**m  comuna  aliq°  tempe  infra  suas  antiq"s 
diuisas  uendicare  decefo  pofimus  .  videlire  ab  Jones- 
chestres  usq,  in  blithe  T:  sicut  eadem  Blithe  curr'  8s' 
orientem  usq,  ad  uiam  regalem  .  1  i¥um  ab  eisdem 
Joneschest'  usq,  pilgrimwett  .  1  sicut  riuillus  eiusdem 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  4 


curr'  8s'  orientem  usq,  I  moram  .  1  sicut  fossatu  in?  mo- 
ram  t  terram  arabilem  descendit  8s*  orientem  usq,  ad 
uiam  regalem  .  1  sicut  eadem  uia  ex  oriental!  pte  ecce 
de  Hereford  descedit  i  blithe  .  Si  8°  averia  mea  ui  tiedu 
meo'?  ...  .  Warda  fca  infra  memoratas  diuisas  p'oris  T; 
puent'  post  blada  °t  fena  assportata  euaserint  •  uolo  q  re- 
chacientr  curialir1  simili  m°  T.  si  aueria  p'oris  t  j»uent'  i 
defensu  meu  euaserint  i  post  blada  T;  fena  asportata  i 
eodem  m°  rechacient'  curiali?  .  saluis  boscis  meis  .  Te- 
nend  1  find  I  HBam  p'am  t  ppetua  elemosina  cu  offiibj 
suis  ptinenc'  lifctatibj  comunis  1  aisiamtis  tarn  ad  dcam 
?am  qam  aliam  ext"  gdcas  diuisas  qam  hnt  de  donacoe 
pmissione  T;  pcessione  gdecesso"!;  meo"?  ptinentibj  .  In 
cui'  rei  testimon'  huic  sc'pto  i  modu  cyrng«phi  confecto  • 
sigilla  nfa  alfnatim  sut  apposita  .  Hiis  testibj  .  Dno 
Wychardo  de  charron  tuc  vie' .  Johe  de  Haultu' .  Thorn' 
de  Fenwick  .  Gerard  de  Widerintu  .  militibj  .  Adam  de 
Pleyssis  .  Roti  de  H'eford  .  Ric'  de  H'eford  .  Hugon' 
Vigrus  .  t  aliis  .  s.  A.— (Cart.  Rid.  93.) 

38.  Inquis  2  Ric  II.  No.  84 — Ricardus  Dei  gratia  &c. 
Johanni  Derwentwatre  escaetori  suo  in  comitatu  North- 
umbr  salutem.  Volentes  certiorari  super  modo  &  causa 
captionis  terrarum  &  tenementorum  Mathei  de  Bolton 
vicarii  ecclesie  S.  Nicholai  de  Novo  Castro  Super  Tynam 
in  villa  de  NORTH  GOSSEFORD  per  Williehnum  Ergun 
nuper  escaetorem  domini  E.  nuper  regis  Anglic  avi  nos- 
tri  in  manum  ejusdem  avi  nostri,  ut  dicitur,  vobis  pre- 
cipimus  quod  nos  inde  in  Cancellaria  nostra  reddatis 
certiores  .  T.  me  ipso  apud  Westm  xxvj.  die  Nov. 

Ego  Johannes  de  Derwentwatre  escaetor  regis  in  co- 
mitatu Northumfir  vobis  sic  respondeo.  Gilbertus  de 
Culwenne  predecessor  meus  in  comitatu  predicto  michi 
liberavit  per  indenturam  inter  nos  faclam  unum  mesu- 
agium  &  ij  bovatas  terre  &  prati  in  NORTH  GOSSEFORD 
que  antecessores  domini  de  North  Gosseford  dederunt  ad 
sustentandum  quandam  cantariam  ibidem  .  in  qua  can- 
taria  vicarius  de  Novo  Castro  Super  Tynam  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  tenetur  invenire  unum  capellanum  di- 
vina  celebrantem  &  ibidem  residentem,  asserendo  ea 
fore  in  manu  domini  regis  pro  eo  quod  dicta  cantaria 
subtvahitur  et  adhuc  ea  de  causa  &  non  alia  in  manu 
domini  regis  &  in  custodia  mea  existunt  et  extenduntur 
per  annum  ad  decem  solidos. 

Tenor  inquisitionis  capte  apud  Corbrigg  coram  Wil- 
lielmo  de  Ergun  escaetore  regis  in  comitatu  Northumfcr 
xx  die  Jun.  anno  regni  Edwardi  tertij  xlvij  per  sacra- 
mentum  Roberti  de  Louthre  &  aliorum  Juratorum  . 


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Qui  dicunt  quod  antecessores  Joliannis  de  Shaftowe  fun- 
daverunt  cantariam  in  CAPELLA  DE  SHAFTOWE  ad  quam 
cantariam  dederunt  v.  xx  acras  terre  &  prati  ad  inveni. 
endum  capellanum  divina  ibidem  celebralurum  imper- 
petuum  pro  animabus  regis  &  antecessorum  suorum  & 
antecessorum  de  les  Shaftowes  que  quidem  cantaria  sub- 
trahitur  per  longa  tempora ;  dicunt  quod  vicarius  de 
Hertbourn  capit  proficuum  terrarum  predictarum  ad 
usum  siuim  proprium  ad  dampnum  regis  &  fundatorum 
cantarie,  terra  &  pratum  valent  p.  ann:  xxx  s.  .  Et  an- 
tecessores domini  de  Midelton  Morel  fundaverunt  canta- 
riam  in  CAPELLA  DE  MIDDELTON  MOREL  ad  quam 
dederunt  circiter  Ix  'acras  terre  &  prati  in  Middleton 
Morel  ad  inveniendum  capellanum  divina  ibidem  cele- 
braturum  imperpetuum,  que  quidem  cantaria  subtrahi- 
tur  ad  dampnum  regis  &  fundatorum  cantarie  dicta 
terra  valet  p.  an:  xx  s.  .  Antecessores  domini  de  Syker 
fundaverunt  cantariam  in  CAPELLA  S.  LAURENCIJ  de 
Byker,  ad  quam  cantariam  dederunt  diversa  tenementa 
&  terras  ad  inveniendum  capellanum  divina  ibidem  cele- 
braturum,  que  cantaria  modo  subtrahitur  per  Johan- 
nam  dudum  uxorem  Johannis  de  Coupeland,  &  terra 
valet  p.  ann:  iiij  ti  quia  sic  dimittitur  per  dictam  Johan- 
nam  .  Antecessores  domini  de  Herford  Super  Blyth  de- 
derunt  Priori  de  Brynkeburn  &  successoribus  suis  diver- 
sas  terras  apud  HERFORD  AD  CANTARIAM  ibidem  sus- 
tentandam,  &  cantaria  modo  subtrahitur  ad  dampnum 
regis  &  fundatorum,  &  terra  valet  p.  an:  Tiij  s.  iiij  d  . 
Item  dicunt  quod  Johannes  de  Haulton  qui  de  rege  te- 
nuit  in  capite  manerium  DE  HAULTOK  &  WHYTING- 
TON  per  homagium,  alienavit  manerium  de  Whytington 
Ricardo  de  Akton  &  Matilde  uxori  sue  &  heredibus 
suis  tempore  regis  E.  patris  regis  nunc,  per  cartam 
licentie  regis  .  Et  dicti  Ricardus  &  Matilda  obierunt, 
&  Alianora  &  Cristiana  sunt  filie  &  heredes  eorum  .  Et 
Robertus  de  Umframvitt  &  BerPmus  Monboucher  spon- 
saverunt  dictas  Alienoram  &  Cristianam  .  Qui  quidem 
Robertus  &  Bert'mus  ut  de  jure  uxorum  suarum  mane- 
rium de  Whytington  ingressi  sunt  sine  licentia  regis,  & 
absque  faciendo  regi  homagia  &c.  que  ad  ipsum  regem 
in  hac  parte  pertinent .  Et  manerium  valet  p.  an:  xx  ft  . 
Antecessores  Roberti  filij  Rogcri  fundaverunt  DOMUM 
LEPROSORUM  juxta  Corbrigg  &  dederunt  xxiiij  acras 
terre  ad  inveniendum  capellanum  ibidem,  &  nullus  ca- 
pellanusinventus  est  terra  valet  p.  an:  vj  s.  viij  d  .  Ante- 
cessores domini  de  Northgosford  dederunt  ij  mesuagia  & 
ij  bovatas  terre  &  prati  in  NOUTII  GOSFORD  ad  sustan- 


Juni  cantariam  ibidem,  In  qua  cantaria  vicarius  de  Novo 
Castro  Super  Tynam  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  tenetur 
invenire  capellanum  divina  celebrantem  &  ibidem  resi- 
dentem,  que  cantaria  subtrahitur  per  vicarium  piedic- 
tum  &  nullus  capellanus  ibidem  invenitur,  et  dicta  me- 
suagia &  terra  valent  p.  an:  x  s.  .  Dominus  de  Mitford 
fundavit  MITFORTHSPITTELL  &  dedit  terras  &  pratum 
ibidem  ad  inveniendum  capellanum  &  nullus  capellatms 
inyenitur  sed  subtrahitur  per  longa  tempora  &  abbas  de 
Novo  Monasterio  occupat  terrain  &  pratum  predicta  & 
valent  p.  an:  xx  s.  .  Robertus  de  Fenwik  circiter  x  annos 
elapsos  per  cartam  suam  feoffavit  Alanum  Whytheved 
&  Johannem  filium  Ade  capellanos  de  diversis  tenis  & 
tenementis  IN  IDYNGTON  que  valent  p.  an:  Iiij  s.  iiij  d  . 
qui  quidem  Alanus  &  Adam  permittunt  de  anno  in  an- 
num abbatem  de  Novo  Monasterio  percipere  &  capere 
omnia  proficua  dictorum  tenementorum  &  terrarum  sine 
licentia  Regis. — (Ex.  orig.  in  Tur.  Land.) 

39.  Omnib5 — Rogerus  de  Merlaj  Tercius  saltm  . 
NoQit  vniQsitas  ufa  me  dedisse  .  Johanni  de  Plesseiz  rt 
heredib3  suis  liBam  potestate  erigendi  molendina  in 
ftitorio  de  Pleisseiz  .  de  Scotton' .  de  Blakeden'  .  T;  de 
Northwydeslad  .  rt  totam  multura  pueniente  ex  tota  se- 
quela dnicoTz  .  lifioT?  hoim  1  no  Iil5o"y  de  Plesseiz  .  de 
Scotton  .  de  Blakeden  .  de  Northwydeslad  .  T;  de  Ospi- 
tali  pontis  de  Hereford  cu  omib5  opatoib3,  consuetudinib5 
T;  omibj  aliis  rebj  1  ptinetiis  suis  sine  aliquo  rentinemto ' 
quas  homies  de  pMcis  villis  ad  molendina  mea  de  Sta- 
mgton  facere  consueuerunt  5  vt  dcatn  sequelam  scit  ad 
Terciu  decimu  vas  mul^e  cu  dcis  opatonib3  1  psuetudi- 
nibj  cu  ptinetiis  i  ad  molendina  gdci  Johis  1  hedum 
SUOT;  faciant .  "t  eis  remaneant  inppetuu  .  Pre?ea  cocedo 
1;  do  p  me  t  hedib5  meis  gdco  Johi  t  hedib3  suis  litam 
potestatem  leuandi .  erigendiT;  firmandi  stagnu  molendini 
eoi}  aq«tici  ulta  aqua  de  Blye  us<j,  in  ?ram  mea  solidam 
t  sup  ¥ra  mea  solidam  :  t  tarn  longu  stagnu  illud  ex- 
tendant  1  tarn  latu  T;  tarn  altum  q«  uolQint  .  t  q«ndo- 
cut^  uol3int  illd  augmtent .  extendat .  dilatent .  exaltent 
1  ad  COT;  uolutate  emendet  .  tarn  sup  pte  mea  uers  aqui- 
lon'  .  q«m  sup  ptem  eoi?dem  Johis  1  hedum  suoi;  uers 
austru  .  t  in  aqi  ft  sup  9ram  solida  put  melius  vidint 
eis  expedire  sine  aliq°  ipedinito  mei  ul  hedum  meo^ 
ippetuu  .  Et  si  ita  cotingat  qd  aqua  de  Blye  cursu  suu 
alibi  mutavit  .  infr  9ram  mea  I  hedum  meo^  ex  pte 
aq'lonali  a  ve?i  cursu  ei9de  aq'  .  volo  1  ocedo  p  me  1 
Kedib3  meis  eidem  Johi  't  nedibj  suis  qd  cursu  illu  stag- 
nent  rt  sicut  aliud  COT?  stagnu  ad  volutate  eo7;  firment  - 


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augmtent  .  exaltet  1  emdent  put  melius  vidint  eis  ex- 
pedire  q°cuq,  tempe  ct  quociens  hoc  euefiit  .  ct  in  omib3 
locis  aliis   vbieuq,  T;  q^cumq,  occasione  aqua  fnsieriti 
omia  ead  gdca  eis  cocedo  .  ippetuu  .  CScedo  etia  p  me  1 
hedibj  meis  eide  Johi  1  hedibj  suis  ad  fodienda  ct  capi- 
enda  ?ram  ad  stagnu  COT?  faciendii  t  cu  volQint  emandu 
in  ?ra  mea  ex  pte  aquilon'  de  Blye  vbicq,  vidint  eis  ma- 
gis  expedire  sine  aliq°  inpedimto  mei  ui  hedii  meo"? 
ippetuu  .  Concedo  insup  p  me  T-  hedibj  meis  eid  Johi  1 
hedibj  suis  qd  eoi?  homles  liBe  possint  ire  1  redire  in 
¥ra  mea  ex  pte  aq'lon'  de  Blye  .  sine  aliq°  bosci  mei 
colpando  ad  pefm  1  ¥ram  portand  "t  ducend  .  "I  alia 
necessaria  ad  stagnu  COT?  reparand .  1  cu  carris .  rt  caret- 
tis  q«ndo  volQint  sine  oimodo  ipedimto  ul  £>tadiccoe  mei 
ut  hedum  meoi;  Ippetuu  .  Cocedo  etiam  p  me  "I  hedibj 
meis  sepedco  Johi  t  hedib5  suis  qd  faciant  cu  voluint 
q«ndam  scissura  p  mediu  le  yerehaluh  1  ad  stagnu  ult° 
aqam  de  Blye  ibid  fir  man  d   .    et  ad  cursii  aque  p  idem 
stagnu  subGtend  .  T;  p  mediu  ilia  scissura  gducend  .   F.t 
si  gtingat  qd  scissura  ilia  p  vim  aque  de  tra  fuit  repleta 
uel  aliq0  alio  casu  obstructa  .  ut  etia  stagnu  illd  ut  Vra 
sup  q«m  stagnu  fuit  firmatu  .  asportet'  .  pcedo  eis  lifiam 
potestate  ad  scisione  illfi  "t  stagnu  vbiq,  eindand  t  re- 
pand  cu  volQint  sine  ofni  impedimto  mei  ut  hedum  meoi? 
inppetuu  ita  qd  dca  aqua  de  Blye  p  scisionS  illam  Ht5e 
possit  inppetuu  t^nsire  .  Et  si  forte  ptingat  q  dcs  Johes 
ut  hedes  sui  voluint  pcessu  tpis  stagnu  molendini  eoi? 
mutare  1  alibi  erige  T;  firmare  sup  ?ram  mea  in  pte 
aquilon'  de  Blye  t  eand  in  ofnib5  eis  pcedo  potestate  q«m 
stipius  eis  cocessi .  Habend  1  tenend  eid  Johi  T,  hedibj 
suis  de  me  t  hedibj  meis  gdca  molendina  cu  tota  gdca 
sequela  mult'e  .  opatoibj  .  osuetudinib:  .  rt  cu  oniibj 
rebj  aliis  T.  ptinentiis  suis  sine  aliq0  retininito  .  lifte  . 
quiete  .  solute  1  integre  inppetuu  .  Faciendo  inde  t  de 
toto  feodo  suo  pMco  .  scit  Plessiez  .  Scotton' .  Blakeden' 
.  Northwydeslade  T;  Ospitali  pontis  de  Hereford'  .  tan- 
tu  .  seruiciu  vnius  militis  p  omi  §uico  .   ^suetudie  °l  de- 
manda  .  Ego  u°  Rogerus  de  Merlay  "I  hedes  mei  wa- 
rantizabim9  *t  defendem9  sepedco  Johi  de  Plesseiz  T. 
hedib3  suis  .  pdca  molendina  cu  tota  seijla  mult'e  ^dca  . 
opatoibj  .  cosuetudinibj  .  T.  omibj  alys  reb5  1  ptinetiis 
suis  gnoiatis  J  cont«  omnes  gentes  inppetuu  .  Et  in  hui" 
rei  testimoniii  huic  carte  sigillii  meu  apposui  .  Hiis  tes- 
tib5  .  Dno  Adam  Afifie  novi  monasfti .  Hugone  de  Bole- 
bee  .  Witto  Heyron  tuc  vie'  Northum^r  .  Rogo  Bertam 
de  Bothal .  Tlogo  fit  Radi  .  Eustach  de  la  val .  Johe  fit 
Symon'  .  Wal?o  Heyron  .  llofito  de  Camhov  .  Henr' 


Gateg'  .  Johe  de  Oslington'  .  Johe  de  Haulton'  .  Rogo 
de  Toggysd  .  Rotfto  de  Cressewelle  .  Rogo  Maudut . 
Hugone  Guby on  .  Thorn' de  Oggel  .  rt  aliis. — (Cart, 
ffid.fol.  3—6.) 

40.  Henricus  dei  grii  rex  Angt.  &c.  Inspexim^  car- 
tarn  qua  Rogus  de  M'lay  tertius  fecit  ditco  rt  fideli  nro 
Johi  de  Plesset  de  molendinis  de  Stanigton  t  Plesset 
&c.  in  hec  8ba  : — ^f  Omibj  Rogus  de  M'lay  ?cius  satm 
in  dno  Sciatis  me  dedisse  Johi  Plesset  1  heredib5  suis 
ut  suis  assignatis  molendina  de  Stanigton  1  de  Plesset 
cum  stagnis  °t  aqua  ptinetibus  ad  (fca  molendina  et  cum 
omibj  Iibertatib5  T;  aisiametis  ad  dca  molendina  ptinetib3 
tarn  in  piscariis  qua  in  omimodis  aliis  eomodis  1  totatn 
sectam  multure  scit  ad  terciu  decimu  vas  de  oinibus  ho- 
minib3  qui  secta  plenius  aliquo  tempe  solebat  facere  dcis 
molendinis  except  duab3  bouat  ^re  quas  prior  de  Hestil- 
desham  tenet  in  villa  de  Stanigton  .  Volo  etiam  1  con- 
cedo  qd  omes  homines  qui  solebant  "t  sic'  solebant  faci- 
ant 1  sustineant  molendinu  de  Stanigton  1  stagnu  eius- 
dem  molendini  1  faciant  omia  cariagia  opacoes  t  con- 
suetudines  ad  dcm  molendinu  ptinetes  inppetuu  sicut 
aliq0  tempe  melius  I  plenius  fecerut  in  cui^cuq,  manu 
iidem  homines  p  tempe  fuerit  .  Et  volo  qd  idem  Johes 
t  heredes  sui  ut  sui  assignati  litiam  heant  potestate 
dist'ngendi  omes  homines  tarn  lifcos  qua  no  li'bos  qui 
solebat  1  eoi/  successores  aut  fras  eoT?  quai;  occasioe  ista 
debebant  ad  pdcam  sectam  cariag'  opatoes  t  consuetu- 
dines  plenar'  faciendas  inppetuu  sicut  aliquo  tempe 
fac'e  consueuerut  plenius  q°cienscuq,  ab  eis  se  sfctraxe- 
rit  in  eui9cuq,  manu  p  tempe  fuerii  .  Coneessi  etiam 
meremiu  sufficient  ad  molendinii  de  Stanigton  faciend 
1  repand  de  boscis  de  Witton  t  de  Horseley  q°ciens 
viderit  eis  expedire  p  visu  forestar  mei  ut  heredu  meo?/ 
T.  ad  stagnu  dci  moiendini  faciend  1  repand  ex  aquit 
parte  dene  de  Blye  q°ciens  viderit  eis  expedire  "I  si  ext" 
temj)9  liBacois  foreste  contingat  qd  dcm  molendinu  de 
Stanigton  repatoe  rt  emendatoe  indigeat  .  Volo  t  con- 
cedo  qd  capiant  meremiu  sufficient  in  boscis  de  Mor- 
path  scit  in  Scaldefen  .  Cottingwud  .  rt  in  pco  Occident' 
p  visu  forestar  mei  ul  heredu  meoi;  ad  dcm  molendinu 
repand  ^t  emendand  put  viderit 'mag  eis  expedire  .  Con- 
cessi  etiam  dco  Johi  et  heredib3  suis  ut  suis  assign  totam 
Pram  qtic  vocat'  Milnesyde  usq,  ad  aqua  de  Blye  °t  to- 
tam aqua  de  Blye  a  ponte  de  Stanigton  usq,  ad  capud 
Occident'  stagni  dci  molendini  T;  illam  placiam  que  est 
inf  vefem  cursum  aque  de  Blye  1  ductu  molendini  de 
Stanigton  que  quids  placia  vocat'  Milnehaluh  .  Red- 


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dendo  inde  annuati  tantu  vnu  par  calcariu  deaurato"?  ad 
festu  sci  Cuthfcti  in  Septembf  pro  omi  §uico  .  Concessi 
insuper  totam  scissione  aque  que  uadit  per  mediu  yer- 
haluh  usq  ad  ?rm  mea  solidam  ex  pte  aquilon'  illius 
scissionis  1  totam  illam  pticulam  de  yerhaluh  que  est 
ex  pte  austr  dee  scissionis  .  Reddendo  inde  annuati 
tantu  vna  libram  cimini  ad  Natal  dni  p  omi  alio  §uico  . 
Concessi  etiam  tola  illam  landa  que  uocat'  linhaluh  que 
iacet  ex  pte  aquil  aque  de  Blye  sicut  est  inclusa  fossato 
1  ipm  fossatu  ct  aqua  de  Blye  que  se  iungit  eidem  lande 
qantu  ipa  landa  continet  in  longitudine  .  Reddendo  inde 
annuati  una  libra  cimini  ad  fest'  sci  Cuthfcti  in  Septembr' 
p  omi  ah'o  §uico  .  Hiis  testibj  Dno  Ade  Abbate  de  Novo 
Monasterio  .  Hugon  de  Bolbeck  .  Witto  Heyron  tuc 
vicecomiti  Northumbr'  .  Rogo  Bertram  de  Bothal  . 
Eustach  de  la  val  .  Henr'  fre  suo  .  Hugone  de  Mor- 
Wyk  .  Johe  filio  Symonis  .  Wal¥o  Heyron  .  Henr'  Gate- 
gang  .  Rofcto  de  Camhoit  .  Johe  de  Esselington  .  Johe 
de  Haulton  .  Rogo  de  Toggesden  .  Rogo  Maudut . 
Thorn  de  Oggett  .  Ricardo  de  Saltwyk  .  Ricardo  de 
Dudden  .  Rogo  de  Horsel .  Bartho  de  Windegat' .  Rob?o 
de  Cama  .  Ada  de  Plesset  .  Rado  Gubiun  .  Walfo  de 
"Wytton  cftco  1  aliis  .  Nos  aute  donacoem  1  concessions 
predcam  latam  hentes  t  grata  earn  gdco  Johi  1  here- 
dibj  ul  assign  suis  q"ntu  ad  nos  ptinet  concedim9  1  con- 
firmamS  inppetuu  p  nobis  1  heredibj  mis  sicut  gsc'pta 
carta  gdci  Rogi  quam  dcus  Johes  inde  fit  racbnabili? 
testatur  .  Hiis  testibj  Petro  de  Sabaudia  &c.  Dat'  per 
manu  nram  apud  Westm  24to  die  Mart.  a.  r.  n.  40mo. 
—(Abstracted from  Cart.  Rid.f.  57—61.) 

41.  Hoc  sc'ptu  cirog"phatu  testat'  q  cu  contentio 
mota  erat  in?  Johem  de  Plessetis  qrentem  T:  Johem 
a^Bem  Noui  Monaster"  defendente  p  bre  de  conuecoe 
cora  iusticiariis  dni  regis  in  banco  de  molendinis  de  Pies- 
set'  t  de  Scotton'  dimissis  Rogo  de  Akden  q°nda  abfti 
Noui  Monaster'  gdecessori  gdci  aBBis  p  Simone  de  Ples- 
setis prem  gdci  Johis  cui9  heres  ipe  est  .  Tande  in?  eos 
ita  conq'evit  videlic3  .  q  gdcus  Johes  abbas  dedit  pMco 
Johi  de  Plesset'  decem  marcas  argnti  1;  c5cessit  p  se  °t 
successoribj  suis  <j  gdcs  Johes  de  Plesset'  1  heredes  sui 
q'eti  sint  de  illis  q'nq,  marc'  q«s  predcus  abbas  1  con- 
uent9  pcipe  coseueurut  de  dcis  molendinis  p  q<*tuor  annos 
px'  futures  post  die  confeccionis  gsent'  p  dpnis  suis  1 
arreragiis  firme  .  Et  dcus  Johes  de  Plesset'  remisit  dco 
Athi  1  couetui  1  suis  successoribj  omimodam  accbne  t 
demandam  q^s  9sus  eos  huit  ratione  dimissisis  vi  couen- 
cois  9dce  de  dcis  molendinis  .  Et  6dcus  Johes  abbas 


concedit  "I  se  obligat  p  se  "t  successorib3  suis  q  acq'eta- 
but  pdcm  Johem  de  Plesset'  ct  hedes  suos  °l  ipos  in- 
dempnes  coseruabut  v'sus  moniales  de  Eckles  ct  de  Cald- 
strem  de  q'nq,  marc'  q"s  pcipe  consueuerut  anuati  de 
molendinis  Jdcis  p  toto  tepe  q°  dca  molendira  in  manib3 
suis  vt  manibj  pMecessoi?  suoi;  p  dimissione  dci  Simonis 
extiftnt .  videlj  p  viginti  annis  ante  dee  confeccois  gsent' 
px  gteritis  .  Et  fdcus  Johes  abbas  cocedit  p  se  t  suc- 
cessor^ suis  q  si  gdce  moniales  Iptitent  pMcm  Johem  de 
Plesset'  vt  hedes  suos  de  Jdcis  q'nq,  marc'  vl  arreragiis 
eo^dem  p  tepe  viginti  annoi?  ^dcoi}  1  gdcus  abbas  "t 
successores  sui  gdcm  Johem  de  Plessetf  aut  hedes  suos 
v'sus  dcas  moniales  no  acq'etaQint  put  p  psens  scriptu  ob- 
ligant'  .  q  ille  q'nq,  marce  dcis  ahK  ^t  couetui  de  suis 
molendinis  debite  .  remaneant  penes  dcm  Johem  de 
Plessetf  1  hedes  suos  q°usq,  dapna  seu  iact'a  .  si  q 
sustinuerit  p  defectu  acq'tancie  gdci  a1)Bis  vl  successo^f 
SUOT?  eis  plenarie  emendent'  ct  restaurant'  per  visum 
pboi?  t  legatm  hoim  .  Et  si  p\lcs  Johes  de  Plessetis  vt 
hedes  suis  vt  aliq1  p  ipos  pcurat  dcas  moniales  gfatu  Jo- 
hem  de  Plessetf  vt  hedes  suos  implacitare  de  Jdcis 
q'nq,  marc'  p  tepe  dcty  viginti  anno^  .  1  si  cotigit  eos 
implacitare  °t  se  defenderint  ad  nocumetum  vl  g<*name 
dicti  attis  vl  successor  SUOT;  .  ex  tuc  no  teneat'  abbas 
gdcus  nc  successores  sui  in  aliquo  ad  acq'tandu  dcm  Jo- 
hem  de  Plessetf  vel  hedes  suos  de  gdcis  q'nq,  marc'  nc 
arreragiis  eai?dem  copta  legitime  pcuracbe  gdca  t  ficta 
defensione  p  ^dcm  Johem  de  Plessetf  vl  hedes  suos  in 
forma  pVlca  .  In  cui9  rei  testim'  huic  sc'pto  cirograffato 
partes  al¥natim  sigilla  sua  apposueriit  .  Dat'  apd  Mor- 
path  .  die  oim  SCOT?  anno  regni  reg'  Edwardi  Tri- 
cesimo  .  Hiis  testibj  .  Dno  Johe  de  Cambhow  tuc  vice- 
comite  Northubr'  .  Dno  Guichardo  de  Charron  .  Dno 
Rogo  Corbett'  .  Dno  Ricardo  de  Horseley  .  militib3  . 
Witto  de  Wydslad  .  Johe  de  Dudden  .  Thoma  de  Bel- 
show  .  Johe  de  Horseley  °t  aliis.— (Cart.  Rid.  94.) 

42,  a.  Omnibus  Johannes  de  Plasseto  Noveritis  me 
pro  salute  anime  mee  et  Elene  quondam  uxoris  mee  et 
omnium  antecessorum  et  heredum  meorum  dedisse  pro 
me  et  heredibus  meis  et  assignatis  .  Deo  et  beate  Marie 
et  monialibus  de  Caldstrem  in  liberam  puram  et  perpe- 
tuam  eleemosynam  quadraginta  solidos  annul  redditus 
de  molendino  meo  de  Plasseto  percipiendos  ad  Plesse- 
tum  per  earum  certum  attornatum  de  me  et  heredibus 
meis  et  meis  assignatis  annuatim  .  Hunc  autem  reddi- 
tum  assignavi  specialiter  ad  vitam  Johanne  filie  mee 
que  ibi  est  monialis  quamdiu  vixerit  .  et  post  ejus  de- 


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cessum  remaneat  ad  utilitatem  dicte  domus  in  perpe- 
tuum  .  Et  si  contingat  quod  ad  aliquos  terminos  solutio 
minus  bene  plenefacta  fuerit  ego  Johannes  et  heredes 
mei  vel  mei  assignati  respondebimus  dictis  monialibus 
de  omnibus  expensis  quas  fecerint  in  perquirendo  quod 
a  retro  fuerit  .  credentes  simplici  verbo  magistri  domus 
vel  priorisse  sine  alterius  onere  probationis  in  eorum 
conscientia  .  Hiis  testibus  domino  Ada  tune  abbate  novi 
monasterii .  dominis  Waltero  et  Stephauo  tune  rectori- 
bus  ecclesiarum  de  Staneton  et  deMop  .  domino  Thoma 
capellano  de  Whotton  .  domino  Gerardo  de  Wudryng- 
ton  .  Willielmo  de  Wydslaud  .  Adam  de  Plasseto  . 
Richardo  de  Whottun  clerico  .  et  inultis  aliis. — (  Cold- 
Cart.  Macfar.  Transc.  p.  126.) 

42,  b.    Omnib5  Rogerus  de  Woderington  frater  dni 
Gerardi  de  Woderington  Noveritis  me  dedisse  Radulfo 
de  Maltby  et  heredibus  suis  molendina  mea  de  Plescys 
et  de  Schotton  sicut  iacent  p  antiquas  rectas  diuisas  red- 
dendo  inde  annuatim  michi  et  heredibj  meis  quadraginta 
libras  argenti  .  Hiis  testib5  ilnis  Johanne  de  Fenwik  . 
Witto  Heron  .  Johanne  Heron  militib5  .  Johanne  de 
Coupeland  tune  viscecomite  Northumbf  .  Hugone  Bas- 
set .  Thoma  de  Fenwyk  .  Ricardo  de  Cramelington  . 
Roberto  de  Hidewin  Est  .  RoEto  filio  Ricardi  de  Blak- 
den  >  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  Plescys  9°  die  mensis  Junij 
a.  g.  1351.— (Cart.  Rid.  48.) 

43,  a.  Anno  dni  Mitto  T'centesimo  Septimo  Decio  . 
Ad  festu  Pur'  Be  Marie  virgis  fca  fuit  hec  couencb  in? 
Johem  de  Plessis  ex  pte  vna  et  Welandu  Mauduyt  ex 
pte  al?a  .  vidtt  qd  gdcs  Johes  concessit  et  ad  fth  viginti 
vni9  anno"j  dimisit  pfato  Welando  vnam  cultur'  ?re  que 
vocat'  le  Shortbuttes  .  in  campo  et  ?ritorio  de  Shotton' 
et  continet  in  se  viginti  et  tres  seliones  cu  duab5  He- 
uedlandis!  sicut  iacet  in?  magnam  cultur'  dni  ex  pte 
occidental!  .  et  le  Nunneflat  ex  pte  oriental!  .  Habend 
reddendo  inde  annuatim  unu  g"nu  pipis  si  petal' .  Hiis 
testibj  Dnis  Rico  de  Horsele  .  Rogo  Mauduyt  .  Rotto 
de  ffaudon' .  mili?  .  Bartho  Benet  .  Adam  Captto  de 
Schotton' .  Petr'  de  Eland  .  Johe  de  Wedeslade  .  Johe 
de  Liam  .  Thmo  de  Selby  .  Rico  Bataitt  .  Bartho  Whit- 
heuccl  de  Seighale  .  et  multis  aliis  .  .  Dat'  apud  Nouu 
Castr'  sup  Tynam  .  die  Lune  px  post  fm  sci  Vincent' 
Motir' .  Anno  dni  sup«  dco — (Id.  27-) 

43,  b.  Omib5  hoibj  Francis  et  Anglicis  Rotitus  filius 
Rogi  salt.  Nouerit  vniuersitas  vfa  me  concessisse  et  de- 
disse et  hac  gsenti  carta  mea  confirmasse  Radulfo  Pin- 
cerne  p  homagio  et  seruicio  suo  totam  terrain  ilhun 

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quam  ego  teneo  de  RoEto  de  Throkelaw  stilt  totam 
medietatem  illius  terre  quam  idem  Rofitus  adquisiuit 
p  fine  duelli  uersus  Wafrm  de  Sotton  in  villa  de  Sotton 
cum  omibj  ptinenciis  suis  .  Habend  illi  et  heredibs 
suis  de  me  et  heredib3  meis  in  feodo  et  hereditate  p 
litum  seruicium  q«rte  partis  feodi  vnius  militis  p  omi 
seruicio  .  Hiis  Testib5  .  Dno  Rogo  de  Lacy  Constabu- 
lar'  Cestr'  .  Petro  filio  Herefiti  .  Eustachio  de  Vescy  . 
Rofcto  de  Muscamp'  .  Rogo  de  Merlaye  .  Johe  vie' . 
Gilfito  de  la  Aual .  Vincencio  de  Wlythingeham  .  RotSto 
de  Cancya  .  Gaufr'  Grosse  .  Witto  filio  Witti .  Rogo  fre 
suo  .  Rofcto  fit  Ric' .  Alex'  ciico  .  Rogo  fit  Rad  .  Ric'  le 
Engleis  .  Simone  de  Furneans  .  Hugone  Scotto  .  et 
mvltis  ALIIS.  Large  seal,  as  in  Surt.  Seals, pi.  7 — (Id.  73.) 

44.  Omnibj — RoBtus  de  Welh«m  de  Longstrailon'  in 
comitatu  Norfolchie  saltm  in  dno  sempi?nam  .   NoQitis 
me  remisisse  Johi  de  Plesseto  de  comitatu  Northumtir 
totu  ius  et  clameu  quod  hui  in  decem  solidat'  annui  red- 
ditus  que  michi  reddere  solebat  de  quibusd  terris  et 
tenemetis  exeuhte  .  que  dictus  Johes  tenet  in  Schotton' 
et  alibi  in  com'  Northumtir  .  Hiis  testibus  .  dno  Hu- 
gone Gobyon  .  Rico  de  Horsley  .  Johne  de  Camhou  . 
Thoma  de  Bekeryngg  militibj  .  Rogo  Maudout  .  Jofine 
de  Dudden'  .  Johne  fit  Johis  de  Ogitt  .  Rot>to  de  Co- 
uyngtre  .  Witto  de  Denum  .  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  Westm' 
duodecimo  die  Mflrtij  .  anno  Regni  Regis  Edwardi  tri- 
cesimo  tertio. — (Id.  31.) 

45.  Omnibus  Rofctus  filius  Rotiti  filii  Angeray  de 
Schotton'  salute  in  dno  .  Nouitis  me  quit'  clamasse  dno 
Johi  de  Plesseto  totam  ?ram  quam  hui  uel  hre  potui  in 
villa  et  in  teritotio  de  Schotton'  et  Plesschez  .  In  cuius 
"tc.  .  Hiis  testibus  domino  Ad  tuc  Abbate  Novi  AJo- 
nasfii  .   Rofcto  de  la  chaimber  de  Prudhou   .   Alex'  de 
Bydick  .  Rico  de  Duddune  .  Rogo  de  Horseley  .  Rogo 
de  Woderington  .  et  multis  aliis. — (Id.  70 

46.  Omib5  Ric  fit  Rofiti  de  Schotton  .  Nouitis  me  re- 
didisse  Johi  de  Plesseto  et  hedibj  suis  totu  jus  qd  habui 
in  ¥ra  cu  ptinetiis  q  fuit  Witti  de  Paris  .  in  villa  de 
Plesseto  et  de  Scotton  .  Habend  et  tenend  eid  Johi  et 
heredib3  suis  quiete  de  me  et  heredibj  meis  ippetuu  ppt? 
vna  marca  argenti  q«m  dcs  Johes  m'  pmanu  pacauit  et 
pp?  noue   acras  ?re  in  canipis  de  Plesset  et  de  Schotton 
.  Ita  qd  ego  Ric  ut  hedes  mei  nttm  jus  ut  clamiu  in 
fdca  ftra  cu  ptin'  que  q°nda  fuit  Witti  de  Paris  in  dcis 
villis  de  Plesset  et  de  Schotton  exige  poftm9  ut  vendi- 
care  in  ppetuu  .  Pre?ea  obligo  me  sub  pena  centu  solidoi? 
aigenti  qd  mouebo  placita  versus  feofatos  gdci  Witti  de 

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Paris  qua  bora  et  q°  tempe  dcs  Johes  volQit  sine  omi 
dilatone  et  facia  eudem  Johem  att'natu  meii  de  eod 
placito  ad  recipient  quicq'd  poftt  pq'rere  de  dcis  feofatis 
et  qd  eid  Johi  et  hedibj  suis  q'etu  remaneat  de  me  et 
heredibj  meis  in  ppetuu  .  Hiis  testib5  Witto  Captto  de 
Stanington  .  Symon'  Captto  .  Pet0  Capttano  .  Rogo  de 
Toggesden  .  Thorn  de  Esse  .  Rofct  de  Caffla  .  Witto  de 
Caffla  .  Nicho  de  Schotton  .  Henr'  Chaumpes  .  Rofito 
Trus  .  GilE  Coco  .  Nichot  de  Rocke  .  et  aliis. 

47,  a.  Facta  est  h  couentio  in?  Matild  et  Eda  filias 
et  hed  Rad  Freman  ex  vna  pte  et  dnm  Johem  de  Pies- 
set'  ex  alfa  .  videlit  q,  dee  Matild  et  Eda  relaxauert 
ocessert  et  q'et'  clamaueft  dno  Johi  de  Plesset'  et  hed 
suis  tota  ¥ra  q"m  Rad  pr  eai;  huit  i  ?rittor'  de  Schott' . 
ettotjuset  clamiu  qd  habuert  I  ¥ra  ysod  Grine  filie 
Witti  Godsvayn  I  eode  rritor'  p  eis  et  hed  suis  ippet' . 
Ita  q,  nc  dee  Matild  et  Eda  n°  hed  eai;  aliq°  tpe  aliqd 
jus  ul  clamiu  in  dcis  tris  iposrm  vedicare  poftnt  .  Et  p 
hac  relaxacone  .  cocessione  et  q'et'  clamacbe  dns  dcs 
Johes  reddidit  gdictis  Matild  et  Ede  q'nq,  ac«s  9re  et 
dimid  de  tra  dee  ysod  in  dco  ?ritor'  de  Schott'  .  De  q'b3 
una  ac«  jacet  ex  fnsQso  ville  de  Schott'  .  vna  ac"  ap 
Potrsfther  .  Due  acr'  ap  Baxeden  .  Dimid  ac«  ap 
Dykesheud  .  vna  aca  ult"  semita  de  Flakeswett  .  Et  gfea 
dcs  dns  Johes  reddidit  gdcis  Matild  et  Ede  vna  acam 
pflti  in  Holford  iuxa  dnicu  patu  q  fuit  de  rra  dci  Rad 
pfis  eai)  .  Hend  et  tend  pdcis  Matild  et  Ade  et  hed  suis 
de  dco  dno  Johe  et  hed  suis  .  Reddndo  inde  annuati  vna 
libam  cimini  ad  fest  sci  Cuthtti  I  Septmbri  .  Et  faciendo 
secta  ad  molndia  de  Plesseto  sicuti  dca  9ra  solebat  p 
omibj  aliis  Suiciis  secta  cur'  et  demanda  .  Hiis  testibj 
dno  Wal?o  r^tor  Ecce  de  M  orph  .  dno  Ric'  Bassot  vicar' 
de  Stanigt'  .  Ric'  de  Duddon  .  Witto  de  Wydeslad  . 
Ad  de  Plesset'  .  Thorn'  fit  Witti  de  Stanigt'  .  Witto  de 
Saltwyk  .  Elya  de  Blakeden  et  aliis.— (Cart.  Rid.  6G.) 

47,  b.  Sciant  p.  et  f.  qd  ego  Thonvs  filius   Roger! 
Grene  de  la  Plescys  dedi  Rogero  de  Woderington  unu 
toftu  in  Plescys  et  xij  acras  ?f  arabit  in  campo  de  Schot- 
ton et  di  acr'm  p'ti  in  Holford  que  hui  ex  heditate  pa- 
tris  mei  gdci   .   Hiis  testub,  Ric.  de  Horsley  tiic  vie' 
Northumbr  .  Witto  de  Hesilrigg  .  Ric.  de  Cran^lyng- 
ton  .  Witto  de  Heppescotes  .  Witto  de  Essinden  .  et 
alijs  .  Dat.  apd  Plescys  xviij  die  Aprylis  a.  d.   13G9. — 
(Id.  50.) 

48.  Sciant  p.  et  f.  qd.  ego  Johns  de  Plescis  diis  eius- 
dem  loci  dedi  Thome  Paule  burgensi  ville  Novi  Castri 
sup  Tynam  ilia  decem  tofta  et  decem  crofta  et  duas 


acras  tYe  que  jacent  piopinquiora  orienti  ex  pte  australi 
manerij  mei  de  Plescis  cum  omibj  ptin.  suis  in  Plescis 
et  Shotton — exceptis  Tynnynhaulgh,  Milnehaulgh,  bla- 
do,  prato,  et  bosco  meo  qui  vocatur  Blithesden  .  Red- 
dendo  inde  annuatim  michi  et  hedib5  meis  decim  solidos 
argenti .  Et  idem  Thms  et  assign,  sui  toto  tpe  vite  eius- 
dem  Thm.  habebunt  comune  pastuf  ad  octo  aialia  suo 
omibj  tempib5  anni  in  Tynnynghaulgh  et  Milnehaulgh 
.  et  etiam  ad  oues  suas  a  festo  sci  Michis  archangli  vs^ 
ad  octaB  pasche  .  Et  molent  blada  sua  sup  gfata  ten. 
crescentia  que  expendunt  sup'  eandem  ad  molendinii 

meu  de  Plescis  vel Shotton  ad  vicesimu  granu  et 

cu  remanenti  Acoj  bladoT?  ibunt  lice  vbicuq,  voluerint  . 
His  testibj  Johne  de  Fenwick  tuc  vie.  Northumbr  .  Ad 
de  Ben  ton  militibs  .  Rofcto  de  Milneburn  .  Witto  de 
Prestewyk  .  Johne  de  Wydeslade  .  Witto  de  Whitelaw 
de  Cramelington  .  Weland  Mauduyt .  Johne  de  Lyham 
.  Witto  de  Stobh'm  .  et  aliis  .  Dat.  apud  Plescis  die 
dnica  pxia  post  festum  sci  Petri  advincula  anno  dni 
1325.—  (Id.  114.) 

49.  Oniibj  Thorn  de  Heppescotes  cticus  .  NoQitis  me 

concessisse  et  reddidisse  Rico  de  Plessys tef  et  ten 

cu  ptin.  in  Shotton  et  in  le  Plessys  que  hui  ex  dono  et 
feoffamento  §dci  Rici  et  Johis  pat'is  sui  .   Dat.  apud 
Schotton  die  Lune  px.  post  festum  sci  Michis  .  anno  r. 
r.  Ed.  III.  p.  C.  x — (Id.  111.) 

50.  Hec  carta  indentala  testat'  qd  Thomas  de  Hep- 
pescotes psona  ecch'e  de  Morpath  dedit  Rico  fit  Johis  de 
Plescys  vnii  toftu  et  vnu  croftu  cu  ptin'  in  Schotton' 
que  vocat'  le  lofdyland  et  q'n"ginta  et  qatuor  ac'  rVe  et 
q«tuor  acr'  pati  cu  ptin'  in  Schotton  quas  Johna  soror 
pdci  Rici  huit  ex  dimissione  Johis  pris  jidci  Rici  ad 
?minu  annoi;  .  Hend  imppm  .  Hiis  testibj   dno  Ro^to 
Dareyns  tuc  vie'  Northuml5r  .  Richo  de  Punchardon'  . 
Alano  de  Heppescotes  .   Rico  de  Blakeden'  .  Wal?o  de 
Blakeden'  et  aliis  .  Dat'  apud  Schotton'  die  Lune  in 
octafi  sci  CuthBti  in  marcio  anno  diii  mittio  cccmo  xlmo. — 
(Id.  51.J 

51.  Sciant  gsentes  et  futuri  q  ego  Johes  de  fFenwyk 
de  Blakeden  dedi  Thome  de  Walton'  sexaginta  et  qua- 
tuor  acras  9re  cu  ptin'  in  campo   de  Shotton'  iuxf* 
Weteslade  in  comitatu  Northumftr  qua^  quadraginta 
acre  iacent  sup  Qwitstaneflat  et  viginti  quatuor  acre 
iacent  sup  Pottarstrothe  .  Hend  p  suicia  inde  debita 
imppetuu  .  Hiis  testib5  Johe  de  Wedrygton'  .  Witto 
de  C«mlyngton' .  Johe  de  Qwitlawe  .  llotto  de  Blake- 
den' .  Johe  Welshe  qui  hanc  cartam  scripsit  .  et  multis 


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aliis  .   Data  apud  Shottoii  antedcm  quarto  die  mensis 
Junii  a.  r.  R.  Rici  2di  p.  c.  A.  13mo — (Cart.  Rid.  126.) 

52.  Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  qd   ego  Witts   filius 
Rici  de  North  AVydeslade  dedi  Germano  filio  dfii  Rotti 
de  Hylton  militis  quinq,  tofta  husbandoi?  cu  ftris  et  te- 
nementis  eisdm  toftis  ptinemibj  in  villa  de  Blakeden  : 
videlicet  toftum  illud  quod  Rogerus  frat'  Nichi  Todde 
quondam  tenuit  cu  duabj  bouatis  fre  ptinentib;  eidm  tofto 
in  eadm  villa .  Et  toftum  quod  Witts  Pot1?  q°ndam  tenuit 
cu  duabj  bouatis  ?re  eidm  tofto  ptinentibj    .   Et  toftum 
quod  Rottus  filius  Anger  q°ndam  tenuit  cu  duabj  bo- 
uatis ?re  quas  Galfridus  de  Blakeden  q°ndam  tenuit . 
Et  toftum  quod  Rottus  filius  Johis  q°ndam  tenuit  cu 
duab5  bouatis  ?re  quas  Joties  Albus  quondam  tenuit . 
Et  toftum  quod  Brimbil  tenuit  cu  vna  bouata  fre  eidm 
tofto  ptinente  .  Et  sex  acras  ¥re  que  quidem  ¥ra  vocat' 
frafabri   .    Simul  cu  vna  acra  fre  ptinente  tofto  quod 
Rottus  filius  Johis  q°ndam  tenuit  in  eadm  villa  et  cu 
omibj  ?ris  &c.     Habend  dco  Germano  faciendo  dcis  dills 
feodi  de  Plesseto  oinia  seruicia  debita,  &c.  pre?  annuam 
firmam  quindecim  solido"?  debitam  dictis  dnis  feodi  de 
Plesseto  p  omibj  ¥ris  et  tenementis  meis  in  Wydeslade 
et  in  Blakeden  .  Ad  qflm  quidem  firmam  p  predcis  toftis 
et  tenementis  soluendam  nee  in  toto  nee  in  parte  volo  p 
me  et  heredib3  meis  qd  dcus  German9  heredes  sui  et  sui 
assignati  ntto  modo  teneant'   .    Hiis  testibj  dnis  Gwy- 
chardo  de  Charrun  .  Rotto  Bert«m  .  Rotto  de  la  vale  . 
Waito  de  Cambowe  .  Hugone  Gobiun  militibj  .  Thorn 
de  Milneburn  .  Rico  Benet .  Witto  de  Echwyk  .  Rotto 
de  Boteland   .   Witto  de  Swethop   .   et  multis  aliis — 
fid.  91.) 

53.  Sciant  oms  qd  ego  Rots  Frankeloyn  de  Boking- 
teld  dedi  Johanni  de  Lyem  tola  medietatem  pptis  mee 
que  m»  contingebat  de  omibj  mesuag'  terris,  &c.  .  de 
quib5  Witts  de  Wydeslade  auuncts  meus  cui9  hered  un9 
ego  sum  obiit  seysitus  in  dnico  suo  vt  de  feodo  in  Wyde- 
slade .  Blakeden'  et  Schotton' .  Habend  &c. .  Hiis  test' . 
Rogo  Baret  de  Benton'  .  Thoma  de  Swethopp'  .  Ad  de 
Benton  .  Ad  Baret  .  Johne  de  Wydeslade  .  et  Itic'  Ba- 
ret de  Buradon'  .  et  aliis  ,  in  quoT?  Jsentia  sigillu  meu 
aj>posui. — fid.  23.) 

54.  Omnib;  Johes  de  Plescy  sattm  in  dno  .  Noveritis 
me  remisisse  Roberto  Coco  de  Novo  Castro  sup  Tynam 
heredib5  et  assignatis  suis  totu  ius,  quod  vnq«  habui  in 
illo  redditu  septem  solidoi/  et  sex  denarioty,  quern  idem 
Robert9  michi  soluere  tenebatur,  p  tra  qua  ide  Rot9  de 
me  tenuit  in  Blakeden'  .  Remisi  ecia  imppetuu  totu  ius 


et  clamiu,  quod  vnq,«  habui,  tam  in  illis  sex  denar'  quos 
ide  RoBtus  michi  quolibet  anno  debebat,  ad  custodiam 
cast'  p  ?ra  ^dca  q,a  in  scutagio,  homagio,  relevio,  cornagio, 
ac  omi  alio  suicio  forinseco  et  militari  necnon  in  secta, 
quam  gdcus  Robert9  facere  tenebat',  ad  molendinii  meu 
de  Blakeden' .  Ita  videlj  qd  nc  ego  nc  herd  mei,  in  §dcis 
aliquod  ius,  decetero  habere,  poterimus  imppetuu  .  Red- 
dendo  tamen  p  annu  michi  et  hered  meis  vnu  denar'  ad 
natale  dni  p  omibs  aliis  suiciis  rebus  exacanb5  et  deman- 
dis  .  Concessi  insup  gdco  Rofito  hered  et  assigatis  suis 
coinunam  pasture  in  Schotton',  ad  liberu  tenementii 
suu  in  Blakeden'  ad  omimoda  animalia  sua  p  totu  annii 
in  ofnibj  locis  eiusde  ville,  cu  libero  introitu  et  exitu  . 
Exceptis  sepalibj  meis,  videlj  a  capite  pontis  de  Stanig- 
ton,  put  calcia  se  extendit,  vsij.  ad  capud  ville  de  Schot- 
ton', et  sic  descendendo,  .vsq,  le  Plescys,  et  del  Plessys 
vers9  orientem,  p  riuulu  vsq,  le  brokincrosse,  et  del  bro- 
kincrosse  vsq,  in  bryngfeld,  put  regia  via  se  extendit 
Qs9  aquilone  .  Ita  qd  ide  Robert9  hered  et  assignati  sui 
lite  possint  decetero  fugare  animalia  sua  de  Blakeden', 
vsq,  ad  coam  de  Schotton',  et  ea  refugare  p  voluntate 
sua  absq,  aliq°  impedimento  .  Pre?ea  concessi  gdco  RoBto 
hered  et  assig«tis  suis,  qd  ipi  possint  euellere  brueram 
decefo,  i  comuni  mora  de  Schotton'  qncumq,  voluent,  et 
qd  ipi  heant  et  fodeant,  quolibet  anno,  in  mora  que  vo- 
cat' Weymore,  turbas  videlj  onus  sex  curriii,  ducend 
vsc^  ad  Vram  sua  de  Blakeden'  p\lcam,  cu  libero  introitu 
et  exitu  ad  vtricumq,  .  Hiis  testibj  dno  Giltito  de  Bo- 
roudon'  vie'  Northubr  .  dno  Ad  de  Benton'  milit'  . 
Rotto  de  Milleborne  .  Witto  de  Prestwyk  .  Johe  de 
Wydislade  .  Johe  de  Lyam  .  Johe  de  Kynton'  et  aliis  . 
Dat'  apud  Nouu  Castru  sup  Tynam  die  dnica  in^  cras- 
tino  see  Agnetis  virginis,  anno  dni  1323. — (Id.  12.) 

55.  Omibj  Witts  Baro  de  Graystok  dns  de  Graystok 
Nouitis  nos  concessisse  ditto  nol5  Rogo  de  Woderyngton' 
fratri  Gerardi  de  Woderyngton'  militis  qd  omia  ilia  ?ras 
et  ten'  que  fuerint  Phi  de  Dudden'  in  Blakeden'  que 
Johes  de  Hastynges  psona  ecciie  de  Morpath  de  not 
tenet  ad  vitam  suam  ex  assignacxje  quam  Rottus  de 
Euenwode  qui  ilia  pfato  Johi  ad  eundem  fminu  dimiset 
not  inde  fecit  el  que  post  mortem  eiusdem  Johis  ad  nos 
et  heredes  nros  virtu te  assignacois  gdce  reueiti  debe- 
rent  pfato  Rogo  heredib5  et  assignatis  suis  remaneant 
imppm  post  mortem  ipius  Johis  .  hend,  &c.  .  Data  apud 
Blakeden'  sexto  die  Octotr  anno  regni  Regis  Edwardi 
?cij  post  conquests  Angt  vicesimo  quarto  regni  eiusdem 
Regis  Franc'  vndecimo — fid.  47-) 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 


56.  Ceste  endent'e  fait  p  entr'  Roger  de  Woddring- 
ton  dun  pt  et  John  de  Bothe  a  Alnewyk  et  Custaunce 
la  feme  dautr  pt  tesmoigne  qe  le  dit  Johe  et  Custaunce 
siit  g«unte  et  a  ferme  lesse  au  dit  Kog  toux  les  tens  et 
tenemetes  oc  lo's  apportinaunce,  q  la  dit5  Custaunce  ad 
en  la  vile  de  Blakden  com  de  doner  Philipp  de  Dodden 
iadyse  son  baron   .  Auoir  et  tenner  al  vauntdit  Rog 
ceux  heyres  a  tot  la  vif  la  dit  Custaunce  .  Rendaunt  al 
vauntj  ditj  John  et  Custaunce  p  aune  synk  south  dar- 
gent.— (Cart.  Rid.  136.) 

57.  Oil>5  Nichus  fit  Thome  de  Redeley  sattm  novltis 
me  relax,  et  q'clam.  Wmo  de  Echewyk  totu  jus  in  oibj 
tentis  meis  in  Porteyatte  et  Quittington  cum  servit 
Johis  Avunculi  cum  wardis,  ^c.  q  mihl  descendebant  pt 
mortem  Hauwisie  avie  mee   .   Test  dno  Robto  de  In- 
sula  dno  de  Wodborne  .  Robto  de  Insula  de  Chipches  . 
Johe  de  Hertevaton  militibj  .  Wmo  de  Swethop  .  Rann. 
de  Cress  well — (Doddsw.  MSS.  xlv.J 

58.  Oderdus  de  Ridlee  concess.  "tc.  Witto  de  Staple- 
ton  de  Edenell,  seniori  armigo  et  Rotito  Couper,  rector 
ecclie  de  Whitefelde  hered  et  assig  suis  omnia  ¥ra  et 
tent  mea  redd  et  §vic.  in  Hautwesill .  Caldlawe  .  Hen- 
salgh  .  Thorngrafton  .  et  Milnehouse  cum  5ib5  aliis 
rVis,  &c.  infra  dnm  et  lifitatem  de  Tyndale  cum  5ib3  suis 
ptin.  .  Hend.  &c.  .  Hiis  testibus  Rowland  de  Thirlwall 
Rico  de  Fedderstanhalgh  .  Witto  de  Charleton  .  Rofcto 
de  Echyngton  .  Thoma  Smith  .  et  aliis  .  Dat.  apd.  Haut- 
wesill 5  Oct.  tertio  Henrici  sexti.— (Id.  Ixxvj.  No.  113.) 

59.  Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  qd  ego  Wittus  de  Re- 
deley dedi  dno  Guischardo  de  Charron  et  Isabelle  ux 
sue  totum  jus  in  vasto  de  Hesleysyde  qd  quidem  vastu 
gdci  Guischard  et  Isabella  hent  de  dono  dni  RoM  de 
Insula  Dunehn  Epi  .  Testibus  Witto  de  Kyrkenny  . 
Hug  de  Monte  alto  .  Johe  de  Holneseth   .   Rici  de 
Grendal  .  Rofito  de  Heppehal  ctico  .  et  aliis. — (Id.  Ixx. 
No.  68.; 

60.  Sciant  gsentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Johes  Smyth 
filius  et  heres  Johis  Smyth  de  Hawtewesile  dedi  et  con- 


cessi  Johanne  de  Redle  que  fuit  uxor  Nicholi  de  Redle 
defunct  heredibj  et  assignat  suis  unii  burgagm  meum 
vocat  le  Stanehouse  cum  gardino  et  omibj  aliis  jacens  in 
fdca  villa  de  Hawtewesill  int  tenement  Nichi  de  Redle 
filii  gdcorum  Nichi  et  Johanne  ex  pte  occidental!  et  te- 
nement Rici  Thirlwall  ex  pte  orientali  .  Habend  et  te- 
nend  imppetuu  de  capitalib5  dnis  feodi  illius  p  servicia 
inde  debita  .  Hys  testib5  Thoma  Elryngton  .  Rotto 
Fabiane  vicario  dee  ville  de  Hawtewesill  .  Rofito  Ste- 
venson capellano  .  Georgio  Barbour  .  Thoma  Huchan- 
son  .  Stepho  Smith  .  et  alijs  .  Dat.  apud  Hawtewesill 
5to  die  August!  a.  r.  r.  Ed.  4ti.  p.  c.  8vo — (Ex.  orig. 
penes  J.  Ellis  apud  Castrum  de  Otter  burn.) 

61.  Sciant  fsent  et  futuri  qd  ego  Thomas  Knage  de 
Hatwesyle  dedi  Nicholao  Rydle  de  Wyllemondswyke 
armig  burgagia  que  heo  infra  villam  de  Hatwesylle  qui; 
unu  jacet  inter  burgagium  Nicholai  de  Federstanhauge 
ex  pte  orientali  et  burgagiu  Ricardi  Symson  ex  pte 
occidental!  .  Reddendo  inde  annuati  priorisse  et  con- 
ventui  de  Lamle  decem  denaios  per  equales  portiones  . 
Et  alterum  burgagiu  quod  jacet  inter  dcu  burgagiu  Ni- 
cholai de  Rydle  reddendo  inde  dno  annuat  unu  den"iu 
hend  &c.  .  Hiis  testibus  dno  Roberto  vicario  ecclie  de 
Aldston  .  Johe  Barbur  et  Rico  Parkynson  .   Dat.  apud 
Hatwesylle  20°  die  Mar.  a.  r.  Ed.  iv.  p.  c.  A.  21mo. — 
(Ibid.J 

62.  Symon  de  Plesseto  miles   dedit  Wirhriq^filio 
Wirlmi  Scissoris  de  Felton  clico  unam  dimidiairjIRiru- 
cat  terr'  in  vitt  de  Blakeden,  &c.     Test,  dnis  Waltoro 
de  Camhow  tune  vicecom.  Northufcr  .  AVittmo  de  Mid- 
dleton  .  Johne  de  Widdrington  .  Ada  Baret  .  Rado  de 
Eslington  .  Johne  de  Kirkeby  milit  .  Rico  de  sancto 
Petro — (Lansd.  MS.  152,  b.) 

%*  The  author  is  much  indebted  to  Mr  D.  Turner, 
of  Blagdon,  and  to  his  son  Mr  Henry  Turner,  for  as- 
sisting him  in  procuring  materials  for  his  account  of 
that  place  and  neighbourhood. 


BEDLINGTONSHIRE,  to  me,  is  forbidden  ground  ;  for,  in  civil  matters, 
it  is  in  Chester  ward,  in  the  county  of  Durham;  and  its  church  is  not  subject  to 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  but  a  peculiar  of  the  dean 
and  chapter  of  Durham,  and  consequently  within  the  officiality  of  that  body. 
The  culture  of  it,  therefore,  properly  belongs  to  the  accurate  and  industrious 
hand  of  my  friend,  the  historian  of  North  Durham.  But,  to  fill  up  the  pano- 
rama of  the  deanery  of  Morpeth,  I  will,  as  I  pass  on  from  the  banks  of  the 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH. BOUNDARIES,  ANCIENT  HISTORY,  &c.  349 

Blythe  to  those  of  the  Wansbeck,  in  Morpeth  parish,  give  a  cursory  sketch  of 
this  antient  portion  of  the  patrimony  of  St  Cuthbert.p  Cutheard,  who  was 
the  last  of  the  bishops  of  Lindisfarne,  and  the  first  of  those  of  Chester-le- 
Street,  made  large  additions  to  the  revenue  of  his  see,  which  he  succeeded  to 
in  900,  and  presided  over  fifteen  years.  Simeon  of  Durham  tells  us,  that 
among  other  valuable  acquisitions,  he  purchased  with  the  money  of  St  Cuth- 
bert,  the  ville  called  Bedlington,  with  its  appendices,  Nedderton,  Grubba, 
Twizle,  Cebbington,  Slekeburne,  and  Cambois.  Where  Grubba  and  Twizle 
were,  all  knowledge  is  lost.  Twizle,  Choppington,  and  Cambois,  in  some 
copies  of  this  account,  are  read  Batbise,  Lebbington  or  Bedbington,  and  Com- 
mer.q  In  1274,  the  bishop  of  Durham  was  presented  for  taking  wreck  of  sea, 
and  using  other  liberties  here,  upon  unknown  warrantry/  But  Edward  the 
First,  by  his  charter,  in  1293,  acknowledged  this  district  to  be  parcel  of  the 
liberty  of  the  church  of  St  Cuthbert  of  Durham,  within  the  precincts  of  the 
county  of  Northumberland ;  and,  in  1295,  the  bishop's  right  to  try  causes 
arising  here,  in  his  own  chancery,  under  his  own  writs  and  by  his  own  jus- 
tices, was  acknowledged  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle  ;  also  his  right  of  appoint- 
ing one  coroner  for  Bedlington.5  It  continued  a  royal  franchise  under  the 
bishops  of  Durham,  and  had  its  own  courts  and  officers,  till  by  statute  27 
Henfy  VII.  cap.  24,  it  was  abridged  of  them,  and  in  civil  matters  merged 
into  the  county  of  Durham.  Hutchinson,  in  his  History  of  Durham,  notices 
it  as  follows  : — "  In  all  manner  of  law  and  civil  jurisdiction  it  is  a  member  of 
the  county  palatine.  There  is  little  mention,  in  the  records,  of  the  officers 
appointed  by  the  bishops  of  Durham  to  this  jurisdiction,  and  very  few  inquisi- 
tions appear  therein  :  several  of  those  we  have  inspected  have  been  taken  at 
Durham  ;  so  it  is  to  be  conceived  that  the  acts  of  jurisdiction  were  not  exer- 

P  This  district  has  the  Wansbeck  for  its  northern  boundary,  the  sea  on  the  east,  the  bonny 
banks  of  the  Blyth  on  the  south,  and  on  the  west  the  parishes  of  Stannington  and  Morpeth.  Its 
extent  is  about  30  square  miles,  or  19,200  acres.  In  1801,  it  contained  1196  persons;  in  1811, 
1488;  and,  in  1821,  1862 — in  which  last  year,  the  whole  population  lived  in  292  houses,  and 
consisted  of  389  families,  of  whom  94  were  employed  in  agriculture,  231  in  trade,  manufacture,  or 
handicraft-work,  and  64  comprised  in  neither  class.  The  townships  in  the  parish  are — Bedling- 
ton, Netherton,  Choppington,  West  Sleekburn,  East  Sleekburn,  and  Cambois.  The  soil  is  chiefly 
employed  in  agriculture,  and  in  the  growth  of  wheat,  oats,  beans,  and  clover,  or  seed  grasses, 
Beds  of  coal  and  freestone  extend  over  the  whole  parish. 

i  Twysden  X.  scrip,  col.  73 ;  Surtees's  Durham,  I.  ix.  r  III.  ii.  115, 

8  III.  i.  191,  194;  Rot.  Par.  i.  118,  362. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  4  U 


350  MORPETH  DEAtiERY. — CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

cised  so  frequently  at  Bedlington  as  at  Durham  for  that  liberty  or  shire.  By 
the  record  referred  to,  we  see  that  the  jura  regalia  were  insisted  upon  in 
bishop  Fox's  time,  and  by  the  jury  presented  to  have  existed  time  immemo- 
rial."1 "  The  first  owner  of  lands  in  Bedlington  we  find  named  in  the  inqui- 
sitions post  mortem  is  John,  son  of  John  Elliot,  who,"  in  1350,  "  held  of  the 
lord  bishop  immediatim  by  fealty,  and  7s.  4d.  rent.  A  family  of  the  Here- 
fords,"  also  at  the  same  time,  "  held  lands  here,  but  the  chief  part  of  the 
inhabitants  held  by  servile  tenures,  which  it  would  be  useless  to  state."  Long 
prior  to  that  time,  however,  William  Halcor,  Robert  Cnowald,  Wm  Birilot, 
Thomas  the  son  of  Roger  of  Bedelington,  Walter  and  Robert,  sons  of  Robert 
of  Nedderton,  Adam  of  Chavinton  and  Elias  his  brother,  Thomas  and  John 
of  Slykeburne,  Adam,  Alan,  and  Walter  Charity,  of  Cambhuse,  Edmund  son 
of  Roger,  Lawrence  son  of  Odard,  Adam  Serjeant,  Ralph  son  of  Peter,  Ro- 
bert son  of  Henry,  and  Robert  Palmer,  of  Little  Slykburne,  in  consideration 
of  the  bishops  of  Durham  having  ordained  that  one  thrave  of  corn  should  be 
paid  out  of  each  plough  land  in  all  their  lordships,  to  the  hospital  of  St  Giles, 
without  Durham,  for  the  support  of  the  poor  and  the  pilgrims  resorting  thither 
— They,  of  their  own  free  will,  granted  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms  9s.  for  the 
thraves  of  their  plough  lands  in  Bedlingtonshire,  payable  within  fifteen  days 
after  Michaelmas,  and  in  failure  thereof  to  pay  ten  shillings."  When  the  lands 
belonging  to  the  see  of  Durham  were  put  up  to  sale  by  parliament,  this  manor 

4  Copyhold  books  H.  p,  227.  Fox,  1498.  At  the  court  at  Bedlington,  April  18,  4  Richard 
bishop  of  Durham,  and  13  Henry  VII.  before  Richard  Danby,  steward,  concerning  the  jura 
regalia  belonging  to  our  lord  the  bishop  within  that  lordship : — The  jurors,  upon  their  oath,  say, 
that  the  anchorage  and  wreck  of  sea,  and  all  other  regalia  happening  within  that  lordship,  solely 
belong  to  the  lord  the  bishop,  as  the  royal  right  of  his  church,  and  to  none  other,  and  have  con- 
tinued so  from  time  of  which  there  is  not  the  memory  of  any  man  to  the  contrary,  except  in  the 
time  of  John  Spittell,  bailiff,  who,  by  favour,  suffered  John  Gosten  and  John  Raw,  tenants  of  the 
earl  of  Westmorland,  to  occupy  them  for  six  years.  Yet  the  same  John  Spittell  here  present  in 
court,  confesses  that  they  occupied  and  received  the  royal  privileges  to  the  use  and  benefit  of  the 
said  lord  the  bishop,  as  Richard  Taylor  and  John  Forster,  their  deputies,  had  occupied  them — 
(From  Rand.  MSS.  and  Hutch.  Northtimb.  ii.  326,  and  Dur.  Hi.  507.)  Hutchinson  quotes  an 
authority  of  1346,  to  show  that  the  bishops  of  Durham  then  received  4d.  for  the  anchorage  of  each 
ship  in  the  water  of  Blyth,  in  Bedlingtonshire;  and  Spearman,  from  an  authority  dated  in  31  of 
Eliz.  shows  that  he  leased  out  the  anchorage,  beaconage,  plankage,  wharfage,  ballast  quay,  and 
wastes,  between  high  and  low  water  marks  of  Blyth,  and  all  the  wrecks  of  the  sea  on  that  coast— 
(Enquiry,  fyc.  p.  26,  printed  in  1729.)  u  Wallis,  ii.  279. 


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and  Choppington  farm  were  purchased,  21  January,  1649,  for  £1296,  by 
Robert  Fenwick,  esq.  a  representative  in  parliament  for  Northumberland  in 
1654  and  l656.v  The  schedule  of  rents  payable  to  the  bishop  out  of  this 
manor,  and  printed  in  iiotew,  was,  I  suppose,  made  out  in  the  time  of  Chas.  I. 

v  June  11,  1657,  Robert  Ogle,  of  Eslington,  gentleman,  gave  information  before  the  house  of 
commons,  that  sir  Robert  Collingwood,  of  Brandon,  inveighed  against  Robert  Fenwick,  esq.  a 
member  of  this  present  parliament,  saying — "  He  was  a  base  fellow ;  his  father  was  hanged  for 
felony,  and  he  did  wonder  who  sent  him  to  parliament." — (Jour.  H.  C.  vii.  554.)  This  Robert  Fen- 
wick resided  at  Bedlington,  and  in  1661  compiled  a  long  and  elaborate  pedigree  of  the  Fenwick 
family,  a  copy  of  which,  with  its  numerous  evidences,  drawings  of  seals,  &c.  is  now  in  the  College 
of  Arms.  I  have  also  a  MS.  copy  of  "  Antiquities  of  the  family  of  Ogle,  presented  to  Henry, 
now  duke  of  Newcastle,  by  Robert  Fenwick,  of  Bedlington,  esq.  i'th'  year  1664."  Perhaps  he  was 
the  same  Robert  Fenwick,  for  whom,  upon  letters  from  General  Leven,  there  was  an  order  of 
parliament,  Feb.  3,  1647,  for  a  thousand  pounds  for  his  losses  and  good  affections. — (WhitelocK's 
Mem.  291.)  Wallis  says,  "  it  was  affirmed  in  a  small  tract,  printed  in  London,  in  three  sheets, 
by  the  author  of  a  book  entitled  '  The  Pillar  of  Gratitude/  and  published  in  1660,  that  at  the 
Restoration,  the  purchasers  of  the  church  lands  offered  the  king  the  round  sum  of  £500,000  to 
confirm  their  right  for  99  years,  on  the  payment  of  the  old  rights  to  the  bishops  and  clergy,  which 
offer  his  majesty  was  so  far  from  complying  with,  that  he  granted  a  commission  for  enquiry  after 
all  such  purchases."  June  1,  1732,  an  act  received  the  royal  assent,  to  vest  in  Mary  Hall,  widow, 
certain  copyhold  lands  in  the  manors  of  Bedlington  and  Chester-en-le-street,  in  the  county  of 
Duj|am,  to  sell  the  same,  and  thereby  to  perform  the  trusts  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Anne  Han- 
cock, widow,  deceased. — (Jour.  H.  C.  xxi.  940.) 

w  A  RENTAL  of  lands  in  Bedlingtonshire,  due  to  the  lord  bishoppe  of  Durham,  &c. : — Selling- 
ton  Copyholders. — Henry  Milburne,  halfe  a  farme,  p.  ann.  10s.  6d. ;  Jane  Walker,  halfe  a  farme, 
10s.  6d. ;  George  Marshall,  a  farme,  £1  Is.;  Robert  Lawson,  a  farme,  £1  Is.;  John  Sckipsey,* 
a  farme,  £1  Is;  William  Hunter,  half  a  farme,  10s.  6d. ;  William  Watson,  a  farme,  £1  Is. ; 
Cuthbert  Watson,  a  farme,  £1  Is.;  Catharine  Wilson,  a  farme,  £1  Is.;  Robert  Mill,  a  farme, 
£1  Is;  Richard  Browne,  halfe  a  farme,  10s.  6d. ;  Thomas  Watson,  a  farme,  £1  Is. ;  Mary  Cuth- 
bert, halfe  a  farme,  10s.  6d. ;  Thomas  Michelson,  a  farme,  £1  Is. ;  Thos.  Scott,  a  farme,  £1  Is. : 
in  all,  £13  12s.  6d.  There  is  thirteene  cottages  and  garths  belonging  to  seu'al  tenants  coppy- 
houlders,  at  one  shilling  rent  eu'y  cottage  p.  ann' — 13s.  Freeholders  in  Bedlington. — Ralph 
Baytes's  Hallywell,  p.  ann',  2s.  lOd. ;  Mr  ffenwick,  of  Prudhoe,  14s.  6d. 

Leaseholders  in  Bedlington. — Henry  Milbume,  the  demesne  house  and  garth,  p.  ann'  8s. ;  John 
Errington,  one  farm,  £1  Is.  Id.,  more  for  augmentation,  4s. ;  John  Errington,  one  other  farme, 

*  17  May,  1632,  Wm  Skipsey,  of  Bedlington,  yeom,  left  his  body  lo  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Bedlington, 
near  his  father,  and  his  customary  farm  in  Bedlington  to  his  eldest  son  John,  and  his  heirs. — (Raine's  Test.  511.) 
There  are  several  entries  of  the  Skipsey  family  in  the  registers  of  this  parish,  and  amongst  the  rest  the  following : 
Jane,  dau.  of  John  Skipsey  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  born  at  Bedlington,  Ap.  26,  1655,  and  buried  there  2  June,  1656. 


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THE  CHURCH  OF  BEDLINGTON, 

As  described  by  Randal,  was  "  small,  covered  with  lead,  and  having  an  old 
tower."  Before  the  year  1813,  it  consisted  of  a  chancel  32  feet  by  17,  nave 
52  feet  by  24,  and  tower  16  feet  by  9f  ;  but,  in  that  year,  had  a  semi-circular 
enlargement  of  26  feet  radius,  of  good  masonry  added  to  it  on  the  north.  The 
style  of  the  additions  will  be  understood  from  the  annexed  view.  The  accom- 
modations they  afford  consist  of  sittings  and  pews  on  the  ground  floor,  and  in 
a  gallery  ;  and  they  cost  £713 — £6l6  of  which  was  raised  by  subscription,  the 
rest  by  rate.  In  the  front  of  the  gallery  is  inscribed — "  H.  Cotes,  vicario  : 
John  Gooch,  Gilbert  Robson,  Robert  Chater,  Cuthbert  Watson,  sacrorum 
custodibus."  One  of  the  large  stones  of  the  foundation  contains  a  brass  plate 
encased  in  lead,  and  bearing  an  inscription,  together  with  some  small  silver 

15s.  9d.  ob' ;  the  wife  of  Wm  Milburne,  three  farms  and  a  half,  p.  aim'  £3  13s.  9d. ;  Bedlington 
water  milne,  by  lease,  £4  ;  Bedlington  collyerie,  p.  ann'  £2  :  in  all,  £26  15s.  5d.  ob. 

Netherton  belongs  to  the  lord  Howard,  payes  by  year  £4  14s.  8d. :  Chapington,  Mr  Middleton, 
of  Belsay,  hath  a  lease  for  three  lives,  and  payes  £5  8s.  :  East  Sleateburne,  five  farms  and  a  half, 
freeholders,  and  payes  £3  8s.  8d. :  West  Sleateburne,  four  farms  on  the  north  side,  sr  Andrew  Yong, 
holdes  at  13s.  a  farme,  p.  ann'  £2  12s. ;  leaseholders,  four  farms  on  the  south  side,  in  seueral  te- 
nants hands,  now  out  of  lease;  antient  rent  £2  13s.  4d. :  half  a  farme  freehold  there,  payes  I  know 

not :  Camboyse,  sir  Andrew  Yong  paid  p.  ann'  12s.  5d.  j  Richard  Yong  payes  p.  &nnj  £1 

4s.  lOd. :  total  £47  9s.  4d.  ob' — (Eywell  papers.) 


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and  copper  coins  of  George  the  Third.    The  windows  of  the  old  part  have  all 
been  modernized,   and  no  traces  are  now  left  of  the  simple  elegance  of  the 
original  building,  excepting  in  some  fret  work  on  each  side  of  the  semi-circular 
arch  between  the  nave  and  the  chancel ;  and,  in  a  beautifully  moulded  and 
fretted  window,  on  the  west  side  of  the  tower.  The  enrichments  of  this  tower 
window  have  certainly  suffered  much  by  the  mouldering  hand  of  Time,  but 
were  still  distinct  enough  as  models  for  repairing  the  chancel  window,  and  to 
tell  the  style  in  which  the  late  additions  to  this  antient  edifice  should  have 
been  made.     Above  it,  is  a  corroded  carving  in  stone,  of  a  female  figure  on 
horseback.     The  south  porch  has  been  converted  into  a  comfortable  vestry, 
and  the  present  entrance  is  by  the  west  side  of  the  tower,  under  the  orna- 
mented window.     The  internal  arrangement  of  the  sittings  is  good,  a  portion 
of  them  free,  and  the  pulpit  is  against  the  south  wall,  and  opposite  the  centre 
of  the  gallery  and  ground  floor  of  the  additions,  which  would  probably  have 
cost  less,  and  certainly  been  more  commodious,   if  the  ground  plan  had 
been  square.     The  chancel  was  re-built  in  1736.     Here  are  marble  monu- 
ments and  inscribed  stones  to  the  following  persons  : — To  Mr  Cuthbert  Clay- 
ton, who  died  Sept.  14,  1747,  aged  41  years  ;  and  to  James  Clayton,   who 
died  Oct.  7,  1787,  aged  80  years — arms,  a  cross  engrailed  between  4  pellets. 
To  Elizabeth  Barker,  widow  of  Christopher  Barker,  gentleman  :  she  died 
March  26,  1819,  age<d  86  years, — her  son,  Charles  Dalston  Purvis,  formerly 
C.  D.  Barker,  dedicated  the  tablet  to  her  memory.  Another  tablet  is  inscribed 
to  the  same  Charles  Dalston  Purvis,  of  Earsdon,  near  Tynemouth,  who  died 
July  21,   1821,  aged  56.*     In  the  chancel  is  a  marble  to  Lettice,  wife  of 

*  PEDIGREE  OF  BARKER  AND  PURVIS,  OF  EARSDON. 

[The  family  of  Barker  was  extensive  in  Northumberland,  and  several  individuals  of  it  filled  the  first  municipal  offices  in 
the  antient  borough  of  Morpeth.     See  also  Lawson  Fed.  above,  p.  162,  gen.  V. 

'  I. — CHRISTOPHER  BARKER,  of  Earsdon. ^ 


II.— ROBERT  BARKER,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1620,  and  a  party  to  the  articles  entered  into  by  the  copyholders,  on  the  division  of  =p 
the  township  of  Earsdon,  in  1650 

I —  — I 1    I    I    I    i  'I 

III. — CHRISTOPHER  BARKER,  a  twin  with  John,~r  JOHN,  a  twin  with  Christopher,    JAMES,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1655. 

bap.  at  Newcastle  in  1650;  admitted  on  the  6th  of  and  bap.  at  Newcastle  in  1650 ;    THOMAS,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1658. 

April,   1681,  tenant  to  ihe  lord  of  the  manor  of  buried  aU5t  Nicholas,  Newcastle,    ELINOR,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1659. 

Tynemouth,  to  a  tenement  at  Earsdon,  as  the  eld-  in  1685.~r  MARGARET,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1662. 

«st  son  and  heir  of  Robert.     The  court  rolls  com-  A  MATTHEW,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1665. 

mence  in  1674.  ISABEL,  bap.  at  Earsdon  in  1668. 


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Lieut.  H.  West,  of  Jesmond  Place,  R.  N. :  she  died  May  25,  1826,  aged  30, 
and  leaving  issue  Henry  and  Frances-Anne.  Also  one  to  Robert  Wilkinson, 
of  Sheepwash,  who  died  July  12,  1810,  aged  42  years  ;  and  to  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, who  was  daughter  of  George  Wilkinson,  of  Bedlington  ;  married  July 
8,  1790,  and  died  October  22,  1791,  aged  22  years.  The  will  of  Anthony 
Fenwick,  of  Stanriington,  yeoman,  9  June,  1631,  directs  his  body  to  be  buried 
in  MitforcTs  Porch,  in  Bedlington  church. x  Three  grave-stones,  with  crosses 
and  swords,  in  the  style  of  the  llth  or  12th  centuries,  and  one  of  them  with 
"  Ora  pro  nobis"  upon  it,  were  found  in  the  church  yard,  on  the  site  of  the 
semi-circular  additions.  In  pulling  down  the  north  wall,  there  was  also 
found,  the  fragment  of  a  pillar  14  inches  high,  of  the  form  of  an  irregular 
octagon,  measuring  eight  inches  by  five  at  the  top,  and  having  its  two  nar- 
rowest sides  ploughed  perpendicularly  with  two  flutings.  Three  of  the  other 
sides  bear  a  fragment  of  an  inscription  ;  and  the  other  three  are  decorated 
with  a  griffin  and  fret  work  in  relief,  as  here  represented.  It  has,  I  think, 


IV. — JOSEPH  BARKER,  admittedTANNE  DALSTON,  one  of  the  two  daurs.  and  co-heirs  of  Charles  Dalston,  by  Anne  Preston, 


on  the  17th  Oct.  7th  Geo.  I.  to  his 
late  father's  tenement  at  Ears- 
don,  as  his  eldest  son  and  heir ; 
married  at  Earsdon,  November 
20,  1729. 


daur.  &  heir  of  John  Preston,  merchant,  of  Newcastle,  another  of  the  parties  to  the  articles 
on  the  division  of  the  township  in  1650 ;  which  Charles  Dalston  was  the  6th  son  ot  John 
Dalston,  eldest  son  of  sir  Christopher  Dalston  of  Acorn  Bank,  in  the  coun.  of  Westmorland, 
and  ivas  married  at  Long  Benton,  Oct.  18,  1687.  For  the  Pedigree  of  the  Dalston  family, 
from  the  time  of  the  Conquest  to  Dugdale's  Visitation  in  1664,  see  Nicholson  and  Burii's 
Westmorland  p.  383 ;  arid  Cumberland,  p.  316. 


ANNE,  bap.  at  Earsdon,  18 

I  See  Surt.  Durham,    Sep    1733;  married  George 
Avol.  i.  p.  187.  Gowen ;  and  died  15  Aug. 

1780:    buried  ut  Bedling- 
ton, s.  p. 

at  Bedlington,  12  Jan.  1764.  ',  Purvis',  by  will,  dated  12  July,  1775,  devised  his  estates  to  his  ne-        JOSEPH,  bap.  at  Earsdon, 
—  phew  Thos.  Purvis  Barker,  and  his  issue  ;  and  failing  such  issue,    18  Nov.  1740;  died  in  1810, 

to  his  nephew  Charles  Dalston  Barker,  and  his  issue  ;  with  a  condition  that  the  devisees,  when  and  buried  in  the  church  of 
in  possession,  should  take  and  use  the  surname  of  Purvis  only.  Elizabeth  Barker  died  23  March,  Hough ton-le- Spring,  coun. 
1819.  and  was  buried  at  Bedlingt«n.  Durham,  s.  p. 


V. — CHRISTOPHER  BARKER,= 
bap.  at  Earsdon.  30  May, 
1732;  died  17  June,  1771  ; 
buried  at  Bedlington,  in  the 
county  of  Durham  ;  married 


:ELIZABETH  PURVIS,  only    CHARLES,  bap.  at-rSusANNAH  SMITH. 
daur.   of  Thomas  Purvis,    Earsdon,    17  Ap.  ' 
of  Bedlington,    and  sister    1734. 
and  sole  hi-ir  of  Hen.  Pur- 
vis, esq.  of  the  same  place,  who  died  28  May,  1782 ;  which  Henrv    ton,  s.  p. 


VI. — I.  DOROTHY  WATSON,: 
married  at  Horton  chapel. 
For  issue,  see  Pedigree  of 
Watson,  of  North  Seaton, 


above  p.  191. 

uncle  Henry  Purvis. 


CHARLES  DALSTON  BARKER,-r2.  MARY,  only  daur.  of    THOMAS  PURVIS=MARY  MITCHELSON, 


bap.  at  Tynemouth,  13  June, 
1765  ;  obtained  29  Mar.  1792, 
licence  to  take  and  use  the  sur- 
name of  PURVIS  only,  in  com- 


pliance with  the   will  of 
On  the  death  (28  Sep.  1818)   of  Eliz. 


Purvis,  spinster,  of  Plawsworth  Cottage,  in  the  parish  of 
Chester-le-Street,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  who  was  the 
only  surviving  child  of  John  Purvis,  the  younger  brother  of, 


Robert  Surtees,  esq.   of    BARKERtookthe  one  of  the  daurs.  & 
Milkwell  Burn,  in  the    surname  of  PUR-  co-heirs  of  Samuel 
coun.  Durham,  by  Ann    vis  in  pursuance  Mitchelson,  esq.  for- 
his  wife;  marr.  at  Ry-    of  the  will  of  his  merly  of  George- 
ton;  died  Feb.  15,  1798;    uncle  Hen.  Pur-  Street,  Edinburgh, 
and  bur.  at  Bedlington.    vis  ;  died  2  Mar. 
For  issue,  see  above,  p.    1792  ;  buried  at  Bedlington,  s.  p. 
191  ;   and  for  Surtees's 
^family,  see  Surtees's  Durham,  ii.  283. 


Thomas  Purvis,  the  fattier  of  Elizabeth  Barker,  this  Charles 
Dalston  Purvis  became  seized  of  her  lands  in  that  parish;  died  21  July,  1821  ;  buried  at  Bedlington.  He  was  a  deputy  lieut. 
for  the  county  of  Northumberland,  and  one  of  the  deputy  vice-admirals  in  that  part  of  the  county  which  lies  south  of  the 
river  Coquet.  He  was  seized  of  the  lands  at  Earsdon,  which  belonged  in  1650,  on  the  division  of  the  township,  to  his  above- 
mentioned  ancestors,  Robert  Barker  and  John  Preston ;  which  lands,  at  his  death,  July  21,  1821,  descended  to  his  eldest  sou, 
Thomas  Purvis,  A.  M.  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  a  barrister-at-law. 


Kaine's  Test.  508. 


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been  part  of  the  shaft  of  a  cross.  The 
inscription  is  plainly  one  syllable,  and 
the  three  last  feet  of  an  hexameter 
line,  and  should  be  read — CRVX  or  LVX 

VNDIQUE  FVLGET  AMATA.y      The  SOUth- 

ern  and  eastern  walls  of  the  church 
are  covered  profusely  with  ivy  and  Ita- 
lian privet ;  and  the  church-yard  kept 
as  trim  and  orderly  as  the  parterre  of 
a  suburban  villa  :  an  example  of  neat- 
ness, and  of  affectionate  remembrance 
for  the  dead,  of  which  there  is  great 
want  of  imitation  in  the  church-yards  to  a  considerable  distance  from  both  the 
banks  of  the  Tweed.  The  greater  part  of  the  trees  that  now  ornament  the 
church-yard  here,  were  planted  by  vicar  Ellison,  in  1726.  I  have  already,  in 
a  hasty  and  speculative  note,  given  some  opinions  about  the  wanderings  of  St 
Cuthbert,  and  the  guardians  of  his  incorruptible  body  resting  with  it  here  in 
their  flight  before  the  Conqueror,  in  106y.  This  parish  too,  I  have  already 
shown,  was  given  to  the  see  of  Durham  soon  after  the  year  900.  Whether 
of  these  circumstances  caused  its  church  to  be  dedicated  to  St  Cuthbert,  it 
would  be  idle,  in  the  absence  of  all  evidence  on  the  subject,  to  decide :  there 
can,  however,  I  think,  be  little  doubt,  that  a  church  existed  here  prior  to  the 
Conquest.  It  continued  a  rectory,  and  in  the  patronage  of  the  see  of  Dur- 
ham, till  bishop  Farnham,  about  the  year  1242,  appropriated  it  to  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  them  with  its  revenues, 
to  complete  the  great  improvements  in  their  church,  which  seem  to  have 
commenced  in  that  year  under  the  auspices  of  prior  Thomas  of  Melsamby. 

y  In  Jan.  1772,  this  church,  which  had  been  recently  covered,  was  entirely  unroofed,  as  well  as 
several  houses  in  the  village ;  and  when  the  foundations  of  the  new  part  were  making,  in  March, 
1818,  besides  the  old  gravestones,  already  noticed,  there  were  found  the  remains  of  a  man,  sup- 
posed to  be  those  of  Cuthbert  Watson,  a  noted  sleep-walker,  who  was  killed  upon  the  spot  where 
they  were  found.  He  had  risen  in  his  sleep,  Feb.  14,  1669,  and  was  in  the  act  of  climbing  the 
north  buttress  of  the  tower  with  great  ease  and  firmness  ;  but  a  person  passing  by  at  the  time,  and 
dreading  the  danger  of  his  situation,  spoke  to  him,  and  he  awoke,  fell,  and  was  instantly  killed. 
This  story  is  supported  by  the  current  tradition  of  the  place,  by  an  entry  said  to  be  in  the  parish 
register,  and  by  the  above  date,  and  the  words  "  WATSON'S  WAKE"  cut  upon  the  buttress. 


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Since  that  time  it  has  heen  a  vicarage,  and  till  the  Reformation,  continued  ill 
the  advowson  of  the  same  prior  and  convent,  and  from  that  period,  of  the 
dean  and  chapter  of  Durham.  In  1291,  the  prior  of  Durham  was  rated  for 
tenths  for  the  rectory  of  "  Bedelinton"  at  £40  a  year,  and  the  vicar  at  £12  14s. 
6d.z  The  rectorial  tithes  are  annexed  to  the  eleventh  prebend,  and  make  a 
portion  of  the  bona  delectabilia  set  apart  for  the  support  of  the  incumbent  of 
that  golden  stall.  The  great  tithes  of  Cambois,  now  worth  about  £100  a 
year,  the  small  tithes  through  the  whole  parish,  and  a  glebe,  annually  worth 
about  £200,  constitute  the  main  source  of  the  vicar's  revenues.3  Mr  Cotes, 
the  present  aged  and  venerable  vicar,  is  the  only  resident  magistrate  within 
this  shire  and  parish. 

*  III.  i.  349. 

a  By  a  printed  paper  hung  up  in  the  vestry  here,  it  appears  that  the  vicar  is  entitled  at  Christ- 
mas, to  one  hen  from  each  family,  in  lieu  of  tithe  of  hen,  which  claim  here,  as  in  other  parishes  of 
the  county,  has  of  late  years  been  converted  into  an  annual  payment  of  6d.  from  each  family.  The 
offering  here  for  communicants  above  21  years  of  age,  is  three-halfpence  each  ;  each  family  also  pays 
one  penny,  under  the  name  of  smoke  or  reek  penny,  which  I  suppose  to  be  a  sort  of  modus  or  com- 
position for  tithe  of  fire-wood  ;  also,  at  Easter,  the  vicar  receives  a  composition  of  6d.  on  every  hive 
of  bees,  in  lieu  of  tithe  of  them  j  a  modus  for  hay,  and  a  composition  of  4d.  for  each  foal,  is  due 
at  Michaelmas;  and  three-halfpence  for  each  milk  cow,  and  a  penny  for  each  farrow  cow  is  pay- 
able on  Nov.  12,  when  the  tithe  of  calves  is  due.  The  parish  clerk  receives,  besides  his  fees  for 
baptisms,  marriages,  and  burials,  5d.  a  year  from  each  family  through  the  parish.* 


*  INCUMBEXTS  of  Bedlington : — 1.  During  the  time 
it  was  a  rectory.  Lambertus  Germium,  vicar  of  Bed- 
lington, occurs  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  about  Plessey,  in 
126? ;  and,  to  another,  about  a  chantry  in  Bywell 
church — (III.  ii.  75,  92.) 

Richard  de  Claxton,  1278. 

Wm  de  Blokeley,  the  last  rector,  1311. 

2.  VICAHS — Simon  de  Derlington,  in  1324,  was  the 
first  perpetual  vicar  after  the  church  was  appropriated 
to  the  church  of  Durham. 

Gilbert  de  Burdon,  1315. 

Thomas  de  Normanton,  1336,  after  the  death  of  Bur- 
don. 

Anthony  Fossor,  1344,  after  the  resig.  of  Normanton. 

John  Lumbard,  1350,  p.  m.  Fossor. 

John  Pays,  1379,  after  the  resignation  of  Lumbard. 

Wm  de  Shylburn,  1390,  after  the  resignation  of  Pays. 

Thomas  Cowet&n,  1411,  after  the  death  of  Shylburn. 


William  Doncaster,  1418,  after  the  resignation  of 
Coweton  ;  rector  of  Meldon  in  1436. 

John  Stillington,  1419,  after  the  resig.  of  Doncaster. 

John  Bland,  1420,  after  the  death  of  Stillington  ;  cu- 
rate of  St  John's,  Newcastle,  1424.  This  John  Bland 
was  party  to  a  deed  in  1 432,  respecting  the  chantry  of 
the  blessed  virgin  in  the  chapelry  of  All  Saints',  Mor- 
peth ;  also  to  several  other  deeds  in  the  town's  hutch 
there  respecting  houses  in  M  orpeth. 

Richard  Langcake,  1466.  In  1469,  Mr  R.  Nykke, 
the  vicar-general  of  the  diocese,  sequestered  the  profits 
of  Bedlington  church  for  the  many  defects  and  decays 
in  the  mansion-house  of  the  vicarage,  and  houses  and 
buildings  of  the  same,  and  appointed  Thomas  Fleming, 
bailiff  of  the  liberty  of  Bedlington,  keeper  of  the  se- 
questration.— (Randal,  213.) 

Gilbert  Grayburne,  alias  Clerk,  1471,  after  the  re- 
signation of  Langcake. 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH.— BEDLINGTON   VILLAGE. 


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The  VILLAGE  of  Bedlington  consists  of  one  long  and  broad  street,  which 
runs  from  the  northern  bank  of  the  Blyth  to  the  road  leading  from  Newcastle, 
by  Ship  wash  Bridge  and  Stakeford,  to  Newbigging.  It  might  have  its  name 
from  being  first  granted  to,  or  founded  by  one  B&dling,  which  name,  among  the 
Saxons,  seems  to  have  meant  a  prayer-ling,  or  fanatic  fop — a  bidder  to  pray- 
ers or  irivitor  to  feasts,  weddings,  or  burials.  Wallis  very  rightly  calls  it  "  a 
large  well-built  and  pleasant  villa  :"  it  is  not,  however,  as  Hutchinson  says, 
"  in  a  low  situation,"  but  on  the  brow  and  sides  of  a  dry  and  conspicuous 
eminence,  and  commands  an  extensive  prospect  over  both  sea  and  land. 


Elias  Bell,  1477i  after  the  death  of  Grayburne. 

John  Rawson,  1478,  after  the  death  of  Bell. 

Thomas  Hall,  1484,  after  the  death  of  Itawson. 

Robert  Pitcherd,  1489,  after  the  resignation  of  Hall. 
Jan.  22,  1497,  the  proceeds  of  this  living  were  seques- 
tered on  account  of  divers  defects  and  want  of  repairs 
in  the  vicarage-house. — (Fox's  Reg.  116.) 

Thomas  Lee,  chaplain,  1498,  after  the  resignation  of 
Pitcherd  ;  vicar  of  By  well  St  Peter,  in  1493. 

Robert  Davell,  LL.D.,  1527,  after  the  death  of  Lee. 
This,  I  suppose,  was  the  Dr  Robert  Daval  whom  Le- 
land,  in  his  Itinerary,  mentions  as  supplying  him  with 
information  respecting  the  neighbourhood  of  Newcastle, 
the  Picts'  wall,  and  the  family  of  Delaval,  concerning 
which  he  qualifies  the  account  given  him',  with  this  neu- 
tralizing remark,  "  As  Mr  Dr  Davelle  sayith,  but  suf- 
ficiently provid  not*"  He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
note  in  his  time.  He  was  archdeacon  of  Northumberland 
in  1518  and  1541;  in  1531,  appointed  master  of  the 
hospital  of  St  Mary  the  Virgin,  in  Newcastle.  His 
name  occurs  as  a  canon  of  Exeter;  and,  May  29,  1541, 
he  became  prebendary  of  Halen,  in  the  cathedral  of 
York.  He  died  in  1557. 

William  Watson,  presbyter,  Dec.  7?  1557,  after  the 
death  of  Davell.  He  was  presented  by  Christopher 
Whitehead,  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  Thomas  White- 
head,  of  Monkwearmouth,  on  account  of  the  advowson 
for  that  time  having  been  given  to  them  by  the  dean 
and  chapter  of  Durham  ;  whose  deeds,  soon  after  their 
creation  do  not,  from  this  instance,  seem  to  have  been 
distinguished  for  disinterestedness. 

Robert  Greenwell,  clerk,  15  April,  1575,  after  the 
death  of  Watson  ;  vicar  of  Newburn,  15  Aug.  1572. 

Richard  Waryner,  against  whom  there  were  proceed- 
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ings  in  the  consistory  court,  31  May,  1578,  on  account 
of  his  having  no  letters  of  orders.  Richard  Waryn  was 
vicar  of  Edlingham,  20  May,  1570. 

Henry  Nanton,  M,  A.,  14  April,  1581,  after  the  death 
of  Greenwell  \  presented  by  the  bishop  on  account  of 
lapse. 

Thomas  Colmore,  M.  A.,  23  Aug.  1 603,  after  the  death 
of  Nanton.  March  3,  1604,  process  in  the  consistory 
court  against  Ralph  Sadler,  for  bragging  of  his  indecen- 
cies in  his  pots. 

Richard  Colmore,  B.  A.,  22  June,  1609,  after  the 
death  of  Colmore. 

Elias  Smith,  preacher  of  God's  word,  4  Sept.  1643, 
after  the  death  3£  Colmore  :  he  was  ejected  during  the 
Protectorate. 

John  Darnton,  an  intruder.  "  He  was  put  in  by  se- 
questration." 

Elias  Smith  restored  ;  died  in  1667- 

Charles  Cowling,  M.  A.,  17  Jan.  1676,  after  the  death 
of  Smith;  died  Jan.  19,  1696.  He  had  a  daur.  Jane, 
married  Sept.  21,  1686,  to  Mr  Miles  Birkett,  minister 
of  Horton;  and  another,  Margaret,  married  to  Mr  John 
Carr,  of  Lesbury,  July  1,  1692.  His  wife's  name  was 
Frances;  and  he  was  buried  at  Bedlington,  Jan.  21, 
1696. 

Francis  Woodmas,  M.  A.,  28  Jan.  1696,  after  the 
death  of  Cowling.  He  was  of  Pt  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge ;  some  time  curate  of  St  Nicholas,  Newcastle ; 
and  died  Oct.  12,  1718.  He  made  a  better  use  of  Chry- 
sostom,  The  Golden-mouthed  Bishop  of  Constantinople, 
than  to  keep  his  works  "  to  smooth  his  bands  in;"  hav- 
ing written  certain  conjectures  on  Saville's  edition  of 
them,  as  well  as  notes  on  the  Paris  edition  of  St  Ba/i!, 
in  1618  ;  on  Clement  of  Alexandria,  in  1629  ;  and  on 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 


Several  new  houses  have  been  built  on  the  east  of  the  main  street,  and  along 
the  banks  of  the  Blyth,  especially  a  handsome  stone  house  by  Mr  Cotes, 
which  commands  various  views  of  the  woody  and  romantic  banks  of  the  river, 
and  has  charming  walks  along  them  leading  out  of  the  garden  in  which  it  is 
situated.  Two  methodist  meeting  houses  have  been  lately  built  near  it.  At  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  church-yard  there  is  a  good  parish  school  house  with 
two  fire  places  in  it,  besides  several  private  schools  and  a  presbyterian  meet- 
ing house,  eight  or  more  inns  or  ale-houses,  and  shops  of  various  descriptions, 
in  the  village.  I  was  told  that  the  old  hall  in  the  middle  of  this  place,  and  a 
farm  of  land  there,  formerly  belonged  to  the  chief  proprietor  of  Cambois  ; 
and  that  there  had  been  much  litigation  respecting  them. 

HARTFORD  HOUSE,  like  a  jewel  in  the  diadem  of  enchantment,  glitters 
among  beautiful  woods  and  grounds  on  the  northern  banks  of  the  Blyth.  It 
was  built  by  the  late  William  Burdon,  esq.b  from  designs  of  Mr  Stokoe,  the 
architect  of  the  Northumberland  courts,  in  Newcastle,  and  is  at  present  the 
seat  of  his  son,  William  Wharton  Burdon,  esq.  The  fine  sandstone,  of  which 
it  is  built,  abounds  on  the  adjoining  river  banks,  and  is  worked  at  the  north 


Justin  Martyr ;  and  on  Gregory  of  Nyssa,  St  Bazil's 
younger  brother — all  which  are  contained  in  one  ma- 
nuscript volume  in  the  College  Library  at  Durham. 

John  Ellison,  B.  A.,  inducted  18  April,  1719?  after 
the  death  ofWoodmas;  curate  and  lecturer  of  St  An- 
drew's, Newcastle,  16  Sept.  1725.  He  was  eldest  son 
of  Nathaniel  Ellison,  D.D.,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  and  pre- 
bendary of  Durham,  and  grandfather  of  the  rev.  Noel 
Ellison,  M.  A.,  rector  of  Huntspill,  in  Somersetshire, 
&c.  He  died  in  1 774. — (See  Pedigree^  Surt.  Durham, 
vol.  it.  p.  79-) 

Thomas  Drake,  M.  A.,  inducted  13  June,  1774,  after 
the  death  of  Ellison  ;  died  June  26,  1788.  He  had  a 
daur.  who  married  the  rev.  Robert  Fenwick,  vicar  of 
Kyloe. 


Henry  Cotes,  M.  A.,  inducted  Sept.  28,  1788.  The 
author  is  indebted  to  Mr  Cotes  for  permission  to  have 
the  parish  books  and  registers  consulted  for  materials 
for  this  work,  as  well  as  for  other  information  and  kind 
attentions. 

The  REGISTERS  commence  in  1652.  Edw.  Chand- 
ler, bishop  of  Durham,  came  to  Bedlington,  and  con- 
firmed, June  30,  1732.  In  1?37,  the  church  was  new 
pewed,  the  chancel  painted,  and  "  a  new  large  window, 
sashed,  put  in  the  east  end  :" — odious  sashes  ! 

In  1603,  there  was  a  process  entered  at  the  visitation, 
against  George  Thompson,  "  for  not  paying  his  lair 
stalls  ,•"  that  is,  I  apprehend,  for  not  paying  what  was 
due  for  the  privilege  of  covering  some  friends'  grave 
with  a  tombstone. 


b  Mr  Burdon  was  a  native  of  Newcastle,  and  author  of  a  great  many  works,  chiefly  of  a  politi- 
cal or  controversial  nature — the  most  celebrated  of  which  is  entitled  "  Materials  for  Thinking." 
The  pedigree  of  his  family  is  intended  to  be  worked  into  that  of  Collingwood,  of  Unthank,  from 
which  his  mother  was  a  descendant.  A  long  account  of  him,  and  his  works,  in  a  late  History  of 
Newcastle,  supersedes  the  necessity  of  any  opinion  or  account  of  them  being  given  here. 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH. BEDLINGTON  CORN  MILL,  AND  C'AMBOIS.     359 

end  of  Hartford  Bridge.  This  house  and  estate  are  in  the  township  of  Bed- 
lington,  and  no  way  connected  with  the  Hartfords  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
river. 

Bedlington  CORN  MILL  paid  an  antient  rent  of  £4  to  the  bishop  ;  and,  in 
1602,  Isahell  Ogle,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  left  her  body  to  be  buried,  where 
her  husband  John  Fenwick  lay,  in  Benton  church,  and  her  lease  of  Bedling- 
ton corn  mill  to  her  nephew  Nicholas  Heron,  and  his  heirs.  William  Currey, 
also  of  Bedlington,  gentleman,  11  June,  1715,  left  to  his  eldest  son  Matthew, 
his  lands  in  Bedlington  ;  to  his  second  son  William,  a  pecuniary  legacy ;  and 
to  his  youngest  son,  George,  his  two  farms  •  of  Bedlington  Mill  and  Hall 
Meadows  :  and  George  Currey,  of  "  Slikeborn  panns,"  30  May,  1728,  left 
his  half  of  a  lease  of  the  same  mill,  dated  October  11,  17^7,  and  worth  £300, 
in  certain  shares,  to  his  wife  and  children.0  The  site  of  this  mill  is  where 
the  steep,  rocky,  and  woody-sided  banks  of  Blyth  dene  begin  to  open,  and 
slope  gently  away  into  the  little  estuary  of  the  Blyth.  But  the  seclusion  and 
loveliness  of  the  spot  have  long  since  been  despoiled  of  their  charms  ;  and  the 
noise  and  smoke  of  trade  have  usurped  their  place.  The  Bedlington  blast 
furnace  for  smelting  iron  stone,  and  the  forge  connected  with  it,  for  converting 
pig  iron  into  malleable  bars,  belonged  to  the  family  of  Mailing,  of  Sunderland  ; 
but  were  so  unsuccessful,  that  the  smelting  operations  were  discontinued, 
and  the  forge  and  corn  mill,  as  well  as  the  Bebside  iron  works,  let  to  Messrs 
Hawks  and  Co.,  of  Gateshead,  and  employed  in  rolling  arid  slitting  iron,  and 
making  a  great  variety  of  iron  implements  for  home  and  foreign  consumption. 
The  tirest  axle-tree  of  the  water  wheel  of  the  forge  was  of  oak,  and  brought 
from  Winfield  Park,  in  Westmorland,  and  took  nine  of  Mr  PickersgilFs  largest 
waggon  horses  to  draw  it  from  thence  to  Bedlington.  At  present,  the  works 
are  carried  on  under  the  firm  of  The  Bedlington  Iron  Works,  of  which  Messrs 
Gordon,  of  London,  are  the  principal  proprietors  ;  and  the  leading  articles 
manufactured  here  at  present  are  malleable  iron  rail- way  bars,  invented  by 
Mr  John  Birkinshaw,  and  constituting  by  far  the  greatest  improvement  in 

c  Raine's  Test.  426,  705,  750.  Mr  James  Fenwick,  of  Morpeth,  apothecary,  who,  in  1720, 
married  Catharine,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  John  Wilkinson,  of  Morpeth,  and  Mr  John  Challoner, 
of  Morpeth,  surgeon,  who,  Feb.  25,  1720,  married  Barbara,  the  other  daughter  and  eo-heir  of  the 
said  John  Wilkinson,  had,  March  26,  1746,  a  lease  from  the  bishop  of  Durham,  ot  Bedlington 
mill,  for  twenty-one  years. 


360       MORPETH  DEANERY. CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

rail-ways  that  has  been  made  since  they  were  first  constructed  of  iron.  They 
are  from  15  to  18  feet  long,  and  more  durable  and  smooth  than  the  usual 
short  rails  made  of  cast  iron. 

CAMBOIS  is  a  small  sea-port,  village,  and  seat  of  a  township,  which  ex- 
tends along  the  sea  shore  between  the  rivers  Blyth  and  Wansbeck,  and  is 
bounded  on  the  west  by  the  townships  of  East  and  West  Sleckburn.  It  is 
often  written  Cambhouse  ;  and  might  have  its  name  from  having  at  it,  in  old 
times,  a  cambium,  or  house  of  trade,  barter,  or  exchange.  There  are  sea- 
ports of  the  same  name  in  Scotland  and  France.  The  bar  at  the  mouth  of 
the  harbour  is  full  of  boulder  stones,  shallow,  and  extremely  dangerous,  ex- 
cepting at  high-water,  when  it  has  about  eleven  feet  of  water  upon  it.  Wallis 
observes,  that  the  river  is  navigable  as  high  as  Stakeford,  by  ships  of  thirty 
tons  burden.d  The  village  of  Cambois  is  seated  on  a  dry  green  knoll,  formed 
by  the  banks  of  the  sea  and  the  Wansbeck,  which  here  runs  in  a  deep  and 
narrow  channel,  and  has  a  ferry  over  it ;  and,  two  hundred  yards  above,  at 
low  water,  a  broad  and  excellent  ford,  for  the  carriage  road  between  Blyth 
and  North  Seaton,  and  Newbigging.  Here  are  one  farm-house,  and  eight 
other  houses  or  cottages,  tenanted  by  fifteen  families.  One  of  the  dwelling- 
houses  has  been  a  sort  of  warehouse  or  granary.  The  barn,  which  contains 
the  thrashing  mill  of  the  farm  premises,  is  by  some  thought  to  have  been  a 
chapel ;  but,  as  it  has  a  large  fire-place  in  its  north  wall,  I  apprehend  it  was 
the  manor  house  of  the  Denom  family.  In  its  south  wall,  there  is  a  trefoil 

d  He  also  found  here,  "  two  keys  on  the  north  side — one  called  the  low,  the  other  the  high  key 
— the  latter  on  the  estate  of  sir  Thomas  Clavering,  bart. — a  great  export  of  corn  and  grindstones 
from  them,  and  a  considerable  import  of  Norway  timber,  deals,  and  of  limestone  from  Beadnel  and 
Sunderland,  in  boats."  Much  of  this  trade  continued  during  the  war  with  the  republic  of  France 
and  Napoleon ;  but  has  for  the  last  20  years  gradually  deserted  it,  so  that  at  present  a  sail  seldom 
enters  the  port:  a  new  sort  of  employment  has,  however,  within  the  last  30  years,  been  successfully 
carried  on  in  the  bays  of  Cambois,  Newbigging,  and  Druridge,  in  fishing  with  nets  for  salmon 
trout,  which  were  formerly  fished  for  only  in  rivers.  The  practice  was  brought,  some  thirty  years 
since,  from  Boulmer  and  Craister,  to  Cresswell,  and  has  gradually  got  into  common  use,  especially 
during  the  still  weather  of  summer.  An  excellent  harbour  might  be  formed,  at  little  expence,  in 
the  old  grindstone  quarries  in  Spital-dene,  a  little  north  of  Cambois ;  and  a  very  spacious  one, 
with  the  aid  of  a  sluice  between  it  and  the  sea  at  high  water  mark,  might  be  made  in  Newbigging 
Car ;  and  perhaps  some  such  measure  may  be  resorted  to  when  the  coal  in  Woodhorn  and  Bothal 
parishes  is  wanted  to  be  taken  coastwise,  or  for  foreign  consumption. 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH. CAMBOIS.  36l 

headed  window  of  one  light,  and  of  a  shape  corresponding  with  the  architec- 
ture of  the  14th  century.  The  farm  agent  on  the  place,  said  he  had  heard 
that  the  chapel  stood  on  a  green  mound,  between  the  sea  and  the  old  mansion- 
house,  now  called  the  Chapel  Hill,  which  very  much  resembles  a  tumulus  of 
the  ages  before  Christianity.  In  1285,  Margery  de  Gosebeck  died  seized  of 
"  Canehouse,"  and  several  other  manors.6  According  to  Hutchinson,  a  fami- 
ly who  derived  their  name  from  it,  were  formerly  proprietors  here/  Edward 
the  Second,  in  1317,  confirmed  to  William  Hasilrig,  in  fee,  all  the  heredita- 
ments which  had  been  granted  to  him  by  the  bishop  of  Durham,  to  hold  by 
the  accustomed  service,  and  which  before  that  time  had  belonged  to  Thomas 
Chandler.8  Also,  in  1326,  the  same  king  granted  the  custody  of  four  tofts 
and  eighty  acres  of  land  here,  to  William  de  Denum,  on  a  rent  of  18s.  a  year, 
which  toft  and  lands  had  been  forfeited  to  •  the  crown  by  Adam,  the  son  of 
Richard  de  Camhous,  an  adherent  of  the  Scotch.11  This  William  de  Denum, 
in  1318,  was  temporal  chancellor  to  bishop  Kellow,  and  had  a  grant  from 
bishop  Beaumont  of  one-sixth  part  of  this  manor,  and  of  30  acres  of  land  in 
the  neighbouring  township  of  Chappington  ;  and  many  of  his  receipts  for  a 
salary  paid  to  him  by  the  prior  of  Durham,  are  dated  from  "  Camhus,"  in 
1338,  and  in  other  years  before  and  after.  Hutchinson  quotes  an  authority  to 
show,  that  he  held  a  third  part  of  Cambois  by  fealty,  and  30s.  rent  at  the 
exchequer,  doing  suit  at  the  three  courts  at  Bedlington,  and  grinding  such 
corn  as  grew  on  those  lands  and  he  expended  in  his  household,  at  the  bishop's 
mill  at  Bedlington,  at  a  sixteenth  multure.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  considerable 
eminence,  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  baron  of  the  exchequer.  He  was  also  a 
chief  justice  of  Berwick  ;  arid  showed  good  taste  in  choosing  this  sweet  sea- 
side spot  as  his  occasional  residence.  His  widow,  Isabella  de  Denum,  in  1359, 
gave  24  marks  to  the  crown,  for  the  manors  of  Cambowes  and  Slikeburne 
West,  and  other  lands  ;  and,  about  the  year  1 3(jy,  according  to  an  inquest 
after  her  death,  finding  that  she  was  dying,  ordered  herself  to  be  conveyed 

e  III.  i.  49. 

f  Stephen  de  Cambus,  by  letters  patent,  dated  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  on  Easter  da>,  1313, 
I  acknowledged  that  he  had  received  by  the  hands  of  John  de  Plessie,  7s.  6d.   in  part  payment  of 

£6  10s.  in  which  Bartholomew  Benet,  Walter  of  Brunton,  William  of  Prestwick,  and  the  said 
John,  were  bound  to  him  by  writing;  and  of  which  sum  the  same  John  was  adjudged,  by  Wm 
Burdon,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  and  master  John  Blenkow,  to  pay  15s. — (Cart.  Rid.  p.  74.) 

8  III.  ii.  364.  h  Id.  299. 

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362      MORPETH  DEANERY. CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

from  her  manor-house  here  to  the  chapel  of  the  manor,  with  the  fraudu- 
lent intention  of  enfeoffing  sir  John  de  Strivelyn,  and  his  heirs,  in  these 
premises,  as  well  as  in  lands  in  West  Slikeburn  and  Bedlington,  as  has  been 
already  related  in  the  pedigree  of  the  Denum  family,  under  Meldon.  Strivelyn 
was  probably  a  relation  of  her's  by  marriage  ;  and  certainly,  after  her  death, 
had  her  property  here,  as  well  as  in  Choppington,  Sleckburn,  and  Bedlington, 
put  into  his  hands  by  a  royal  grant,  though  it  is  also  equally  certain  that  her 
daughter,  Isabella  de  Riggesby,  had  a  reversionary  right  in  them.1  In  1350, 
Ralph  de  Ellyngeham,  by  an  inquest  after  his  death,  was  found  to  have  been 
possessed  of  an  estate  by  entail  of  a  part  of  this  manor,  and  of  a  fishery  in  the 
"  Wanspik,"  holden  of  the  bishop  in  capite,  and  by  a  rent  of  17s.  6d.  a  year. 
Some  of  the  proprietors  of  the  fishery,  about  that  time,  had  a  coble  for  fish- 
ing in  the  main  sea,  of  the  value  of  10s.  a  year.j  Hutchinson  observes,  that 
"  the  inquisitions"  after  death,  "  for  this  district  are  very  irregular,  and  per- 
haps many  are  lost :  we  meet  with  little  more  touching  Cambois  till  we  reach 
the  inquisition"  after  the  death  of  Ralph,  earl  of  Westmorland,  who  died  21 
May,  1426,  possessed  among  other  things,  of  the  manor  of  Cambouse,  with  its 
appurtenances  in  Bedlingtorishire,  besides  a  messuage  in  Nedirton,  half  the 
manor  of  West  Slykburn,  and  the  manor  of  Chapington  :k  but  his  successor, 
Henry,  earl  of  Westmorland,  in  the  sixth  year  of  Edward  the  Sixth,  sold  all 

his  right  in  the  manor  of  Cambois,  to  Lawson,  merchant,  and  Cuthbert 

Blounte,  excepting  however  to  himself,  all  his  lands  in  Choppington,  West 
Slikburne,  Tritlington,  and  Netherton — and,  on  this  occasion,  appointed 

Richard  Hodgson,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  and Lawson,  his  attornies, 

to  give  possession  to  the  vendees.1  I  am  unable  to  state  by  what  steps  this 
part  of  Cambois  passed  from  the  Lawson  to  the  Ridley  family,  who  have  been 
in  possession  of  it  for  many  years.  The  duke  of  Portland,  as  heir  of  the 

i  III.  ii.  331.  J  Hutch.  Dur.  Hi.  509. 

k  Hutch.' Dur,  iii.  8vo.  ed.  p.  510.  This  inquest  states,  that  the  tenant  of  "  Cambouse/'  at 
that  time  paid  for  it,  to  the  bishop,  a  rent  of  £4  19s.  a  year,  and  did  suit  at  the  lord's  court  at 
Bedlington,  ground  his  corn  growing  upon  the  manor  at  the  lord's  mill,  to  the  sixteenth  measure 
— had  within  it  the  site  of  a  manor  then  waste,  and  of  no  value;  but  that  there  were  there  four 
messuages  and  six  bovates  of  arable  land,  worth  beyond  reprizes  40s. ;  twenty  acres  of  meadow, 
worth  20s. ;  and  100  acres  of  pasture,  worth  16s.  4d. 

1  Sir  Wm  Eure,  in  a  letter  to  Cardinal  Wolsey,  dated  at  Harbottle,  May  13,  1526,  says,  "  he 
had  only  oon  symple  town,  called  Camboys,  in  his  own  honde." — (Cot.  MS.  E.  vii.  fol.  427.) 
Formerly  there  were  salt  pans  here ;  for,  in  1537,  Robert  Jennison,  of  Brancepeth,  by  will,  left 


STANNINGTON  PARISH.— CAMBOIS  AND  CHOPPINGTON.  363 

Ogles,  had  a  thirty-second  part  of  it,  which  he  sold  to  the  late  sir  Matthew 
White  Ridley  ;  and  Mr  Robert  Briggs,  by  purchase,  became  owner  of  a 
sixty-fourth  part  of  it,  which  his  son  William  sold  also  to  the  Ridleys,  who 
are  now  sole  proprietors  of  the  township. 

CnoppiNGTON111  township  consists  of  East  and  West  Choppington,  both 
hamlets  on  the  way-side  between  Morpeth  and  the  Stakeford,  and  also  of  the 
hamlet  of  Shipwash."  The  whole  estate  contains  about  625  acres,  and  is 
free  from  tithes,  with  the  exception  of  a  modus  of  £1  Os.  8d.  paid  to  the  rec- 
tor and  vicar  each.  The  chapel  of  Morpeth  seems  to  have  had  a  carucate  of 
land  here  in  33  Edward  I.  1305.  Hugh  de  Hecham,  who  represented  New- 
castle in  parliament  in  1333,  and  was  mayor  of  that  town  in  1334,  granted  to 
Robert  Stanhope,  a  burgess  of  Berwick  upon  Tweed,  and  his  heirs,  his  manor 

"  William  and  Ralph,  his  sons,  a  salt  panne,  for  the  space  of  tenn  yeares,  standing  at  Cambos,  in 
Northumberland,  in  the  holding  of  Gawine  Milburne  ;  and  after  the  said  ten  yeares,  it  to  remain 
to  my  son  and  heir."  The  Bedlington  parish  registers  contain  several  entries  of  the  family  of 
Mr  Robert  Challoner,  of  Blythe-pans.  In  1788,  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  bart.  for  lands  and  boats; 
the  rev.  Digby  Cotes,  for  tithes ;  and  Mr  R.  Briggs,  of  Blyth,  for  a  cottage,  were  the  only  free- 
holders assessed  to  land  tax  in  this  township. 

NORTH  BLYTHE,  which  is  in  the  township  of  Cambois,  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  river 
Blyth,  and  opposite  to  the  town  of  Blyth,  which  was  formerly  called  Blyth's  Nook.  It  consists 
of  two  patches  of  cottages — one  at  the  Salt  Pans,  the  other  at  the  Link  End,  and  both  occupied 
chiefly  by  fishermen  and  sailors.  There  is  a  ballast  quay  at  the  Link  End ;  and  a  large  quay  and 
grass-grown  heaps  of  salt-pan  scars,  at  the  Salt  Bans,  for  which  coals  have  been  worked  in  the 
adjoining  fields.  A  pamphlet,  entitled  "  Newes  from  the  seige  of  York,"  and  printed  in  London, 
by  Matthew  Walbanke,  in  1644,  has  the  following  paragraph,  under  the  date  July  3  : — "  8  last 
night  newes  came  hither  (believed  true  and  certain)  that  a  newe  armie  of  Scots  is  come  into  North- 
umberlande  to  Blythe  Nooke,  of  about  twelve  thousand,  and  that  they  have  already  taken  Morpeth 
Castle;  and  that  Colonell  Clavering,  and  the  Scottish  lords  with  him,  have  rested  themselves  at 
Newcastle."  The  pamphlet  bears  the  "  imprimatur — JOHN  RUSHWORTH." 

m  Formerly,  Chappington  or  Chapyngton,  probably  from  its  having,  when  the  name  was  given 
it,  a  shop,  or  place  of  "  chopping  and  changing"  at  it.  For  some  notices  respecting  the  property 
which  the  Bertrams  of  Bothal,  and  the  Denum  and  Strivelyn  family  had  here,  see  III.  ii.  299, 
330,  and  331. 

n  The  form  and  situation  of  SHIPWASH  BRIDGE  are  both  exceedingly  beautiful.  The  following 
minute  from  Ihe  county  sessions  book  for  January  12,  1680,  may  assist  in  discovering  its  age  :  — 
"  SS.  Presentments;  6.  That  the  money  levied  for  '  Shipwash'  bridge  be,  according  to  order, 
employed  for  that  use  only  ;  and  that  speedy  course  may  be  taken,  either  for  the  building  of  the 
said  bridge,  or  the  restoring  the  money  to  the  '  countrey/  and  that  John  Pigg  may  give  security 
for  the  £50  he  hath  disposed  of,  unless  the  bridge  be  built." 


364  MORPETH  DEANERY. — CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

of  "  Chepington,  near  Shipwas,  together  with  a  fishery  in  the  water  called 
Waunspec."0  This  Hugh  de  Hecham  died  in  1355,  holding  in  capite  of  the 
bishop  of  Durham,  the  manor  of  Chaybington,  by  fealty  and  six  marks  rent ; 
besides  three  messuages,  and  120  acres  of  land  and  four  of  meadow  in  Nedir- 
ton.  In  37  Edw.  III.  sir  Robert  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  died  seized  of  posses- 
sions in  this  place  and  Cambois  ;  and  John  de  Hatfield  and  Helen  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  the  same  sir  Robert  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  paid  relief  for, 
and  had  possession  given  of  a  messuage  and  seven  acres  of  land  in  Chaping- 
ton,  and  of  a  messuage  and  18  acres  of  land  in  Cambeys.p  By  the  inquest 
after  the  death  of  the  earl  of  Westmorland,  in  1426,  it  appears  that  he  died 
possessed  of  this  manor,  which  he  had  holden  in  capite  of  the  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham by  military  service,  and  a  rent  of  £4  18s.  a  year  ;  that  the  site  of  the 
manor,  and  of  six  messuages  there,  were  at  that  time  waste  and  profitless  ; 
and  that  the  earl  had  holderi  20  bovates  of  arable  land  in  it,  10  acres  of  mea- 
dow, and  200  acres  of  pasture,  all  of  which  were  worth  nothing  by  the  year 
beyond  reprizes.  As  it  was  excepted  in  the  deed  which  conveyed  Cambois 
from  the  Neville  to  the  Lawson  family  in  1552,  it  probably  became  an  escheat 
to  the  bishop  by  the  rebellion  of  the  earl  of  Westmorland,  in  ,1569-  A 
branch  of  the  Ogle  family  was  indeed  seated  here  long  before  that  time, 
and  in  "  the  survey  of  the  lands  of  such  rebels  as  took  part  with  the  earls  of 
Northumberland  and  Westmorland,"  the  land  of  Anthony  Ogle  is  put  down 
apparently  as  forfeited,  and  with  this  addition,  "  an  annual  rent  of  six  pounds 
and  eight  shillings  from  lands  in  Chapyngton,"  by  grant  of  Gregory  Ogle, 
who  (according  to  a  note  of  sir  Walter  Scott,  in  Sadler's  state  papers)  was 
"  of  murder  and  felony  attainted/'  but  was  living  about  1570 — 1,  and  not  long 
before  seized  of  Chapyngton  tower  :  one  account  says  that  his  lands,  after 
his  forfeiture,  fell  to  the  see  of  Durham,  and  were  granted  to  William  Col- 
lingwood,  gent,  of  Bishop  Auckland,  who  held  them  in  1637-  According  to 
the  index  to  the  Records  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  the  land  revenue,  the 
nineteenth  volume  of  that  collection,  which  is  unfortunately  missing,  contain- 
ed some  grant  by  the  crown  of  land  in  this  place  ;  and  the  Lawson  manuscript 
shows,  that  in  1568,  the  heirs  of  Gregory  Ogle  were  possessed  of  Bickerton 
and  "  Cheapington."q  Thomas  Ogle,  of  Choppington,  was  buried  at  Bed-^ 
lington,  April  3,  1710.  « 

0  Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  85.  X.  200.  P  III.  ii.  330. 

i  A.  Wilkinson,  of  Weston,  in   1521,  died  seized  of  lands  in  Choppington  and  Camboisi  ^» 
(Hutch.  Durham,)  in.  509.) 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH. — 'CHOPPINGTON.—  PEDIGREE  OF  OGLE,  36-5 


PEDIGREE  OP  OGLE,  OF  CHOPPINGTON, 

AS  FAR  AS  THE  AUTHOR  HAS  MET  WITH  MATERIALS  FOR  MAKING  IT. 

t. — SIR  ROBERT  DE  OGLE,  of  Ogle  Castle,  knight,  died  in  1437. — (See  II.  i.  383.)=i=MAUD,  daur.  of  sir  Robert  Grey,  of  Horton. 

I ~"l —  — \ —  — " ' 1 

II. — 1.  SIR  ROBERT  DE  OGLE,-T-ISABELLA,  daur.    2.  JOHN  DE  OGLE,    3.  WILLIAM-T-MARGARET,  for  whose    4.  MARGARET. 

"  use,  her  grandson  Gre- 
gory, 28  Dec.  1552,  settled  an  annuity 
of  £6  13s.  4d.  out  of  his  tenement  in 
"  Gheplngton." 


first  baron  Ogle,  died  Nov.  l,Aof  sir  Alexander    second  son,  mar-      DE  OGLE. 
1469.  Kirkby.  ried  Maud,  &  had 


issue. 


III.— GA WIN  OGLE,  of  Choppington.= 


IV. — GREGORY  OGLF,  of  Choppington,  esq.  was  a  commissioner  for  inclosures-r- MARGERY,  daur.  of Fenwick,  of  Brink- 


on  the  Middle  Marches  in  1552  ;  and,  6  Dec.  in  the  same  year,  enfeoffed 
Oswin  Ogle,  of  Bothal ;  Lancelot  Ogle,  of  Ogle  ;  George  Ogle,  of  Hirst ;  and 
Matthew  Ogle,  of  Saltwick,  in  a  rent  of  £6  13s.  4d.  out  of  Choppington,  for 
the  life  of  Margaret  Ogle,  his  grandmother  ;  and,  after  her  denth,  the  said  sum 


burne.  Will  dated  89  June,  1565;  orders 
her  body  to  be  buried  in  the  quire  of  Bedling- 
ton  church  ;  mentions  her  mother,  Joan 
Fenwick,  of  Brinkburne. — (Raines  Test.  935.) 


to  be  paid  out  of  Gonerby,  Grantham,  Manthorpe,  Kirkby,  and  Bilton,  in  Lin- 
colnshire ;  but  oil  condition  that  the  said  feoffees  should  re-feoff  the  said  Gregory  and  his  wife  Margery,  &c.* 

I —  1    I    I  "I —  — I — 

V.—CUTHBERT  OGLE,  of  Choppington,  eldest  son  ;    ROBERT,  THOMAS,  and  two  daughters,    DOROTHY,  wife  of  John  Lisle,  of 
mentioned  in  his  mother's  will;  and  of  that  of   mentioned  in  their  mother's  will.  Acton,  esq. — (II.  i.  174.) 

John  Ogle,  of  Stamford,  in  1593. 

*  S.  p.  et  f.  q'd  ego  Gregorius  de  Ogle  de  Chepington  in  com.  North,  armig.  dedi  Oswino  Ogle  de  Bothcl .  Lancelot  Ogle  de  Ogell .  Georgio 
Ogle  de  Bo»hel .  Matheo  Ogle  de  Saltwyke  in  cod.  com.  gen.  vi/.  xiiis.  iv  d.  exeunt,  annuat.  de  ten'to  meo  in  Chepington  duralit.  t'mino  vite 
Margarete  Ogle  vidue  avie  mee  .  Et  post  decessum  d'te  M.  sum.  p'd'ta  vj  /.  xiii  s.  iv  d.  exit,  annuatim  de  Gonerbe  .  Grantham  .  Manthorpe  . 
Kirkby  .  et  Bilton  in  com.  Lincoln,  existent,  t'ram  et  ten'tm.  mea  &c.  .  Ha  q'd  p'fat.  Oswinus  .  Launcelotus  &c.  refeotfabunt  me  p'fatum 
Gregorium  et  Marjoram  uxor.  meam,  &c.  .  Dat.  28°  Dec.  6  E.  sexti.— (Dodsw.  MSS.  vol.  il.fol.  63 — 72.) 

Since  the  preceding  page  was  committed  to  press,  I  have  met  with  an  ex- 
tract from  the  record  which  details  the  cause  of  the  attainder  of  George 
Ogle.  On  Sept.  15,  1578,  it  was  found  before  the  deputy  sheriff  of  the  bishop 
of  Durham,  that  George  Ogle,  of  Chapington,  in  the  liberty  of  Bedlington, 
and  county  of  Durham,  gentleman,  was  present,  aiding  and  abetting  Christo- 
pher Wilson  to  slay  Bertram  KillingWorth,  of  Hepscot ;  and  at  the  time  of 
the  said  felony  and  murder,  was  seized  of  and  in  the  manor  of  Chapington, 
which  he  thus  forfeited  to  James  Pilkington,  late  bishop  of  Durham,  by  rea- 
son of  which  forfeiture  the  title  and  interest  in  the  said  manor  fell  to  Richard 
Barnes,  bishop  Pilkington's  successor  in  the  said  see.  The  inquest  found 
farther  that  Choppington  was  then  holden  by  military  service/  Bishop  Pilk- 
ington died  25  Jan.  1575.  In  1788,  this  township  was  holden  of  the  bishop 
of  Durham,  by  the  family  of  Gurney,  of  Norwich,  who  sold  it  to  Mr  Clark 
(uncle  of  Mr  Clark,  of  Benton),  whose  late  son  George  mortgaged  a  great 
part  of  it,  and  finally  sold  it  to  Dr  Gabell,  late  master  of  Winchester  school, 

r  INQUISITIO  de  homicidio  Bertram!  Killingworth  per  Chr.  Wilson,  proeuratione  Georgij  Ogle 
de  Chapington.  Decimo  quinto  die  Septembr'  A'o  xx"  Eliz.  viz.  1578,  coram  deputate  escaetoris 
d'ni  Episcopi  Dunelm'  virtute  officii  sui  compertum  est  quod  Georgius  Ogle  de  Chapington, 
infra  libertatem  de  Bedlington,  in  com.  Dunelm'  gen'  qui  fuit  presens  comfortans,  et  abbettans, 
Christopherum  Wilson  ad  interficiend'  Bertramum  Killingworth  de  Heppescott  in  com.  Northumbr' 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5   A 


366  MORPETH  DEANERY.— CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

who  has  enfranchised  it  under  an  act  of  parliament,  dated  June  27>  1827»s 
The  other  part,  namely,  West  Clwppington,  the  said  George  Clark  sold  to 
Humphrey  Cook,  of  Bothal  Park,  whose  executors  sold  it  to  Mathias  Wm 
Dunn,  of  Hedgefield,  near  Stella. 

NEDDERTON,  or  Netherton,  an  old  village  on  rising  ground,  has  the  road 
from  Morpeth  to  North  Shields  passing  through  it.  In  bishop  Hatfield's  time, 
from  1345  to  1381,  the  property  here  was  divided  into  very  small  estates.1  In 
1426,  the  earl  f of  Westmorland  died  seized  of  a  messuage  here,  known  by  the 
boggle-stirring  name  of  Strangle- Place.  In  1404,  Mary,  widow  of  sir  Wm  Swin- 
burne, knight,  granted  to  "  Wm  de  Angram,  vicar  of  Symondburn,"  all  her 
lands  in  the  ville  of  Nedderton,  in  the  bishopric  of  Durham, — sir  Ralph  de 
Eure  and  sir  Marmaduke  Lomley,  knights,  and  Gilbert  de  Elvet  and  Wm 
de  Chestre,  being  witnesses  to  the  deed."  The  Ogle  family  formerly  had 

fuit  seisitus  ut  de  feodo  tempore  felonie  et  murdri  predicti  de  et  in  manerio  de  Chapington  cum 
pertin',  quod  quidem  manerium  forisfecit  reverendo  in  Christo  patri  Jacobo  Pilkington  nuper 
episcopo  Dunelm',  cujus  quidem  forisfacture  titulus  et  interesse  devenit  Ricardo  Barnes  successor! 
suo  episcopo  Dunelm*.  Et  quod  tenetur  per  servitium  militare. — {Hunter's  MSS.  Inquisit,  fyc. 
vol.  it.  No.  64.)  There  is  probably  a  mistake  in  this  extract  of  Georgius  for  Gregorius. 

8  The  lease,  dated  Dec.  26,  1814,  was  for  the  lives  of  Hudson  (iurney,  then  aged  39  ;  Richard 
Hanbury  Gurney,  aged  about  31 ;  and  George  Clark,  esq.  aged  32,  and  for  the  life  of  the  longest 
liver  of  them,  at  a  rent  of  £1  5s,  a  year.  The  act  for  enfranchising  is  entitled,  "  An  act  for 
vesting  certain  estates  belonging  to  the  see  of  Durham,  in  trustees  for  sale,  and  for  applying  the 
purchase  monies  in  the  purchase  of  freehold  and  copyhold  estates  to  be  annexed  to  the  said  see, 
and  for  other  purposes ;"  and  the  property  in  Bedlingtonshire,  which  it  empowered  to  be  sold  free, 
were  messuages,  a  corn  mill,  iron  works,  and  land  containing  four  acres,  leased  for  21  years  Jan. 
1,  1822,  at  a  reserved  rent  of  £4  a  year,  to  Charles  David  Gordon ;  and  messuages  and  lands 
in  Choppington,  for  three  lives,  as  follows : — To  lord  viscount  Barrington,  lease  dated  22  March, 
1892,  of  199  acres,  at  14s,  a  year;  to  George  Clark,  26  Dec.  1814,  25  acres,  at  2s.  8d.  a  year; 
to  Humphrey  Cook,  April  1,  1815,  262  acres,  at  £1  7s.  Sd. ;  to  Robert  Clark,  Dec.  26,  1815, 
276  acres,  at  £1  5s. ;  to  Gilbert  Robson,  messuages,  mill,  and  land,  in  all  30  acres,  leased  18  Jan. 
1815,  at  8s.  3d.  a  year;  to  Hudson  Gurney  and  others,  messuages  and  lands  containing  338  acres, 
leased  26  Dec.  1814,  at  £1  5s.  a  year,  I  have  omitted  the  fractions  of  acres  in  each  parcel. 

*  "  Wm  de  Nedirton  and  Katharine  his  wife,  held  to  them  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  by  the 
gift  of  Alice  de  Nedirton,  a  messuage  and  nine  acres  of  land,  held  of  the  lord  bishop  by  fealty  and 
a  certain  rent:  also  held  of  John  Twisill  by  fealty,  and  of  Hugh  de  Walton,  lands  by  fealty, 
rendering  a  rose  yearly,  if  demanded,  William  afterwards  held  the  same  premises  by  the 
courtesey  of  England  after  the  death  of  Katharine,  and  left  Agnes,  the  wife  of  Richard  de  Chabing- 
ton,  his  heir.  An.  25.  Hatf.  Inq,  p.  m.  Will,  de  Nedirton  cap.  ap.  Derlyngton,  coram  W.  de 
Menevyll  vie.  Dun. — (Hutchinson.)  u  Swinb,  Misc.  Ch.  i.  43, 


BEDLINGTON  PARISH. WEST  AND  EAST  SLECKBURNE.  367 

property  here  ;  and,  21  Jan.  8  Henry  VIII.  Robert  lord  Ogle  demised  to 
Agnes  Ogle,  widow,  a  tenement  in  Nedderton,  in  Bedlingtonshire,  at  the 
yearly  rent  of  £4  13s.  4d.v  In  1557,  Robert  of  Copon  released  to  sir  William 
Heron,  knight,  all  the  right  he  had  in  "  Nedderton,  near  Morpeth.w"  The 
greater  part  of  this  township  seems,  however,  for  a  long  time  to  have  belong- 
ed to  the  barons  of  Morpeth,  for  Netherton  is  enumerated  among  the  estates 
of  lord  Dacre,  in  1568  ;  and  lord  Wm  Howard,  in  18  Charles  the  First,  died 
seized  "of  the  whole  manor  and  lordship  of  Netherton,  in  Bedlingtonshire," 
which  at  present  is  the  property  of  his  lineal  descendant,  the  earl  of  Carlisle. 
SLECKBURNE,  or  Slekeburne,  is  the  name  of  a  small  stream,  and  of  two 
hamlets,  called  East  and  West  Sleckburn,  and,  to  a  potter's  ear,  ought  to  be 
exceedingly  delightful/  The  most  distant  source  of  the  Sleckburne  is  a  little 
west  of  Tranwell,  in  the  parish  of  Morpeth,  where  it  is  called  Catchburn. 
For  a  good  way  before  it  enters  the  Blyth,  it  is  very  narrow,  sluggish,  and 
throws  down  considerable  quantities  of  sleek  or  mud,  from  which  it  derives 
its  riame.y  The  tide  covers  a  low  piece  of  ground  of  considerable  extent  at 
East  Sleckburn,  and  the  spring  tides  flow  as  far  as  West  Sleckburn. 

v  Lansd,  MS.  326,  Ogle  deeds,  w  Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  49,  b. 

*  Alluvial  deposits  from  muddy  rivers  and  streams  might  be  used  to  very  great  advantage  in 
making  the  fine  brown  earthenware  called  terra-cotta.  I  have  had  several  very  successful  experi- 
ments made  of  forming  vessels  from  earth  taken  out  of  the  Salt  Meadows,  a  little  above  the  bridge 
over  the  Don,  at  J  arrow.  When  v/ell  sifted,  it  forms  a  biscuit,  beautiful,  smooth,  and  light; 
and  various  shades  of  colour  may  be  given  to  it4  by  mixing  it  with  different  proportions  of  the 
white  Devonshire  clay.  It  is  also  admirably  adapted  for  receiving  the  gold  coloured  glaze ;  but 
perhaps  would,  when  formed  into  large  vessels,  not  keep  its  shape  well  in  the  glazing  kiln.  Large 
ornaments  of  the  jar  form  might,  however,  be  made  out  of  fire  stone,  and  after  being  finely  polished  or 
dipped  in  a  thin  batter  of  porcelain  or  other  clay,  painted  with  enamel  colours,  and  glazed.  Solid 
masses  of  fire-stone  from  the  High  Heworth  quarries,  stand  the  heat  of  glazing  kilns  extremely 
well,  as  I  have  found  by  experiment.  The  old  diluvial  deposits  of  clay  found  in  Northumberland 
are  generally  too  much  mixed  with  lime  to  be  very  proper  either  for  brick  or  earthenware. 

y  The  large  basin  on  the  Tyne,  called  Jarrow  Slake,  has  its  name  from  a  similar  origin.  In 
floods,  the  turbid  but  still  water  with  which  it  is  overflown,  deposits  its  mud,  which,  while  it  is 
soft  and  smoth,  is,  in  the  language  of  the  north  of  England,  called  sleek,  perhaps  from  its  being 
sleek  or  smooth.  It  is  indeed  slack  or  loose,  and  hence  the  terms  to  slake  one's  thirst,  to  slake 
lime  by  throwing  water  upon  it.  The  trough  in  which  smiths  harden  tools  of  steel,  is  called  a 
sleek  trough.  In  the  Dudley  coal  district,  they  call  the  small  trash  coal  left  at  the  bottom  of  the 
mines,  sleek ;  and  it  is  it  which  so  frequently  takes  fire  spontaneously,  and  thus  occasions  that 
greatest  of  all  the  evils  to  which  the  mines  of  that  county  are  subject — "  the  breathing  fire," 


368  MORPETH  DEANERY. — CHESTER  WARD,  COUNTY  OF  DURHAM. 

WEST  SLECKBURNE. — Hutchinson,  on  the  authority  of  an  inquest  after 
death,  says,  that  William  de  Denom,  conjointly  with  Isabella  his  wife,  held 
in  capite  of  the  bishop  of  Durham,  half  the  manor  of  West  Slekburn,  by 
fealty  and  an  annual  rent  of  £4  4s.  at  the  exchequer  in  Durham,  which  pro- 
perty they  seem  to  have  acquired  by  grant  from  the  crown,  as  I  have  already 
related  in  their  pedigree,  under  Meldon  ;  and  I  will  riot  repeat  here,  the 
accounts  I  have  given  there  and  under  Cambois,  of  themselves  and  their  pos- 
sessions. The  freeholders  rated  to  land  tax  here,  in  1788,  were  sir  James 
Riddell,  baronet,  and  John  Simpson,  esq.  ;  who  also  at  that  time,  as  well  as 
Jacob  Wilkinson,  of  Widdrington,  and  James  Watson,  of  Sparrow  House, 
held  lands  here,  by  lease,  under  the  bishop  of  Durham.  At  present,  the  prin- 
cipal proprietors  are  Miss  Simpson,  and  Mr  Stephen  Watson,  of  Ashington. 

EAST  SLECKBURNE.— The  freehold  proprietors  here,  in  1788,  were  sir 
James  Riddell,  hart.,  sir  M.  W.  Ridley,  bart.,  Stephen  Watson,  esq.  of  North 
Seaton,  Mr  William  Hair,  and  Mr  Temperley,  of  Newcastle.  Mr  Watson,  of 
North  Seaton,  has  sold  his  part  to  lord  Barrington.  Mr  Temperley's  has 
also  been  sold,  so  that  the  township  now  belongs  principally  to  lord  Barring- 
ton  and  sir  M.  W.  Ridley.  John  and  S.  Watson  have  a  small  tenement  in  it.z 

The  following  scrap  has  some  remote  affinity  to  Cambois  ;  and  is  the  only 
remaining  material  I  can  find  to  cover  a  blank  space  in  the  conclusion  of  my 
account  of  this  parish.  It  was  sent  to  me  among  the  series  of  deeds  respect- 
ing Offerton,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  printed  in  the  second  volume  of  the 
Archseologia  JEleana,  and  illustrates  the  pedigree  of  the  Denom  family,  printed 
above,  at  p.  15  :••— "  Sciant  p)sentes  t  futri  qd  ego  Witts  filius  Witti  de  Denom 
dedi  concessi  T:  haC  fusenti  carta  mea  confirmaui  Robto  Baron  de  Camhus  Tl 
Xpiane  ux°i  ejus  oia  tras  1:  ten  que  frui  ex  dono  T:  feoffamenti  Witti  de  Hale- 
wett  in  campo  1  rritorio  de  Westhertwayton  .  H'nd  T;  tenend  p)dca  tras  T:  ten 
p)dco  Robto  T;  Xpiane  ux°i  eius  T:  heredib}  suis  de  corporib^  eo^dem  Robti  *t 
Xpiane  legitime  pcreatis  .  In  cui9  rei  testm  huic  fusenti  carte  sigillu  meu  ap- 
posui  .  Hijs  test  ctno  Jofre  de  Hertvrayton  .  Robto  fre  eius.  .  Jofre  de  Wa- 
lyngton  .  Thorn  a  Gray  de  Herle  .  Thoma  Shaftou  .  Witto  de  Croxton  .  T: 
aliis  .  Dat.  apud  Morpath  die  lune  px  post  Epfaiam  anno  regrii  regis  Edwardi 
tcij  post  Conquestu  decimo" — 1337.  The  seal  is  much  defaced.  King  John, 
in  his  devastating  march  into  the  north  of  England,  in  1216,  halted  at  Bedling- 
ton,  and  tested  documents  there  on  the  9th  and  10th  Jan. — (Arch.  Lond.  v.  22.) 

2  My  special  thanks  are  clue  to  John  Gooch>  esq.  of  Bedlington,  for  much  accurate,  curious> 
and  useful  information  respecting  this  parish. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. NAME  AND  BOUNDARIES. 


369 


ORPETH,  in  almost  all  old  writings,  is  spelled 
Morepath.    Sometimes  it  occurs  in  the  Latinized 
form  Morpathia.     It  was  the  town  cm  the  path 
over  the  moor*  and  has  long  been  the  head  place 
in  Morpeth  ward.    This  parish  is  bounded  on  the 
east  by  those  of  Bothal  and  Bedlington,   on  the 
south  by  Stannington,   Whalton  and  Mitford  on 
the  west,   and  on  the  north  by  Mitford  and  the 
chapelry  of  Bothal.     The  Wansbeck  divides  it 
into  two  parts,  of  which  that  on  the  south  is  by  far    the  great- 
est.     From  east  to  west,  from  Shilvington  to  opposite  Bothal  Mill, 
it  is  about  six  miles  in  length  ;  and  from  the  extreme  southern 
boundary  on  Hepscot  Moor  to  the  side  of  Cottingwood,  about  four 
miles.     About  Morpeth,   the  river  side  land  is  loamy  and  rich ; 
over  Shilvington,  Tranwell,  Catchburn,  and  Hepscot,  it  is  in  gene- 
ral heavy,  and  suited  for  the  growth  of  wheat  and  oats.    Formerly, 
in  1335,  the  district  lying  between  the  Tyne  and  the  Coquet,  and 
bounded  on  the  east  by  the  sea,  and  on  the  west  by  the  eastern  march 
of  Tindale  ward,  seems  to  have  been  deemed  only  one  ward ;  for,  in 
that  year,  Gerard  de  Widdrington  and  Robert  Bertram,  of  Bothal, 
were  commissioned  to  array  the  militia  in  partibus  de  Inter  Ward ;  but  soon 
after  that  time,  in  1381,  it  occurs  in  two  wards,  one  called  Inter  North,  lying 
between   the    Coquet    and   the   Wansbec,    and  the   other   Inter   /South,    arid 
lying  between  the   Wansbeck   and  the  Tyne.b      I  do  not  know  when  the 

a  Camden,  speculating  on  this  name,  thought  it  might  have  been  the  seat  of  the  famous  Roman 
station,  Corstopitum.  His  words  are  : — "  Sin  autem  venia  unius  literulae  commutandae  mihi  detur 
forsitan  et  Antoninum  suse  integritati  et  hoc  oppidum  suae  vetustati  restituero,  hoc  est,  si  Morstopi- 
tum,  pro  Corstopitum  in  primo  Antonini  itinere  substituero.  Tune  eniin  ipsum  vocabulum  capite  et 
calce  cum  Morpit  ita  convenit  et  distantiae  ratio  adeo  commode  tarn  a  Vindomora,  quam  a  Bra- 
menio  respondet,  ut,  meo  judicio,  qui  Corstopitum  alibi  quaerat,  nusquam  invenerit."  But,  Hors- 
ley  has  plainly  enough  shown  that  Corstopitum  was  at  Corbridge ;  and  if  Morpeth  had  ever  been 
a  station  of  the  Romans,  he  had  certainly  resided  here  too  long,  and  was  too  well  acquainted  with 
the  antiquities  of  that  nation,  not  to  have  noticed  the  fact  in  his  Britannia  Romana,  which  he 
wrote  in  this  town. 

b  Rot.  Scot.  i.  389  ;  and  Wallis,  ii.  apx.  5. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5   B 


370  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

terms  Morpetli  ward  and  Castle  ward  began ;  but,  till  1828,  the  township 
of  the  borough  of  Morpeth,  and  Buller's  Green,  which  are  the  only  ones  in 
this  parish  on  the  north  side  of  the  Warisbeck,  were  in  the  west  division  of 
Morpeth  ward  ;  and  Catchburn  (including  the  High  Church,  Morpeth  Castle, 
Stob-hill,  and  Park-house)  and  Hepscot  were  in  the  east  division  ;  and  New- 
minster  Abbey,  Tranwell,  Shilvington,  and  Twizell,  in  the  west  division  of 
Castle  ward  ;  but  since  that  time  this  inconvenient  arrangement  has  been 
wisely  set  aside,  and  the  whole  of  the  nine  townships  of  which  this  parish  is 
comprized  have  been  put  into  the  west  division  of  Castle  ward.c 

c  STASISTICS  of  this  parish. — In  the  new  assessment  to  county  rate,  the  rentals  and  names  of 
the  several  townships  in  this  parish  stand  in  the  following  order : — Buller's  Green,  £398  ;  Catch- 
burn  £2612,  Hepscot  £1762,  Morpeth  £8138,  Morpeth  Castle  and  Stobhill  £2612,  Newminster 
Abbey  £1318,  Shilvington  £1587,  Tranwell  and  High  Church  £850,  and  Twizell  £967.  The 
population,  in  1801,  was  3707;  in  181 1,  4098;  and,  in  1821,  it  consisted  of  4292  persons,  living 
in  594  houses.  The  return  for  this  parish,  under  the  defence  and  security  act,  made  July  21,  1803, 
included  the  chapelry  of  Ulgham,  the  parish  of  Meldon,  the  extra  parochial  township  of  River- 
green,  and  the  townships  of  Moseden  and  Ed  ington,  in  the  parish  ofMitford;  but,  exclusive  of 
these,  it  made  the  population  and  resources  of  this  parish  as  follows  : — Total  number  of  men  be- 
tween the  ages  of  15  and  60,  681 ;  infirm,  or  incapable  of  active  service,  5  ;  serving  in  a  corps  of 
volunteers  or  yeomanry,  1  ;  33  persons  between  the  ages  ol  15  and  60  willing  to  serve  on  horse- 
back; 442  willing  to  serve  on  foot;  81  between  the  ages  of  15  and  60  willing  to  act  as  pioneers, 
labourers,  or  guides ;  8  cartmen ;  and  635  persons,  who,  from  age,  infancy,  or  infirmity,  were 
incapable  of  removing  themselves  in  case  of  danger.  The  arms  ready  to  be  brought,  were  13 
swords,  21  pistols,  401  firelocks,  and  11  pitchforks;  the  implements  they  could  furnish  were,  8 
felling-axes,  18  pick-axes,  9  spades,  and  1  hook;  and  the  live  and  dead  stock  consisted  of — in 
live  stock,  71  oxen,  286  cows,  132  young  cattle,  123  calves,  607  sheep,  50  goats,  587  pigs,  130 
riding  horses,  and  72  young  horses  ;  in  dead  stock,  1 1  waggons  for  four  horses,  2  carts  for  three 
horses,  90  for  two,  and  43  for  one;  5|  quarters  of  flour  and  meal,  and  62  sacks  of  ditto ;  286 
quarters  of  wheat,  146  quarters  of  oats,  299f  quarters  of  barley,  15|  quarters  of  beans  and  peas, 
548  quarters  of  malt,  30  sacks  of  potatoes,  641  thraves  of  wheat,  855  th raves  of  oats,  190  thraves 
of  barley,  10  thraves  of  beans  .and  peas,  298|  tons  of  hay,  1876  thraves  of  straw,  and  118|  acres 
of  turnips;  in  corn  growing,  41 0|  acres  of  wheat,  780|  acres  of  oats,  1 84  acres  of  barley,  7  acres 
of  rye,  22  acres  of  beans  and  peas,  36|  acres  of  potatoes,  and  689  acres  of  meadow ;  and  there 
were  three  mills  and  23  ovens  in  the  parish. 

The  following  is  a  similar  statement  to  the  last,  returned  under  the  same  date,  for  the  chapelry 
of  ULGHAM,  which  consists  of  Ulgham,  Ulgham  Grange,  and  Stobswood.  There  were  83  men 
between  the  ages  of  15  and  60,  of  whom  10  were  willing  to  serve  on  foot,  and  1  returned  as  infirm 
or  incapable  of  active  service  j  48  between  15  and  60  years  old  willing  to  act  as  labourers  or 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH  BARONY.  371 

The  first  account  I  have  seen  of  the  barony  of  Merlay  is  in  1165,  when 
Roger  de  Merlay  the  First  certified  the  king  that  William  of  Clifton  held 
under  him  one  knight's  fee,  and  Reiner  two  of  the  old  feoffment ;  and  that  he 
himself  held  a  fourth  part,  and  Robert  the  son  of  Peter  a  third  of  one  knight's 
fee  of  the  new  feoffment,  and  that  the  surplus  of  the  four  knights  fees  which 
he  owed  to  the  crown  laid  upon  his  own  demesne/  Roger  de  Merlaco,  in 
the  Testa  de  Neville,  in  1219,  is  returned  as  holding  in  capite  of  our  lord,  the 
barony  of  Morpeth,  by  the  service  of  four  knights  ;  and  the  account  further 
states,  that  all  his  ancestors  had  holden  since  the  Conquest  of  England,  by 
the  same  service,  and  that  nothing  had  then  been  alienated  from  the  fee  by 
marriage  or  frankalmoigne,  or  any  other  way  by  which  the  service  due  from 
it  to  the  king  was  lessened.6  About  the  year  1240,  it  is  described  as  being 
holden  of  the  crown  by  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  and  as  then  consisting 
of  Morpeth,  with  its  members  "  Grinewest,"  Ulgham,  Hepscot,  Shilvington, 
Twizell,  Saltwick,  Dudden,  and  another  Dudden,  Clifton  and  Caldwell,  Stan- 
nington,  Shotton,  Blakeden,  North  Wydeslade,  South  Wydeslade,  Killing- 
worth,  Benton,  and  Walker  ;  and  the  tenants  enfeoffed  in  it  at, that  time  by 
the  Merlay  family  were,  Hugh  de  Gubium,  who  held  Shilvington  by  half  a 

pioneers ;  and  24  willing  to  act  as  guides ;  and  of  persons,  male  and  female,  who,  from  age, 
infancy,  or  infirmity,  were  incapable  of  removing  themselves  in  case  of  danger,  there  were  85.  The 
arms  they  could  furnish  were  9  firelocks;  and  the  implements,  2  felling-axes,  18  pick-axes,  14 
spades,  8  shovels,  and  6  saws.  The  live  and  dead  stock  consisted  of — in  live  stock,  29  oxen,  106 
cows,  141  young  cattle,  89  calves,  571  sheep,  122  pigs,  13  riding  horses,  86  draught  horses,  and 
36  young  horses;  in  dead  stock,  1  waggon  for  four  horses,  10  carts  for  three  horses,  30  for  two, 
and  3  for  one;  half  a  quarter  of  flour  and  meal,  half  a  sack  of  ditto,  123  quarters  of  wheat,  142£ 
quarters  of  oats,  7  quarters  of  barley,  9  quarters  of  beans  and  peas,  1  sack  of  potatoes,  628  thraves 
of  wheat,  356  thraves  of  oats,  464  thraves  of  barley,  103  tons  of  hay,  357  thraves  of  straw,  101  f 
acres  of  turnips  ;  in  corn  growing,  253  acres  of  wheat,  489  acres  of  oats,  68|  acres  of  barley,  20 
acres  of  beans  and  peas,  6  acres  of  potatoes,  and  1 75  acres  of  meadow  ;  1  mill  and  2  ovens. 

The  amount  of  poor  rates  paid  by  this  parish,  exclusive  of  Ulgham,  from  181C  to  1821,  accord- 
ing to  the  report  of  the  select  committee  of  the  house  of  commons  on  poor  rate  returns,  was  as 
follows: -For  1816,  £1795;  for  1817,  £1874  6s.;  for  1818,  £2250;  for  1819,  £2430  13s.;  for 
1820,  £2069  10s. ;  and  for  1821,  £1841  18s.  The  assessment  raised  in  Morpeth  parish  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  while  attending  parliament  at  Westminster,  in  1382,  stands 
thus  : —The  borough  of  Morpeth,  6s. ;  Shilvington,  2s. ;  Twizel  2s. ;  Tran well,  12d. ;  and  Heps- 
cotes,  2s,  d  Lib.  Nig.  339.  e  III.  i.  233. 


372  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

knight's  fee  of  the  new  feoffment ;  Richard  de  Dudden  held  Dudden  del  West 
by  half  a  fee  of  the  new  feoffment ;  William  Conyers  held  Clifton  and  Cold- 
well  by  one  fee  of  the  old  feoffment :  John  de  Plessys  held  Shotton  (which 
included  Plessey),  Blakeden,  and  North  Wydeslade,  by  one  old  fee  ;  Galfrid 
de  Wydeslade  held  South  Wydeslade  by  one-third  of  an  old  fee  ;  Adam  Baret 
held  Walker  by  half  an  old  fee  ;  and  Robert  de  Camhow  one  carucate  in 
Saltwick,  by  the  tenth  part  of  a  fee  of  the  new  feoffment.  Alice  de  Merlay, 
who  held  East  Dudden  and  Twizle  in  free  marriage,  was  the  only  soccage 
tenant  then  within  it/  The  privileges  of  this  barony  much  resembled  those  of 
similar  franchises  in  the  neighbourhood.  Morwick  appears  to  have  once  be- 
longed to  it ;  for  it  was  granted  by  Wm  de  Merlay,  the  fir^t  baron  of  Morpeth, 
to  the  monks  of  Durham,  but  soon  after  seems  to  have  lost  its  power  of  attrac- 
tion for  the  possessions  of  St  Cuthbert,  and  to  have  been  caught  up  by  the 
vortex  of  the  barony  of  Vescy.s  Robert  de  Somerville  and  Isabella  his  wife, 
at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  in  1294,  showed  a  grant  by  Henry  the  First,  to 
Ralph  de  Merlay,  of  all  the  woods,  enclosure,  and  free  chase  of  Elchamp  (or 
Ulgham)  ;  and  John  de  Greystock,  at  the  same  place  and  time,  exhibited  a 
charter  of  the  same  king,  granting  to  his  ancestors  the  Merlays,  free  chase  in 
all  his  lands  in  Northumberland — as  well  as  one  from  king  John,  granting  to 
Roger  de  Merlay  a  fair  in  Morpeth,  to  be  holden  on  the  eve  and  morrow  of 
the  feast  of  St  Mary  Magdalene,  July  22  ;  which  fair  the  jury  determined  to 
have  had  the  privilege  of  assize  of  bread  and  ale  annexed  to  it  from  time  be- 
yond all  memory.  The  large  additions  to  his  family  property  which  Ralph  de 
Merlay  acquired  in  Loughorsley,  Windgates,  Stanton,  Netherwitton,  the  two 
Rittons,  and  Learchild,  by  the  marriage  of  Julian,  daur.  of  Cospatrick,  earl  of 
Northumberland,  were  never  incorporated  with  this  barony  itself,  but  con- 
tinued to  be  holden  under  the  Cospatrick  barony  of  Beanley.  Of  what  other 
estates  they  became  possessed  by  marriage  or  purchase,  there  seems  to  be  no 
account ;  but  all  further  intimations  I  have  found  respecting  themselves  and 
their  Northumberland  estates,  I  have  attempted  to  work  into  the  following 
genealogical  list  of  the  several  possessors  of  this  barony.  An  account  of  the 
partition  of  it,  and  of  the  Merlay  estates  in  the  Dunbar  barony,  between  the 
Greystock  and  Somerville  family,  is  given  below,  in  generations  VII.  and 

f  III.  i.  208,  216,  225.  «  Dug.  Bar.  i.  570  ;  III.  i.  206,  209 ;  III.  ii.  142. 


MOKFETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  MORPETH.      373 

* 

VIII ;  and  a  sketch  of  the  Somerville  pedigree,  under  Netherwitton,  in  part 
two,  vol.  i.  p.  315.h 

h  Where  Robert  de  Somerville,  who  married  Isabell  de  Merlay,  is  erroneously  called  Roger. 
Respecting  Henry  ap  Griffith,  great-grandson  of  Robert  de  Somerville,  the  manuscript  quoted 
below,  in  generation  VII,  has  the  following  note  : — "  It  is  to  be  considered  that  after  the  death  of 
sir  Henry  ap  Griffith,  knight,  which  was  about  the  time  of  the  coronac'on  of  kinge  Richarde  the 
Seconde,  his  wife  put  his  doughter  Joh'an,  beinge  his  haire,  in  the  custodye  of  one  Nicholas 
Raymse,  to  be  married  to  his  son  and  haire,  and  the  record  of  the  p'ticione  afforesaid,  w'h  many 
other  deides  and  evidences  touchinge  theise  matters." 


PEDIGREE  OF  MERLAY,  GREYSTOCK,  DACRE,  AND  HOWARD,  BARONS  OP  MORPETH. 

Et  merulus  modulans  tarn  pulchris  concinit  odis  : 
Nocte  ruente  tamen  cannina  nulla  canit.— (PHILOMELA.) 

[Compiled  ft'om  Dugdale's  Baronage,  Collins's  Peerage,  Wallis's  Northumberland,  Nicholson  and  Burn's  Cumberland,  com- 
munications of  Henry  Howard,  of  Corby,  esq.,  and  from  the  authorities  cited  in  the  body  of  the  pedigree.     There 
is  a  pedigree  of  the  Merlays,  lords  of  Morpeth,  in  Dodsw.  MS.  Ixxxi.  fol.  213,  but  I  have  not  a  copy  of  it.] 

ARMS. — 1.  MERLAY.  The  charglngs  In  arms  are  so  often  puns  on  the  names  of  the  persons  who  bear  them,  that  I  have 
been  tempted  to  conjecture  that  the  bearing  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  which  is  the  first  of  the  family  that  assumes  an 
heraldic  form,  was  intended  for  three  merulee,  or  blackbirds.  From  the  figures  in  the  several  seals,  it  is,  however,  difficult 
to  say  what  species  of  birds  they  were  intended  to  represent.  The  wood-cut  of  the  seal  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  First,  in 
generation  three,  is  from  the  charter  printed  in  III.  ii.  143;  that  of  Roger  the  Second,  from  the  charter  in  the  Town's 
Hutch  in  Morpeth,  given  below,  in  the  Annals  of  Morpeth,  under  1188  ;  and  that  of  Roger  the  Third  is  from  the  charter 
about  Stiinnington  Mill,  which  was  confirmed  by  Hen.  the  Third,  and  is  printed  in  the  Stannington  Miscellanea,  No.  40,  and 
from  a  seal  attached  to  the  original  of  No.  8  of  the  same  Miscellanea. 

2. — The  arms  of  "  Ralph  lord  of  GREYSTOCK,"  as  given  in  the  Herald's  Roll  of  the  battle  of  Agincourt,  is  barry  of  six  or 
and  azure  with  three  chaplets  gules. 

3. — Concerning  the  name  of  DACRE,  Nicholson  and  Burn  observe,  that  "  the  true  name  of  the  family  was  If  Acre,  from 
one  of  them  who  served  at  the  siege  of  Acre  (or  Ptolemais)  in  the  Holy  Land,  who,  from  his  achievements  there,  having 
received  the  name  of  the  place,  imparted  the  same  at  his  return  to  his  habitation  in  Cumberland." — (P.  378.)  But  our  authors 
were  unfortunate  in  this  inference ;  for,  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  they  had  observed  that  Dacre,  which  is  the  name  of  a 
castle,  village,  and  parish,  in  Cumberland,  "  is  noted  for  having  given  name  to,  or  rather  perhaps  received  its  name  from  the 
barons  of  Dacre,  who  continued  there  for  many  ages.  It  is  mentioned  by  Bede,  as  having  a  monastery  there  in  his  time  ;  as 
also  by  Malmesbury,  for  being  the  place  where  Constantine,  king  of  the  Scots,  and  Eugenius,  king  of  Cumberland,  put  them- 
selves and  their  kingdom  under  the  protection  of  the  English  king  Athelstan  "  Bede's  words  are — Est  autem  factum  In 
monasterio,  quod  juxta  amnem  Dacore  constructum  ab  eo  cognomen  accepit  &c.  and  he  is  speaking  about  a  miracle  done  there 
by  the  remains  of  St  Cuthbert,  about  the  year  600  ;  so  that  Dacre  had  its  present  name  long  before  the  Holy  Wars  were 
thought  of.  Under  generation  seventeen,  I  have  given  the  seal  of  Wm  lord  Dacre,  of  Gillsland,  as  engraved  in  the  Archseo- 
login  ^Eliana,  vol.  i.  p.  213.  Their  family  arms  were — gules  three  escallops  argent. 

4. — The  HOWARD  arms  were — Gules,  a  bend,  between  six  cross  crosslets  fltche ;  and  in  commemoration  of  the  illus- 
trious services  of  the  earl  of  Surrey  at  the  battle  of  Flodden  Field,  he  had  a  special  grant  from  the  king  to  bear  as  an  augmen- 
tation on  the  bend,  "  in  an  escutcheon  or,  a  demi-lion  rampant  pierced  through  the  mouth  with  an  arrow,  within  a  double 
tressure  flory  and  counter  flory  gules,"  which  tressure  is  the  same  as  surrounds  the  royal  arms  of  Scotland.  All  that  earl's 
descendants  have  used  the  same  bearing,  and  the  earls  of  Carlisle  a  mullet  for  difference  :  for  their  crest  and  supporters,  see 
the  Peerages. 

PART  II.  VOL.  U.  5   C 


374 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


I. — WILLIAM  DE  MERLAY,  according1  to  Leland,  was  a  Serjeant  IO^MENIALD A.    GOSPATRIC,  second  earl  of  Dunbar,  son  off 


Geoffrey,  bishop  of  Constance,  about  the  time  of  the  Conquest ; 
and,  according  to  an  antient  charter,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the 
First,  for  the  good  of  the  soul  of  Menialda  his  wife,  and  the  souls 
of  Ranulph,  (mill-id,  and  Morel,  his  sons,  and  of  all  his  other 
sons,  gave  the  lordship  of  Morwick  to  the  monks  of  Durham. — 
(Morp.  Misc.  1.)  Also,  according  to  the  Great  Roll  for  1128,  Wm 
de  Merlai  owed  a  palfry  to  the  crown,  for  right  to  enter  upon  his 
brother's  ground.  | 


Gospatric,  and  grandson  of  Gospatric,  who 
was  made  official  earl  of  Northumberland  by  William  the 
Conqueror,  but  soon  after  being  deprived  of  that  dignity, 
he  returned  into  Scotland,  and  had  the  manor  of  Dunbar, 
and  other  lands  in  the  Merse  and  Lothian,  bestowed  upon 
him. 


II.—  RANULPH  I>E  MERLAY  signed  his  father'sT JULIAN,  with  whom  her  husband    GOFFRID  and  MOREL,  both  signed  their 


grant  of  Morwick  to  the  church  of  Durham ; 
and,  after  his  father's  death,  in  1129,  went  to 
Durham,  and  there,  upon  the  tomb  of  St  Cuth- 
bert,  by  one  intellum,  offered  the  same  land  of 
Morwick  to  the  said  St  Cuthbert  and  his  monks 
there.  He  also,  in  1138,  founded  the  abbey  of 

Newminster,  which,  according  to  Richard  of  • 

Hexham,  was  destroyed  in  the  same  year  by  the  maurauding  army  of  David,  king  of  Scotland.     Richard  calls  him  "  Vir 
Potens."     He  had  a  grant  from  Henry  the  First,  of  the  woods,  inclosure,  and  free  chase  of  Elchamp,  now  called  Ulgham. 
(III.  i.  137,  284.)  


had,  by  the  gift  of  her  father,  and    father's  grant  of  Morwick  to  the  church 
confirmation  of  her  brother  Ed-    of  Durham, — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  1.) 
gar,  the  several  lordships  of  Wit- 
ton,   Ritton,  Stanton.   Horsley,   Windgates,  and  Learchild,  parcels  of  the 
Beanley  or  Gospatric  barony,  of  which  they  gave  the  Rittoiis  to  the  monks 
of  Newminster.— fill,  i.  140,  141  ;  //.  i.  323.) 


III. — 1.  WILLIAM  DE  MERLAY,  as  William,  son  of  Ralph,  was  one  of  the  many  3.  MASTER  OSBERT  DE  MERLAY,  &  Roger  his 
witnesses  to  his  father's  confirmation  of  Morwick  to  the  monks  of  Durham ;  brother,  occur  in  the  obituary  of  Newmin- 
and  this,  I  apprehend,  was  the  William  de  Merlay,  who,  in  conjunction  with  ster,  as  sons  of  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  the  prin- 
his  men  [of  Morpeth],  gave  one  carucate  of  land  to  the  infirmary  house  there. —  cipal  founder  of  that  house,  on  the  north 
(Morp.  Misc.  No.  2.)     In  1160,  he  occurs  as  paying  into  the  treasury  £10  for  his  part  of  the  chapter  house  of  which  they 
knights  fees,  and  having  his  quietus  for  it ;  and,  in  II.  i.  168,  as  a  witness  with  were  all  buried. — (Dug.  Man.  it.  917;   H a/- 
three of  the  Umfreville  family  to  a  grant  of  Gosforth  by  the  baron  of  Whalton  Us,  it.  286  ;  Lansd.  MS.  260.) 
to  the  family  of  Lisle.     He  also  stands  at  the  head  of  the  long  list  of  witnesses 
to  the  Widdrington  charter,  printed  at  p.  248  of  this  volume. 

2.  ROGER  DE  MERLAY  the  First,  under  the  designation  of  Roger,  son  of  Ranulph,  con-^rALiCE  DE  STUTTEVILLE,  daur.  of 


Roger  de  Stutteville,  of  Burton 
Agnes,  Yorkshire,  great  grand- 
son of  Robt.  de  Stutteville,  who 
came  into  England  with  William 
the  Conqueror. — (See  Dug.  Bar. 
i.  456  ;  and  Abb  Placit.  p.  76.) 
Her  son  Roger  gave  to  the  canons 
of  Brinkburne  certain  common 
of  pasture  for  the  good  of  her 
soul. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  5.) 


firmed  to  the  monks  of  St  Cuthbert  the  tilled 
and  untilled  land  of  Morwick,  for  the  health 
of  the  souls  of  himself,  his  wife,  and  his  heirs, 
and  for  the  health  of  the  souls  of  his  dear  bro- 
ther Wm  de  Merlai,  and  of  all  his  forefathers ; 
(III.  ii.  143)  ;  the  seal  to  which  grant  is  here 
represented  from  a  drawing  from  the  original 
by  Mr  Raine.  In  1 164,  the  sheriff  of  the  coun- 
ty accounted  for  him  into  the  exchequer  for 
75s.  lOd.  ;  and,  in  the  following  year,  he  him- 
self certified  that  he  held  in  capite  of  the  king, 
four  knight's  fees  in  Northumberland  (Morp. 
Misc.  No.  3) ;  and  occurs  in  the  Great  Roll  as  owing  one  mark  and  one  hunting 
horse  for  an  agreement  for  some  land  between  him  and  Eilaff,  the  son  of  Gospa- 
tric. Also,  in  the  same  Roll,  he  occurs  in  14  Henry  II.  as  paying  fouf  marks 
for  the  aid  for  marrying  Maud,  the  king's  daughter,  to  the  Roman  emperor.  In 
the  sixteenth  year  of  the  same  reign,  he  accounted  for  twenty  marks  imposed 
upon  him  as  a  fine,  for  his  horses  being  taken  in  the  king's  forest ;  and,  in  the 
next  year,  for  thirteen  marks,  for  a  like  offence.  In  1272,  he  paid  four  pounds 
for  scutage.  He  died  in  1 188,  and  was  buried  near  his  father.  This,  I  appre- 
hend, was  the  Roger  de  Merlay  who  gave  a  toft  and  two  bovates  of  land  in  Stan> 
nington,  to  the  monks  of  Hexham.— (III.  ii.  167.) 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  MORPETH.     375 


Issue  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  First  and  Alice  de  Stutteville. 


IV. — 1.  ADA.T1!.  ROGER  DE  MERLAY  the  Second's  seal,  as  here  represented,^.  MARGERY,  da.  of    RALPH^EMMA  DE  TEISA, 


for  the  good 
of  whose  soul 
her  husband 
granted  com- 
iiiou  of  pas- 
ture in  the 
wood  on  the 
south  side  of 
the  Coquet  to 
the  monks  of 
Brinkburne.- 
— (  Morp.  Misc. 
6.) 


is  attached  to  his 
confirmation  of 


that  Richd.  Umfre- 

ville,  who  died  in   1227,  so 


a  principal  bene- 
factress to  the  ab- 
bey of  Newsham 
on  the  Tees. 


privileges  to  the  that  this  Margery  had  lived 
borough  of  Mor-  to  a  considerable  age ;  for 
peth,  as  printed  in  an  inquest  after  her  death, 
the  annals  above,  taken  at  Heddon  on  the  Wall,  in  Feb.  1292, 
under  the  year  says,  that  her  father  gave  with  her  in  free 
1 188,  when  he  was  marriage  to  Roger  Merlay,  the  manor  of  Bur- 
a  minor,  and  Dun-  rowsford,  in  this  county  ;  but,  dying  without 
can,  sixth  earl  of  issue,  it  descended  by  formedon  to  Gilbert  de 
Fife,  gave  to  Hen.  Umfreville,  grandson  of  the  same  Richard. — 
the  Second,  500  (Morp.  Mtsc  No.  6.)  In  the  same  year,  there 
marks,  for  having  is  also  an  inquest,  showing  that  she  died  pos- 
the  wardship  of  sess<  d  of  the  manors  of  Worsop  &  Tokisforth, 
him,  and  licence  in  Notts. — (Cal.  Jnq.  p.  m.  i.  108;  Dug.  Bar. 
to  marry  him  to  i.  7'26.)  She  gave  to  the  monks  of  Newminster 
his  daughter.  In  three  fisheries  on  the  Tyne. — (WaUis,  ii.  305.) 
1194,  he  paid  20 

marks  tor  being  excused  from  going  with  the  king  to  the  wars  in 
Normandy-.  His  quota  of  £7  to  the  second  and  third  scutage  of 
Richard  the  First  was  accounted  for  at  the  Exchequer  in  the  first 
year  of  king  John  ;  in  which  year  he  paid  a  fine  of  20  marks,  and 
2  goo.l  palfreys,  for  the  privilege  of  having  a  market  and  fair  in 
his  manor  of  Morpeth.— fill  ii.  388;  06-ote,  1  John,  m.  6.)  He 
also  gave  to  the  monks  of  Newminster  20s.  a  year  out  of  the  mill 
of  Stanton  ;  and  for  the  good  of  the  souls  of  bis  mother  Alice,  his 
wife  Ada,  and  his  son  Ranulph,  gave  to  God  and  the  church  of  St 
Peter,  at  Brinkburne,  and  the  canons  serving  God  there,  common 
of  pasture  in  his  woods  on  the  south  side  of  the  Coquet ;  Richard 
de  Umfrrville  (who  succeeded  to  his  estates  in  1 182,  and  died  be- 
fore 1227)  being  a  witness  to  the  deed. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  5.)  In 
1215,  he  obtained  a  licence  to  empark  his  woods  of  Witton  ;  but  next  year,  appearing  in  arms  under  the  standard  of  the 
rebellious  barons,  his  castle  and  lands  were  seized  into  the  hands  of  Philip  de  Ulcotes,  then  sheriff;  but  in  the  second  year 
of  Henry  the  Third,  on  making  his  peace,  were  restored.  In  the  following  year,  he  occurs  on  the  Great  Roll  as  security 
in  £ 20,  by  charter  to  king  John,  for  a  debt  of  £200,  which  Hugh  de  Balliol  had  contracted  with  that  monarch  in  Pictavia  ; 
and  in  1220,  was,  with  several  other  northern  barons,  summoned  to  march  with  all  speed  to  besiege  and  utterly  destroy  the 
castle  of  Cockermouth. — (Rep.  on  Dig  of  a  Peer.  apz.  1,  p.  3.)  In  1224,  he  Was  acquitted  of  the  services  due  from  him  to 
the  castle  of  Newcastle,  for  his  loyalty  in  taking  up  arms  for  the  king,  against  the  earl  of  Chester  and  his  adherents  :  soon 
after  which  time  he  was  fined  30  marks,  before  Robert  de  Lexington,  justice  itinerant,  for  disseisin. — (Rot.  Pip  11  Hen  3.) 
In  1229,  he  had,  with  others,  summons  to  attend  Alexander,  king  of  Scotland,  to  meet  the  English  king  at  a  convention  at 
York.  About  1230,  while  Brian,  the  son  of  Alan,  was  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  he.  stands  as  first  witness  to  a  fine  be- 
tween Simon  of  Dy vleston  and  the  burgers  pf  Corbridge,  about  the  bridge  there. — (L.  41,  51.)  In  1236,  he  paid  to  the  aid 
for  that  year,  £6  9s.  6d.  for  his  four  knight's  fees  (///.  «.  240) ;  but  died  in  1239,  and  was  buried  in  the  cloister  of  Newmin- 
ster, near  the  door  of  the  Chapter-house.  He  improved  the  town  of  Morpeth,  and  promoted  the  hospital  of  Catchburn. — 
(WaUis,  ii.  287.) 

2.  WILLIAM  DE  MERLAY,  witness  with  his  brother  Roger  to  a  deed  about  Shottoh,  above,  p.  336,  No.  12  :  he  also  tested 
his  said  brother's  grant  of  privileges  to  Morpeth,  printed  in  annals  of  Morpeth,  under  1 180. 


V. — 1.  RANULPH  DE  MERLAY,  for  the  good  of  whose  soul  his  father  gave  common    RALPH  FITZ-RALPH  was  grandfather 
of  pasture  in  his  wood  on  the  south  side  of  the  Coquet. — (Morp.  Misc.  4,  6.1  Ralph  Fitz-William,  and  a  benefactor  to 

2.  ROGER  DE  MERLAY  the  Third,  after  doing  homage  and  obtaining  livery^n    the  abbey  of  Newsham. 
of  his  lands  in  1239,  paid  £100  for  his  relief. — 


In  1242,  he  paid  a  fine  of  50  marks  to  be  excused  from  obeying  the  summons  to  go 
with  the  king  to  the  wars  in  Gascony.  In  1244,  he  appears  in  the  list  of  barons 
summoned  to  attend  the  king  at  Newcastle,  with  horse  and  arms,  to  repair  against 
the  Scots — (3rd  Rep.  on  Dig  of  a  Peer,  p  9  $  10.)  By  a  deed,  to  which  his  kinsman, 
the  famous  Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  who  died  in  1244,  was  a  witness,  he  confirmed 
to  the  canons  of  Brinkburn  all  the  grants  which  his  father  and  his  ancestors  had 
made  to  them,  namely,  all  the  land  on  the  south  side  of  the  Coquet,  as  it  was  in- 
closed on  the  day  on  which  his  father  gave  it  to  them;  and,  during  the  sheriffalty 
of  Wm  Heron,  between  1246  &  1256,  confirmed  to  the  same  house  his  father's  grant 
of  common  of  pasture  on  the  south  side  of  the  Coquet  for  their  oxen  while  they  were 
tilling  their  land. — (Morp.  Misc.  7  #  8.)  He  also,  by  a  deed  without  date,  gave  them 
as  much  wood  as  two  horses  could  carry  from  his  wood  of  Coquet. — (Arch  Ml.  ii. 
220.)  In  1250,  he  had  a  suit  with  Roger  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  about  his 
market  at  Morpeth,  which  was  quieted  by  the  king  sending  an  injunction  against 
the  proceeding,  which  was  carrying  on  in  the  sheriff's  court,  where  matters  of  that 
kind  were  not  cognizable.  In  1257,  he  obtained  a  charter  for  a  market  and  fair  at 
Netherwitton  (///.  ii.  39');  and,  in  1258,  was  summoned  to  go  with  horse  and 
arms  to  the  rescue  of  Alexander,  king  of  Scotland,  from  his  rebellious  barons  ;  and, 
in  1262,  to  be  at  Oxford,  at  Midlent.  In  the  great  rebellion  of  the  baron*,  he  stood 
loyally  to  the  king,  by  which  he  escaped  the  misfortune  of  seeing,  a*  his  neighbour 
the  baron  of  Mitford  did,  his  patrimonial  estates  strewn  like  a  wreck  around  him. 
This  Roger  founded  a  chantry  in  Stannington  church  (Id.  71)  ;  and,  dying  in  1266, 
was  buried  near  the  grave  of  his  father,  in  the  cloister  at  Newminster.  He  seems 
to  have  had  considerable  estates  in  Yorkshire,  as  the  Calendar  of  Inquests  after  death, 
under  the  year  in  which  he  died,  ha-,  under  Roger  Merlay,  the  manor  of  Burton, 
lands  in  Thernan  and  Derhou,  and  fees  in  13  other  places  in  that  county. — (Vol  i. 

(For  Continuation  of  Roger  de  ifertay  the  Tturd,  Ke'tvcr  ) 


1.    2, 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  Ralph  Fitz-Ralpb 

and 

I 


Issue  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third 
and  ... 


Continuation  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third. 

p.  29  ;  see  also  p.  9  of  the  same  volume.)  In  the  Hundred  Rolls,  which  were  compiled  in  1275,  he  is  said  to  have  alienated  to 
the  monks  of  Newminster  25  acres  of  land  in  Morpeth,  2  acres  in  the  West  Park,  and  one  of  quarry  ground  in  the  same 
township.— (Id.  p.  116.)  His  gift  of  land  in  Horsley  and  Witton  Shields,  is  printed  above,  at  p.  119. 


I 1 — 

VI.—l.  ROBERT  DE  GREY- 
STOCK,  eldest  s.  &  h.  of  Thos., 
baron  of  Greystock,  wa's  6th  in 
descent  from  Liulph,  first  baron 
of  Greystock  after  the  Conquest. 
This  Robert  died  without  issue, 
and  was  succeeded  38  Hen.  III. 
by  his  brother  William. 


Greystock,  was  heir 
to  his  brother  Robert 
in  1254,  when  he  en- 
tered upon  the  Grey- 
stock  estate,  and  paid 
£100  for  his  relief. 
In  42  Henry  III.  he 
was  summoned  to  at- 
3.  JOAN  DET-WILLIAM  FITZ-  tend  the  king  at  Ches- 
GREYSTOCK,  I  RALPH,  lord  of  ter.  He  and  his  wife 
sist.  of  Wm.  {  Grimesthorpe,  in  also,  in  1281,  demised 


— i  i —  — f — r 

2.  WILLIAM,  baron  of=f=l.  MARY  DE  MERLAY,    2.  ALICE  DE  MERLAY,  aged  10  years  at  the 


Lincolnshire.  to  their  free  burgesses 
of  Morpeth,  all  their 
ground  on  the  north  side  of  Morpeth,  within  boundaries 
described  in  their  charter. — (Marp.  Misc.  N.I.  4.)  Also, 
on  May  9,  31  Edw.  I.  1285,  he  and  his  son  John  had 
an  extension  of  their  charter  for  a  fair  at  Morpeth.  - 


eldest  daur.  and  co-  time  of  her  father's  death  :  she  died  before 
heir,  was  24  years  old  1272. 

at  the  time  of  her  fa-  3.  ISABELL  DE  MEKLAY-T~ROBF.RT  SOMER- 
ther's  death,  and  also  was  8  years  old  when  her  VJLLE,  who,  in 
then  married.  In  the  father  died,  and  then  e-  the  partition  of 
partition  of  her  fa-  spoused  to  the  *on  £  heir  the  estates  of  his 
ther's  estates,  in  1271,  of  Marmaduke  Thweng,  wife's  father,  in 
Morpeth  castle  &  ma-  and  afterwards  to  Robt.  1271,  had  Nether- 
nor  were  allotted  in  de  Eure,  but  not  married  witton  allotted 
fee  to  her  &  her  bus-  to  either.  to  him  in  fee. — 

band. (///.    i.    46.)  (///.  i.  46.)  Dug- 

Bur,  in  1286,  Robert  de  Somerville  and  dale     calls     him, 

Isabell  his  wife  entered  a  suit  against  Roger. 

her  husband  for  her  purparty  of  the  ^ 

manor  of  Morpeth,   to  wliich  he  an-        (See  II.  i.  215.) 
swered  in  court, — that  in  the  partition 


„.    _  f of  the  estate  which  had  been  made,  the  manor  of  Witton,  and  the 

(Id.  No.  5.)     He  died  in  1289,  possessed  of  the  manor  of !  woods  of  Schaldefen  and  East  Park,  had  been  allotted  to  them,  and 
Crostwaite,  in  Yorkshire  ;  Dufton,  in  Westmorland  ;  I  were  of  greater  value  than  the  other  purparty. — (///.  ii.  350 ;  also 

Greystock,  and  lands  in  Newbigging  and  Blencow,  in  |  see  p.  36L) ^ 

Cumberland  ;  and  of  the  manor  &  church  of  Morpeth,  ~~ 

half  of  Stannington  and  Hepscot,  the  ville  and  church  of  Horsley,  and  lands  in  Shiels,   Tranwell,   Ulgham,   Great  Benton, 

and  Killingvvorth. — (Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  vol.  i.  p   99.) 


VII. — RALPH  FITZ- WILLIAM,  iivr 


10  Edw.  I.  1382,  paid  a  fine  of 
100  marks  for  licence  to  marry  ; 
and,  in  34  of  the  same  reign,  be- 
came heir  to  the  Yorkshire  estates 
of  his  brother  Geoffry  Fitz- Wil- 
liam. In  the  3  following  years 
he  was  in  the  expeditions  against 
Scotland ;  and,  in  1299,  lieute- 
nant of  Yorkshire,  a  warden  of 
the  Marches,  and  in  commission 
with  the  bishop  of  Durham  for 
fortifying  the  captured  castles  in 
Scotland.  His  name  also  fre- 
quently occurred  in  the  Scottish 
Rolls  that  are  lost,  as  of  one  that 
was  engaged  in  the  wars  against 
Scotland  in  28  Ed.  I.  and  4  Ed. 

II.  ;  in  -which  last-named  year 

he  had  a  licence  of  free-warren 

in  his  demesne  lands  in  Yorkshire,  and  in  the  manors  of  Ben- 
ton,  Killingworth,  Hepscots,  Tranwell,  Stannington,  &  Hors- 
ley, in  this  county.  Afterwards  he  was  governor  of  Berwick 
upon  Tweed  and  Carlisle,  and  a  warden  of  the  Marches.  He 
also  founded  a  chantry  in  the  priory  of  Tiiimouth  for  the  souls 
of  his  kinsman,  John  lord  Greystock,  and  ot  all  his  ancestors  ; 
and  having  been  summoned  to  parliament  from  23  Edw.  1.  to 
9  Edw.  II.,  he  died  on  All  Saints'  day,  1316,  at  an  advanced 
age,  and  was  buried  in  the  abbey  of  Nesham  on  the  Tees,  to 
which  his  great-grandmother  Emma  de  Teisa.  lady  of  Nesham, 
and  his  grandfather,  had  been  benefactors. — (Surt.  Hi.  208.)  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  seized  of  very  la  'ge  possessions  in 
the  counties  of  Bedford,  York,  Durham,  Westmorland,  and 
Cumberland,  besides  the  moiety  of  his  wife's  purparty  in  the 
barony  of  Bolbeck,  the  particulars  of  which  are  enumerated  in 

III.  i.  81. 


,  one  of  the  daurs.    JOHN  DE  GREYSTOCK,  baron    WILLIAM    MARGAKET,  wife  of 


and  co-heirs  of  Hugh,  baron  of  Greystock  and  Morpeth,    died  s.  p.    sir  Robert  Delaval. 

of  Bolbeck,   and   widow   of  was  25  years  old  at  the  time 

Nicholas  Corbet,  lord  of  Stan-  of  the  death  of  his  father.     In  1294,  he  went  with  the  king 

ton.     She  had  no  male  issue  to  the  wars  in  Gascony  ;  was  first  summoned  to  parliament 

by  her  first  husband,  in  con-  in  the  following  year  ;  and  again  in  Gascony  in  1:69,  in  the 

sequence  of  which  this  bus-  retinue  of  Anth.  Beck,  bishop  of  Durham.     Also,  according 

band  became  possessed  of  a  to  Dugdale,  he  was  in  the  wars  in  Scotland  in  1800 and  1301 ; 

fourth  part  of  the  barony  of  but  the  Scotch  rolls  for  these  years,   which  contained  that 

Styford,  and  of  Bolbeck  ;  and  great  genealogist's  authority  for  these  facts,  were,  like  many 

two  of  her  sisters  dying  with-  more  of  them  belonging  to  the  latter  end  of  the  reign  of 

out  issue,  her  descendants  fl-  Edward  the  First,  either  hist  or  destroyed  before  the  publi- 


pally  about  Heddon-on-the-  held  at  Lincoln,  in  February,  29  Edw.  I.  anno  1301,  to  Pope 
Wall,  Angerton,  and  Dodd-  Boniface  VI 1 1.  on  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  whole  com- 
ington. — (See  above,  p.  112;  munity  of  England." — (Nicholas's  Synopsis,  it.  733.)  A  inaiiu-. 


and  II  i 


script,  with  the  following  title  upon  it,  in  the  hand-writing 
of  lord  Wm  Howard,  "Collections  touching  Merlaies  lands 
in  com.  Northumbrian,  found  among'  Mr  Frances  Dacre's 
Papers,  and  delivered  by  Mr  Bullen,  16! 6.  W  H."  contains 
the  following  account  of  this  John  de  Greystock  : — He  "  was 
a  stronge  man,  but  corpulent.  He  ga/e  to  the  master  Richard 
of  Morpeth  th'one  half  of  the  mannor  of  Beilesses,  to  have 
and  to  holde  to  the  said  master  Richarde  :is  his  inheritance, 
as  apperet  more  plainer  by  his  dede.  This  John  of  Graistoke 
caused  partitione  to  be  maide  of  all  his  lai^des&  teimementes, 
whiche  war  Roger  Marleis  his  grandfather's,  betwixte  him 
and  Robte  Som'ville,  outhrough  all  Northumberlande.  It 
is  to  be  marked— That  Roirer  Merley,  whilst  he  lived,  helde 
in  capite  upon  the  king's  maiestie.  in  Northumberland,  fonre 
kriightes  ffees  so  that  the  particione  w;is  made  thus  .  That 
the  forsaid  John  shoulde  have  clere  to  hymselfe  three  knightes 
fees  (that  is  to  say)  Morpethe,  Shilvington,  Hepiscottes, 
Shaldefyne,  Duddon-est,  Duddon-west,  &  Vlgliam,  in  re- 
specte  of  twoo  knightes  ffees  .  Item  the  said  John  Graystoke 
shoulde  have  Jurdur,  the  halfe  of  Stannington,  Bellesses,  Tranwell,  Saltwike,  Plesse.  and  Shotton,  for  one  halfe  of  a  kriightes 
ffee  .  And  furdtir,  the  same  John  shall  have  the  halfe  of  greate  Benton,  Kiilingworth,  Litle  Benton,  and  Walker,  for  one 
other  halfe  of  a  knightes  fee  .  And  that  Robert  Sommerwill  shoulde  have  the  other  halfe  of  greate  Benton,  Killing-worth, 
Weiteslaid-northe,  Weiteslade-south,  by  halfe  a  knightes  fee  .  So  that  John  of  Graistoke  holdes  three  knightes  ffees  in  capite 
upon  the  kinge  there,  and  maide  his  service  as  well  in  warres  as  in  peace  for  the  forsaid  three  knightes  fees ;  and  gave  aide 
to  the  kinges  first  begotten  daughter's  marriage,  and  for  makinge  of  his  eldeste  soir.e  knight  .  And  that  Robt.  Sommerville 
made  service  for  a  knightes  ffee  only  .  Furdermore  the  forsaid  John  of  Graystock  and  Robert  Sommerville  held  in  soccage, 
iHorsley,  Stanton,  Witton,  Ritton,  and  the  other  Ritton,  Wyngates,  with  the  Sheiles,  and  Leurcbilde,  which  were  assessed  to 
jthe  aid  of  the  kinges  eldest  dowghter's  marriage,  and  his  elde'st  son's  knighting,  after  the  rate  of  one  knightes  ffVe — That  is 
—Horsley,  Stanton,  and  Leu'childe,  for  one  halfe  ;  and  Witton,  Wingates,  and  the  Sheiles,  for  the  other  halfe  of  the  knightes. 
ffee."  "  Afterwardes  the  forsaid  John  Graystoke  and  Robert  Sommerville  granted  to  the  prior  of  Tiiimouth  moo  liberties  in 

(For  Continuation  of  John  d<-  Qreystock,  see  next  page.} 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  MORPETH.     377 


Issue  of  Ralph  Fitz- William  and  Margery  Corbet. 


Continuation,  of  John  de  Greystock. 

the  moore  of  Benton,  as  apperes  by  his  deide ;  and  the  same  John  granted  and  confirmed  by  his  writynge,  to  the  abbaite  of 
Newminster,  his  pasturage  and  feidinge  of  StobbeswoOd,  towards  Ulgham,  and  other  places  thaire"  .  And  "  whereas  the 
forsaid  John  of  Graistoke  perceaved  hym  selfe  to  get  noo  children,  he  being  corporate  in  bode  and  runne  in  greate  aige,  gafe 
to  one  Robert  Hirnyng  a  certayne  place  out  of  his  waste  grounde  lyinge  in  Benton  moore,  called  Jiandu/fbrigge,  by  his  char- 
tour  .  Lastelyofall — he  seinge  hymselfe  without  heire,  gafe  to  one  Raife,  the  son  of  William,  liis  kynsman,  all  his  landes 
and  tennementes,  as  well  in  the  countie  of  Northumberlaiide  as  elsewheire  within  Englande  .  To  have  and  to  holde  to  the 
saide  Raif  and  to  his  haires,  after  the  forme  of  his  writinge  to  hym  thereof  gy  van,  and  shortely  after  died,  and  was  buried  at 
Graistoke." — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  10.)  He  died  in  34  Edw.  I.  1306,  possessed,  according  to  the  Calendar  of  Inquests  after  death, 
of  the  manor  and  barony  of  Greystock,  the  advowson  of  the  church  there,  and  land  at  Eskhead,  in  Cumberland ;  the  manor 
of  Dufton,  in  Westmorland,  and  the  advowson  of  Dufton  church  ;  the  manors  of  Ulgham  and  Morpeth,  and  the  advowson  of 
the  church  of  Morpeth,  in  this  county- ;  the  manor  of  Crosthwaite,  in  Yorkshire  ;  and  the  manor  of  Coiiscliff,  on  the  north 
bank-of  the  Tees,  arid  the  advowson  of  its  church. 


VIII. — 1.  WILLIAM  FITZ-RALPH=CATHARIKE.    2.  ROBERT  FITZ-RALPH,  lord=^E  LIZA  BETH,  daur.  of Neville,  of  Stain- 


died  without  issue.  of  Greystoke,  was  engaged  in 

the  wars  against  Scotland  in 

4  Edw.  II.,  but  died  within  a  year  after  his  father,  possessed  of  large  estates, 
the  names  of  which  are  given  in  the  Calendar  of  the  Inquests  after  death : 
those  in  Northumberland  in  III.  i.  61  and  62,  and  in  Morpeth  Miscellanea, 
No.  11.  He  died  at  his  castle  of  Hinderskelf,  now  Castle  Howard,  in  Yorkshire, 
and  Wiis  buried  at  Butterwick. 


ton,  in  Lincolnshire,  who  had  assigned  for  her 
dower  considerable  possessions  in  different 
counties,  and  in  Morpeth,  Ulghiim,  and  Heps- 
cot,  and  a  moiety  of  Tranwell,  Stannington, 
Benton,  and  Horsley,  in  this  county.  She 
died  in  1346. 


. — SIR  RALPH  FITZ-ROBERT  was  8  years  old-pALicE,  daur.  of  Hugh  lord  Audithley,  or=RALPH  LORD  NEVILLE,  of  Barnard 
the  time  of  his  father's  death.     He  assumed    Audley,  which  Hugh,  after  this  his  daur's.     Castle,  Raby,  &c.,  2nd  husband. — 

husband's  death,  for  500  marks,  in  2  Ed.  (See  Dug.  Bar.  i.  295.) 
III.  had  the  wardship  of  the  lands  and  person  of  her  son  William,  then  in 
minority.  The  inquest  after  her  death  is  dated  in  49  Edw.  III.  1375,  and 
shows  that  she  died  seized  of  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Horsley,  and  of 
the  manors  of  Morpeth  and  Ulgham,  besides  the  manors  of  Dufton  and  Yan- 
wath,  in  Westmorland,  and  the  hamlets  of  Aldby,  Dalmain,  and  Motherby, 
in  the  barony  of  Greystock. — (Col,  rag,  p.  m.  ii.  343.) 


IX 

at  the  ti 

the  sireiiame  of  GREYSTOCK.    For  his  marriage 

it  was  necessary  to  obtain  a  dispensation  from 

the  Pope,  on  account  of  his  wife  and  liimself 

being  within  the  third  and  fourth  degree  of 

consanguinity.    In  14  Edw.  II.,  having  proved 

his  age,  he  had  livery  of  all  the  knights  fees 

that  belonged  to  him  by  inheritance,  and  which 

had  been  retained  in  the  king's  hand  from  the 

death  of  his  grand  father,  Ralph  Fitz-William,  to  that  time.     He  sat  in  the  parliaments  in  14,  15,  and  16  Edw.  II.  ;  "but," 

says  Dugdale,  "  all  that  I  have  else  seen  of  him  is,  that  he  besieged  Gilbert  de  Middleton,  and  divers  others  with  him,  in  the 

castle  of  Mitford,  for  certain  traitrous  actions  done  by  them  in  Northumberland ;  and  that  not  long  after,  being  in  Gateshead 

at  breakfast,  he  was,  through  the  contrivance  of  the  same  Gilbert  and  his  party,  there  poisoned,  3rd  July,  an.  1323,  17  Edw. 

II.,  and  buried  in  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  near  the  High  Altar." — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  12.)     It  is,  however,  unfortunate  for 

as  much  of  this  tale  as  ascribes  the  circumvention  of  his  life  to  th>>  plans  and  malice  of  Gilbert  de  Middleton  ;  that  there  is 

the  most  undeniable  evidence  to  prove  that  Middleton's  rashness  was  punished  by  death,  in  London,  in  February,  1318. 


X. — LUCY,  daur.  of  Thomas  lord=WiLLiAM  DE  GREYSTOCK,  lord  of-p-JoAN,  daur.  of  Henry  Fitz-Hugh,  lord  of  Ravenswath, 


Lucy,  of  Cockermouth,  whom  her    Greystock,  was  only  about  2  years 

husband    "  deservedly   repudia-    old  when  his  father  died;  for  he 

-  ted."     Her  mother  was  Euphe-    did  not  obtain  lively  of  his  lands 

mia,  daur.  of  Ralph  lord  Neville,    till  1342,  in  which  year  he  was 

second  husband  of  h«r  husband's    in  the  expedition  against  Briten- 

mother.     She  retired  to  the  nun-    ny.     He  was  also,  from  that  time 

nery  of  Nesham  on  the  Tees,  in    to    1353,    frequently  engaged  in 

which  she  was  bulled.  the  w.ars-in  France  and  Gascony. 

Also  in    1353,    he  had  a  licence 

to  castellate  his  manor-house  at  Greystock  ;  and  was  at  a  conference 
at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  about  liberating  David  king  of  Scotland, 


by  Joan,  daur.  of  Henry  lord  Scrope,  of  Masham.  Dug- 


advice  of  Alice  de  Neville,  the  mother  of  William  lord 
Greystock,  after  whose  death  his  widow  had  assigned 
her  for  dower  the  castle  and  manor  of  Morpeth,  and 
lands  in  Tranwell,  Horsley,  Benton,  and  Killingworth, 
besides  manors  and  lands  in  other  counties.  This  Joan 
married  secondly,  but  without  the  king's  leave,  ANTHONY 
DE  LUCY,  lord  of  Cockermouth,  for  which  transgression 
she,  however,  obtained  a  royal  pardon.  The  issue  of 
this  second  marriage  was  one  daur.  Maud,  successively 
wife  of  Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  third  earl  of  Angus,  and 
of  Henry  de  Percy,  first  earl  of  Northumberland.  Her 
second  husband,  Anthony  de  Lucy,  dying  in  1358,  she 
married  thirdly,  SIR  MATTHEW  REDMAN,  a  famous  and 
gallant  knight,  who  was  governor  of  Berwick,  made  a 
conspicuous  figure  in  the  battle  of  Otterbourne,  and 
was  a  representative  in  parliament  for  Westmorland— at 
Levins,  in  which  county  he  and  his  ancestors  had  been 
seated  for  many  generations.  This  Joan  'died  5  Hen.  IV. 


who  had  been  captured  at  the  battle  of  Neville's  Cross,  in  1346. 
Then,  in  1354,  Robt.  de  Herle,  a  coparcener  with  him  in  the  barony 
of  Bolbeck,  gave  to  the  crown  £4  for  a  licence  to  grant  two  knights 
fees  and  a  half  in  Whitchester  to  William,  baron  of  Greystock,  and 
Joan  his  wife,  in  exchange  for  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Styford. — 
(HI.  ii.  324.)  In  the  same  year,  ht»  was  again  a  commissioner  for 
liberating  David  Bruce  from  his  long  captivity  in  England ;  and,  in 
the  following  year,  governor  of  Berwick  upon  Tweed — soon  after 
his  appointment  to  which  office,  receiving  a  summons  to  attend  the 
king  in  person  in  France,  the  town  in  his  absence  was  attacked  by  ~ 
the  Scots,  in  the  night,  and  taken — a  disaster  which  brought  upon  him  the  royal  displeasure ;  but  he  proved  that  he  was 
absent  from  his  cbnrge  by  special  command,  and  at  the  request  of  the  queen  Philippa,  was  pardoned.  He  was  regularly 
summoned  to  parliament  from  22  to  31  Edw.  III.  ;  built  the  castles  of  Greystock  and  Morpeth;  and,  when  he  was  dying, 
gave  to  the  collegiate  church  of  Greystock,  a  messuage  and  7  acres  of  land  in  the  adjoining  village  of  Newbigging,  besides  the 
advowson  of  the  parish  church  of  Greystock.  His  days  were  comparatively  few,  for  he  died  July  10,  1349,  aged  37,  at  the 
castle  of  Brancepeth,  the  seat  of  his  step-father,  Ralph  lord  Neville.  He  was  buried  with  great  pomp  and  solemnitv,  in  the 
chancel  of  the  church  of  Greystock,  mass  on  the  occasion  being  said  by  Gilbert  de  Wilton,  bishop  of  Carlisle ;  and  the  funeral 
attended  by  Ralph  lord  Neville,  his  father-in-law  ;  Thomas  de  Lucy,  lord  of  Cockermouth  ;  Roger  lord  Clifford,  of  Appleby 
Castle  ;  Henry  le  Scrope,  and  Thomas  Musgrave,  senior,,  knights  ;  the  prior  of  Carlisle,  and  the  abbots  of  Holm-cultram  and 
Shap.  Near  "the  place  of  his  interment  is  a  monument  bearing  the  following  [ascription  : — ICY  GST  WILLIAM  LE  BONNE 
BARON  DE  GRAYSTOK  PLYS  VEILI.IEANT,  NOBLE,  ET  COUHTEYOUS  CHIVALER  DE  SAY  PAHS  EN  SON  TEMPS  :  QUI  MURULT  LE  x  JOUR 
DE  JULLY  L'AN  DE  GRACE  MILL.  CCC.LIX  .  Ai.ME  DE  (juY  DIEU  EYT  PETE  AND  MERCY  .  AMEN.  In  English: — Here  lies 
William  the  good  baron  of  Greystock,  the  most  valiant,  noble  and  courteous  knight  of  his  country  and  time  :  he  died  the 
10th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of  grace  1359;  of  his  soul  God  have  pity  and  mercy.  Amen.  An  old  Latin  account  of  the 
family  calls  him  "  the  victorious  William,"  and  says  he  was  eminently  glorious  in  all  his  militar; 


Miscellanea,  No.  13.) 


military  achievements.— (Morpeth 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


5  D 


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Issue  of  William  de  Greystock 
and  Joan  Fitz-Hugh. 

I 


XI.— 1.  RALPH  LORD  GREYSTOCK  WOST-CATHARINE,  daur.    2.  WILLIAM  DE  GREYSTOCK  went  as  a    3.  ROBERT  DE  GREYSTOCK. 


of  Roger  lord  Clif-    hostage  for  his  brother,  the  lord  Grey-    4.  ALICE,  wife  of  sir  Robt. 
ford,  who  attend-    stock,  to  the  castle  of  Dunbar,  &  died    de  Harrington, 
ed  her    husband's    of  a  fever,  and  was  buried  there;  but, 


father's  funeral. 


two  years  after,  his  body  was  taken  up,  and  buried  before  the  high 
altar  of  Newminster,  next  to  that  of  Margery,  lady  ot  Ulgham. — 

( Morp.  Misc    14,  a.) 


six  years  old  when  his  father  died,  & 
was  put  under  the  tuition  of  Roger 
de  Mortimer,  earl  of  March,  probably 
from  the  connection  between  that  fa- 
mily and  the  Audleys.  He  was  21 
years  old  in  1374,  when  his  grand- 
mother Alice  died,  and  the  inquest 
after  his  father's  death  was  taken,  and  he  proved  his  age,  and  had  livery  of  his  lands.  In  1376,  he  was  made  governor  of  the 
castle  of  Lochmaban,  and  in  the  next  year  was  in  the  commission  for  guarding  the  West  Marches.  In  1378,  Berwick  was 
surprised  and  taken  by  seven  desperate  Scotchmen  ;  and  Ralph  lord  Greystock  was  one  who  assisted  in  re-capturing  It.  In 
the  next  year,  he  was  again  a  warden  of  the  Marches  ;  but,  on  June  5,  1381,  was  taken  prisoner  in  a  border  skirmish  at 
Horseridge,  in  Glendale,  by  the  earl  of  Dunbar.  His  brother  William  became  hostage  for  him,  but  died  of  a  fever,  in  the 
castle  of  Dunbar.  The  duke  of  Lancaster  seems  to  have  been  his  enemy,  and  to  have  prolonged  his  captivity,  and  to  have 
enhanced  the  price  of  his  ransom,  which  amounted  to  the  great  sum  of  3,000  marks,  towards  which  his  mother  Joan,  by  the 
hands  of  her  receiver,  John  de  Passeiiham,  levied  the  sum  of  £7  13s.  lOd.  on  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  14, 
a,$b.)  After  his  enlargement,  he  was  again  a  warden  of  the  Marches  ;  and  having  been  summoned  to  parliament  from 
49  Edw.  III.  to  5  Hen.  V.,  and  giving  £20  to  the  monks  of  Newminster  for  the  ornaments  of  their  church,  died  on  April  6, 
1417.  By  the  advice  of  his  mother,  he  gave  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Longhorsley  to  the  monks  of  Brinkburn,  for 
which  the  prior  and  convent,  by  their  charter,  granted  to  her  and  her  heirs,  lords  of  Morpethj  the  privilege  of  presenting 
one  clerk  to  enter  into  their  order,  into  which  they  covenanted  to  receive  him.  The  first  canon  presented  was  Alan,  son  of 
John  de  Prestwick. — (Id.  14,  c.)  It  was  found  by  inquisition,  that  on  the  day  he  died  he  held,  among  other  things,  the 
manors  of  Grimthorpe  and  Helderskelf,  in  capite  of  the  crown,  as  of  the  honor  of  Chester,  by  the  service  of  carrying  a  sword 
before  the  earl  of  Chester,  and  by  certain  military  services. — (Id.  14.  d.) 


XII. — JOHN  LORD  GREYSTOCK  was  28  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  fatherVrELizABETH,  one  of  the  daurs  and  co-heirs  of  sir 


Robert  Ferrars,  of  Wemme,  in  Shropshire.  She 
died  in  1434,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of 
the  Friar's  Preachers,  in  York. — (Newminster 
Obituary.) 


death.  In  the  time  of  Henry  the  Fifth,  he  was  made  governor  of  the  castle 
of  Roxburgh  for  four  years,  with  a  salary  of  £1,000  a  year  in  time  of  peace, 
and  of  £2,000  in  time  of  war ;  and,  in  the  succeeding  reign,  was  on  frequent 
commissions  for  the  management  of  border  affairs.  He  was  also  gammoned 
to  parliament  from  7  Hen.  V.  to  12  Hen.  VI.  By  his  will,  dated  10  July, 
1346,  he  ordered  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  collegiate  church  of  Greystock,  to  which  he  gave  his  best  horse  as  a  mortuary, 
and  all  his  habiliments  of  war,  consisting  of  coat  armour,  peiion,  gyron,  &c. ;  to  Ralph,  his  son  and  heir,  whom  he  appointed 
his  executor,  all  his  household  goods  at  Hinderskelfe,  Morpeth,  and  Greystock,  excepting  his  plate  and  jewels  ;  to  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  a  ring  and  a  broach  of  gold,  with  a  saphirc  and  a  diamond  ;  to  his  sons,  Thomas,  Richard,  and  William,  each  £4 
a  year  for  their  maintenance  during  their  respective  lives;  to  every  gentleman  serving  him  40s.,  and  to  every  yeoman  20s., 
and  to  every  groom  13s.  4d.  ;  to  the  repairs  of  Newminster  abbey,  £20 ;  to  the  church  of  Greystock,  all  his  new  vestments, 
with  the  ornaments  belonging  to  them.  He  died  at  his  manor-house  at  Thingdon,  in  Northamptonshire,  Aug.  8,  1346.  A 
Latin  authority  quoted  by  Wallis  says,  he  held  of  the  king  in  capite  the  manor  of  Morpeth  by  the  service  of  a  moiety  of  one 
barony,  namely,  of  the  barony  of  Merlay  ;  the  manor  of  Styford  by  the  service  of  a  third  of  a  moiety  of  one  barony,  namely, 
the  barony  of  Bolbeck,  &c.  The  following  fragment  of  his  will  is  from  the  Hunter  MSS.  : — "  Also  I  will,  that  the  hospital 
of  Catchburn,  according  to  its  antient  foundation,  with  all  its  ornaments,  goods,  and  chattels  thereto  pertaining,  be  given  to 
some  chaplain  .  Also  that  the  chantries  of  Stannington  and  Coniscliff  be  re-ordained  and  disposed  of,  according  to  antient 
usage  .  Also  I  leave  to  Alice  Boland  as  a  reward  20s.  .  Also  I  leave  to  John  Hebon,  lackey  (lacanio)  as  a  reward  20s.  .  Also 
I  leave  to  each  of  my  executors,  for  their  trouble,  ten  marks  ;  but  the  residuum  of  all  my  goods  not  hereby  disposed  of,  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  my  executors,  that  they  may  dispose  of  them  as  they  may  think  best  for  my  soul  .  And  I  make  and 
constitute  my  son  and  heir  Ralph  Greystock,  Walter  Darley  rector  of  Morpeth,  William  Harding  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne, 
John  Johnson  of  York,  AVilliam  Coverdale  of  Kirbymoreshed,  and  Wm  Hapton  of  Conyngesthorpe,  my  executors  :  also  I 
make  and  constitute  the  lady  the  Countess  of  Cambridge,  sir  Richard  Hastings,  sir  Edm.  Hastings,  knights,  supervisors  of 
this  my  will  .  Witnesses,  sir  John  Deseby  chaplain,  Richard  Blencowe  esq.,  Robert  Cotum,  Robert  Skynner  vallets  and 
others  .  Dated  the  day  and  year  aforesaid,  and  proved  before  Thomas  Langley,  bishop  of  Durham,  at  Auckland,  the  10th 
of  Oct.  in  the  same  year." — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  15  )  


XIII.— RALPH  LORD  GREYSTOCK,  son  and  heir,T~ELizABETH,  daur.  of  Wm    THOMAS.      ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Roger  Thornton, 


lord   Fitz-Hugh,    of  Ra-    RICHARD,    of  Netherwitton,   esq. — (See  II.  *. 
venswath,  for  whose  mar-    WILLIAM.    326  ;  3,  b.,  and  3,  e.) 
riage  there  was  a  dispen- 
sation, her  husband  and  herself  being  within  the  third  and  fourth  degrees  of 
consanguinity. 


•was  22  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  He  was  employed  on  frequent  commis- 
sions on  the  affairs  between  England  and  Scot- 
land respecting  the  borders,  besides  being  sum- 
moned to  parliament  from  13  Henry  VI.  to  1 

Edw.  IV.     In  1439,  17  Hen.  VI.   he  acknow-  

ledged  in  the  court  of  exchequer  that  his  father,  on  the  day  of  his  death,  held  of  the  king  in  capite  the  manor  of  Greystock 
by  the  service  of  one  entire  barony— to  wit,  of  the  barony  of  Merlay  ;  the  manor  of  Styford,  by  the  service  of  the  third  part 
of  the  moiety  of  one  barony — to  wit,  of  the  barony  of  Bulbeck  ;  the  manor  of  Wemme,  in  the  county  of  Salop,  with  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Wemme,  by  homage  and  fealty,  and  by  the  service  of  the  twelfth  part  of  one  entire  barony  ;  and 
divers  other  lands,  as  the  manor  of  Thornton-super-Moram,  in  the  county  of  York,  by  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  and 
divers  messuages  and  lands  in  Thyngden,  in  Northamptonshire,  by  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee : — necnon  manerium 
de  Grymthorp,  cum  suis  pertenentiis  .  ac  manerium  de  Henderskelf  cum  suis  pertenentiis  in  com.  Eboraci  de  dom.  rege  ut 
'  e,  per  servicium  portandi  gladium  coram  comite  de  Cestria;,  qui  pro  teinpore  fuerit  in  presentia,  &c. — 


de  honore  de  Cestrise, 

f  Waltis,  from  Madox,  Bar.  Angl.  p.  58.) 


He  died  June  1,  1487. 


XIV. — SIR  ROBERT  GREYSTOCK,  knight,=^ELiZABETH,  daur.  of  Edmund  Grey,  fourth  baron  Grey  de  Ruthyn,  and  Catharine, 
died  June  17,  1488,  in  the  lifetime  ot  his  |  daur.  of  Henry  Percy,  earl  of  Northumberland,  which  Edmund  Grey  was  lord  high 
father.  |  treasurer  of  England,  and  created  earl  of  Kent,  May  3,  1465. 

XV. THOMAS  LORD  DACRE,  of  Gillisland,  K.G.,  was,  by  way^EuzABETH  GREYSTOCK,  baroness  Greystock  and  Wemm, 

ot"  distinction,  called    "  Lord  Dacre  of  the  North."       In   1493,  hi  ' 
was  deputy  warden  of  the  Marches,  and  at  the  raising  of  the 
siege  of  Norham  castle. — (See  Ridp.   465,  466;  Dug.  Bar.  it.  24.) 
In  1512,  he  was  engaged  in  a  pacific  mission  to  Scotland.     In 
(For  cont.  of  Thomas  Lord  Dacre,  see  next  page.J 


sole  daur.  and  heir,  was  an  infant  at  the  time  of  her 
father's  death.  In  1506  or  1507,  as  cousin  and  heir 
to  Ralph  lord  Greystock,  her  grandfather,  she  had  special 
livery  of  her  lands.  She  died  in  1516. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  MORPETH.    379 


Issue  of  Thomas  lord  Dacre, 
and  Elizabeth  Greystock. 


Continuation  of  Thomas  Lord  Dacre* 

the  next  year,  he  met  the  earl  of  Surrey  at  Newcastle,  In  his  march  against  king  James,  and  was  one  who  subscribed  the 
the  letter  to  that  monarch,  dated  at  Wooler  Haugh,  Sept.  7 ;  and,  two  days  after,  led  a  division  of  the  English  army  to  the 
memorable  battle  of  Flodden  Field,  where  he  is  said  to  have  discovered  the  body  of  James  under  a  heap  of  his  slaughtered 
warriors.  As  warden  general  of  the  Marches,  in  1515,  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners  who  concluded  a  true*  on  the  17th 
of  Sept.  that  year.  In  1520,  he  also  signed  a  truce  at  Ridden,  on  the  part  of  England.  In  1522,  he  made  terrible  inroads 
into  Scotland  ;  and,  in  1523,  took  the  castle  of  Farnihurst,  and  joined  the  English  army  under  Surrey,  at  Alnwick  ;  in  1524, 
was  a  joint  commissioner  with  the  duke  of  Norfolk  for  negotiating  a  truce  at  Berwick,  which  he  and  others  succeeded  in  con- 
cluding in  1525,  on  Oct.  24,  iu  which  year  he  died.  He  had  been  regularly  summoned  to  parliament  from  1  Hen.  VIII.  to  the 
time  of  his  death. — (See  Ridp.  Bprd.  Hist.  482,  524.)  His  ledger  book  and  correspondence,  commencing  June  2,  1523,  and 
ending  August  4,  1524,  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  Miss  Currers,  at  Eshton  Hall,  Craven,  Yorkshire,  and  consists  of  334 
articles,  the  greater  part  of  which  is  dated  from  Morpeth.  Numbers  19,  20,  43,  56,  74,  111,  190,  220,  221,  280,  284,  288, 
•295,  308,  311,  and  323,  are  printed  in  Heame's  Chronicles  of  Otterburne  and  Wethemstede,  in  1732 ;  numbers  42  and  53,  in 
the  Archaeologia  .Kiiana.  by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  esq.,  to  whose  assiduous  attention  in  procuring  materials  for  this  work  I  am 
also  indebted  for  copies  or  extracts  of  numbers  6,  7,  33,  34,  35,  51,  82,  216,  238,  239,  and  261,  partly  printed  in  the  Miscella- 
nea of  this  parish,  and  partly  reserved  for  Insertion  in  other  parts  of  this  work.  This  Thomas  lord  Dacre  had  a  son,  SIR 
THOMAS  DACRE,  knight,  who  was  born  out  of  wedlock,  and  on  that  account  commonly  called  the  Bastard  Dacre,  which 
Thomas,  in  a  grant  of  22  Nov.  34  Hen.  VIII.  is  called  Thomas  Dacre,  of  Lanercost,  esq.;  and,  in  another,  24  June,  6 
Edw.  VI.,  sir  Thomas  Dacre,  senior,  knight.  He  fell  in  for  a  good  share  of  the  plunder  of  the  monasteries,  especially  of 
Lanercost,  where  he  resided,  and  his  descendants  after  him  for  five  generations. — (Burn,  501,  504.) 


XVI.— WILLIAM  LORD  DACRE,  of  Gilsland,  Greystock,  and  Wemm,  underTEnzABETH,  fifth    HUMPHREY  DACRE. 


daur.  of   George        MARY,   wife  of  Francis, 
Talbot,  4th  earl    earl  of  Shrewsbury. 


of  Shrewsbury. 


MARGARET,  wife  of  Hen. 
lord  Scrope,  of  Bolton. 
JANE. 


the  title  and  description  of  William  lord  Dacre,  of  Gilsland  and  Greystoke, 
and  as  son  and  heir  to  Elizabeth,  late  wife  of  Thomas,  cousin  and  heir  to 
Ralph  lord  Greystoke,  in  17  Henry  VIII.  1526,  had  special  livery  of  all  the 
lands  of  his  inheritance.  He  also  was  a  warden  of  the  Marches,  and  a  name 
of  terror  to  the  thieves  and  outlaws  on  the  English  and  Scottish  borders.  In 
1531,  he  was  one  of  the  lords  who  signed  and  sealed  a  letter  to  Pope  Clement 
the  Seventh,  intimating  that  if  he  did  not  comply  with  the  king's  wish  to  divorce  queen  Catharine  of  Spain,  the  papal  supre- 
macy in  England  might  soon  be  dispensed  with ;  and  the 
annexed  is  a  correct  representation  of  the  impression  of  his 
seal  attached  to  that  important  document.  Till  the  64th  day 
of  the  parliament  of  1535,  his  name  stands  above  that  of  the 
lord  Morley ;  but,  a  dispute  having  risen  between  them  about 
precedence,  it  was  determined  by  the  house  of  lords  that  lord 
Morley  should  sit  next  above  "  lord  Dacres  of  Gillisland." 
Lord  Herbert,  of  Cherbury,  relates  that  lord  Dacre  was  ac- 
cused of  treason  by  sir  Ralph  Fenwick  [of  Stanton]  knight, 
and  one  Musgrave,  for  which  he  was  tried  at  Westminster, 
on  July  9,  1535,  but  acquitted  by  his  peers,  on  account  of  the 
witnesses  against  him  being  Scotchmen  of  low  condition,  and 
supposed  to  be  suborned  to  speak  maliciously  against  him  on 
account  of  his  severity  to  them  as  lord  warden  of  the  Marches. 
Perhaps  the  articles  of  accusation  against  him  on  this  trial, 
with  his  answers  annexed,  are  those  printed  from  a  Swin- 
burne MS.  in  part  III.  vol.  i.  p.  31 — 40.  He  was  strongly 
solicited,  but  refused  to  enter  into  the  ill-advised  and  ill- 
conducted  insurrection  called  the  Pilgrimage  of  Grace.  On  the 
24th  of  Nov.  1542,  he  and  Musgrave,  with  an  inconsiderable 
number  of  English  cavalry,  routed  a  large  Scotch  army,  and 
took  upwards  of  1000  prisoners  (Ridp.  542) ;  and,  in  1544, 
he  was  one  of  the  generals  who  led  a  marauding  army  in- 
to Scotland,  took  and  destroyed  Dumfries,  and  laid  waste  a 
great  tract  of  country. — (Id.  551.)  Edward  the  Sixth,  in 
1549,  re-instated  him  in  the  powerful  offices  of  warden  ol 
the  West  Marches  and  governor  of  Carlisle,  in  one  or  both  of 
which  he  was  occasionally  continued  by  Mary  and  Elizabeth. 
There  are  several  letters  of  his  on  border  matters,  dated  in 
1549  and  1550,  printed  in  the  introduction  to  Nicholson  and 
Burn's  History  of  Westmorland  and  Cumberland  ;  also  seve- 
ral letters,  both  of  his  and  his  father's,  in  the  Cottonian  li- 
brary, and  in  the  Chapter-house.  When,  in  1550,  lord  Max- 
well attempted  to  make  an  inroad  upon  the  west  border,  his  progress  was  suddenly  checked  by  the  vigilance  and  promptitude 
of  the  English  warden,  who,  on  May  31,  in  1599,  was  one  of  the  commissioners  who  signed  and  sealed  a  treaty  of  peace 
between  England  and  Scotland  in  the  church  of  Upsetlington. — (See  Ridp.  571,  594.)  He  died  in  1564. 


XVII.  —  1.  THOMAS  LORD  DACRE,-T~ELIZABETH,  second=THOMAS  HOWARD,-rl.  MARY,  daur._andsT=2.  MARGARET,  daur. 
' 


concerning  whom  I  find  little  more 
than  his  name,  and  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  happened  in  the 
year  1566. 


daur.  of  sir  James 
Lciburne,  of  Cuns- 
wick,  in  Westmor- 
land.——'(See  Burns 
Westm.  145.)  She  had 

no  children  to  her  second  husband,  and  died  in  1567, 

about  a  year  after  their  marriage. 

(for  remainder  of  this  generation,  see  over. ) 


4th  DUKE  OK  NORFOLK, 
second  husband  to  Eliz. 
Leiburne,  was  beheaded 
on  Tower  Hill,  June  2, 
1572.  Camdensawhim 
led  to  the  scaffold,  and 
gives  this  account  of 
him.  It  is  not  to  be 
believed 


heir  of  Henry  Fitz- 
Allari,  earl  of  Aruii- 
del ;  died  at  Arundel 
House,  in  the  Strand, 
25  Aug.  1557. 


and  sole  heir  to  Tlios. 
lord  Audley,  of  Wai- 
den,  in  Essex,  and 
chancellor  of  Eng- 
land, and  widow  of 
~~  lord  Henry  Dudley, 
younger  son  of  John  duke  of  North- 
umberland. 


380  MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


fi 


i. 


Issue  of  Thos.  lord  Dacre          Issue  of  Thos.  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk,          Issue  of  Thos.  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk, 
and  Eliz.  Leiburne.  and  Mary  Fitz-Allan.  and  lady  Margaret  Audley. 

I  I  I 


Remainder  of  Issue  of  William  lord  Dacre  and  Elizabeth  Talbot. 
I  


telieved  how  much  the  people  loved  him.    2.  LEONARD  DACRE*  was  a  gentleman  of    1.  MAGDALENE,  wife  of  Anthony 
Indeed  he  had  secured  their  affections  by  a    hasty  and  violent  temper.     In  1559,  he    Brown,  viscount  Montacute. 
tiounty  and  a  courtesy  tliat  was  uncommon,    had  the  queen's  thanks  for  some  exploit        2.   ANNE,   married  to   Henry 
tmt  every  way  in  character  with  a  prince    against  the  Scots,  but  with  the  damping    earl  of  Cumberland, 
like  himself.    Considerate  persons  were  va-    intimation  from  her  council,  that  it  would        3.  ELEANOR,   wife  of  Henry 
riously  affected  by  his  fate  :  some  had  been    have  been  more  acceptable  if  he  had  re-    Jernegan,  esq. 
terrified  by  the  greatness  of  the  danger,  that    mained  quiet. — (Ridp.  592.)     In  1569,  he        4.   MARY,  wife  of  Alexander 
from  himself  and  his  faction,  while  he  was    attempted  to  rescue  Mary  queen  of  Scots    Culpepper,  esq. 
alive,  seemed  to  overhang  the  nation.  Others    out  of  the  custody  of  the  earl  of  Shrews-        5.  DOROTHY,  wife  of  sir  Thos. 
were  touched  with  pity  that  a  man  of  the    bury  ;  but  failing  in  that  attempt,  as  well    Windsor,  knight, 
highest  nobility,  of  the  highest  natural  en-    as  in  his  endeavours,  by  legal  process,  to 

lowments,  eminent  for  the  symmetry  of  wrest  the  family  estates  from  his  3  nieces  after  the  death  of  their  brother, 
his  frame  and  the  manliness  of  his  look,  he  secretly  confederated  with  the  earls  of  Northumberland  and  Westmor- 
who  might  have  been  a  tower  and  an  orna-  land  ;  but,  hearing  they  were  proclaimed  traitors,  he  went  to  the  queen,  and 
ment  to  his  country,  should  have  been  lured  offered  to  use  his  utmost  endeavour  to  suppress  the  rising  in  the  north, 
from  his  early  course  of  life  by  the  wiles  of  Power  was  given  him  to  raise  soldiers,  with  which  he  repaired  home.  He, 
the  envious,  and  his  own  false  notions  of  however,  in  his  way  down,  had  intercourse  by  secret  messengers  with  the 
being  serviceable  to  his  country.  They  also  rebel  chiefs,  and  gave  them  hopes  of  great  assistance  from  ambassadors  of 
called  to  mind  his  father's  unhappy  end,  some  foreign  powers,  and  having  raised  a  great  force,  intended  to  have  mur- 
who,  though  in  letters  and  in  arms  he  had  dered  the  bishop  of  Carlisle,  and  lord  Scrope,  who  was  then  warden  of  the 
shone  the  brightest  of  his  time,  had,  but  25  West  Marches.  This  plan  also  failing,  he  possessed  himself  of  the  castles  of 
years  before,  for  some  trifling  reason,  been  Greystock  and  Naworth,  as  well  as  of  other  seats  of  the  Dacres,  which  he 
beheaded  on  the  same  spot.  fortified  in  his  own  right.  His  adherents,  who  were  principally  border 

thieves,  and  pel-sons  devoted  to  the  name  of -Dacre,  amounted  to  3,000.  Lord 

Hounsden  was  at  that  time  governor  of  Berwick,  and  with  about  300  veteran  troops  from  the  garrison  there,  marched 
against  the  rebels,  whom  he  came  tip  with  on  the  river  Gelt,  near  Naworth,  and  after  a  fierce  conflict  on  both  sides  put 
them  to  route.  Camden  observes  that  the  slaughter  was  great ;  and  that  Dacre,  though  he  was  hunchbacked,  did  nothing 
unworthy  of  the  greatest  general.  He  was  attainted  of  treason  ;  first  fled  into  Scotland,  then  into  Belgium,  where, 
at  Lovaine,  he  died  in  great  poverty,  in  1581.— -(Camd.  Annals,  168  ;  Ridp.  633  y  see  also  II.  i.  373.) 

3.  EDWARD  DACRE  joined  in  his  brother's  insurrection,  and  was  attainted  of  treason  ;  but  escaped  from  the  country, 
and  died  abroad  in  1579. — (Banks.) 

4.  FRANCIS  DACKE,  after  his  brothers  Leonard  and  Edward  both  were  dead,  under  colour  of  an  entail  said  to  be  made 
by  his  father,  in  1585,  entered  upon  the  lands  of  his  forefathers,  claiming  them  as  his  inheritance.     In  this  struggle  he 
was  greatly  assisted  by  the  house  of  Lowther,  but  finally  failed  in  establishing  his  plea.     Lord  William  Howard,  in  the 
beginning  of  his  "  Treatise"  on  this  protracted  litigation,  says  that  William  lord  Dacre,  "  in  his  own  lyfe  tyme  growing 
discontented  with  himself  for  intanglinge  his  estate  in  such  sort  as  unadvisedly  he  had  done,  grew  distempered  in  his 
brayne,  and  so  till  neare  the  tyme  of  his  death  continued  in  a  dull  melancholly,  I  will  not  say  frenzie.     By  the  sayd  in- 
tended intayle  he  stt  division  among  his  posterity  and  sowed  the  seed  of  dissension  betwixt  his  owne  children,  which  hath 
ever  since  indured  and  is  lyke  to  continue  even  in  discent  so  long  as  any  of  them  shalbe  living  in  this  world.     Yea  he 
himself  conceaved  so  great  dislyke  of  his  younger  sonns,  Leonard,  Edward,  and  Francis  Dacre,  who  drew  and  p'suaded  him 
to  that  unfortunate  course  of  entayling  his  land,  as  they  coming  unto  hym  lying  uppon  his  death  bedd  and  desiring  his 
blessing,  he  in  the  bitternesse  of  hart  and  detestation  of  their  former  sinister  practise,  left  among  them  instead  of  a  bless- 
ing the  curse  that  God  gave  Cayn,  which  every  one  of  them  hath  happened  too  truely  to  feel ;  for  the  ij   first  of  them 
fledd  their  country  for  open  rebellion,  and  died  in  exile  :  the  other  also  uppon  foolish  self-will,  that  lie  might  not  have 
that  which  was  none  of  his  owne,  undertook  voluntary  banishment,  entered  into  actions  offensive  to  the  late  queen,  am 
the  state,  for  which  he  was  and  yet  (19  Dec.  1605)  stanOith  atteinted  of  high  treason."     This  Francis  Dacre  had  a  daur. 
Mary,  who  lived  to  a  great  age,  and  died  s.  p. ;  also  a  son  Randal,  concerning  whom  there  is  the  following  entry  in  the 
parish  register  of  Greystock  : — "  1634.  Randal  Dacre,  esq    sonne  and  hyre  to  Francis  Dacre,  esq.  deceased,  being  the 
youngest  sonne  of  the  late  lord  William  Dacre,  deceased,  being  the  last  hyre  male  of  that  lyne,  which  said  Randel  dyed 
in  London,  and  was  brought  downe  at  the  charge  of  the  right  honourable  Thomas,  earle  of  Arundell  and  Surrey,  and 
earle  marshall  of  England." — (Hum,  351.) ___ 

<f  ~~?  5 

1.  2.  3. 

*  Perhaps  the  following  extract  from  lord  William  Howard's  account  of  his  contentions  at  law  with  the  Dacres  may  serve  to  illustrate  in 
what  manner  Leonard  Dacre  became  possessed  of  Whalton,  in  this  county  :— Sir  James  Strangeways  being  seazed  of  the  manor  of  West  Harle- 
sey,  in  the  county  of  York,  and  of  divers  other  manors  in  the  county  of  Northumberland  and  Duresme,  to  a  great  value,  some  in  tail  and  some 
in  fee  simple,  for  consideration  of  money  paid,  as  also  for  other  considerations  mentioned  in  an  indenture  dated  17  January  a°  22  Henry  VIII. 
1530,  did  thereby  covenant  to  assure  to  the  lord  William  Dacre  and  sir  Christopher  Dacre,  knight,  and  their  heirs,  all  his  said  manors,  to  the 
use  of  himself  for  life ;  and,  after  to  the  issue  of  his  body,  the  remainder  to  Leonard  Dacre  and  the  heirs  males  of  his  body,  with  like  remainders 
to  his  brothers  George  and  Edward  Dacre,  the  remainder  for  want  of  issue  male  of  their  bodies,  of  part  thereof,  to  the  lord  Wm  Dacre,  and  his 
heirs  for  ever.  The  remainder  of  part  thereof  for  want  of  issue  of  th& body  of  Wm  lord  Dacre  to  the  king,  his  heirs,  and  successors  for  ever — 
and  the  next  term  following  levied  fines  thereof  accordingly,  and  soon  after  died  without  issue  of  his  body.  After  whose  death,  Robert  Rose,  and 
Joan,  the  wife  of  sir  Wm  Maliverie,  knight,  being  his  next  heirs  at  common  law,  claimed  the  lands  of  the  said  sir  James  Strangeways,  and  the 
lord  Dacre  for  his  son  Leonard,  being  then  within  age,  claimed  the  said  lands  also  by  virtue  of  the  conveyances  above  mentioned.  The  suits 
grew  great  and  many,  and  continued  certain  years  to  the  great  charges  of  the  lord  Wm  Dacre.  At  length  king  Henry  the  Eighth  took  upon 
him  in  more  haste  than  good  speed,  for  Wm  lord  Dacre,  to  make  an  award,  which  the  said  Wm  lord  Dacre  would  never  agree  unto ;  but,  by  the 
same,  allotted  a  great  part  of  the  lands  to  himself,  in  regard  that,  it  was  supposed,  part  of  those  lands  were  in  remainder  to  the  crown  :  other 
part  he  awarded  to  the  said  next  heirs  of  sir  James  Strangeways  ;  and  the  residue  thereof  he  awarded  to  the  said  Leonard  Dacre,  with  remain, 
ders  over  in  such  sort  as  sir  James  Strangeways  had  formerly  assured  the  same,  and  after  to  confirm  the  same  award  there  passed,  as  was  sup- 
posed, an  act  of  parliament,  36  Hen.  VIII.  the  validity  whereof,  because  it  is  not  in  this  place  material,  I  will  not  here  discourse. — (Lord  Wm 
Howard's  Treatise,  ffcj  Sir  James  Strangeways,  of  Smeton,  in  Yorkshire,  knight,  was,  I  suppose,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Strangeways,  who 
married  Alice,  one  of  the  co-heirs  of  the  Scropes,  of  Masham  and  Bolton,  and  also  barons  of  Whalton,  in  this  county.  The  connection  between 
the  Scropes  and  Dacres  is  shown  in  IL  i.  373. 


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Issue  of  Thos.  lord  Dacre 
and  Eliz.  Leiburne. 


If- 


Issue  of  Thos.  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk, 
and  Mary  Fitz-Allau. 


Issue  of  Thos.  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk, 
and  lady  Margaret  Audley. 


XVIII. — GEORGE  1.  ANNEHTPHILIP  How-  2.  MARY  DACRE,=THOMAS  LORD  3.  ELIZABETH= 

LORD  DACRK,    of  DACRE,  AARD,  earl  of  A-  co-h.  of  Gilsland,      HOWARD,  of  DACRE,  co-h. 

Gilsland,  who  was  co-heir.     rundell,ances-  &c.  ;     she    died    WALDEN,    1st  of  Gilsland, 

ward  to  Thomas,  of  Gils-    tortothedukes  without  issue.       earl  of  Suf-  &c.bornabout 


duke  of  Norfolk,       land, 
his  mother's  2nd      Grey- 
husb.,  was  killed      stock, 
by  the  fall  of  a       &c. 
wooden  horse,  at 
Thetford,  May  17,  1659. 


of  Norfolk,      Dr  Burn  indeed    folk.  Hislord-    1564,    as   the 
had  the  Grey-    thinks  that  she    ship's  1st  wife    picture  of  her 


stock    moiety  died  unmarried, 

of    the   estate  —  (Hist.  Cumber, 

of  his    wife's  353  &  498.) 
ancestors.    He 


was  Katha- 
rine,  eld.  dau. 


at  Naworth  is 
inscribed 


&  co-h.  of  sir    "  1578  setatis 
H.  Knevit,  by    14."   She  died 


was  greatly  whom  he  had  issue,  Theophi-  Oct.  20,  1639. 
harassed  and  persecuted  for  his  steady  ad-  lus  lord  Howard  of  Walden,  There  is  also 
herence  to  the  church  of  Rome.  Once  he  ancestor  of  the  present  earl  of  a  picture  of 

her  at  Castle 


~rn 

LORD  WILLIAM  HENRY  HOW- 
HOWARD  seems  ARD,  2nd  son, 

to  have  been     died  young, 
married  about         ELIZABETH 
the  year   1577,    died  in  infan- 
and   by  virtue    cy. 
of  that  alliance       MARGARET 
became  possess-    married  Robt. 
ed  of  that  moi-    Sackville,  earl 
ety  of  his  wife's    of  Dorset. 

ancestors'  e- 

states,  whichincludedMorpeth, 
Gilsland,  &  Hinderskelf,  Grey- 
stock,  &  the  other  estates  pass- 


was  fined  £10,000:  and  April  14,  1589,  ar-    Suffolk,  and  Berkshire,  &c. 

raigned  in  Westminster-hall  for  high  trea-  Howard,  ta-      ing  with  his  wife's  sister  to  his 

son,  found  guilty,  and  condemned  to  die;    ken  by  the  delicate  hand  of  Cornelius  Jansen,    half-broth.  Philip  earl  of  Arun- 
but  his  sentence  was  changed  into  imprison-    when  she  was  73  years  old.  del ;  with  whom  he  was  sent 

ment,  in  which  state  he  died  Nov.  19,  1595. i  to  the  Tower,  in  1589,  partly 

~  perhaps  on  account  ot  his  ad- 
herence to  the  Romish  faith,  and  partly  for  the  firmness  with  which  both  of  them  withstood  the  claims  which  Leonard  Dacre 
laid  to  the  estates  of  his  father.  The  queen's  ministers  (excepting  the  chancellor  Bromley),  assisted  by  some  of  the  house  of  L«w- 
ther,  seem  to  have  opposed  them  with  the  full  influence  of  their  power.  The  lawyer  of  the  Howards  on  this  occasion  was  Lawrence 
Banistre,  who  wrote  a  "  TREATISE  on  the  Possessions  &  Rights  of  the  Co-heiresses  of  Geo.  Lord  Dacre,  of  Gillsland. "  To  which 
lord  William  Howard  added  a  curious  history  of  the  law  proceedings  which  he  and  his  half-brother,  for  a  long  time,  carried 
on  against  their  wife's  uncle  Francis.  The  addition,  which  is  in  lord  William's  own  hand-writing,  is  still  preserved  at 
Greystock  castle,  and  bears  the  following  title  : — "  AN  ADDITION  to  the  Treatise  made  by  Mr  Lawrence  Banistre,  A°  15 
Eliz.  Tfg.  on  the  behalf  of  the  heires  generall  of  William  late  lord  Dacre,  of  Gilsland,  touching  such  pointes  as  have  com'd  in 
question  since  his  sayd  Treatise  was  written,  as  also  shewing  the  proceedings  that  have  been  in  that  title  since  the  death  of 
the  said  Mr  Banistre,  with  instructions  and  advertisements  for  the  benefit  of  the  heires  generall,  and  their  posteritie."  There 
is  a  copy  of  these  additions,  and  of  some  MSS.  of  lord  Wm,  and  notices  of  himself  and  the  Dacre  &  Howard  family,  collected 
in  one  volume,  folio,  by  Henry  Howard,  esq.  and  preserved  in  the  library  at  Corby  Castle.  Lord  William  died  Oct.  7,  1640; 
and  the  inquest  after  his  death  is  dated  at  Carlisle,  22  April,  18  Chas.  I.  1642,  and  shows  that  he  died  seized  of  the  following 
property  in  this  county  : — The  castle,  barony,  manor,  and  lordships  of  Morpeth,  with  the  park  and  advowson  of  the  church 
there;  besides  the  following  manors  and  villes — Ulgham,  Horsley,  Angerton,  Heddon-on-the-Wall,  Benton,  Killingworth, 
and  Stannington  ;  also  lands,  &c.  in  Morpeth,  Benridge,  Todburn,  Cumberton  alias  Newton,  Hartburn,  Middleton  Morrell, 
South  Weetslade,  Preston,  Morton,  Stobswood,  Clifton,  Stannington,  and  Catchburne,  of  which  he  was  seized  in  19  James 
the  First,  by  virtue  of  two  indentures  between  him  and  the  lady  Eliz.  his  wife,  and  sir  Wm  Howard,  knt.  son  and  heir  of 
^ir  Philip  Howard,  deceased,  for  uses  therein  mentioned.  He  also  then  held  the  manor  of  Netherton  in  chief  of  the  bishop 
of  Durham  ;  and  of  the  earl  of  Suffolk,  as  bf  his  manor  of  Wark,  the  lordship  of  Plenmellor,  and  the  messuages  and  lands 
called  Plenmellor  township,  Unthank,  Frenchelecs  or  Fai-rasheiles,  Hawstrothershiel,  Hawdon,  Clarkesland,  Felburne, 
Blackcleugh,  Stonechace,  Wagtailhall,  Ramshaw,  Ramshawrigg,  Carrawestland,  Hawkstrother,  Holmdue,  Greeribank,  Hol- 
land, Testside,  Martynsland,  and  Waughstenement,  besides  the  manors  and  lordships  of  Haltwhistle,  Hartleyburn,  Byers 
Park,  divers  lands  at  North  Charleton,  and  a  messuage  and  farm  called  Softley,  in  the  parish  of  Knaresdale :  Also  various 
manors,  such  as  Hinderskelf,  Burnholme,  Thornton  on  the  Moor,  Thorpbasset,  Butterwick,  Skagilthorp,  Grimthorpe,  Mor- 
ton on  Swale,  Crosthwaite,  in  Holwick ;  Welburne,  West  Harlesey,  and  Rouneton,  with  their  large  appendant  estates  in  the 
county  of  York  ;  and  various  manors  and  possessions  in  tlie  counties  of  Durham  and  Cumberland ;  and  his  favourite  hunting 
seat  and  manor  of  Thornwaite,  in  the  parishes  of  Shap  and  Bampton,  in  Westmorland.  The  following  character  of  him  is 
from  Hutchinson's  Cumberland  : — "  He  was  the  terror  of  the  moss-troopers  ;  and  though  he  ruled  the  country  with  severe 
or  rather  military  modes,  yet  he  wrought  many  happy  effects  in  the  civilization  of  a  race  of  inhabitants,  as  barbarous  and 
uncultivated  as  ever  possessed  a  settlement  in  this  island.  He  kept  at  Naworth  Castle  constantly  140  men  in  arms  as  his  guard. 
The  approach  to  his  apartments  was  secured  by  plated  doors,  several  in  succession,  fastened  by  immense  locks  and  bolts  of 
iron,  defending  a  narrow  winding  staircase,  where  only  one  person  could  pass  at  a  time."  "  It  is  said  he  was  very  studious, 
and  wrote  much — that  once  when  he  was  thus  employed,  a  servant  came  to  tell  him  a  prisoner  was  just  brought  in,  and 
desired  to  know  what  should  be  done  with  him,  Lord  William  vexed  at  being  disturbed,  answered  peevishly — "  hang  him !" 
When  he  had  finished  his  study,  he  called,  and  ordered  the  man  to  be  brought  before  him  for  examination  ;  but  found  that 
his  order  had  been  instantly  obeyed.  He  was  a  very  severe,  but  most  useful  man  at  that  time."  At  Corby  Castle  there  is  a 
copy  of  a  schedule  of  the  names  of  68  "  ffellons  taken  and  prosecuted  by  me  for  ffelonies  in  Gilsland  and  elsewhere  sence  my 
abode  ther,"  made  by  Mr  Howard,  from  MSS.  chiefly  in  the  hand-writing  of  lord  William. 


XTX. — 1.  Sm  PHILIP  HOWARD,=T=MARGARET,  daur.  of  sir    2.  SIR  FRANCIS  HOWARD,  of  Corby  Castle,  Cumberland,  for  whose 
knt. ;  born  in  1583;  was  knight- I  John  Can-ill,   of  Hart-    descendants  see  Morpeth  Miscellanea,  No.  17.— /^ 
ed  in  1604.     He  died  in  1616.—    ing,  in  Sussex.  3.  SIR  WM  HOWARD,  born  in  1589  ;  of  Brafferton,  in  York-' 

(Hutch.  Ciimb.  i.  136.) j  shire  ;  died  without  issue. 

4.  CHARLES  HOWARD,  born  in  1590,  died  unmarried. 

5.  GEORGE  HOWARD,  born  in  1591,  died  unmarried. 

6.  SlR  CHARLES  HOWARD,  of  Croglin,  knight,  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  sir  Henry  Widdrington,  and  sister  to  his 
brother  sir  Francis's  second  wife.     He  left  one  son,  William. 

7.  SIR  THOMAS  HOWARD,  of  Thursdale,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  knight,  married  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Wm  Eure, 
knight,  by  whom  he  had  issue  one  son,  Thomas,  who  died  unmarried ;  and  two  daurs.  and  co-heiresses,  Frances  and  Mary, 

one  of  whom  married Thetherston,  esq.    There  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  this  sir  Thomas,  in  Wetheral  church, 

in  Cumberland,  which  says  that  he  "  died  valiently  fighting  in  the-  cause  of  his  king  and  country,  at  Piercebridge,  Dec.  2d. 
1642."  His  body  was  hurried  at  Connyscliffe,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  the  advowson  of  which  church,  as  well  as  the  manor 
of  Conniscliff,  had,  for  many  centuries,  formed  a  part  of  the  estate  of  his  ancestors,  the  Greystocks. 

8.  SIR  ROBERT  HOWARD  was  a  monk.  9  &  10.  JOHN  and  JOHN,  both  died  infants. 

1.  CATHARINE  HOWARD  born  in  1585,  but  died  unmarried. 

2.  ELIZABETH  HOWARD  born  in  1587 ;  married  sir  Henry  Bedingfeld,  of  Oxborough,  county  of  Norfolk,  knight. 

3.  MARGARET  HOWARD  born  in  1593,  wife  of  sir  Thomas  Cotton,  of  Conington,  Huntingdonshire,  bart. 

4.  ANNE  HOWARD  born  in  1595,  and  died  unmarried. 

5.  MARY  HOWARD  born  in  1604,  wife  of  sir  John  Wintour,  of  Lindney,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  knight. 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


5    E 


382 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Issue  of  sir  Philip  Howard,  knt.  and  Margaret  Carrill. 

I — 


.  T 1 1 

XX.— 1.  SIR  WILLIAM  HowARp^knightj^MARY,  eldest    2.  JOHN  HOWARD  died  unmarried.  1.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Bartho- 

'  daur.  of  Wm       8:  PHILIP  HOWARD  was  slain  at  lomew  Fromond,  of  Cheam,  in 

lord  Eure.         Rowton-heath,  near  Chester,  Sep.  Surrey. 

26,  1645,  while  fighting  for  Clias.  2.  ALATHEA,  wife  of  Thos. 

the  First.  second  viscount  Fairfax. 


succeeded  his  grandfather  lord  William, 
at  the  time  of  whose  death  he  was  38  yrs. 
old  ;  but  died  before  the  inquest  on  the 
estates  was  taken,  on  22  April,  1642. 


XXI. — 1.  WILLIAM  HOWARD  died  in  his  father's  life    3.  PHILIP  HOWARD.         1.  MARY,  wife  of  sir  Jonathan  Atkins,  knight, 


tune,  aged  17. 

2.  CHARLES  HOWARD,  j?r.s<  ear< 
Carlisle,  at  the  Restoration  was  cho- 
sen M.  P.  for  Cumberland,  for  which 
county  he  had  also  been  sheriff  in 
1650.  He  was  also  made  custos 
rotulorum  for  Essex,  July  9,  1660; 
lord  lieut.  of  Westmorland  in  Oct. 

that  year ;  and,  April  10,  1661,  created  baron  Dacre,  of  Gilsland,  viscount 
Howard  of  Morpeth,  and  earl  of  the  city  of  Carlisle.  In  1663,  he  went  as 
ambassador  to  the  czar  of  Muscovy,  and  next  year  to  the  kings  of  Sweden 
and  Denmark.  In  1668  he  was  employed  to  take  the  ensigns  of  the  order  of 
the  Garter  to  Charles  XI.  of  Sweden,  as  whose  proxy,  on  his  return,  he  was  installed  at  Windsor.  On  April  18,  1672,  he  was 
made  lord  lieutenant  of  the  county  and  city  of  Durham,  and  was  after  that  for  some  time  governor  of  Jamaica,  from  which 
province  he  returned  Sep.  4,  1680.  He  died  Feb.  24.  1684,  aged  56,  and  was  buried  in  York  minster,  where  there  is  a  mo- 
nument and  long  inscription  to  his  memory.  He  published  a  Relation  of  three  Embassies  by  Charles  II.  to  the  duke  of  Mus- 
covy in  1669,  8vo.  a  work  held  in  great  estimation  on  account  of  the  portrait  by  Faithorn,  with  which  it  is  illustrated. — 
(Watt.) 


4.  THOMAS  HOWARD    governor  of  Guernsey. 

:,  daur.  of   married  Mary,  duchess       2.  ELIZABETH,  married  to  sir  Thos.  Gower, 
Edw.  Id.  How-    of  Richmond,  daur.  of   of  Stittenham,  Yorkshire, 
ard,  of  Escrich,    George   Villiers,    duke       3.  CATHARINE,  wife  of  sir  John  Lawson,  of 
died  in  1696.         of  Buckingham  ;   died    Brough  Hall,  Yorkshire. 

in  1678.  4.  FRANCES,  wife  of  sir  George  Downing,  of 

5.  JOHN  HOWARD.        Gamlingay  Park,  Cambridgeshire,  knt.     She 

died  July  10,  1683,  and  was  bur.  in  Cbetoden. 
5.  MARGARET,  wife  of  Alexander  Leslie,  2nd 
earl  of  Leven,  in  Scotland. 


XXII. — 1.  EDWARD  HOWARD,T"ELIZABETH,  daur.  and 


second  earl  of  Carlisle,  was  M.  P. 
for  Morpeth  in  1661  and  1678, 
and  for  Carlisle  in  1681.  He 
died  at  Whickham,  April  23, 
1692,  and  was  buried  there. 


co-heir  of  sir  William 
Uvedale,  of  Whick- 
bam,  in  coun.  South- 
ampton, knt.  &  widow 
of  sir  Wm  Berkeley, 
knt.  3rd  son  of  Chas. 
viscount  Fitzharding. 


I — I — 

2.  FREDERICK  CHRISTIAN  HOWARD, 
born  at  Copenhagen,  Nov.  5, 1664  ; 
was  slain  in  the  siege  of  Luxem- 
burgh,  and  bur.  in  Westminster 
abbey,  Oct.  11,  168k 

3.  CHAS.  HOWARD  died  young 
April  3, 1670,  and  buried  in  West- 
minster abbey. 


— r~r—| — 

1.  LADY  MARY  HOWARD  married 
sir  John  Fenwick,  of  Walling- 
ton,  hart.  ;  died  Oct.  27,  1708, 
and  was  bur.  in  York  minster. 
— (See  II.  i.  257,  258.) 

2.  LADY  ANNE  HOWARD  mar- 
ried, firstly,  sir  Richard  Graham, 
of  Netherby,  in  Cumberland,  bt.  ; 
and  2dly,  to  viscount  Pretson, 
of  Scotland. 
3.  LADY  CATHARINE,  buried  in  Westminster  abbey,  Oct.  11,  1684,  unmarried. 


=LADY  ANNE  CAPEL.  only  2.  EDWARD  HOWARD  died  in  1695,  aged  9  years, 

surviving  dau.  of  Arthur  3.  WILLIAM  HOWARD,  M.  P.  for  Carlisle  in  1695 

first  earl  of  Essex  ;  died  and  1698  ;  died  at  Northampton  in  1701. 

Oct.  14,  1752,  aged  78,  &  4.  FREDERICK  HOWARD  died  young, 

was  buried  in  the  Essex  1 .  ANNE,  born  in  1668,  died  unmarried  in  1695. 

vault,  at  Watford,  Herts.    2.  MARY  died  unmarried  in  1694. 


XXIII. — 1.  CHARLES  HOWARD,  third  earl  tf  Car- 
lisle, 6  March,  1689,  made  lord  lieut.  and  custos 
rotulorum  of  Westmorland  and  Cumberland,  to 
which  offices  he  continued  to  be  appointed  in 
each  succeeding  reign  till  the  time  of  his  death  ; 
was  M.  P.  for  Morpeth  in  the  convention  par- 
liament, Jan.  22,  1689,  and  till  he  succeeded  to 
the  peerage  at  the  death  of  his  father  in  1692.  On  Dec.  30,  1699,  he  was  constituted  custos  rotulorum  for  Cambridgeshire  ; 
one  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  bed-chamber,  June  24,  1700 ;  and,  Feb.  12,  1701,  deputy  earl  marshal  during  the  minority  of 
the  duke  of  Norfolk.  In  king  William's  reign  he  was  also  a  commissioner  of  the  treasury,  governor  of  the  town  and  castle 
of  Carlisle,  vice-admiral  of  the  adjacent  coasts ;  and,  19  June,  1701,  sworn  one  of  the  privy  council.  At  the  coronation  of 
queen  Anne  he  was  constituted  earl  marshal,  and  in  the  same  reign  was  one  of  the  commissioners  to  treat  about  the  union 
between  England  and  Scotland.  George  the  First  appointed  him  one  of  the  lords  justices  for  the  government  of  the  kingdom 
till  his  arrival  from  Hanover,  in  which  reign  he  was  also  one  of  the  privy  council,  first  commissioner  of  the  treasury,  consta- 
ble of  the  tower  of  London  in  1717,  governor  of  the  castle  of  Carlisle  in  1715,  and,  in  1723,  governor  of  Windsor  castle  and 
lord  warden  of  Windsor  forest — in  which  last  office  he  was  continued  by  George  the  Second ;  but,  on  resigning  it,  was  made 
lord  warden  and  chief  justice  in  Eyre  of  all  the  king's  forests  north  of  the  Trent,  and  master  of -the  king's  fox-hounds.  He 
died  at  Bath,  May  1,  1738,  and  was  buried  in  the  burial  place  he  had  built  for  his  family  at  Castle  Howard. 


XXIV. — LADY  FRANCES^HENRY  HOWARD,  fourth  eartTlsABELL,  dau.  of  Wm    2.  CHARLES  HOWARD,  esq.  M.  P.  for  Carlisle 


SPENCER,  only  daur.    of 
Charles,  third  earl  of  Sun- 
derland,  by  his  wife  the 
lady   Arabella,    youngest 
daur.  and  co-heir  of  Hen. 
Cavendish,  duke  of  New- 
castle.    She  died  July  27, 
1742. 

of  Carlisle,  born  in  1694  ;  M. 
P.   for  Morpeth  from  1714 
to  1738;  K.  G.   March  29, 
1757  ;  married  firstly,  Nov. 
27,  1717,  and  secondly,  June 
8,  1743  ;  died  at  York,  Sep. 
4,  1758,  and  buried  at  Castle 
Howard. 

' 

lord  Byron,  who  mar-    in  the  five  parliaments  during  the  reign  01 
ried,  2dly,  sir  Richard    George  the  Second  ;  also  lieut.  governor  01 
Musgrave,  of  Hayton    that  town,  an  aide-de-camp  to  the  king,  and 
Castle,     Cumberland,    groom  of  the  bed-chamber;    on   Feb.   20, 
She  was  great-aunt  of    1742,  a  brigadier-general  ;  Aug.  9,  1747,  a 
the  late  lord  Byron,    lieut.  -general  ;    and,  in  17b'5,  a  general  ol 
the  celebrated  poet.        horse  ;  colonel  of  the  third  dragoon  guards, 
March  19,  1748  ;  and  K.  B.   June  26,   1749. 
He  was  also  governor  of  Fort  Augustus  and  Fort  George,  in  Scot- 
land ;  and  died  unmarried  at  Bath,  Aug.  26,  1765. 

XXV. — 1.  CHARLES  VISCOUNT  HOWARD,  of  Morpeth  ;  1.  LADY  ARABELLA  HOWARD  married  Jonathan  Cope,  esq.  son  &  heir 

chosen  M.  P.  for  Yorkshire,  June  25,  1741,  and  died  of  sir  Jonathan  Cope,  of  Brewern  Abbey,  Oxon,  to  whom  she  carried 

Aug.  9,  in  the  following  year.  the  seat  and  manor  of  Overton-Longueville,  which  formed  part  of  the 

2.  HENRY  HOWARD  died  young.  estate  of  her  grandfather,  the  duke  of  Newcastle.     She  died  in  1746. 

3.  ROBERT  VISCOUNT  HOWARD,  of  Morpeth,  died  2.  LADY  DIANAH  HOWARD,  wife  of  Thos.  Duncomb,  of  Duncomb 
in  Oct.  1743.     All  these  3  sons  were  buried  at  Castle  Park,  Yorkshire,  esq.  died  March  6,  1770. 

Howard.  f? 

(For  issue  of  Henry  Howard,  fourth  earl  of  Carlisle,  and  IsabeU  Byron,  sec  next  pagc.J^f 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PEDIGREE  OF  THE  BARONS  OF  MORPETH.     383 


Issue  of  Henry  Howard,  fourth  earl  of  Carlisle, 
and  Isabell  Byron. 


4.  FREDERICK  HOWARD,///*  earl  of  Carlisle,  born  28=rMARGARET  CAROLINE,    3.  LADY  ANNE  HOWARD,  born  in  1740  ;  and, 


May,  1748 ;  K.  T.  1768  ;  K.  G.  1793.  This  earl  sold 
the  portion  of  Longhorsley,  which  he  inherited  from 
the  Gospatric  and  Merlay  family,  to  C.  W.  Bigge,  esq. : 
to  N.  Clayton,  esq.,  and  others,  Heddon-on-the-Wall, 
which  came  to  him  by  one  of  the  co-heiresses  of  the 
barons  of  Bolbeck  marrying1  with  his  ancestor  Ralph 
Fitz- William,  lord  of  Greystock,  Morpeth,  and  Grim- 
thorpe.  He  was  lord  lieutenant  of  Ireland  in  1780. 
He  was  a  distinguished  statesman,  scholar,  and  poet,  j 
His  poetical  works  were  published  in  a  collected  state,  ' 
under  the  title  of  Tragedies  and  Poems,  in  1801 :  after  which  time,  he  wrote  Verses  on  the  Death  of  Lord  Nelson  :  and 
Thoughts  on  the  present  Condition  of  the  Stage,  and  the  Construction  of  a  Theatre.  In  politics,  he  supported  the  principles 
of  his  ancestors  since  the  time  of  the  Restoration,  and  especially  those  that  placed  William  the  Third  on  the  throne  of  Eng- 
land ;  and  upheld  the  protestant  cause  in  the  reigns  of  Anne,  George  the  First,  and  George  the  Second.  During  the  late 
French  war,  he  advocated  the  poiitics  of  the  whig  party.  Died  Sept.  4,  1825. 


daur.  of  Granville  Le-    in  1779,  one  of  the  ladies  of  the  bed-chamber 

veson  Gower,  1st  mar-    to  the  princess  Amelia. 

quls  of  Stafford.  4.  LADY  FRANCES  HOWARD,  born  in  1743 ; 

married  April  14,  1768,  to  John  Radcliffe,  of 

Hitchen,  Herts. 

5.  LADY  ELIZABETH  HOWARD,  born  in  1746;  married  Feb.  16,  1769, 
to  Peter  Delme,  esq.   who  was  M.  P.  for  Morpeth  from  1774  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  1789. 

6.  LADY  JULIANA  HOWARD,  born  May  16,  1750. 


T-I r— i—i —  

XXVI. — 1.  GEORGE  HOWARD,  sixth  farfpGEORGiANA  CAVENDISH,    2.  WILLIAM  HOWARD,  born  in  1781 ;  M.  P.   for  Morpeth 


Of  Carlisle,  also  viscount  Howard  of  Mor- 
peth, and  baron  Dacre,  of  Gillisland ; 
born  Sep.  17,  1773 ;  was  educated  at 
Eton,  where  he  distinguished  himself 
as  a  scholar  and  composer  of  Latin 
verses.  M.  P.  for  Morpeth  from  1796 
to  1806. 


eldest  daur.  of  Wm,  5th    from  1806  to  1826. 

duke  of  Devonshire.  3.  FREDERICK  HOWARD,  born  in  Dec.  1795 ;  a  major  of 

hussars ;  married  Miss  Lambton  ;  killed  at  Waterloo. 
4.  HENRY  EDWARD  JOHN  HOWARD,  in  holy  orders;  married Wright. 

1.  ISABELLA  CAROLINE  born  Sep.  3,  1771 ;  married  John  Campbell,  the  first  lord 
Cawdor,  July  27,  1789.  A 

2.  ELIZABETH  born  Sep.  1780 ;  married  John  Henry  Manners,  duke  of  Rutland,  22 
April,  1799  ;  and  died,  after  a  short  Illness,  at  Belvoir  Castle,  29  Nov.  1825. 

3.  GERTRUDE  born  in  Jan.  1783,  wife  of  William  Sloane,  esq. 


I 1    I    I    I —  — I  "I  'I  'I    I 

XXVII. — GEORGE  WILLIAM  FREDERICK  HOWARD,  viscount    1.  CAROLINE  GEORGIANA,  married  in  1823  to  William  Saunders 
Morpeth,  born  April  18,  1802;    M.    P.    for  Morpeth  from    Seabright  Lascelles,  2nd  son  of  the  earl  of  Harewood,  and  M.  P. 


1826  to  1830,  anil  since  that  time  for  the  county  of  York. 

2.  FREDERICK  GEORGE  HOWARD,  born  June  8,  1808. 

3.  EDWARD  GRANVILLE  GEORGE  HOWARD,  born  23  Dec. 
1809. 

4.  CHARLES  WENTWORTH  GEORGE,  born  27  March,  1814. 

5.  HENRY  GEORGE,  born  22  May,  1818. 


2.  GEORGIANA  married  Geo.  Jas.  Welbore,  F.R.S.  &  F.A.S.. 
only  son  of  Henry  Welbore  Agar  Ellis,  viscount  Clifden.=A 

3.  HARRIET  ELIZABETH  GEORGIANA  married   to    Geo.  Gran- 
ville Levison  Gower,  baron  Gower  of  Stittenham,  Yorks.A 

4.  BLANCHE  GEORGIANA=W.  Cavendish,  M. P.  for  Cambridge. 

5.  ELIZABETH  DOROTHY  ANNE  GEORGIANA. 

6.  MARY  MATILDA  GEORGIANA. 


[NOTICES  respecting  persons  of  the  name  of  MERLAY, 
whose  relationship  to  the  barons  has  not  been  discovered.] 

1.  RICHARD  DE  MERLAI,  William  de  Umfreville,  and  others, 
witnessed  a  deed  of  Patric,  earl  of  Dunbar. — (K-  3.) 

2.  GRIMBALD  DE  MERLAY  tested  the  gift  of  Witton,  Hors- 
ley,  Stanton,  Ritton,  Windgates,  and  Leverchild,  by  Edgar, 
the  son  of  Gospatric,  in  free  marriage  with  his  sister  Juliana, 
to  Kami] pli  de  Merlay,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  First  (II.  i. 
328) ;  also  Grimbald  de  Merlai,  and  Roger,  son  of  Grimbald  de 
Merlay,  both  tested  the  confirmation  charter  of  Roger  de  Mer- 
lay the  First,  of  Morwick,  to  the  church  of  Durham.— fill. 
U.  143.) 

3.  ADAM  DE  MERLAIO,  Jordan  de  Umframvilla,  and  Robert 
Ids  brother,  with  many  others,  witnessed  a  grant  of  Potter - 
shihera,  near  Newcastle,  to  the  church  of  Durham,  by  Wm  de 
Grainvilla,  lord  of  Heton,  &c.—fCart.  Dun.  117.) 

4.  RANULPH  DE  MERLAY  was  witness  to  a  Lisle  charter 
respecting  Gosforth  with  Walter  de  Bolbeck,  who  died  about 
the  year  1205  (II.  i.  168) ;  and  Radulph  de  Merlay  was  sum- 
moned  on  a  plea  of  land  in  Dorsetshire,  in  11  John. — (Abb. 
Placit.) 

5.  EVE,  the  daughter  of  HAWISE  DE  MERLAI,  gave  to  Ri- 
chard de  Plessiz  all  the  hereditary  right  she  had  to  the  land  in 
Northumberland,  which  Adam  de  Plessiz  held  of  her  mother 
Ha  wise —to  hold  by  paying  to  her  and  her  heirs,  ten  shillings 
annually,  at  her  house  in  Norfolk. — (See  above,  p.  295  $  335.) 

6.  In  1?19  ALICE  DE  MERLAY  is  returned  in  a  list  of  young 
gentlemen  and  ladies,  who  ought  to  be  in  custody  of  the  king, 


as  then  unmarried,  and  as  having  lands  worth  one  hundred 
shillings  a  year  (///.  i.  227) ;  also,  Alice  de  Merlay,  about 
1240,  held  Twyzle  and  Dudden  by  soccage  tenure,  of  the  ba- 
rony of  Roger  de  Merlay.— (///.  ».  216.) 

7.  At  the  same  time,  RANULPH  DE  MERLAY  held  40  acres 
of  land  in  Shotley,  under  the  barons  of  Bolbeck,  by  the  service 
of  half  a  mark  :  he,  or  one  of  the  same  name,  had  also  at  the 
same  time,  lands  under  Roger  de  Merlay,  baron  of  Morpeth, 
by  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.— (///.  i.  215  #  225.) 

8.  A  copy  of  the  same  return  in  the  Lansdowne  Manu- 
script, 260,  as  far  as  relates  to  the  Merlay  family  and  their 
connections,  also  says  that  JOHN  DE  MERLAY  then  held  of  Pa- 
tric, earl  of  Dunbar,  the  manor  of  Beanley,  by  the  payment 
of  12  marks,  while  the  printed  copy  calls  him  simply  "  John 
of  Beneleye,"  and  probably  rightly. 

9.  Roger  Bertram  proffered  the  services  of  himself  and  his 
Serjeants,  RANULPH  DE  MERLEGH,  and  three  others,  and  to  be- 
at Worcester,  July  1,  1277,  to  march  against  Lewellyn  of 
Wales ;  also  Ranulph  de  Merlawe,  and  others,  answered  for  the 
three  knights  fees  of  Robt.  Bertram,  then  infirm,  at  the  mus- 
ter at  Ruddlan  against  the  Welsh  rebels,  July  2,  1282 (Palg. 

Par.  Writs,  i.  201,  230,  238.) 

10.  PHILIP  DE  MERLEY,  and  others,  answered  at  the  same 
muster  for  Hugh  Delaval,  also  then  infirm. — (Id.} 

11.  Master  ROBERT  DE  MERLAY  occurs  as  a  witness  to  two 
deeds  respecting  Simonburn,  about  the  latter  end  of  the  reipn 
of  Edward  the  First  (above,  p.  250,  No.  10  #  11);  and  was 
summoned  with  Roger  Mauduit  to  appear  before  the  treasurer 


384 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


and  barons  of  the  exchequer,  13  Dec.  1296.— (Palg.  Par.  Writs, 
i.  392.) 

12.  RICHARD  DE  MERLAY  witnessed  a  deed  of  Robert  de 
Masham,  of  Durham,  respecting  land  in  Crawcrook,  in  the 
county  of  Durham,  dated  20  Jan.  1304. 


13.  ISABELLA  DE  MERLAY,  of  Durham,  was  a  party  to  a  re- 
lease of  premises  in  Morpeth,  in  1441. 

14.  JOHN  MERLEY,  M.  A.  was  presented  by  Merton  Col- 
lege to  the  vicarage  of  Emeldon,  in  this  county,  Sep.  1,  1538. 


The  CASTLE  OF  MORPETH  stands  near  the  point  of  a  high  diluvial  ridge, 
formed  by  the  channels  of  two  small  brooks,  and  has  sloping  ground  from  it 
on  every  side  but  the  west,  on  which  it  has  been  defended  by  a  ditch.  It  is  of 
unknown  origin.  The  walls  are  probably  the  oldest  part  remaining  ;  and  seem 
to  be  mostly  of  that  kind  of  rude  and  strong  masonry  which  was  in  use  in  simi- 
lar edifices  in  the  llth  and  12th  centuries.  I  suppose  it  to  have  been  founded 
immediately  after  the  Conquest,  by  William  de  Merlay  ;  and  that  the  carved 
stones  lately  dug  up  by  Mr  Woodman,  on  the  Ha'-hill,  belonged  to  some 
building  erected  by  that  baron.  These  were  capitals  of  columns  ^g,  and  some 
of  the  ornamented  stones  of  a  Norman  arch  "^  SJP  of  about  three  or  four  feet 
diameter.  Others,  with  similar  ornaments  upon  them,  are  now  built  up  in  a 
door- way  of  the  gate-house.  All  of  them  probably  belonged  to  some  building 
finally  destroyed  during  the  siege  in  1644.  John  of  Hexham  indeed  expressly 
affirms,  that  in  1138,  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  a  powerful  man  in  Northumber- 
land, received  into  his  protection  in  his  castle  of  Morpeth,  certain  monks  of 
Fountains,  who,  under  his  patronage,  founded  the  abbey  of  Newminster.  The 
gateway -tower,  of  which  the  annexed  engraving  is  from  an  original  drawing 
given  to  me  by  Mr  Sopwith,  is  probably  the  tower  said  to  have  been  built  by 
William,  the  good  baron  of  Greystock,  who  died  in  1 359.  His  occasional 
residence  here  is  proved  by  his  grant  of  arms  to  Adam  of  Blencowe,  written 
at  the  castle  of  Morpeth,  26  Feb.  30  Edw.  III.  1356. ]  This  tower  has  na 
groove  for  a  portcullis  ;  but  winding  stairs  to  the  top,  which  is  embattled  on 
corbules,  and  has  ruined  turrets  at  its  corners.  The  prospect  from  the  top 
is  extensive.  Leland  says,  that  Morpeth  Castle  "  standeth  by  Morpeth  town. 
It  is  set  on  a  high  hill,  and  about  the  hill  is  much  wood.  The  town  and  cas- 
tle belonged  to  the  lord  Dacres.  It  is  well  maintained.""  In  another  place 
he  calls  it  a  fair  castle  ;  an  epithet  which  Grose  observes,  "  it  appears  to  have 
deserved,  for  when  entire  it  seems  to  have  been  a  considerable  edifice  both 
for  strength  and  extent,  and  by  the  finishing  of  the  workmanship."  Thomas 

1  Plan  and  section  of  this  billet  moulding,  for  which  I  am  indebted  to  P.  Nicholson,  esq., 
architect,  Morpeth.  j  Hutch.  Cumb.  i.  415. 

k  Itin.  vii.  75,  76.    In  his  Collectanea,  he  says,  king  John  "  bet  down  Morpeth  castle." 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. CASTLE.  385 

lord  Dacre  indeed  resided  much  here,  as  appears  by  numerous  letters,  dated 
from  Morpeth  Castle  in  1523  and  1524,  and  other  years.  Some  specimens 
of  that  famous  chieftain's  border  transactions  are  given  in  the  Miscellanea1  of 
this  parish,  from  the  Hopkinson  collection  ;  and  I  have  added  part  of  another"1 
written  from  hence  to  cardinal  Wolsey,  as  highly  characteristic  of  the  state 
and  manners  of  the  county  in  his  time."  Grose  also  says,  it  seems  to  have 
been  a  place  of  strength  as  late  as  the  reign  of  king  Charles  the  First,  when 
it  was  occupied  by  the  Scots  army,  who,  according  to  a  pamphlet  printed  in 
1644,  were  driven  from  thence  by  the  marquis  of  Montrose,  as  also  from  the 
fortresses  of  South  Shields,  Durham,  Lumley  Castle,  Blythe's  Nook,  and  other 
places  near  Sunderland.  I  have  not  seen  the  pamphlet  here  alluded  to  ;  but 
the  subjoined  note,0  abstracted  from  the  Somerville  Memoirs,  may  serve  to 

i  Nos.  from'  16  a,  to  16  k.  m  No.  17. 

11  Ralph  Gray,  esq.  of  Morpeth  Castle,  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  this  county  in  the  time  of 
queen  Elizabeth  (Hopk.  MSS.  vol.  31)  ;  and  sir  Edward  Grey,  knight,  was  constable  of  Morpeth 
Castle  in  1584  and  1589;  high-sheriff  of  the  county  in  1597  and  1598;  dated  his  Mill  here,  Jan. 
10,  1627,  and  occurs  as  a  juror  at  the  assizes  in  1628  and  1629.  —  (Rome's  North  Durham,  'fy 
Test.  p.  504;  Hopk.  MSS.  vol.  31  ;  Swinb.  MSS.  in.  105.; 

0  Leslie,  when  he  reached  Morpeth,  thought  it  advisable  to  leave  a  garrison,  under  a  judicious 
commander,  in  the  castle  there,  for  the  purpose  of  deterring  the  king's  forces,  then  in  Newcastle, 
from  plundering  the  neighbouring  country,  and  attacking  the  convoys  with  recruits  and  stores 
Coming  from  Scotland.  Lieut.-colonel  Somerville  was  appointed  governor  of  the  castle,  with  five 
companies  of  his  regiment,  in  all  consisting  of  500  men,  "  including  the  officers,  with  their 
servants — a  garrison  too  strong,  and  consisting  of  too  good  soldiers  for  so  pitiful  a  place,"  for  it 
was  "  a  ruinous  hole,  not  tenable  by  nature,  and  far  less  by  art,  that  if  they  should  come  to  be 
besieged,  they  could  not  hold  out  two  days."  The  first  ammunition  ordered  to  be  left  in  it  was 
only  "  three  barrels  of  powder  and  six  boxes  of  lead,  with  match  conforme ;"  but  "  if  the  gover- 
nour  should  not  think  that  sufficient  he  might  take  more  of  the  first  that  came  up,  or  bring  it  out  of 
the  magazine  of  Berwick."  The  governor  victualled  the  place  only  for  a  month,  expecting  every  day 
to  be  called  up  to  the  army  :  he  had,  besides  the  garrison,  a  regiment  of  horse,  and  other  dragoons, 
quartered  in  the  neighbouring  villages.  Leslie's  army  laid  between  him  and  the  king's  forces  in  New- 
castle and  the  county  of  Durham,  so  that  all  the  convoys  going  from  Morpeth  to  the  Scotch  army 
were,  for  the  space  of  two  months,  constantly  delivered  safe  to  the  forces  quartered  next  to  his 
garrison  for  their  further  transportation.  At  length,  however,  on  Tuesday,  May  10,  1644,  by  the 
advice  of  the  marquis  of  Montrose,  "  there  was  presently  drawn  forth  from  the  garrison  of  New- 
castle, and  the  adjacent  field,  2,000  foot -and  500  horse,  besides  200  of  Scots  nobility  and  gentry, 
with  their  attendance,"  "  to  ferry  out  a  few  of  their  rebellious  countrymen,  who  had  nested  them- 
selves in  the  town  and  castle  of  Morpeth."  Montrose,,  as  general  for  the  king  in  Scotland,  headed 
the  detachment,  and  marched  as  quickly  and  quietly  from  Newcastle  as  he  could ;  but  the  rebel 

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386  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

give  an  idea  sufficiently  minute  of  Montrose's  protracted  siege  of  this  fortress. 
The  trenches  to  the  west  were  probably  raised  by  his  army.  The  gate-way 
has  many  dints  of  cannon  balls  upon  it.  The  outer  walls,  in  a  sadly  broken  and 
shattered  state,  are  still  remaining,  and  serve  to  show  the  entire  extent  of  the 

troops  stationed  in  the  way  had  notice  of  his  approach,  and  both  them  and  all  the  forces  of  the 
covenanters  on  both  sides  of  the  town  never  looked  the  enemy  in  the  face,  and  many  in  their  flight 
never  stopped  till  they  sheltered  themselves  in  Berwick.  Colonel  Somerville,  with  a  party  of  1 4 
horses,  immediately  set  out  to  view  the  enemy,  "  having  learned  by  his  experience  abroad,  that  a 
principal  commander  in  any  place  should  never  take  his  information  of  the  approach  of  an  enemy 
from  a  second  hand."  Before  he  set  out,  he  rode  round  the  castle,  and  ordered  Captain  McCal- 
loch  instantly  to  beat  down  all  the  out-houses  that  stood  near  it,  which  he  had  hitherto  forborne  to 
do,  from  an  unwillingness  to  ruin  a  gentleman's  convenience  about  his  house.  One  Lieut.  Lawson 
was  of  the  party  of  observation,  and  he  had  some  firing  with  the  enemy's  scouts.  By  skilful  ma- 
noeuvring they  obtained  quiet  possession  of  a  height,  where,  through  his  prospect,  upon  a  rest,  for 
it  was  long,  at  the  distance  of  two  or  three  miles,  the  colonel  could  see  the  whole  army,  consisting 
of  6  cornets  of  horse  marching  upon  the  van,  and  after  them  25  ensigns  of  foot  in  a  single  line. 
The  rear  he  could  not  so  accurately  observe  ;  but  he  could  see  no  cannon.  On  his  return,  about 
six  in  the  evening,  the  castle  being  so  confined  for  so  large  a  garrison,  he  determined  if  the  enemy 
continued  to  beleaguer  it  for  any  length  of  time,  "  to  make  up  some  out-works  to  lodge  a  company 
or  two,  in  the  better  to  defend  the  avenues  and  entrance,  and  while  this  should  be  a  doing  he 
minded  to  exercise  the  enemy  with  frequent  sallies."  In  the  meantime  he  immediately  caused  a 
deep  trench  to  be  cut  before  the  entry,  and  backed  up  the  castle-gate  with  earth  and  sods,  to  pre- 
vent the  enemy  from  fixing  petards  upon  it  for  blowing  it  up.  His  next  care  was  to  appoint  his 
soldiers  to  the  battlements  and  turrets  of  the  castle,  for  it  had  no  other  flankers  or  bastions,  so  that 
his  numerous  garrison,  on  that  account,  was  a  disadvantage  to  him.  Indeed,  of  his  five  entire 
companies,  the  third  of  them  were  pikemen,  and  nearly  useless  in  garrison  service,  and  there  was 
not  one  spare  musket  or  halbert  in  the  fortress.  To  meet  this  inconvenience  in  the  best  way  he 
could,  he  divided  his  soldiers  into  three  companies — one  to  be  on  duty  at  a  time,  and  two  for  relief 
so  that  the  pikemen  could  make  use  of  fire-armes  when  they  were  relieved.  On  Wednesday,  about 
day  dawn,  Montrose  commenced  his  assault,  advancing  8  ensigns  of  foot,  with  24  ladders,  each 
carried  by  six  men  to  the  walls.  The  storming  was  hot  and  furious,  but  the  assaulters  were 
so  well  played  upon  with  shot  from  all  quarters  of  the  castle,  and  their  ladders  thrown  so 
promptly  back  from  the  walls,  that  after  near  two  hours  dispute,  they  were  forced  to  retreat 
with  the  loss  of  a  major  (their  commanding  officer),  1  captain,  3  lieutenants,  3  ensigns,  6  Serjeants, 
and  40  soldiers  left  dead  on  the  spot,  with  twice  that  number  both  of  officers  and  men  wounded  j 
while  the  besieged  lost  only  2  Serjeants,  1  drummer,  5  soldiers,  and  had  only  a  few  wounded. 
Montrose  now  finding  the  castle  could  not  be  won  by  feeble  means,  about  ten  o'clock  in  the  fore- 
noon,  began  to  form  his  leaguer  within  sight  of  the  castle ;  and  at  night,  as  soon  as  it  was  dark^ 
they  broke  ground  within  less  than  half  a  musket  shot  of  the  walls,  and  cast  a  small  running  trench 
round  the  castle,  both  to  keep  them  in  and  to  serve  as  a  breast-work  to  defend  themselves  when 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. CASTLE.  387 

fortress,  the  dimensions  of  the  area  they  inclose  being  about  82  yards  from 
north  to  south,  and  53  from  east  to  west.  Not  a  building  of  any  description 
remains  within  this  area,  which  is  now  all  nursery  ground.  Indeed,  I 
apprehend  that  the  ravages  in  the  fortifications,  domestic  apartments,  and  in 

they  fired  out  of  it.  At  day-light  next  morning-,  they  commenced  a  desperate  fire  from  behind  this 
breast-work ;  but,  for  fear  of  wasting  ammunition,  were  slowly  answered  from  the  castle.  On  the 
Friday  night,  Leslie  was  first  informed  that  the  castle  was  besieged,  and  on  Saturday  morning 
sent  orders  to  six  troops  of  horse  and  four  of  dragoons,  nearly  800  men  in  all,  who  were  coming 
up  to  his  army,  instantly  to  march  to  its  relief,  and  to  take  with  them  a  regiment  of  foot  belonging 
to  the  English  parliament  that  lay  in  their  way,  with  which,  and  some  assistance  from  the  garrison 
of  Berwick,  he  hoped  they  might  raise  the  siege  and  bring  off  the  garrison  safely.  The  horse  and 
dragoons  immediately  commenced  a  counter-march,  and  though  they  were  unable  to  persuade  the 
foot  regiment  to  join  them,  marched  forward  to  try  either  by  force  or  stratagem  to  bring  off  their 
countrymen.  But  Montrose  had  intelligence  of  their  advance,  and  early  on  the  Sunday  morning 
struck  his  camp,  and  marched  against  his  new  assailants.  He  had,  on  Friday,  sent  a  detachment 
for  cannon  from  Newcastle,  which  had  not  arrived.  The  besieged  were  unacquainted  with  the 
reasons  for  his  sudden  removal ;  and  observed  that  he  did  not  take  the  road  to  Newcastle,  but  the 
quite  contrary.  The  governour  immediately  began  the  demolition  of  the  breast-works  and  levelled 
the  enemies'  entrenchments,  and  what  other  sheds  and  houses  were  near  the  castle,  excepting  a 
great  barn  lately  built  by  the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  he  thought  at  too  great  a  distance  to  erect 
any  battery  at  that  could  make  a  breach  in  the  castle.  Montrose  continued  to  reconnoitre 
and  pursue  the  detachment  sent  against  him  for  five  successive  days,  but  without  engage- 
ment or  skirmishing ;  and  on  the  fifth  day  after  he  set  out,  on  Thursday,  returned  to  his  first 
station  before  the  castle.  His  cannon  arrived  the  next  morning.  During  his  absence  the  besieged 
had  resolved  that  the  garrison  should  be  removed  and  the  castle  blown  up,  whiph  the  governour  of 
Berwick  recommended  to  be  done ;  but  before  his  advice  could  reach  Colonel  Somerville,  the 
enemy,  on  the  Friday  morning,  had  blocked  up  the  castle,  and  by  three  in  the  afternoon,  had 
begun  to  fire  upon  it  with  six  cannon  from  behind  the  great  barn,  which  the  governour  would  not 
suffer  to  be  demolished,  and  which  now  preserved  the  besiegers  from  the  shot  of  the  castle,  most 
of  the  battlements  of  which  in  a  few  hours  were  beaten  down,  and  the  soldiers  forced  to  leave  them. 
Many  of  them  were  killed  or  wounded,  partly  by  the  bullets,  but  mostly  by  stones  stricken  out  of 
the  walls  by  the  cannon  shot.  About  twelve  that  night  the  governour  determined  to  make  a  sally, 
in  which  he  set  fire  to  the  barn,  which  was  covered  with  rye  straw,  killed  the  captain  of  the  enemy's 
guard,  one  cannonier,  and  30  soldiers,  besides  wounding  56  men,  and  killing  many  horses.  The 
govemour  had  13  men  killed  and  22  wounded.  Captain  McCulloch  v/as  wounded  in  the  neck, 
Lieut.  Lawson  in  the  thigh,  and  several  other  inferior  officers  injured.  Almost  all  the  turrets  and 
battlements  were  now  beaten  down  ;  but  from  the  distance  of  the  battery  no  sensible  impression 
was  made  upon  the  walls.  Montrose,  therefore,  on  Saturday  night,  caused  a  large  breast-work  to 
be  cast  up  within  less  than  100  paces  of  the  castle  walls,  under  the  protection  of  which  his  sol- 
diers worked  hard  during  Sunday  and  Monday,  in  raising  two  batteries,  on  each  of  which  he 


388  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

the  offices  both  within  and  without  the  walls,  made  by  governor  Somerville 
and  Montrose,  in  1644,  were  never,  or  at  best  but  very  partially,  restored  ;  and 
from  the  description  given  of  it  in  the  subjoined  note,  that  it  was  then  "  a 

placed  three  cannon  ;  and  on  Tuesday  "  morning,  by  break  of  day,  began  to  batter  the  foir  wall 
of  the  castle  betwixt  the  gate  and  the  south  corner  of  the  castle,  near  to  some  vents  of  chimnies. 
It  was  Thursday,  about  four  o'clock  at  night,  before  they  had  made  any  considerable  breach 
in  the  wall/'  because  the  cannoniers,  instead  of  beginning  at  the  grass  and  battering  upwards, 
began  very  high  up  the  wall.  During  a  short  intermission  of  the  guns  firing  (for  no  man  durst 
stand  in  the  breach  while  they  were  playing),  the  governour  had  caused  a  deep  trench  to  be  cut 
betwixt  the  two  side  walls  of  the  castle,  directly  across  the  breach,  which  he  filled  up  with  the 
earth  of  the  ditch,  and  with  feather  beds  strongly  packed  together  with  cords — an  expedient  v,  hich 
served  a  good  purpose  while  the  breach  was  of  no  great  wideness ;  but  the  enemy,  by  the  rising  of 
much  dust  and  feathers,  observing  with  what  sort  of  materials  the  besieged  were  defending  them- 
selves, and  fearing  to  commence  a  storm  across  the  trench,  postponed  his  first  intention  until  he 
should  see  what  could  "  be  done  with  his  guns  upon  other  parts  of  the  castle,  which  now  they 
began  to  direct  at  random  against  the  whole  front  of  the  castle,  whereby,  in  a  few  hours,  they  not 
only  drove  the  soldiers  of  the  garrison  from  their  defences,  many  of  them  being  knocked  down  by 
the  shots  and  stones,  but  also  in  many  places  opened  the  walls  so  as  they  might  have  seen  quite 
through  the  castle  into  the  open  court."  The  garrison  was  now  reduced  to  great  extremity  ;  and 
the  govemour  had  received  a  musket  ball,  which  entered  his  neckcloth,  grazed  his  skull,  and  went 
out  at  the  crown  of  his  hat,  "  taking  off  some  of  the  hide  and  hair  of  his  head."  The  wound, 
though  slight,  bled  so  much,  that  himself  and  those  near  him  thought  him  mortally  wounded, 
the  news  of  which  ran  quickly  through  the  castle  and  terrified  the  soldiers,  who  now  began  to  say 
that  their  governour's  obstinacy  had  lost  himself  and  ruined  them  all,  in  refusing  to  hearken  to  a 
capitulation  which  Montrose  had  offered  the  day  before.  They  were  now  forced  to  shelter  them- 
selves in  vaults,  and  in  the  lowest  apartments  of  the  castle,  from  the  great  and  small  shot  poured 
in  through  the  breaches,  while  they  could  only  fire  through  a  few  narrow  lights,  opposite  to  each 
of  which  the  marquis  had  placed  six  musqueteers,  who  were  commanded  to  fire  as  soon  as  they 
saw  a  musket  raised  to  any  of  these  loop  holes.  The  governour  now  began,  both  by  officers  and 
men,  to  be  charged  with  obstinacy  in  not  delivering  up  the  castle.  This  startled  him,  and  he 
found  there  was  no  striving  against  the  stream,  especially  as  two  parts  of  his  fire-arms  were  sprung, 
and  the  rest  so  furred  as  to  be  unserviceable.  After  some  deliberation,  a  white  flag  was  hung  out> 
and  some  time  being  spent  in  negotiating  a  capitulation,  the  governour  accepted  and  signed  Mon- 
trose's  conditions  of  surrender,  which  were,  that  all  the  garrison  should  have  their  lives  and  liber^ 
ties,  that  the  commissioned  officers  and  their  own  servants  should  march  out  with  their  arms, 
horses,  and  baggage ;  and  that  all  the  soldiers  should  march  with  their  portmanteaus  on  their 
backs  and  staves  in  their  hands,  and  be  convoyed  to  within  two  miles  of  Berwick.  The  garrison 
marched  out  at  ten  o'clock  on  the  29th  of  May,  so  that  this  siege  lasted  twenty  days.  Montrose 
lost  in  it  one  major,  three  captains,  three  lieutenants,  four  ensigns,  and  180  soldiers,  and  expended 
200  cannon  shots.  Somerville's  loss  was  20  men,  one  ensign,  and  two  drummers. — (Somerville 
Memoirs,  vol.  ii.  pp.  281 — 332.) 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. CASTLE.  389 

ruinous  hole,"  it  is  plain  that  it  had  begun  to  be  neglected  before  that  time. 
The  brook  on  the  north  side  of  it  has  been  dammed  back  into  pools  by  stanks 
of  ashler  work,  and  at  one  place  has  had  a  bridge  with  heads  of  masonry  over 
it.  About  the  year  1528,  amongst  many  other  grievous  accusations,  unjustly, 
as  it  would  seem,  brought  against  him,  lord  Dacre  was  charged  with  suffering 
one  Cokes  Charleton,  a  most  notable  thief,  who,  at  the  sessions  of  peace,  had 
been  brought  before  the  bar  of  Morpeth,  not  to  be  arraigned,  but  reprieved, 
and  taken  to  his  castle  of  Morpeth  ;  from  which,  as  the  accusation  sets  forth, 
he  escaped,  and  since  that  had  been  guilty  of  abominable  thefts.  His  lord- 
ship, however,  showed  that  when  this  fellow  was  arraigned,  no  one  would 
come  forward  to  be  a  witness  against  him  ;  and  that,  after  he  was  "  repried 
to  ward  again,"  some  Tindale  men  came  by  night,  and  broke  the  castle  and 
the  prison  where  he  and  other  felons  were,  and  set  them  at  liberty  ;  but  that 
part  of  them  had  been  taken  again,  and  put  to  execution.13 

The  HIGH  or  HA'-HILL  is  at  the  extreme  point  of  the  ridge  Avhich  lies  between 
the  brook  that  runs  on  the  north  side  of  the  castle  and  the  banks  of  the  Wans- 
beck.  The  ridge  is  all  diluvial  rubbish,  and  is  gashed  through  in  two  or  three 
places  ;  but  mostly  so  where  apparently  a  part  of  it  has  been  taken  out  to 
heighten  the  High-hill,  thus  ^V^v  On  the  west  end  it  has  a  low,  flatted, 
circular  heap  of  smallish  cobble  stones  and  earth,  which  Mr  Woodman  thinks 
is  the  remains  of  a  tumulus.q  On  its  eastern  brink  are  remains  of  a  larger 

p  III.  i.  39. 

q  "  HA'-HILL. — On  Thursday,  I  made  some  further  search  on  this  hill.  At  the  western  ex- 
tremity I  found  the  remains  of  a  cairn.  It  consisted  of  a  quantity  of  stones  piled  together ;  and 
appeared  to  have  been  one  of  the  rudest  description.  On  one  part  were  a  number  of  stones  much 
larger  than  the  rest :  two  or  three  of  them  were  placed  in  a  line  on  a  level  with  each  other,  and 
appeared  to  have  been  formerly  supported  by  other  stones  which  had  slipped  from  beneath  them. 
On  the  soil  beneath  these  stones,  which  were  laid  with  some  regularity,  was  a  thin  layer  of  very 
fine  black  earth  ;  and,  amongst  it,  a  few  small  fragments  of  bone.  From  the  stones  which  had 
been  thrown  aside,  I  picked  a  piece  of  coarse  red  pottery,  unglazed,  which  had  evidently  been 
broken  either  from  a  larger  fragment  or  a  perfect  vessel,  in  removing  it,  as  the  fractures  were 
entirely  fresh.  This  tumulus,  I  am  inclined  to  think,  is  of  a  date  long  anterior  to  the  other  ruins 
discovered  on  this  hill,  and  entirely  unconnected  with  them.  The  top  or  crown  of  the  cairn  was 
probably  removed  after  the  veneration  for  it  ceased,  and  thrown  down  the  hill  in  the  same  way 
that  the  hewn  stones  found  on  the  eastern  margin  were,  by  idle  persons,  a  few  days  after  they  were 
dug  up.  Morpeth,  25  Dec.,  1830.  WM.  WOODMAN."  This  hill  is  called  the  High- hill,  in  the 
description  of  the  boundaries  of  the  borough,  walked  by  the  grand  jury  in  1758. 

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work,  among  which  the  same  gentleman,  in  1830,  found  the  capitals  and 
enriched  arch-stones  already  mentioned.  The  greater  part  of  the  archivault 
seemed  to  be  there,  with  many  of  its  stones  in  their  consecutive  order.  There 
was  the  appearance  of  fire  among  the  gravel  where  they  were  found.  Bat- 
teries may  have  been  erected  here  for  carrying  on  hostile  operations  against 
the  castle  since  the  invention  of  cannon ;  but  it  is  too  distant  to  have  afforded 
any  sort  of  annoyance  there  before  the  use  of  gunpowder  in  sieges.  The 
remains  of  a  cairn,  or  tumulus,  upon  it,  as  well  as  of  Norman  architecture, 
seem  to  carry  the  date  of  its  formation  into  remote  English  antiquity ;  but 
more  facts  are  still  required,  than  I  am  in  possession  of,  to  judge  with  any 
accuracy  respecting  its  origin. 

MORPETH  CHURCH,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  of  the  architecture  of 
the  fourteenth  century.  A  former  one,  built  on  the  same  site,  has  had  a 
nave,  consisting  of  a  middle  and  side  aisles,  but  of  narrower  dimensions  than 
those  of  the  present,  as  appears  by  the  first  stones  of  an  arch  on  each  side  of 
the  east  wall  of  the  tower.  The  tower  is  13  feet  by  10  within,  is  engaged  with 
the  nave,  and  has  a  projecting  circular  staircase  to  the  first  floor,  and  old  oak 
frames  for  three  bells  ;  but  only  one  bell,  which  is  inscribed — "  JOHN  ROB- 
SON,  person,  WILLIAM  GREEN,  ALEXANDER  FORSTER,  ROBERT  SMITH,  WIL- 
LIAM MILBURNE,  wardens.  '  Cry  alovde — repent.' — M.D.CXXXV."  The  lower 
windows  have  been  deprived  of  their  stone  mullions,  and  are  now  closed  with 
wooden  lattices.  The  nave  is  60  feet  by  46^ ;  and  has  on  each  side,  between 
the  middle  and  side  aisles,  five  pointed  arches,  supported  by  columns  with 
plain  capitals.  The  south  side  has  four  windows  with  two  lights,  three 
of  them  pointed,  the  fourth  square-headed :  the  north  side  has  two  win- 
dows of  three  lights,  and  two  of  two,  all  pointed.  The  south  wall,  too, 
has  an  arched  recess  for  the  effigy  of  a  founder  or  re-builder.  The  gal- 
lery over  its  east  end  has  this  inscription  on  its  front : — "  This  gallery  was 
built  at  the  expence  of  Mr  Edward  Fen  wick/  formerly  a  schollar  in  Morpeth 

r  He  was  the  fifth  son  of  William  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  and  Elizabeth  Ellison,  his  wife,  and 
probably  father  of  Edward,  who  erected  this  gallery,  as  would  appear  from  the  following  inscrip- 
tion, copied  from  a  tablet  on  the  south  wall,  and  under  this  gallery  : — "  Near  this  place  lyeth 
interr'd,  the  body  of  Mr  Robert  Fenwick,  a  younger  brother  of  the  house  of  Stanton,  who  departed 
this  life  on  the  25th  of  June,  A  °  D'ni  1693.  This  monument  erected  to  his  memory  by  his 


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school."  The  galleries  on  the  west  and  north  are  now  occupied  by  pri- 
vate sittings  ;  though  one  of  them  at  least,  that  on  the  north,  formerly 
belonged  to  the  poor  of  Morpeth.5  The  chancel  is  forty-one  feet  by  nine- 
teen, and  has  four  windows,  each  of  one  light,  on  the  south  side,  and  a  large 
and  very  beautiful  quaterfoiled  one  of  five  lights,  on  the  east,  with  several 
compartments  still  filled  with  coloured  glass.  There  are  also,  in  the  south 
wall,  three  recess  seats,  with  pointed  arches  and  finials  on  each  side,  and  a 
pointed  sink.  Most  of  the  inscriptions  worthy  of  notice  in  this  church  are  on 

son  Mr  Edward  Fenwick,  an'o  D'ni  1717."  I  have  been  somewhere  told  that  Edward,  the  son, 
served  in  India  under  the  East  India  Company. — (See  Fed.  under  Stanton,  above,  p.  114,  gen.  IX.) 

8  BENEFACTIONS  to  the  poor  of  Morpeth. — Elizabeth,  countess  to  the  second  earl  of  Carlisle, 
"  gave  a  sum  to  the  poor  of  this  parish,  part  of  which  was  expended  in  erecting  a  gallery  on  the 
north  side  of  the  church,  the  rent  of  which  is  equally  applied  to  the  poor's  use,  and  the  remaining 
£20  of  the  said  gift  is  now  out  at  interest  upon  bond."  Also,  "  George  Wilson,  of  Hepscote, 
bequeathed  30s.  yearly  out  of  his  land  at  Tritlington  to  the  poor  of  the  country  part  of  the  parish." 

THE  CHANTRY  OF  THOMAS  DE  HEPPISCOTES,  rector  of  this  parish,  had  its  origin  in  the  following 
manner  : — The  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  had  suffered  much  by  the  inroads  of  the  Scotch; 
and  found  their  funds  inadequate  to  maintain  themselves,  and  to  support  the  charity  and  hospitali- 
ty they  were  liable  to,  without  an  increase  of  income.  This  Thomas  de  Heppiscotes,  therefore, 
about  the  year  1334,  gave  them  £100,  to  enable  them  to  purchase  the  perpetual  advowson  of  the 
living  of  Whelpington ;  but,  under  the  obligation  of  their  finding  a  fit  and  sufficiently-lettered 
chaplain  to  do  divine  service  in  the  parish  church  of  the  blessed  Mary  of  Morpeth  every  day,  and 
for  ever,  for  his  own  health  during  his  life  lime,  and,  after  his  death,  for ''his  soul,  the  souls  of  his 
ancestors,  parents,  parishioners,  and  of  all  the  faithful  departed  out  of  this  life.  All  the  conditions 
for  performing  these  services  may  be  found  in  documents  made  for  that  purpose,  and  printed  in 
Part  III.  vol.  ii.  from  p.  56  to  p.  61  ;  also  bishop  Hatfield's  license,  in  1368,  to  permit  the  services 
to  be  done  by  one  of  the  monks  of  their  own  house,  on  account  of  the  scarceness  and  the  unscho- 
lared  condition  of  the  chaplains  then  in  this  neighbourhood.  As  the  revenues  of  this  institution 
fell  with  the  fall  of  Newminster  abbey,  the  whole  establishment  of  course  ceased  before  the  disso- 
lution of  chantries. 

LANDS,  LIGHTS,  AND  GUILD,  belonging  to  this  church. — By  a  deed  without  date,  but  inserted  in 
the  annals  of  this  parish  below,  under  1296,  No.  11,  Robert,  of  the  church  of  Morpeth,  granted  to 
William  de  Rokeby,  proctor  of  that  church,  1  \  acres  of  ground  in  the  fields  of  Morpeth,  within 
boundaries  there  described.  Tn  1357,  a  grant  was  made  of  a  taper  of  wax,  of  H  lb.,  to  burn  before 
the  cross  of  the  church  of  the  Blessed  Mary  of  Morpeth;  and  in  the  Annals  there  are  several  deeds 
to  which  the  proctors  of  the  Guild  of  St.  George,  founded  in  the  parish  church  of  Morpeth,  with  the 
consent  of  the  brothers  of  the  whole  guild,  make  one  party ;  but  of  the  nature  of  the  society,  its 
history,  and  property,  nothing  further  seems  to  be  known  than  the  notices  contained  in  the  docu- 
ments here  referred  to.  In  1531,  it  is  called  the  chantry  of  St.  George  the  Martyr. 


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the  chancel  floor/  But  few  churches  of  the  same  size  and  good  external 
architecture,  are  so  deficient  of  interesting  monuments  and  internal  order  and 
accommodation  as  this.  The  vestry  is  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel ;  and 
there  has  been  a  sort  of  aisle  or  porch  at  its  east  end,  which  is  now  occupied 


1  Of  these,  copies  of  a  few  will  be  found  in  the  following  Miscellanea  respecting  Morpeth  church. 
When  Dr.  Bazere  had  his  visitation  here,  Oct.  9,  1666,  the  roof  of  the  chancel  was  ruinous. 


MISCELLANEA  RESPECTING  MORPETH  PARISH. 

RECTORS  of  Morpeth,  most  of  whom  found  no  high- 
er preferment,  but  died  incumbents  here,  probably  on 
account  of  its  being  the  best  benefice  belonging  to  its 
patrons. 

Helias,  priest  (sacerdos)  of  Morpeth,  occurs  as  a  wit- 
ness to  Ralph  de  Merlay's  confirmation  of  Morwick  to 
the  church  of  Durham. 

Walter,  rector  of  Morpeth,  witness  to  deeds  in  the 
Stannington  Miscellanea,  Nos.  8  and  47  ;  and  to  two  in 
III.  ii.  71  and  73  ;  one  of  which  was  done  in  1267,  and 
the  other  in  1269  or  1270. 

Robert  de  Saham,  rector,  witness  to  a  Morpeth  deed 
in  1283,  printed  below  in  the  Annals  under  that  year, 
as  well  as  to  other  deeds  there. 

William  de  Hereford. 

Thomas  de  Heppescotes,  after  the  death  of  Bereford,  in 
1335.  Under  the  description  of  Clerk,  he  released  all 
his  lands  in  Shotton  and  le  Plessys,  in  1336,  to  Richard 
de  Plessys  (Stan.  Mise.  No.  49)  ,•  and  as  rector  of  Mor- 
peth, in  1340,  gave  to  the  same  person  possession  of  all 
that  he  had  before  had  by  gift  from  him  in  the  same 
manors,  with  the  exception  of  certain  lands,  as  noticed 
in  the  Stannington  Miscellanea,  No.  22  :  see  also  deed, 
No.  50. 

John  Hastings,  in  1355,  after  the  death  of  Heppes- 
cotes. In  18  Edw.  III.  1344,  Ralph  de  Bulmer  enfeof- 
fed  John  de  Hastings,  parson  of  Morpeth,  and  Ed- 
mund Paynell,  parson  of  Berghton,  in  lands  in  Chev- 
ington  and  Morwick. — (III.  i.  74.) 

Robert  Cartridge,  1377,  after  the  death  of  Hastings. 

Peter  Stapleton,  in  1396,  after  the  death  of  Corbridge. 

Richard  Lascy,  in  1414,  after  the  death  of  Stapleton. 

Walter  Darlay,  after   the  resignation  of  Lascy,  in 

1415;  party  to  a  deed  in  Morpeth  annals,  in  1432. 

This  rector,  in  1443,  granted  to  William  Whelpdale,  a 

rood  and  a  half  of  land,  joining  on  the  east  the  land  of 


the  abbot  of  Newminster  ;  on  the  west,  on  that  of  the 
chantry  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene  ;  and  extending  from 
the  highway  to  the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn. 

Richard  Lastingham.  There  is  a  copy  of  his  will, 
with  a  probate  annexed,  in  the  Town's-hutch  at  Mor- 
peth, and  in  the  following  words  : — In  dei  nole  .  sexto 
die  menfl  Nouembf  anno  dni  miftio  CCCCm°  lxij° — Ego 
Ricus  lastyngham  rector  ecdie  poch  de  Morpath  videns 
michi  picim  imminere,  condo  testamentu  1  vltimam 
meam  dico  voluntatem  in  hunc  modum  .  In  primis  lego 
Aiain  meam  Deo  omnipotenti  fatec^  marie  virgin!  matri 
sue  1  omibus  scis  eius  corpus^  meu  sepeliend  in  eccfia 
gdicta  cu  mortuaf  debit  t  de  iure  consuet  .  Item  lego 
Mariorie  matri  mee  vigint  sex  solidos  1  octo  denarios  . 
Item  lego  Isabelle  vxori  Witti  Smyth  sex  solidos  1  octo 
denar  .  Item  do  1  lego  Roberto  Syggyson  1  Mariorie 
uxori  ejus  matri  mee  fdict.  ofiria  terras  °t  tenementa 
mea  cu  suis  ptin.  existent  infra  villam  de  Morpath  . 
Habend  1  tenend  omia  gdicta  terras  T;  ten.  cu  suis  ptin. 
gfat'  Ilofito  t  Mariorie  hered  "I  assign  suis  imppetuu 
de  capitalibs  dnis  feodi  illius  p  §uicia  inde  debit.  1  de 
iure  consueta  .  Huius  ante  testi  mei  facio  T;  ordino 
Magrm  Wittm  New . . .  1  gfatu  Rootu  meos  executores 
vt  ipi  de  bonis  meis  ordinent  1  disponant  p  salute  ale 
mee  put  sibi  videbit  melius  expedif  .  Hiis  testib5 
Georgio  Buk  captto  .  Johe  Copeland  I  alijs  .  Dat.  die. 
mense  .  1  anno  supradict'. 

Richard  Burton,  party  to  a  charter  in  Annals  of  Mor- 
peth, 28  Aug.  2  Ric.  III.  1484. 

John  Dacre,  presbyter,  Feb.  8,  1532.  King  Henry 
the  Eighth,  by  letters  patent,  dated  July  15,  1537,  as 
supreme  head  of  the  English  church,  confirmed  a  dis- 
pensation of  Pope  Leo  the  Tenth  to  John  Dacre,  clerk, 
dated  at  Rome,  Dec.  23,  1527,  he  being  then  only  19 
years  old,  to  enter  into  holy  orders  and  enjoy  a  plurality 
of  benefices,  notwithstanding  his  defect  of  birth,  being 
born  of  noble  parents,  but  out  of  wedlock.  On  the 


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by  the  school  gallery  stairs.  The  point  of  the  chancel  gable  ends  on  the  out- 
side with  a  low  four-sided  finial,  on  the  east  side  of  which  is  a  shield,  but  how 
charged  I  have  not  ascertained.  The  church-yard,  which  is  large  and  well- 
fenced,  is  crowded  with  head-stones,  and  has  still  on  its  south  side  its  antient 


same  day,  the  same  king  also  confirmed  the  union  of  the 
church  of  Weme,  in  the  diocese  of  Litchfield,  worth 
£20  a  year;  with  the  churches  of  Folketon,  in  York- 
shire ;  of  Skelton,  in  Cumberland ;  and  Morpeth,  in 
Northumberland,  which  had  been  granted  to  the  same 
John  Dacre  by  the  Pope,  June  20,  1528,  when  he  was 
called  rector  of  Skelton.  Morpeth  was  reserved  to 
him  as  soon  as  it  should  be  vacant*  King  Henry 
the  Eighth  also,  on  July  31,  1537,  under  the  title  of 
defender  of  the  faith  and  supreme  head  of  the  church 
of  England,  confirmed  certain  letters  patent,  dated  in 
the  calends  of  January,  1517,  to  John  Dacre,  who  had 
been  absolved  from  excommunication  for  being  born 
out  of  wedlock,  and  was  then  eleven  years  old,  allowing 
him  when  he  was  18  years  old,  and  had  been  ordained, 
to  hold  a  plurality  of  benefices.  Also,  Dec.  1,  1565, 
John  Dacre,  on  account  of  old  age,  had  a  dispensation 
from  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury  to  hold  the  rectory 
of  Greystock,  in  Cumberland,  with  that  of  Morpeth. — 
(Hunter's  MSS.) 

Thomas  Warwicke,  clerk,  presented  May  15,  1567, 
after  the  death  of  Dacre,  by  Thomas  duke  of  Norfolk 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  This  Thomas  Warwick  was 
chaplain  to  sir  Henry  Scrope,  knight  (lord  Scrope) ; 
and,  Oct.  31,  1568,  had  a  dispensation  from  Matthew, 
archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  hold  the  vicarage  of  Mor- 
land,  in  Westmorland,  with  this  rectory. — (Hunter.) 

James  Pilkington,  bishop  of  Durham,  issued  a  com- 
mission, Oct.  1,  1567,  to  William  Garnet,  L.  B. ;  Wm. 
Duxfield,  rector  of  Bothal ;  Robert  Ogle,  of  Shilving- 
ton,  gent. ;  and  Cuthbert  Hedley,  merchant,  at  the  in- 
stance of  John  Warwick,  rector  of  Morpeth,  to  view 
the  dilapidations  of  the  chancel  of  Morpeth  church 
during  the  incumbency  of  John  Dacre ;  but  there  is  no 
return  of  the  commissioners. — (  Hunter.) 

John  Robson,  M.  A.,  in  1611  ;  rector  of  Whalton, 
July  1,  1615.  He  was  returned  M.  P.  for  Morpeth  in 
the  third  parliament  of  James  the  First,  1620;  but  not 
allowed  to  sit  on  account  of  being  in  holy  orders,  and 
therefore  belonging  to  the  convocation.  He  was  in- 
stalled in  the  sixth  prebend  of  Durham,  Aug.  1,  1623. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


Walker,  if  I  understand  him  rightly,  makes  him  arch- 
deacon  of  Northumberland  about  the  year  1643,  and 
says,  he  was  plundered  about  that  time ;  but  Brown 
Willis  thinks  this  a  mistake,  as  Dr.  Bazire  was  collated 
to  that  office,  Aug.  24,  1644.  Mr  B,obson  was  buried 
in  Durham  cathedral,  12  April,  1645. — (Randall.) 

Thomas  Huxley,  rector  of  "  Morpit,"  concerning 
whom  Walker  observes,  that  if  he  was  sequestered  from 
that  living  he  was  a  second  sufferer,  and  succeeded,  as 
I  guess,  on  the  death  of  Mr  Robson. 

John  Pye,  rector  in  1645. 

John  Pye,  the  son,  1662. 

Ralph  Fenwick,  A.  M.,  1669. 

John  Pye,  clerk,  A.  B.,  27  March,  1672,  after  the  re- 
signation  of  Fenwick. — Northumb.  ss.  11  Jan.  1681. 
That  Mr  Wm.  Greenwell  may  be  ordinary  for  visiting 
the  prisoners,  and  that  he  may  have  the  accustomed 
salary  continued,  upon  the  free  resignation  of  Mr  Pye, 
for  the  present  year.  He  also  occurs  in  the  sessions 
books  for  1687,  as  receiving  £5  half-yearly,  for  preach- 
ing  to  the  poor  prisoners.  John  Pye  was  also  rector  of 
Bothal  in  1685.  R.  Spearman  has  the  following  note, 
taken  from  the  Stamfordham  church  books: — "John 
Pye,  of  Morpeth,  exchanges  with  Ralph  Fenwick,  of 
Stamfordham,  1672 :  returns,  and  dies  at  Morpeth, 
1691." 

Cuthbert  Fenwick,  1691,  after  the  death  of  Pye.  He 
claimed  to  be  chief  of  the  Fenwicks  :  his  two  nephews 
died  old  bachelors.  They  long  kept  the  Old  Phcenix 
inn ;  and  the  last  survivor  of  them  left  a  good  property, 
and  two  volumes  of  Fenwick  History,  to  Job  Bulman, 
of  Shipwash,  esq — He  sold  his  estate  for  an  annuity  : 
was  ruined  by  being  surety  for  his  sister's  son,  ...  John- 
son, of  Woodhorn  and  Hirst. — (Spearman's  Notes. )  The 
living,  I  have  heard,  was  under  sequestration  or  trustees 
when  he  died,  on  account  of  his  being  non  compos  sui. 

Oliver  Naylor,  M.  A.,  IT 45,  after  the  death  of  Fen- 
wick. He  was  bred  at  Eton,  and  a  gentleman  of  Cor- 
pus Christi  College,  Oxford,  where  he  was  B.  A. ;  but 
M.  A.  in  Cambridge.  He  died  of  the  small-pox  in 
London,  Feb.  17,  \H&— (Randall's  MSS.J 

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octagonal  cross  uninjured,  excepting  having  been  broken  near  the  top,  and 
joined  again  by  iron  cramps. 


Jeffrey  Ekins,  S.  T.  P.  1775;  rector  of  Sedgefield, 
]  777-  Dr.  Ekins  had  the  offer  of  the  bishopric  of  Dro- 
more ;  but  nolens  episcopari  in  Ireland,  he  exchanged 
that  preferment  with  Dr.  Percy,  for  the  deanery  of 
Carlisle,  in  1782.  He  was  an  elegant  poet,  a  warm 
friend,  and  most  excellent  man.  Several  of  his  poetical 
effusions  were  privately  printed.  Paley,  Clarkson, 
vicar  of  Kirkharle  and  Whelpington,  L,aw,  bishop  of 
Elphin,  and  many  other  distinguished  characters  were 
among  his  intimate  friends.  Cumberland,  in  his  Me- 
moirs, has  hallowed  his  memory  in  a  beautiful  and 
balmy  flood  of  eloquence. 

Frederick  Ekins,  M,  A.,  after  the  death  of  his  father 
in  .  Mr  Ekins  is  in  possession  of  many  of  sir 
Isaac  Newton's  manuscripts,  both  on  religious  and  phi- 
losophical subjects. 

MONUMENTAL  INSCRIPTIONS  IN  THE  CHANCEL  : — 
On  black  marble — "  In  obitum  Henrici  Gray  nuper  de 
Novo-Monasterio  armigeri  qui  obijt  ultimo  die  Martij 
anno  D'ni  1597-  Posuit  Thomas  Gray  filius  primo- 
genitus  pietatis  ergo."  Then  follows  the  arms  of  Grey, 
of  Chillingham,  with  this  motto — "  De  bon  valoir — ser- 
vit  le  Roy ;"  and  below,  these  whimsical  verses,  some 
parts  of  which  are  much  defaced,  and  difficult  to  read: — 

Conditus  hie  jaceo  quartus  genitore  Radulpho 

Filius  ex  Graio  milite  sic  jaceo. 
Nupta  fuit  mihi  Wodringtonea  chara  Maria 

Militis  ac  clari  nata  Johannis  ea  : 
Una  dies  partus  nos,  ut  baptismata  una ; 

Junxit  sic  uno  lex  hymensea  tore, 
Annos  bis  septem  sociali  foedere  iuncti 

Ruperunt  tetricae  vincula  nostra  deffl. 
Bis  binos  pueros  mlhl,  tresq;  LoicSnia  puellas, 

Prsebuit  extincti  pignora  chara  mei. 
Lustra  decem  (praeter  sex  menses)  pene  pereg!, 

Cum  secuit  vitse  stamina  Parca  mea?  ; 
Abstulit  lieu  invisa  ferox  setate  virili 

y  i  it-ii  i  potuit  satius  mitis  humasse  senem, 
Non  temere  adducar  lethffias  (lector)  .  .  undas, 

Dum  mortem  moneant  hsec  monumenta  tuam. 

On  black  marble — "  Here  lyes  interred  the  bodys  of 
William  and  Robert,  ye  eldest  sons  of  Robert  Mitford, 
of  Seghill,  esq.  William  departed  this  life  the  6th  day 
of  March  setatis  suse  undecimse.  Robert  departed  this 
life  the  4th  day  of  March  setatis  sure  decimae :  and  were 
both  interred  ye  7th  day  of  March  anno  domini  1C81-2." 

Here  lieth  interr'd  the  body  of  William  Talbot,  esq., 


who  had  issue  by  Rebecca  his  wife,  ...  children,  two 
surviv'd  him,  viz.  Francis  and  Rebecca.  He  departed 
this  life  the  5th  day  of  July,  anno  dom.  1697,  and  in 
the  47th  year  of  his  age. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  William  Lambert,  gent.,  who 
was  commissioner  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle,  aged  61,  and 
departed  this  life  the  12th  of  July,  anno  domini  1730. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Robert  Bulman,  of  Chopping, 
ton,  esq.,  who  departed  this  life  the  22d  of  March,  1758, 
aged  33.  He  married  Maria,  the  only  dau.  of  William 
Wanless,  esq.,  who,  in  regard  to  his  memory,  placed 
this  stone  here. 

In  memory  of  John  Jekyll,  esq.,  who  departed  this 
life  Oct.  20,  1759,  aged  21  years. 

ADVOWSON. — Morpeth  church  is  in  the  advowson  of 
the  earl  of  Carlisle,  as  representative  of  its  antient  pa- 
trons, the  Merlays.  Anthony  Beck,  the  proud  and 
haughty  prelate  of  Durham,  by  some  usurped  right, 
"  appropriated  it  to  the  chaplains  officiating  at  his  new- 
built  chapel  at  Auckland  ;  but,  after  his  death,  Ralph, 
son  of  William  de  Greystock,  recovered  by  law  the 
patronage  thereof." — (Randall;  see  also  Graystanes,  in 
Anylia  Sacra.) 

REVENUES  &  PROCURATIONS. — In  the  king's  books 
it  is  valued  at  £32  16s.  8d. ;  the  yearly  tenths  of  which 
sum  is  £3  5s.  8d.  Its  episcopal  procurations  amount  to 
£1  ;  and  the  archidiaconal,  to  10s.  at  Easter,  and  2s.  at 
Michaelmas.  Dr.  J.  Sharpe  says,  "  The  real  value,  as 
it  is  usually  judged  by  those  who  should  know  its  worth, 
is  about  £300."  Archdeacon  Singleton  mentions  it,  in 
1826,  as  worth  £1500  a  year.  The  demesne  land  pays 
a  modus  ;  Mr  Ord's  lands,  which  belonged  to  Newmin- 
ster  abbey,  one  of  6s.  8d. ;  and  several  other  parts  of 
the  parish  are  covered  by  similar  exemptions  from  the 
payment  of  full  tithe.  "  The  glebe,  independent  of 
Ulgham,  is  30  acres  and  3  stints.  The  clerk  receives 
5d.  from  house  to  house,  a  salary  from  the  church  rate, 
and  fees  accustomed.  The  sexton  also  prescribes  for 
Id.  from  house  to  house." — (Dr  Singleton.) 

The  REGISTERS  commence  in  1582,  are  well  bound, 
and  in  excellent  condition.  They  are  kept  in  the  house 
of  the  rev.  Thos.  Shute,  A.  M.,  who  is  curate  of  Mor- 
peth, and  officiates  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints ;  and  to 
whom  the  author  is  indebted  for  free  access  to  the 
registers  for  materials  for  this  work. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. PARSONAGE  HOUSE  AND  ULGHAM  CHAPEL.    395 

The  PARSONAGE  HOUSE  is  pleasantly  situated  near  the  church.  Dr  Robin- 
son says,  "  it  is  extremely  bad,  and  not  fit  to  be  inhabited  by  the  rector,  who 
dwells  in  a  handsome  house  within  the  town,  given  or  sold  to  him  at  a  cheap 
rate  by  the  earl  of  Carlisle ;  and  he  proposes  to  give  it  to  the  rectory  for  ever, 
in  lieu  of  the  old  house,  the  repair  of  which  would  be  very  expensive."  The 
old  house,  however,  "  was  re-built  in  1768,  by  Oliver  Naylor,  then  rector  :"u 
and  Mr  Ekins,  the  present  incumbent,  has  lately  added  about  one- third  more 
from  "  materials  of  several  houses,  pulled  down  to  make  room  for  the  new 
gaol.  There  is  an  elm  tree  on  the  rector's  grounds,  which  would  be  admired 
even  in  Hartfordshire.JJV 


THE  CHAPEL  OF  ULGHAM, 

In  this  parish,  has  already  been  described  above,  at  page  176  ;  but  this  wood- 
cut of  it,  by  some  oversight,  did  not  fall  into  its  proper  situation  there.w 

MORPETH  CHAPEL. — Chapels,  in  former  ages,  were  very  commonly  built  at 
the  ends  of  bridges,  for  the  maintenance  of  chaplains  to  say  divine  services  in, 

u  Randall.  v  Dr.  Singleton. 

w  June  1,  1826.     The  inhabitants  of  the  chapelry  repair  their  own  chapel ;  but  are  not  called 
upon  to  contribute  to  the  repairs  of  the  mother  church  at  Morpeth.     The  rector  has  18  acres  of 


396  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

and  to  receive  the  alms  of  pilgrims  and  travellers,  by  way  of  pontage  for  the 
repairs  of  the  bridges.  They  were  also  commonly  endowed  with  lands  or 
rents  from  houses ;  and  there  were  frequently  separate  endowments  for  chan- 
tries, oratories,  and  altars  within  them ;  and  such  was  the  chapel  dedicated  to 
All  Saints  in  Morpeth,  which,  besides  the  chantry  originally  founded  in  it, 
had  one  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  endowed  by  master  Richard  of  Mor- 
peth, rector  of  Greystock,  in  Cumberland  ;  besides,  as  it  would  seem,  one  in 
honour  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  and  some  annual  offerings  for  the  maintenance 
of  lights  before  crosses  in  it,  and  the  images  of  our  Saviour  and  our  lady  the 
Virgin  Mary.x  The  west  end  of  the  old  chapel  is  occupied  as  the  Grammar 
School-house  ;  and  its  chancel  forms  part  of  the  present  chapel,  which  is  an 
oblong  building,  measuring  64  feet  from  east  to  west,  and  42f  from  north  to 
south.  The  ground  floor  has  two  aisles,  and  four  rows  of  sittings,  and  over 
it  two  spacious  galleries — one  on  the  north,  the  other  on  the  west.  It  is  not 
parochial,  and  has  no  distinct  revenue — divine  service  being  voluntarily  done 
here  on  the  Sunday  afternoons,  and  in  bad  weather  in  the  mornings,  by  the 
rector  or  his  curate ;  at  other  times  in  the  church  ;  but  never  at  both  on  the 

good  glebe  land  and  two  cottages  here,  in  one  of  which  the  curate  usually  resides.  The  demesne 
lands  belonging  to  lord  Carlisle  pay  a  modus  for  all  tithe.  Mrs  Dinah  Wilson's  benefaction, 
mentioned  in  Dr.  Sharpe's  minutes,  is  wholly  unknown.  They  have  a  silver  cup  and  cover,  bear- 
ing the  date  1571, — (From  Archdeacon  Singleton's  Minutes.) 

x  In  1313,  the  corporation  of  Morpeth,  in  consideration  of  a  rent  charge,  granted  to  them, 
bound  themselves,  for  the  salvation  of  the  soul  of  William  Panetre,  to  find  a  lamp,  to  hang  and 
burn  in  honour  of  our  Lord  and  the  Holy  Cross,  for  ever,  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  near  the 
bridge  of  Morpeth ;  and  to  pay  to  thirteen  poor  people,  on  Christmas-day,  one*  penny  each,  for 
ever.  In  1357,  William  de  Cotum  granted  to  Peter  de  Burlon,  of  Morpeth,  land  in  Morpeth, 
one  condition  of  holding  which  was — that  the  grantee,  his  heirs,  and  assigns,  should  find 
two  candles,  to  burn  on  every  holiday  in  the  year,  at  morning  and  evening  mass— one  before  the 
cross  of  the  parish  church  of  the  blessed  Mary,  in  Morpeth ;  the  other  before  the  image  of  the 
Blessed  Mary,  in  St.  Mary's  porch,  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth  ;  the  said  Peter  yearly 
to  renew  these  two  candles  with  3  Ib.  of  white  wax,  at  the  feast  of  Easter  and  All  Saints,  and  to 
find  a  servant,  at  his  own  charge,  to  light  them.  Also,  in  1380,  property  in  Morpeth  was 
charged  with  the  annual  payment  of  one  taper  of  white  wax  of  the  weight  of  one  Ib.  to  burn  before 
the  image  of  our  Saviour,  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  this  town  ;  and,  on  failure  of  issue  from 
the  grantee,  such  property  to  go  to  the  maintenance  of  one  chaplain  at  the  altar  of  St.  Mary,  in 
that  chapel,  he  finding  the  wax-light  to  burn  as  before  mentioned.  5[  For  evidences  to  the  text 
and  notes  respecting  these  chantries,  see  Annals  under  the  years  referred  to. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. CHANTRIES  OF  ALL  SAINTS  &  OUR  LADY.     397 


same  day.  All  the  sittings  in  it  are  private.  It  has  now  no  burial  ground 
attached  to  it,  nor  any  monuments  in  it ;  but,  formerly,  persons  had  been 
interred  in  and  around  it,  as  the  discovery  of  human  skulls,  and  other  bones, 
has  frequently  proved. 

THE  CHANTRY  OF  ALL  SAINTS  and  the  bridge  of  Morpeth  were  probably 
built  about  the  same  time ;  but  at  what  period,  I  have  met  with  no  account. 
They  certainly  both  existed  before  the  year  1300,  as  appears  by  John  de  Grey- 
stock's  license  to  Richard  de  Morpath,  to  found  a  chantry  "  in  the  chapel  built 
in  honour  of  All  Saints,  near  the  bridge  of  Morpeth."  It  was  in  the  patron- 
age of  the  burgesses  and  commonalty  of  Morpeth,  as  is  proved  by  their  gift 
of  it  to  Adam,  called  the  Rose  of  Morpeth,  on  May  17,  1310,  for  the  term  of 
his  life  ;  and  on  the  condition  of  his  doing  divine  services  in  it,  for  the  good  of 
their  predecessors,  and  of  the  benefactors  of  the  bridge  and  chapel,  and  of  all 
the  faithful  departed  out  of  this  life.  The  incumbent  of  this  joint  institution 
was  usually  called  "  keeper  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth  :"  some- 
times, the  description  is  "  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints  ;"  at  others, 
"  chaplain  and  master"  of  the  same.y 

THE  CHANTRY  OF  OUR  LADY,  in  Morpeth  chapel,  was  founded  by  Richard 
de  Morpeth,  who  was  appointed  rector  of  Greystock,  in  Cumberland,  in  1303, 
by  John  de  Greystock,  lord  of  Morpeth,  from  whom,  a  few  years  prior  to  that 
time,  but  by  deed  without  date,  he  had  license  to  give,  in  free  amis,  eight 
messuages,  and  four  sites  of  burgages  in  the  town  of  Morpeth,  besides  twenty 


y  CHAPLAINS  OF  ALL  SAINTS'  CHANTRY,  IN 
MORPETH. 

Adam,  called  The  Rose  of  Morpeth,  appointed  by  the 
burgesses  and  community  of  Morpeth,  in  1310,  with  a 
stipend  of  six  marks  a  year.  In  another  deed,  No.  4, 
under  1312,  he  is  called  sir  Adam  Rose,  keeper  of  the 
bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth. 

Richard  de  Hesilden  was  incumbent  of  the  perpetual 
chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  Dec.  7,  1335. 

Sir  Richard  de  Auckland,  in  1 364,  is  described,  in  a 
grant,  as  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and 
chapel  of  Morpeth. 

John  of  Pashenham,  chaplain  and  keeper  of  the  chan- 
try of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  May  8,  1375,  showed  to 
a  jury  a  deed  respecting  the  claim  he  had  to  half  a  stone 
of  wax,  from  a  tenement  on  the  Lawe,  in  Morpeth ; 
which  deed  the  jury  pronounced  to  be  authentic. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


Thomas  Mitforth  was  chaplain  of  All  Saints  in  1447  ; 
and,  in  1 453,  is  styled  chaplain  and  master  of  the  chan- 
try of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth. 

George  Buck,  chaplain,  in  1455,  had,  from  his  father, 
James  Buck,  a  grant  of  property  in  Morpeth  &  Ely  the, 
and  in  Fangfosse,  in  Yorkshire  ;  and,  in  1464,  and  other 
following  years,  is  called  "  chaplain  and  keeper  of  the 
chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth." 

John  Lange,  chaplain,  June  7,  1500  ;  was  keeper  of 
the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth. 

Maister  Thomas  Bell  and  sir  Thomas  Liahton  occur  as 
chantry  priests  of  the  chantry  of  All  Hallows ;  and 
Christopher  Bell,  of  Bellasis,  as  true  patron  of  the  same, 
in  1521  and  1526. 

Richard  Raye,  as  incumbent  of  the  dissolved  chantry 
of  All  Saints'  chantry  chapel,  in  Morpeth,  in  1553,  had 
a  pension  of  £4  2s.  6d. 
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398  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

acres  of  land  within  the  bounds  of  that  ville,  for  the  purpose  of  assigning 
them  towards  the  maintenance  of  a  chaplain,  to  celebrate  divine  services  for 
the  souls  of  the  founder,  of  his  father  and  mother,  and  of  all  the  benefactors 
of  them,  and  of  himself  and  his  relations,  in  the  chapel  built  in  honour  of  All 
Saints,  near  the  bridge  of  Morpeth.  The  king's  pardon  to  master  Richard  of 
Morpeth,  for  gaining  these  and  other  lands,  is  dated  in  1300,  and  his  license 
to  alienate  them  to  mortmain,  in  1305  ;  in  which  year  the  same  master  Richard 
seems  to  have  had  a  license  for  enfeoffing  Reginald  of  Morpeth,  chaplain,  in 
100  acres  of  waste  in  Morpeth,  property  in  the  manor  of  Sleckburrie,  a 
carucate  of  land  in  Choppington,  another  in  Nedderton,  three  messuages  in 
Morpeth,  one  in  Newbigging,  a  messuage  and  a  carucate  of  land  in  Bellasis, 
and  something  within  the  manor  of  "  Schaldefen."2  Reginald  de  Morpeth, 
chaplain,  indeed,  seems  to  have  been  appointed  incumbent  of  this  chantry  in 
1304  ;  for,  on  the  21st  of  December,  in  that  year,  the  founder  of  it  granted 
a  power  of  attorney,  to  give  him  seizin  in  all  his  messuages  and  lands  in 
Bellasis.  Many  of  the  deeds,  relative  to  the  acquirement  of  the  possessions  of 
this  chantry  by  its  founder,  arid  to  the  title  to  them,  will  be  found  below,  in 
the  early  part  of  the  Annals  of  this  parish,  but  without  date  ;  others  of  them, 
illustrative  of  the  history  of  the  chantry,  of  its  chaplains,  and  of  several  of 
the  parcels  of  property  with  which  it  was  endowed,  or  out  of  which  it  had 
acquired  annual  rents,  are  also  given  there,  from  the  time  of  its  institution, 
till  the  stream  of  its  revenues  was  turned  to  fertilize  the  school  founded 
within  its  walls  by  Edward  the  Sixth.a 

2  III.  i.  56. 

a  By  the  deed  of  Aug.  10,  1357,  it  is  plain,  that  the  services  of  this  chantry  were  done  in  St. 
Mary's  Porch,  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints.  Porches  were  usually  projections  added  to  churches 
or  chapels,  and  had  their  own  chaplain,  altar,  ornaments,  and  other  requisites  of  a  distinct 
ecclesiastical  endowment.  In  the  history  of  this  institution,  there  is  no  difficulty  of  distinguishing 
it  from  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  which  it  was  founded.  But  the  account  of  chantries  dissolved 
by  1  Edw.  VI.,  and  the  foundation  charter  of  Morpeth  school,  notice  only  two  chantries  existing 
here  at  that  period,  while  the  deeds  in  the  Town's-hutch  mention  the  chantries  of  All  Saints,  of 
the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  and  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene.  The  following  are  a  few  of  the  notices  I 
have  collected  on  this  subject: — Reginald  cle  Hesilden,  incumbent  of  "  the  perpetual  chantry  in 
the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  in  1335,  made  a  grant  of  land,  to  be  holden  of  him  and  his 
successors,  chaplains,  celebrating  divine  services  in  the  said  chapel,  for  the  soul  of  master  Richard 
of  Morpeth,  and  of  all  the  faithful  departed  this  life."  In  1375,  Richard  Marschall,  who  was 
chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  left  a  reversionary  right  in  property,  in 


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399 


THE  FREE  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL  OF  EDWARD  THE  SIXTH. — Suits  and  contro- 
versies having  been  moved  between  the  co-feoffees  of  the  lands  and  tenements  of 
the  chantry  of  Our  Lady  in  Morpeth,  mentioned  in  the  deed  of  March  19, 1524, 
of  the  one  part,  and  the  burgesses  and  commonalty  of  Morpeth  on  the  other, 
before  the  president  and  council  of  the  north,  respecting  the  donation  of  that 
chantry,  it  was  agreed  between  the  parties,  that  the  co-feoffees  should  enfeoff 
the  bailiffs  and  aldermen  of  the  town  in  the  emoluments  of  the  chantry ;  that 

Morpeth,  to  the  chaplain  serving  at  the  altar  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in 
Morpeth,  or  in  the  parish  church  of  Morpeth.  Deeds,  in  1432  and  1450,  mention  lands  and 
tenements  as  belonging  to  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth ; 
and  one,  in  1505,  "  the  chantry  priest  of  Our  Lady's  chapel  of  All  Hallows,  at  the  bridge  end." 
In  1519,  lands  are  described  as  abutting  on  those  "  of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary." 
George  Lawson,  of  By  well,  gent.,  19  March,  1524,  as  last  feoffee  of  the  lands  and  tenements  of 
the  chantry  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  released  it  to  Dr.  Cuthbert  Marshall, 
and  others,  in  trust,  for  the  use  of  John  Anderson,  chaplain,  for  life ;  who  also  occurs  in  deeds  in 
1485,  1489,  and  1530,  as  chaplain  or  keeper  of  Our  Lady's  chantry.  But,  in  1368,  Richard 
Marschall,  chaplain,  is  described  as  perpetual  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  in  the 
chapel  of  Morpeth  ;  in  1384,  as  "  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth  •" 
and,  in  1396,  as  "  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  master  Richard  of  Morpeth."  In  1402,  Roger  Pantyl 
was  chaplain  and  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene 
of  Morpeth ;  and,  in  1442,  mention  occurs,  of  land  in  Morpeth  belonging  to  the  chantry  of  St. 
Mary  Magdalene.  Perhaps  the  clerks,  who  drew  these  deeds,  mistook  Mary  of  Sainte  Beaume  for 
Mary  the  mother  of  Jesus.* 


*  CHAPLAINS  OF  THE  CHANTRY  OR  CHANTRIES  OF 
OUR  LADY,  OR  OF  ST.  MARY  MAGDALENE. 

Reginald  of  Morpeth  was  enfeoffed  in  lands  in  Bellasis 
by  master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  in  1304 ;  and  had  a 
royal  title  given  him  to  all  the  possessions  of  the  chan- 
try of  the  same  master  Richard,  in  1305. 

Sir  Richard  Marschall,  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  St. 
Mary  Magdalene,  in  Morpeth  chapel,  May  1,  1368  * 
chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of 
Morpeth  in  1384 ;  and  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  master 
Richard  of  Morpeth  in  139G. 

John  Paahenham  was  assistant  chaplain  (deserviens) 
of  the  perpetual  chantry  of  master  llichard  of  Morpeth, 
in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  1375;  is  mentioned  in  a 
deed  with  Rich.  Marschall,  in  1381 ;  and  was  receivour 
for  Joan,  baroness  Greystock,  and  paid  towards  the  ran- 
som of  her  son  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  £1  13s.  10d., 
levied  by  her  upon  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth. 


Roger  Pantyl,  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and 
chapel  of  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene  of  Morpeth, 
November  30,  1402. 

John  Anderson,  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed 
Mary  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  in  1485;  in  1524, 
chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  in  Mor- 
peth chapel ;  and,  in  1530,  chaplain  and  keeper  of  Our 
Lady's  chantry,  in  the  same  chapel :  he  died  in  1539. 

Sir  Thomas  Husband,  in  1541,  under  the  common 
seal  of  the  borough  of  Morpeth,  had,  for  the  term  of  his 
life,  a  gift  of  the  chantry  of  Our  Lady,  or  priest's  ser- 
vice, in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  to  the  intent,  that  he 
should  keep  a  school,  and  teach  the  children  of  the  bur- 
gesses and  inhabitants,  grammar  and  other  literature,  as 
is  set  forth  in  the  indenture,  dated  Feb.  1,  in  that  year. 

Richard  Lancaster,  as  incumbent  of  the  late  altar 
chantry  of  Morpeth,  in  1553,  had  a  pension  of  £4  13s. 
4d.  a  year. — (Br.  Willis  on  Abbies,  it.  166.) 


400  MORPETH  DEANERY.— -MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

they,  with  the  consent  of  the  burgesses  and  commonalty,  might  grant  the 
same  to  sir  Thomas  Husband,  then  chaplain  to  the  venerable  master  Guthbert 
Marshall,  D.D.,  senior  co-feoffee  of  the  estates,  for  the  term  of  his  life,  to  the 
intent,  that  the  same  sir  Thomas  should  keep  a  school,  and  teach  the  children 
of  the  burgesses  and  inhabitants  of  the  town,  grammar  and  other  literature, 
without  taking  any  wages  or  salary  for  so  doing;  and  if  the  yearly  revenues  of  the 
chantry  did  not  amount  to  £6  13s.  4d.,  the  corporation  of  the  town  covenanted 
to  make  up  the  deficiency.    The  act  for  the  dissolution  of  chantries  provided, 
that  where  any  incumbent  in  one  ought,  by  the  first  institution  of  it,  to  have 
kept  a  grammar  school  or  be  a  preacher,  the  king's  commissioners  for  seeing  the 
intention  of  the  act  carried  into  effect,  should  appoint  lands,  or  other  heredita- 
ments of  such  chantry,  to  continue  in  succession  to  a  schoolmaster  or  preacher, 
for  ever :  and  though  I  see  no  evidence,  that  the  chaplain  of  Our  Lady's 
chantry  had  ever  kept  a  school  here,  prior  to  the  appointment  of  sir  Thomas 
Husband  to  that  office  ;  yet,  the  charter  of  the  school  seems  to  imply,  that 
some  part  of  the  lands  granted  to  it  had  been  previously  applied  to  the  main- 
tenance of  a  schoolmaster  in  Morpeth  ;  and  it  is  certain  that,  on  the  petition 
of  William  lord  Dacre,  Greystock,  and  Gilsland,  and  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses 
of  Morpeth,  that  a  grammar  school  might  be  founded  in  Morpeth,  the  king,  by 
his  charter,  dated  March  12,  1552,  granted  and  ordained  that,  in  future,  there 
should  be  in  the  town  of  Morpeth,  a  grammar  school,  to  be  called  Sf)£  -&ttt 
(Srrammav  5>cf)00l  Of  fctng  <£fctoavll  tfte  <&UCtf),  for  the  instruction  of  boys 
and  young  men  in  grammar,  by  one  master  and  one  under-master ;  for  the 
maintenance  of  which,  he  gave  the  two  late  chantries  in  Morpeth,  and  the  late 
chantry  of  St.  Giles,  in  the  chapel  of  Netherwitton,  with  all  the  lands  and 
rights  belonging  to  them  in  Morpeth  and  Netherwitton  ;  besides  all  the  lands 
and  other  property  in  Ponteland,  Milburn,  Darrashall,  High  Callerton,  Ber- 
wick-hill,  Little  Callerton,  Dinnington,  or   elsewhere   in   Northumberland, 
which  had  formerly  been  granted  for  the  support  of  a  presbyter  in  Morpeth, 
a  master  of  a  scJiool  there,  or  of  a  presbyter  in  Ponteland,  with  all  reversions, 
rents,  and  renewal  of  leases,  as  amply  as  any  incumbent  of  such  chantries,  or 
schoolmaster  in  Morpeth,  enjoyed  them  ;  which  messuages  and  lands,  at  that 
time,  were  estimated  to  be  worth  £20  10s.  8d.  a  year :  to  be  holden  of  the 
crown  by  the  yearly  payment  of  10s.  8d. :  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  to  appoint 
masters  at  every  vacancy ;  and,  with  the  advice  of  the  bishop  of  Durham, 
to  make  statutes  for  the  government   of  the   masters   arid  scholars,  and 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH. FREE  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL.  401 

respecting  the  masters'  salaries,  and  the  management  of  the  revenues.  The 
charter  also  grants  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  special  license  to  acquire  lands, 
or  other  real  property,  to  the  value  of  £20  a  year,  "  as  well  for  the  support 
of  the  school,  as  of  the  bridge  of  Morpeth."b — (For  a  copy  of  the  original 
charter,  see  Annals,  1552.) 

The  school-house  had  some  rooms,  of  property  belonging  to  the  foundation, 
and  adjoining  it,  added  to  it  in  1811,  for  the  convenience  of  teaching  writing 
and  mathematics,  at  which  time,  the  late  Mr  Benjamin  Woodman,  of  this 
town,  successfully  exerted  himself  in  renovating  the  establishment,  and  restor- 
ing it  to  a  healthy  and  vigorous  state.  The  whole  building,  too,  was  con- 
siderably repaired  in  1827,  under  the  direction  of  Mr  Dobson,  architect.  Its 
principal  room  measures  41  feet  by  18.  Its  bell  is  that  which  belonged  to  the 
chantry  of  Our  Lady,  and  is  inscribed  in  very  old  capital  letters — AVE  MARIA, 
GRATIA  PLENA,  DOMiNvs  TECVM.  Just  at  the  dawn  of  literature  in  England, 
two  stars,  of  pre-eminent  lustre,  appeared  in  Morpeth —  William  Turner  and 
Thomas  Gibson — both  of  them  justly  celebrated  as  divines,  physicians,  and 
naturalists  :  and,  after  the  unction  of  royal  bounty  was  shed  upon  its  school, 
it  was  frequently  resorted  to  as  a  favourite  place  for  classical  learning — 

b  Few  corporations  have  smaller  revenues,  or  apply  them  to  such  useful  purposes,  as  that  of 
Morpeth.  The  Royal  School,  as  has  been  shewn,  is  open,  for  classical  education,  to  children 
of  every  description  of  people  in  the  town.  But  the  corporation,  out  of  the  funds  which  it  can 
dispose  of  to  indefinite  purposes,  supports  two  schools  for  the  education  of  the  children  of 
the  burgesses  and  free-brothers  only,  in  which  they  are  taught  gratis  :  one  of  them,  called  the 
FREE  INFANTILE  SCHOOL,  has  both  a  master  and  a  mistress,  and  is  for  boys  and  girls,  from  four 
years  old :  about  114  attend  it  at  present.  The  boys  are  permitted  to  remain  in  it  till  "  they 
are  fully  able  to  read,  write,  and  repeat  the  arithmetical  tables,"  when  "  they  are  qualified  to  attend 
the  Antient  Free  School,  and  must,  in  consequence,  be  removed  to  that  establishment."  The  girls 
are  instructed  in  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  by  the  master,  until  they  accurately  understand 
the  Rule  of  Three  and  Practice ;  and  also,  by  the  mistress,  not  only  to  read,  but  to  knit,  sew,  and 
mark.  Of  the  ENGLISH  FREE  SCHOOL,  for  the  education  of  the  children  of  burgesses  and  free- 
brothers,  I  have  no  other  account,  but  that,  at  present,  scholars  are  not  admitted  into  it  till  they  can 
read  the  New  Testament;  but  their  continuance  at  it,  or  the  quantity  of  learning  they  may 
receive  from  its  master,  is  not  limited  by  any  rule  or  statute  :  about  forty  boys  attend  it  at  present. 
The  master's  salary  is  £70  a  year.  The  school-house  for  it  was  built  in  1792,  prior  to  which  time 
it  was  kept  in  a  part  of  the  Town -hall.  Archdeacon  Singleton,  at  his  visitation  here  in  1826,  was 
informed  that  there  were  £400  invested  in  the  3|  per  cents.,  towards  the  foundation  of  a  Sunday 
School  for  this  parish. 

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MORrETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


especially  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  when  Charles,  the  third 
earl  of  Carlisle,  and  William,  the  fourth  lord  Widdrington,  were  upon  the  roll 
of  its  scholars — noblemen  who,  in  the  rebellion  of  1715,  were  on  different 
sides  ;  but  who  had  here  contracted  a  friendship,  which  was  highly  influential 
in  saving  lord  Widdrington  from  the  scaffold.  The  statutes  of  this  institution 
are  too  long  to  be  inserted  here  ;  but  a  sketch  of  some  of  their  most  striking 
features  will  be  found  below,  in  the  Annals  under  the  year  1811.° 

c  The  following  extract  from  the  Antiquarian  Repository  was  overlooked,  till  after  the  preceding 
account  of  Morpeth  chapel  and  school  were  printed  off: — "  The  chantry, founded  at  Morpeth,  was 
situated  on  the  north-east  side  of  the  bridge,  as  you  enter  the  town,  very  near  the  side  of  the  river 
Wansbeck,  in  a  beautiful  vale  of  wood  and  water,  as  most  of  the  religious  houses  in  the  north  are. 
It  was  partly  pulled  down  at  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries,  and  remained  in  that  situation  till 
the  sixth  year  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth,  when  a  grammar  school  was  founded  here,  and  endowed 
with  the  whole  estates,  as  appears  by  the  grant"  [published  below,  in  the  Annals,  under  that 
year.]  "  The  middle  area,  to  the  west,  is  entire,  enlarging  the  windows,  and  breaking  convenient 
doors  ;  for  the  original  entrance  to  the  west  is  built  up,  with  a  window  in  the  belfry.  The  north 
area  is  almost  demolished,  and  many  houses  built  out  of  the  materials  on  the  ground.  In  a  yard, 
behind  these  houses,  the  ground-plan  may  be  traced  with  the  greatest  ease,  which  has  been  cruci- 
form. A  very  handsome  modern-built  chapel,  for  the  use  of  the  town,  was  built  some  years  ago, 
on  the  south ;  and  the  grammar-school  is  kept  in  the  west  part,  which  is  entire.  I  am  well 
informed,  that  some  of  the  estates  and  revenues,  mentioned  in  the  grant  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth, 
have  been  alienated  from  the  good  purposes  of  the  founder,  are  fallen,  at  last,  into  private  property, 
and  are  so  held  to  this  day." — (Hutch,  ii.  296J  In  a  field,  east  of  North  Dissington,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Ponleland,  is  a  ridge  of  land,  which  extends  the  whole  length  of  the  field,  and  is  marked 
with  boundary  stones  bearing  MORPETH  SCHOOL.  There  is,  also,  a  similar  ridge  in  Prestwick, 
and  a  cottage  and  garth  in  Ponteland,  and  a  garth  lying  between  the  village  and  the  Pont. — 
(Spearman's  Notes.) 


MASTERS  of  the  Free  Grammar  School  of  King  Ed- 
ward the  Sixth : — 

Thomas  Husband,  clerk,  schoolmaster  of  Morpeth, 
occurs  as  witness  to  the  will  of  Wm.  Eansley,  of  East 
Shaftoe,  gent.,  July  10,  1573  (Raine's  Test.  402) ;  at 
which  time,  he  had  been  a  teacher  in  Morpeth  for  32 
years.  For  further  notices  respecting  him,  see  the 
preceding  account  of  the  chaplains  of  Our  Lady's  chan- 
try, and  the  Annals  below,  for  Feb.  1,  1541. 

John  Maxwell,  returned,  at  the  visitation  at  Morpeth, 
in  1577,  as  teaching  school  without  a  license. 

Bryan  Henshaw,  M.  A.>  Oct.  10,  1618,  was  licensed 


to  teach  school  at  Morpeth,  on  the  authority  of  a  certi- 
ficate from  the  bailiffs,  burgesses,  and  aldermen  of 
Morpeth. 

Edward  Lumsden,  schoolmaster,  22  Feb.  1G54,  gave  a 
receipt  for  £o,  for  half-a-year's  salary,  due  to  him  from 
the  town  ;  and,  Sept.  4,  1664,  another  to  John  Pye  and 
Michael  Widdrington,  bailiffs,  for  £7  10s.,  being  half-a- 
year's  rent  of  Netherwitton  lands,  due  at  Martinmas. 
(From  Oriff.  in  Town's  Hutch.) 

Lancelot  Meggison  was  head-master  in  1712,  when  a 
bill  in  chancery  was  filed  by  him,  and  Mr  Mather,  the 
usher,  against  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  Morpeth, 


MORPETH  PARISH. NEWMINSTER  ABBEY. 


403 


NEWMINSTER  ABBEY. — I  now,  for  the  first  time  in  the  progress  of  this 
work,  begin  to  tread  upon  monastic  ground ;  but  where  no  "  ivy-mantled 


Thomas  Radcliff,  esq.,  John  Thornton,  esq.,  and  Thos. 
Bates,  esq.,  the  real  effect  of  v/hich  was  to  prove,  that 
a  lease  of  the  school  lands  at  Netherwitton,  granted  to 
Nicholas  Thornton,  esq.,  20  May,  1685,  at  £40  a  year, 
and  for  500  years,  was  fraudulent,  there  being  19J  farms 
or  husbandlands  in  Netherwitton,  worth  £500  a  year,  of 
which  5^  belonged  to  the  school,  and  were  then  (in  1712) 
worth  £166  a  year.  The  Thornton  family  filed  a  cross 
bill,  which  was  dismissed  with  costs  :  and  it  was  decreed, 
that  a  commission  should  issue,  to  ascertain  the  value 
of  the  chantry  lands,  and  search  M  r  Thornton's  papers 
for  evidence  ;  but  no  decree  seems  to  have  been  made 
at  that  time.  The  plea  against  Mr  Bates,  of  Milburne, 
was,  that  certain  lands,  called  the  mill  lands,  paying 
then  7s.  a  year  to  the  school,  did,  at  the  time  of  the 
Dissolution,  belong  to  a  priest  at  Ponteland,  and  were 
granted  to  Morpeth  school,  by  Edward  the  First :  Mr 
Bates  said,  he  had  no  lands  in  Milburne,  but  such  as 
were  of  the  antient  inheritance  of  his  ancestors  ;  or  that 
he,  or  they,  or  any  of  their  tenants,  to  the  best  of  his 
belief,  ever  paid  any  rent  to  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of 
Morpeth,  as  trustees  of  Morpeth  school,  for  any  lands 
he  or  his  tenants  were  possessed  of. 

Mordecai  Carey,  M.  A.,  of  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge;  elected  May  26,  1718;  in  which  year  he  ad- 
dressed the  following  letter  "  To  William  Coatsworth, 
esq.,  at  Gateshead  : — Sir,  I  send  enclos'd  a  letter  from 
Mr  Ord,  which  came  to  me  by  last  post,  concerning  our 
claim  chiefly  ;  but,  by  what  he  says  both  concerning  that, 
and  other  things,  he  seems  to  me  not  to  act  so  vigor- 
ously as  might  be  expected.  I  wish,  indeed,  for  want 
of  care,  our  part  of  Netherwitton  be  not  swallowed  by 
the  government ;  and  then  there  must  be  another  law- 
suit to  recover  it  from  thence.  Thus  much  I  am  sure 
of,  that  we  have  nothing  to  show  for  our  claim ;  but 
some  silly  paper  signed  by  Mr  Thorn  ton.. .if  we  have  so- 
much.  I  rather  believe,  we  have  not  even  that ;  but 
that  the  town  took  Mr  Thornton's  bare  word,  that  he 
would  pay  so  much  ann.,  which  is  a  very  slender  tenure. 
Now  I  thought,  Sir,  the  relators  had  agreed  to  bring 
Thornton's  suit  to  a  decree  in  chancery,  which  would 
at  once  settle  both  our  claim  at  present,  and  our  title  for 
ever.  But  I  say  this  only  by  way  of  hint,  lest,  in  your 


multiplicity  of  business,  you  might  not  think  of  it.  Mr 
Stoddart  is  gone  to  my  lord  Carlisle's,  to  complain  of 
the  unreasonable  relators.  I  am,  Sir,  your  most  obliged 

humble  servant,  MORDECAI  Carey Morpeth,  Nov. 

26,  1718.  P.  S.  My  wife  joins  with  me  in  most  hum- 
ble  service  to  yourself  and  madam  Ramsay." — (From 
(he  original.)  The  troublesome  law-suit  to  which  this 
letter  relates,  was,  as  has  been  shown,  begun  before  Mr 
Carey's  time  :  and  it  was  probably  owing  to  his  activity 
and  vigour,  that  the  parties  came  to  an  agreement,  in 
1719, — That  Mr  Thornton,  in  future,  should  pay,  and 
the  burgesses  of  Morpeth  receive,  £100  a  year,  as  a 
composition  for  rents,  due  out  of  the  Netherwitton 
estate  to  Morpeth  school.  Mr  Carey,  in  1722,  was 
perpetual  curate  of  J  arrow  and  Heworth.  He  had 
studied  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge :  and  became 
bishop  of  Clonfort,  in  1732;  afterwards  of  Cloyne  ;  and, 
Dec.  20,  1735,  of  Killala.  He  died  in  Nov.,  1751. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Groover,  M.  A.,  second-master,  was 
elected  head-master,  June  28,  1724. 

Humphrey  Holden,  A.  M.,  1732;  died  at  Morpeth, 
March  20,  1771. 

William  Holden,  M.  A.,  curate  of  Morpeth  ;  elect- 
ed 20  Sep.,  1772.  He  was  opposed  by  Mr  Sanderson, 
the  second-master ;  and  the  poll,  at  the  town-hall,  was, 
for  Holden,  95 — for  Sanderson,  43. 

William  Sanderson,  M.  A.,  second-master,  elected  24 
April,  1 772-  He  stood  a  contest  for  his  election  with 
William  Hall,  M.  A.,  formerly  usher  here,  and  then 
under-master  of  Newcastle  school ;  afterwards  master 
of  Haydon-bridge  grammar  school,  where  he  died  June 

4,  1803,  aged  63.     (His  brother  George  was  bishop  of 
Dromore.)    At  this  contest,  211  freemen  voted — many 
of  whom  were  brought  from  London  ;  and  though  Mr 

5.  had  lord  Carlisle's  powerful  support,  he  had  a  majo- 
ity  of  only  5  votes — (Rand.MSS.)  He  married,Feb.23, 
1773,  Lilia,  fifth  daur.  of  Wm.  Cresswell,  of  Cresswell, 
esq. — (See  Ped.  above,  p.  202,  gen.  xv.y    The  Newcastle 
Courant,  of  May  2, 1772,  says,  that  this  election  was  on 
April  25;  that  Mr  Walter  was  Mr  Sanderson's  opponent; 
and  that  the  votes  for  Mr  S.  were  105,  for  Mr  W.,  103. 

Thomas  Shute,  second-master;  elected  head-master, 
June  6,  1806. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


tower,"  or  "  fretted  vault,"  remains  as  evidence  of  the  style  of  the  buildings 
that  covered  it — nothing  but  the  archway  of  the  door  of  the  conventual 


James  Harrison,  a  native  of  Patterdale,  in  Westmor- 
land, and  educated  there,  and  at  Bampton  school,  and 
Cathaiine  Hall,  Cambridge  ;  elected  17  August,  1812  : 
resigned,  on  account  of  ill  health,  23  April,  1818,  when 
he  retired  to  his  native  dale,  and  died  there  soon  after. 
The  school  flourished  very  much  while  Mr  H.  presided 
over  it :  he  was,  indeed,  a  diligent  and  industrious 
teacher,  an  excellent  man,  and  a  warm  and  steady  friend. 

Luke  Ripley,  M.  A.,  elected  in  1818 ;  resigned  in 
1830,  for  the  second-mastership  of  the  grammar  school 
at  Durham. 

UNT>ER-MASTERS. — Nicholas  Milburne  had  no  license 
in  1577- 

Richard  Johnson,  literate,  was  licensed  to  teach  school 
at  Morpeth,  Oct.  1C,  1618. 

Stephen  Jackson,  licensed  Aug.  18,  1683. 

John  Mather,  in  1712. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Groover,  A.  M.,  elected  Sept.  19, 
1718.— (Guild  book.) 

Mr  Richardson,  concerning  whose  election  there  was 
a  dispute,  the  settlement  of  which  was  left  to  the 
earl  of  Carlisle,  whose  decision,  dated  November 
23,  1725,  was, — that  Mr  Richardson  be  appointed, 
but  that  Mr  Hope  be  allowed  his  salary  for  the  time 
he  had  officiated,  and  that  they  should  be  at  peace 
among  themselves :  but  the  storm  on  the  subject  was 
still  high  on  Dec.  9,  1725,  when  it  was  ordered,  at  a 
common  guild,  that  all  proper  methods  be  taken  for 
establishing  Wm.  Richardson  usher  of  the  free  gram- 
mar school :  that  a  letter  of  thanks  be  sent  to  lord  Car- 
lisle; and  that  John  Aynsley,  attorney-at-law,  should 
take  proper  methods  for  the  recovery  of  the  lands  at 
Milburne  ;  or  that  he  and  the  bailiffs  should  make  such 
composition  or  agreement  with  Mr  Bates,  or  his  agent, 
as  should  be  thought  most  advisable. — June  24,  1728, 
It  was  ordered,  that  a  sum  of  money  be  obtained,  for 
carrying  on  the  suit  against  Mr  Bates. — (Corporation 
book.) 

John  Loddington,  M.  A.,  elected  5  June,  1740  ;  edu- 
cated at  Eton,  and  Fellow  of  Queen's  College,  Cam- 
bridge.— (Newc.  Cour.)  He  resigned  in  April,  1752; 
on  being  preferred,  Randall  says,  by  Trinity  College, 


where  he  was  educated,  to  the  rectories  of  Hadscoe  and 
Soft,  in  Norfolk. 

Thomas  Barker,  B.  A.,  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford  5 
elected  Jan.  29,  1753. — (Newc.  Courant.) 

Christopher  Atkinson,  B.  A.,  of  Queen's  College,  Ox- 
ford;  April  14,  1755 — (Guild  book. J 

Christopher  Gatvthorpe,  B.  A.,  of  Lincoln  College, 
Oxford ;  July  10,  1758 — (Corp.  book.} 

Thomas  Vaughan,  A.  M.,  elected  Jan.  4,  1702,— 
(Newc.  Cour.) 

William  Hall,  B.  A.,  elected  usher  Sep.  29,  1763.— 
(Corp.  book.) 

William  Sanderson,  M.  A.,  of  Trinity  College,  Cairn 
bridge ;  elected  July  26,  1764. — (Newc.  Courant,  and 
Corporation  book.) 

John  Woodburn,  B.  A.,  elected  15  Feb.  1773 

(Guild  book.) 

Edward  Robson,  B.  A.,  of  Emmanuel  College,  Cam- 
bridge ;  elected  usher,  17  March,  1778 — (Id.) 

Edward  Hymers,  B.  A.,  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford  ? 
May  29,  1779.— (Id.) 

David  Loyd,  B.  A.,  of  Jesus'  College,  Oxford ;  chosen 
August  16,  1780.— (Id.) 

Moses  Manners,  M.  A.,  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford, 
June  3, 1 782 ;  afterwards  second-master  of  the  grammar 
school  in  Newcastle,  and  now  (1831)  lecturer  of  St. 
Anne's,  in  that  town. — (Guild  book.) 

John  Radcliffe,  B.  A.,  of  Christ's  College,  Cambridge, 
March  18,  1?84 — (Id.) 

Charles  Granville  Wheler,  B.  A.,  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  Nov.  27,  1787 — (Id.) 

Edward  Nicholson,  B.  A.,  of  St.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, 29  Oct.  1798.  Mr  Nicholson  was  also  vicar  of 
Mitford. 

James  Jaman,  A.  B.,  of  St.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, April  10,  1802. 

Thomas  Shute,  M.  A.,  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford, 
Jan.  2,  1805 ;  some  time  curate  of  Hebburn,  and  now 
(1831)  of  Morpeth. 

Charles  Granmlle  Wheler,  M.  A.,  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  14  March,  1808. 

Thomas  Fallowfield,  M.  A.,  a  native  of  Great  Strick* 
land,  in  Westmorland ;  educated  at  Bampton  school,  in 


MORPETH  PARISH. NEWMINSTER  ABBEY. 


405 


church  :d  all  is  green  sward,  overspreading  long  lines  of  walls  and  irregular 
heaps  of  ruins,e  piled  upon  the  graves  of  many  that  were  noble,  holy,  and 
wise,  or  covering  the  dust  that  once  beamed  in  the  eye  of  beauty,  or  wielded 
the  sword  of  the  mighty  and  the  brave  :  they  directed  their  bodies  to  be 
entombed,  where  the  pealing  of  organs  and  the  prayers  and  intercessions  of 
v 

d  This  door-way  is  in  a  wall  four  feet  thick :  it  is  5  feet  7  inches 

|— -j  wide,  and  10  feet  10  inches  high,  from  the  present  surface  of  the 
ground  ;  but  part  of  its  height  is,  no  doubt,  filled  up  with  rubbish. 

fjj^  -No  pedestal  appears.    The  elevation  A.,  and  the  plan  B.,  of  it,  were 
obligingly  furnished  by  Mr  Nicholson,  of  Morpeth.     The  moulding,  round  the  outside  face  of  the 
archivolt,  runs  into  the  sides,  without  being  interrupted  by  a  capital,  or  other  stop,  at  the  impost. 

e  Scarcely  a  stone  appears  above  the  ground  ;  but  several  feet  upwards  of  many  of  the  walls, 
especially  of  the  chapter-house  and  domestic  apartments,  still  remain  buried  in  the  rubbish  of 
their  upper  parts.  Ivy,  and  roots  of  trees  and  grasses  wind  through  the  walls  of  deserted  build- 
ings, and  as  effectually  level  them  with  the  earth,  as  any  labour  of  man.  The  church,  which  has 
stood  on  ground  considerably  higher  than  the  level  of  the  plain  which  surrounds  it,  was  on  the 
north  side  of  the  whole  establishment,  and  consisted  of  a  tower,  nave,  transept,  and  chancel ;  in 
all,  about  270  feet  long.  The  cloisters  were  on  the  south  side  of  the  nave,  and,  apparently,  about 
1 02  feet  from  east  to  west,  and  80  from  north  to  south  ;  and  had  extensive  buildings  on  every  side 
of  them ;  especially  the  chapter-house,  and  many  others,  of  very  various  sizes,  on  the  east  and 
south  ;  from  which  side,  through  the  cloisters,  to  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  of  the  church,  the 
ruins  cover  about  320  feet.  Some  large  ash  trees,  and  hawthorns,  and  abundance  of  wake-robin, 
thrive  on  these  ruins.  Under  one  group  of  ash  trees,  to  the  south-west  of  the  abbey,  a  fine  spring 
rises  out  of  a  gentle  knoll,  on  which  there  are  traces  of  much  masonry.  This  water  was,  probably, 
conveyed  hither  in  a  covered  conduit,  as  its  source  must  be  in  higher  ground  than  where  it  rises ; 
and  a  narrow  marsh — a  sort  of  natural  foss — sweeps  between  it  and  the  banks,  round  three  sides 
of  the  monastery.  The  common  burial  ground  has  been  on  the  north  side  of  the  church.  On  the 
west,  there  have  been  orchards  and  gardens,  between  the  church  and  some  outer-buildings ',  and, 
on  the  north,  a  gatd-way,  on  the  road  from  Morpeth  to  the  north  door  of  the  church.  If  the  floors 
of  any  part  of  the  church,  cloisters,  or  chapter-house  remain,  interesting  inscriptions  may  still  be 
found.  I  have  seen  no  remains  of  mouldings  here,  but  such  as  belong  to  the  architecture  of  the 
fourteenth  century — to  the  time  of  the  three  Edwards,  or  somewhat  later.  Formerly,  many  stones 
were  taken  from  hence,  for  building  with  in  Morpeth. 

that  county,  and  at  Peter-house,  Cambridge,  of  which  i       William  Ashley  Shute,  B.  A.,  of  Emmanuel  College, 


society  he  is  a  fellow ;  elected  second-master  of  this 
school,  August  17,  1813 ;  resigned  in  1826  ;  and  is  now 
curate  of  Hebburn  ;  concerning  which  chapelry,  and  the 
town  of  Morpeth,  the  author  is  greatly  indebted  to  Mr 
F.,  for  cheerfully  and  readily  answering  all  his  enquiries. 


Cambridge,  June  C,  1826. 

Mitford  Hullock,  literate,  in  1827. 

Nicholson,  Aug.  24,  1830. 

Christopher  Rapier,  B.  A.,  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
24  February,  1831. 


PART  11.  VOL.   II. 


5    L 


406  MORPETH  DEANERY.— MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

good  men  were  continually  heard — the  lights  on  the  altar  of  the  Virgin  were 
never  extinguished — and  the  semblances  of  saints  and  angels  turned  on  the 
pillared  walls  and  the  marble  floors,  as  the  sun  and  the  moon,  in  their  courses, 
shone  through  its  pictured  windows.  All  now,  however,  is  silence  here — the 
keepers  of  the  tombs,  and  the  servants  of  God,  have  long  ago  been  driven  from 
their  sanctuary ;  and  the  destroying  hands  of  Time  and  Man  have  levelled  its 
altars  and  towers  with  the  earth.  But  the  changes  we  lament,  are  often  the 
origin  of  new,  and  better  orders  of  things  :  subterraneous  fires,  and  the  cease- 
less motion  and  varying  temperature  of  air  and  water,  are  daily  causing 
catastrophes  to  man,  which  keep  the  world  in  perpetual  youth  ;  and  improve- 
ments in  civilized  life  rise  upon  the  ruins  of  institutions,  that  were  once 
considered  models  of  perfection. 

The  Cistercian  order  of  monks  was  founded  at  Cistertium,  in  Burgundy,  in 
1098.  St.  Bernard,  who  was  born  at  Fountaines,  in  the  same  province, 
in  1091,  entered  into  it ;  and,  at  the  age  of  22,  became  abbot  of  Clairvaux,  in 
Champagne.  He  was  the  most  extraordinary  man  of  his  time :  a  patient, 
rigid,  and  enthusiastic  monk,  while  he  remained  in  his  cloister — abroad,  splen- 
did and  commanding.  His  character  and  eloquence,  wherever  he  went,  gave 
him  an  influence  in  society  superior  to  the  power  of  the  popes  and  kings  of 
his  age.  Some  of  his  followers  settled  in  a  savage  and  uninhabited  glen  in 
Yorkshire,  called  Skeldale,  in  English ;  in  Latin,  de  F&ntibus  ;  and,  in  Norman 
French,  Fountains :  and,  on  Christmas-day,  1138,  a  party  of  them,  forming 
the  first  colony  they  sent  out,  was  received  into  Morpeth  castle,  under  the 
patronage  and  protection  of  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  a  person,  who,  according  to 
Simeon  of  Durham,  was,  at  that  time,  "  powerful  in  Northumberland."  Their 
first  abbot  was  called  Robert ;  and,  about  the  feast  of  Epiphany,  January  6th, 
in  1139,  received  benediction  from  Geoffrey,  bishop  of  Durham/  Another 
account,  given  in  a  manuscript  History  of  Fountains  Abbey,  says,  that  de 
Merlay  went  on  a  visit  to  that  house,  and  was  so  struck  with  the  manner  of  life 
which  the  brethren  led,  that,  for  the  ransom  of  his  soul,  he  gave  them  a  place 
to  found  a  monastery  upon.  The  holy  abbot  accepted  the  gift,  and  having 
there  laid  out  the  buildings  in  the  accustomed  way,  constructed  the  abbey 
which  he  called  Newminster.  This  was  the  eldest,  and,  as  yet,  the  only  daugh- 
ter of  the  mother  church  of  Fountains  ;  from  which  house  the  brethren  set 

• 

'  TwyscL  X.  Script,  Col,  265i 


MORPETH  PARISH. NEWMINSTER  ABBEY.  407 

out  for  Newminster,  on  the  5th  of  January,  in  the  fifth  year  of  her  foundation. 
Their  abbot,  Robert,  was  a  holy  and  religious  man  ;  formerly  a  monk  of 
Whitby,  and  afterwards  an  associate  of  those  who  separated  from  the  abbey 
of  York,  and  settled  at  Fountains.  This  is  the  origin  of  Newminster  abbey, 
which,  emulating  the  fruitfulness  of  her  mother,  conceived,  and  brought  forth 
three  daughters,  namely,  Pipewell,  Salley,  and  Roche.5 

Of  all  the  religious  orders,  the  Cistercians  were  the  most  distinguished  for 
their  taste  in  selecting  grand  situations  for  their  houses.  The  fertility  of  the 
solitude  they  began  to  build  upon,  seemed  to  them  only  a  secondary  object,  if 
the  surrounding  scenery  was  marked  by  the  hand  of  nature  with  a  bold  out- 
line, and  had  a  river  and  deep  woods  near  it.  From  the  site  of  Newminster, 
the  prospect  along  the  valley  of  the  Wansbeck  reaches  little  more,  in  its 
farthest  extent,  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile :  it  seems  to  be  set  in  an  amphitheatre 
of  woods :  downwards,  a  part  of  the  houses  at  Bowie's  Green,  can  be  seen 
from  the  north  door  of  its  church  ;  and  upwards,  through  trees  in  rich 
meadows,  glimmerings  of  the  ground  about  Mitford.  Where  the  river  juts 
against  its  banks,  sandy  scars  appear,  hemmed  with  broom  and  brushwood : 
in  other  parts,  their  sinuous  sides  are  cut  with  courses  of  brooks,  and  covered 
with  fine  forest  trees.  Looking  to  the  south,  it  seems  to  stand  on  the  chord 
of  a  regular  semi-circle,  where  the  banks,  though  high,  slope  gradually  off,  as 
if  on  purpose  to  admit  the  winter  noon,  and  the  summer  morning's  sun.  Its 
site,  however,  beguiles  admiration  more  by  the  charm  of  loveliness  than 
grandeur :  it  is  the  richness  of  American  river-side  scenery,  in  a  champaign 
country,  that  invites  you  to  linger  upon  it — fine  meadows,  inclosed  by  indented 
diluvial  banks  of  uniform  height — -with  nothing  but  sky  beyond  their  sylvan 
brows — no  water-fall,  or  glen,  barred  up  with  walls  of  everlasting  rock,  or  moun- 
tain towering  above  the  clouds.  Ranulph  de  Merlay  himself  built  the  abbey.  His 
words  are—"  Abbathiam  quam  ego  ipse  construxi."  He  also  endowed  it  with 
a  large  tract  of  land  and  woods  that  surrounded  it  on  each  side  of  the  river, 
and  with  a  part  of  his  wife's  patrimonial  possessions  at  Ritton  and  Witton. 
Besides  its  founder,  and  the  succeeding  barons  of  Morpeth,  it  enumerated 
many  other  noble  benefactors — the  Bertrams,  of  Mitford ;  the  barons  of 
Bolam  and  Bolbeck ;  the  great  families  of  Umfreville  and  Roos ;  and  had 
also  upon  its  roll,  the  names  of  Widdrington,  Conyers,  Morwick,  Fenwick, 

8  Dug.  Mon.  Ang. 


408 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Plessis,  Cambo,  Thornton,  Lawson,  and  many  others.11  But  though  the 
revenues  of  this  house  soon  became  considerable,  its  inmates  were  not  exempt 
from  severe  visitations.  In  the  year  in  which  it  was  built,  it  was  destroyed ; 
and  grievous  oppressions  were  committed  upon  its  demesne  lands,  and  the  sur- 
rounding neighbourhood,  by  the  army  of  David,  king  of  Scotland.1  The  deed 
by  which  Lewis  de  Beaumont,  the  unlettered  prelate  of  Durham,  appropriated 
the  rectory  of  Stannington  to  the  monks  of  Newmirister,  describes  their 
condition  as  exceedingly  deplorable.  Their  houses  were  so  often  laid  in  ashes, 
and  their  land  wasted,  by  hostile  invasions,  that  they  were  not  only  unable  to 
repair  them,  support  the  poor,  and  keep  up  their  accustomed  hospitality, 
but  were  themselves  reduced  to  extreme  poverty.  The  frequent,  friendly 
resort  to  them,  also,  of  the  royal  army,  and  of  noblemen  and  others,  both 
from  England  and  Scotland,  was  represented  as  exceedingly  burdensome. 
Nearly  the  same  reasons,  in  1349,  were  advanced,  for  increasing  their  income 
with  the  corn  tithes  and  a  part  of  the  glebe  land  of  the  rectory  of  Whelping- 
ton.  Its  abbot  was  frequently  summoned  to  the  parliaments  of  Edward  the 
First. j  Edward  the  Second  dated  public  documents  from  hence,  on  Sept.  8, 
1310;  Sept.  8,  10,  and  11,  1311  ;  and  on  May  30,  and  from  June  4  to  7, 
1314 :  and  Edward  the  Third  tested  a  mandate  here,  Nov.  16,  1334."  The 
rest  of  its  history,  that  has  presented  itself  to  my  notice,  I  have  pressed  into 
the  subjoined  note,1  in  a  small  type.  Surtees  has  a  beautiful  engraving  of  its 

h  The  chartulary,  containing  copies  of  the  evidences  of  this  house,  was  in  the  possession  of  lord 
William  Howard,  when  Doddsworth,  in  1638,  made  his  extracts  from  it,  printed  by  Dugdale. 
The  following  notices  of  the  benefactions  to  it,  of  its  revenues  at  the  time  of  the  Dissolution,  and  of 
their  dispersion  afterwards,  all  derived  from  miscellaneous  sources,  and  chronologically  arranged, 
together  with  a  catalogue  of  its  benefactors,  derived  from  its  obits,  a  list  of  its  abbots,  and  some 
evidences  respecting  it, — may  serve  to  give  some  idea  of  its  accumulated  revenue  at  the  time  of  the 
Dissolution. 

1  Twysd.  X.  Script.  Col.  316.  j  Steven's  Con.  of  Dug.  Mon.  ii.  apx.  14. 

k  Rot.  Scot.  i.  94,  103,  127,  128,  and  294. 


1 1. — GRANTS  to  Newminster,  and  notices  respecting 

its  possessions  and  history : — 

1.  The  foundation  charter,  in  English,  is  as  follows : — 
llanulph  de  Merlay,  to  all  the  sons  of  the  holy  church, 
French  &  English,  clergy  and  laity,  present  and  to  come, 
health : — Know  ye  that  I,  with  the  common  consent 


of  my  wife  and  sons,  have  given  in  fee  and  free  alms,  to 
the  monks  of  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  which  I  have 
built,  for  the  health  of  myself,  of  my  wife,  my  sons,  my 
lords,  and  all  my  friends,  and  for  the  souls  of  my  father 
and  mother,  my  fore-fathers  and  friends,  and  of  all  the 
faithful  that  are  dead,  Rittuna,  and  whatever  belongs  to 


MORPETH  PARISH. NEWMINSTER  ABBEY. 


409 


common  seal,  on  which  the  Virgin  is  represented  in  a  Gothic  throne,  crowned, 
and  holding  the  infant  Jesus  in  her  arms,  and  having  an  abbot  of  the  Cister- 


it,  in  wood  or  open  ground ;  and  part  of  the  wood  of 
Witton,  as  I  set  it  out  to  them  before  my  own  people ; 
and  all  the  valley  between  Morpada  and  Heburn,  as 
the  rivulet,  which  is  called  Fulbecke,  runs,  and  falls 
into  Cottingburn,  and  as  Cottingburn  runs  under 
Prestly  by  a  march,  which  I  made  to  them  before  my 
men,  as  far  as  the  Wenespic,  and  thus  up  to  the  march 
between  me  and  William  Bertram,  whatever  is  there 
in  wood  and  open  land ;  and  on  the  other  side  of  the 
water,  by  the  brow  of  the  hill,  right  across  to  Lecha, 
and  as  Lecha  falls  into  Wdidig,  and  by  Wdidig  into 
Meredene,  and  by  Meredene  as  far  as  the  Winespic, 
both  in  wood  and  land.  And  I  grant,  that  they  may 
have  free  egress  for  their  cattle  to  the  common  pasture 
of  all  my  land ;  and,  at  Ulacam,  I  have  given  to  them, 
to  build  their  granges  upon,  from  the  Eagle's-nest  to 
the  well  of  Erard,  and  as  the  stream  of  that  well  runs 
into  the  Lima,  and  as  the  Lima  runs  as  far  as  the 
march  of  Forum — ( Newminster  Evidences,  No.  1.) 

2.  The  grants  and  confirmations  of  Ritton  and  Wit- 
ton,  are  given  in  the  account  of  Netherwitton,  in  Part 
II.  vol.  i,  p.  323. 

3.  Hugh  Pudsey,  who  was  bishop  of  Durham  from 
1153  to  1195,  gave  them  Chopwell,  tithe-free  ;  and  the 
Salt-pans  upon  the  Blythe,  in  Bedlingtonshire,  and  the 
water  and  fisheries  there,  which  they  had  in  the  time  of 
R.  de  Bedlington  ;  and  if  any  of  his  successors  should 
disturb  them  in  the  possession  of  Chopwell,  he  granted 
that  they  should  have  Wolsingham  in  lieu  of  it ;  which 
place  he  had  received  in  exchange  for  Chopwell,  wholly 
and  entirely,  as  his  predecessor,  William  de  St.  Barbara, 
of  good  renown,  had  given  to  them,  by  the  mediation  of 
St.  Eugenius,  the  pope — (See  name's  North  Durham, 
ajac.  144.)      Chopwell  is  in  the  parish  of  Ryton,  and 
county  of  Durham. 

4.  Roger  de  Merlay  gave  them  his  culture,  called 
Upper  Farmley,  with  all  the  wood,  and  the  soil  on 
which  it  grew,  on  the  south  side  of  Upper  Farmley,  to 
his  own  tillage  land  on  the  south — that  is  to  say,  as  they 
are  inclosed  with  a  dike,  and  the  dike  itself,  from  the 
Wansbeck,  between  Upper  and  Nether  Farmley ;  and 
so,  by  the  middle  of  the  wood  towards  the  south,  to  the 
said  tillage  land  ;  and  so,  by  the  dike,  between  the  til- 
lage land  and  the  wood  to  the  west,  to  the  antient 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


marches  of  the  monastery — which  grant  was  made  for 
the  special  purpose  of  being  applied  to  building  and  re- 
pairing the  church  of  Newminster,  for  ever. — (HI.  ii.  65.) 

6.  From  Roger,  son  of  Roger  Bertram,  of  Mitford, 
they  had  a  plot  of  ground,  bounded  by  the  following 
marches : — From  Merden,  which  is  the  march  between 
the  baronies  of  Mitford  and  Morpeth,  between  the  till- 
ed and  untilled  land,  to  the  Wansbeck,  in  front  of  the 
Abbey-mill  pool ;  and  so  by  the  course  of  the  water  by 
the  antient  march,  ascending  by  the  course  of  the  water 
of  the  Wansbeck,  as  far  as  Capath,  as  Capath  goes 
across  to  the  south,  to  the  path  which  goes  between 
Mitford  and  Morpeth ;  and  following  that  path  east- 
ward, to  Merdene  aforesaid,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Sheep-cote  of  the  said  monks — (III.  ii.  62.) 

6.  The  following  hints  are  from  badly-written  ab- 
stracts, in  Latin,  in  the  Lansdowne  MS.  260,  fol.  132  ; 
and  all  plainly  relate  to  benefactions  made  to  New- 
minster : — 1.  B  . .  HELESDEN — Robert  de  Feritate,  in 
1240,  for  the  soul  of  his  wife  Ada,  gave  g  of  lands  there, 
and  whatever  belonged  to  Ralph  de  Feritate  and  Eve 
his  wife,  and  Henry  de  la  Vale  and  Margery  his  wife. 
2.  NEWTON. — Walter  de  Bolam,  for  the  health  of  king 

Henry,  of  his  sons ,  and  the  health  of  his  own 

soul,  and  of  his  parents  and  friends,  gave  Newton,  which 
they  held  of  James,  his  grandfather,  and  Gilbert,  his 
father... rendering  for  all,  three  marks.  3.  FINE  5 
Henry,  son  of  king  John,  1221,  before  Robert  de  Vere, 
earl  of  Oxford,  between  Peter  de  Vaux  and  Emma  his 
wife,  plaintiffs,  against  the  abbot  and  convent  of  New- 
minster, respecting  one-third  part  of  Newton ;  because 
it  had  belonged  to  Walter,  son  of  Gilbert,  her  former 
husband,  and  afterwards,  &c. — 4.  Walter,  son  of  Gilbert 
of  Bolam,  granted  to  Margaret  his  cousin,  daur.  of  Gil- 
bert de  la  Vale,  all  his  services  in  Newton  ;  and,  let  it 
be  noted,  that  Walter  de  Bolam  had  two  daughters, 
viz.  Alina,  married  to  John  de  Caux,  and  Alice,  wife  of 
James  de  Caux,  John's  brother ;  and  these  released  to 
the  abbot and  Margaret  his  wife,  at  the  peti- 
tion of  Robert,  our  heir,  in  council  with  his  friends, 
released  to  the  abbot,  when  they  should  pay  to  Walter, 
son  of  Gilbert,  40s.  for  the  grange  of  Newton.  Also 
confirmed  to  Margaret  Delavale,  daur.  of  Gilbert  Dela- 
vale,  to  marry  herself.  Witnesses,  sir  Roger  de  Merlay, 

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tian  order  below, — his  clasped  hands,  crook,  and  countenance  uplifted ;  and 
himself  saying — AVE  MARIA.     The  inscription  is — s'  CO'E  ABB'IS  ET  CO'VE'TVS 


sir  G.  de  Umfreville,  &c.  6.  EACHWICK. — I,  John 
Bassett,  son  of  William  of  Whalton  and  Isabella  his 
wife,  sister  and  heir  of  John  Basset,  of  Coupen,  to  John 
of  Whitlaw,  all  my  land  in  Echewyk,  anno  1380. 

7-  Robert  de  Heppall  gave  to  God  and  the  Blessed 
Mary,  and  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster,  and 
their  successors,  in  pure  alms,  free  way  and  passage 
through  all  his  lands  in  Northumberland,  for  all  his 
men,  as  well  as  horses,  carts,  carriages,  &c.  The  deed 
for  these  liberties  was  without  date,  but  witnessed  by 
sir  Thomas  Umfreville,  sir  Richard  de  Horsley,  and 
Gilbert  de  Borougden,  knights — (Doddsw.  MS.  vol.  49; 
Earl,  of  Newc.  deeds,  No.  2'J.) 

8.  Sir  Robert  Taylboys,  June  24,  1279,  gave,  and  to 
farm  demised  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster, 
that  they  might  enjoy  common  of  pasture,  in  his  moor 
and  pasture   of  Hephale,   within   certain  boundaries, 
which  are  not  given  in  the  abstract  of  his  deed.   Among 
the  witnesses  were,  sir  Robert  de  la  Ferete,  sir  Walter 
Buruden,  and  John  de  Hertwayton,  knights. — fid.  Deed, 
No.  44.) 

9.  John,  baron  of  Greystock,  by  deed,  dated  at  Ulg- 
ham,  in  1297,  restored  to  them  certain  rights  of  com- 
mon in  Stobbyford,  and  elsewhere  in  Ulgham,  originally 
given  to  them  by  his  ancestor,  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  the 
founder  of  their  house,  and  out  of  which  they  had  been 
ejected,  by  arbitrary  power,  by  one  of  his  successors,  as 
well  as  conferred  upon  them  other  privileges,  as  related 
above,  p.  178,  in  the  account  of  Ulgham — (Evidences, 
No.  2.) 

10.  Henry  the  Third  confirmed  charters  to  them,  in 
1244  fCal.  Rot.  Char.  59) ;  land,  in  1252  fill.  i.  390) ; 
boundaries,  in  1255  (III.  ii.  61)  ;  and  granted  them 
liberties,  and  confirmation  of  land,  in  1271. — (Cal.  Rot. 
Char.  102,  103.)   Edward  the  First,  in  1290,  gave  them 
free  warren  in  Newminster,  Horton,  Filton,  Newton, 
West  Ritton,  East  Ritton,  Stretton,  Kestern,  Ulgham, 
and  Rothley — (III.  ii.  393.)     In  1292,  this  house  had 
pleadings  at  Westminster,  respecting  257  acres  of  land 
in  Rothley ;  and,  in  the  following  year,  about  property 
in  Bolam,  and  elsewhere   (Plac.  21    Edw.  I.   1  Assis. 
Rot.  6  dorso ;  Rot.  13  $  18)  :  and,  in  1294,  the  abbot 
appeared  at  the  assizes  at  Newcastle,  to  answer  charges 
against  him  for  undue  use  of  free  warren  on  Horton, 


Felton,  Newton,  West  Ritton,  East  Ritton,  Stretton, 
Kerstern,  Ulgham,  Rothley,  Coldwell,  Aldworth,  Ed- 
ington,  Heighlaw,  Ruthlawe,  Tolland,  Werghill,  and 
Kidland,  and  for  exercising  other  liberties,  but  had  most 
of  his  claims  confirmed. — (III.  i.  139.)  The  Patent 
Roll  of  8  Edw.  II.  p.  1,  m.  5,  is  respecting  this  house ; 
and  one,  two  years  after,  about  the  boundaries  of 
all  its  demesne  lands — (III.  ii.  364.)  Also,  the  Pa- 
tent Roll  for  1330,  part  2,  and  the  Charter  Roll,  No. 
85,  for  the  same  year,  contain  records  respecting  New- 
minster ;  and  the  license  to  give  it  the  ad  vow  son  of 
Stannington,  is  contained  in  Clause  Roll,  membrane  37, 
of  the  same  year.  The  rest  of  the  records,  referred  to 
by  Tanner,  are  either  given  in  the  following  Evidences, 
or  printed  in  Part  II.  vol.  i.  p.  208,  or  in  Part  III. 
vol.  i.  pp.  59 — 6?. 

11.  Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  earl  of  Angus  and  Kyme, 
whose  wife  was  Maud  de  Lucy,  died  in  1338,  and  gave 
£20  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster — (Hay's  Memoirs, 
tome  3,  p.  36.) 

12.  Rot.  Claus.  4  Edw.  III.  1330,  Rog.  de  Somervill 
cone,  afrbi  de  Novo  Monasterio  advocacbem  eccfie  de 
Stannington  1  acquietet  dcm  AfiEem  erga  Regem  de 
servitio  xvi  partis  unius  feodi  militis  dcam  advocacbem 
tangent,  et  ad  dcm  acquietacbem  obligatur  se  "t  maneria 
sua  de  Stannington  &  Wotton — ( Doddsw.  MSS.  vol.  84, 
fol.  101.) 

13.  a.  Edward  the  Third,  Oct.  1,  1343,  recites  letters 
patent  of  his  father  licensing  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
Newminster  to  acquire  in  fee,  lands  or  rents,  to  the 
value  of  £50  a  year ;  and  then  licenses  them  to  acquire 
of  Richard  Aukeland,  3  messuages  and  a  rent  of  10s.,  in 
Morpeth  ;  of  Hugh  del  Side  and  Hugh  Haghous,  7 
messuages  and  40s.  rent,  in  the  same  town  ;  of  William 
Lyttester,  a  rent  of  2s.,  also  in  Morpeth ;  and  of  John 
de  Horsley,  1  messuage  and  10  acres  of  land,  in  Roth- 
ley ;  none  of  which  property  was  holden  of  the  king, 
but  the  true  value  of  it  had  been  estimated  by  Ro- 
bert de  Raymys,  late  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  to  be 
about  three  score  and  sixteen  shillings  and  sixpence  a 
year. — (Newm.  Evidences,  No.  3.)    A  similar  document, 
dated  Nov.   1,   1364,  empowered  them  to  acquire  of 
Thomas  Kynton,  Win.  de  Wardecopp,  Wm.  de  Arturet, 
Rich.  Aukeland,  Alan  Whitehead,  Nicholas  Kellawe, 


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S'CE  MARIE  DE  Novo  MONASTERio.  The  site  of  the  monastery,  and  its  antient 
surrounding  demesne  lands,  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  have,  for  the  last 
century,  or  more,  belonged  to  the  Ords,  of  Fenham  and  Whitfiel^l. 


and  John,  son  of  Adam  de  Corbrig,  chaplains,  16  mes- 
suages, and  4  score  and  5  acres  of  land,  in  Morpeth, 
Stannington,  and  Thornton  ;  one  husbandland,  contain- 
ing  24  acres  of  land  in  Wotton  ;  and  two  parts  of  the 
ville  of  Idryngton  ;  and  a  third  part  of  the  ville  of  Aid- 
worth  :  of  the  same  Wm.,  Win.,  Richard,  Alan,  and 
John,  4  messuages,  and  200  acres  of  land,  in  Pendemore; 
and  of  the  same  John  and  Thomas  Chaldeford,  chaplain, 
Robert  de  Hudespeth,  and  Alan  Mayn,  2  messuages 
and  8s.  rent,  in  Corbrig :  none  of  which  property  was 
holden  of  the  crown,  but  altogether  estimated,  by  Wm. 
Reygate,  escheator  of  the  county,  to  be  worth  £8  4s.  2d. 

a  year (Newm.  Evid.  No.  4.)    Also,  on  Sep.  22,  1392, 

Richard  II.,  in  consideration  of  £10,  paid  to  him  by  the 
abbot  and  convent,  gave  a  license  to  Thomas  Tughale, 
parson  of  the  church  of  Morpeth,  John  Parys,  vicar  of 
Whelpington,  and  Adam  Scot,  vicar  of  Horsley,  to  con- 
vey to  them,  7  messuages  and  7  acres  of  land,  in  Mor- 
peth, not  holden  of  the  crown  ;  to  John  Stele  and 
Richard  Marschall,  chaplains,  to  give  them  a  messuage, 
in  Newcastle,  holden  of  the  crown  in  free  burgage ;  and 
to  the  same  John  Stele,  and  Richard  de  Acliff,  chap- 
lain, to  grant  them  5  messuages,  and  a  rent  of  4s.  out 
of  a  close,  without  the  Close-gate,  and  3  acres  of  ground, 
in  Newcastle,  also  holden  of  the  crown  in  free  burgage, 
and  in  the  tenure  of  William  Baron,  and  Edith  his  wife. 
—(Id.  No.  6.) 

13,  b.  By  an  inquest,  holden  at  Corbridge,  June  20, 
1373,  it  was  found,  that  the  lord  of  Mitford  founded 
Mitforth  Spittel,  and  gave  lands  and  meadows  there,  to 
find  a  chaplain, — but  that  no  chaplain  is  found ;  that 
the  endowment  had,  for  a  long  time,  been  withdrawn  ; 
and  that  the  abbot  of  Newminster  then  occupied  the 
grounds  belonging  to  it,  the  annual  rent  of  which  was 
20s — (Above,  p.  342.) 

14.  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  at  "  Hilderskelf,"  now 
Castle  Howard,  Jan.  13,  1389,  gave  to  the  abbot  and 
convent  of  Newminster  a  reversionary  grant,  in  various 
lands,  tenements,  and  rents,  in  Morpeth,  when  they 
should  fall  to  him  by  the  death  of  the  lady  Joan,  his 
mother.   The  tenements  acquired  by  the  abbey  former- 
ly belonged  to  Wm.  Boule,  Wm.  Hertwayton,  James 
Felton,  Adam  Barker,  Rob.  Peryson,  Thos.  Thocker- 


ington,  Wm.  Sture,  Wm.  Harden,  Elen  Herle,  Alice 
Bell,  Wm.  Cotum,  and  Peter  de  Lewe,  one  tenement 
to  each  ;  and  to  John  Lister,  two  tenements — in  all,  14 
tenements.  The  original  of  this  deed  is  in  the  Town's- 
hutch  of  Morpeth,  and  the  tenor  of  it  is  given,  in  Latin, 
in  the  Newminster  Evidences,  No.  5. 

15.  Adam  Roos  and  Richard  of  Auckland,  in  1390, 
infeofted  Alan  Whitehead,  vicar  of  Tinmouth,  and  Wil- 
liam Kell,  in  certain  lands  and  tenements,  in  Stanning- 
ton, and  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  the  third,  gave  li- 
cense to  these  feoffees,  to  convey  the  same,  in  fee,  to  the 
abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster,  for  ever,  by  their  do- 
ing fealty,  and  suit  of  court,  to  him,  at  the  three  head- 
courts  of  Morpeth,  and  paying  sixpence,  yearly,  for 
Castle  Ward,  and  cornage,  and  as  many  head-pennys  as 
were  due  from  that  ground,  and  for  a  certain  water- 
course, in  Bradmire,  one  penny,  and  one  halfpenny,  for 
the  support  of  a  bridge,  over  that  water-course. — (New- 
minster Evidences,  No.  7-) 

16.  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  of  Greystock,  gave  them 
the  homage  and  service  of  John  of  Kersterne,  (now 
Caistron,)  and  of  his  heirs  of  the  manor  of  Kersterne.— 
(III.  «_G2.) 

17-  John  de  Mitford,  3  Hen.  6,  granted  lands  in 
Echewick  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster,  to 
pray  for  his  soul,  and  the  souls  of  his  ancestors ;  as  ap- 
pears by  the  ledger-book  of  the  abbey,  fol.  106. — (From 
Collections  at  Mitford  Castle.) 

\  8.  Bertram  Mitford,  5  Hen.  7,  released  to  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Newminster,  all  his  right  in  lands  in 
Eachwick — (Mitford  Deeds.") 

19.  This  house  fell,  in  27  Hen.  8,  1535,  under  the 
act,  which  gave — "  All  monasteries  to  the  king,  which 
have  not  lands  above  £200,  by  the  year."  The  Valor 
Ecclesiasticus,  for  Northumberland,  made  in  the  same 
reign,  states  its  revenues  only  at  £100  8s.  lOd. ;  Speed 
has  them  at  £140  10s.  4d. ;  but  the  following  abstract 
of  a  roll,  made  by  the  king's  surveyors  of  his  lands,  in 
1536,  and  still  preserved  in  the  Augmentation  Office, 
makes  its  annual  rental  £265  18s.  0£d.,  for  which  sum 
they  actually  accounted  to  the  crown  ;  but  the  several 
rents  there  enumerated  were,  I  conceive,  mere  annual  fee 
farm  rents,  which  continued  to  be  paid  to  the  crown,  while 


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it  enjoyed  the  fee  simple  of  the  several  estates,  out  of 
which  they  were  paid:  and  the  tenants  under  it,  at  each 
renewal  of  their  lease,  paid  a  fine,  equivalent  to  the  dif- 
ference between  the  nominal  rent  and  the  real  annual 
value.  Wheat,  about  that  time,  sold  for  15s.  a  quarter, 
so  that  £265  18s.  was  then  equivalent  to  £1,063  12s., 
when  it  sells  at  £3  a  quarter. 

20.  ANNO  1536.  Comput'  Ministrorum  domini  Regis 
Temp.  Hen.  VIII.  NEWMINSTER  Monasterium  in  com 
NorthumE : — Newminster,  firma  scitus  cum  terris  do- 
minicalibus,  £13  12s.  Od — Ulgham,  firma  grangioe,  £13 
6s.  8d.— '-Highley,  firma  grangiac,  £4  Os.  Od. — West- 
ritton,  firma  grangiae,  £6  Os.  Od. — Nonnekirk,  firma 
grangiae,  £1  Os.  Od. — Kideland,  dominium,  nihil  prseter 
herbagium. — Blithesnok,  firma  septem  salinarum,  cum 
uno  garnaf  et  miner  carbonum,  £14  Os.  Od — Newmin- 
ster, firma  duorum  molendinorum  fullonicorum,  £5  Os. 
Od. — Morpeth,  firma  terrarum  et  tenementorum,  £29 
17s.  2d.— Chop  we  11,  firma  manerii,  £26  13s.  4d. — Est- 
ritton  et  Heley,  firma  terrarum  et  tenementorum,  £10 
19s.  2d. — Edington,  firma  unius  tenementi,  £4  Os.  Od. 
— Morwyke,  firma  unius  molendini  fullonici,  £3  6s.  8d. 
— Stannyngton,  firma  duorum  molend,  £4  Os.  Od. — 
Wrigill,  firma  quinque  tenementorum,  £3  6s.  8d. — 
Rotheley  juxta  Riddesdale,  firma  dominii  sive  manerii, 
£8  6s.  8d. — Stritton,  firma  grangiae  sive  dominii,  £16 
Os.  Od. — Ichewyk,  firma  quatuor  tenementorum,  £2  13s. 
4d. — Grenelighton,  firma  unius  turris  cum  aliis  edificiis, 
£2  13s.  4d. — Strother  et  Hewghe,  pratum  et  tenemen- 
tum,  £0  13s.  8d. — Stannerden,  firma  unius  cotagii,  £0 
4s.  Od. — -Highamdyke,  firma  duorum  tenementorum, 
£2  13s.  4d. — Horton  Grange,  firma  octo  tenementorum, 
£20  Os.  Od. — Newton  Grange,  firma  quatuor  decem  te- 
nementorum, £9  Os.  Od.  q. — Thritlington,  firma  duorum 
tenementorum,  £1  9s.  Od. — Garresden,  firma  unius  co- 
tagii, £0  4s.  Od. — Felton  et  Tolland,  firma  dominiorum 
sive  maneriorum,  £6  1 3s.  4d. — Rughley  juxla  Camboo, 
firma  libera  unius  pasturae,  £0  6s.  8d. — Hiddespath  in 
Riddesdale,  firma  unius  tenementi,  £0  6s.  8d. — Cald- 
well,  libera  firma,  £0  10s.  Od — Langwitton,  firma  unius 
tenementi,  £0  6s.  8d. — Warkworth,  firma  unius  salinse, 
£0  13s.  4d.— Shotton  reddit  et  firffi,  £3  6s.  8d.— Cow- 
pon,  firma  terr,  £0  2s.  Od. — Blakden,  firma  unius  tene- 
menti, £0  2s.  Od — Merefen,  firma  unius  tenementi,  £0 
13s.  4d. — Chappyngton,  firma  unius  cotagii,  £0  3s.  Od. 
— Blithesnoke,  firma  unius  tenementi,  £1  4s.  Od. — New- 
byging,  firma  domus  sive  mansionis,  £2  16s.  4d — Bus- 
den,  firma  unius  molendini,  £1  6s.  8d — Horket  (?  Co- 


quet) Milne,  firma  molend,  £0  13s.  4d. — Newton  Wood, 
libera  firma  unius  tenementi,  £0  8s.  Od. — Highley,  firma 
unius  clausi,  £1  6s.  8d. — Saltwyk,  firma  prati,  £0  2s.  6d. 
— Mitforth,  firma  quinque  tenementorum,  £0  18s.  2d. — 
Stanyngton,  firma  trium  tenementorum,  £2  4s.  Od. — 
Whelpyngton,  firma  glebae  rectoriae,  £1  Os.  Od. — Spitel- 
hill,  alias  the  Hospitall  Sancti  Leonard!,  firma  unius 
tenementi,  £1  13s.  4d. — Novum  Castrum  super  Tinam, 
firma  octo  tenementorum,  £4  Os.  8d — Heppell,  firma 
unius  tenementi,  £0  13s.  4d. — Tosson,  firma  tenementi 
voc  Hospital  of  Tosson,  £1  6s.  8d. — Bradefbrth,  libera 
firma,  £1  Os.  Od.— Bickfeld  (?  Bichfield),  firma  unius 
tenementi,  £0  6s.  8d — Chopwell,  firma  prati  voc  Fre- 
remedow,  £0  Os.  6d. — Milborne,  firma  unius  tenementi, 
£0  6s.  8d — Flotterton,  firma  terr,  £0  2s.  Od.— Kestron, 
firma  trium  tenementorum,  £3  6s.  8d. — Stannyngton, 
firma  rectoriae,  £7  Us.  4d. — Bullersgrene,  firma  xmarum» 
£1  16s.  8d — Whelpyngton,  firma  rectoriae,  £12  Os.  Od. 
— Harborne,  firma  pore  xmarum,  £3  11s.  8d.— (Abstracted 
from  a  Roll  of  28  Hen.  8,  remaining  in  the  Augmentation 
Office,  and  published  in  the  last  edition  of  Dugdale^s  Mo- 
nasticon.) 

21.  Paper  Survey,  1  July,  28  Hen.  VIII.,  Augment- 
ation Office.  NEWMINSTER,  in  comitatu  Northumbrise. 
— Terrse  dominicales  in  manibus  nuper  Monasterii  oc- 
cupatae. — Scitus  monasterii  ibidem)  continens  in  se  2 
pomaria,  3  gardina,  et  3  parvi  clausi,  continens  inter  se 
per  estimationem  9  acras  terrae,  q.  per  annum  valent 
£0  9s.  Od. — Item  ibidem  est  unum  molendinum  aquati- 
cum  bladale,  cum  uno  parvo  clauso,  quod  per  annum 
valet,  £3  6s.  8d. — Item  unum  columbare,  quod  per  an- 
num valet,  £0  Os.  8d. — Item  Unum  clausum  vocatum 
Hungery-hill,  quod  per  annum  valet  8s.,  et  continet  per 
estimationem  12  acras  terrae  arrabilis. — Item  inHungery- 
hill  sunt  10  acrae  pasturae  q  per  annum  valent  6s.  8d**— 
Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Barkerfeld,  quod  continet 
per  estimationem  16  acras  terrae  arrabilis,  q  per  annum 
valent,  10s.  8d. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Brome- 
close,  continens  per  estimationem  4  acras  terrae  arrabilis 
q  valet  per  annum,  2s. — Item  una  parcella  terrae  voc 
Burrewod  continens  per  estimationem  4  acras  terrae,  et 
valet  per  annum,  4s. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum 
Abbotthaugh  continens  per  estimationem  8  acras  prati, 
ac  una  parcella  subbosci  cum  diversis  fraxinis  et  grossis 
arboribus  interpositis  q  valent  per  annum,  10s.  8d. — 
Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Bradehaugh  continens  per 
estimationem  12  acras  terrae  arrabilis  q  per  annum  valet, 
8s. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Cowmedowe  continens 


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per  estimationem  4  acras  terrae  arrabilis,  quod  per  an- 
num valet,  5s. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Northe 
Parke  continens  per  estimationem  4  acras  bosci  quer- 
cuum  cujus  herbagium  valet  per  annum,  4s.— Item 
Unum  clausum  vocatum  Southe  Parke  de  bosco  quer- 
cuum  continens  per  estimationem  4  acras  cujus  herba- 
gium per  annum  valet,  6s. — Item  ibidem  est  domus 
tannaria,  cum  uno  parvo  ortulo,  et  per  annum  valet, 
£1. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Wodflatts  continens 
per  estimationem  20  acras  prati  debilis,  cum  cerlis  vastis 
infra  idem  pratum,  £\  6s.  8d. — Item  unum  clausum 
vocatum  Oxepasture  continens  per  estimationem  16  acras 
terrse  arrabilis  q  per  annum  valet,  10s.  8d. — Item  unum 
clausum  vocatum  Nepp  Close  continens  per  estimationem 
13  adras  terra  arrabilis  et  un.  acr.  vasti,  q  valent  per 
annum,  8s.  8d. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  More 
Close  continens  per  estimationem  10  acras  terrse  arra- 
bilis quod  per  annum  valet,  6s.  8d. — Item  unum  clausum 
vocatum  Albaynes  continens  per  estimationem  15  acras 
terrae  arrabilis,  quod  per  annum  valet,  10s. — Item  unum 
clausum  vocatum  Newefelde  continens  per  estimationem 
12  acras  pasturse  debilis,  quod  per  annum  valet,  8s. — 
Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Esthaugh  continans  per 
estimationem  7  acras  unde  de  terris  arrabilibus  5  acrae 
et  de  pratis  2  acrae  necnon  una  acra  ramelL  et  valet  per 
annum,  12s. — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Greneclose 
continens  per  estimationem  8  acras  pasturae  q  per  an- 
num valent,  4s.- — Item  unum  clausum  vocatum  Cote 
Croke  continens  per  estimationem  4  acras  terrae  arrabilis 
et  per  annum  valet,  6s.  Summa  £13  12s.— (Id.  p.  402.) 

22k  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  possessions  of  New- 
minster,  concerning  which  there  are  records  belonging 
to  the  reigns  of  Henry  VIII.,  Edw.  VI.,  queen  Mary, 
and  queen  Eliz.,  in  the  office  of  the  land  revenue,  Spring 
Gardens,  Westminster  : — Hudspeth,  Chopwel  manor, 
Milburne,  Higham  dykes,  Shotton  near  Stannington, 
Morpeth,  East  Swinburne,  Filton  Moor,  Chollerton, 
East  Ritton,  Coltparke,  Newton,  South  Field,  Heley, 
Longwitton,  Hepple,  Tosson,  Newton  grange,  Morwick, 
Merefen,  Thruston,  Earsdon,  Whelpington,  Newcastle 
Upon  Tyne,  Ulgham,  Warkworth  Moor,  and  Mitford. 

23.  Edward  the  Sixth  granted  2  messuages  and  12 
acres  of  meadow  in  Higham  Dykes,  that  had  belonged 
to  this  house,  and  a  close  called  Higham  Hill,  and  com- 
mon of  pasture  in  Bought  Hill,  between  Caldcote  and 
Higham,  together  with  Milburne  Grange,  and  other 
possessions,  to  Bertram  Anderson,  of  Newcastle. — (Land 
Rev.  Off".  Rec.  i.  127-)  The  same  king  also  granted  to 

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John  Wright  and  Thomas  Holmes,  lands  in  Milburn, 
late  belonging  to  Newrninster  abbey,  and  then  occupied 
by  Edmund  Horsley — fid.  i.  2.)  He  also  gave  their 
possessions  in  Chopwell,  to  John  Dudley,  duke  of  North- 
umberland. A  branch  of  the  Swinburnes  were  tenants 
of  that  place,  under  the  monastery  ;  and  afterwards  for- 
feited it,  for  rebellion.  The  office  of  the  auditor  of  the 
land  revenue  contains  transcripts  of  numerous  deeds 
respecting  it,  in  the  reigns  of  Edward  the  Sixth,  Mary, 
and  Elizabeth  ;  which  last  queen  granted  it  to  sir  llobt. 
Constable,  sir  R.  Sadler's  memorable  spy. 

24.  Sir  John  de  Widdrington,  4  Edw.  6.,  granted  to 
Cuthbert  Mitford,  his  tenements  and  lands  in  Mitford, 
known  by  the  name  of  The  Lady  Lands,  late  belonging 
to  Newminster  abbey. — (Mitford  deeds.) 

25.  The  only  sum  remaining  in  charge  to  the  crown, 
out  of  its  revenues,  in  1553,  was  £6  13s.  4d. ;  so  that 
18  years  after  its  surrender,  its  abbot,  and  all  its  monks 
but  one,  had  either  been  otherwise  provided  for,  or  were 
dead. 

26.  Queen  Mary,  22  June,  1554,  granted  to  Thomas 
Holmes  and  Gilbert  Langton,  Hudespethe,  otherwise 
called  Reyside,  in  Redesdale,  late  a  possession  of  the  dis- 
solved monastery  of  Newminster. — (Land  Rev.  Off.  Rec.) 

27.  Queen  Elizabeth,  20  March,  a;  r.  s.  xix.  granted 
to  John  Fortescue,  master  of  the  wardrobe,  and  John 
Walker,  two  closes,  called  the  Horse  Closes,  within  the 
ville  and  fields  of  Morpeth,  which  had  belonged  to  New- 
minster abbey. — ( Id.) 

28.  In  1568,  the  following  estates  of  Newminster 
abbey  still  belonged  in  fee  to  the  crown,  viz. : — The 
manor  of  Newminster,  White-house,  East  Ritton,  Colt- 
park,  Highbirkheads,  Coteyards,  Nunnykirk,  a  moiety 
of  Heley  and  Greenlighton,  the  manor  of  Filton  Moor, 
Carycoats,  Toande  (Tone),  Kellyquarter,  Highley,  Lon- 
inghead,  Ulgham  Grange,  Newton  Grange,  Stoyke,  and 
possessions  in  Morpeth. — (Laws.  MS.fol.  13.) 

29.  The  site  of  the  monastery  of  Newminster  was 
demised  to  farm  to  sir  Ralph  Grey,  of  Chillingham, 
July  19,   1574  (Land  Rev.  Off.  Rec.)  ;  and  his  third 
son  Henry  Grey,  of  Newminster,  esq.,  who  married 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  sir  John  Widdrington,  of  Wid- 
drington, knight,  resided  here  for  some  time,  and,  dy- 
ing 31st  March,  1597,  was   buried  in  the  chancel  of 
Morpeth  chuich.     Inventory  of  his  goods,  10th  May, 
1597— (Rainess  Test.  387  ;  $  Grey  Fed.  in  North  Durh.) 

30.  James  the  First,  by  his  charter,  dated  July  5, 
1616,  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of -€600,  granted 

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to  Wm.  lord  Eure,  and  to  his  heirs  male,  the  grange  of 
Stretton ;  a  close  of  eight  acres,  called  Innefield ;  and 
another,  of  about  100  acres,  called  Owtefield,  in  Eding- 
ton ;  the  manor  of  Rothley ;  and  a  wood,  of  seven  acres, 
called  Abbot's  Wood  ;  and  another,  of  six  acres,  called 
Abbot's  Spring — all  late  possessions  of  this  house ;  be- 
sides the  prebend  and  rectory  of  Salton,  in  Yorkshire, 
which  had  belonged  to  Hexham  ;  all  the  possessions  of 
the  celle  of  Jarrow ;  and  the  manor  of  Dalby,  in  York- 
shire,  late  appertaining  to  the  monastery  of  St.  Mary, 
near  the  walls  of  the  city  of  York. — (Papers  at  Wai. 
lington.) 

31.  James  the  First,  in  1610,  also  granted  the  site 
of  this  monastery  to  Robert  Brandling,  of  Felling,  in 
the  county  of  Durham,  esq.  (Wallis,  it.  312,  where  he 
quotes  Tanner  for  his  authority) ;  whose  son,  sir  Francis 
Brandling,  Feb.  4,  1637,  settled  North  and  South  Gos- 
forth,  Newminster  Abbey,  Highley  Grange,  and  other 
lands,  on  trustees,  for  himself,  for  life :  with  remainder 
to  his  intended  wife,  Elizabeth  Wheeler,  widow,  sister 
of  Wm.  and  Edmund  Pit :  but  afterwards,  for  £1,000, 
demised  the  site  of  Newminster,  with  its  lands  and  ap- 
purtenances, in  the  parishes  of  Morpeth  and  Mitford, 
for  99  years,  to  Henry  Sibthorpe,  of  London,  esq. ;  who 
assigned  them  to  John  Brownell,  of  London,  gent.,  and 
Robert  Constable,  esq.,  for  the  use  of  John  Brownell 
only,  whose  only  daughter,  Mary,  married  sir  Robert 
Dacre,  knight,  and  administered  to  her  father's  effects, 
March  1C,  1689,  and  was  also  joined  in  the  bond  by 
Ralph  Brandling,  esq. — fSurtees,  ii.  93.) 

32.  In  1663,  Mr  Humphrey  Shelcross  was  assessed 
at  £260  a  year,  for  Newminster  Abbey  fill.  ».  256)  ; 
and,  on  March  1,  in  the  following  year,  Andrew  Lums- 
den  made  his  will,  in  which  mention  is  made  of  £100 
arrears  of  rent  due  to  the  same  Mr  Shelcross,  of  Lon- 
don, from  Newminster  Abbey  grange,  which  had  been 
demised  to  the  testator,  by  sir  Francis  Brandling. — 
(Raine's  Test.  911.) 

33.  William  Ord  had  a  grant  for  24|  years,  Oct.  10, 
1773,  of  a  fee-farm  rent  of  £\  a  year,  payable  to  the 
crown,  out  of  two  fulling  mills  at  Newminster.— (Land 
Rev.  Off.  Rec.J 

II. — OBITS  of  Newminster,  or,  as  the  original  is  enti- 
tuled,  "  Respecting  the  founder  and  chief  benefactors 
of  the  abbey  of  Newminster."  Extracted  by  Dugdale 
from  a  book  called  the  Martyrologium  Novi-Monasterii. 
The  parts  within  brackets  are  additions  : — 

Sir  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  our  principal  founder,  who 


gave  us  the  site  of  this  abbey,  the  grange  of  Hulwane 
(Ulgham),  and  the  two  Rittons  .  William  de  Merlay, 
Roger  de  Merlay  the  First,  and  master  Osbert  de  Mer- 
lay, sons  of  the  said  Ranulph  .  Roger  de  Merlay  the 
Second,  and  Margery  his  wife,  who  gave  us  three  fish- 
ings on  the  Tyne  .  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  who 
renewed  and  confirmed  to  us  all  the  gifts  of  his  ances- 
tors, and  died  in  1265,  leaving  only  two  daughters,  his 
heirs ;  of  whom  the  eldest  was  called  Mary,  and  mar- 
ried  sir  William,  baron  of  Greystock  .  The  second  was 
called  Isabell,  and  married  sir  Robert  Somerville  ;  and 
between  these  the  barony  of  Merlay  was  divided  .  Ra- 
nulph de  Merlay,  junior  .  Also  for  the  soul  of  Philip 
Somerville. 

William  Bertram,  baron  of  Mitford,  who  gave  us  the 
land  between  the  abbey  and  Mitford  .  Roger  Bertram, 
his  son,  who  first  let  us  the  granges  of  Heylau  and  of 
Horton,  and  a  part  of  a  Peatery  .  Ada  Bertram,  wife 
of  William  Bertram  the  Second  .  Roger  Bertram  the 
Second  .  Roger  Bertram  the  Third,  who  sold  to  us  the 
aforesaid  places,  in  fee,  with  all  their  appurtenances ; 
and  also  confirmed  to  us  the  grange  of  Aldworth,  which 
he  sold  to  us. 

Peter  the  priest,  son  of  John,  parson  of  Mitford,  [gave 
them  the  grange  of  Aldworth,  which  was  confirmed  to 
them  by  Roger  Bertram  the  Third.—  Wallis,  ii.  305.] 

Sir  Edward  de  Ros,  who  gave  us  the  grange  of  Strat- 
ton  [in  Yorkshire]  .  Robert  de  Ros,  who  confirmed  to 
us  the  same  place. 

Sir  Robert  Bertram  [of  Bothal],  who  gave  to  us  the 
ground  which  is  called  Forum,  and  all  its  appurtenances. 
Richard  Bertram,  his  son. 

Sir  Odonel  de  Umfreville,  who  first  let  us  to  farm 
the  moors  of  Cheviot,  and  the  granges  of  Filton  and 
Tollard  .  William  and  Richard  de  Umfreville,  sons  of 
the  said  Odonel  .  Gilbert  de  Umfreville  and  Maud  his 
wife,  who  gave  to  us  the  pasture  of  Turf-hill  .  Gilbert 
de  Umfreville,  his  son,  who  sold  to  us  the  said  places  in 
fee,  with  all  their  appurtenances  and  liberties. — (Sec 
III.  ii.  62.)  [Filton  was  otherwise  called  White-house, 
and  lies  on  the  east  side  of  Watling-street,  opposite 
Tone ;  and  Tolland  was  the  next  adjoining  estate,  on 
the  west,  and  is  now  called  Tone.} 

James  of  Bolum,  who  first  let  us  the  grange  of  New- 
ton to  farm  .  Gilbert  his  son  .  Walter  his  son,  who 
sold  Newton  to  us  .  Alice,  daur.  and  heir  of  the  said 
Walter,  who  confirmed  to  us  the  same  place  .  [Newton 
was  the  farm  now  called  Hartburn  Grange,  and  had  to 


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the  south  of  it  a  place  called  Comberton,  part  of  North 
Middleton  estate]  .  Walter  de  Bolbeck,  and  Walter  his 
son,  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  who  likewise  confirmed  the 
same  Newton  to  us. 

Robert  de  Camhou  and  Alice  his  wife,  who  exchanged 
with  us  Ruthlau  for  land  in  Camhou  .  Walter  his  son, 
who  confirmed  to  us  the  same  place  .  [This  place,  Ruth- 
law,  is,  I  suppose,  the  same  as  is  now  called  Rugley- 
walls,  north  of  Cambo.] 

Sir  Hugh  de  Bolbeck  and  Theophania  his  wife,  of 
whom  we  had  the  ville  of  Uothley  .  Hugh  his  son, 
who  confirmed  the  same  place  to  us. — (See  III.  it.  64, 
66.) 

Edgar,  called  Unniying,  who  gave  to  us  a  caracute  of 
land  in  Wherrihill .  Patric  his  son,  who  sold  to  us  ano- 
ther .  John  of  Kestron,  his  son,  who  sold  to  us  both 
Kestron  and  Werrihill,  with  their  appurtenances.  [Wer- 
rihill  is  now  called  Wreighhill,  and  adjoins  Caistron,  in 
the  parish  of  Rothbury.] 

Sir  Roger,  son  of  Richard,  lord  of  Warkworth,  and 
Adeliza  his  wife,  who  gave  us  a  salt-pan  in  Warkworth. 
Robert  his  son,  who  confirmed  to  us  the  same  place. 

Henry  Coniers  and  Eda  his  wife,  who  gave  us  land 
in  Clifton  and  Caldwell  .  Wm.  Coniers,  who  exchanged 
the  grange  of  Caldwell,  the  right  name  of  which  is 
Scarp-laue,  for  lands  in  Clifton. 

Sir  Hugh  de  Morwick,  for  the  stank  or  wear  of  our 
mill  beyond  Coquet  .  Sybell  de  Morwick  his  wife,  who, 
in  her  free  widowhood,  gave  to  us  the  place  called  lla- 
seth  .  Hugh  his  son,  who  confirmed  to  us  the  same 
place. 

Sir  John  of  Plessis,  who  gave  us  land  in  Tirtlington, 
[which  they  held  as  of  the  manor  of  Wark.~(Wallis.J 
It  is  now  called  Titlington.  He  also  gave  them  the 
mills  of  Stannington  and  Plessis,  with  their  appurtenant 
lands,  and  liberty  to  take  wood  for  their  repairs  in  the 
woods  of  Witton  and  Horsley,  as  well  as  estovers  to 
one  or  both  of  them,  in  the  woods  of  Morpeth,  Cotting- 
wood,  and  Schaldfen,  and  in  Blythe-dene. — ///.  it.  6  ; 
and  above,  283,  309,  332,  342,  $  343.] 

Sir  Richard  Gubiun,  who  gave  us  a  rent  of  xx  s.  from 
the  mill  of  Shilvington  .  Hugh  Gubiun,  who  confirmed 
to  us  the  same  rent. 

Sir  Roger  de  Merlay,  of  Stanton,  who  gave  to  us  a 
rent  of  20s.  out  of  the  mill  of  Stanton. 

Roger  de  Somerville,  who  gave  to  us  the  advowson  of 
the  church  of  Stannington,  died  Jan.  18,  1335,  and  was 
buried  at  Burton  Agnes. 


William,  baron  of  Grey  stock,  died  July  10,  1359. 

Also,  for  the  soul  of  sir  Henry  ap  Griffith,  and  for 
the  soul  of  Isabella. 

Robert  Fenwick,  from  whom  we  had  two  parts  of  the 
ville  of  Edington  [in  Cumberland?],  died  in  1372. 

Lady  Joan  Somerville,  of  pious  memory,  died  on  Oct. 
8,  1377  ;  also,  William  Somerville,  and  John,  Nicholas, 
Richard,  and  Thomas  Somerville. 

Sir  Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  earl  of  Angus,  who  gave 
us  £20,  died  in  1380. 

Lady  Catharine,  baroness  of  Greystock,  died  23 
April,  1416. 

Sir  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  who  gave  us  ^620  to 
the  use  of  the  church,  died  in  1416. 

Roger  Thornton,  a  burgess  of  Newcastle,  and  lord  of 
Witton,  who  built  the  castle  there,  and  gave  us  lead  to 
cover  the  nave  of  our  church,  died  on  the  morrow  of  the 
Feast  of  the  Circumcision,  1429  ;  for  which  Roger,  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  and  their  children,  we  say  the  weekly 
mass  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  and  another  mass  for  the 
dead.  They  He  in  the  church  of  All  Saints,  in  New- 
castle. 

Lady  Elizabeth,  baroness  of  Greystock,  died  in  1 434, 
and  lies  in  the  church  of  the  Preaching  Friars,  at  York. 
Sir  John,  baron  of  Greystock,  of  pious  memory,  gave 
us  £20  and  <£40  for  the  use  of  the  church,  and  died 
Aug.  8,  1436. 

Sir  Robert  de  Umfravill,  knight,  lord  of  Kyme  and 
Redesdale,  died  Jan.  8,  1436;  also,  the  lady  Isabella 
his  wife,  died  Dec.  31,  1438  ;  and  they  lie  together,  at 
the  altar  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Roger  Thornton,  esq.,  who  was 
daur.  of  lord  John,  baron  of  Greystock,  died  on  the  Eve 
of  St.  Catharine  the  Virgin,  Nov.  24,  1440. 

Lady  Elizabeth,  baroness  of  Greystock,  died  20 
March,  1468  .  Elizabeth,  widow  of  master  Robt,  eldest 
son  of  sir  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock  and  Wemme, 
died  June  14,  1472  .  Sir  Robert  Greystock,  eldest  son 
of  sir  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock  and  Wemme,  17  June, 
1483.  (?) 

The  renowned  sir  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock  and 
Wemme,  died  June  1,  1487  •  The  lady  Cicily,  lady  of 
Greystock,  died  in  1499. 

Lady  Elizabeth  Dacre,  daur.  of  Robert  Grevstock, 
knight,  eldest  son  of  sir  Ralph,  baron  of  Greyslock  and 
Wemme,  died  Aug.  13,  1516. 

Lord  Thomas  Dacre,  formerly  lord  of  Dacre,  Gray- 
stock,  and  Gilsland,  knight  of  the  most  noble  order  of 


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the  garter,  and  warden-general  of  the  marches  against 
Scotland,  died  Oct.  24,  1525. 

George  Dacre,  lord  of  Dacre  and  Gilsland,  a  youth  of 
great  promise  and  the  best  talent,  died  suddenly  at 
Thetford,  in  Norfolk,  by  a  fall  from  a  wooden-horse, 
May  17,  1509.  He  was  under  age,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  in  the  custody  of  Thomas,  duke  of  Norfolk. 

BENEFACTORS  of  Newminster  Abbey,  from  the  same 
manuscript » — 

Sir  Ralph  de  Greystock  died  July  6,  1323,  and  lies 
near  the  great  altar. 

Sir  Robert  Umfreville,  earl  of  Angus,  died  12  April, 
1325,  and  lies  near  the  great  altar. 

Sir  Roger  de  Felton  died  28  Feb.,  1325. 

Sir  Ralph  de  Hastings  died  in  1346,  of  a  wound  he 
got  in  the  battle  of  Durham. 

William  de  Harle  died  in  1346. 

Joan,  widow  of  Hugh  de  Brandon;  also  Walter,  father 
of  the  said  Hugh ;  and  Alice,  that  Walter's  wife. 

Lady  Joan  de  Umfreville,  countess  of  Angus,  died 
July  17,  1350. 

Sir  John  de  Fenwick  died  in  1356. 

In  1361,  died  Robert  de  Camera,  also  Alexander  de 
Camera,  Ysota  de  Camera,  and  Catharine,  wife  of  John 
de  Camera ;  also  Hugh  de  Angerton  and  Dulcia  his 
wife,  and  Thomas  de  Merlay  and  Ranulph  de  Merlay. 

Sir  Gerard  de  Widdrington,  knight,  died  on  the 
Thursday  next  after  the  Conversion  of  St.  Paul,  in  1362. 

Sir  Ralph  de  Neville,  who,  at  different  times,  gave 
us  100  marks,  died  in  1368. 

In  1372,  Roger  Widdrington,  lady  Elizabeth  Percy, 
and  Robert  Fenwick. 

The  lady  Alice,  lady  de  Neville,  daughter  of  sir 
Hugh  de  Audley,  senior,  and  widow  of  sir  Ralph,  baron 
of  Greystock,  died  in  the  eight  days  of  the  Epiphany, 
1374  ;  which  Ralph's  body  is  buried  in  our  church. 

Lady  Joan,  lady  of  Morpeth,  died  in  1403. 

William  Lawson,  who  conferred  many  gifts  on  our 
monastery,  died  May  27,  1 480  .  Thomas  Lawson)  our 
special  benefactor,  died  in  1489. 

Sir  Ralph,  lord  of  Widdrington,  died  in  1502. 

Elizabeth  Radcliff,  widow  of  Thomas  Lawson,  and  a 
special  benefactress  to  our  house,  died  April  9,  1505. — 
(Dug.  Mm.  it.  916—918.) 

Ill — ABBOTS  OF  NEWMINSTER  : — Robert,  the  first 
abbot,  was  canonized  ;  and  is  noticed  in  Alban  Butler's 
Lives  of  the  Saints.  His  anniversary  is  on  July  7-  It 
has  been  already  noticed  that  he  went  from  Whitby  to 


York,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Fountains,  and,  after" 
being  five  years  there,  was  made  abbot  of  this  house. 
John  de  Plessey  appropriated  five  marks  sterling  to  be 
paid  annually  to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster, 
and  their  successors,  for  ever ;  half  at  the  Feast  of  St. 
Cuthbert,  in  March,  and  half  at  the  feast  of  the  same 
saint,  in  September,  for  the  purpose  of  finding  two  wax- 
lights  of  two  marks  value,  by  the  keeper  of  the  light 
around  the  tomb  of  St.  Robert,  the  first  abbot  of  New- 
minster  ;  which  wax-lights  should  be  lighted,  and  burn 
in  the  way  and  order  in  which  the  other  four  lights 
were  found  there  for  him,  by  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
the  same  place,  out  of  the  mill  of  Stannington.  Also* 
the  same  keeper  Was  to  provide  the  same  convent,  on 
the  day  of  the  Deposition  of  St.  Robert,  such  things  to 
eat  and  drink  as  were  proper  and  sufficient ;  and  the 
remaining  three  marks  he  directed  to  be  specially  given 
to  the  said  convent,  by  way  of  addition  to  two  marks  he 
had  before  given  them  as  pittances,  out  of  the  mill  of 
Stannington,  so  that  20s«  should  be  spent  at  his  own 
obit,  one  mark  at  his  mother's,  10s.  at  the  obit  of  sir 
Richard  his  father,  ten  at  that  of  the  lady  Idonea  his 
mother,  half  a  mark  on  the  anniversary  of  sir  Roger  de 
Toggesdene,  and  another  half  mark  at  that  of  the  lady 
Agnes,  wife  of  the  same  Roger. — (III.  it.  74.) 

In  1256,  Walter  Kirkham,  bishop  of  Durham,  sequefc* 
trated  the  benefices  of  the  see  of  Carlisle,  then  vacant 
by  death ;  and  the  king  issued  his  writ  for  the  collection 
of  the  proceeds  of  such  sequestration  to  be  put  into  the 
custody  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  and  after  hearing 
to  whom  they  belonged,  sent  his  mandate  to  that  abbot 
to  pay  them  forthwith  to  the  bishop  of  Durham. — 
(Prynne,  vol.  ii.  p.  912,  942,  9?0.) 

S ,  abbot  of  Newminster,  tested  the  deed  by 

which  the  prior  and  the  convent  of  Hexham  granted  to 
Peter  de  Insula  and  Robert  his  son,  to  have  a  chantry 
in  the  chapel  of  Chipchase,  every  other  day  of  the  week> 
at  the  expense  of  the  mother  church  of  Chelverton 
(Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  46,  6.) ;  and  Stephen,  abbot  of 
Newminster,  witness  to  an  agreement  between  sir  John 
de  Plesseto  and  sir  Roger  de  Togysden,  respecting 
Plessey,  and  dated  July  26,  126?.— f  Chart.  Rid.  p.  53.) 

Adam,  abbot  of  Newminster,  occurs  as  witnessing  a 
deed,  by  which  John  de  Plessy  gave  40s.  a  year  out  of 
the  mills  of  Plessey,  to  the  nuns  of  Coldstream  (Above) 
p.  344,  No.  42,  a.) ;  also  many  other  deeds,  in  my  col- 
lections, belonging  to  the  reigns  of  Henry  the  Third 
and  Edward  the  First;  for  instance,  two  or  more 


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respecting  the  mills  of  Plessey  during  the  sheriffalty  of 
William  Heron,  between  the  years  1246  and  1256 ;  and 
one,  in  1292,  about  houses  and  land  in  Newcastle. — 
(Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  113,  b. ;  X.  100.) 

Roger  de  Akeden  is  mentioned  in  a  deed  in  the  Stan- 
nington.  Miscellanea,  No.  41,  and  dated  in  1302,  as  for- 
merly  abbot  of  Newminster,  and  predecessor  to 
John,  then  abbot  of  the  same  place. 
The  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  were,  in  1304, 
sub-collectors  of  the  portion  of  the  clergy  tenths,  grant- 
ed  by  Pope  Boniface  to  Edward  the  First. — ( Prynne's 
King  Edward  I.  pp.  1034 — 1036.) 

John,  abbot  of  Newminster,  collector  of  the  tenths 
imposed  on  the  diocese  of  Durham,  for  the  business  of 
the  Holy  Land,  for  five  years,  gave  a  receipt,  dated  at 
Newminster,  23  Dec.,  1310,  to  the  lord  prior  of  Dur- 
ham, for  £4  2s.  ll^d.  in  part  payment,  &c. ;  and  for 
10s.,  the  dismes  due  from  the  chapel  of  Bolton,  annex- 
ed to  the  church  of  Eddelingham,  the  payment  during 
the  foresaid  term. — (Rainess  MSS.  vol.  v.  p.  35,  where 
there  is  a  drawing  of  his  seal :  Y.  87-) 

Friar  Walter,  abbot  of  Newminster,  sir  Wm.  Grey- 
stock,  and  sir  Robert  Bertram,  witness  an  entail  of 
Eshet,  by  the  Mauduit  family,  dated  in  1358. — (Lansd. 
MS.  326,  43,  b.) 

Robert,  abbot  of  Newminster,  with  the  consent  of  the 
Convent  there,  and  by  his  attorney,  Thomas  Witton, 
made  an  agreement  with  John  de  Widdrington  about 
an  annual  rent  of  6  marks,  payable  to  their  house  out 
of  the  mills  of  Shotton  and  the  manor  of  Plessis,  by 
which  the  matter  in  dispute  was  thus  disposed  of: — 
The  abbot  and  convent  were  to  release  to  Widdrington 
all  arrears  of  the  said  rent,  and  recover  them  from  the 
heirs  of  Wm.  Heselrigg ;  but,  for  thirty  years  after  the 
time  of  the  agreement,  Widdrington  was  to  pay  40s.  a 
year.  "  Done  a  Newmenstre,"  4  Oct.,  1393. — (Carl. 
Rid.  133.)  Also,  Robert  de  Horsley,  abbot  of  the  abbey 
of  Newminster,  in  1394,  gave  a  quit  claim  to  David 
Holgrave  and  Elen  his  wife,  for  lands  in  Titlington. — 
(II.  t.  389,  No.  8,  b.) 

Lord  William  Hebescot,  abbot  of  Newminster,  April 
3,  1416,  received  benediction  from  Oswald,  bishop  of 
Whitehern,  in  Scotland,  suffragan  bishop  of  Durham, 
before  whom  he  also,  at  the  said  time,  made  profession 
of  obedience — fill.  ii.  61.) 

John,  abbot  here,  is  mentioned  in  1467,  in  the  Har- 
leian  MS.  6972,  p.  34. 

David,  also  occurs  in  the  same  MS.,  p.  36. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


Robert  Butler,  abbot  of  Newminster,  in  his  days, 
built  the  tower  of  Rothley,  and  also  perambulated  the 
boundary  of  that  manor ;  but  there  is  no  date  to  the 
document,  in  Part  II.  vol.  i.  p.  305,  for  settling  the 
boundaries  there.  It  is  from  a  copy  signed — "  Ex- 
amined by  Thomas  Bates,  superior  ,•"  and  refers  to  folio 
155  of  the  Abbey  Book,  for  the  record  itself. 

Robert  Charleton,  abbot  of  Newminster,  occurs  as  one 
of  a  party  to  a  deed  in  Morpeth  Annals,  28  Aug.,  1484. 
He  is  also  mentioned  in  Thomas  of  Olterburne,  Hearne's 
edition,  vol.  ii.  p.  576. 

John,  prior  of  Durham,  7  Nov.,  1492,  gave  his  receipt 
to  the  venerable  man,  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  for  13s. 
4d.  due  to  him  from  the  church  of  Stannington. — 
( Raine,from  Reg.  Eccl.  Cath.  Dunelm.  iv.fol.  26.) 

IV. — EVIDENCES  respecting  Newminster  Abbey. — 
1.  Ranulphus  de  Merlay  omnibus  sanctae  ecclesise  filiis 
Francis  *l  Anglicis,  clericis  t  laicis,  prsesentibus  t  fu- 
turis,  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  communi  consilio  t  consensu 
uxoris  mese  t  puerorum  meorum,  dedisse  in  feudo  1  in 
elemosina  monachis  abbathise  Novi  Monastery,  quam 
ego  ipse  construxi,  pro  salute  mei  T.  uxoris  meae,  puero- 
rum meorum,  T;  dominorum  meorum,  "I  omnium  amico- 
rum  meorum  T;  pro  animabus  patris  *l  matris  meae, 
parentum  T;  amicorum  meorum  T;  cunctorum  fidelium 
defunctorum  .  Rittunam  ct  quicquid  ad  illam  pertinet, 
in  bosco,  t  in  piano  ;  "I  par  tern  silvae  de  Witton,  sicut 
eis  coram  hominibus  meis  divisi,  1  totam  vallem  inter 
Morpada  1  Hebre*  sicut  currit  rivulus  qui  vocatur 
Fulbecke  t  cadit  in  Cottingburna  T;  sicut  currit  Cot- 
tingburna  subtus  Prestley  per  unam  divisam  quam  eis 
coram  hominibus  meis  feci  usque  in  Wenespic  t  sic 
usque  ad  divisam  inter  me  "t  Willielmum  Bertram, 
quicquid  ibi  est  in  bosco  T;  in  piano  ;  T;  ex  altera  parte 
aquae  per  ipsum  supercilium  mentis  ex  transverse  usque 
ad  Lecha  °t  sicut  Lecha  cadit  usque  in  Wdidig  t  per 
Wdidig  in  Merdene  1  per  Merdene  usque  in  Winespic, 
rt  silvam  1  terrain  .  Et  concede  ut  habeant  liberam  ex- 
itum  pecuniae  suae  ad  communem  pasturam  totius  terrae 
mea?  .  Et  apud  Wlacam  ad  consjruendas  grangias  suas 
dedi  eis  a  nido  aquilae  usque  ad  fontem  Erardi  1  sicut 
currit  rivulus  ejusdem  fontis  in  Limam  t  sicut  Lima 
currit  usque  ad  divisam  de  Lyntona  1  sic  usque  ad 
divisam  de  Forum  .  Hujus  donationis  testes  sunt  &c. 
— (Dugdale.) 

*  It  is  HebKrn,  in  Dodsworth's  Transcript,  in  vol.  7-1,  fol.  143,  of  his 
MSS.,  in  the  Bodleian  library,  which  is  unquestionably  the  right 
reading. 

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2.  Omnibus  hoc  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris  Jo- 
hannes de  Graystok,  salutem  .  Quia  dominus  Ranulphus 
de  Merlay,  antecessor  meus,  et  fundator  abbatiae  Novi 
Monasterii,  dedit,  concessit,  et  carta  sua  confirmavil, 
abbati  et  conventui  dictae  domus  communara  pasturae 
totius  terras  suse :  ac  postea  quidam  heredum  praedicti 
Domini  Ranulphi  de  Merlay  praedictos  religiosos  de 
communa  pasturae  suse  de  Stobbiford  et  alibi  apud  Ulg- 
ham  per  potentiam  voluntafie  ejecerunt   .   Ego  Johan- 
nes riolens  anima  mea,  vel  anima  antecessorum,  seu 
haeredum  meorum,  sint  in  pcena  vel  pericula  poenae, 
perturbatione  seu  extortione  praedictae  communae  pas. 
tune  a  praefatis  religiosis  injuste  ablatae,  ad  petitionem 
et  instantiam  dictorum  religiosorum,  et  pro  salute  animae 
meae  et  omnium  antecessorum  et  haeredum  meorum, 
reddidi  et  concessi  eisdem  abbati  et  conventui  in  libe- 
ram,  puram,  et  perpetuam  elemosinam  praedictam  com- 
munam  pasturae  ad  omnia  animalia  sua,  exceptis  capris, 
in   Stobbiford,  et  alibi,  tarn  in  bosco,  quam  in  piano, 
apud  Ulgham  ubi  ex  parte  boreali  de  L«yne,  exceptis 
bladis  et  pratis,  et  excepto  le  heye,  sine  impedimenta 
mei,  vel  haeredum  meorum  in  perpetuum   .    Et  si  con- 
tingat  quod  animalia  dictorum  abbatis  et  conventus  ex 
parte  austral!  aquae  de  -Lyne  antedictae  extra  blada  et 
prata,  ut  praedictum  est  aliquo  modo  inveniantur  infra 
terras  de  Ulgham,  praedicta  animalia  absque  inparca- 
mento  seu  aliqua  alia  occasione  rechaceabuntur  .  Volo 
etiam  et  concede,  pro  me  et  haeredibus  meis  quod  porci 
abbatis  et  conventus  sint  quieti  de  pannagio  in  bosco 
meo  de  Ulgham — Hanc  vero  redditionem  et  concessio- 
nem  eisdem  abbati  et  conventui  praesenti  scripto  meo 
confirmavi  duraturam  in  perpetuum  .  In  cujus  rei  tes- 
timonium,  &c.  .  Datum  apud  Ulgham  M°CC°  nonage- 
simo  septimo. — (Wallis,  ii.  310.) 

3.  R.  oraib5  ad  quos  &c.  saitm  .  sciatis  qd  cum  dns  E. 
nup  rex  Angt  pa?  nr  p  Iras  suas  paten  tes  concessisset  1 
licentiam  dedisset  p  se  ft  heredib5  suis  quantu  in  ipo 
fuit  diteis  sibi  in  Xpo  abbati  rt  conventui  de  novo  mo- 
nastic qct  ipi  ?ras  T;  redditus  ad  valorem  quinquaginta 
librae  p  annu  tarn  de  feodo  suo  pprio  q«m  alieno  excep- 
tis tris  ct  ten  que  de  not  tenenf  in  capite  adquirere 
possent  et  tenere  sibi  JT;  successoribj  suis  imppm  .  Sta- 
tuto  de  ?r  is  1  ten  ad  manu  mortuam  non  ponenct  edito 
non  obstante  put  in  iris  nfis  gdcis  plenius  continef  . 
Nos  concessions   dci   pris   nri  gdcam  volentes  effectui 
mancipari  concessim9  T,  licentiam  dedim9  p  nofi  1  here- 
dibj  mis  quantu  in  nofi  est  Rico  de  Aukeland  capellano 
qd  ipe  tria  mesuagia  ct  decem  solidatas  redditus  cum 


ptin  in  Morpath  Hugoni  del  Side  rl  Hugoni  del  Hag- 
hous  qd  ipi  septem  messuagia  ct  quadraginta  solidatas 
redditus  in  eadeni  villa  Witto  Lyccesf  qd  ipe  duas  soli- 
datas redditus  cum  ptin  in  eadem  villa  T.  Johi  de 
Horseley  qd  ipe  unu  mesuagiu  ct  duodecim  acras  tre 
cum  ptin  in  Rocheley  que  de  nobis  non  tenenf  rt  que 
valent  p  annu  in  omib5  exitib5  sexaginta  T;  sexdecim 
solidos  rt  septem  denarios  juxta  veru  valorem  eoT?dem 
sicut  p  inquisicoem  inde  p  difcm  rt  fidelem  nrm  RotStm 
de  Raymys  nup  escaetorem  nfm  in  com  NorthunVBr  de 
mandato  nro  f  cam  T;  in  cancellaf  nra  retornatam  est 
comptu  dare  possint  ct  assignare  eisdem  afrbi  rt  conventui 
ttend  1  tenend  sibi  ft  successoribj  suis  imppm  in  valorem 
decem  marcai;  p  annu  in  ptem  satisfaccois  quinquaginta 
libratai-T;  ?re  t  redditus  pdcaT;  .  Et  eisdem  att5i  &c. — 
T.  R.  apud  Westin  primo  die  Octofir.— (Hot.  Pal.  22 
Edw.  Ill,  pars  3,  m.  22,  in  Tur.  Lond.) 

4.  R.  omib5  ad  quos  &c.  saitm  .  Sciatis  qd  cum  dns  E. 
nup  rex  Angl  pa*?  nf  p  iras  &c.  (ut  Supra,  Aro.  3.J    Nos 
concessim9  T;  Hcentiam  dedim9  p  no'b  1  heredib3  nfis 
q«ntum  in  nol5  est  Thome  de  Kynton  Witto  de  Warde- 
copp  Witto  de  Arturet  Rico  de  Aukeland  Alano  White- 
heved  Nicho  de   Kellawe  "i  Johi  fit  Ade  de  Corbrig 
capellanis  qd  ipi  sexdecim  mesuagia  t  qua?  viginti  "t 
quinq,  acras  ?re  cum  ptin  in  Morpath  Stanyngton  "t 
Thorneton   unam   ?ram  husbandi  continentem  viginti 
ft  qvmtuor  acras  ?re  cum  ptin  in  Wotton  ac  duas  partes 
ville  de  Vdryngton  ft  fciam  ptem  ville  de  Aldeworth 
cum  ptin  necnon  gfatis  Witto  Witto  Rico  Alano  ft  Johi 
qd  ipi  quatuor  mesuagia  rt  ducentas  acras  ?re  cum  ptin 
in  magna  Pendemore  ""t  pfatis  Johi  T:  Thome  de  Chalde- 
ford  capellano  Ro'bto  de  Hudespath  1  Alano  Mayr  qd 
ipi  duo  mesuagia  t  octo  solidatas  redditus  cum  ptin  in 
Corbrig  que  de  not)  non  tenenf  T;  que  quidem  mesuagia 
?rae  due  partes  *t  ?cia  ps  cum  ptin  ult"  ona  inde  debita  T; 
redditu  gdcm  vralent  p  annu  in  omib5  exitib;  octo  libras 
quatuor  solidos  t  duos  denarios  sicut  p  inquisicoem  inde 
p  ditcm  noB  Wittm  de  Reygate  esc  nfm  in  com  North- 
umBr  de  mandato  nfo  fcam  ft  in  Cancellaf  nfa  retorna- 
tam est  comptu  dare  possint  T;  assignare  pTatis  aBBti  1; 
conventui  hend  1  tenend  sibi  ft  successoribus  suis  in 
valorem   undecim   librae   p   annu  in  ptem  satisfaccois 
quinquaginta  librata^  terras  ten  1  reddituu  gdcoT?  im- 
ppm .  Et  eisdem  afifii  &c.  .  T.  R.  apud  "Westm  .  quaito 
die  NovemBr — (Rot.  Pat.  38  Edw.  III.  p.  2,  mem.  20, 
in  Tur.  Lond.) 

5.  Omnib3  Radulphus  baro  de  Graystok  ct  heres  do- 
minij  de  Morpeth  saltm  .  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  relig 


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viris  abbati  1  conventui  Novi  Mo«s?ij  qd  ipi  adquirere 
habere  rt  tenere  possint  ornia  infrascripta  ¥ras  1  tene- 
nienta  redditus  °l  §uicia  cu  ptin.  in  Morpath  .  H'end 
imppetuu  cu  gdcm  dominiu  de  Morpath  ad  nos  1  hered 
nros  deuenerit  p.  mortem  dne  Johanne  matris  nre  . 
videlt  unii  tenemetu  q°ndam  Witti  Roule  .  Itm  vnu  ten. 
qondam  Giltti  Hartwayton  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Ja- 
cobi  Berker  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Robert!  Peryss  .  Itm 
vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Thorn,  de  Thokerington  .  Itm  vnu  ten. 
q°ndam  Wiffi  Sture  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Elene  de 
Herle  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Aline  Bell .  Itm  vnu  ten. 
q°ndam  Johis  Lister  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Witti  Co- 
tunne  .  Itm  vnu  ten.  q°ndam  Petri  de  Lewe  .  Itm  omia 
ftras  T;  ten.  que  q°ndam  fuerunt  Johis  Preston  in  Mor- 
path &c.  .  Dat.  apud  maneriu  nrm  de  Hilderskelf  in 
crastino  Epiphie  dni  a.  d.  1380 — (Orig.  in  Town's  Hutch. 
Morpeth.) 

6.  R.  omib5  ad  quos  &c.  sattm  Licet  &c.  de  gfa  tamen 
nfa  spali  1  j>  decem  libris  quas  dilti  not)  in  Xpo  abbas  t 
conventus  de  novo  monastic  not  solverunt  concessimus 
T.  licenciam  dedim9  p  not  rt  heredib;  nfis  quantu  in  not 
est  Thome  Tughale  psone  ecctie  de  Morpath  Johi  de 
Parys  vicario  ecclesiae  de  \Vhelpyngton  1  Ade  Scot 
vicario  ecctie  de  Horseley  qd  ipi  septem  mesuagia  t 
septem  acras  ?re  cu  ptin  in  Morpath  que  de  not  non 
tenentr  ac  Johi  Stele  capellano  1  Rico  Mareschall  ca- 
pellano  qd  ipi  unu  mesuagiii  cu  ptin  in  villa  de  Novo 
Castro  sup  Tynam  quod  de  not  tenetr  in  lito  burgagio 
dare  possint  T;  assignare  pfatis  atti  "t  conventui  et  eidem 
Johi  Stele  ac  Rico  de  Acliff  capellano  qd  ipi  concedere 
possint  qd  quinq,  mesuagia  t  quatuor  solidate  redditus 
cu  ptin  exeunt'  de  uno  clauso  ext«  le  Closeyate  rt  tribj 
acris  ¥re  cu  ptin  in  eadem  villa  de  Novo  Castro  similit' 
de  not  tenentr  in  lito  burgagio  't  que  Witts  Baron  1 
Editha  ux  ejus  tenent  ad  vitam  ipius  Edilhe  1  que  post 
mortem  ejusdem  Edithe  ad  gfatos  Johem  1  Ricm  de 
Acliff  1  heredes  suos  revVi  deberent  post  mortem  ejus- 
dem  Edithe  remaneant  pfatis  atti  "t  conventui  hend  "t 
tenend  una  cu  pdcis  mesuagiis  "t  tra  sic  dand  t  conce- 


dend  sibi  t  successoribj  suis  gdcis  imppm  .  Et  eisdem 
atti  1  conventui  qd  ipi  gdca  messuagia  1  ft-am  a  gfatis 
Thoma  Johe  Adam  Johe  t  Rico  Mareschall  recipe  *t 
pdca  quinq,  mesuagia  1  redditum  post  mortem  pdce 
Edithe  ingredi  possint  t  tenere  sibi  ft  successor^  suis 
una  cu  pdcis  mesuagiis  t  ¥ra  sic  dand  1  concedend  sicut 
pdcm  est  imppm  &c.  T.  R.  apud  Wodestoke  xx  die  Sep- 
temtr. — (Rotul.  Pat.  16  Ric.  II.  p.  1,  mem.  1,  in  Turr. 
Lond.J 

7-  Radulphus  Baro  de  Graistock  tertius  omnibus  &c. 
Noveritis  quod  nos  dedimus  et  quantum  in  nobis  est 
concedimus  pro  nobis  et  hseredibus  nostris  Alano  White- 
head,  vicario  ecclesiae  de  Tynemouth,  et  Willielmo  Kell, 
licentiam  et  liberam  potestatem  quod  ipsi  dare  possint 
concedere  et  assignare  religiosis  viris  abbati  et  conventui 
de  Novo  Monasterio  omnes  illas  terras  et  tenementa 
cum  pertinentibus,  quie  praedictus  Alanus  et  Willielmus 
habent  ex  dono  et  feoffamento  Ade  Roos,  et  Ricardi  de 
Aukeland,  in  Stannyngton,  quae  de  nobis  tenentur ;  ha- 
bend  et  tenend  omnes  terras  et  tenementa  praedict  ab- 
bati et  conventui  et  eorum  successoribus  in  feodo  in 
perpetuum  .  Dedimus  insuper  dicto  abbati  et  conventui 
licentiam  tenore  prsedictorum  omnes  prsedictas  terras  et 
tenementa  cum  pertinentibus  de  dicto  Alano  et  Willi- 
elmo recipiend  et  ingrediend  et  habend  sibi  et  hseredibus 
suis  in  perpetuum,  de  nobis  et  haeredibus  nostris  libeie, 
quiete,  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  et  aisiamentis  ad  prae- 
dictas  terras  et  tenementa  spectantibus,  faciendo  nobis 
et  haaredibus  nostris  fidelitatem  et  sectam  curie  ad  tres 
capitales  curias  de  Morpath,  solvendo  quolibet  anno  ad 
festum  Sancti  Jacob!  Apostoli  sex  decem  denarios  pro 
warda  castri  et  cornagio  ad  festum  Sancti  Cuthberti  in 
Junio,  et  fines  capitum  vel  Hedepennya  quant  pertinent 
ad  dictam  terram  et  ad  festum  Sancti  Martini  in  hieme 
quolibet  anno  pro  quodam  aquae  cursu  de  Bradmyre  ha- 
bendo  unum  denarium  et  obulum  sustentando  unum 
pontem  ultra  etindem  aquae  cursum  ibidem  in  perpetu- 
um, pro  omni  alio  servicio,  exactione  vel  demand  .  In 
cujus  rei  testimonium  &c.— (Wallis,  ii.  307.) 


The  TOWN  of  Morpeth  is  situated  on  a  dry,  fertile,  four-sided  plot  of  flat 
ground,  which  is  washed  hy  the  Wansbeck  on  the  west,  south,  and  east,  an,d 
has  Cottingburn  on  the  north,  excepting  at  the  neck  of  land  which  separates 
the  two  streams  at  the  north  end  of  the  town.  The  antient  diluvial  banks  of 
the  river  sweep  around  it  at  some  distance  on  every  side,  and  shut  out  all 
prospect  from  it,  beyond  their  wood  and  sky-embroidered  heights.  When 


420  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

this  place  was  founded,  and  its  franchises  commenced,  I  have  seen  neither 
evidence  nor  probable  conjecture.  Camden,  indeed,  called  it  Morpit,  and 
thought  that  if  Corstopitum,  in  the  first  Iter  of  Antonine,  was  a  mis-reading  for 
Morstopitum,  then  this  place  would  be  restored  to  its  just  claim  to  antiquity. 
But  every  one  now  knows  that  Corstopitum  was  at  Corbridge ;  arid,  after 
diligent  inquiry,  I  have  not  been  able  to  learn  that  the  slightest  trace  of 
Roman  remains  has  ever  been  discovered  either  in  this  place  or  its  neigh- 
bourhood. It  is  certain  that  Geoffrey,  bishop  of  Constance,  in  Normandy, 
fought  on  the  side  of  William  the  Conqueror,  at  the  battle  of  Hastings ;  and 
was  nominated  earl  of  Northumberland,  after  the  murder  of  Walcher,  bishop 
of  Durham,  in  1080,  but  contrived  to  have  that  office  conferred  upon  his 
nephew,  Robert  de  Mowbray.  William  de  Merlay  also  fought  at  Hastings, 
under  the  bishop  of  Constance's  banner ;  and,  in  1088,  that  bishop,  Mowbray, 
William  de  Carilepho,  bishop  of  Durham,  and  many  others,  having  revolted 
against  William  Rufus,  Carilepho  was  banished,  and  the  temporalities  of  his 
see,  and  his  castle  of  Durham,  seized  into  the  king's  hand,  and  not  restored 
without  many  vexatious  negotiations  and  pleadings,  in  one  of  which  William 
de  Merlay  addressed  the  king  in  council  in  the  following  manner : — ".The 
bishop  of  Durham's  men,  who  were  in  his  castle,  took  from  my  lord  the 
bishop  of  Constance  200  animals,  which  were  under  your  safe  conduct  before 
this  bishop  now  came  up  to  your  majesty's  court ;  and  my  lord  requested 
them  to  restore  the  cattle  back  to  him,  but  they  would  not.  Afterwards 
Walter  de  Haiencorn,  in  your  majesty's  name,  commanded  him  to  deliver  up 
the  cattle,  which  they  persisted  in  refusing  to  do ;  and  now,  sire,  we  implore 
you  to  command  them  to  be  restored  to  my  lord."1"  Here  is  a  plain  intima- 
tion that  William  de  Merlay,  and  his  patron  the  bishop  of  Constance,  were  in 
some  way  connected  with  the  north  of  England ;  and  it  seems  probable  that 
de  Merlay,  before  that  year,  1088,  either  from  the  crown,  or  Mowbray,  vice- 
roy of  the  county,  had  acquired  the  Morpeth  estate,  for  his  services  in  the 
battle  of  the  Conquest ;  and  it  is  on  record,  that  Henry  the  First  not  only 
gave  to  Ranulph  de  Merlay,  William's  son,  the  manor  of  Ulgham,  and  the 
liberty  of  free  chase  in  all  his  lands  in  Northumberland ;  but  granted  him  a 
charter  for  sok  and  sak,  tol  and  them,  and  infangenthef  within  his  barony, 
which  charter  was  produced  in  evidence  of  the  fact,  at  the  assizes  in  Newcastle, 

»  Bedford's  Sim.  Dun.  Ap'x.  p.  369. 


MORPETH  PARISH. TOWN  OF  MORPETH. 

in  1294.  From  Henry  the  First's  time  there  is  frequent  mention  of  the 
Merlays  in  the  Pipe  Rolls,  and  other  records ;  but  none  of  the  town  of  Mor- 
peth  till  the  year  1199,  when  king  John  gave  to  Roger  de  Merlay  the  power 
of  holding  a  fair  and  market  at  it — a  privilege  which,  in  that  and  the  two 
succeeding  reigns,  was  granted  to  several  inconsiderable  places- — such  as 
Whelpington,  Bolam,  and  Netherwitton,  and  consequently  affords  no  argu- 
ment of  this  being  a  place  of  much  importance  at  that  time.  However,  under 
the  shelter  of  its  castle,  and  with  the  benefit  of  a  highway  through  it,  and 
especially  after  the  ruin  of  the  Bertram  family,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the 
Third,  began  to  bring  decay  upon  the  more  antient  and  largely  privileged 
borough  of  Mitford,  Morpeth  began  to  grow  into  consequence.  It  cannot,  it 
is  true,  be  denied,  that  prior  to  that  time  it  had  assumed  a  municipal  form, 
and  experienced  improvement ;  for  an  old  account  of  the  Merlay  family  says 
that  Roger,  the  second  of  that  name,  embellished  the  borough  of  Morpeth. 
The  expression,  in  Latin,  is — "  burgum  de  Morpethe  decoravit,"  which 
certainly  will  not  sustain  the  very  old  translation  that  accompanies  it, 
and  is  as  follows : — "  This  Roger  the  Second  decored  Morpeth  towne  with 
burgesses,  and  maid  it  a  borough ;"  though  I  think  that  his  confirmation  char- 
ter indistinctly  points  to  the  period  when  their  privileges  mainly  commenced. 
The  words  of  it,  in  English,  are — "  I  give,  grant,  and  by  this  my  charter 
confirm  to  my  free  burgesses  of  Morpathia,  to  them  and  their  heirs,  all  liber- 
ties and  free  customs,  to  be  holden  and  had  of  me  and  my  heirs  for  ever, 
honourably,  freely,  and  wholly,  as  the  charter  of  our  lord  the  king,  which  I 
have,  sets  forth."  Here  are  free  burgesses  at  the  time  of  the  grant,  and  a 
confirmation  of  privileges,  which  probably  existed  before,  as  also  a  charter  of  the 
king,  in  whose  reign  it  was  made,  referred  to  as  the  standard  of  the  purity  of 
the  freehold  it  conferred,  and  the  grantee's  authority  for  making  the  conces- 
sion. Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  exemplified  and  confirmed  his  father's 
grant ;  and,  in  the  same  charter,  gave  several  new  privileges,  and  among  the 
rest,  (with  the  exception  of  the  sites  of  a  toft,  a  bake-house,  and  a  workshop,) 
the  ground  on  which  the  market  had  been  usually  holden,  for  the  purpose  of 
building  stalls  upon,  in  which  fish  and  flesh  might  be  sold.  Does  this  sen- 
tence— -placeam  illam  ubi  forum  eorum  esse  solebat — imply  that  the  market  then 
was  holden  in  another  place  ?  Wallis  translates  the  passage,  "  unoccupied 
ground,  which  was  their  antient  market  place."  By  another  deed,  he  gave  to 

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422  MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 

his  free  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  forty-six  tofts  of  his  demesne  lands  in  Morpeth, 
of  which  sixteen  were  situated  in  the  culture  called  Berehalgh,  at  the  east  end 
of  the  town  ;  sixteen  on  the  culture  of  Stanifl at,  between  Cottingburn  and  the 
Monksway,  on  the  east ;  and  fourteen  tofts  between  Cottingburn  and  the  same 
road,  on  the  west ;  and  a  third  deed  conferred  on  them  all  the  culture  on  the 
north  side  of  Morpeth,  by  the  following  boundaries : — From  the  great  river  of 
Wansbeck,  on  the  west  side  of  the  town,  to  the  toft  of  Henry  Doghet,  and 
from  that  toft  (north  I  suppose)  by  the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn  to  St.  Thomas's 
Well,  and  from  that  well  northwards  to  Spen  by  a  march  which  I  made  them, 
and  from  Spen  over  Cottingburn  as  far  as  the  dike  of  the  monks  of  Newmin- 
ster  to  the  west,  and  so  by  that  dike  as  far  as  the  great  river  of  Wansbeck. 
The  Monks-way,  I  think,  was  that  which  is  now  called  Cottingwood-lane, 
and  extends  southward  from  St.  Thomas's  Well  into  Union-street.  Much,  I 
fear,  cannot  be  inferred  from  these  quotations ;  but  supposing  that  the  pre- 
sent Market-place  was  formed  about  the  time  the  grants,  from  which  they 
are  taken,  were  made,  and  that  Oldgate  was  then  the  principal  and  most 
antient  part  of  Morpeth,  I  think  it  is  not  too  much  to  conjecture,  that  the 
grant  of  forty-six  tofts  on  Berhalvh  and  Staniflat  comprised  a  part  of  Bridge- 
street,  which  lies  east  of  the  Market-place,  and  that  the  grant  of  land  on  the 
north  side  of  the  town  included  the  space  to  the  north  of  the  Market-place,  on 
which  Neivgate  and  its  appendages  now  stand,  between  the  Wansbeck  and 
Cottingburn,  from  the  back  part  of  the  north  side  of  Oldgate,  as  far  as  Bowles 
Cross,  which  is  the  northern  limit  of  the  town.  It  was  a  culture  on  the  north 
side  of  the  town,  not  a  part  of  the  town ;  consequently  then  unbuilt  upon. 
These  are  the  only  notices  and  conjectures  I  will  indulge  in  respecting  the 
early  years  of  Morpeth.  The  descriptions  of  its  more  modern  state  are  few 
and  slight,  and  its  history  far  from  eventful ;  but  of  as  much  of  it  as  I  have 
found,  that  which  is  omitted  here  is  inserted  below  in  its  Annals.  King  John, 
wjien  he  battered  down  its  castle,  in  1215,  is  said  to  have  burnt  the  town, 
and  this  might  give  to  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Second,  in  whose  time  it  hap- 
pened, the  opportunity  of  embellishing  it,  which  an  old  tradition  gives  him 
the  credit  of.  doing.  A  deed  without  date,  but  belonging  to  the  beginning  of 
the  fourteenth  century,  describes  a  house  as  extending  from  its  main  front,  in 
the  High-street,  to  the  turret  (turriolum)  of  Robert  the  son  of  Peter :  and 
another,  in  1343,  mentions  a  rood  of  burgage  land,  as  lying  on  Staniflat,  and 


MORPETH  PARISH. TOWN  OP  MORPETH.  423 

extending  from  the  mud- wall  of  a  tower  (trelli),  to  the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn. 
The  knights  templars  had  possessions  here  in  1308.n  In  1389,  fourteen  dif- 
ferent tenements  in  this  town  are  described  as  belonging  to  the  abbot  and 
convent  of  Newminster.  The  king,  in  1416,  had  lands  here  on  the  east  side 
of  Newgate.  Leland,  who  visited  this  county  about  1540,  says — "  Morpit,  a 
market  town,  is  xii  long  miles  from  Newcastle.  Wansbeke,  a  pretty  river, 
runneth  through  the  side  of  the  town.  On  the  hither  side  of  the  river  is  the 
principal  church  of  the  town.  On  the  same  side  is  the  fair  castle  standing 
upon  a  hill  longing  with  the  town  to  the  lord  Dacres  of  Gilsland.  The  town 
is  long  and  metely  well  builded  with  low  houses,  the  streets  paved.  It  is  far 
fairer  town  than  Alnwick;"0  According  to  the  plan  of  the  town  made  in  1603, 
the  north  end  of  Newgate,  the  west  end  of  Bowles  Green,  and  the  west  end 
of  Oldgate,  were  defended  with  covered  gateways  or  barriers ;  but  the  town 
itself  was  very  little  less  then  than  it  is  now.  Indeed,  the  only  additions  it 
seems  to  have  received  in  modern  times  are,  a  few  houses  on  the  east  side  of 
Newgate,  called  Union-street ;  and  some  north  of  Bridge-street,  called  King- 
street.  Its  principal  source  of  wealth  is  from  its  large  cattle  markets  ;  but  even 
with  these,  which  are  only  of  about  a  century's  duration,  it  is  not  in  a  flourish- 
ing state.  The  Wansbeck  is  not  navigable  half-way  to-  it  from  the  sea,  nor 
ever  could  be  profitably  made  so:  but. I  think  that  Morpeth  might  readily 
obtain  all  the  advantages  of  a  sea-port,  which  is  its  great  want,  by  making  a 
rail-way  from  it  through  the  parishes  of  Bothal  and  Woodhorn  to  the  Spital- 
dene,  on  Mr  Watson's  estate,  or  to  Newbigging-by-the-Sea — at  either  of  which 
places  safe  and  commodious  harbours  might  be  made — at  the  former,  in  some 
old  grindstone  quarries,  at  the  latter  in  the  Carr ;  and  when  the  coal  from 
Pegsworth  to  the  sea  is  wanted  for  distant  consumption,  such  an  expedient 
may  perhaps  be  resorted  to :  or  the  rail-way  to  Netherton  might  be  extended 
to  some  navigable  part  of  the  Blythe,  and  Morpeth  thus  obtain  the  advantages 
of  importing  and  exporting  goods  at  a  light  expense  for  carriage. 

"  Rot.  Pip.  1  and  2  Edw.  II.  °  Itin.  vii.  fol.  76. 


424 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


ALPHABETICAL  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  STREETS,  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 

and  Institutions,  Corporation,  Biography,  &c.  of  the  Town  of  M  orpeth,  and  of  the  Villages  and  other" 
places  within  the  precincts  of  the  parish  not  already  described. 


AKENSIDE  MARK,  M.  D.,  wrote  the  first  edition  of 
'  his  Pleasures  of  Imagination  in  Morpeth,  and  thus  apos- 
trophizes the  scenery  of  the  neighbourhood  in  that  cele- 
brated poem : — 

O,  ye  Northumbrian  shades,  which  overlook 
The  rocky  pavement,  and  the  mossy  falls 
Of  solitary  Wansbeck's  limpid  stream, 
How  gladly  I  recall  your  well-known  seats, 
Beloved  of  old,  and  that  delightful  time, 
When,  all  alone,  for  many  a  summer's  day, 
I  wandered  through  your  calm  recesses,  led 
In  silence  by  some  powerful  hand  unseen. 

****** 
Nor  will  I  e'er  forget  you  ;  nor  shall  e'er 
The  graver  tasks  of  manhood,  or  th'  advice 
Of  vulgar  wisdom,  move  me  to  disclaim 
Those  studies  which  possessed  me  in  the  dawn 
Of  life,  and  fixed  the  colour  of  my  mind 
For  every  future  year. 

ALDWORTH  was  on  the  east  boundary  of  the  parish 
of  Mitford,  and  given  by  Peter  the  Priest,  son  of  John 
Parson  of  Mitford,  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  which 
gift  was  confirmed  by  Roger  Bertram  the  Third.  The 
place  consequently  was  in  Mitford  parish.  The  priory 
of  Brinkburne  before  that  time,  in  1200,  had  license  to 
acquire  one  carucate  of  land  here,  which  they  had  ob- 
tained by  the  gift  of  Roger  Bertram  the  Second. — (III. 
ii.  388.)  In  1389,  it  is  mentioned  as  situated  on  a  way 
which  led  from  Meredene,  and  was  the  boundary  be- 
tween Mitford  and  Morpeth.  The  Ogles  had  posses- 
sions in  it  in  1409,  which,  by  an  inquest  in  1436, 
appear  to  have  consisted  only  of  one  acre  of  land. 

ALLERY  BANK  was  otherwise  called  The  Barker's 
Bank,  and  is  mentioned  in  a  deed  in  1542.  It  is  also 
called  Allery  Banks,  and  has  "  common'*  and  the  "  bo- 
rough" written  below  it  on  the  plan  in  1603.  The  water 
works  upon  it  were  made  in  1820,  by  Mr  Thomas 
King. 

ANTIQUITIES. — With  the  exception  of  its  castle  and 
the  works  on  the  High-hill,  this  town  can  boast  of  little 
in  the  shape  of  antiquities.  In  a  field  near  the  High- 
stanners,  and  opposite  the  Grange-house,  a  sword  and 
four-sided  dirk,  both  of  steel,  were  found  a  few  years 


since  ;  also  a  spoon  of  cast  brass,  which,  from  its  having 
a  Madonna  and  the  infant  Jesus  in  her  arms  at  the  end 
of  its  shank,  had  probably  belonged  to  Newminster  ab- 
bey. In  sinking  for  the  foundations  of  the  new  bridge, 
several  foreign  coins,  especially  of  France,  and  belong- 
ing to  the  time  of  the  civil  wars  in  England  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  were  found  considerably  below 
the  bed  of  the  river,  into  which  they  were  probably 
thrown  in  some  struggle  between  the  Scotch  and  royal 
armies.  One  plack,  also  of  Charles  the  First,  some  large 
brass  needles,  and  immense  quantities  of  pins,  oxidized 
into  solid  masses,  as  well  as  pieces  of  swords,  and  other 
implements,  were  also  found  at  the  same  time  and  place. 
At  fifteen  feet  below  the  surface,  in  the  cuts  made  for 
the  foundations  of  the  gaol,  many  deers  horns,  and  a 
cowrie  shell,  1|  inch  long,  umbilicated,  faintly  freckled 
with  yellowish  spots,  five  brown  spots  on  each  side,  and 
dark  spots  glazed  over  with  white  on  the  white  part  of 
the  spire  and  margin ;  also  large  oak  trees,  and  wood 
and  nuts  of  the  hazle  tree — remains  unquestionably  of 
antient  woods  that  had  grown  upon  the  spot.  In  cutting 
through  the  wear  of  the  mill,  it  appeared  to  have  been 
heightened,  as  the  bed  of  the  river  above  it  filled  up 
with  gravel  and  sleek  brought  from  the  country  above. 

BAKE-HOUSE. — Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third,  in  grant- 
ing the  old  market  of  Morpeth  to  the  burgesses  thereof, 
for  the  purposes  of  building  stalls  upon,  excepted  out  of 
his  grant,  "  The  Bake-house  of  the  Town."  The  com- 
mon bake-house  is  also  mentioned,  in  1333,  as  near  lands 
which  laid  west  of  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  and  as  far  aa 
the  water  of  Wansbeck.  See  Court  Rolls  in  160. 

BAR.KERFIELD. — See  Mereden. 

BELL  TOWER. — See  Towers. 

BERHALVH,  that  is  Barley-haugh,  was  the  name  of  a 
culture  or  plot  of  tillage  ground,  which  was  situated  at 
the  east  end  of  Morpeth,  and  on  which  Roger  de  Mer- 
lay the  Third  gave  to  his  free-burgesses  in  Morpeth 
sixteen  tofts. 

BEWICK,  The  family  of,  now  seated  at  Close-house, 
in  this  county,  had  property  in  this  town  at  an  early 
period.  Henry  Bewick  had  a  house  in  Oldgate  in  1426  ; 


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in  1466,  he  had  two  tenements  conveyed  to  him  ;  and 
occurs,  in  1472,  as  party  to  a  bond  respecting  two  other 
tenements.  In  1495,  William  Bewick  let  a  lease  of  4? 
years  of  a  burgage  in  Aldgate.  Percival  Bewick,  Wil- 
liam, son  and  heir  of  Henry  Bewick,  and  Andrew  Be- 
wick, all  occur  in  a  deed  in  1520.  Andrew  Bewick  also 
occurs  as  party  to  deeds  in  1526  and  1529 ;  is  described 
as  "  merchant  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne"  in  1531,  "  mer- 
chant" in  1544,  and  in  1547  as  "  deceased."  See  pedi- 
gree of  this  family  in  Surtees's  Durham,  ii.  193. 

BOUNDARIES. — April  3, 1758.  Memorandum,  that  the 
grand  jury  walked  the  boundaries  of  the  borough,  of 
which  they  have  left  the  following  description  : — Down 
the  Walk-mill-close  and  along  the  Slidden-heugh,  and 
crossed  the  water  at  the  East  Mill  Warren-head,  and 
into  the  Farcey-holes,  and  thence  into  the  parish  haugh 
and  along  by  the  north  hedge  of  the  haugh,  then  along 
part  of  the  parish  haugh  lane,  and  in  at  the  Miller's 
Grey  Hook,  and  along  the  west  hedge  of  the  said  close, 
and  along  God's  Ridge-head  closes,  and  into  the  Gleedy 
heugh  and  then  crossed  the  turnpike  at  the  low  grates, 
and  through  the  close  leading  to  Jerry's  banks,  and 
along  the  foot  of  the  High-hill,  and  into  the  castle  wood, 
and  along  by  Watty's-hole,  and  so  into  the  standers  and 
through  the  garden  in  the  same,  walked  over  the  water 
called  Bowls-green  Steps  to  the  bounder  stones  set  to 
ascertain  Morpeth  bounder,  and  from  Begar-road  down 
Cottingwood-lane  along  Well-close  to  the  place  where  it 
was  begun.  See  also  maps,  plans,  &c. 

THE  BOWLING  GREEN  was  probably,  some  three 
centuries  since,  on  Bowles  Green,  a  name  now  corrupt- 
ed into  Buller's  Green :  afterwards  it  was,  by  lord  Car- 
lisle's permission,  on  the  flat  piece  of  ground  to  the  right 
of  the  entrance  from  the  great  road  to  the  castle,  which, 
on  the  plan  in  1 603,  is  called  '  the  Garden.' 

BULLER'S  GREEN  was  antiently  written  Bowles- 
green.  It  is  the  name  of  a  small  township  adjoining 
the  north  and  north-west  boundary  of  the  town  and 
township  of  Morpeth,  where  the  road  turns  off  at  the 
head  of  Newgate  to  go  westward  to  Mitford.  It  con- 
sists principally  of  one  row  of  houses,  lying  in  a  curve 
line,  and  was  assessed  to  poor's-rate  at  £139,  and  to 
property-tax  at  £351,  in  1815.  On  the  Plan  of  Mor- 
peth, in  1603,  the  west  end  of  this  street  is  represented 
as  closed  with  a  gate-way :  the  extension  of  it  there 
beyond  the  boundary  of  the  town  is  a  modern  addition, 
and  called  Wansbeck-place.  A  tenement  within  it  is 

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mentioned,  in  1518,  as  bounded  on  both  sides  by  land 
of  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  and  from  the  street  to 
Cottingburn  :  another,  on  May  16,  1529,  between  land 
of  Newminster  abbey  and  Dogger-dyke,  and  from  the 
highway  before  unto  Wansbeck  behind  :  and,  on  Dec.  8, 
in  the  same  year,  a  tenement  is  described  as  lying  upon 
Bowles-green,  "  near  vnto  Grave-gate-yate,  between 
the  grounds  of  Edw.  Rochester,  tanner,  and  Dogger- 
dyke,  from  the  Kings  street  before  unto  the  water  of 
Wansbeck  backward,  as  it  is  pallised  new  by  messures 
and  bounds."  Humphrey  Davey,  glover,  in  1562,  re- 
leased to  the  corporation  a  tenement,  in  Bolesgreen- 
street,  bounded  on  the  west  by  land  of  Alexander  Heron, 
of  Meldon,  esq. 

BRIGGATE,  or  BRIG-STREET,  extends  eastward  from 
the  Market-place  past  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Mor- 
peth. A  tenement  on  the  north  side  of  it  is  noticed  in 
1465  ;  and  another,  on  the  south  side  of  the  same  street, 
as  having  one  of  the  lords  Greystock  and  Dacre  on  the 
west  of  it,  in  1475,  1496, 1526,  and  1537.  A  burgage  in 
Bryge-street,  in  1500,  extended  from  the  highway  be- 
fore to  Fulbeck  behind :  and,  in  1521,  the  mansion- 
house  (see  Chantry  Place J,  with  all  the  lands  of  it  in  the 
High-field  of  Morpeth,  were  let,  for  100  years,  at  26s. 
8d.  a  year.  In  1526,  a  tenement  belonging  to  a  chantry 
in  Morpeth  chapel  is  described  as  lying  in  "  Bryge- 
street,"  on  the  north  part  of  Morpeth,  "  betwix  j>e 
M'ket'steids  on  ]>e  west  ptie  1  Swynborne  lands  on  j>e 
est  ptie,  1  fro  )>e  said  brigge-street  on  ]>e  sowth  ptie  to 
J?e  saide  chantere  lands  on  fe  north  ptie."  The  corpora- 
tion, in  1556,  conveyed  a  waste  tenement  on  the  south 
side  of  this  street  to  lord  Dacre;  and,  in  1577?  gave 
seizin  to  Thomas  Bates  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  of  a 
tenement  in  Brigg-street,  extending  from  the  highway 
before  to  Beggar-road  behind. 

BRIDGES. — According  to  Magna  Charta,  "  neither  a 
town  nor  any  person  shall  be  destrained  to  make  bridges 
over  rivers,  unless  that  antiently  and  of  right  they  were 
bound  to  do  so."  The  Bridge  and  Chapel  of  Morpeth, 
as  has  been  before  observed,  were  consolidated  concerns 
of  unknown  origin,  and  managed  by  a  chaplain,  whose 
style  Avas  keeper.  It  has  two  arches,  both  of  which  seem 
to  have  been  re-built  since  the  pier  between  them  was 
erected,  as  one  of  them  has  no  string  under  its  battle- 
ments, and  the  other  one  different  from  that  in  the 
pier.  For  the  present  rapid  mode  of  travelling  it 
is  inconvenient  and  dangerous — the  Mail  and  Wonder 

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coaches  having  each,  within  the  last  3  years,  once  carried 
away  the  south  end  of  its  west  battlements,  and  been 
thrown  with  their  passengers  and  horses  into  the  river 
— fortunately,  without  loss  of  life.  As  the  act  of  par- 
liament for  building  the  new  bridge  makes  it  lawful  for 


the  Corporation  of  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  Mor- 
peth,  if  they  shall  think  proper  to  do  so,  to  pull  down 
the  present  bridge,  and  sell  the  materials  belonging  to 
it,  I  have  been  at  the  expense  of  procuring  the  accom- 
panying 


EAST  VIEW  OF  MORPETH  OLD  BRIDGE, 


and  its  twin-sister  establishment  the  Chapel  of  Morpeth  ; 
and  Mr  Peter  Nicholson  has  very  obligingly,  and  with 
considerable  trouble,  furnished  me  with  the  following 
measurements  of  the  bridge,  accompanied  with  a  very 
accurate  perspective  view  of  it  in  outline,  which  the 
wood-cut  already  given,  however,  renders  unnecessary 
to  be  inserted  here.  The  north  arch  spans  51  feet  6 
inches;  and, from  the  chord  to  the  summit, rises  11  feet 
6  inches.  The  breadth  of  the  intrados  is  9  feet  2  inches 
on  the  cylindric  part ;  and  the  entire  breadth,  including 
two  archi volts,  13  feet.  The  south  arch  spans  51  feet  8 
inches,  and  rises  1 3  feet  6  inches.  The  breadth  of  the 
intrados  is  1 1  feet,  the  archivolt  of  this  arch  differing 
greatly,  both  in  projection  and  figure,  from  those  on 
the  north  arch.  The  thickness  of  the  pier  is  14  feet  8 
inches,  and  projects  9  feet  from  the  face  of  the  bridge, 
forming  a  salient  angle.  The  parapets  are  each  9^ 
inches  thick,  and  consequently  the  breadth  within  the 
interior  faces  is  1 1  feet  5  inches,  which  includes  both 
roadway  and  footpath.  Prior  to  the  Dissolution,  the 
onus  of  repairing  this  bridge  lay  upon  its  keeper,  pro- 
bably under  certain  regulations  and  understandings  with 
the  corporation ;  but,  after  that  period,  Edward  the 
Sixth,  in  consideration  of  revenues  granted  to  them 
for  that  purpose,  imposed  the  burden,  not  only  of 


maintaining  two  masters  in  the  school  he  founded  here, 
but  of  "  the  maintenance  and  annual  repair  of  a  certain 
stone-bridge,  commonly  called  Morpeth-brigge,"  upon 
the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  that  town.  The  act  for 
building  the  new  bridge,  however,  releases  them  from 
this  charge  till  the  sums  of  money  lent  for  building  it 
shall  have  been  re-paid ;  but,  after  the  toll  upon  it  for 
that  purpose  ceases,  enacts  that  it  and  its  approaches 
shall  thenceforth  be  maintained  in  repair  by,  and  at  the 
expenses  of,  the  said  bailiffs  and  burgesses. 

Morpeth  New  Bridge  is  now  building,  April,  1831, 
at  a  short  distance  below  the  old  one,  between  the 
chapel  and  the  mill ;  and  under  the  authority  of  an  act 
for  that  purpose,  which  received  the  royal  assent,  June 
1,  1829,  but  which  is  far  too  lengthy  for  the  slightest 
abridgment  of  it  to  be  inserted  here.  It  is  printed  on 
66  folio  pages.  Mr  Telford  chose,  or  approved  of  the 
site  on  which  the  bridge  is  building ;  and  the  designs 
for  it,  which  were  finally  adopted,  are  by  Mr  Dobson, 
architect,  of  Newcastle.  It  consists  of  three  arches — 
the  middle  one  of  50  feet,  and  the  two  side  ones  of  40 
feet  span ;  and  the  breadth  of  the  arches,  across  their 
soffits,  is  32  feet  6  inches :  the  largest  to  rise  16  feet, 
the  other  two  13  feet  each.  The  specification  for  build, 
ing  it  is  printed,  and  provides  for  making  a  new  wear 


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across  the  river,  and  a  tunnel  under  its  north  end  to 
convey  water  to  the  mill.  The  stone  for  it  is  all  brought 
by  the  rail-way  from  Netherton,  and  of  excellent  quality. 

The  only  notice  I  have  seen  respecting  the  Abbey 
Bridge  is  the  following  extract  which  I  made  from  a 
sessions  book,  which  was  in  the  office  of  the  ckrk  of 
the  peace  about  10  years  since,  but  is  now  missing : — 
"  SS.  12  Jan.  1680.  Presentment  9.  That  care  be 
taken  to  Jserve  the  remaining  stones  of  Abbey  Bridge, 
most  part  of  them  being  gone  already,  the  towne  of  Mor- 
peth  saying  they  had  only  30  fothers  of  them  :  by  order 
of  sir  Richard  Stole  and  sir  Ralph  Jennison."  This 
bridge  crossed  the  Wansbeck  about  the  site  of  the  pre- 
sent wooden-bridge,  and  was  connected  on  the  south  side 
with  the  road  leading  to  the  abbey  of  Newminster  and 
Mitford  to  the  west,  and  with  that  which  leads  past  the 
High-house  and  Tranwell  to  Bellasis-bridge,  and  thence 
to  Newcastle.  Since  the  commodious  new  bridge  of  two 
arches  was  built  at  the  High-ford,  in  1830,  the  want  of 
the  Abbey-bridge  will  be  greatly  felt ;  and  if  the  onus 
of  re-building  this  public  structure  has  by  neglect  been 
removed  from  the  powerful  shoulders  that  once  sustain- 
ed it,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  same  generous  and 
public  spirit  which  reared  the  High  Ford  bridge  last 
year,  will  soon  have  its  resources  sufficiently  replenish- 
ed, to  present  to  the  county  a  bridge  in  this  place,  to  be 
perpetually  kept  in  repair  out  of  its  public  funds.  The 
wooden  bridge  was  built  in  1807,  and  is  constantly  open 
to  foot  passengers,  and  for  horses  in  high  floods.  The 
chain  bridge  for  foot  passengers,  at  the  west  end  of  Old- 
gate,  was  thrown  over  the  river  in  1827  by  subscription, 
to  which  the  members  in  parliament  for  the  borough 
were  liberal  contributors.  The  High  Ford  bridge  was 
also  built  by  subscription,  and  under  the  inspection  of 
the  county  surveyor.  It  was  begun  in  1829,  and  finish- 
ed in  1830  ;  and  is  a  handsome  structure  of  two  arches. 
The  stone  for  it  was  brought  from  Morpeth  quarry. 

BURGESSES  in  parliament,  see  Annals. 

BOROUGH,  see  Corporation. 

CATCHBURNE  is  a  township  in  the  manor  of  Morpeth, 
and  at  present  pays  county  rate  on  a  rental  of  £2,612. 
It  is  situated  about  1\  miles  south  of  Morpeth,  and 
on  the  east  side  of  the  great  north  road.  Roger  de 
Merlay  the  Second  built  a  hospital  here,  probably  for 
the  use  of  way-faring  people.  It  is  mentioned  in  a 
deed  printed  in  the  Morpeth  Annals,  under  1282 ;  and 
the  inquest  after  the  death  of  Ralph  lord  Greystock,  in 
17  Edw.  II.  enumerates  the  advowson  of  the  Hospital 


of  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  at  this  place,  among  his  North- 
umberland possessions.  John  lord  Greystock,  who  died 
in  1346,  ordained  by  his  will,  that  "  the  hospital  of 
Catchburn,  according  to  its  antient  foundation,  with  all 
its  ornaments,  goods,  and  chattels,  be  given  to  a  chap- 
lain." — ( Morp.  Misc.  No.  15.)  I  know  of  no  charters  or 
other  notices  respecting  it. 

THE  CHANTRY  PLACE  in  Morpeth,  in  1466,  had  a 
capital  messuage  in  it ;  and,  in  the  following  year,  the 
chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints  let  a  house  oppo- 
site Morpeth  chapel,  having  the  Chantry-place  on  its 
west  side,  and  one  of  John  Smith's  on  the  east,  and 
extending  from  the  king's  highway  in  front  to  Cotting- 
burn  behind. 

CLOCK-HOUSE,  see  Towers. 

COAL. — There  are  many  old  coal  pits  east  of  Mor- 
peth, on  both  sides  of  the  river,  as  on  Shaldfen,  the 
East-house  ground,  and  Cottingwood ;  but  no  coal  of 
any  value  in  these  times  to  the  west  of  it.  Some  years 
since,  the  town  was  principally  supplied  with  coal  from 
Choppington ;  but  there  are  no  pits  open  there  now. 
Latterly,  much  was  brought  from  Pegsworth ;  but,  in 
1830,  Messrs  Thomas  King  and  Co.  formed  a  rail-way 
from  lord  Carlisle's  coal  at  Netherton  to  the  Low- 
stanners,  on  the  east  side  of  the  town,  where  there  is 
now  a  constant  and  plentiful  supply,  of  excellent  quali- 
ty. The  waggon-way  is  3  miles  long,  and  forms  a  gentle 
inclined-plane  from  the  pits ;  and  Mr  Woodman's  sug- 
gestion, accompanying  some  hints  for  this  account,  of 
extending  the  rail-way  from  Netherton  to  some  naviga- 
ble part  of  the  river  Blythe,  seems  to  me  so  exceedingly 
practicable,  and  to  offer  such  great  advantages  both  to 
Blyth  and  Morpeth,  that  I  cannot  but  indulge  a  hope 
that  it  will  be  soon  put  into  practice,  and  answer  all  the 
purposes  of  the  scheme  I  have  already  mentioned,  of 
making  a  rail-way  from  Morpeth  to  Newbigging,  or  its 
neighbourhood.  The  greatest  want  that  Morpeth  strug- 
gles with  is  a  cheap  communication  with  a  sea-port  town. 

COMMONS. — The  Low  Common  lies  on  the  west  side 
of  the  church,  and  of  the  great  north  road.  It  is  40lA. 
3R.  25p.,  and  belongs  to  the  corporation,  which  pays  no 
rent  or  acknowledgment  of  any  kind  for  it.  The 
bailiffs  and  burgesses  annually  ride  its  boundaries  on  St. 
Mark's-day,  April  25,  when  the  chief  magistrates  give 
a  piece-  of  plate  to  be  run  for  by  horses  of  the  burgesses. 
In  1766,  the  corporation,  under  the  direction  of  two 
stewards  from  each  company,  began  to  improve  this 
tract  of  ground  ;  and,  since  that  time,  have  had  portions 


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of  it  hedged  in,  and  put  under  a  course  of  agriculture, 
for  the  purpose  of  improving  it  as  pasture  ground.  At 
its  east  end,  it  has  a  herd's-house  and  some  cottages 
upon  it;  and  a  house  has  this  year,  1831,  been  built 
upon  it,  adjoining  the  church-yard,  for  a  watchman  to 
reside  in,  and  preserve  the  graves  from  being  robbed  by 
that  most  odious  race  of  criminals — resurrection  men. 
Each  resident  freeman  and  free-brother  of  the  several 
companies,  according  to  the  present  bye-laws  of  the  cor- 
poration, have  the  privilege  of  pasturing  two  cows  upon 
this  common.  In  the  Plan  of  1603,  it  is  stated  to  con- 
tain 380  acres. 

CORPORATION  AND  BOROUGH. — The  customs  and 
immunities  of  the  borough  of  Morpeth  are  considered 
to  be  of  a  prescriptive  nature,  and  to  belong  to  a  remote 
period.  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Second,  who  came  to  his 
estate  in  1180,  and  died  in  1239,  gave,  granted,  and 
confirmed  to  his  free-burgesses  of  the  town  of  Morpeth, 
and  to  their  heirs,  all  the  liberties  and  free  customs,  to 
hold  and  have  of  him  and  his  heirs,  as  honourably,  free- 
ly, and  entirely,  as  was  set  forth  in  the  charter  which 
he  had  by  the  gift  of  the  king ;  and  his  son,  Roger  de 
Merlay  the  Third,  in  a  long  deed,  first  certifies  that  he 
had  heard  his  father's  grant  read  and  recited,  then  con- 
firms it  for  him  and  his  heirs  to  the  said  burgesses  and 
their  heirs ;  and  then  conferred  on  them  the  following 
immunities : — That  they  should  not  be  taxed  except 
when  the  king  taxed  his  burgesses,  and  for  making  his 
(de  Merlay's)  own  son  a  knight,  or  for  marrying  his 
own  daughter,  or  for  redeeming  his  own  body  out  of 
prison :  that  when  he  or  his  heirs,  by  their  Serjeants,  shall 
have  made  any  prizes  of  bread,  or  ale,  or  of  any  other 
thing  within  the  town  of  Morpeth,  such  prizes*  may 
be  paid  to  a  creditor  within  40  days ;  but  the  creditor, 
to  whom  payment  shall  not  have  been  made  within  40 
days  out  of  the  prizes  made  by  them,  shall  remain  ex- 
empt from  all  prizes  after  these  40  days  until  he  be 
paid :  saving,  however,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
lord  and  his  heirs  to  make  prizes  within  the  term  of 
these  40  days,  and  let  it  be  known  that  the  lord's  prize 
for  ale  in  one  whole  year  shall  be  three  gallons  for  one 
penny.  He  also  granted  to  them  their  accustomed 
common  right  and  easements,  with  free  egress  and  in- 
gress to  the  town  of  Morpeth,  excepting  in  corn-fields 
and  meadows  :  also  common  on  his  stubbles  within  his 
manor  of  Morpeth,  that  is,  of  "Wencherley-way  towards 

*  Prizes  were  certain  portions  of  victuals  payable  to  the  king  or 
chief  lord  of  a  seigniory. 


the  west  as  far  as  the  marches  of  the  abbot  of  Newmin- 
ster  and  the  ditch  of  the  West-park,  reserving,  how- 
ever, to  himself  and  his  heirs,  the  herbage  of  the  same 
stubbles  for  their  own  use  for  15  days  after  the  corn 
was  carried.  Also  he  granted  to  them  and  their  heirs 
the  privilege  of  having  turf  from  his  turbaries,  at  a 
penny  a  cart  load,  at  such  times  and  in  such  quan- 
tities as  he  should  choose  so  to  dispose  of  it  to  them. 
When  the  cattle  (averia)  of  the  burgesses  are  taken 
within  his  enclosures,  they  shall  give  for  every  aver  one 
halfpenny,  and  for  every  horse  one  penny,  and  for  five 
sheep  one  halfpenny,  for  three  turns,  whether  within  or 
without ;  and,  at  the  fourth  turn,  for  each  head  of  cattle 
taken  within  the  wood  they  shall  pay  8d.,  and  without 
the  wood  4d.,  and  then  again  beginning  with  a  halfpenny 
for  three  turns  as  aforesaid;  and  if  their  cattle  be  taken 
in  the  corn  or  meadows,  they  shall  make  amends,  ac- 
cording to  the  season  of  the  year.  He  also  gave  to 
them  that  free  place  where  their  market  was  wont  to  be, 
excepting,  however,  the  toft  of  Alice  Hudde,  and  the 
town's  bake-house,  and  a  certain  workshop  which  one 
Philip  had  holden,  with  an  injunction  to  them  to  build 
stalls  upon  it,  in  which  flesh  and  fish  might  be  sold  up 
to  the  ninth  hour  '.  and  also  prohibiting,  upon  full  for- 
feiture to  him  and  his  heirs,  any  one  to  presume  to  sell 
flesh  or  fish  before  the  ninth  hour  anywhere  else  but  in 
the  said  stalls,  and  any  way  but  by  wholesale.  He  also 
reserved  to  himself  and  his  heirs,  by  the  same  deed, 
liberty  to  make  buildings  on  the  cultures  upon  which 
he  had  granted  them  common,  and  bound  them  to  grind 
at  his  mill  at  Morpeth,  paying  a  multure  of  one  in  13, 
as  they  had  before  been  accustomed  to  do.  This  charter 
is  from  a  copy  in  the  possession  of  Mr  Lawson,  of  Lang- 
hurst,  and  found  before  1616  among  the  papers  of  Mr 
Francis  Dacre.  It  has  a  drawing  of  the  seal  of  the  bo- 
rough of  Morpeth  attached  to  it ;  and  the  attentive  read- 
er will  gbserve  that  it  recites  or  embodies  in  it,  as  I  have 
noticed,  the  charter  No.  1,  printed  in  the  succeeding 
Annals,  under  1239.  He  will  also  there  find  English 
abstracts,  and  a  copy  of  two  other  original  grants  of 
Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  to  the  burgesses  of  Mor- 
peth, of  considerable  tracts  of  ground,  upon  part  of 
which,  I  have  already  ventured  to  conjecture,  a  part  at 
least  of  the  portions  of  the  town  called  Bridge-street 
and  Newgate  were  built  in  his  time.  Gleams  of  other 
portions  of  the  History  of  the  borough  of  Morpeth,  its 
customs  and  immunities,  will  also  be  found  scattered 
over  different  parts  of  the  same  Annals;  but  ita 


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privileges  were  never  put  under  the  protection  of  regal 
guarantee  till  the  time  of  Charles  the  Second — which 
monarch,  30  Dec.  1662,  gave  them  a  charter  which  sets 
forth  that  the  town  is  an  antient  borough,  and  its  inha- 
bitants and  burgesses  from  time  immemorial  a  corporate 
body,  by  the  name  of  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  Mor- 
peth,  enjoying  certain  liberties  and  immunities,  which 
it  confirms  to  them,  as  well  as  all  lands,  tenements, 
markets,  fairs,  and  customs  hitherto  by  them  enjoyed, 
whether  by  law,  custom,  or  prescription ; — constitutes 
them  a  borough  to  continue  in  future  in  the  form  in 
which  they  had  to  that  time  existed ; — ordains  that  the 
bailiffs  and  other  officers  of  the  borough  shall  take  the 
usual  oaths  for  the  due  execution  of  their  office,  as  well 
as  the  oaths  of  supremacy  and  allegiance — to  have  and 
to  hold  the  premises  by  the  payment  of  the  accustomed 
antient  services;  and  concludes  with  some  clauses  to 
prevent  molestation  in  the  enjoyment  of  their  privi- 
leges, or  the  infringement  of  any  former  grant. 

The  corporation  of  this  town  is  styled  The  Corpora- 
tion of  the  Bailiff's  and  Burgesses  of  the  Borough  of  Mor- 
peth.  England,  in  very  antient  times,  was  productive 
of  cunning  framers  of  constitutions.  Very  few  towns 
in  the  kingdom  are  governed  by  the  same  laws :  and 
while  many  of  them  have  whimsical,  many  more  have 
exceedingly  beautiful  schemes  of  government ;  and 
heartily  I  wish,  for  the  happiness  of  this  glorious  coun- 
try, that  the  theorizing  spirit  of  the  present  time,  while 
it  is  abridging  so  many  antient  municipal  franchises  of 
important  rights,  may  not  be  taking  wheels  out  of  the 
machine  of  the  nation,  which  are  still  necessary  for  pro- 
ducing those  harmonious  and  powerful  movements  for 
which  Britain  has  been  so  long  and  so  justly  celebrated. 
The  whole  corporate  body  of  Morpeth  consists  of  seven 
companies  or  fraternities,  which  are  also  called  trades  or 
crafts ;  and  each  of  these  companies  consists  of  an  alder- 
man, and  an  indefinite  number  of  free  brothers  and  free 
burgesses. 

Respecting  The  Seven  Companies  of  this  Corporation, 
Mr  Woodman  has  furnished  me  with  much  curious  in- 
formation, of  which  I  am,  however,  able  to  make  room 
for  only  a  scanty  portion. 

1.  The  Merchants  and  Taylors  Company's  bye-laws 
are  dated  8  Oct.  1524 ;  and  were  made  by  the  brethren 
for  the  sustentation  of  their  crafts,  according  to  such 
liberties,  ordinances,  and  statutes,  as  be  granted,  made, 
and  decreed  by  the  right  hon.  Thos.  Dacre,  K.  G.,  lord 

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Dacre  of  Gilsland.  Of  some  of  the  fines  ordained  by 
these  bye-laws,  half  was  to  be  paid  to  lord  Dacre  and 
his  heirs,  and  the  other  half  to  the  company's  chest ; 
others  to  be  applied  to  upholding  the  merchants'  lights ; 
and  if  any  merchandize  should  come  by  ship  to  Blythe's 
Nook,  they  and  every  of  them  should  be  free  to  buy  of 
the  same,  and  to  have  their  parts  thereof  for  the  paying 
their  money.  In  the  accounts  of  this  company  for  1632 
is  this  item : — Given  to  the  Company  of  Taylors,  on 
M  idsummer-day,  6s.  8d. ;  and  the  whole  tenor  of  their 
old  books  shows,  that  privately  they  were  two  distinct 
crafts,  but  for  corporation  purposes  only  one. 

2.  The  Tanners  Company's  statutes  are  dated  Nov.  8, 
1617}  and  consist  of  eighteen  articles,  which  are  chiefly 
orders  for  the  government  of  the  company  at  its  month- 
ly meetings,  and  for  the  purchase  of  bark,  and  binding 
apprentices.  The  third  article  constitutes,  that  the 
alderman,  with  eight  of  the  most  discreet  and  antient 
brothers,  or  more,  as  shall  be  thought  meet  by  the 
alderman,  shall  sit  and  advise  with  him  in  the  com- 
mon place,  at  the  common  bench,  and  there  ponder 
all  such  faults  as  shall  be  presented,  &c.  The  extracts 
from  the  books  of  this  company,  given  in  the  subjoined 
note,  are  from  receipts,  bonds,  and  deeds  for  oak  wood 
and  oak  bark  purchased  by  the  company  conjointly  in 
various  parts  of  the  country^  and  are  curious  on  account 
of  their  showing  where  oak  wood  then  grew,  and  the 
price  it  and  oak  bark  sold  at,  when  the  several  documents 
were  made.* 

*  April  21,  1564,  Cuthbert  Horsley,  of  Horsley,  500  oak 
trees,  growing  at  Horsley  Berks,  for  £145. — June  2,  1568, 
Michael  Fenwick,  of  Stanton,  bark  of  100  oak  trees,  JE3  5s. — 
April  24,  1605,  George  Fenwlck,  of  Langsbaws,  gave  a  bond 
to  perform  an  agreement  made  by  Robert  Mitford,  of  Mltford, 
esq.  and  Cuthbert  his  son,  with  the  tanners  of  Morpeth,  for 
the  sale  of  all  the  underwood  of  Espley,  for  £100. — July  1, 
1607,  Robert  Hesilrigg,  of  Swarland,  gent.,  gave  a  receipt  for 
£60,  for  70  trees  in  Swarland. —Sept.  20,  1607,  William  lord 
Howard,  520  oak  trees,  growing  in  the  East  Parke  of  Morpeth, 
for  £510.— May  20, 1628,  Nicholas  Thornton,  of  Netherwitton, 
esq.,  and  John  Radcliffe  and  Anthony  Radcliffe,  of  the  same 
town,  bark  of  600  trees  growing  in  the  East- woods  of  Lang- 
shaws,  for  £50. — July  30,  1632,  the  Company's  bond  to  pay 
to  Robert  Clavering,  of  Brinkburne,  £100,  in  the  Tolbooth  of 
Morpeth. — June  15,  1649,  receipt  from  Henry  Widdrington, 
for  the  hon.  rims.  Howard,  esq.  for  £100,  for  wood  and  bark 
grown  in  the  Shirlwood,  in  the  manor  of  Ulgham. — June  7, 
1651,  Cuthbert  Heron's  receipt  for  £130,  for  bark  from  Chip- 
chase.— No  date. ..Robert  Fenwick,  esq.,  one  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Parliament  of  England,  £8  in  part,  for  bark 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


3.  The  Fullers  and  Dyers'  Company  included  Carvers 
and  Hatters,  and  on  the  first  page  of  their  oldest  book 
there  is  this  memorandum  made  in  1676 : — "  The  an- 
tient book  and  other  papers  belonging  to  this  company 
were  entirely  consumed  by  a  most  sudden  and  unac- 
countable fire  breaking  out  in  the  house  of  the  alder- 
man,  Andrew  Lumsden,  whereby  we  became  deprived 
of  our  antient  records,  &c.  so  that  this  book  begins  no 
higher  than  the  said  year." 

4.  The  first  orders  of  the  "guild"  or  company  of 
Smiths,  Saddlers,  and  Armourers,  was  sealed  "  at  Mor- 
peth  the  xx  day  of  Jan.,  the  yere  of  God  M.iniic.xxiij, 
the  xv  yere  of  our  soQaigne  lord   king  Henry  the 

from  Cockle  Park...Bothal  estate,  during  the  time  of  the 
Commonwealth,  was  sequestered  by  parliament.— May  20, 
1664,  George  Dobson  has  £50  for  the  bark  of  Bothal  Banks.— 
31  May,  1664,  Charles  Stoddart,  £10,  for  Edward  Grene,  for 
the  bark  of  Pigton.— July  1,  1668,  Richard  Wilson,  £59  5s. 
for  bark  from  Ulgham  wood. — April  8,  1675,  Thos.  Ledyard, 
sen.,  wood  on  Titlington  (?)  banks. — 28  June,  1676,  Ralph 
Evers,  £35  for  Ralph  Hewison,  of  Finden  Hall,  for  bark  from 
Langshaws  East  wood. — Jan.  19,  1678,  Win.  J.  Anson,  £29 
16s.  for  bark  from  Mainsmang  wood  and  Hepscot  Banks. — 
Aug.  9,  167-,  Peter  Greene  £18,  for  bark  from  Pigdon  Broad 
wood.— May  15,  1681,  sir  Charles  Heron,  of  Chipchase,  for  all 
his  oaken  tree  bark  on  the  woody  grounds  of  Warkshaugh, 
Bryar  Hill,  and  the  Littlehaugh,  betwixt  the  Iron  Mill  and  the 
north  side  of  the  river  Tyne,  for  £525.— March  8,  1683,  Wm. 
Milburne,  of  the  New-moor,  attorney  of  Lawrence  Saunders, 
of  London,  gent. ,  sells  the  company  "  all  the  barque  lying  in 
the  Great  Hall  of  Bottle,"  at  32s.  per  fother,  so  that  Henry 
Cavendish,  the  second  duke  of  Newcastle,  had  suffered  the 
seat  of  the  principal  estate  of  his  grandmother  Catharine  Ogle, 
to  be  converted  into  a  bark  house. — July  28,  1686,  Ralph 
Hewison,  for  bark  from  Elyhaugh  wood. — May  1,  1689,  Wm. 
Mitford,  of  Elsden,  clerk,  for  oak  wood  at  the  East  Mill  at  the 
Loaning  end,  £72  10s. — 26  April,  1690,  Thomas  Elphington, 
of  Whickham,  for  all  the  bark  in  Cawsey-park  wood,  bought 
by  him  of  William  Ogle,  esq.  at  40s.  per  fother. — Ap.  26, 1690, 
William  Bullock,  of  Spittlehill,  for  oak  wood  and  bark  at  the 
Calf  Close  there. — April  4, 1691,  Nicholas  Ridley,  of  the  Bales, 
near  Chipchase,  gent,  for  all  the  oak  bark  at  Eales,  for  £35. — 
26  April,  1691,  William  Ogle,  of  Cawsey-park,  esq.,  oak  bark 
at  Leighton's  Haugh,  on  Causey-park  demesne,  30s.  per  yard. 
—26  May,  1695,  Thomas  Ledyard,  sen.,  of  Newcastle,  gent., 
for  sale  of  oak  wood  at  Tritlington. — April  5,  1708,  Stephen 
Row,  of  Newton,  Northumb.,  and  Wm.  Row,  of  Dacums- 
hall,  Gateshead,  for  oak  bark  at  Row  Green,  in  Northumb. — 
30  April,  1787,  Edw.  Widdrington,  of  Felton,  for  oak  bark  on 
the  trees  which  he  had  bought  of  George  Fenwick,  of  Brink- 
burne,  in  Low-framlington  woods,  for  £300. — if  Mem.  1610, 
given  to  the  blind  sanster  on  Trinitie  Sunday,  4d. — Item., 
given  for  wine  and  sugar,  which  was  bestowed  on  the  lord 
William  Howard,  18d. 


Eighth,"  "  for  the  worshipp  of  Almighty  God  and  the 
sustentation  of  St.  Loy's  gyld  and  leight  in  the  hye 
kyrke  of  Morpeth  ;"  "  and  for  voyddynge  of  grugges." 
The  rest  consists  chiefly  of  regulations  about  taking 
apprentices,  and  holding  monthly  meetings ;  and  the 
new  rules  of  June  25,  1595,  are  almost  entirely  in 
substance  the  same  as  the  old  ones. 

5.  As  The  Cordu-ainers  Company's  ordinary  is  the  old- 
est of  any  in  the  town,  I  will  give  a  larger  abstract  of  it 
than  of  the  rest : — To  the  worship  of  our  Lord  God 
Almighty  and  the  sustentation  of  corps  that  lieth  in  the 
parish  church  of  Morpeth  after  the  laudable  and  antient 
custom  of  the  said  towne  in  eschewing  of  dissension  and 
discord,  it  is  ordained  this  22nd  day  of  Sep.  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  God  1470 — That  the  cordwainers  yearly, 
at  the  feast  of  Corpus  Christi,  shall  make  four  "  scyrges" 
of  wax  in  the  worship  of  God,  and  shall  go  in  procession 
honestly  in  fellowship  after  the  ordinance  of  two  war- 
dens  to  be  chosen  yearly  by  their  elders'  assent ;  and 
that  every  man  of  the  said  craft  shall  be  at  the  proces- 
sion under  pain  to  pay  one  pound  of  wax  to  the  said 
warden  and  craft.  And  that  they  take  no  Scotsman 
born  to  apprentice,  nor  put  any  such  wittingly  to  work, 
neither  within  the  town  nor  without,  upon  pain  of  every 
such  default  proved  10s.,  whereof  the  one-half  part 
to  be  paid  to  my  lord  of  Greystock,  and  the  other  half 
part  to  the  said  wardens  and  to  the  craft.  Also  every 
man  warned  by  the  said  wardens  shall  come  to  convene 
with  the  said  craft  to  fulfil  his  part,  upon  pain  to  pay  to 
the  wardens  one  pound  of  wax.  Also  no  man  shall 
set  up  shop  till  he  be  agreed  with  the  wardens  and  the 
craft,  as  we  have  done  afore  time ;  and  every  man  that 
sets  up  shop  shall  pay  to  the  wardens  and  craft  3s.  4d. 
Also  that  none  of  the  craft  work  any  leather  but  that  it 
be  both  good  and  able  barkett,  in  deceiving  the  king's 
people,  upon  pain  to  forfeit  all  that  thereto  appertaineth. 
Also  that  no  man  that  hath  entered  to  his  service  shall 
depart  from  it  to  any  other  before  the  term  be  fulfilled, 
unless  he  have  cause  reasonable ;  or  that  no  man  of  the 
craft  set  him  on  work  upon  pain  to  pay  6s.  8d.,  one  half 
of  it  to  the  kirk  warke.  Also  any  one  that  setteth  up 
shop  shall  be  sworn  upon  the  book  to  fulfil  this  ordinance, 
as  we  have  done  afore  time ;  and  if  any  will  not  pay  the 
pain,  the  wardens  to  sue  them  at  the  common  law,  and 
compel  them  to  pay  and  to  be  punished  by  the  law  of 
holy  church.  Also  that  none  shall  set  up  shop,  or  he  be 
agreed  with  the  wardens  and  craft,  and  find  suerties 


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431 


before  us  all  truly  to  fulfil  all  the  ordinances  afore  ex- 
pressed. And  any  man  that  taketh  an  apprentice  shall  pay 
6d.  Also  that  none  of  the  craft  shall  draw  a  knife,  nor 
with  other  weapon  prefer  any  debate,  upon  payne  to  pay  to 
the  craft  lOd.  and  to  the  kirk  wark  lOd.  Also  none  of  the 
craft  to  take  other  apprentice  but  one  till  the  first  appren- 
tice have  served  four  years  complete,  upon  pain  to  pay  to 
the  craft  3s.  4d.,  and  to  the  kirk  wark  3s.  4d.  Also  that 
none  take  an  apprentice  under  term  of  seven  years, 
upon  pain  to  pay  to  lord  Greystock  3s.  4d.,  and  to  the 
craft  3s.  4(1. — These  statutes  were  revised  and  amend- 
ed July  7j  1572;  and  in  that  form  attested  by  the  alder- 
men, and  23  others  of  the  company,  Sept.  27,  1632. 
Formerly  this  company  appointed  two  searchers  and 
sealers  annually,  to  see  if  no  bad  leather  was  used  in 
shoes,  and  the  last  time  these  officers  were  appointed 
was  in  1759. 

6.  The  bye-laws  of  the  Weaver*1  Company  were  made 
Sept.  20,  1527,  to  be  kept  to  the  honour  and  worship  of 
Almighty  God,  and  the  light  of  St.  Peter,  in  the  high 
church  of  M  orpeth,  for  the  sustentation  of  their  craft, 
according  to  statutes  granted  by  the  right  honourable 
Thomas  lord  Dacre.     They  seem  to  be  nearly  a  copy 
of  more  antient  statutes  made  Aug.  11,  1485,  and  are 
almost  similar  to  those  of  the  Merchants  and  Taylors. 

7.  The  Company  of  the  Skinners  and  Glovers,  as  also 
the  Butchers,  annexed  to  them,  made  their  bye-laws  at 
a  public  guild,  holden  for  the  company,  at  the  Tolbooth, 
December  14,  1604,  agreeable  to  former  orders  made 
in  the   beginning  of  the  reign   of  queen   Elizabeth, 
which  were  lately  burnt  by  a  dreadful  fire  happening  in 
the  said  corporation,  which  also  burnt  the  house  of  the 
alderman  of  this  company.     They  order,  among  other 
things,  that  two  searchers,  one  to  be  a  proctor,  should 
be   annually   chosen,  to   seize  all    ill-dressed    leather 
brought  by  the  skinners  into  the  public  market,  but 
these  officers  have  been  long  discontinued. 

Each  of  the  Aldermen  must  be  a  burgess,  and  chosen 
annually  by  the  brothers  and  burgesses  of  his  respective 
company — over  the  meetings  of  which  he  is  president. 
He  also  sits  upon  the  bench  at  the  several  courts  of  the 
lord  of  the  manor,  and  audits  the  accounts  of  the  bailiffs. 
It  is  also  his  duty  to  fix  the  time  of  all  meetings,  and 
of  elections  of  brothers  for  burgesses  of  his  company ;  to 
take  the  poll  at  such  elections,  and  to  make  his  return 
of  persons  elected  to  the  lord,  or  his  steward,  when 
he  and  the  rest  of  the  aldermen  agree  together  to  do 


so.  Each  alderman  also  keeps  a  key  of  the  Town's, 
hutch,  which  is  an  antient  chest,  and  contains  the  re- 
cords, accounts,  and  cash  of  the 'corporation.  He  has 
also  the  custody,  during  the  time  of  his  office,  of  the  box 
of  his  company,  and  has  under  him  two 

Proctors,  who  are  eligible  only  out  of  the  brothers  or 
free-burgesses  of  their  own  company.  They  are  a  sort 
of  deputies  of  the  aldermen,  or,  as  their  name  imports, 
managers  under  him  of  the  affairs  of  their  companies ; 
for  they  can  do  nothing  but  by  his  direction.  One  of 
their  duties  is  to  summon  the  meetings  of  their  com. 
panics ;  and  another,  to  keep  the  key  of  the  box  of  their 
respective  companies,  and  to  attend  all  meetings  with 
it — so  that  the  policy  of  this  corporation  with  regard  to 
the  preservation  of  its  muniments  and  money  is  this — 
The  proctors  open  the  boxes  of  the  companies,  of  which 
the  aldermen  have  the  custody ;  and  each  alderman 
must  be  present  with  his  key  when  the  Town's-hutch 
is  to  be  opened,  of  which  the  bailiffs  are  the  guardians. 
The  aldermen  cannot,  therefore,  open  the  boxes  under 
their  charge  without  the  consent  of  the  proctor,  nor  the 
bailiffs  have  access  to  the  Town's-hutch  without  the 
concurrence  of  all  the  aldermen. 

The  Brothers  are  sometimes  called  free-brothers,  and 
obtain  their  freedom  and  privileges  by  birth  or  servi- 
tude. Those  who  are  candidates  for  their  freedom  by 
birth  must  be  sons  of  free-burgesses  or  free-brothers. 
Sons  of  free-burgesses  are  entitled,  without  any  servi- 
tude, to  be  admitted  free-brothers  of  their  father's  com- 
pany.  Sons  of  free-brothers  must  serve  a  real  or  nominal 
apprenticeship  with  their  father,  under  an  indenture  for 
seven  years.  In  each  case,  the  father,  to  afford  this  pri- 
vilege, must  reside  in  the  town  ;  but  the  son,  during  the 
time,  need  not  follow  the  business  he  is  bound  to,  but 
any  other  employment,  even  at  the  distance  of  60  miles 
from  the  town.  But  a  stranger,  the  son  of  a  non- 
freeman,  can  only  obtain  his  freedom  by  actual  servi- 
tude, and  must  be  bound  to  a  burgess,  or  brother,  who 
is  carrying  on  the  trade  of  his  own  company,  and  serve 
his  master  during  the  whole  of  his  apprenticeship  ex- 
clusively in  the  trade  to  which  his  master  belongs. 

The  privileges  to  which  brothers  are  entitled  are  four 
in  number:—!.  To  follow  the  trade  of  their  respective 
companies,  and  to  take  apprentices.  2.  To  vote  for  al- 
dermen and  proctors,  and  in  making  all  bye-laws,  and 
transacting  the  business  of  their  respective  companies  : 
to  vote  also  in  the  election  of  burgesses.  3.  To  have 


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the  same  number  of  stints  upon  the  commons  belonging 
to  the  corporation  as  the  burgesses  have,  and  to  make 
their  sons  free-brothers  under  a  nominal  apprenticeship. 
4.  To  serve  in  the  office  of  proctors  for  their  own  com 
panics. 

The  Free-burgesses  are  also  called  freemen,  and  are 
chosen  out  of  the  body  of  brothers,  in  the  following 
manner : — When  a  tally  of  burgesses  is  to  be  chosen, 
•which  must  consist  of  24  persons,  each  company  meets 
separately  in  the  town  hall,  and  chooses  its  quota  out  of 
its  free  brothers  in  the  following  proportions  : — The 
Merchant  Taylors,  4  ;  Tanners,  6  ;  Fullers  and  Dyers, 
3  ;  Smiths,  Saddlers,  and  Armourers,  3  ;  Cordwainers, 
3  ;  Weavers,  3 ;  and  Skinners,  Glovers,  and  Butchers,  2. 
When  each  company  is  strong  enough  to  supply  its 
quota,  the  aldermen  return  the  tally  of  24  to  the  lord 
of  the  manor  or  his  steward,  at  his  court  leet,  on  the  first 
Monday  after  Michaelmas  day,  or  the  first  Monday 
after  the  clause  of  Easter,  to  be  sworn  and  admitted  into 
the  general  body  and  privileges  of  free  burgesses.  But 
till  each  of  the  companies  has  a  sufficient  number  of 
brothers  of  the  age  of  21,  to  make  its  quota  of  the  tally 
of  24,  and  the  whole  of  the  aldermen  are  unanimous  in 
their  presentment  of  persons  to  be  freemen,  no  burgess 
can  be  legally  chosen.  This  part  of  the  constitution  of 
the  corporation  seems  to  have  been  contrived  for  the 
special  purpose  of  preserving  to  each  company  a  propor- 
tion of  freemen  equivalent  to  that  which  was  given  to  it 
at  its  first  formation.  The  burgesses  thus  elected  con- 
tinue to  enjoy  all  the  privileges  they  had  as  free- 
brothers  ;  and,  in  addition  to  these,  the  power  to  make 
bye-laws  for  the  government  of  the  body  corporate  ;  and 
to  vote  at  the  elections  of  members  to  serve  the  town  in 
parliament,  and  of  masters  and  ushers  of  the  school  of 
Edward  the  Sixth.  Their  sons  also  are  entitled  to 
be  admitted  into  their  respective  companies  as  free- 
brothers,  without  serving  an  apprenticeship ;  besides 
which  all  the  free-burgesses  resident  within  the  limits 
of  the  borough  are  suitors  to  the  courts  leet  and  courts 
baron  of  the  lord  of  Morpeth,  and  the  only  persons  who 
can  compose  the  juries  at  these  courts  and  serve  in  the 
annual  offices  of  the  corporation. 

At  the  Election  of  Officers  to  preside  annually  over 
the  corporation,  each  of  the  seven  companies  makes  a 
return  to  the  lord  of  the  manor,  or  his  steward,  at  a  court 
leet  holden  within  a  month  after  Michaelmas,  of  two 
belonging  to  his  own  company  for  bailiffs — one  for  a 


sergeant-at-mace,  one  for  fish  and  flesh-lookers,  one  for 
ale  tasters,  two  for  bread  weighers,  and  two  for  consta- 
bles ;  out  of  which  return  the  lord  or  steward  selects 
two  bailiffs,  one  sergeant-at-mace,  two  fish  and  flesh- 
lookers,  two  ale  tasters  and  bread  weighers,  and  4  con- 
stables, and  swears  each  of  them  into  his  respective 
office. — (Case  in  Mack.  ii.  192.)  Another  account 
given  to  me  says  that  the  grand  and  petty  juries  at  the 
Michaelmas  court  return  a  like  number  out  of  their 
respective  bodies,  out  of  which  the  steward  fixes  upon 
the  requisite  number  of  officers.  The  ale  tasters  and 
bread  weighers  of  this  year  are  always  returned  by  the 
juries  fish  and  flesh  lookers  for  the  next. 

The  two  bailiffs  for  the  time  being  are  the  head  officers 
of  the  corporation,  into  all  deeds  and  acts  of  which  it  is  ne- 
cessary for  their  names  to  be  inserted  to  make  them  valid. 
They  have  the  custody  of  the  keys  of  the  Town-hall, 
and  the  power  of  convening  meetings  of  the  corporation 
at  their  pleasure,  and  of  opening  and  presiding  over 
such  meetings.  They  also  appoint  the  two  juries  for 
the  courts  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas ;  return  members 
chosen  to  represent  the  borough  in  parliament ;  collect 
and  account  for  all  the  revenues  of  the  corporation ; 
with  the  burgesses,  are  the  patrons  and  governors  of  the 
school  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth;  let  its  lands,  and 
receive  and  account  for  their  rents  to  the  master  and 
usher ;  and  grant  leases  of  the  lands  and  property  be- 
longing to  the  corporation. 

The  sergeant-at-mace  is  the  servant  of  the  bailiffs. 
He  keeps  the  mace  ;  and  by  order  of  the  bailiffs,  gives 
notice  to  the  aldermen  to  have  their  respective  companies 
summoned  to  meetings  of  the  body  corporate.  He 
also  fixes  the  seal  of  the  corporation  to  such  of  its 
deeds  as  require  it ;  and  is  the  cryer,  and  delivers 
all  summonses  and  executes  all  processes  of  the  bo- 
rough courts.  His  mace,  though  neat,  yet  even  if 
wielded  by  the  hand  of  a  William  Walworth,  does 
not  seem  massive  enough  to  fall  with  any  very  deadly 
effect  upon  the  contemners  of  the  authority  which  it 
represents.  It  is  of  silver ;  and,  as  the  inscription  upon 
it  shows,  was  the  gift  of  William  lord  Howard.  The 
arms  upon  it  are  engraven  on  the  plate  that  contains 
the  view  of  the  gate-way  of  Morpeth  castle.  This  is 
the  inscription  which  it  bears  :- — *;*  Donu  dni  Will : 
Howard:  dni :  de:  Morpeth:  filij :  duels  :  Norf :  fratris : 
auunculi:  nepotis;  et:  cognati;  comitu:  Arundell :  Sur- 
rey: Stiff:  Northampt:  et :  Netting:  et:  dnse  Eu>. : 


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vxoris :  eius :  sororis :  et :  coheredis :  Georgij :  dni : 
Dacre :  de :  Gilsland :  et  Greistock :  A°  dni :  1604 :  Vo- 
lo  :  non :  valeo :  WH. 

The  arms  upon  this  mace  are  the  following : — 1.  Arms 
of  England  during  the  time  of  James  the  First.  2. 
Howard  quartering  Brotherton,  Mowbray,  and  Warren. 
3.  Arms  of  Thomas  Plantagenet,  surnamed  *'  de  Bro- 
therton," first  son  of  Edward  the  First  by  his  2nd  wife, 
which  Thomas  was  created  earl  of  Norfolk  and  earl  mar- 
shal  of  England,  and  died  1338.  4.  A  lion  rampant... the 
arms  of  Thos.  de  Mowbray,  12th  baron  of  Mowbray  and 
first  duke  of  Norfolk,  grandson  of  Margaret  Plantage- 
net,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  de  Botherton. 
5.  First  and  fourth,  chequey  or  and  azure — arms  of 
John  de  Moubray,  fifth  duke  of  Norfolk,  who,  in  the 
time  of  his  father,  was  created  earl  of  Warren,  and  dy- 
ing in  1475,  left  a  daughter  who  died  without  issue; 
when  sir  John  Howard,  baron  Howard,  who  had  mar- 
ried  Margaret,  second  daughter  of  Thos.  de  Mowbray, 
first  duke  of  Norfolk,  obtained  his  wife's  moiety  of  the 
Mowbray  estates,  and  was  created  duke  of  Norfolk  and 
earl  marshal  of  England,  and  from  whom  the  Howards, 
dukes  of  Norfolk,  &c.,  and  the  earls  of  Suffolk  and  Car- 
lisle, are  descended.  6.  I  have  before  conjectured  that 
this  shield  bears  three  blackbirds — the  arms  of  Merlay, 
barons  of  Morpeth;  but  they  are  called  martlets  by 
some  heraldic  authors.  7-  Gules,  three  escalops  or — 
the  arms  of  Dacre,  lords  of  Gilsland.  8.  Gieystock, 
gules,  three  lozenges  argent.  9.  Barry  of  six  or  and 
azure  three  chaplets  gules — the  arms  of  Grimthorpe. 
10.  Gules  a  bend  between  six  cross  croslets  fitchee — 
the  arms  of  Howard. 

Seal. — Wm.  Henry,  norroy  king  at  arms,  May  20, 
1552,  "  having  knowledge  of  credyble  psons  of  theyr 
fyrst  foundacon,  could  nott  w*out  grett  injury  of  their 
first  founder,  the  noble  and  valyant  knyght,  sir  Roger 
de  Merlay,  assigne  unto  them  any  other  armes  than  a 
pcell  of  his  armes,"  and,  therefore,  "  granted,  ratified, 
and  confirmed  unto  the  bayliffe  and  burgesses  of  the 
town  of  Morpeth,  and  to  their  successours  for  evmore — 
The  olde  and  auncient  armes  of  the  sayde  sir  Roger 
Marlaye  thereon  a  castell  golde  for  the  augmentation." 
These  arms  are  a  castle  or,  with  eight  birds  on  a  blue 
border.  Wallis,  quoting  Browne  Willis,  says  they  are 
—argent,  barry  of  six  azure,  and  gules,  over  all  a  castle, 
tripple  towered  within  a  bordure  semee  de  martlets. 
The  original  charter  of  the  school  of  Morpeth,  now  in 
the  Tower  of  London,  is  emblazoned  with  the  arms  of 
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Dacre  with  seven  quarterings,  the  shield  of  the  town 
of  Morpeth,  and  various  other  armorial  devices.  The 
present 


SEAIi  OF  THE  CORPORATION 

was  made  in  1604,  and  probably  given  to  them  by  lord 
Wm.  Howard  ;  but  there  are  impressions  of  older  seals 
attached  to  charters  in  their  custody,  especially  to  one 
Patricio  Carnifici  de  Morpeth,  without  date,  but  printed 
in  the  Annals,  under  1310  :  all  of  them,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  border,  are  nearly  similar  to  the  present  one. 

CORRECTION,  THE  HOUSE  or,  for  the  county,  was 
formerly  at  Alnwick,  as  appears  by  the  following  ex- 
tracts from  sessions  books  : — "  SS.  at  Morpeth,  14  Ap. 
1686.  We  present — That  whereas  the  house  of  correc- 
tion being  at  Alnwick,  is  very  useless  to  the  county, 
we  desire  it  may  be  removed  to  some  other  convenient 
place,  where  it  may  be  better  taken  care  of,  and  more 
useful  to  the  county ;  and  that  we  think  no  place  more 
fit  than  the  seat  of  this  present  sessions."  "  SS.  8  Oct. 
1686.  We  present  this  county  house  of  correction  as 
still  in  ruin  and  decay,  and  that  the  public  money  col- 
lected from  the  county  for  upholding  the  said  house  and 
manufactory  there  to  maintain  a  certain  number  of  peo- 
ple at  work  and  employment  by  the  common  stock  of 
money,  not  to  be  rightly  managed  for  the  use  intended, 
as  it  ought  to  be." 

The  following  notices  and  extracts  from  sessions  books 
were  communicated  to  the  editor  by  John  Hodgson,  esq. 
M.  P. : — "  The  house  of  correction  for  Northumberland 
was  situated  near  the  Clay  port  Tower,  in  Alnwick.  It  was 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


presented  by  the  grand  jury  at  the  Michaelmas  sessions, 
1701,  as  out  of  repair;  and  that,  as  then  managed,  it 
was  of  no  use  to  the  county.  At  Michaelmas  sessions, 
1703,  it  was  resolved  to  offer  it  for  sale,  as  it  had  '  been 
found  by  many  years  experience,  that  the  keeping  of  it 
was  not  convenient,  nor  of  any  benefit  to  this  county.' 
Mr  Mark  Forster  and  Mr  John  Burrell  having  offered 
£100  for  it, '  on  behalf  of  the  town  of  Alnwick,'  for  the 
purpose  of  converting  it  into  a  '  minister's  house,'  and 
'  for  other  public  uses,'  it  was  ordered  at  the  Christmas 
sessions  in  1703-4,  that  it  should  be  conveyed  to  them. 
They  did  not,  however,  complete  the  purchase,  and  it 
was  sold  at  the  Christmas  sessions,  1704-5,  to  William 
Taylor,  esq.,  for  £110.  At  the  Midsummer  sessions, 
1711?  it  was  determined  to  erect  a  house  of  correction 
for  the  county,  and  a  piece  of  ground  was  offered  for 
that  purpose  by  the  bailiffs  of  Morpeth  ;  but  was  de- 
clined, the  tenure  being  considered  precarious.  At 
Michaelmas,  1712,  the  grand  jury  represented  Hex- 
ham  as  the  most  proper  place  for  the  erection  of  a 
house  of  correction,  for  '  that  Hexham  is  the  largest 
and  most  populous  town  in  the  county,  and  situate  in  a 
good  corn  soil,  where  abundance  of  poor  people  do  resort, 
and  may  be  very  well  employed  by  reason  of  a  manu- 
factory in  the  place.'  After  this,  the  clerk  of  the  peace 
was  directed  to  acquaint  the  chamberlain  of  Alnwick, 
and  the  bailiffs  of  Morpeth  and  Hexham,  that  proposals 
in  writing  would  be  received  at  the  sessions  for  build- 
ing a  house  of  correction  at  any  one  of  these  places ; 
and  at  Easter,  1713,  it  was  resolved  to  build  at  Mor- 
peth ;  and  a  site  was  bought  near  the  bridge  end,  of  Mr 
John  Byfield,  for  £130.  The  building  was  not,  how- 
ever, commenced  for  some  time,  nor  completed  till 
Michaelmas,  1715,  at  which  sessions  £200  were  lent  to 
Mr  Thomas  Ward,  and  others,  for  21  years,  without 
interest,  to  enable  them  to  establish  a  woollen  manufac- 
tory in  the  house  of  correction,  an  order  having  been 
made  at  the  preceding  caster  sessions  for  an  advertise- 
ment to  be  put  into  the  Newcastle  Courant,  for  proposals 
for  establishing  the  said  manufactory.  At  Easter,  1735,  it 
was  ordered,  that  notice  be  given  to  Mr  Reynald  Hall, 
and  others,  undertakers  for  carrying  on  the  correction 
house,  to  pay  in  the  £200  lent  them,  at  the  expiration 
of  the  time  for  which  it  was  lent ;  and  at  the  same  festi- 
val, in  1737,  £100  of  this  money  was  paid  by  Mr  Benj. 
Burnet,  master  of  the  house  of  correction,  who  entered 
into  a  bond  with  Mr  Mark  Sadler  for  the  payment  of 
the  other  £100,  with  interest."  This  building  was  pulled 


down  in  1830,  to  make  room  for  the  entrance  to  the 
new  bridge. 

COTTINGBURN  is  first  mentioned  in  the  foundation 
deed  of  Newminster  abbey.  It  comes  out  of  the  ground 
of  Heburn,  which  is  also  mentioned  in  the  same  deed, 
and  still  retains  its  name.  See  Fulbecke. 

COT  TING  WOOD  is  mentioned,  in  1368,  as  having  a 
common  road  leading  to  it  from  Morpeth,  which  road  is 
perhaps  the  same  as  that  which  is  called  the  Monkt-way 
in  deed  No.  2,  under  1239.  In  1440,  a  close,  near  the 
gate  of  Cottingwood,  was  called  the  North-field  Land  ; 
and,  in  1492,  John  Anderson,  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of 
Our  Lady  in  Morpeth,  and  Thos.  Reed,  and  Thos.  New- 
ton, of  the  same  town,  merchants,  took  the  "  grassing'* 
of  Cottingwood,  of  John  lord  Greystock  for  20  years. 
In  1579,  the  corporation  entered  into  certain  regulations, 
at  the  lord's  court  leet,  for  the  preservation  of  the  herb- 
age of  Cottingwood.  According  to  the  survey  in  1604, 
it  contains  284  acres.  The  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of 
Morpeth,  15  Jan.,  11  James  the  First,  acknowledged 
that  they  held  it  of  William  lord  Howard,  at  his  good 
will  and  pleasure.  Afterwards  they  rented  and  used  it 
as  a  common.  There  is  a  tradition  that  during  the  great 
plague  the  people  of  Morpeth  encamped  upon  it,  and 
that  such  of  them  as  died,  during  their  leaguer  there, 
were  buried  in  a  small  field  at  the  foot  of  the  quarry 
bank.  Preparations  were  made  for  encamping  General 
Wade's  army  here,  in  1745  j  and,  in  1746,  Morpeth 
races  were  advertised  in  the  Newcastle  Courant  to  be 
holden  upon  it.  The  race-course  is  still  here,  and 
measures  2,036  yards.  This  is  an  open  tract  of  poor 
clayey  ground,  with  a  brick-kiln  on  the  south  side  of  it, 
and  an  oak  wood,  from  which  it  derives  its  name,  on  the 
east. 

THE  COURTS — The  manor  and  borough  of  Morpeth 
are  commensurate,  and  have  courts  holden  within  them 
three  times  a  year.  First,  a  court  leet  and  court  baron 
of  the  lord  of  the  manor  on  the  second  Monday  next 
after  Easter-day.  The  lord's  steward  or  his  deputy 
presides  at  both ;  and  the  two  juries  are  composed  of  the 
resident  freemen  of  the  borough,  and  are  chosen  by  the 
bailiffs,  and  summoned  by  the  sergeant.  The  grand  jury, 
may  consist  of  an  indefinite  number  of  burgesses,  not 
less  than  twelve,  whose  duty  it  is  to  walk  the  boundaries 
of  the  borough,  view  the  footpaths  within  its  limits, 
and  present  to  the  steward  such  nuisances  as  come  with, 
in  their  view,  or  are  laid  before  them  upon  oath.  After 
the  steward  has  mulct  those  whose  offence  is  only 


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arbitrarily  punishable,  by  amerciament,two  sworn  affear- 
ors,  according  to  the  usual  practice  of  courts  leet,  affeer, 
or  reduce  it  to  a  precise  sum,  which  may  then  be 
estreated  from  the  roll  of  the  court,  and  levied  by  the 
town-sergeant  by  distress.  The  petty  jury  consists  of 
twelve  freemen,  who  can  determine  all  cases  of  debt 
under  40s.  The  costs  of  an  action  in  these  courts  are — 
for  entering  a  plaint,  6d. ;  for  summoning  the  defendant, 
6d. ;  and  for  an  execution,  when  issued,  6d.  On  the 
second  court  day,  which  is  holden  on  the  Monday  next 
after  the  first  Sunday  after  the  feast  of  Epiphany,  a 
court  baron  only  is  holden  :  but,  on  the  third  court  day, 
both  a  court  leet  and  court  baron  is  holden  on  the 
Monday  next  after  Michaelmas-day,  when  all  the  offi- 
cers of  the  corporation  are  chosen  in  the  manner  already 
described,  under  officers,  in  the  account  of  the  corpora- 
tion. 

The  following  extracts  from  court  rolls  at  Castle 
Howard,  by  permission  of  A.  R.  Fenwick,  esq.,  steward 
of  the  courts,  were  obligingly  forwarded  to  me  by  Mr 
Woodman: — "BURGUS  DE  MORPETH  ..fiio  ifim.  Laeta 
et  visus  ffranc  pleg  cuf  baroni  gnobilis  dni  Wittmi 
Howard  1  dnae  Elizabeth  ux°is  suse  ifem  tent  primo 
die  octobris  anno  Reg  r.  Caroli  nunc  Angt  8V°,  a°<j 
Dni  1632  coram  Thomse  Witherington  armigero  se- 
nescallo  cur  fd.  ...  p  Stannington  nuper  terras  Rogeri 
Thornton  gen.  Heres  dni  Ogle  p  manerio  de  Shilving- 
ton. — Heres  dni  Ogle  p  manerio  de  Middleton  Morrell. 
— Sr.  John  Fenwicke  miles  et  baronett  p  manerio  de 
Walker.  Idem  Joties  Fenwick  p  manerio  de  Walling- 
ton. — Robertus  Witherington  armig  p  manerio  de  Ples- 
sey  in  Stannington,  Shotton,  Blakden,  1  Northwetsled. 
— Wittmus  Fenwick  armig  p  maflio  de  Stanton  in  pochia 
de  Horsley. — Tenentes  de  West  Duddoe  ptin.  dno 
Witto  Howard.  Tentes  del'  occupatores  de  Cookes 
Land  in  Stannington. — Wittus  Bowlton  adm.  antea — 
Joties  Ogle  armig  p  terris  in  Horsley. — James  Gare, 
cpwper,  p  Wmo  Fenwick.  Heres  Wiffi  Fenwick  de 
Whitchester  gen. — Wittus  de  Fenwick  gen.,  p  maru'o  de 
East  Heddon. — Rofitus  Bewicke  gen.  p  mafiio  de  Haugh- 
ton  in  pochia  de  Heddon  sup  marum. — Rofctus  Shaftoe 
•  gen  ...  heres  de  Cawdwell  p  villa  de  Ben  well  p's  maffij 
de  Echewiche. — Heres  Johis  Killingworth  p  terris  et 
tentis  in  pochia  Great  Benton.  Matheus  Newton  de 
Stokfield  Hall  gen  p  una  farma  in  Echewiche, — Johes 
ffenwicke  de  ffennam  p  una  farma  in  Echwiche,  &c.  &c. 
—Among  above  forty  referred  actions  at  the  last  court 
was  Witim  ffenwick,  of  Wallington,  gent.,  against  Ilobt. 


Thompson,  of  Westegate,  in  a  plea  of  debt  of  xxxix  s. 
xj  d.  One  John  Bulman  was  presented  for  baking  from 
the  lord's  oven,  and  "  culpable,  xij  d  ;'*  many  others  for 
keeping  "  feyre,"  and  for  brewing  contrary  to  order ; 
also  many  presentations  for  affrays,  abusing  the  bailiffs, 
keeping  swine,  &c.  Inquisition  to  enquire  whether  the 
passage  on  both  sides  the  town  bridge  was  stopped,  and 
by  whom,  whereby  the  inhabitants  could  not  have  free 
passage  to  fetch  their  "  water  from  Waynspeche."  In 
the  record  of  the  court  leet  for  1653,  "  sir  John  Fen- 
wick, knight  and  baronet,  for  his  manor  of  Wallington," 
stands  at  the  head  of  the  free  tenants.  In  1656,  four- 
teen persons  were  presented  for  keeping  swine  contrary 
to  order ;  twelve  for  keeping  inmates ;  and  twelve  for 
baking  bread,  not  weight.  In  1659,  the  jury  found  that 
the  sergeant  should  secure  the  Stanbourn  unto  the  ash 
tree,  within  fourteen  days,  or  pay  a  fine  of  6s.  8d. ;  and 
that  the  bailiffs  should  repair  the  pinfold  T;  Green  butts 
in  three  weeks,  or  be  fined  39s — In  1663,  one  was  pre- 
sented for  grinding  from  the  lord's  mill,  two  for  baking 
from  the  lord's  common  bake-house,  ten  for  keeping 
swine  without  order,  three  for  common  middings  before 
their  doors,  and  four  ordered  to  make  their  fronts  clean 
within  fourteen  days,  or  pay  a  noble  a  piece.  In  1668, 
"  we  present  the  necessity  of  pillory  and  cuching  stoole" 
—also  the  sergeant  for  not  closing  the  water-course  in 
Stanelburne ;  and  the  insufficiency  of  "  Cottingburne 
bridge  leading  to  Newmilne." 

CROSSES. — Bowlers-green  Cross  was  a  boundary  stone 
between  the  township  of  that  name  and  the  limits  of  the 
corporation.  Its  base  still  occupies  its  original  situation 
at  the  head  of  Newgate,  where  the  road  turns  off  from 
that  street  to  go  to  Mitford.  The  Market  Cross,  as  it 
now  stands,  bears  its  history  in  this  inscription  carved 
upon  it : — "  THE  HON.  P.  HOWARD  AND  SIR  H.  BE- 

LOSYSE,     THE     ONLY    BENEFACTORS     OF     THIS    CROSS. 

ANNO  DOM.  1699."  It  is  of  hewn  freestone.  Its  bene- 
factors were  burgesses  in  parliament  for  Morpeth  in  the 
year  in  which  it  was  built. 

THE  DISPENSARY  is  in  Oldgate,  and  was  established 
in  1817-  This  useful  institution  is  supported  by  sub- 
scriptions and  donations ;  and  Mr  Wm.  Watson  offici- 
ates in  it  as  apothecary. 

DOGGERDYKE,  in  1529,  is  mentioned  as  the  boundary 
on  one  side  of  a  tenement  situated  on  Bowle's-green,  be- 
tween the  king's  highway  before,  and  the  Wansbeck 
behind. 

DUNCE'S  CLOSE,  a  three-cornered  field  on  the  north 


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side  of  the  road  to  Newbiggin,  about  two  miles  east  of 
Morpeth,  according  to  the  Plan  in  1603,  then  belonged 
to  widow  Thompson,  proprietor  of  the  grounds  in  Heps- 
cote,  which  afterwards  belonged  to  the  Wilson  family. 
In  the  Plan,  it  has  "  Billsgate"  written  over  the  road 
on  the  south  side  of  it.  On  its  east  boundary  it  abutts 
on  another  long  triangular  field  which  had  "  Harburn- 
shawe  part  of  Stobhill"  on  its  west  side,  and  the  East 
Park  on  the  opposite,  and  in  the  same  Plan  is  called 
"  CHAUNTRY'S  CLOSE."  It  was,  I  think,  one  of  these 
fields  which  comprized  the  ten  acres  of  ground  lying 
between  the  High-street  going  to  Newbigging,  on  the 
north,  and  the  ditch  of  Shaldfen,  which  John  de  Grey- 
stock  gave  to  John  Marshall,  of  Morpeth,  for  services 
done  to  him  in  the  wars  in  Scotland.  Marshall  soon 
after  conveyed  it  to  Richard  de  Morpeth,  who  probably 
thus  acquired  it  for  the  purpose  of  settling  it  upon  the 
chantry  he  founded  in  Morpeth  chapel. 

FISHERIES. — Salmon  formerly  abounded  in  the  Wans- 
beck,  as  far  up  as  Whelpington  ;  and  it  has  been  shown 
above,  at  p.  Ill,  that  persons  were  long  ago  fined  in 
the  courts  of  Stanton  for  killing  salmon  smelts  in  the 
spring,  and  salmon  in  the  close  season,  in  the  Font. 
Formerly,  too,  about  Morpeth,  the  salmon  fishery  was 
a  source  of  considerable  profit  to  the  lord  of  the  manor, 
and  of  use  to  the  public.  Conservators  of  the  fisheries 
in  the  Wansbeck  and  Font  are  also  still  occasionally 
appointed,  and  great  abundance  of  salmon  found  along 
the  coast  on  each  side  of  the  mouth  of  the  Wansbeck, 
and  as  far  up  as  Shipwash ;  but  not  one,  as  I  am  told, 
can  now  pass  above  the  wear  of  Bothal  mill  at  any  sea- 
son— in  manifest  violation  of  an  express  provision  of 
Magna  Charta,  that  all  wears  in  the  Thames  and  Med- 
way,  and  throughout  all  England,  except  upon  the  sea 
coast,  should,  from  the  time  of  passing  that  memorable 
guarantee  of  freedom,  be  totally  taken  away.  How 
comes  it  that  grievances  of  this  kind  are  allowed  to 
exist  ?  and  that  while  a  poacher  is  punished  for  killing 
fish  in  the  close  season,  proprietors  of  land  can,  and 
do,  without  the  plea  of  antient  custom,  set  bars  across 
rivers,  and  deprive  the  inhabitants  of  the  country  above 
them  of  one  considerable  supply  of  food,  which  fed 
their  forefathers  ? 

THE  FISHERWAY  was  perhaps  the  road  which  leads 
east  out  of  Newgate  towards  Bothal  and  Newbigging, 
and  had  its  name  from  fish  being  brought  into  the  town 
that  way  from  the  sea. 

FLOORS. — The  name  of  a  parcel  of  ground  in  Mor- 


peth field,  on  which  one  grant  was  made  of  three  acres 
of  ground,  and  another  of  two  roods,  about  the  year 
1283 — (See  Deeds,  Nes.  2  #  5.; 

FULBECK  is  mentioned  as  a  boundary  of  the  endow- 
ment land  of  Newminster  abbey,  in  the  foundation  deed 
of  that  house,  and  as  falling  into  Cottingburn.  The 
Plan  of  1603,  by  an  alias,  makes  Cottingburne  and  FuU 
beck  names  of  the  same  stream. 

GAOL. — Prisoners,  who  had  been  brought  to  the  bar 
at  Morpeth  for  trial  for  felonies  committed  in  this  coun- 
ty, were  imprisoned  in  Morpeth  castle  in  the  time  of 
Cardinal  Wolsey — fill.  i.  39.)  On  the  Plan  of  Mor- 
peth, made  in  1603,  a  tower  is  drawn  upon  the  site  of 
the  late  gaol,  concerning  which  the  following  minutes  and 
extracts,  from  the  county  sessions  books,  were  politely 
communicated  to  the  editor  by  John  Hodgson,  esq., 
M.  P.  for  Newcastle.  "  The  county  gaol  at  Morpeth 
was  originally  the  private  property  of  the  earl  of  Car- 
lisle, and  was  rented  of  him  by  the  sheriff  of  the  county 
for  the  time  being,  who  paid  the  rent  thereof  out  of  his 
own  pocket."  This  appears  from  the  following  order 
made  at  the  Christmas  sessions  in  1701-2. — "  William 
Wilkinson,  esq.,  late  high-sheriff  of  the  county : — It 
being  on  his  behalf  moved,  that  the  rent  of  the  gaol, 
being  paid  by  him,  should  be  repaid  by  this  county ;  and 
the  court  considering  that  all  former  sheriffs  paid  the 
rent  of  the  gaol  themselves,  it  is  therefore  thought  that 
this  county  is  noway  chargeable,  nor  ought  to  pay  any 
rents  to  the  sheriffs  of  this  county  for  the  gaol."  How- 
ever, at  the  assizes  in  1702,  the  judges  laid  a  fine  of 
£2,000  on  the  county  for  not  having  a  sufficient  gaol. 
In  consequence  of  which,  "  the  grand  jury  at  the  Mi- 
chaelmas sessions  recommended  the  site  of  the  house  of 
correction  at  Alnwick,  and  of  Clayport  tower,  in  the 
same  town,  and  the  ground  adjoining,  as  the  most  pro- 
per situation  for  a  gaol,  and  the  town  of  Alnwick  offered 
to  grant  a  conveyance  of  the  tower  on  the  payment  of 
one  shilling  ground  rent.  The  court,  on  being  informed 
that  a  gaol  might  be  built  on  this  site  at  less  expense 
than  at  Morpeth,  or  elsewhere,  expressed  their  opinion 
that  this  was  the  most  eligible  situation  for  it."  "  At 
the  Christmas  sessions,  however,  for  1702-3,  the  county 
surveyor  having  reported  that  the  old  gaol  at  Morpeth 
might  be  purchased,  enlarged,  and  repaired,  at  a  less 
expense  by  some  hundreds  of  pounds  than  a  new  one 
could  be  built  at  Alnwick,  taking  into  consideration  that 
Morpeth  was  also  the  most  convenient  place  for  such 
gaol,  determined  to  purchase  the  ground  of  lord  Carlisle, 


MORPETH  PARISH. GAOL,  GOOSE-HILL,  AND  GRENDON. 


43? 


and  to  commence  building  immediately.  The  conveyance 
was  accordingly  executed  by  lord  Carlisle  to  sir  Win. 
Blackett,  bart.,  Robert  Mitford,  and  William  Loraine, 
esquires,  as  trustees  for  the  county,  on  payment  of 
£144.  The  building  was  commenced  immediately  after 
the  Michaelmas  sessions,  1703,  and  was  finished  Nov. 
30,  1704.  The  whole  expense,  including  the  purchase 
of  the  site,  was  £1,337  15s.  lOJd."  At  the  Christmas 
sessions,  1773-4,  John  Cornfoot,  of  Morpeth,  carpen- 
ter, and  Henry  Brown,  of  the  same  place,  mason,  con- 
tracted for  the  repair  of  the  gaol  and  house  of  correction 
for  £400 ;  and,  at  several  subsequent  sessions,  orders 
were  made  for  the  payment  of  money  to  other  trades- 
men, for  repairs  at  both  these  prisons.  The  whole  site 
of  these  premises,  which  extend  from  their  front,  in 
Bridge-street,  to  the  Wansbeck,  contains  2,685  square 
yards,  and,  with  the  prison  and  other  buildings  upon  it, 
was  purchased  of  the  county,  in  1829,  by  Mr  Jameson, 
of  Newtonville,  in  the  parish  of  Shilbottle,  who  has 
converted  the  gaol  into  a  convenient  dwelling-house, 
occupied  at  present  by  the  proprietor's  brother-in-law, 
Mr  Peter  Nicholson,  a  gentleman  well  known  for  his 
works  on  architecture  and  carpentry.  The  New  Gaol 
is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wansbeck,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  great  north  road,  and  under  banks  that 
overlook  it  from  the  south.  The  act  for  building  it  was 
passed  in  March,  and  plans  for  it  advertised  for  in  June, 
1821.  Mr  Dobson,  architect,  Newcastle,  was  the  suc- 
cessful candidate  for  this  great  undertaking,  which  has 
been  completed  under  his  direction  at  the  cost  of 
£71,000.  It  has  been  in  use  as  a  prison  since  Novem- 
ber, 1828.  The  whole  of  it  has  an  outline  of  an  octa- 
gonal form,  stands  upon  three  acres  of  ground,  and 
consists  of  an  outer  wall  from  20  to  30  feet  high,  a  gate- 
way, sessions  house,  chapel,  house  of  correction,  wards 
for  debtors  and  felons,  and  a  governor's  house.  It  is 
in  the  castellated  style  of  Edward  the  First,  and  like 
that  of  Caernarvon  castle.  The  gateway  is  an  imposing 
mass  of  building,  72  feet  high  ;  and,  on  the  ground  floor, 
has  in  front  on  the  south  the  porter's  lodge,  and  on  the 
north  a  grand  stone  staircase  leading  to  the  sessions 
house,  and  other  apartments  above :  behind,  on  the 
ground  floor,  are  the  chapel  on  the  right  as  you  enter, 
and  the  sick  wards  and  bath  on  the  left.  On  the  second 
floor  of  the  gate-way  is  the  sessions  house  or  hall  for 
county  meetings,  92  feet  by  64,  and  41  feet  high  :  it  is 
an.  heptagonal  semi-circle,  surrounded  by  a  gallery,  large 
enough  to  hold  3,500  persons,  and  has  under  it  rooms 

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for  the  clerk  of  the  peace,  counsel,  and  petty  jury,  and 
cells  for  prisoners  on  trial,  besides  a  passage  and  lob- 
bies for  witnesses.  The  ceiling  of  this  and  the  other 
principal  rooms  are  ribbed  and  vaulted  in  a  style  suit- 
ed to  the  character  of  the  exterior  of  the  building. 
It  was  first  used  for  a  county  meeting,  when  the  mea- 
sure of  reform  in  parliament  was  brought  forward  in 
it  in  February,  1831,  and  for  quarter  sessions  in  April 
following.  On  the  second  floor  and  south-west  angle 
of  the  gate-way  there  is  also  a  room  for  the  grand  jury 
and  for  holding  petty  sessions  in ;  and  over  it  and  the 
grand  staircase,  on  a  third  floor,  a  great  hall,  occu- 
pying the  upper  part  of  the  front  of  the  gate-way,  and 
measuring  60  feet  by  31,  but  at  present  unfinished. 
The  governor's  house  contains  apartments  for  himself 
and  the  turnkey,  is  in  the  centre  of  the  gaol  area,  com- 
mands a  view  of  the  airing  grounds  and  the  whole  suite 
of  prisons,  and  is  approached  from  the  porter's  lodge  by 
a  vaulted  passage,  104  feet  long,  which,  from  its  being 
lighted  only  from  each  end,  produces  a  gloomy,  but  very 
fine  effect.  The  debtors'  ward  occupies  the  east,  north- 
east, and  south-east  sides  of  the  octagon ;  the  felons' 
ward  is  on  the  south  and  south-west  sides  ;  the  gate-way 
on  the  west ;  and  the  house  of  correction  on  the  north- 
west and  north  sides.  The  machinery  for  pumping  the 
water  in  the  house  of  correction  side  is  worked  by  the 
criminals  in  the  tread-mill  manner.  All  the  cells  on  the 
ground  floor,  both  of  the  gaol  and  house  of  correction, 
are  vaulted  and  groined  in  very  admirable  work,  done 
by  Messrs  King,  Kyle,  and  Hall,  masons,  who  have  also 
executed  the  masonry  of  the  rest  of  the  building  in  a 
masterly  manner.  The  stone  for  the  whole  was  pro- 
cured from  Morpeth  quarry,  which  lies  to  the  east  of  the 
town,  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  and  has  been  in  use 
for  several  centuries. 

GOOSE-HILL  is  a  tenement,  which  belongs  to  the 
corporation  of  Morpeth,  and  is  situated  on  the  southern 
brink  of  the  Wansbeck,  below  the  bridge,  and  nearly 
opposite  the  plot  of  ground  called  Wansbeck  Terrace. 
It  seems  to  be  called  "  Watgrene,"  on  the  Plan  in  1603  ; 
but  the  first  syllable  of  the  name  is  very  indistinct.  Mr 
Woodman  has  heard  that  malefactors  used  to  be  exe- 
cuted here ;  and  that  Mrs  Pye,  who  was  hanged  for  being 
a  witch,  was  buried  upon  this  hill. 

GRENDON  was  in  Morpeth  Field,  to  the  south  of  the 
castle  of  Morpeth. — f  Annals  1283,  No.  5.)  According 
to  the  Plan  of  1603,  Grindon-hill  was  on  the  east  side 
of  Catchburne  ground,  which  measured  318  acres,  and 

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had  south  of  it  the  pasture  called  Gallilaw,  being  part 
of  Clifton,  and  measuring  205  acres. 

GUBEON  is  an  antient  portion  of  the  Merlay  barony, 
situated  at  the  west  end  of  Morpeth  High  Common, 
and  having  the  township  of  Shilvington  on  its  western 
boundary.  Its  farm-house  is  upon  a  broadish  flat-topped 
hill,  and  has  a  most  extensive  prospect  from  it  every 
way.  According  to  the  Plan  of  1603,  the  inclosed  land 
of  "  The  Gubbion"  contained  24  acres  3  roods,  and 
"  The  Gubbion  Moore"  391  acres.  There  is  a  curious 
earth-work  of  the  camp  kind,  on  its  south  side.  It  is  in 
the  township  of  Tranwell  and  High  Church.  A  family 
of  its  name  first  begins  to  appear  on  records  about  the 
beginning  of  the  thirteenth,  and  to  continue  in  sight  till 
about  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century.*  They 
were  lords  of  Shilvington,  under  which  place  some  ac- 
count of  them  is  intended  to  be  inserted.  The  corpora- 
tion of  Morpeth,  in  1806,  resolved  at  a  common  guild, 
to  defend  Gubeon  from  the  claims  of  lord  Carlisle,  to 
whom  it  at  present  belongs. 

GYBSON,  or  GIBSON,  THOMAS,  was  not  only  like  his 
townsman  and  contemporary,  Turner,  famous  for  his 
knowledge  in  divinity,  physic,  and  botany,  but  was  one 
of  the  early  English  printers.  Bale  mentions  him  in 
terms  of  high  commendation,  and  says,  his  cures  were 
almost  incredible.  He  entered  zealously  into  the  spirit 
of  the  Reformation,  and  wrote  in  its  favour ;  but,  during 
the  Marian  persecution,  fled  to  the  continent,  from 
whence  he  returned  on  the  accession  of  Elizabeth,  and 
settled  in  London,  where  he  died  in  1562.  All  his 
works  were  printed  by  himself,  excepting  the  last  in  the 
list  given  of  them  in  the  notef  below  :  but  it  does  not 

*  There  is  a  place  called  Gobion,  or  Gobiam,  mentioned  in  Martin's 
index  to  the  Exchequer  Records ;  and  a  family  of  the  same  name  had 
large  possessions  in  Northampton  and  Bedfordshire,  but  I  find  great 
difficulty  in  distinguishing  them  from  the  one  here. 

•f-  1.  The  Concordance  of  the  New  Testament,  most  necessary  to  be 
in  the  handes  of  all  soche,  as  desire  the  communication  of  any  place 
contayned  in  the  New  Testament.  Imprynted  by  me,  Thomas  Gybson. 
Cum  privilegio  regali.  London,  1535,  8vo.,  with  the  mark  T.  G.  on 
the  sides  of  a  cut,"  afterwards  used  by  John  Day,  and  with  this  motto, 
"  Sum  horum  charitas."  The  epistle  to  the  reader,  written  by  himself, 
intimates  his  being  the  collector  or  compiler  of  it.  Herbert  had  never 
seen  this  book ;  but  refers  in  MS.  to  the  bottom  of  page  245  of  Ames. 

2.  A  Treatise  behoouefull,  as  well  to  preserue  the  people  from  the 
pestilence,  as  to  helpe  and  recouer  them,  that  be  infected  with  the 
same;  made  by  a  bishop  and  doctour  of  phisick  in  Denmark ;  which 
medicines  haue  been  proued  in  many  places  in  London.   London,  1536, 
8vo. 

3.  The  Great  Herball  newly  corrected  .  Then  the  contents  of  this 
book   .    A  table  after  the   Lutyn  names  of  all  herbes  .   A  table 
after  the  English  names  of  all  herbs   .  The  propertees  and  quali- 


appear  that  he  printed  for  any  other  person.  Ptiltney, 
in  his  Progress  of  English  Botany,  has  left  him  unno- 
ticed ;  while  he  bestows  twenty  pages  and  great  enco- 
miums on  Turner.  Of  the  merits  of  his  works  I  have 
not  had  an  opportunity  of  forming  any  judgment,  having 
never  seen  a  volume  of  them  :  and  in  turning  over  such 
works  of  Turner  as  have  fallen  in  my  way,  I  have 
thought  it  remarkable  that  I  never  met  with  Gibson's 
name,  especially  as  there  were  so  many  coincidences  in 
their  lives — for  they  were  not  only  townsmen  and  con- 
temporaries; but  both  reformers,  divines,  physicians, 
and  naturalists,  both  banished  for  the  same  cause,  and 
both  lived  and  died  in  London.  Aikin  says,  he  left 
"  An  Herbal,"  and  a  "  Treatise  against  unskilful  Che- 
mists," in  manuscript. — (Bale,  Aikin,  and  Watts.) 

tyes  of  all  things  in  this  booke  .  The  descryption  of  vrynes,  how 
a  man  shall  haue  trewe  knoweledge  of  all  sekenesses  .  An  exposy- 
cyon  of  all  the  wordes  obscure  and  not  well  knowen  .  A  table,  quyckly 
to  fynde  remedyes  for  all  dyseases  .  God  save  the  kynge  .  Londini  in 
edibus  Thome  Gibson,  1536.  This  book  has  William  Rastell's  com- 
partment ;  which  was  afterwards  used  by  H.  Smith. — (Dibden.)  This, 
I  apprehend,  was  not  an  original  work.  According  to  Pultney,  a  work 
called  the  Crete  Herbal  was  printed  and  published  in  London  by  Peter 
Treveris  in  1516,  and  1526 ;  and  other  editions  of  it  followed  in  1529, 
1539,  1550,  and  1561 :  but  it  was  only  a  fabrication  from  the  Hortus  Sa- 
nitatis,  frequently  printed  before  that  time  in  Latin  and  French,  on 
the  continent.  The  edition  of  it  in  1526,  is  a  small  folio  of  175  leaves, 
unnumbered  either  by  folios  or  pages,  exclusive  of  the  preface  and 
index.  But  it  abounds  with  barbarous  and  mis-spelt  names  of  the 
middle  ages,  and  is  undoubtedly  the  work  which  Turner  refers  to  in 
the  preface  to  his  Herbal,  where  he  observes,  that  "  as  yet  there  was 
no  English  Herbal,  but  one  al  full  of  unlearned  cacographees  and 
falsely  naming  of  herbs."  I  fear,  however,  that  a  portion  of  this  cen. 
sure  was  intended  to  fall  on  Gibson's  edition  of  the  Great  Herbal, 
which  Pultney  does  not  seem  to  have  seen. 

4.  John  Campenses,  his  Paraphrase  on  the  Psalmes,  &c.    No  date. 
The  translator  anonymous.    The  original  of  this  work  was  printed  in 
London  in  1531  and  l5l^—(Dibden's  Typ.  Antiq.  Hi.  286,  290,  401J 

5.  A  summe  of  the  actes  and  decrees  of  the  bishops  of  Rome.    No 
date.    Herbert  does  not  appear  to  have  had  a  single  copy  of  any  vo- 
.lume  printed  by  Gibson. 

6.  A  breue  Cronycle  of  the  Byshope  of  Rome's  Blessynge,  and  of  his 
Prelates  beneficiale  and  charitable  rewardes  from  the  tyme  of  Kynge 
Heralde  vnto  this  day.      Imprinted — by  John  Daye — in  Sepulchre 
Parishe,  at  the  signe  of  the  Resurection,  a  litle  aboue  Holbourne 
Condiute.    The  preface— 

"  Who  lyst  to  loke  about 

"  May  in  Cronicles  soon  finde  out, 

"  What  sedes  the  popyshe  rout 

"  In  England  hath  sowen ; 
"  Because  the  tyme  is  shorte 
"  I  shall  bryvely  reporte, 
"  And  wryte  in  dewe  sort 

"  Therein  what  I  haue  knowen." 

This  work  is  on  eight  leaves  only.  Ames  ascribes  it  to  the  rev.  Tkos. 
Gibson.— (Libden's  Typog.  Antiq.  Hi.  400, 401 ;  in.  171J 


MORPETH  PARISH. HELDE,  HELLEGATE,  HEPSCOT,  AND  HIGH  CHURCH.       439 


HANGMAN'S-LAVD — The  burgesses  and  community 
of  Morpeth,  by  deed  without  date,  demised  to  Patrick, 
the  hangman  of  Morpeth,  a  rood  of  land,  out  of  which 
the  bridge  and  chapel  there  had  an  annual  rent  of  4s. — 
(Annals,  1310,  No.  4.)  They  also  let  it  again  in  1326 ; 
and  Hangman  land  is  mentioned  in  1463  and  1465. 

HARDING,  The  family  of,  was  connected  with  this 
place  at  an  early  period.  At  first  their  name  was  spelled 
Harden.  Haredene  is  the  name  of  a  farm  on  the  south 
side  of  the  parish  of  Longhorsley,  and  of  the  dene  which 
divides  the  Netherwitton  estate  from  that  of  Stanton, 
and  is  mentioned  in  a  Netherwitton  deed  in  13  Edward 
III — (S.  227.)  They  had  estates  at  Beadnell,  in  this 
county,  and  at  Hollingside,  in  the  county  of  Durham, 
under  which  place  there  is  a  pedigree  of  them  in  Sur- 
tees's  History,  commencing  with  Henry,  who,  in  1312, 
fought  for  a  coat  of  armour  with  one  Wm.  Seyntlow, 
before  the  king  of  Scotland  at  Perth,  and  won  it.  Roger 
de  Harden  was  bailiff  of  Morpeth  in  1341 ;  and  John  de 
Harden  occurs  in  deeds  in  1343  and  1365  ;  and  William 
de  Harden  from  1351  to  1359.  Sampson  Harden,  in 
1368,  released  all  right  to  a  tenement  in  Morpeth ;  and 
the  seal  affixed  to  his  deed  is  inscribed  S.  WILLILMI 
HARDEN,  and  bears  a  cheveron  between  two  etioles  in 
chief,  and  a  W.  in  the  base.  This  I  suppose  to  be  the 
same  Sampson  Harding  who,  according  to  an  inquest  in 

1376,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Agnes ,  whose 

father  was  John  de  Corbrigge.  Sampson  Harding  was 
escheator  of  Northumberland  in  1379,  as  appears  by  his 
answers  to  writs  of  the  king  in  that  year.  In  1386,  and 
the  three  following  years,  he  was  a  bailiff  of  Newcastle; 
mayor  of  that  town  from  1396  to  1399  ;  and  M.  P.  for 
it  in  five  parliaments  between  1383  and  1396.  In  Nov. 
1402,  Sampson  Harding  was  steward  of  Morpeth ;  and, 
in  1424,  witnessed  a  deed  by  which  Agnes,  widow  of 
Hugh  Gednay,  and  daughter  and  heir  of  Wm.  Harden, 
of  Morpeth,  conveyed  away  property  in  that  town, 
which  had  belonged  to  her  said  father.  William,  son  of 
Sampson  Harding,  was  also  frequently  mayor,  and  M.  P. 
for  Newcastle;  and,  in  1455,  1456,  1457,  presided  as 
steward  in  the  courts  of  Morpeth. 

HELDE,  a  plot  of  ground  in  Morpeth  Field,  south  of 
Morpeth — (Annals  1283,  No.  5.) 

HELLEGATE  is  a  short  row  of  houses,  extending  from 
the  south  margin  of  the  Wansbeck  to  the  main  street 
of  the  south  part  of  Morpeth.  It  has,  I  suppose,  its 
name  from  the  old  word  Helle^  which  means  water.  At 
present  it  is  commonly  called  Water-row.  It  first  occurs 


in  a  deed  without  date,  but  printed  under  May  17, 
1310,  No.  3.  According  to  a  deed  in  Gateshead  vestry, 
the  chantry  of  the  Holy  Trinity  had  a  tenement  in 
Helgat,  in  that  town,  which  street  lies  to  the  east  of 
Tyne-bridge,  along  the  southern  margin  of  the  Tyne. 
In  1330,  a  path-way  here  is  mentioned  as  leading  through 
Hellegate  to  the  High  Church.  In  1384,  the  fact  of 
Helle  formerly  meaning  water  was  probably  forgot ;  for 
in  that  year  there  is  a  conveyance  of  a  waste  rood  of 
land  in  Hylgate.  It  also  occurs  as  Hilgate  in  1398, 
1475,  1496,  and  1526. 

HEPSCOT,  in  old  times  written  Heppescotes,  is  a 
township  and  manor  of  the  Merlay  barony,  situated  on 
the  eastern  border  of  this  parish.  In  the  time  of  Henry 
the  Third  it  was  holden  of  Roger  de  Merlay  by  one 
Randal  de  Merlay — f  III.  i.  208.)  The  village  of  this 
name  stands  on  the  Sleckburn,  and  consists  of  two  clus- 
ters of  cottages  set  in  gardens  and  orchards,  a  farm- 
house, and  an  old  hall,  which  was  a  tower,  and  has  had 
additions  lower  than  itself  made  to  it,  and  the  whole 
roofed  in  at  the  same  pitch,  which  gives  it  an  odd 
appearance.  In  1603,  this  hall,  and  a  small  estate 
belonging  to  it,  as  well  as  Dunce's-close,  already  no- 
ticed, were  freehold  property,  belonging  to  widow 
Thompson.  Afterwards  they  were  purchased  by  the 
family  of  Wilson,  who  came  to  Ulgham  from  the 
Rawfoot,  in  Toathman,*  in  Westmorland;  but  their 
descendant,  Rich.  Wilson,  esq.,  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields, 
London,  attorney-at-law,  sold  them  lately  to  the  earl  of 
Carlisle,  who  is  now  the  proprietor  of  the  whole  of  this 
township.  The  part  of  Hepscot  which  belonged  to  lord 
Wm.  Howard  in  1603,  and  containing  Hepscot-house, 
Holewood,  Schaldfen,  and  Infield,  was  found  by  survey 
to  contain  1310  acres. 

HIGH  CHURCH  is  the  name  of  a  district  in  which  the 
parish  church  of  Morpeth  is  situated,  and  which,  with 


*  Toathman  is  a  scattered  hamlet  bordering  on  Thornthwaite  Park, 
which  estate  was  purchased  of  the  Curwen  family  by  lord  William 
Howard  in  the  time  of  James  I.,  and  became  his  favourite  hunting  resi- 
dence. I  have  been  told  that  the  Wilson  who  came  from  the  Rawfoot 
to  Ulgham  was  called  Peter,  and  that  the  whole  of  the  Wilsons  of 
Ulgham  and  Hepscot  were  descended  from  him.  The  title  deeds  of  Heps- 
cot  commence  in  1628,  in  which  year  Ralph  Thompson  and  his  wife, 
by  feoffment  and  fine,  conveyed  it  to  Edward  Grey,  esq.,  whose  son, 
Henry  Grey,  of  Bitchfield,  esq.  and  Troth  his  wife,  in  1667,  sold  it  to 
Richard  Wilson  and  Robert  Lawson,  both  of  Ulgham ;  which  family  of 
Lawson,  in  the  time  of  William  111.,  sold  their  interest  in  it  to  Geo. 
Wilson,  of  Ulgham.  George  Wilson,  esq.,  of  Hepscot,  Sep.  10,  1760, 
was  killed  by  his  fowling-piece  going  ofl'  while  he  was  crossing  a  hedge. 
—(Newcastle  CourantJ 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Tranwell  and  Morpeth  Common,  forms  a  township.  It 
consists  of  the  rectory-house,  a  few  cottages,  and  a 
public-house,  all  situated  by  the  side  of  the  great  north 
road,  near  the  church. 

HIKINGS,  for  hinds,  are  holden  here  annually  in 
March ;  and,  for  other  servants,  half-yearly,  in  the  be- 
ginning of  May  and  November ;  but  the  precise  days  on 
which  these  hirings  are  holden  can  be  altered  to  suit 
the  convenience  of  the  public,  by  the  bailiffs,  who  give 
notice  of  such  alterations  in  the  Newcastle  newspapers. 

HOLEBURNE. — Certain  grounds  and  pasture  in  1530 
occur  as  enclosed  from  the  Mylne  to  Holburne  by  metes 
and  bounds  from  the  Wanspek;  and,  in  1566,  the  de- 
scription is — closed  from  the  East  Mill  to  Holburne  by 
metes  and  bounds  from  the  way  to  "Wansbeck. 

HORSLEY,  JOHN,  see  Meeting-houses. 

HUTCH,  see  Town  Hall. 

INFIRMARY. — William  de  Merlay  and  his  men,  about 
the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century,  gave  to  the  house  of 
the  infirm  persons  of  Morpeth,  for  the  souls  of  his  father 
and  mother,  their  ancestors,  and  himself,  and  for  the 
forgiveness  of  their  sins,  one  carucate  of  land,  in  free 
alms,  and  for  ever.  This  is  the  only  mention  I  have 
met  with  of  this  house.  Where  it  stood,  and  when  and 
how  its  lands  were  diverted  from  the  charitable  uses 
for  which  they  were  intended  by  its  founder,  no  one  has 
left  the  slightest  account. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  8.) 

KIRKBURNE  adjoined  the  Floors  in  Morpeth  Field, 
on  the  south  side  of  Morpeth,  and  is  mentioned  in  deeds, 
Nos.  2  and  5,  1283. 

LAWE,  THE,  was  in  Newgate  ;  and  a  messuage  upon 
it  is  mentioned  in  1350 :  and,  in  1376,  a  tenement  upon 
the  La  we,  in  Newgate,  paid  half-a-stone  of  wax  yearly 
to  the  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth. 
— (See  Deeds,  14  Feb.,  1380,  1450.)  A  tenement  in 
Newgate  on  the  Law  extended  from  the  highway  before, 
to  Winselway  behind. — (Deed  in  1519.)  A  part  of 
Newgate  is  to  this  day  called  the  Height  of  the  Law. 
The  word  law  is  applied  to  any  conical  hill  from  a  great 
height  to  gentle  swellings  in  a  field. 

LECHA,  the  letch  or  small  sike,  which  first  crossed 
the  boundary  of  the  endowment  land  of  Newminster 
Abbey  as  it  past  westward  along  the  brow  of  the  south- 
ern banks  of  the  Wansbeck. 

LIBRARY — The  institution,  called  the  Morpeth  Li- 
brary',  was  begun  in  1817,  and  is  supported  by  a  sub- 
scription of  one  pound  a  year  from  each  of  its  members. 
In  1830,  it  contained  13  works  in  quarto,  238  in  octavo, 


and  180  in  duodecimo.  It  owed  its  existence  to  the  sugges- 
tions and  exertions  of  the  late  Mr  Benj.  Woodman ;  and 
is  founded  on  rules  calculated  to  ensure  duration  and 
usefulness.  It  cannot  be  dissolved  without  the  unani- 
mous consent  of  its  members.  It  is  kept  in  a  large 
room  at  the  savings  bank. 

MAPS  AND  PLANS. — There  is  at  present  in  Mr  Bru- 
mell's  office  at  Morpeth,  a  map,  cleverly  executed  tn 
parchment,  and  bearing  the  following  title : — "  A  de- 
scription of  the  towne  1  castell  of  Morpitte  &  of  some 
other  maners  and  ffermes  adioininge  lyinge  w'hin  the 
countie  of  Northumberland  1  beinge  a  parcell  of  the 
inheritance  of  the  right  ho.  the  L.  Wittm  Howard  . 
The  saide  maners  1;  ffermes  are  severallie  included  wth 
broade  stroakes  of  sundrye  colours  and  theire  domaines 
marked  wth  this  marke  4>-  and  the  freeholdes  lefte  un- 
marked .  GULIELMUS  HAIWARDE,  descripsit  ano  dni 
1603."  It  includes  Cottingwood  on  the  north,  Gubion 
and  Clifton  on  the  south,  and  Hepscote  on  the  south 
and  east.  It  also  includes  a  plan  of  the  town  and  all  the 
borough  grounds,  laid  down  with  much  nicety,  and  con- 
taining the  names  of  the  streets  and  several  plots  of  bur- 
gage  and  freehold  lands  within  the  boundary  of  the  bo- 
rough and  the  precincts  of  the  castle.  According  to  this 
document  there  was  then  a  gate-way  at  the  north  entrance 
into  the  town  where  the  borough  boundary  crosses  the 
head  of  Newgate;  another  at  the  west  entrance,  on 
the  same  boundary,  at  the  end  of  Bowlesgreen-street ; 
and  a  third  at  the  west  end  of  Oldgate.  The  streets 
were  Newgate,  Oldgate,  and  Bridge-street,  each  branch- 
ing off  as  at  present  from  the  "  forum"  or  Market-place, 
the  cross  in  which,  at  that  time,  stood  in  its  present 
situation.  Bridge-street  had  houses  in  it  on  both  sides, 
as  far  as  the  turn  in  the  road  just  east  of  the  mill :  it 
has  also  a  tower  marked  on  the  south  side  of  it,  about 
the  site  of  the  old  gaol.  There  were  no  houses,  as  at 
present,  behind  Newgate  on  the  east,  or  Bridge-street 
on  the  north:  but  the  streets  'on  the  south  side  of  the 
bridge... Pethgate,  Hilgate,  and  Castlegate,  are  just  as 
they  were  before  the  new  gaol  was  built.  The  whole 
Plan  is  covered  over  with  a  coating  of  smoke  and  dust, 
and  the  ink  and  colours  with  which  it  has  been  made 
much  faded,  which,  added  to  the  extreme  smallness  ef 
its  lettering,  render  several  of  the  names  upon  it 
very  difficult,  if  not  altogether  impossible  to  be  read. 
"  A  Plan  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  from  actual  survey 
in  1826,"  with  the  "  environs  sketched,"  was  litho- 
graphed by  "  A.  Forrester,  Edinburgh,"  and  "  sold  at 


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441 


Morpeth,  and  by  John  Wood,  surveyor  at  Barnard- 
castle  :"  it  is  on  one  large  sheet,  and  has  the  boundaries 
of  the  borough  marked  upon  it  as  far  as  it  extends  over 
them. 

MARKET. — The  privilege  of  holding  a  weekly  mar- 
ket here  on  Wednesdays  was  first  granted  to  Roger  de 
Merlay  the  Second  by  king  John,  in  1199.  The  great 
cattle  market  holden  here  weekly  on  that  day  probably 
grew  with  the  trade  on  the  Tyne  and  Wear  from  very 
small  beginnings,  to  its  present  consequence.  Three 
persons  were  fined  at  the  manor  court,  at  Easter,  1656, 
for  having  sheep  pens  continually  standing  before  their 
doors.  In  1610,  "the  towle  of  this  yeare  comeing  to 
£12  3s.  6d.,"  it  was  "  bestowed  upon  the  newe  waye  at 
the  bridge;"  and,  in  1612,  "  Toule  for  this  yeare 
amounted  to  £11  2s.,  whereof  £7  10s.  6d.  was  expend- 
ed  in  making  of  cawsees  in  the  towne  streat."  In  1614 
the  toll  was  £13  2s.  4d.  At  present,  every  horned 
beast  coming  into  this  market  for  sale,  pays  Id. ;  every 
score  of  sheep,  4d. ;  every  pig  and  calf,  |d. ;  and  the 
widows  of  poor  freemen  have  a  dishful  of  corn  for  every 
poke  set  upon  the  pavement  for  sale.  In  1741,  Morpeth 
Cattle  Fair  was  advertised  in  the  Newcastle  Courant  to 
begin  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  April,  and  to  continue 
weekly  till  Christmas.  The  weekly  sale  of  oxen  here 
has  now  for  many  years  been  upwards  of  200,  and  of 
sheep  and  lambs  2,500,  which  are  chiefly  reared  and  fed 
in  Northumberland  and  Scotland,  and  consumed  within 
the  limits  of  the  trade  and  ports  of  the  Tyne  and  Wear. 
Part  of  them  go  as  far  as  Leeds  and  Manchester ;  and 
when  the  demand  for  fat  cattle  is  brisk  in  the  south, 
considerable  quantities  are  purchased  here  for  the  Lon- 
don market. 

MEETING-HOUSES  &  CHAPELS. — While  parliament- 
ary restrictions  forbade  Roman  Catholics  to  hold  public 
worship  in  this  country,  persons  in  this  neighbourhood 
of  that  communion  assembled  secretly  for  that  purpose 
in  a  house  in  Bowle's-green,  where  mass  was  said  once 
a  week  by  a  priest  from  Longhorsley.  Their  present 
chapel  is  in  Oldgate,  and  was  built  in  1778  on  ground 
purchased  for  the  purpose,  and  under  the  patronage  of 
the  Lawsons,  of  Brough.  The  rev.  Mr  Turner,  its 
first  minister,  officiated  in  it  from  the  time  it  was  finish- 
ed to  1802;  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  rev.  H. 
Lawson,  who  died  in  1829,  and  was  buried  in  Morpeth 
church-yard,  where  a  stone  has  been  set  up  to  his  me- 
mory bearing  this  inscription: — "4«  Hie  jacet  B.D. 
Henricus  Lawson  ex  familia  nobili  de  Brough-hall,  in 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


comitatu  Eboracensi,  monachus  ordinis  Sancti  Bene- 
dicti,  missionarius  apostolicus,  pastor  vigilantissimus, 
amicus  Dei,  omnibus  charus,  et  gregi  suo  desideratissi- 
mus,  pie  obiit  21  mensis  Julij  1829,  natus  annis  65, 
sacerdos  41.  R.  I.  P. — In  ejus  memoriam  hunc  lapi- 
dem  erexit  R.  D.  Jacobus  Higginson  amicus  ejus 
charissimus,  confrater,  et  condiscipulus  moerens."  Mr 
Lawson  was  succeeded  by  the  rev.  C.  Shann,  the  present 
pastor  of  this  congregation. 

The  Presbyterians  had  no  fixed  meeting-house  here 
before  the  year  1721.  For  some  time  before  that  year, 
they  are  said  to  have  assembled  in  a  house  on  Cotting- 
burn,  where  Mr  Railston's  tan-yard  now  is,  and  a  little 
above  their  present  house,  which,  according  to  its  title 
deeds,  stands  on  ground  which  had  belonged  to  New- 
minster  abbey.  The  indenture  which  confers  the  pro- 
perty on  the  foundation  is  dated  July  20,  1721  ;  and  is 
between  Wm.  Crawford,  of  the  first  part ;  sir  William 
Middleton,  bart. ;  John  Cay,  of  South  Shields,  esq. ; 
Reynolds  Hall,  of  Newbigging ;  Cumberland  Leach,  of 
Belsay ;  Benjamin  Bennet,  of  Newcastle ;  Jonathan 
Harley  (Harle),  of  Alnwick,  M.  D. ;  and  John  Horsley, 
of  Widdrington,  gent.,  on  the  other  part ;  and  among 
other  things  sets  forth,  that  in  consideration  of  £10,  the 
premises  were  demised  on  a  determinable  term  of  999 
years,  which  commenced  20  Sep.  27  Ch.  II.,  to  the  said 
parties  of  the  second  part,  upon  trust  that  they  should 
permit  a  chapel  or  meeting-house  to  be  erected  thereon, 
if  the  laws  of  the  realm  would  permit,  connive  at,  tole- 
rate, allow,  or  indulge  the  same  to  be  used  and  employed 
for  and  as  a  meeting-house,  and  as  an  assembly  of  a  par- 
ticular church  or  congregation  of  protestants  dissenting 
from  the  church  of  England  for  the  free  exercise  of  their 
divine  and  religious  worship  therein,  the  minister  to  be 
a  protestant,  able  minister,  who  in  judgment  and  prac- 
tice as  to  church  discipline  and  government  should  be  a 
presbyterian,  and  not  of  any  other  persuasion,  and 
should  be  orthodox  and  sound  in  the  faith  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  profess  the  doctrinal  articles  of  the 
church  of  England,  and  be  qualified  according  to  the 
statute  of  the  first  of  William  and  Mary.  The  follow- 
ing is  the  best  account  I  have  been  able  to  collect  of 
the  ministers  of  this  house: — 

1.  JONATHAN  HARLE,*  to  whose  memory  Horsley 
performed  an  amiable  act  of  piety  by  writing  and  pub- 

*  I  find  that  Horsley,  in  his  letters  and  manuscripts,  uni- 
versally writes  his  name  Harley  ;  in  which  way  he  also  sub- 
scribes himself  in  the  following  humourous  letter  addressed  to 

U 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


lishing  some  account  of  his  life — the  only  copy  of  which 
that  I  have  been  able  to  see  wants  one  leaf,  and,  conse- 
quently, the  account  of  his  parentage  and  early  educa- 
tion. I  have,  however,  been  told  that  he  was  born  in 
Newcastle,  and  studied  medicine  in  Germany.  The 
account  of  his  life  says  that  "he  preached  for  some  time 
at  Brigg,  in  Lincolnshire,  and  afterwards  settled  at 
Morpeth."  While  he  was  at  Brigg  he  officiated,  I  sup- 
pose, in  the  capacity  of  a  licentiate,  for  by  the  following 
letter  from  Dr.  Gilpin,  of  Newcastle,  it  is  plain  that  he 
was  not  ordained  till  21st  Feb.,  1693: — "Newcastle, 
15th  Feb.,  1693.  Sir, — Your  absence  from  our  meet- 
ing was  excused  by  all  upon  your  wife's  account ;  but 
we  had  business  of  concern  before  us,  particularly 
Mr  Harle  had  kid  before  us  the  necessity  of  his  or- 
dination ;  and,  to  forward  it,  Mr  Gill  and  I  had  given 
him  the  question  de  gratiae  irresislibilitate,  which  he 
managed  exceedingly  well  yesterday  to  our  great  satis- 
faction. We  have  appointed  his  ordination  to  be  at 
Newcastle,  on  Thursday,  the  21st  of  this  month.  Your 
attendance  is  required,  all  excuse  set  aside,  because  the 
ordained  ministers  are  so  few — Dr.  Pringle  being  dead, 
and  Mr  Harvey  being  gone.  I  give  you  as  timely  no- 
tice of  this  as  I  could,  to  prevent  your  entanglement  in 
any  other  business.  You  are  also  named  to  preach  in 
the  afternoon  of  that  day.  Your  affectionate  friend 
and  brother,  RICHARD  GILPIN.  To  the  Rev.  Mr 
Thompson,  of  Stockton."  "  It  was  not  long  after  his 

"  Mr  Robert  Cay,  at  his  office  in  the  Close,  in  Newcastle  upon 
Tyne:— Alnwick,  July  26th,  1726.  Dear  Sir,— I  still  insist 
upon  it  that  it  was  a  claim  of  the  wife  and  no  concession  of 
the  husband.  She  approached  and  entered  the  house  with  all 
the  majesty  and  authority  of  a  sovereign.  One  representing 
the  little  kingdom  was  to  demand  who  she  was,  and  she  an- 
swering— Ubi  tu  Caius  ego  Caia — she  took  rightful  and  lawful 
possession.  The  only  thing  that  sticks  by  me  is — whether 
(seeing  you  sought  to  conceal  this  prerogative  from  your  wife, 
and  give  it  another  form,  as  if  it  were  a  gracious  grant  from 
yourself )  I  be  not  bound  in  honour  and  conscience  to  your 
said  sovereign  spouse  to  make  a  discovery  of  it  to  her  :  but  for 
this  I  shall  wait  your  instructions  and  leave.  I  am,  dear  Sir, 
your  most  obedient  servant,  JONATH.  HARLEY. 

P.  S.  Mr  Gordon's  book  is  come  out,  and  I  doubt  not  but 
hon'ble  mention  of  you  will  T>e  made  in  it.  Mr  Bourne  is 
invited  to  preach  at  Shields.  If  his  modesty  do'nt  hinder  him 
to  exert  himself,  he  cannot  fail  to  please.  Be  pleased  to  tell 
your  father  that  we  shall  suspect  their  judgment  and  taste 
very  much  if  you  do  not  retain  him.  He  here  has  an  univer- 
sal approbation  from  Catcleugh,  to  Clim  of  the  Cleugh." 
Catcleugh  was  probably  Gabriel  Hall,  esq.  owner  of  that  place, 
who  was  a  presbyterian,  and  in  trust  for  Horsley's  chapel  at 
Morpeth. 


ordination  that  he  received  a  call  to  Alnwick,  for  this 
was  the  10th  of  September,  1693.  He  continued  for 
some  time  to  preach  one  Lord's-day  at  Alnwick  and 
another  at  Morpeth  ;  but  when  Morpeth  was  provided 
for  he  left  it  altogether  and  settled  at  Alnwick."  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ledgard,  esq.,  a 
merchant  and  alderman  of  Newcastle.*  According  to 
the  fashion  among  dissenting  ministers  at  that  time,  he 
joined  the  study  of  physic  with  that  of  divinity,  and  had 
given  advise  in  medicine  several  years  before  he  took 
his  doctor's  degree,  which  is  dated  at  Edinburgh,  Dec. 
28,  1710;  but  though  he  practised  in  this  science  near 
forty  years  he  never  could  be  persuaded  to  take  any 
fees.  He  was  well  acquainted  with  Latin,  Greek,  and 
Hebrew,  as  well  as  with  French,  Italian,  and  Spanish. 
The  printed  account  of  his  life  contains  some  prayers, 
meditations,  and  verses  composed  by  him,  as  well  as  a 
copy  of  verses  addressed  to  him.  His  publications  were 
— "A  Discourse  of  Infant  Baptism,  by  Way  of  Dia- 
logue ;"  and  a  History  of  Scripture  Diseases.-}-  From 
his  infancy  he  could  never  taste  any  kind  of  fermented 
or  spirituous  liquors;  "but,  notwithstanding  his  great 
temperance,  his  sedentary  course  of  life  had  brought 
upon  him  both  the  gout  and  the  gravel,  which  he  justly 
called  the  rack  and  torture  of  his  life."  He  died  Dec. 
24,  1729,  leaving  a  widow,  but,  as  far  as  I  have  seen, 
no  children.  He  was  buried  at  Alnwick,  where  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  to  his  memory  still  remains  in  the 
chancel  of  the  church  :  —  "Jonathan!  Harle,  M.  D.,  fidei 
evangelicae  summo  amatori  et  concionatori,  medico  peri- 
tissimo  et  omnigenae  literaturse  politioris  scientissimo  : 
mortuo  x  calend.  Jan.,  M.D.CCXXIX.  Hujus  sepul- 
chreti  dominorum  permissu  B.  M.  H.  M.  P.  C.$  Maria 
maestissima  conjux."  Horsley  preached  his  funeral 
sermon,  and  in  it,  speaking  of  his  friends  integrity,  says 

*  Thomas  Ledgard,  of  Newcastle,  is  mentioned  above,  p. 
480,  note  *,  under  the  style  of  gentleman  ;  and  in  Brand,  i. 
474  ;  ii.  483?  484,  is  called  esq.  or  alderman  :  and  was  perhaps 
the  person  whom  the  same  author  returns  under  the  name 
of  Thomas  Ledger,  as  mayor  of  that  town  in  1647. 

f  "  An  Historical  Essay  on  the  State  of  Physick  in  the  Old 
and  New  Testament,  and  the  Apochryphal  interval ;  with  a 
particular  account  of  the  cases  mentioned  in  Scripture,  and 
observations  upon  them.  To  which  is  added,  a  discourse  con- 
cerning the  duty  of  consulting  a  physician  in  sickness.  Lon- 
don :  printed  for  Richard  Ford,  at  the  Angel,  in  the  Poultry, 
near  Stocksmarket,  1729."  This  Is  an  8vo.  work  of  179  pages, 
besides  8  pages  of  preface,  &c. 

t  Bene  merenti  hoc  monumentum  ponendum  curavit. 
This  inscription  has  the  antiquarian  style  of  Horsley's  pen. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MEETING  HOUSES  AND  CHAPELS. 


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•it  was  "  a  rich  jewel  set  in  the  midst  of  a  great  many 
others,  and  so  shining  with  a  redoubled  lustre."  The  two 
posthumous  sermons  already  noticed  are  rich  in  piety 
and  thought.  ^[  Jonathan  Harle,  of  Horton-grange, 
voted  for  a  freehold  there  at  the  election  in  1748. 

2.  JOHN  HORSLEY,  an  antiquary  of  the  highest  rank, 
succeeded  his  friend  Dr.  Harle  in  the  pulpit  here.  The 
best  account  of  this  amiable  and  distinguished  gentle- 
man is  by  the  rev.  William  Turner,  of  Newcastle  upon 
Tyne,  and  inserted  in  the  Newcastle  Magazine  for 
March,  1821.  For  my  own  part,  I  had  enquired  far  and 
near  respecting  his  parentage,  life,  and  any  unpublished 
papers  he  might  have  left,  but  without  the  slightest 
success,  till  I  requested  my  excellent  friend,  W.  C. 
Trevelyan,  esq.,  of  Wallington,  to  call  upon  John  Cay, 
esq.,  of  Edinburgh,  for  information  on  the  subject ;  and 
immediate  attention  to  my  wishes  in  that  quarter  has 
enabled  me,  just  as  this  article  was  going  to  press,  to 
throw  into  it  much  new  material.*  I  will  adopt  Mr 
Turner's  Memoir  as  the  text  of  my  account,  and  add  to 
it,  or  put  under  it  by  way  of  note,  such  other  informa- 
tion as  the  kindness  of  Mr  Cay  or  my  own  researches 
have  furnished  me  with.  Horsley  himself  evinced  an 
ardent  and  pious  regard  for  the  memory  of  his  prede- 
cessor, Dr.  Harle ;  for,  with  the  sermon  which  he 
preached  over  his  remains,  he  published  a  memoir  of  his 
life :  but  no  friend  or  contemporary,  after  his  death,  was 
found  to  climb  high  in  the  temple  of  fame,  and  inscribe 
his  name  there  among  those  of  the  enlightened  and 
distinguished  of  his  time,  till  the  amiable  author  of  the 
memoir  I  am  about  to  transcribe,  and  make  additions  to, 
performed  that  last  and  holy  rite  to  his  memory,  in 
1821.  "  To  the  editor  of  the  Newcastle  Magazine. 
Sir, — I  am  sorry  that  I  am  enabled  but  in  a  very  im- 
perfect manner  to  redeem  my  pledge  concerning  Mr 
Horsley  ;  but  the  great  length  of  time  that  has  elapsed 
since  his  death  without  any  regular  enquiries  having 
been  made  concerning  him,  has  rendered  it  now  impos- 
sible to  obtain  the  information  which,  at  an  earlier 
period,  would  have  been  easily  accessible.  It  is  surpris- 
ing how  little  our  forefathers  appear  to  have  concerned 
themselves  to  pay  this  sort  of  tribute  to  the  venerable. 
Even  the  common  tribute  of  a  funeral  sermon,  which, 
by  the  dates  and  character  it  contains,  often  furnishes  a 
clue  to  further  researches,  does  not  appear  to  have  been 

*  The  papers  Mr  Cay  has  obligingly  favoured  me  with  the 
use  of,  are  12  long  and  interesting  letters  by  Horsley,  to  Mr  C,  's 
great-grandfather,  Robert  Cay,  esq.,  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne, 


paid  to  a  man  of  such  eminence  among  the  protestant 
dissenters  of  his  day." 

"  The  family  of  Mr  Horsley  were  undoubtedly  of 
Northumberland,  but  from  what  part  of  it  cannot 
now  be  ascertained.  It  is  probable  that,  being  non- 
conformists,-f-  they  had  been  obliged  to  change  their 
residence  during  the  severities  of  Charles  or  James  the 
Second ;  for  Mr  Horsley  himself  is  stated  to  have  been 

on  subjects  connected  with  the  compilation,  correction,  and 
getting-up  of  the  Britannia  Romana;  one  letter  from  Dr.  Harle ; 
another  from  Mr  George  Mark  to  the  same  gentleman  ;  and 
part  of  a  letter  to  Horsley  himself,  from  John  Cay,  esq. ,  bro- 
ther of  Robt.  Cay,  and  steward  of  the  marshalsea,  and  author  of 
the  careful  and  accurate  edition  of  the  Statutes  at  large  from 
Magna  Charta  to  30  Geo.  II.,  published  in  1758;  and  of  the 
Abridgment  of  the  same  to  1  George  III.,  published  in  1762. 
But  the  most  valuable  result  of  Mr  Cay's  researches  among  his 
papers,  is  a  folio  manuscript  of  109  leaves,  many  of  them  blank, 
besides  18  loose  leaves  of  a  sketch  for  a  History  of  Northumber- 
land, which  the  author  himself,  in  a  letter  to  Mr  R.  Cay,  of 
Dec.  18,  1729,  mentions  as  intending  to  spend  his  leisure  time 
of  that  winter  upon.  The  title-page  of  this  work  is  all  torn 
off,  excepting  the  following  date  and  words : — "  1729.  MA- 
TERIALS   HISTORY DUR "  It  is  wholly  about 

Northumberland.  It  commences  with  a  preface  ;  and  then 
the  chapters,  which  have  been  sketched  out  in  the  broadest 
way,  are — traditionary  tales  ;  improvement  and  fruitfulness  of 
the  county ;  the  name,  figure,  extent,  and  limits  of  the  coun- 
ty ;  of  cairns,  barrows,  and  sepulchral  monuments  ;  the  brass 
wedges  (Celts)  and  natural  curiosities.  He  then  enters  upon 
a  description  of  the  rivers  Coquet,  Tyne,  Blythe,  the  coast 
from  Tinmouth  to  Berwick ;  the  post-road  from  Newcastle  to 
Berwick :  then  again,  Coquet,  a  second  sketch  ;  then  'Wants- 
beck  ;  the  rivers  Ale,  Tweed,  and  Bramish ;  under  which 
heads  are  brief  notices  of  all  the  considerable  places  and  fami- 
lies in  the  county.  The  concluding  part  is  taken  up  with 
some  meteorological  observations,  notices  on  old  age,  mineral 
springs,  natural  history,  and  a  general  account  of  Roman  an- 
tiquities. The  loose  sheets  accompanying  the  work  are  chiefly 
memoranda  on  the  foul  airs  of  the  coal-mines  and  atmospheric 
changes,  minutes  made  on  journies,  and  other  hints  for  the 
Intended  work.  Some  of  its  information  is  new  and  curious, 
and  every  flower  in  it  of  that  nature,  as  long  as  Providence 
gives  me  life  and  powers  to  "  weave  the  warp  and  weave  the 
woof"  of  this  lengthening  work,  shall  be  carefully  taken  up 
and  woven  into  the  part  of  it  to  which  it  belongs. 

f  It  is  known  that  the  Horsleys,  of  Milburne  Grange,  were 
stanch  presbyterians,  so  nmch  so  that  George  Horsley,  then 
the  head  of  his  family,  by  his  will,  dated  Aug.  17,  1684i,  left 
his  body  to  be  buried  in  his  orchard  there ;  and  an  altar  tomb, 
stone  in  it  still  marks  the  site  of  his  grave.  His  widow,  Dec. 
7,  1685,  had  licence  to  marry  John  Horsley,  of  Pegsworth, 
gent. ;  and  they  were  married  at  Morpeth,  on  January  18, 
1686.  John  Horsley,  her  eldest  son  by  her  first  husband, 
Jan.  22, 1796,  settled  upon  John  Horsley,  of  Eegsworth,  gent., 
and  Mary  his  wife,  late  widow  of  George  Horsley,  an  annuity 
of  £100,  payable  out  of  Milburne  Grange.— (Deeds  at  Bolam.) 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


born  at  Pinkie-house,  in  Scotland,  in  1685.*  The  family 
probably  returned  soon  after  the  revolution  and  act  of 
toleration,  for  it  is  understood  that  he  received  his  early 
education  at  the  grammar-school  in  Newcastle.  He 
pursued  his  academical  studies  probably  at  Edinburgh, 
where  he  took  the  degree  of  M.  A.,  and  then  settled  at 
Morpeth  as  the  minister  of  a  congregation  of  protestant 
dissenters,  which  still  flourishes  there.  It  appears  that 
during  some  part  of  his  life  he  resided  at  Widdrington,f 
from  which  village  a  considerable  number  of  families 
attended  at  Morpeth  on  the  Sundays  before  they  form- 
ed a  congregation  of  their  own  ;  for  in  the  "  Philosophi- 
cal Transactions,  No.  377,  p-  328,  there  is  an  account 
of  rain  in  Northumberland  observed  at  Widdrington  in 
the  years  1722  and  1723,"  by  means  of  a  funnel,  the 
wider  cylinder  of  which  was  30  inches  diameter,  and 
terminated  in  a  pipe  3  inches  in  diameter  and  10  inches 
long,  serving  as  a  measure  of  the  rain  which  fell.  The 
pipe  was  graduated  in  inches  and  tenths  ;  consequently 
ten  measures  of  the  pipe  were  equal  to  one  inch  of  the 
cylinder,  one  measure  to  1-lOth  of  an  inch,  one  inch  of 
the  measure  to  l-100th,  and  l-10th  to  1-lOOOth  part. 

*  Mr  Cay  went  to  Jnveresk,  the  parish  in  which  Pinkie- 
house  is  situated,  to  search  for  the  entry  of  Horsley's  baptism, 
but  did  not  find  it,  though  he  searched  the  registers  for  several 
years  both  before  and  after  1685.  Pinkie-house  is  situated 
between  Haddington  and  Edinburgh,  and  is  celebrated  in  the 
annals  of  war  as  the  field  where  the  English,  in  1547,  under 
the  duke  of  Somerset,  overthrew  with  terrible  slaughter  a 
great  army  of  the  Scots  under  the  earl  of  Arran. — (Hume,  iv. 
325.)  At  present  it  belongs  to  sir  John  Hope,  whose  family 
told  Mr  Cay  that,  in  ]  685,  it  belonged  to  the  earl  of  Dumferm- 
line  as  successor  to  the  estates  of  the  abbey  of  Dumfermline. 
Mr  Cay,  however,  in  the  matriculation  book  of  the  college  of 
Edinburgh,  found  Mr  Horsley's  name  to  the  Sponsio  Acade- 
inic.ii,  March  2,  1698,  p.  159 ;  and  his  signature  to  the  Laure- 
ation  book  on  his  admission  to  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  on 
April  29,  1701.  As  he  is  styled  of  Widdrington,  gent.,  in  the 
deed  for  this  house,  in  1721,  I  think  it  probable  that  he  had 
not  received  ordination  at  that  time,  but  preached  in  it  as  a 
licentiate :  or  was  a  dissenting  minister  at  that  time  called 
gentleman,  in  legal  phrase,  to  prevent  his  adopting  the  style 
of  clerk  used  by  the  established  clergy  ?  His  paper,  in  the  Phi- 
losophical Transactions,  on  the  rain  that  fell  at  Widdrington 
in  1722  and  1728,  shows  that  he  resided  there  in  those  years. 
According  to  the  list  annexed  to  Thomson's  History  of  the 
Royal  Society,  he  was  admitted  a  fellow  of  that  body  on  April 
23,  1730. 

f  John  Horsley,  of  Widdrington,  gentleman,  was  one  of  a 
party  to  a  deed  respecting  the  presbyterian  chapel  of  Morpeth 
in  1721,  to  which  I  think  it  probable  he  was  ordained  in  that 
year,  having  before  that  time  only  preached  as  a  licentiate, 
though  he  would  then  be  36  years  old. 


By  this  the  depth  of  any  particular  quantity  of  raift 
which  fell  might  be  set  down  in  decimals  with  ease  and 
exactness ;  and  the  whole,  at  the  end  of  each  month  and 
year,  summed  up  without  any  trouble.  The  result  of 
his  observations  during  the  two  years  gives  an  average 
of  21.244  inches  per  annum.  It  should  seem  that  short- 
ly after  this  he  was  elected  a  F.  R.  S.  Mr  Horsley, 
indeed,  appears  to  have  been  a  considerable  proficient  in 
the  mathematics  and  natural  philosophy.  He  collected 
a  considerable  apparatus  in  mechanics  and  hydrostatics ; 
and,  at  a  time  when  such  undertakings  were  not 
common,  especially  out  of  London,  gave  regular  courses 
of  lectures  in  Morpeth,  Alnwick,  and  Newcastle.^  Af- 
ter his  death,  his  apparatus  was  purchased  by  the  rev. 
Caleb  Rotheram,  D.  D.,  of  Kendal,  the  father  of  the 
late  Dr.  John  Rotheram,  of  Newcastle;  and,  at  his 
death,  in  1752,  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  clergyman 
near  Liverpool,  from  whom  they  were  purchased  by  the 
trustees  of  the  Warrington  academy.  At  the  dissolution 
of  that  seminary,  in  1786,  they  were  transferred  to  the 
New  College,  Hackney;  and  are  now  (in  1821)  de- 
posited in  the  library  belonging  to  the  dissenters  in 
Red  Cross-street,  London,  bequeathed  to  the  public  by 
Dr.  Daniel  "Williams. 

In  the  year  1729  Mr  Horsley  published  a  funeral 
sermon  for  the  rev.  Jonathan  Harle,  M.  D.,  an  eminent 
minister  and  physician  at  Alnwick,  the  author  of  an 
useful  work  entitled  "  Scripture  Physic,"  published 
some  years  before  the  Medica  Sacra  of  Dr.  Mead  ;  and 
of  two  Posthumous  Sermons,  published  along  with  the 

J  Amongst  the  papers  transmitted  to  me  by  Mr  Cay,  I  find 
the  following  letter  and  prospectus  of  a  course  of  lectures:— 
"  To  Mr  Robert  Cay,  in  Westgate,  Newcastle,  with  some  pa- 
pers. Sir,  I  would  gladly  have  this  advertisement  Inserted  the 
first  occasion  in  the  Newcastle  Courant.  I  hope  it  will  come 
time  enough  to  your  hand  to-morrow  for  that  purpose.  If  the 
second  part  be  too  long,  it  may  be  omitted  till  another  occasion. 
I  have  been  so  much  hindered  and  hurried  to-day  that  I  have 
not  had  time  to  read  it  over  since  I  penned  it.  I  have  no 
other  hand  to  apply  to  but  yours,  and  must  leave  a  good  deal 
to  your  own  discretion.  Perhaps  it  may  be  enough  to  add  at 
the  end  of  the  first  advertisement — N.  B.  There  was  another 
advertisement  relating  to  a  book  of  this  gentleman  to  be  pub- 
lished in  a  little  time,  but  it  was  too  long  to  be  inserted  in  this 
paper.  I  wish  you  would  revise  what  I  send  by  the  bearer,  and 
dispatch  them  away  by  the  first  London  carrier.  I  shall  send 
you  the  Scotch  maps  by  the  next  occasion  if  I  have  done  with 
them.  You  may  keep  the  profile  of  the  walls.  I  wish  you  could 
find  time  to  redraw  the  view  of  the  walls,  &c.  for  I  take  it  for 
granted  Mr  Mynde  has  lost  what  he  had ;  and  if  you  can  redraw 
the  sketch  of  the  country  near  Widdrington,  1  beg  you  would. 


MORPETH  PARISH. MEETING  HOUSES  AND  CHAPELS. 


Funeral  Sermon  by  Horsley.  In  this  discourse  h 
speaks  of  his  relationship  to  the  Dr.,  and  dedicates  it  t 
Mrs  Harle,  (late  Miss  Ledgard,  of  Newcastle,)  of  whon 
he  subscribes  himself  "  the  affectionate  kinsman."  A 
I  am  not  acquainted  with  this  name  of  Ledgard*  a 
belonging  to  any  family  at  present  in  Newcastle,  an 
have  not  learned  what  Mrs  Horsley's  maiden-name 

I  am  afraid  II  will  be  worse  than  the  late  Mr  Douglas's  second 
hand.     It  is  now  taken  nearly  from  our  geometrical  survey 
I  would  not  miss  sending  those  things  away  to-morrow 
though  they  are  not  so  perfect  as  wished  by  your  humble  ser 
vant,  JOHN  HORSLEY.     P.  S.  Please  to  send  my  remarks  awa; 
with  the  papers,  and  any  whid?  occur  to  yourself."     The  ad 
vertisement  is  : — "  A  complete  course  of  experimental  philo- 
sophy is  intended  to  be  begun  at  Morpeth,  on  Monday  the  10th 
of  May ;  in  which  will  be  performed  all  the  usual  experiments 
in  mechanics,  optics,  hydrostatics,  and  pneumatics.     A  large 
account  and  explication  will  at  the  same  time  be  given  of  the 
several  experiments,  and  of  the  several  truths  demonstrated 
by  them.     All  possible  pains  will  be  taken  in  these  lectures  to 
render  every  thing  plain  and  intelligible,  even  to  those  who 
have  no  previous  acquaintance  with  mathematical  learning : 
though  the  more  rigorous  demonstrations  will  also  be  given  to 
such  as  understand  the  elements  of  geometry  and  conic  sec- 
tions (if  any  such  think  fit  to  attend).     By  JOHN  HORSLEY, 
M.  A.  and  F.  R.  S.     The  charge  is  a  guinea  and  a  half,  to  be 
paid  in  such  time  and  manner  as  the  gentlemen  themselves 
shall  think  fit.     Such  as  design  to  attend  are  desired  to  send 
in  their  names  any  time  before  the  course  is  to  begin."     The 
advertisement,  respecting  the  Britannia  being  in  the  press  and 
to  be  published  in  a  little  time,  describes  the  book  nearly  in 
the  same  manner  as  it  is  in  the  copy  of  the  title-page  of  the 
work  given  in  a  note  below,  but  more  fully,  and  with  an  ac- 
count of  the  copper-plates  with  which  it  was  intended  to  be 
illustrated. 

*  See  note  *,  above,  p.  442,  respecting  the  Ledgards. 
f  The  work  itself  is  in  folio ;  consists  of  520  pages ;  is  pre- 
ceded by  a  -dedication  of  three  pages  to  sir  Richard  Ellys,  bart., 
dated  at  Morpeth,  Jan.  2,  1731-2 ;  has  xxxii  pages  of  preface, 
and  finishes  with  "  A  Chronological  Table  of  Occurrences  re- 
lating to  the  Roman  Affairs  in  Britain ;"  "  An  Index,"  in  xx 
parts,  "  of  the  inscriptions  and  sculptures,  divided  into  chap- 
ters after  the  manner  of  Gruter  and  Reinesius ;"  and  an  index 
of  the  Roman  names  of  people  and  places  in  Britain,  and 
a  general  index  upon  signatures  from  6  R  to  7  C.  The 
bastard-title  is — "  Britannia  Romana,  or  the  Roman  An- 
tiquities of  Great  Britain ;"  and  the  title  as  follows : — 
"  Britannia  Romana,  or  the  Roman  Affairs  of  Britain,  in 
three  books  — I.  contains  the  History  of  all  the  Roman  Tran- 
sactions in  Britain,  with  an  Account  of  their  legionary  and 
auxiliary  Forces  employed  here,  and  a  Determination  of  the 
Stations  per  lineam  valli ;  also  a  large  Description  of  the 
Roman  Wall,  with  Maps  of  the  same  laid  down  from  a  geome- 
trical Survey. — II.  contains  a  complete  Collection  of  the  Ro- 
man Inscriptions  and  Sculptures  which  have  hitherto  been 
discovered  in  Britain,  with  the  Letters  engraved  in  their  proper 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


was,  I  have  no  means  of  ascertaining  whether  he  was 
related  to  this  lady  by  himself  or  by  marriage.  But 
the  work  by  which  he  is  best  known  was  his  Britannia 
Romana,f  which  was  not  published  till  after  his  death. 

Shape  and  proportionate  Size,  and  the  Reading  placed  under 
each ;  as  also  an  historical  Account  of  them,  with  explanatory 
and  critical  Observations.— III.  contains  the  Roman  Geogra- 
phy of  Great  Britain,  in  which  are  given  the  Originals  of 
Ptolomy,  Antonini  Itinerarium,  the  Notitia,  the  Anonymous 
Ravennas,  and  Peutinger's  Table,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  this 
Island,  with  particular  Essays  on  each  of  these  antient  Authors, 
and  the  several  Places  in  Britain  mentioned  by  them."  Lon- 
don, 1732. 

A  few  extracts  from  his  letters  will  show  how  much  Mr 
Horsley  trusted  to  the  judgment  and  learning  of  Mr  Robert 
Cay,  as  well  as  of  his  brother  John,  in  correcting  and  prepar- 
ing the  Britannia  Romana  for  the  press.  All  the  extracts, 
except  the  last,  are  from  letters  addressed  to  Robert  Cay  : — 

"  Morpeth,  Wednesday,  Nov.  15,  1727.  Sir,— I  intended 
to  have  wrote  to  you  on  Monday  evening,  but  was  prevented 
by  the  company  of  professor  Hamilton  and  the  principal  of  St. 
Andrew's.  The  scheme  you  have  laid,  and  according  to  which 
you  intend  to  proceed  is  in  effect,  when  I  come  to  consider 
it,  the  very  same  with  what  I  was  thinking  of;  and  if  the 
map  was  once  formed  according  to  it,  you  would  certainly  be 
able  to  correct  any  error  in  your  allowance  for  longitude." 
This  extract,  and  some  of  the  following,  show  that  Robert 
Cay  assisted  Horsley  in  making  his  Map  of  Ancient  Britain. 

"  Morpeth,  9th  Feb.  1728.  Sir,— I  desire  you  would  send 
me  by  the  bearer  the  copy  of  the  Inscriptions  at  Coiisin's- 
house,  for  which  I  shall  be  obliged  to  you  If  you  look  into 
Ptolomy's  map,  and  correct  the  position  of  Scotland  after  the 
manner  you  did  that  of  the  Meeting-house  at  South  Shields,  I 
believe  you'll  find  that  Ostia  Alauni,  Ostia  Vedrae,  and  Bre- 
menium,  will  answer  as  to  situation  and  distance  with  pretty 
much  exactness  to  Tweedmouth,  Tinmouth,  and  Riechester ; 
and  I  am  fully  convinced  these  are  the  three  places." 

"Morpeth,  Monday  night."  No  other  date.  «  Dear  Sir, — 
have  sent  you  some  more  papers,  and  some  other  miscella- 
neous hasty  remarks,  which  you  may  consider  at  your  leisure. 
And  if  a  proper  place  for  inserting  them  occur  to  you,  please 
jolish'em  a  little,  and  add  them  where  you  think  fit,  if  you 
hink  them  worthy  of  notice."  "  I  wish  you  would  correct 
he  mistakes  in  the  maps  you  observed,  and  add  your  own 
bservations  about  the  shape  and  form  of  the  island." 

"  Morpeth,  22d  April,  1728.  Sir,— I  sent  you  in  some  more 
apers  by  Mr  Wilson,  which  I  hope  you  have  received,  and 
esire  you  would  examine  them  with  the  same  freedom  with 
vhich  you  have  done  the  others ;  and  beg  you  would  correct 
he  mistakes  you  observed  in  the  maps,  in  such  manner  as 
ou  yourself  shall  think  proper." 

In  a  letter  without  date,  he  says,  "  the  hint  you  give  me 
termines  the  order  in  which  the  parts"  of  the  Britannia 
lomana  "  you  have  must  be  placed,  and  that  the  historical 
art  must  be  first ;  for,  as  it  was  wrote  first,  so  in  it,  I  now 
fell  remember,  that  I  refer  to  the  account  as  posterior,  and  in 
he  account  of  the  wall,  to  the  other,  as  prior."  Also  in 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


This  event  took  place  on  Dec.  12,  1731,*  at  the  early 
age  of  46.  He  had  previously  distinguished  himself 
among  learned  antiquaries  by  his  profound  knowledge 

another  without  date,  he  says — "  I  must  bop  the  favour  of  you 
to  send  me  back  what  you  have  among  the  papers  respecting1 
Scotland.  I  should  also  have  a  letter  of  your  brother,  about 
some  inscriptions,  to  be  further  examined,  which  I  believe  is 
among  the  bundle  of  letters ;  and  another  of  baron  Clerk's, 
which  lias  in  it  an  inscription  at  Middleby,  in  Scotland." 

"  Morpeth,  26th  June,  1728.  I  am  to  preach  on  Friday 
afternoon  ;  but  shall  be  at  liberty  about  3  o'th'clock,  and  should 
be  glad  then  to  have  an  hour's  conversation  with  you  in  your 
•way  to  Alnwick,  if  your  affairs  will  not  permit  you  to  stay 
here  all  night." 

"  Blossom's  Inn,  (London),  30th  July,  1728.  If  you  go 
to  Whitehaven  I  wish  you  would  take  the  dimensions  and 
draught  of  the  equestrian  figure  at  Elenborough,  for  the  very 
rudeness  of  it  is  a  curiosity." 

"  Morpeth,  IS  Dec.  1729.  Sir, — I  have  sent  you  a  pacquet 
of  papers,  maps,  &c.  relating  to  the  Britannia  llomana.  I  am 
quite  wearied  out  with  them  ;  but  I  am  in  great  hopes,  that 
if  you  fall  fresh  to  the  work  you'll  go  far  to  compleat  it  upon 
the  foundation  I  have  laid ;  though  in  some  places  the  founda- 
tion itself  may  need  your  helping  hand  a  little."  "  You  may, 
if  you  please  to  take  the  trouble,  put  any  thing  you  think 
worth  inserting  in  the  proper  place  of  the  papers."  "  If  it 
falls  in  your  way  to  procure  me  an  authentic  account  of  the 
quantity  of  coals  sent  from  Newcastle  to  London  yearly,  or 
any  thing  else  that  is  curious  and  fit  for  a  natural  History, 
you'll  please!  to  be  mindful  of  me.  I  think  to  spend  my  leisure 
time  this  winter  on  that  subject.  I  shall  be  most  at  a  loss 
about  the  baronies  and  law  affairs,  but  I  hope  our  good  friend 
Mr  Collingwood  will  lend  me  a  lift  at  that  dead  weight." 

John  Cay,  esq.,  junior,  at  the  conclusion  of  a  letter  to  Hors- 
ley,  gives  him  a  draught,  dated  July  2,  1730,  upon  his  brother 
Robert  for  £2  2s.,  which  he  has  receipted  and  signed.  Only 
as  much  of  the  letter  has  been  preserved  as  contained  the 
draught  and  receipt,  and  the  following  short  postscript  on  one 
side,  and  a  copy  of  a  well-known  inscription  and  annexed  ob- 
servations upon  it  on  the  other.  The  postscript  is  : — "  I  think 
the  supposed  track  of  the  inner  military  way  from  Cambeck 
to  Stanwicks  should  be  laid  down  in  the  map.  Sir  Rich.  Ellys 
has  sent  to  Mr  Osbourne  for  the  printed  sheet."  The  indorse — 
"  Haec  inscriptio  in  K  E  E  This  answer  is  in  Horsley's 
viapublicajuxtalo-  PONT  hand- writing.  "You'll  now 
cum  palustrem  e-  HIS  understand  the  meaning  of 
recta inveniebatur."  IDE  keep  on  this  side,  by  the  Latin 
inscription.  I  have  kept  no 
copy. " 

"  This  inscription  comes  from  my  lord  Macclesfield :  it  was 
transmitted  to  Mr  Ward  by  Mr  Wright  since  the  publishing 
your  advertisement.  His  lordship  has  offered  a  reading  of  it, 
and  if  you,  and  such  antiquaries  as  you  think  fit  to  consult, 
hit  upon  the  same,  it  will  confirm  the  truth  of  it.  I  have  just 
now  left  the  ninth  volume  at  Mr  Ward's,  and  wrote  a  note  of 
the  references  to  be  made  to  Montfaucon,  Vegetius,  and  Gale. 
That  to  Tacitus  I  have  made :  but  the  place  where  Gruter 


of  the  antiquities  of  his  native  country  ;  in  the  search 
after  which  he  appears  to  have  taken  many  journies,-)- 
and  engaged  in  very  extensive  correspondences.  A 

should  have  been  quoted  is  in  the  printer's  hands,  and  I  fear 
printed.  The  distance  of  Bede's  murus  ad  vallum  is  observed." 
*  The  author  seems  to  have  had  wrong  information  re- 
specting the  time  of  Horsley's  death  :  for  he  dated  the  preface 
of  his  Britannia  Romana  on  Jan.  2,  1732,  between  which  time 
and  May  10  in  that  year,  it  is  probable  that  he  died,  for  Mr 
Cay  informs  me  that  his  great  grandfather  debited  his  brother 
John,  the  steward  of  the  marshalsea,  on  that  day,  for  £75  18s. 
Id.  paid  on  his  account,  viz.  : — To  Mrs  Horsley,  bills  on  me, 
&c.  £13  13s.  ;  sir  Richard  Ellys'  present,  £31  10s;  on  account 
of  books  sold,  £16  16s.  &c.  &c.  ;  and  that  there  are  many  such 
entiles  in  Robert  Cay's  books  to  show  that  he  and  his  brother 
endeavoured  to  promote  the  sale  and  collect  the  proceeds  of 
the  Britannia  Romana  for  Mrs  Horsley's  benefit. 

t  In  the  preface  to  his  Britannia,  he  says — "  This  collec- 
tion, which  at  first  I  intended  only  for  my  own  amusement 
and  pleasure,  now  ventures  to  show  itself  in  public.  It  is 
now  four  years  since  I  was  prevailed  with  to  compleat  this 
work,  for  which  time  I  have  pursued  it  with  the  greatest  care 
and  application.  Several  thousand  miles  were  travelled  to 
visit  antieiit  monuments,  and  re-examine  them  where  there 
was  any  doubt  or  difficulty."  By  his  letters  from  Bath  and 
London,  in  1728,  it  appears  that  his  surveyor,  in  that  year, 
travelled  with  him,  as  well  as  a  Master  Hall,  who  was  proba- 
bly a  pupil  of  his ;  and  whom  he  mentions  in  these  letters  as 
being  well,  and  sending  his  love  or  desiring  to  be  remembered 
to  Mr  Cay's  family.  In  his  Manuscript  History  of  this  Coun- 
ty he  has  the  following  curious  passage  respecting  Morpeth 
Castle  : — "  It  is  now  neglected  and  the  fortifications  ruinous  . 
Before  the  castle  is  a  hill  called  the  Haw -hill — perhaps  High- 
hill  .  It  is  plainly  artificial ;  but  it  has  been  made  a  question 
whether  it  was  a  work  of  the  enemy,  or  an  out-work  for  the 
better  defence  of  the  castle  .  I  think  it  too  large,  too  near  the 
castle,  and  too  much  laboured  to  be  the  work  of  an  enemy  .  I 
remember  as  I.  rode  through  the  skirts  of  Wales  in  the  year 
1728, 1  passed  by  Clifford  Castle,  and  town — a  place  which  gave 
title  to  the  lord  Clifford,  and  is  one  of  the  several  places  where 
the  neighbouring  country  people  say  fair  Rosamond  was  born  . 
According  to  the  people  here,  she  was  the  daughter  of  sir 
Thomas  Clifford,  of  this  Clifford,  which  is  a  mile  south  of  the 
river  Wye  .  This  castle  is  now  also  ruinous ;  but  what  I  have 
mentioned  it  for  is,  that  I  there  observed  an  out-work  of  the 
very  same  nature  with  this  at  Morpeth."  In  the  letter  from 
Bath,  of  July  20,  1728,  to  Mr  R.  Cay,  he  says—"  I  am  got 
thus  far  and  no  further  yet  on  my  way  to  London  .  I  would 
have  given  you  a  more  particular  account  of  what  I  have  done 
or  discovered  in  my  journey,  but  it  cannot  well  be  compre- 
hended in  a  letter : "  and  in  the  one  to  the  same  gentleman,  dated 
from  Blossom's  Inn,  July  30,  in  the  same  year—"  I  have 
received  your  letter  since  I  came  to  town,"  &c.  In  the  course 
of  these  journies  he  made  a  collection  of  about  20  Roman 
altars,  which  were  in  his  own  possession  when  he  wrote  the 
Britannia  Romana,  but  which  mostly  belonged  to  North- 
umberland.— (Brit.  Rom.  p.  181.) 


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considerable  number  of  letters*  to  Roger  Gale,  esq.,  of 
Scruton,  in  Yorkshire,  are  understood  to  remain  among 
the  papers  of  that  gentleman  in  the  museum  of  George 
Allan,  esq.,  of  Black  well-grange,  near  Darlington." 

"  The  Britannia  Ilomana,  which  is  now  become  scarce, 
gives  a  full  and  learned  account  of  all  that  was  then 
known  of  the  remains  and  vestiges  of  the  Romans  in 
Britain.  But  as  many  discoveries  have  since  been  made, 
it  is  highly  desirable  that  a  new  edition  should  be  un- 
dertaken by  some  one  competent  to  the  task.  For  this 
purpose  it  is  much  to  be  wished  that  the  plates  engraved 
for  the  original  edition  could  be  recovered.  The  author 
of  the  Biographical  Dictionary  states,  on  the  authority 
of  Mr  Nichols,  that  they  were  purchased  of  one  of  his 
descendants  for  20  guineas  by  the  late  Dr.  Gifford,  for 
the  British  Museum,  where  there  is  also  a  copy  of  the 
work,  with  considerable  additions,  by  Dr.  John  Ward, 
of  Gresham  College.-}-  But  I  am  informed  by  Thomas 
Walker,  esq.,  of  Killingbeck  House,  near  Leeds,  that  they 
were  lent  to  a  person  of  the  name  of  Sharp,  near  Brad- 
ford, and,  as  far  as  he  knows,  were  never  returned." 

"  Mr  Horsley's  widow,  after  his  death,  resided  in 
Newcastle,  with  one  daughter,  the  sole  issue  of  the 

*  Several  of  these  have  been  published  in  Hutchlnson's  View 
of  Northumberland,  vol.  1,  viz. — 7  letters,  dated  in  1729,  at 
pp.  40,  41,  163,  196,  and  202  ;  and  2,  in  1730,  at  pp.  204  and 
205.  The  same  work  also  contains  4  letters  on  Antiquarian 
subjects,  at  pages  148,  149,  173,  and  199,  and  dated  in  1732, 
1734,  1735,  and  1736,  from  Robert  Cay,  esq.  to  Roger  Gale. 

f  These  are  the  accounts  of  the  plates,  and  Ward's  notes, 
given  in  the  Literary  Anecdotes :  — "  The  plates  of  Horsley's 
Britannia  Romana  remained  in  the  hands  of  Mr  E.  Randall, 
who  married  one  of  his  daughters,  and  was  clerk  to  a  mer- 
chant in  the  Old  South  Sea  House.  In  1763  they  were  offered 
to  the  Society  of  Antiquaries.  About  the  year  1769,  when 
they  were  at  Mr  Major's,  late  engraver,  St.  Martin's  Lane,  he 
asked  Mr  Gough  £100  for  them,  who  offered  20  guineas  as 
their  utmost  worth.  They  were  offered  to  Dr.  Gifford,  of 
the  British  Museum,  for  the  latter  sum,  in  1780 ;  at  which 
time  he  kept  a  school  at  London  Wall.  Jan.  30,  1781,  Dr. 
Gower  had  an  idea  of  purchasing  them  at  20  guineas,  the  price 
asked"  (so)  "  in  1769 ;  '  if  he  could  have  acquired  the  copyright 
of  the  book ;'  and  would  '  have  re-published  it  with  addi- 
tions had  he  been  sure  of  return.'  In  December,  1784,  the 
editor  of  these  '  Anecdotes'  would  have  given  double  that  sum 
for  them,  but  they  were  unluckily  melted  down  about  two 
hours  before  he  had  an  opportunity  of  making  the  offer. " — 
(Nichols1  Lit.  Anecdotes,  «'.  48.)  Professor  Ward,  according  to 
Nichols,  revised  all  this  elaborate  work  in  manuscript,  and 
communicated  to  him  many  important  remarks  for  its  im- 
provement.— (Lit.  Anecdotes,  v.  52.)  Gough  copied  all  Profes- 
sor Ward's  notes  on  the  Britannia  Romana  in  Jan.  1764,  and 
gives  this  account  of  them  and  the  work :— "  From  a  copy 


marriage.:}:  She  married  Samuel  Halliday,  esq.,  a  very 
eminent  surgeon,  actively  concerned  in  establishing  the 
Newcastle  Infirmary,  and  had  a  son  and  daughter.  The 
son  was  bred  to  his  father's  profession,  but  died  young ; 
the  daughter,  an  excellent  lady,  married  Wm.  Walker, 
esq.,  of  Killingbeck  House,  near  Leeds,  and  had  a  nu- 
merous family,  of  Avhich  Thomas  Walker,  esq.,  above- 
mentioned,  is  the  present  representative.  His  brother, 
Captain  Samuel  Walker,  of  the  Guards,  was  killed  at 
Talavera.  A  monument,  erected  by  public  subscription 
to  him  and  an  equally  unfortunate  brother  officer  and 
townsman,  is  a  great  ornament  to  the  parish  church  of 

interleaved  and  filled  with  notes  by  Professor  Ward,  now  in 
the  British  Museum,  which  notes  are  all  copied,  and  augment- 
ed with  others  from  different  quarters,  as  well  as  my  own,  I 
had  thoughts  of  re-publishing  the  books  ;  but,  having  turned 
my  thoughts  to  other  modes  of  illustrating  our  National  Anti- 
quities, and  observing  how  incorrect  the  copies  of  the  inscrip- 
tions were,  and  how  much  more  correctly  later  discovered 
inscriptions  have  been  given  to  the  public,  I  leave  the  idea  to 
some  abler  hand,  if  our  national  antiquities  in  so  remote  a 
period  are  not  become  unfashionable." — (Gough.) 

J  Mr  Horsley's  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Professor  Hamilton, 
who,  as  appears  by  his  letter  to  Mr  R.  Cay,  of  Nov.  15,  1727, 
was  on  a  visit  to  him  at  Morpeth  ;  and  Wood  (a  gentleman  by 
nature  deaf  and  dumb),  in  his  antient  and  modern  state  of  the 
parish  of  Crammond,  as  a  reason  why  Horsley's  account  of 
the  Roman  Antiquities  in  that  parish  should  be  accurate,  ex- 
pressly states  that  Professor  Hamilton  was  minister  of  it,  and 
that  Horsley  was  his  son-in-law.  For  this  information  I  am 
indebted  to  Mr  Cay.  The  late  Ralph  Spearman,  esq.,  of  Each- 
wick,  in  a  manuscript  note  in  Hutchinson's  View  of  North- 
umberland, says,  "  that  Horsley  was  master  of  an  academy  at 
Morpeth,  and  his  only  child,  an  heiress,  man-led  Samuel  Hol- 
liday,  an  eminent  surgeon  in  Newcastle ;  and  their  daughter 
married  Mr  Thomas  Walker,  a  dry-salter  in  Leeds,  son  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Walker,  a  presbyterian  minister,  from  whom  he 
inherited  an  estate  at  Wylam,  and  from  Holliday  lands  at 

,  in  Northumberland."  From  the  preceding  note  it  would, 

however,  appear  that,  besides  Mrs  Halliday,  he  had  a  daughter 
married  to  a  Mr  Randall,  in  London ;  and  on  his  own  authority 
I  find  he  had  a  son:  for,  in  his  MS.  History  of  Northumberland, 
he  has  the  following  paragraph  :— "  Dr.  Harley  gave  my  son 
what  they  call  an  Eagle  stone,  which  was  found  near  Stam- 
ford .  The  outer  shell  or  stone  includes  the  inner,  as  a  shell 
does  the  kernel .  When  it  is  shaken  the  included  one  rattles  so 
as  that  it  may  be  heard  very  easily  and  very  distinctly. "  Un- 
der the  head  Medicinal  Wells  he  has  this  minute  : — "  Morpeth, 
neglected.  Dr.  Harley  says  it  only  wanted  a  name.  Try'd 
with  success  in  Mrs  Frye's  case  and  nay  own  daughter's."  And 
the  only  other  notice  connected  with  his  family  which  I  find 
in  these  curious  papers  is  the  following  : — "  Old  Age.  I  was 
told  J>t  cousin  Nesbitt's  father  was  1 14  when  he  dyed :  that  he 
was  80  when  he  married  the  second  time,  after  which  he  had 
several  children  ;  but  the  truth  of  this  I  very  much  question." 


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Leeds.  George  Walker,  a  third  brother,  is  the  author 
of  the  '  Costume  of  Yorkshire.'  I  am  afraid  the  Walker 
family  are  not  in  possession  of  any  of  Mr  Horsley's  pa- 
pers. I  am,  &c.  WM.  TURNER." 

The  only  printed  works  of  Horsley  which  I  have 
seen,  besides  his  Britannia  Romana  and  his  life  of  Dr. 
Harle,  are,  a  small  work  on  experimental  philosophy, 
and  his  map  of  Northumberland.  The  former  of  these 
works  is  on  three  sheets  12mo.,  and  is  intituled  "  A 
brief  and  general  Accouht  of  the  most  necessary  and 
fundamental  Principles  of  Statics,  Mechanics,  Hydros- 
tatics, and  Pneumatics ;  adapted  more  especially  to  a 
Course  of  Experiments  performed  at  Morpeth,  in  the 
County  of  Northumberland.  By  John  Horsley,  A.  M. 
Newcastle  upon  Tine,  printed  by  John  White,  for  the 
Author."  This  is  a  very  simple  and  ingenious  "  Pocket 
Companion"  to  his  course  of  lectures ;  and  shows  how 
well  he  was  capable  of  conveying  useful  knowledge  to 
minds  unacquainted  "with  the  very  elements  of  geome- 
try," and  "  with  the  more  abstruse  and  difficult  parts  of 
mathematical  learning."  Mr  Thos.  Bell,  of  Cumberland 
Row,  Newcastle,  is  in  possession  of  the  only  copy 
of  it  which  I  have  seen ;  but  he  tells  me  that  there  is 
another  in  Dr.  Thomlinson's  Library,  which,  however,  is 
not  noticed  in  the  printed  catalogue  of  that  collection. 

The  only  other  published  work  of  Horsley 'snot  noticed 
in  the  preceding  memoir,  with  which  I  am  acquainted,  is 
"A  Map  of  Northumberland,  begun  by  the  late  Mr 
John  Horsley,  F.  R.  S.,  continued  by  the  Surveyor*  he 
employed,  and  dedicated  to  the  Right  Honourable 

*  The  surveyor  whom  Horsley  employed  was  Mr  George 
Mark,  who  is  often  mentioned  in  Horsley's  letters,  and  who, 
from  Dunbar,  May  6,  1737,  addressed  a  letter  to  Robert 
Cay,  esq.,  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  of  which  the  following  is 
an  extract : — "  Dear  sir,— 'Tis  now  more  than  time  I  think 
we  had  finished  the  map  .  I  have  not  had  much  time 
to  apply  myself  to  it,  but  have  now  nearly  done  .  &c.  &c.  I 
had  made  the  actual  survey  of  Watling-street  a  long  time  ago 
for  Mr  Horsley  :  provided  you  know  any  thing  what  is  be- 
come of  it,  I  should  like  to  have  it  .  I  also  left  with  him  a 
copy  of  the  whole  survey  of  the  county  in  two  little  books, 
and  would  gladly  have  them  both,  and  whatever  else  you  can 
lit  on  relating  to  it  .  If  you  think  it  necessary  that  an  actual 
survey  be  made  of  the  boundary  or  marches  let  me  know  it, 
and  I  shall  endeavour  at  the  time  of  our  next  vacation  in 
harvest  to  have  it  done."  Mr  Mark  had  travelled  with  Hors- 
ley and  assisted  him  in  his  investigations,  for  in  a  letter  to 
Mr  R.  Cay,  from  Morpeth,  26th  June,  1728,  he  observes,  "  I 
have  sent  you  inclosed  Mr  Mark's  opinion  and  observations 
about  the  military  way — nee  nostrum  est  tantas  componere 
lites."  Also,  in  another  letter  to  R.  Cay,  from  Bath,  on  July- 


Hugh,  Earl  of  Northumberland.  By  R.  Cay.  A.  Bell, 
Sculpt.  Edinburgh,  1753."  The  index  to  it,  which  is 
very  copious  and  accurate,  was  also  printed  at  Edin- 
burgh, by  Hamilton  and  Barfleur,  in  8vo.,  in  the  same 
year ;  but  both  it  and  the  map  are  now  very  scarce. 

About  a  year  before  he  died,  he  told  his  friend  Mr  R. 
Cay  that  he  was  quite  wearied  out  with  his  attention  to 
his  Britannia  Romana,  which  I  think  he  lived  to  see 
printed  off,  but,  perhaps,  not  published.  It  had  pro- 
bably injured  his  health,  and  when  the  excitement  of 
going  on  with  it  ceased,  he  lingered  and  fell — died  with- 
out seeing  how  his  great  work  was  received  by  the 
tyranny  of  letters,  and  with  the  sad  reflection  that  his 
labours  were  not  only  profitless,  but  might  never  repay 
his  family  the  sums  he  had  expended  upon  them.  One 
dying  under  such  circumstances  is  little  lamented  and 
soon  forgotten.  With  himself,  his  family  lose  their 
support,  and  poverty  soon  wrings  affectionate  remem- 
brances for  the  dead  out  of  the  hearts  of  dearest  rela- 
tives and  friends.  The  minister  of  religion  performs 
the  same  official  rites  over  his  remains  that  are  said  over 
all :  but  the  obsequies  of  his  funeral  are  not  perfumed 
with  the  incense  of  eulogy,  or  his  memory  consecrated 
and  cherished  by  any  account  of  his  life.  No  stone  tells 
which  was  Horsley's  grave,  nor  any  parish  register  that 
I  have  seen  where  he  was  buried.  What  a  lesson  to 
the  mind  that  riots  on  the  hope  of  posthumous  fame  ! 

3.  William  Richardson  is  mentioned  as  minister  of  this 
congregation  in  a  deed  in  1733. 

4 Simpson. 

5 Acheson  was  minister  in  1754,  and  is  said  to 

have  filled  the  situation  about  20  years. 

6.  Robert  Trotter  was  born  at  Melros  in  1731,  studied 
in  Edinburgh,  was  chosen  minister  here  in  1757,  died  in 
1807,  and  was  buried  at  Melros,  where  a  monument  in* 
scribed... Pietas  filialis  optimo  parentum... marks  his 
grave.  Mr  Trotter  was  an  amiable  and  excellent  pas- 
tor ;  and  several  times  refused  situations  in  England 

20, 1728,  already  quoted,  he  says,  "  I  sent  Mr  Mark  to  Meywood 
(and  a  wretched  way  he  had  to*  it)  who  tells  me  that  there 
seems  to  be  one  side  or  more  of  a  station  remaining,  and  other 
ruins ;"  and  again,  "  Mr  Mark  discovered  a  Roman  encamp- 
ment, at  least,  if  not  a  station,  with  a  military  way,  very  visi- 
ble near  a  place  called  Clero,  or  Clethro;  but  I  have  not  yet  had 
the  exact  distances  from  him."  And,  from  London,  July  30, 
in  the  same  year — "  If  Fetherwood,"  in  Redesdale,  "  be  omit- 
ted in  the  map,  it  must  be  by  mistake,  because,  if  1  rightly 
remember,  I  saw  the  observations  with  relation  to  it  which 
Mr  Mark  had  taken  in  the  survey  book." 


MORPETH  PARISH. CHURCHES  AND  CHAPELS,  MILLS,  &c. 


and  benefices  in  Scotland  of  greater  emoluments  than 
this,  rather  than  leave  a  congregation  by  which  he  was 
highly  respected,  and  for  which  he  had  a  deep  regard. 
He  married  a  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Thos.  Akenhead, 
of  Whitelee,  in  Redesdale,  (See  II.  i.,  136,  148,)  by 
whom  he  left  issue  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. : 
John  Spottiswode,  a  captain  in  the  East  India  Company's 
service,  died  at  Rangoon  during  the  Burmese  war; 
Thomas,  a  staff-surgeon  in  the  same  service,  died  at 
Masulipatam ;  Robert,  a  surgeon  in  North  Shields ; 
and  Thomas,  a  physician  in  Morpeth.  His  youngest 
daughter,  Margaret,  married  William  Pawson,  Esq.,  of 
Shawdon. 

7-  George  Atkin,  elected  in  1 807,  died 

8.  Matthew  Brown  stood  a  contest  for  the  situation 
with  Thos.  Wood,  and  was  chosen  by  a  small  majority 
of  the  congregation.  This  contest  caused  a  schism,  the 
minority  of  which  built  the 

Independent  Chapel,  and  chose  Mr  Wood  for  their 
minister;  he,  however,  did  not  receive  ordination  on  the 
occasion,  but  left  Morpeth  in  1830. 

The  Methodists  have  a  Chapel  in  Manchester  Lane, 
which  was  built  in  1822,  where  they  had  one  for  some 
time  before  that  year;  but  they  are  not  a  numerous 
body  here,  having  never  exceeded  70  persons. 

The  MECHANICAL  AND  SCIENTIFIC  INSTITUTION 
of  Morpeth  was  established  in  1825.  The  earl  of  Car- 
lisle is  its  official  patron;  and  sir  J.  E.  Swinburne,  bart., 
its  president.  Its  apartments  are  in  the  Scotch  Arms 
yard.  In  1830,  its  library  contained  721  volumes,  its 
members  were  142,  and  the  subscriptions  to  it  £51  5s. 
ll^d.  Mankind  may,  in  conformity  to  the  first  divine 
command,  increase  and  multiply  upon  the  earth;  but  they 
can  never  either  subdue  it,  or  the  natural  evils  that  wait 
on  ignorance,  till  the  labouring  classes  amongst  them 
derive  from  science  artificial  means  of  lessening  their 
labour,  till  they  be  taught  from  infancy  to  reason  and 
think,  to  read  and  search  after  truth  in  all  subjects,  and 
in  the  nature  of  all  things :  till  their  minds  become 
active,  religious,  and  moral;  and  till  well-instructed 
industry  drives  wickedness  and  misery  from  the  earth, 
and  makes  every  palace  and  every  cottage  the  abode  of 
wisdom,  happiness,  and  comfort :  and  institutions  of  this 
kind  have  a  direct  tendency  to  spread  these  great  bless- 
ings over  the  world. 

MEREDEN  was  the  third  rivulet  that   crossed   the 

southern  boundary  of  the  endowment  land  of  Newmin- 

ster  Abbey,  as  it  passed  westward  along  the  brow  of  the 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  5 


Wansbeck.  In  1389,  it  is  described  as  a  green  letch 
adjoining  Barkerfield,  and  coming  from  a  way  that  led 
to  Aldeworth-grange.  Merden  Flat  and  Barcarfield 
seem  to  be  ground  included  in  the  grant  of  common  of 
pasture  on  the  lords'  stubbles,  printed  under  1239,  as 
appears  by  the  award  of  lord  Greystock  in  1 470,  but 
upon  which  the  town,  in  that  year,  according  to  the 
same  award,  relinquished  all  claim. 

MILLS — The  burgesses  of  Morpeth  bound  themselves 
and  their  heirs,  in  1282,  not  to  grind  the  corn  which 
grew  upon  the  land  which  they  farmed  of  William,  son 
of  Thomas  de  Greystock  anywhere  but  at  the  mill  of 
Morpeth.  This  was  the  Manor  Mill  of  Morpeth,  and 
still  remains  upon  its  original  site,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Wansbeck,  and  at  the  east  end  of  the  town. 

The  East  Water  Mill  is  on  the  same  side  of  the  river 
as  the  Manor  Mill,  and  both  belong  to  lord  Carlisle. 

The  Abbey  Mills  belong  to  Mr  Ord,  and  are  upon  the 
demesne  lands  of  Newminster  Abbey.  They  consist  of 
a  water-corn  and  fulling  mill.  Traces  of  an  antient  mill- 
race  reach  from  an  old  house,  a  little  distant  from  the 
north-west  corner  of  the  abbey,  to  some  distance  further 
up  the  river  than  the  wear-head  of  the  present  mills. 

The  Steam  Mills  for  grinding  corn  are,  one  of  14-horse 
power,  at  the  east  end  of  the  town,  belonging  to  Mr 
Wealleans ;  a  small  one,  in  the  Back-riggs,  belonging  to 
Mr  Kyle  ;  and  another  small  one,  in  Bowle's-green,  the 
property  of  William  Shotton  :  besides  which,  there  are 
two  Fulling  Mills,  rented  of  lord  Carlisle, — one  on  the 
Low  Stanners,  and  the  other  on  the  Park-house  banks. 

MORPETH — Horsley,  in  a  loose  leaf  of  MS.  heads 
for  a  history  of  this  county,  has  this  minute  : — "  Felton 
and  Morton — names  of  persons  and  towns — a  town  on 
the  fell  or  moor,  or  way  to  it."  But  the  first  part  of 
this  place  was,  I  apprehend,  the  castle,  church,  and 
hamlet  that  stands  between  them,  all  of  which  are  situ- 
ated among  a  cluster  of  hills — from  which  the  place 
might  obtain  its  name ;  for  mon,  in  Saxon,  signifies  a 
hill,  as  well  as  a  heath  or  wild  waste. 

MORPETH  CASTLE  and  STOBB-HILL  form  a  township 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  poor ;  but  the  township  of 
Morpeth  contributes  with  it  pari  passu  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  a  part  of  its  highways.  The  Stob-hill  ground 
lies  to  the  south  of  the  castle,  on  the  way  towards  Bed- 
lington. 

NEWMINSTER  ABBEY  is  a  township  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  its  own  poor,  and  is  comprised  of  the  antient 
demesne  and  other  contiguous  lands  on  the  south  side 

Y 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


of  the  Wansbeck,  which  formerly  belonged  to  the  Ab- 
bey, from  which  it  derives  its  name,  and  at  present  to 
Wm.  Ord,  esq.,  M.  P.  for  Morpeth.  The  High-house, 
on  the  bank  just  south  of  the  abbey,  was  at  one  time 
tenanted  by  the  Loraines,  of  Kirkharle ;  who  also,  at 
another  time,  resided  at  Mitford,  where  some  of  them 
were  born,  and  others  buried.  The  wooden-bridge 
leading  from  Morpeth  to  Newminster  Abbey  was  built 
by  William  Ord,  esq. 

NEWGATE  is  a  street  which  runs  from  the  Market- 
place to  the  north  end  of  the  town  at  Bowle's-green 
Cross.  Its  name  first  occurs  in  the  town's  records  in 
1361 :  then  again  in  1362  and  1364.  But  I  have  before 
conjectured  that  it  was  built  on  the  North  Field,  about 
the  time  that  the  town  obtained  a  charter  for  a  market. 
(See  above,  422 ;  and  in  Annals  below,  under  1239.) 
Houses  are  mentioned  in  1380, 1391,  1416,  1417,  1440, 
1447,  on  its  east  side ;  and,  on  the  west  side,  in  1421, 
1443,  1464,  and  1469.  It  had  a  place  in  it  called  The 
Law,  already  mentioned  ;  and  a  stone-built  tenement  in 
it,  adjoining  one  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the 
north,  and  one  of  Roger  Swinburne  on  the  south,  is 
noticed  in  1533. 

OLDGATE,  a  street  in  Morpeth,  extends  from  the 
Market-place  westward  to  the  chain-bridge  over  the 
river.  In  1402,  a  waste  messuage  in  Aldgate,  was 
bounded  on  the  east  by  ground  of  the  abbot  of  New- 
minster. Henry  Bewick,  in  1426,  had  a  house  in  it, 
which,  on  the  east,  adjoined  one  that  belonged  to  the 
chapel  of  Morpeth,  and  had  premises  of  John  Fawcus 
on  the  west,  and  extended  to  ground  of  the  abbot  of 
Newminster,  I  suppose,  on  the  north.  A  house,  on  the 
south  side  of  Aldgate,  in  1456,  had  property  of  the  same 
abbot  on  its  west  side,  and  of  John  Ward  on  its  east. 
Tenements  in  it  are  noticed  in  the  Annals  in  1472, 
1490,  1507,  1526,  and  1529;  and  a  barn  in  1478.  In 
1495,  William  Bewick,  of  Morpeth,  leased  a  burgage  in 
Aldworth  "  cloysed"  in  between  tenements  of  Cuthbert 
Heron  and  George  Rychester.  The  deed  of  Dec.  14, 
1505,  gives  a  curious  specification  for  building  a  back- 
house here  ;  and  a  burgage  in  it  is  described,  in  1531,  as 
bounded  on  the  west  by  the  chantry  lands  of  St.  George 
the  Martyr,  in  the  parish  church  of  Morpeth,  and  by 
those  of  the  lord  of  Meldon  on  the  east,  on  the  south 
by  the  highway,  and  on  the  north  by  "  Bewykis"  lands. 
It  is  again  mentioned  in  1546 ;  and,  in  1559,  the  cor- 
poration let  a  house  on  the  north  side  of  Holdgait  for 
80  years,  and  in  1578  made  a  grant  of  2|  roods  of  land 


on  the  south  side  "  Nether  Oldgaiet,"  between  Baye's 
lands  on  the  east  and  the  water  of  Wansbeck  on  the 
west,  which  must,  I  think,  be  the  terrace  and  garden 
which  belonged  to  the  house  in  which  the  patient,  patri- 
otic, and  magnanimous  lord  Collingwood  occasionally 
resided  in  this  street. 

The  OLD  MOTE  is  mentioned,  in  1441,  as  having 
under  it  two  roods  of  land  which  extended  from  the 
street  called  Pitgate  in  front  to  the  land  of  the  chantry 
of  St.  Mary  behind,  and  being  bounded  by  other  pro- 
perty on  the  north  and  south.  It  was,  I  think,  some  an« 
tient  appendage  to  the  castle. 

P^ANS,  see  Maps. 

PETHGATE  is  mentioned  in  a  deed  in  1384.  Perhaps 
it  was  the  same  as  is  called  Pitgate  in  1441,  the  street 
going  south  from  the  bridge,  and  turning  eastward  to- 
wards the  tenement  called  Goose-hill.  In  the  Plan 
of  1603,  it  is  called  Pethgate ;  that  turning  from  it  to 
the  west  "  Hilgate ;"  and  that  going  southward,  past 
the  present  gaol,  is,  I  think,  Castle-street,  but  the  writ- 
ing  on  the  Plan  is  so  small,  and  done  with  such  pale 
ink,  that  in  places  it  is  almost  illegible. 

PRIESTLEY  occurs  in  the  foundation  deed  of  New- 
minster Abbey  as  the  name  of  some  ground  on  the  side 
of  Cottingburn,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  town  of 
Morpeth. 

PYE,  The  Family  of,  were  old  and  respectable  inha- 
bitants of  this  town.    Richard  Pye  was  a  bailiff  of  Mor- 
peth in  1580  and  1584  ;  John  Pye  in  1595,  1602,  1607, 
and  1612 ;  Thomas  Pye  in  1628  and  1646  ;  John  Pye 
in  1632  and  164?  ;  Francis  Pye  in  1656,  and  other  suc- 
ceeding years.     Three  of  the  name  of  John  Pye  were 
rectors  o£  Morpeth  in  the  seventeenth  century.  A  lady 
of  the  family,  Jane  Pye,  according  to  a  note  of  Spear- 
man, was  executed  for  witchcraft  in  1658.     "  Her  son 
was  a  surrogate  at  Durham,  (?)  and  his  daughter  or 
niece  married  the  rev.  Major  Algood,  rector  of  Simon- 
burn."    But  I  have  Mr  S.'s  account  of  this  execution 
from  Mrs  Pye's  descendants  in  very  different  forms. 
It  is  certain,  however,  that  the  present  Queen's  Head 
inn,  in  Bridge-street,  in  this   town,  belonged  to  this 
family.      Their  arms,  ermine   a  bend  lozengy  gules 
quartering  ......  on  a  cheveron  between  three  ...  heads 

erased  three  cinquefoils,  with  the  date  1656,  are  in 
stucco  in  the  ceiling  of  the  dining-room.  The  heiress 
of  the  family,  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  John  Pye  and  Anne, 
daur.  of  Thos.  Marr,  married  Geo.  Monree,  esq.,  a  major 
in  the  army,  and  left  it  by  will  to  her  husband,  who  sold 


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it  to  Mr  Geo.  Nelson,  by  whom  it  was  conveyed  to  the 
Sunderlands,  its  present  proprietors  and  occupiers.*  In 
a  lease  and  release  of  the  premises,  in  1?1 9,  between  Mr 
Francis  Young,  who  had  a  mortgage  upon  them,  and 
Mr  Thomas  Pye,  they  are  called  the  Post-house.  The 
family  of  Pye  had  also  a  house  in  the  Market-place, 
which  had  the  "Wansbeck  for  its  southern  boundary,  and 
which  was  purchased  in  1632  by  Judith,  wife  of  John 
Pye,  for  the  use  of  her  and  her  heirs;  and,  in  1654, 
John  Pye,  of  Morpeth,  clerk,  and  Thomas  Pye,  of  Els- 
den,  clerk,  sold  it  to  Michael  Widdrington.  In  1690, 
Thomas  Widdrington,  of  Morpeth,  gent.,  conveyed  it 
to  Robert  Mitford,  of  the  same  place,  merchant,  who, 
in  1693,  transferred  it  to  William  Aynsley,  of  Bram- 
ford,  in  Middlesex,  whose  son  Mark  Aynsley,  of  Gal- 
low-hill,  in  1725,  sold  it  to  John  Wilkinson,  of  Morpeth, 
merchant,  for  £280,  in  trust  for  James  Fen  wick,  of 
Morpeth,  gentleman.  This  John  Wilkinson  married 
Barbara,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  William  Wilson,  of 
Longframlington  ;  and  had  issue  one  son  William,  who 
died  intestate  22nd  Nov.  1728,  and  two  daughters,  Bar- 
bara, the  elder  of  whom  married  John  Challoner,  of 
Morpeth,  and  had  issue.  Catharine,  the  2nd  daughter, 
who  was  born  Dec.  27,  1697,  and  died  intestate  20th 
Jan.  1773,  married  about  the  year  1?20,  the  above- 
named  James  Fen  wick,  an  apothecary  in  Morpeth,  by 
whom  she  had  a  son  named  John  Fen  wick,  M.D.,  who 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Thornton,  of  Nether- 
witton,  and  died  Dec.  23,  1783,  his  will  being  dated  on 
the  8th  of  the  same  month.  His  wife  died  Nov.  9, 1773. 
The  issue  of  this  last  marriage  was  two  sons,  viz. : — 
1.  James  Fen  wick,  esq.,  M.D.,  now  of  Longwitton,  who 
married  Jane  Manners,  of  Longframlington,  a  descend- 
ant of  the  great  family  of  Manners,  of  Etal,  by  whom 
she  had  issue : — 1.  John  Manners,  born  at  Charlton- 
hall,  May  16,  1796.  2.  William,  also  born  at  Charlton- 
hall,  August  14,  1797-  3.  James  Thomas,  born  at  Bam- 
burgh,  June  15,  1799.  4.  Edward,  born  at  Alnwick, 
Oct.  7,  1800.  5.  Thornton,  born  at  Croft,  in  York- 
shire, April  2,  1803.  6.  Thomas,  born  June  9 ;  and  7, 
Jane,  born  June  10,  1804,  at  Croft,  where  Jane  died 


*  Francis  Pye,  in  1692,  mortgaged  these  premises  to  Su- 
sannah Bland,  from  whom  they  passed,  under  conditions  of 
redemption  by  Francis  and  John  Pye,  to  Robert  Bewick, 
whose  ex'or,  the  rev.  Benjamin  Bewick,  in  1720,  transferred 
them  to  Thomas  Pye,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Green,  and  by  her  had  a  daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Major 
Monroe,  as  above. 


June  15,  and  was  buried :  Thomas  died  May  7,  1825. 
8.  Jane,  the  eighth  child,  was  born  at  Longwitton,  Sep. 
1805.  9.  Manners,  born  at  Longwilton,  July  24,  1808. 

The  RACES  of  Morpeth  are  holden  on  Cottingwood, 
by  permission  of  lord  Carlisle,  four  days  annually,  from 
Tuesday  to  Friday  in  the  first  week  of  September,  and 
are  supported  by  subscription,  to  which  the  members  in 
parliament  for  the  town  usually  have  given  £25.  They 
were  advertised  in  the  Newcastle  Courant  in  1746,  to 
be  holden  on  the  same  ground.  The  race-course  is 
2,036  yards  in  circuit. 

RENNALD'S  GREEN,  or  as  it  is  called  in  1542,  Ren- 
nesse  (Renny's)  Green,  was  on  the  south-east  side  of 
Morpeth,  and  near  the  Allery-banks. 

RUTHDIKE,  in  deed,  No.  3,  1283,  is  mentioned  as  in 
Morpeth  Field,  which  was  on  the  south  side  of  Morpeth. 
In  1296  it  is  written  Rutdike,  and  appears  to  have  been 
near  Wencherleyway.  The  Ruthedike  also  occurs  in 
the  thirteenth  century  as  a  boundary  between  Ray  and 
Whelpington.  Dikes  were  also  frequently,  I  apprehend, 
formed  as  track-ways ;  and  in  a  memorandum  among 
Horsley's  papers,  in  the  hand-writing,  I  think,  of  John 
Cay,  steward  of  the  marshalsea,  there  is  this  notice  of  a 
dyke  which  passed  by  Morpeth  : — "  There  is  a  large 
rampart  and  ditch  that  goes  through  Harterton-fell, 
called  the  Blackdike,  which  they  say  passes  from  between 
the  head  of  North  Tyne  and  the  sea-side  east  of  Mor- 
path,  and  goes  by  the  Morpeth  Loaning-end,  north  of 
the  town."  The  black-dyke,  which  ran  north  and  south 
through  the  county,  and  crossed  the  Roman  Wall  at 
Busy-gap,  is  marked  upon  Kitchen's  Map  of  Northum- 
berland ;  and  before  the  commons  of  the  county  began 
to  be  so  extensively  enclosed,  about  a  century  since,  was 
commonly  used  as  a  drift-way  out  of  Scotland.  Chalmers, 
in  his  Caledonia,  has  an  account  how  it  crosses  that 
country.  The  different  dikes,  called  Grime's,  or  Graham's 
dykes,  in  England  and  Scotland,  probably  also,  as  Hors- 
ley  in  his  Britannia  conjectures,  have  their  names  from 
their  aggers  over  the  moors  being  of  a  grimey  or  black 
colour. — (Brit.  Rom.  p.  173.) 

The  RYDYNG  occurs  in  a  deed  in  1417,  and  was  pro- 
bably some  plot  of  ground  on  the  north-east  side  of  the 
town.  Places  of  its  name  were  lands  that  had  been 
assarted  or  ridded  of  wood. 

SAVINGS  BANK. — This  wise  and  prudent  institution 
was  established  in  1816,  under  the  patronage  and  trust 
of  the  duke  of  Portland,  sir  C.  M.  L.  M.  Monck,  bart., 
and  W.  Ord,  esq.,  M.  P. ;  since  which  time  the  number 


452 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


of  trustees  have  been  increased;  and,  in  1829,  a  piece  of 
ground  on  the  Back-riggs  was  purchased,  and  a  neat 
and  commodious  building  erected  upon  it,  in  which  the 
business  of  the  bank  is  now  transacted.  The  ground 
and  building  were  paid  for  out  of  the  principal  and  in- 
terest of  the  foundation  fund,  which  was  raised  by  sub- 
scription. The  following  table  exhibits  a  brief  statement 
of  its  accounts  since  its  commencement : — 


In 

Sums  deposited. 

Sums  withdrawn, 
and  interest  paid. 

Number  of 
Depositors. 

£.      s.      d. 

£.       s.     d. 

April,  1817, 

1,495  11     0 

27    0    0 

85 

April,  1818, 

2,811  10    9 

74  14    6 

113 

April,  1819, 

3,541     6    0 

351  12    3 

April,  1820, 

2,200    2    6 

904    4    0 

April,  1821, 

1,915  19    9 

904  12    0 

Jan.    1822, 

2,133  17    6 

796    5    9 

Jan.    1823, 

4,107    1    3 

1,182  16    2 

341 

Jan.     1824, 

5,921  19    4 

1,974     1     5 

488 

Nov     1824, 

6,100    7    3 

2,329  17    9 

501 

Nov     1825, 

5,535    0    3 

3,679    5  11 

579 

Nov     1826, 

4,711     9    0 

3,660    4    7 

615 

Nov     1827, 

4,479    7    0 

3,083    5    2 

650 

Nov     1828, 

4,684    8    4 

3,993  12    9 

721 

Nov     1829, 

4,694    4-    7 

5,865    9    6 

716 

Nov.    1830, 

3,288    4    3 

5,134  12    8 

700 

SCHALDFEN  formerly  had  a  considerable  wood  in  it, 
and  was  bounded,  as  I  suppose,  on  the  north  by  the 
"Wansbeck,  on  the  east  by  the  parish  of  Bedlington,  and 
on  the  south  and  west  by  the  road  to  Newbigging  and 
the  East  Park.  Its  name  is  still  retained  in  the  farm- 
house called  Shadfen.  The  mill  of  Plessey  had  liberty 
from  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  to  have  wood  out  of 
it  for  its  repairs. 

SHILVINGTON*  may  have  its  name  from  lying,  as  it 
does,  in  a  shelving  or  sloping  position.  The  whole  town- 
ship contains  about  1426  acres.  This  retired  place  is 
seated  on  good  soil,  and  wants  only  more  trees  and  po- 
pulation to  shelter  and  enliven  it.  It  is  about  4*  miles 
from  Morpeth,  and  it  and  Twizle  form  the  most  south- 
erly part  of  this  extensive  and  borough-favoured  parish. 
The  village  consists  of  seven  cottages  lying  east  and 
west  on  the  road  from  Saltwick  to  Whalton.  The  cot- 
tages stand  in  gardens,  some  of  which  are  pretty,  half 
orchard,  and  half  kale  yard.  A  field  just  east  of  the 
village,  and  having  a  lane  on  its  north  and  west  sides, 
is  called  The  Chapel  Yards  in  the  survey  of  the  town- 
ship in  lord  Oxford's  time  and  to  the  present  day.  It 
is  all  over  lined  and  spotted  with  turf-covered  casts  and 
old  mentions  of  walls  and  dykes ;  and  the  villagers  point 
out  a  green  rise,  near  the  north-west  corner  of  it,  as  the 
site  of  the  chapel ; — and  when  the  distance  at  which  this 

*  In  1240,  it  is  spelled  SchilUngton  and  Schttlingdon,  and  after 
that  time  it  is  not  unfrequently  written  Slielmenton. 


place  and  Twizle  are  from  Morpeth  church  is  consider- 
ed, one  cannot  wonder  that  its  old  lords  had  a  place  of 
worship  at  it,  though  I  have  no  where  seen  any  account 
of  such  an  institution  having  ever  existed  here.  Of  its 
antient  Mill,  out  of  which  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  in 
the  time  of  Henry  III.,  had  a  grant  of  a  rent  of  20s.  a 
year,  I  have  also  seen  no  account :  its  grinders  have  long 
ceased.  The  Watch-hill,  a  farm-house  to  the  north  of 
the  village,  probably  had  its  name  from  having  been  one 
of  the  stations  upon  which,  between  Kirkley  Mill  and 
Mitford,  the  memorable  order  of  lord  Wharton,  in  1552, 
directed  a  nightly  watch  to  be  kept.  This  township  was 
a  manor  in  the  Merlay  barony,  and  in  1240  was  holden 
of  it  by  half  a  knight's  fee  by  sir  Hugh  Gubium,-j-  whose 

f  There  is  great  difficulty  in  distinguishing  the  Gubiums  or 
Gobyons  of  the  south  of  England,  where  they  had  considerable 
possessions,  from  the  family  of  the  same  name  which  were 
settled  here.  Possibly  they  were  the  same  family,  or  very 
near  relations.  The  first  of  the  following  statements  localizes 
them  in  the  south — the  second  in  Northumberland :  both  of 
them  may  contain  wrong  conjectures,  which  further  research 
and  better  information  than  I  am  possessed  of  may  set  right. 

1.  PEDIGREE  OF  GUBIUM,  OF  NORTHAMPTON, 
BEDFORD,  AND  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

I. — Hugh  Gobyon  died  53  Hen.  III.,  1268-9,  possessed  ofr5 
lands  in  Knaptofte,  Redesdale,  and  Moseley,  in  Leicestershire. 
—(Col.  Inq.  p.  m.  i.  32.) 


II. — Hugh  Gubyun,  in  1275,  died  seizedTMaud  Gobyun  and 
of  lands  in  Northampton  ;  of  Knaptofte,    '•""  *"•"'— "J  «-~»- 
in  Leicestershire ;  and  of  Stratley  &  He- 
tham,  in  Bedfordshire.— ( Cal.  Inq   p.  m. 
i,  54;  see  also  Rot.  Hundr.  it.  1.) 


her  husband  Hugh, 
parties  in  a  suit  at 
Northampton    in 
1272. 


III.— Richard  Gobyon,  in  1275,  did  fealty-rElizabeth,  wife  of 


to  the  king  for  the  lands  which  belonged 
to  his  father  Hugh  Gobyon,  then  deceased. 
— (Rot.  Orig.  i.  23.)  He  died  in  1301,  pos- 
sessed of  lands  in  Northampton,  Bedford- 
shire, &  Leicestershire,  of  which  his  father 
had  died  seized. — (Cal.  Inq.  p.  m.  i.  169.) 


Hugh  Gobyon,  & 
moth,  of  Hawise, 
wife  of  Ralph  the 

Botiller (Rot. 

Orig.  i.  115.) 


IV. — Ralph  le  Botiller  &  Hawise  his^Hawise,  wife  of  Ralph 
wife  did  fealty  to  the  king,  in  1301,     le  Botiller,  and  daur. 
for  lands  in  Northampton. — (Rut.     of  Richard  Gobyon. 
Orig.  i.  115.) 

2.  PEDIGREE  OF  GUBIUM,  OR  GOBION,  OF 
SHILVINGTON. 

I. — SIR  WALTER  GUBIUM,  in  a  pedigree  of  the  Ogle  family 
made  out  by  Mr  Fenwick,  of  Bedlington,  is  stated  to  have 
t>een  father  of  Hugh  Gubium,  who  was  sheriff  of  Northum- 
berland. 

II. — SIR  HUGH  GUBIUM,  about  the  year  1240,  held  Shilviiig- 
ton  of  the  barony  of  Roger  de  Merlay,  to  one  of  whose  charters 
;o  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth  he  occurs  as  a  witness.  According 


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great  grand-daughter  is  said  to  have  carried  it  by  mar- 
riage to  sir  Robert  Ogle,  of  Ogle,  knight,  from  whom  it 
came  by  direct  lineal  descent  to  the  late  duke  of  Port- 
land, who  alienated  it  with  the  rest  of  the  contiguous 
Ogle  estates  to  Thomas  Browne,  esq.,  a  merchant  in 
.London,  from  whom  they  passed  by  purchase,  in  1830, 
to  the  rev.  John  Saville  Ogle,  of  Kirkley,  a  prebendary 
of  Durham,  and  a  descendant  of  the  antient  family  of 
Ogle,  of  Ogle  Castle,  which  long  extinct  style  he  has 
thus  revived  in  himself  and  obtained  for  his  descend- 
ants.  I  have  room  for  only  a  very  few  historical  notices 
respecting  this  place.  In  1348  John  Ogle  arid  John 
Mauduit  had,  by  the  division  of  sir  Roger  Mauduit, 
knight,  all  that  purparty  of  the  manor  of  Shilvington 
during  the  life  of  the  said  Roger  which  had  formerly 
belonged  to  Mary  de  Belshou  ;  and,  in  1350,  sir  John 
de  Ogle  granted  all  his  lands  in  the  same  place  to  Ro- 
bert Ogle,  senior. — (II.  i.  389.)  Hugh  Gubium,  knight, 
lord  of  Shilvington,  was  succeeded  in  his  office  of  sheriff' 
for  Northumberland,  in  1296,  by  sir  John  de  Kirkeby  ; 
and,  in  that  year,  gave  to  William  de  Saltwick  a  way 
for  his  men  and  beasts  over  Shilvington  Moor,  from  the 

to  old  pedigrees  of  the  Ogle  family  he  married  JOAN,  daughter 
of  Michael  Morrel,  of  Middleton  Morrel  and  Long  Wltton ; 
and  had  two  sons,  sir  Hugh  and  Alexander,  both  slain  in  the 
Scotch  wars.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  siege  of  North- 
ampton in  1264. — (Tuiisden's  X.  Script.  2148.) 

III. — RICHARD  GUBIUM  gave  a  rent  of  20s.  a  year  out  of 
the  mill  of  Shilvington  to  the  monks  of  Newminster. — (Above, 
p.  415.) 

IV. — SIR  HUGH  GUBIUM  confirmed  his  father's  grant  of  20s. 
a  year  to  the  monks  of  Newminster.  In  1280,  he  was  secu- 
rity to  a  deed  respecting  Callaley  and  Yetlington ;  was  upon  a 
jury  at  Tinmouth  in  1291 ;  sheriff  of  Northumberland  from 
1292  to  1295.  His  name  also  occurs  on  the  record  of  the  trial, 
in  1293,  about  burning  the  house  of  Agnes  de  Benrigg,  at 
Mitford ;  and  on  the  list  of  mayors  of  Newcastle  in  1294.  In 
the  latter  year  he  was  also  directed  to  make  an  inventory  of 
the  military  and  other  stores  in  Bamborough  Castle  (HI.  it. 
289) ;  and  excused,  no  doubt  as  sheriff  of  the  county,  from 
attending  the  king  into  France.  Also  at  Christmas,  in 
this  year,  he  and  Roger  Gubium  tested  a  deed  dated  at 
Ogle — (II.  i.  387.)  In  1296,  he  granted  to  William  of  Salt- 
wick,  a  road  over  Shilvington  Moor  from  Saltwick,  and  thence 
to  the  moor  of  Trenwell.  In  1301,  he  was  a  commissioner 
for  levying-  foot  soldiers  in  Northumberland ;  and,  in  the  fol- 
lowing year,  a  knight  of  the  shire  for  the  same  county. — 
(Palgrave.)  He  died  before  1317,  as  his  heirs  in  that  year  are 
represented  as  holding  Shilvington  of  the  lords  of  Morpeth  by 
half  a  knight's  fee  and  suit  of  court. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  11.) 

V. — MARGARET,  daughter  and  heir  of  sir  Hugh  Gubium, 
married  sir  Robert  Ogle,  by  which  match  he  acquired  the 
manors  of  Shilvington  and  Middleton  Morrel. 

PART  II.  VOL,  II.  5 


ville  of  Saltwick  as  far  as  the  moor  of  Tranwell.  .  The 
extract  from  the  Ogle  deeds,  by  Dodsworth,  respecting 
this  transaction  is  as  follows : — "  Omib9  hoc  scriptum  vi- 
suris  vel  audit'  Hugo  Gubiun  miles  cms  de  Schilvington 
saltm...Noverit  me  dedisse  Wittmo  de  Saltwyke  quan- 
dam  viam  in  mora  de  Schilvington  eunct  de  villa  de 
Saltwyke  cum  hominibs  suis  1  bestiis  suis  de  Saltwick 
usque  ad  moram  de  Trenwell,  &c.  Test,  ctnis  Johne  de 
Kirkeby  vie.  Northumfc  .  RoK  de  Somerville  milit." 
The  same  collection  also  contains  two  deeds,  dated  in 
1331,  between  Thomas  Steward,  lord  of  a  moiety  of  this 
manor,  and  Robert  de  Heppale,  the  extracts  from  which 
are  given  in  II.  i,  p.  382 }  and  the  same  MSS.  contain 
an  extract  of  a  deed  dated  at  Shilvington  in  1360,  and 
numerously  signed,  by  which  Thomas  de  Fenwick  and 
Joan  his  wife  gave  to  Robert  de  Ogle  and  his  heirs  one- 
twelfth  part  of  this  manor. 

STANBRIG  was  on  the  king's  highway  south  of  Mor- 
peth, and  in  Morpeth  Field,  probably  over  the  Catch- 
burn. 

STANIFLAT,  like  Berehaugh,  was  a  culture  of  land 
upon  which  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  gave  to  the  free 
burgesses  of  Morpeth  16  tofts,  which  laid  between  Cot- 
tingburn  and  the  Monksway  on  the  east  side,  and  4  tofts 
between  Cottingburn  and  the  same  way  on  the  west 
side. — (Annals,  1239.)  A  burgage  upon  it,  near  Cot. 
tingburn,  is  mentioned  in  1330  ;  and  a  "  borrow-land" 
on  Stanyflat,  in  1357,  abutted  on  the  west  with  Cotting- 
burn, and  on  the  east  was  near  the  way  that  led  to  the 
quarry  of  Morpeth.  South  Stanyflat  is  mentioned  in 
1363.  Two  roods  of  land,  in  1380,  had  their  ends 
abutting  on  Cottingburn  and  the  king's  highway  leading 
to  Bothal.  There  was  a  bark-house  upon  it  in  1453. 
This  was  the  name  of  the  land  which  lies  north  of 
Bridge-street  and  east  of  Newgate,  and  is  at  present 
called  the  Back-rigs. 

STANNERS,  THE  HIGH  AND  Low,  are  two  parcels  of 
uninclosed  ground  by  the  side  of  the  Wansbeck.  The 
High  Stanners  is  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  between 
the  Stepping-stones,  at  Bowle's-green,  and  the  Chain, 
bridge,  and  is  much  covered  with  sand  and  gravel.  The 
Low  Stanners  is  on  the  north  side  of  the  first  turn  of  the 
river  below  the  town,  and  seems  to  have  long  served  as 
a  place  for  laying  rubbish  in.  Persons  condemned. to 
death  at  the  county  assizes  are  commonly  executed  here. 
Both  of  these  waste  tracts  of  ground,  perhaps,  have  had 
their  names  from  having  had  gravel  heaps  thrown  upon 
them  by -floods, 

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STOBHIC.L  is  a  hamlet  on  the  road  to  Newbigging 
at*Miedlhigt<m,  and  with  the  hamlet  of  Morpeth  Castle 
makes  one  township,  which,  in  the  new  division  of  the 
•wards  of  -the  county,  is  in  the  west  division  of  Morpeth 
ward,  and  assessed  to  county  rate  on  a  rental  of  £2,612 
a  year. 

STHKETS — of  which  the 'name  of  Hellegate  first  oc- 
curs in  -the  Town's  Hutch.  The  main  street  from  the 
bridge  to  Bowle's-green  Cross  was  formerly  very  hog- 
backed,  and  paved  ;  !but,  in  1830,  was  macadamized  by 
lord  Carlisle,  who,  as  lord  of  the  manor,  bears  the  onus 
of  repairing  it. 

ST  VRDTSIDE  was  -  in  Morpeth  Field,  south  of  Mor- 
peth, and  is  mentioned  in  Annals,  1283,  No.  5.  It  is 
included  with  Catchburn  in  the  survey  of  1603. 

SWIHIHTRNE,  THE  FAMILY  OF,  had  property  in  this 
town.  A  tenement  on  the  north  side  of  Bryge-street  is 
mentioned  in  1426  as  bounded  by  the  Market-steads  on 
the  west,  and  by  Swinburne  lands  on  the  east.  Thomas 
Swinburne,  of  Nafferton,  in  1493,  granted  away  a  waste 
boundering  on  the  highway  on  the  west,  and  Winshele- 
way  on  the  east.  Edward  Swinburne  tested  a  deed  in 
1520 ;  and  land  of  Roger  Swinburne,  in  Newgate,  is 
mentioned  in  1533. 

LYDGATE  is  mentioned  in  1453,  and  seems  to  have 
been  a  back  street,  behind  Bridge-street  or  Newgate. 

TANKING,  in  former  times,  was  the  most  staple  and 
important  trade  of  this  town,  and  still  continues  to  be 
so,  owing  perhaps  in  some  degree  to  the  quantity  of  oak 
wood  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  the  consequent  facility 
of  procuring  oak  bark. 

THE  TERRACE,  a  small  square  plot  of  ground,  is  on 
Berehaugh,  on  the  northern  brink  of  the  river,  just  east 
of  the  Manor  Mill.  It  was  inclosed,  and  had  walks 
made  in  it  for  the  purpose  of  a  public  promenade,  at  the 
expense  of  lord  Carlisle  and  the  corporation  of  Morpeth, 
only  a  few  years  since. 

The  TOWN  HALL  is  chiefly  remarkable  for  having 
been  built  from  a  design  of  sir  John  Vanburgh.  Its 
ftont  is  done  in  French  rustics,  and  with  surmounted 
turrets ;  and  its  interior  consists  of  one  room  on  the 
ground  floor,  which  has  arched  openings  to  the  main- 
street  closed  with  an  iron-gate  and  iron-railing,  and  is 
sometimes  used  as  a  theatre ;  and  two  rooms  above — 
the  larger  of  which,  till  the  building  of  the  new  gaol, 
was  used  as  a  county  sessions  house  ;  and  is  still,  as  the 
manorial  and  town  court-house,  the  guild-hall  for  the 
town,  and  public  ball-room.  In  the  smaller  room  is  kept 


the  Town's  Hutch,  a  large  oaken  chest  with  seven  locks, 
of  which  the  seven  aldermen  of  the  town  are  the  seven 
clavigeri,  each  of  them  having  the  custody  of  one  key.* 
In  this  chest  the  charters,  books,  papers,  and  plate  of 
the  corporation  are  preserved ;  amongst  which  is  a  docu- 
ment containing  the  following  order,  dated  in  1513  : — 
"  It  is  ordered  and  concluded  by  Thomas  lord  Dacre, 
the  burgesses  and  commonality  of  Morpeth,  that  they 
shall  have  a  chest  for  the  common  wealth  with  seven 
keys  and  locks,  and  the  said  chest  to  stand  in  the  inner 
chamber  of  the  Toll  Booth,  and  the  aldermen  of  the 
seven  crafts  to  have  the  keeping  of  the  seven  keys  of 
the  said  locks — that  is  to  say — every  of  the  aldermen 
one  key ;  provided  always  that  the  bailiffs  of  the  said 
town  for  the  time  being  shall  have  one  key  of  the  said 
chamber-door,  to  the  intent  that  the  said  aldermen  with 
others  may  resort  to  the  said  chest  as  oft  as  they  shall 
have  need  thereto,  so  that  the  said  chamber  by  the  said 
bailiffs  be  kept  honestly  dried  and  arrayed."  The  old 
treasury  chest  of  Newcastle  is  also  called  the  Town's 
Hutch,  and  is  used  to  this  day  as  the  desk  or  counter  of 
the  chamberlains  of  that  town.  This  edifice — the  town- 
hall — was  built  on  the  site  of  the  old  Toll  Booth  of  Mor- 
peth, which,  in  1529,  is  mentioned  as  bounding  on  a 
tenement  which  was  situated  in  the  "  Mergaitsted." 
It  had  shops  below  it,  four  of  which  lord  Dacre  granted 
to  the  bailiffs.  A  deed,  in  1567,  was  sealed  and  deliver- 
ed  in  the  toll-booth  of  Morpeth  in  the  presence  of  the 
bailiffs.  The  following  order  respecting  it  is  from  a 
Northumberland  sessions  book : — "  SS.  Octob.  8.  We 
present  thfe  Tolbooth  as  going  to  ruin,  much  out  of 
repair,  and  that  it  may  be  speedily  mended,  being  the 
public  meeting  place  for  holding  the  sessions  and  keep-* 
ing  the  county  courts ;"  and  I  am  obliged  to  John 
Hodgson,  esq.,  M.P.,  for  the  following  extract  from  a 
similar  source : — "  Court  at  Morpeth,  Christmas  ses- 
sions, 1714,  15.  Presentment  by  the  grand  jury.  For- 
asmuch as  the  right  honourable  the  earl  of  Carlisle  hath 
been  pleased  to  erect  this  stately  fabric  to  the  great 
satisfaction  and  conveniency  of  this  county,  which  we 
hope  may  be  improved  to  greater  advantage,  if  this 
honourable  bench  will  be  pleased  to  concur  with  us — 
First,  in  addressing  ourselves  to  lord  Carlisle  for  his  great 
kindness  herein  ;  as  also  for  his  further  assistance  and 
interest  to  try,  if  possibly,  the  assizes  for  'this  county 
may  be  brought  likewise  to  this  place,  which  we  hope 
may  be  effected  by  that  great  lord,  and  others  who  have 
concerns  in,  and  a  respect  for  this  county." 


MORPETH  PARISH. TRANWELL,  MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  TURNER,  M.D. 


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TOWERS. — A  turriolum  is  mentioned  in  a  deed  printed 
under  1310,  No.  2 ;  and  a  turellus  in  1343 :  and  in  the 
Plan  in  1603  a  considerable  tower  is  drawn  on  the  south 
side  of  Bridge-street,  on  the  site  of  the  late  gaol.  The 
Bell  Tower  is  at  the  entrance  from  the  Market-place 
into  Oldgate,  and  very  inconveniently  blocks  up  the 
way  into  that  street.  It  contains  six  bells,  which,  ac- 
cording to  an  inscription  upon  them,  were  the  gift  of 
Major-Gen.  Edmond  Main  to  the  corporation  of  Mor- 
peth. General  Main  was  M.P.  for  the  town  in  1705. 
This  tower  generally  goes  by  the  name  of  the  Clock- 
house,  from  its  containing  a  large  clock  with  four  dials. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  the  clock  was  brought  from 
Bothal  castle,  and  that  it  is  a  very  old  one.  The  lowest 
floor  of  the  tower  was  a  sort  of  prison  or  correction-house 
for  the  town,  to  which  the  bailiffs  continued  to  commit 
offenders  against  the  law  till  within  the  last  30  years. 
The  building  which  formerly  projected  from  it  on  the 
east  was  the  Shambles-house. 

TRAITWELI,  is  often,  in  old  records,  written  Trenwell, 
and  may  have  its  name  from  the  Icelandic  trana,  a 
crane,  and  the  fine  well  that  is  at  it.  This  and  the 
hamlet  of  High  Church  make  one  township  in  the  west 
division  of  Morpeth  ward,  and  are  now  assessed  to  coun- 
ty rate  on  a  rental  of  £850  a  year.  It  formed  a  part  of 
the  barony  of  Merlay,  and  was  a  member  of  the  manor 
of  Morpeth — fWallis,  ii.  290.)*  Roger  de  Merlay  the 
Third  is  charged  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  with  saddling  it, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Third,  with  a  payment  of  five 
marks  a  year. — fill.  i.  116.)  The  Sommerville  family, 
and  their  descendants  and  assigns  the  Thorntons,  after 
the  division  of  the  Merlay  property  between  them  and 
the  Grey  stocks,  had  an  interest  in  it. — (Id.  49,  61,  72, 
78,  79-)  Rese  ap  Griffith,  indeed,  had  six  husband  lands 
in  it  in  1355  fill.  ii.  323)  ;  but  the  whole  of  it  finally 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  Greystock  family,  and 
from  them  has  descended  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle,  its  pre- 
sent proprietor.  In  old  inquests  it  is  sometimes  styled 
a  hamlet,  and  sometimes  a  ville :  at  present  it  consists 
only  of  one  farm-house  and  five  or  six  cottages.  Wm. 
Mitford  had  some  interest  in  it  in  1  Henry  VI — (Id. 
270.) 

TURNER,  WILLIAM,  M.D.,  a  native  of  Morpeth,  is  a 
character  whom  I  wish  from  the  first  to  introduce  to  my 
reader  as  one  entitled  to  high  consideration  for  his  learn- 

*  In  the  printed  copy  of  tbe  aid  for  knighting  Edw.  I.  in 
1240,  this  place  is  strangely  misnomered  Grinetoett.— (III.  i. 
"208.) 


ing  and  labours.  No  one  will  dispute  the  competency  of 
Conard  Gesner  to  pronounce  judgment  on  the  merit  of 
the  scholars  and  natural  historians  of  his  time ;  and  he,  in 
the  preface  to  his  History  of  Birds,  printed  in  1555,  has 
said,  that  before  himself,  a  few,  in  modern  times,  had 
briefly  written  upon  the  names  and  natures  of  birds, 
among  whom,  Gyb.  Longolius,  a  German,  and  William 
Turner,-}-  an  Englishman,  were  both  men  of  the  greatest 

f  The  following  is  the  best  list  of  his  works  I  have  been 
able  to  collect.  Of  several  of  them  1  have  had  opportunities 
to  write  descriptions  from  copies  in  the  British  Museum  and 
the  Bodleian  Library.  The  extracts  from  them  were  made 
for  the  several  purposes  of  showing  their  nature,  of  illustrating 
the  history  of  their  author's  life,  and  of  collecting  some  anti- 
quarian notices  respecting  the  natural  history  of  this  neigh- 
bourhood and  county.  The  works  naturally  divide  themselves 
into  two  classes — Divinity  and  Natural  History,  each  of  which 
I  have,  as  far  as  dates  would  allow  me,  arranged  in  the  order 
of  time: — 

I.  WORKS  ON  DIVINITY. 

1.  In  1537,  the  year  after  parliament  had  dissolved  the  lesser 
monasteries,  he  published  the  first  edition  of  his  work  entituled 
— The  Comparison  of  the  Old  Learning  and  the  New,  written 
by  Urbanus  Regius,  and  printed  at  Southwark.  This  edition 
was  followed  by  a  second  in  1538,  and  a  third  in  1548— of  the 
last  of  which  I  have  seen  a  copy,  and  have  this  account.  The 
title  is  in  black-letter,  between  two  wood-cuts,  and  as  fol- 
lows : — "  The  Old  Learnyng  and  the  New  compared  together, 
whereby  it  may  easely  be  ktiowen  which  of  them  is  better  and 
more  agreyng  wyth  the  cuerlasting  Word  of  God.  Newly 
corrected  and  augmented  by  Wyllyam  Turner."  On  the  back 
of  the  title  page  are — "  The  Contents  of  this  Book :  Of  the 
Sacramentes,  of  Penaunce,  of  Confession,  of  Satisfaction,  of 
Free  wyll,  of  Faith  and  Workes,  of  Merits,  of  Synne,  of  the 
Worshypyng  of  Sayntes,  of  the  Supper  of  the  Lord,  of  the 
Choyse  of  Meates,  of  Fasting,  of  the  Difference  of  Days  of 
Prayer,  of  Vowes,  of  Counsels,  of  Matrimony,  of  Bishopes,  of 
Ceremonies,  of  Man's  Traditions,  of  Councels  &  Lawes  made 
by  a  Multitude  of  Bishops  gathered  together." 

"  TO  THE  READER. 

"  Som  ther  be  that  do  defye 
All  that  is  newe,  and  euer  do  crye 
The  old  is  better,  awaye  with  the  new, 
Because  it  is  false,  and  the  old  is  trew. 
Let  them  this  booke  reade  and  beholde 
For  it  preferreth  the  lerning  most  old." 

This  book  consists  of  8  sheets,  from  A  to  H,  7  of  them  con- 
taining 16  pages  each,  and  H  only  14.  Signatures  A  ii.  and 
iii.  contain — 1[  "  The  Preface  of  the  Translator  vnto  the  chris- 
ten Reader."  The  end  of  the  translation  is  on  sheet  H,  iii.  a., 
and  the  remaining  8  pages  are  taken  up  with  an  address  "  To 
the  Christian  Reader."  The  colophon  between  the  same  two 
wood-cuts  as  those  in  the  title  page  is — "  Imprinted  at  Lon- 
don by  Robert  Stoughton  dwelling  within  Ludgate,  at  the 
signe  of  the  Bysshops  Myter,  M.D.XLVIII." — (British  Mu- 
seum.) 


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learning,  and  deserving  of  the  highest  praise.  Also  in 
his  book  De  Herbis  Lunariis  he  says,  about  15  years 
since,  Turner,  an  Englishman,  returning  out  of  Italy, 
paid  me  a  visit :  and  I  found  him  a  man  of  such  excel- 

2.  The  Hunting  of  the  Romish  Pox,  which  more  than  seven 
years  hath  been  hid  among  the  Bishops  of  England,  after 
that  the  king's  highness  had  commanded  him  to  be  driven 
out  of  his  realm.  Basil,  1543,  8vo.  Published  under  the 
name  of  William  Wraughton. — (Atherue  Oxon.  by  Bliss,  i.  362.) 

8.  The  Rescuyng  of  the  Romish  Fox  ;  otherwise  called  the 
Examination  of  the  Hunter,  devised  by  Stephen  Gardener, 
doctor  and  defender  of  the  Pope's  canon  law,  and  his  ungodly 
ceremonies.  Printed  1545,  8vo.  Published  also  under  the 
name  of  William  Wraughton. — (Id.) 

4.  The  Huntyng  of  the  Romyshe  Vuolfe,  made  by  Wuyl- 
liam  Turner,  doctour  of  Pysic.    "  J  Take  hede  of  false  prophets, 
which  come  vnto  you  in  shepes  clothyng,  but  wythin  are 
rauening  wolues."     This  is  a  small  octavo  of  44  leaves,  which 
are  neither  folioed  nor  paged.     It  is  In  German  black-letter, 
and  has  probably  been  printed  at  Cologne,  for  some  of  his 
Herbal  seems  to  have  been  from  the  same  type.     The  dedica- 
tion Is  "  to  the  right  honourable  yonge  lordes  and  worchipfull 
yonge  gentlemen  of  Summersetshyre,  of  Wyltshire,"  &c.  &c., 
and  the  work  itself  a  dialogue  between  "  The  Foster  and  the 
Hunter,"  full  of  quaint  wit  and  raillery.     After  the  preface  is 
"  f  The  Romyshe  foxe  latelye  returned  into  England  againe 
speaketh— 

"  Gardener,  my  sonne,  whych  with  wepying  teares 
"  Cut  once  awaye  quite  the  toppes  of  mine  cares, 
"  Hath  taken  from  me  of  late  such  payne, 
"  That  they  are  growen  and  healed  againe." 
&c.          &c.  &c. 

This  volume  contains  a  full  sheet  engraving  of  Gardener,  Bon- 
ner,  Tunstal,  &c.  Romish  bishops  in  their  robes,  but  masked 
in  wolves  heads  and  skins.  Bonner  is  devouring  "  the  lamb," 
and  the  bishops  holding  cups  for  its  blood.  Ridley,  Latimer, 
Cranmer,  Hooper,  Roger,  and  Bradford,  are  represented  as 
sheep  lying  before  their  persecutors  with  their  feet  bound. — 
(Bodl.  Lib.  A.  122,  Line.) 

5.  The  Hunting  of  the  Fox  and  Wolfe,  because  they  did 
make  havoc  of  the  Sheep  of  Jesus  Christ.   8vo. — (Bliss's  Wood's 
Ath.  Ox.  i.  363.) 

6.  A  Preseruatiue  or  Triacle  agaynst  the  poyson  of  Pela- 
gius,  lately  renued  &  stirred  vp  agayn,  by  the  furious  sect  of 
the  Annabaptestes  deuysed  by  Wyllyam  Turrner,  Doctor  of 
Physick.     "  Beleue  not  euery  spirite  but  proue  the  spirites, 
whether  they  be  of  God  or  no."     This  work  is  in  octavo,  and 
consists  of  13  sheets  of  8  leaves  each,  and  concludes  with — 
"  f  Imprinted  at  London  for  Andrew  Hester,  dwellyng  in 
Powles  Churchyarde,  at  the  Wytthorse  next  to  Powles  scole, 
an.  1551,  the  30  of  Januarij. — Cum  priuilegio  ad  imprimen- 
dum  solum."      The  dedication  is  addressed  "  To  the  most 
stedfast,  godly,  and  true  preacher  of  God's  word,  Maister  Hugh 
Latimer,  &c.  &c."  and  says — "  About  xx  yeares  ago  ye  toke 
great  paynes  to  put  men  from  their  wyl  works  :"  and  "  we 
that  were  your  disciples  had  much  to  do  in  Cambridge  after 
your  departing  from  us,  with  them  that  defended  praying 


lent  learning,  both  in  medicine  and  most  other  sciences, 
that  I  can  scarcely  mention  such  another.  Harrisoa, 
too,  under  Bath,  in  his  Description  of  England,  calls 
him  "  Doctor  Turner,  the  father  of  English  Physicke," 

unto  sayntes  :" — "and  though  this  stryfe  agaynst  God's  ene- 
mies were  common  to  me  with  many ;  yet  I  had  specially  to 
do  with  a  bucke  : — with  a  certain  man  that  had  a  name  of 
the  colour  of  madder  :  with  the  Fox  and  his  Foster  ;  and  with 
a  certain  wytche  called  May-stress  Missa  .  But  after  I  was 
easid  from  al  these  monsters" — "  beholde  sodcnly  sterte  oute  a 
Wood  Spirite  much  perillouser  than  all  the  beastes  that  I  had 
to  do  with  before,  not  because  he  is  stronger  then  the  other, 
but  because  his  poyson,  that  he  intendethe  to  spoute  oute  is 
more  perillous  than  the  others  poyson  was.  Some  man  per- 
adventure  wyll  saye,  that,  if  I  woulde,  I  myght  haue  auoyded 
all  these  perilles  if  I  would  haue  meddled  with  my  Physick 
only.  To  which  I  answer,  that,  if  I  had  had  a  conscience,  as 
so  many  now  adayes  haue,  that  I  could  haue  founde  in  my 
harte  to  take  the  dignities,  rewardes,  and  liuynges  of  Christes 
churche,  and  to  do  nothing  for  them,"  "  I  might  in  deede 
haue  easily  auoyded  this  perillous  labour  .  But  after  that  my 
lord  Archbyshop  of  Yorke,  had  once  geuen  me  a  prebende,  I 
could  not  be  quiet  until  I  had  licence  to  reade  or  preache  . 
Whiche  obteyned,  I  began  to  rede,  and  so  to  discharge  my 
conscience  .  And  because  I  did  perceyue  that  diuers  began  to 
be  infected  with  the  poyson  of  Pelagius,  I  deulsed  a  lecture  in 
Thistelworth  against  two  of  the  opinions  of  Pelagius — namely 
against — That  childer  haue  no  original  sin,  and  that  they 
ought  not  to  be  baptized :  but  within  a  few  weeks  after,  one 
of  Pelagius  disciples,  in  the  defence  of  his  master's  doctrine, 
wrote  against  my  lecture,  with  all  the  cunnyng  and  learning 
that  he  had  .  But  lest  he  should  glorye  and  crake  amonge  his 
disciples  that  I  would  not  aunswer  him,  and  to  the  intent 
that  the  venemous  seede  of  his  soweyng  maye  be  destroyed 
and  hyndered  from  bryngyng  forth  frute,  I  haue  set  out  this 
boke  to  aunswer  hym  in  the  one  of  his  opinions,  and,  God 
willing,  when  I  haue  set  oute  my  Herbal,  I  shall  aunswer 
hym  to  the  other,  and  this  small  worke  I  dedicate  vnto  you 
as  a  worthy  patrone  to  it,  &c.  &c."—  (Bodleian  Library.) 

1.  A  new  booke  of  Spirituall  Physik  for  dyuerse  diseases  of 
the  Nobilitie  and  Gentlemen  of  England,  made  by  William 
Turner,  doctor  of  Physik. — Prov.  12.  The  waye  of  the  folyshe 
man  semeth  right  in  his  owne  eyes,  but  he  that  is  wyse  wyll 
heare  counsell. 

Ad  Nobilem  Britannum. 

Vivere  si  cupias  multos  feliciter  annos 
Et  post  hanc  vitam  regna  videre  Dei : 

Pharmica  quas  grata  Turnerus  mente  propinat 
In  mentem  penitus  sume,  q;  tutus  eris. 

Anno  1555,  10  Calen.  Martij.  This  work  is  a  small  8vo.  The 
first  sheet  contains  "  Dedication,"  "  Fautes  to  be  amended"  and 
"the  Contents  of  this  booke."  The  remaining  part  is  on  95, 
folios,  and  ends  thus — "  f  Imprented  at  Rome  by  the  Vaticane, 
churche,  by  Marcus  Antoninus  Constaiitius,  otherwise  called 
Thraso  Miles  Gloriosus."  The  Dedication  is  .addressed — "  H  To 
the  right  honorable  Dukes  and  Erles,  the  duke  of  Northfolke, 
the  duke  of  Suthfolke,  the  erle  of  Arundall,  the  erle  of  Derbi, 


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and  in  another  place,  "  The  famous  clerk,  doctor  Tur- 
ner." Turner,  says  Dr.  Merret,  in  his  Pinax,  "  was 
the  most  indefatigable  man  of  his  age,  and  published  a 
book  on  birds,  little  in  size,  but  great  in  value ;"  and 
Pultney,  in  his  Progress  of  Botany  in  England,  confers 

the  erle  of  Shrosbery,  the  erle  of  Huntyngton,  the  erle  of  Cum- 
berland, the  erle  of  Westmorland,  the  erle  of  Pembroke,  and 
the  erle  of  Warwik,  William  Turner,  Physician,  wysheth 
perflt  knowledge  in  Goddes  holy  worde,  and  grace  to  live  ac- 
cording to  the  same."  These  noblemen  were  strong  Romanists : 
and  this  dedication  to  them  is  written  in  a  polite,  but  free  and 
bold  tone.  As  this  work  was  published  during  Mary's  reign, 
acid  while  its  author  was  in  exile,  I  think  it  probable  that  it 
was  printed  at  Cologne,  or  in  some  other  town  in  Germany. 

The  following  passages  occur  in   it: "When   as   of  late 

yeares  I  practised  bodely  physick  in  Englande  in  my  lorde  of 
Sumersettes  house,  diuers  sick  beggers  came  vnto  me  and  not 
knowing  that  1  was  a  phisician,  asked  of  me  myne  almose. 
To  whom  I  offered  to  heale  theire  diseases  for  Goddes  sake. 
But  they  went,  by  and  by,  awaye  from  me,  and  wolde  none 
of  that."—  (Signature,  B.  i.) 

8.  '•  A  new  Dialogue  wherein  is  conteyned  the  examination 
of  the  Messe,  and  of  that  kyude  of  Preisthode  which  is  or- 
deyned  to  say  Messe :  and  to  offer  vp  for  remyssion  of  synne 
the  bodye  and  bloude  of  Christe  againe  .   Beleve  not  everye 
Spirite,  but  trye  the  Spirites,  whether  they  be  of  God  or  no : 
for  many  false  prophetes  are  gone  into  the  worlde."     On  the 
back  of  the  title-page  are  "  The  names  of  the  Speakers  in  this 
Dialogue."     In  the  preface  to  the  reader,  he  says  "  I  answer- 
ed wythin  these    seuen  yeres   a   certayne   learned  man  of 
England,  and  confuted  as  well  as  I  could   hys  boke;  but 
he  contrary  to  all  honestie  and  learnyng  perceyuynge  that  he 
was  not  able  to  answere  my  booke  in  euerye  booke  that  he 
wrote  afterwardes  agaynste  other  men,  rayled  and  scoffed 
agaynste  me  by  name."     The  work  is  in  octavo,  and  contains 
102  unnumbered  pages.     It  has  no  printer's  name  nor  date ; 
but,  in  the  preface,  he  says — "  1  haue  sette  my  name  vnto 
thys  boke  that  yf  thou" — i.  e.,  the  reader — "  thynke  that  I 
haue  wrytten  herein  any  thinge  agaynst  Gode  or  hys  word 
thou  mayest  knowe  to  whome  thou  shouldeste  wryte." 

9.  Palgrave's  Catechisme  translated,  &c.     Lond.  1572,  8vo. 
—(Watts.)     This  edition  was  probably  a  reprint. 

10.  "  A  Treatise  on  Original  Sin,  written  against  Rob.  Coc- 
cheus,  is  mentioned  by  Parkhurst.     MS.  Norwic.  Mor.  125, 
fol.  23." 

11.  "  Hearne  informs  us  that  he  had  prepared  an  edition  of 
William  of  Newbury's  Hist,  rerum  Anglicanarum  for  the 
press,  the  original  copy  of  which  was  in  the  possession  of  Mr 
Fulman." — (Bliss's  Wood's  Ath.  Ox.  i.  363.) 

12.  "  The  summe  of  Divinitie  drawen  out  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
ture, &c.  drawen  out  of  Latin  into  English  by  Robert  Hutton. 
Imprinted  at  London  by  John  Awdeley,  dwellyng  in   litle 
Britaine  Streete  without  Aldersgate,  the  15th  of  March,  1567." 
To  this  work  "  William  Turner"  prefixed  an  address  "  To  the 
Christian  reader,"  which  begins  thus :— "  After  that  my  schol- 
ler  sometime  and  servant  Robert  Hutton  had  translated  this 
book  out  of  Latin  into  Euglishe,  he  mistrusting  his  own 

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this  remarkable  eulogy  upon  him — "  The  True  ./Era  of 
botany  in  England  must  commence  with  Dr.  William 
Turner,  who  was  unquestionably  the  earliest  writer 
among  us  that  discovered  learning  and  critical  judge- 
ment  in  the  knowledge  of  plants  ;  and  whose  '  Book  of 

judgement  to  be  sufficient  to  iudge  whether  the  compiler  of 
this  booke  had  in  his  writings  done  al  things  according  to  the 
vaine  of  holy  Scripture  offered  the  book  vnto  me  that  I  should 
examine  it  with  the  touch  stone  of  Holy  Scripture,"  &c.— (In 
the  Bodl.  Library.) 

13.  A  homily  against  drunkenness  is  mentioned  by  Tanner 
as  one  of  Dr.  Turner's  works,  and  Wood  refers  to  John  Bale, 
cent.  8,  nu.  95,  for  what  else  he  had  written  and  translated. 

II.  WORKS  ON  NATURAL  HISTORY. 
1.  (a.)  BOTANY.  Within  a  rude  wood-cut  border  "LIBEL- 
LUS  DE  RE  HERBARIA  uovvs  in  quo  herbarum  aliquot  nomina 
greca  latina,  et  Anglica  habes,  vna  cum  nominibus  officinarum 
in  gratiam  studiose  iuuentutis  nunc  primum  in  lucem  editus." 
In  a  Latin  address  to  the  reader,  printed  on  the  back  of  the 
title-page,  he  notices,  that  it  may  be  justly  wondered  why  a 
beardless  youth  like  himself  very  slenderly  skilled  in  the  science 
of  medicine  should  venture  to  publish  a  work  on  botany,  while 
he  was  aware  that  there  were  so  many  persons  in  the  country 
better  acquainted  with  the  subject  than  himself.  This  work 
consists  of  only  two  sheets  and  a  half :  it  is  in  Latin,  of  which 
the  following  account  of  the  Daisy  is  a  specimen  : — "BELLIS 
sive  bellius,  ab  officinis  consolida  minor  vocatur  .  Hec  est  ilia 
herba  quam  vocamus  a  Dasy  .  Quanq'  apud  Northu'brienses 
meos  ea  sola  vocatur  a  Dasy  que  puniceo  flore  al  t  i  I  is  et  horten- 
sis  est,  erraticam  illam  vocant  a  BANWORT."  In  the  shops 
the  bellis  is  called  the  lesser  consolida,  in  the  language  of  the 
country,  a  daisy ;  but  in  Northumberland  we  only  call  that  a 
daisy  which  has  a  purple  flower,  and  is  raised  in  gardens :  the 
flower  we  call  a  Banwort.  On  the  last  leaf,  side  a,  Is  an  address 

with  this  title : IT  "  Studiose  iwentvtis  vnico  hvivs  setate 

patrono  longe  benignissimo  M.  Thomae  Patinsono  sacrse  theo- 
logise  doctor!,  Gulielmus  Turnerus,  S.  P.  D.,"  which  ends 
thus — "  Vale  msecenas  optime."  The  imprint  is  "  Londini 
apud  ioannem  Bydellum  .  anno  d'ni  1538." 

(b.)  "Historia  de  Naturis  Herbarum  Scholiis  et  Notis  val- 
lata  .  Colon,  apud  Gymnicum,  1544,  8vo." — (Bromaldus  quoted 
by  Pultney.) 

(c.)  The  next  edition  of  this  work  was  in  1548.  The  title- 
page  is  in  a  neat  Avood-cut  border,  and  as  follows : — "  THE 
names  of  herbes  in  Greeke,  Latin,  English,  Duche,  and  French, 
wyth  the  commune  names  that  Herbaries  and  Apotecaries 
vse  .  Gathered  by  William  Turner."  The  dedication  is  "  To  the 
mooste  noble  &  mighty  Prince  Edward  by  the  grace  of  God 
duke  of  Summerset,  erle  of  Hertforde,  viscount  beauchamp, 
lord  Semour,  uncle  unto  the  kynges  highnesse  of  Englande, 
governour  of  his  most  royall  person  and  protectour  of  al  his 
realmes,  dominions,  and  subjects,  lieuetenant  generall  of  al 
his  majesties  armies  boeth  by  lande  and  sea,  treasurer  and  erl 
marshall  of  England,  governour  of  the  isles  of  Gernesey  and 
Jersey,  knight  of  the  garter,  William  Turner  his  servaunt 
wisheth  prosperitie  boeth  of  bodie  and  soule." 

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Herbs,'  as  Dr.  Bulleyn  observes,  '  will  always  grow 
green,  and  never  wither  as  long  as  Dioscorides  is  helc 
in  mind  by  us  mortal  wights.'  " 


N  a  certain  little  boke  whiche  I  set  furth 
iiil  yeres  ago  and  somthynge  more 
which  I  dedicated  unto  the  Kynges 
Grace  that  nowe  is,  I  promised  that  i 
I  perceyved  that  he  woulde  take  in 
good  worth  that  little  treaties,  to  se 
furth  an  herbal  and  an  other  boke  alsc 
of  fishes  .  Partly  to  fulfyl  this  my 
promise  streightway  after,  I  began  to  labour  to  make  up  a 
Latin  herbal,  wliiche  tliynge  I  have  finished  ii  yeres  ago,  bu 
when  I  had  intended  this  yere  to  have  set  it  furth  and  axed 
the  advise  of  physicians  in  this  matter,  their  advise  was  that  I 
shoulde  cease  from  settynge  out  of  this  boke  in  Latin  tyle  I 
had  seen  those  places  of  Englande,  wherein  is  moste  plentie  of 
herbes,  that  T  might  in  my  herbal  declare  to  the  greate  honour 
of  our  countre  what  number  of  sovereine  and  strang  herbes 
were  in  Englande  that  were  not  in  other  nations,  whose  coun- 
sele  I  have  folowed  deferryng  to  set  out  my  herbal  in  Latin, 
tyl  that  I  have  sene  the  west  country,  which  I  never  sawe  yet 
In  al  my  lyfe,  which  country  of  al  places  of  England,  as  I 
heare  say  is  moste  richely  replenished  with  al  kindes  of 
straunge  and  wo'derfull  workes  and  giftes  of  nature,  as  arc 
stones,  herbes,  fishes,  and  metalls,  when  as  they  that  moved 
me  to  the  settyng  furth  of  my  Latin  herbal,  hearde  this  so 
reasonable  an  excuse  they  moved  me  to  set  out  an  herbal  in 
Englishe  as  Fuchsius  dyd  in  Latin  with  the  discriptions, 
figures  and  properties  of  as  many  herbes,  as  I  had  sene  and 
knewe,  to  whom  I  could  make  no  other  answere  but  that  I 
had  no  such  leasure  in  this  vocation  and  place  that  I  am  nowe 
in,  as  is  necessary  for  a  man  that  shoulde  take  in  bande  suche 
an  interprise. 

"  But  thys  excuse  coulde  not  be  admitted  for  both  certaine 
scholars,  poticaries,  and  also  surgeons,  required  of  me  if  that 
I  woulde  not  set  furthe  my  Latin  herbal,  before  I  have  sene 
the  west  partes  and  have  no  leasure  in  this  place  and  vocation 
to  write  so  great  a  worke,  at  the  least  to  set  furth  my  judge- 
ment of  the  names  of  so  many  herbes  as  I  knew  whose  request 
I  have  accomplished  and  made  a  litle  boke,  which  is  no  more 
but  a  table  or  registre  of  suche  bokes  as  I  intende  by  the  grace 
of  God  to  set  furth  here  after,  if  that  I  may  obteine  by  your 
graces  healp  suche  libertie  and  leasure  with  a  convenient 
place,  as  shall  be  necessary  for  suche  a  purpose. 

"  This  litle  boke  conteineth  the  names  of  the  moste  parte  of 
herbes,  that  all  auncient  authours  write  of  both  in  Greke, 
Lattin,  English,  Duchc  and  Frcnche,  I  have  set  to  also  the 
names  whiche  be  commonly  used  of  the  potacaries  and  common 
herbaries.  I  have  tolde  also  the  degrees  of  so  many  herbes  as 
Galene  the  chief  doctour  of  al  phisicians  hath  written  of,  and 
because  men  should  not  thynke  that  I  write  of  it  that  I  never 
sawe,  and  that  Potecaries  shoulde  be  excuselesse  when  as  the 
ryghte  herbes  are  required  of  them,  I  have  shewed  in  what 
places  of  England,  Germany,  and  Italy  the  h«rbes  growe  and 
may  be  had  for  labour  and  money,  whereof  I  declare  and 


This  justly  celebrated  divine,  physician,  and  natural- 
ist was  born  at  Morpeth,  about  the  commencement  of 
the  sixteenth  century.  A  family  of  the  same  sirename 

teache  the  nami-s  in  this  present  treates.  Whiche  howe  pro- 
fitable it  shall  be  unto  al  the  sicke  folke  of  thys  realm?,  I  re- 
ferre  the  matter  unto  an  them  whiche  be  of  a  right  judgement 
in  phisicke.  Thys  small  boke  of  myne  I  dedicate  unto  your 
grace,  signifying  thereby,  only  what  mynde  I  bear  unto  your 
grace  disiringe  you  to  take  thys  in  good  worth  tyle  that  I 
maye  have  leasure  and  occasion  to  write  some  greater  and 
more  worthy  worke  to  your  highness,  wliom  almightie  God 
long  continue  in  all  vertue  and  honour  to  his  pleasure.  Amen. 
From  your  graces  house  at  Syon  Anno  Dom.  MCCCCCXLVHI. 
Martii  xv." 

I  give  the  following  as  a  specimen  of  this  work  -.— "  MKUM, 
called  of  the  Grecians  Meon  and  Melon,  is  called  of  the  poteca- 
ries  Meu,  in  Dutch  bearwurtz  .  Some  potecaries  in  Antwerp 
vse  thys  herbe  for  Pucedano  and  so  they  cal  it  .  I  neuer  sawe 
this  herbe  in  Englande  sauynge  once  at  Saynte  Oswarldes, 
where  the  inhabiters  called  it  speknel  .  It  groweth  in  great 
plenty  eighte  myle  aboue  Bon,  in  a  flelde  besyde  Slyde,  in 
Germany  .  It  maye  be  called  in  englishe  Me  we,  in  Duche  dyl . 
The  rootes  are  hot  in  the  thyrde  degree,  and  dry  in  the  se- 
cond." [This  plant  grows  plentifully  on  a  whinstone  hill,  a 
little  north  of  Thockerington,  in  this  county,  where  it  is  call- 
ed Houka,~\ 

'  Of  the  herbe  called  aconitum,  the  one  kynd  is  called  Parda- 
lianches,  which  we  may  call  in  Englishe  Libardbane  or  one- 
bery  .   It  is  much  in  Northumberland  in  a  wood  besyde  Mor- 
peth called  Cottingwood  .   It  hath  fonre  leaves  like  vnto  great 
plantaine,  and  in  the  ouermost  top  a  little  blacke  bery,  like  a 
blacke  morbery,  but  blacker  &  greater."     "  Carex  is  called  in 
England  a  sedge  :  it  groweth  in  fennes  and  in  watery  places  . 
It  is  called  in  Northumberland  sheare-grasse,  because  it  cut- 
teth  mennes  handes  that  touch  it."*     "  Chameleuce,  named  in 
*  Of  this  numerous  genus  of  plants  several  are  admirably  adapted  for 
making  feet  brushes  for  passages.  Last  summer,  in  July,  I  had  one  made 
with  the  dried  grass  of  carex  riparia,  which  grows  plentifully  on  wet  sand, 
heaps  on  the  sides  of  the  Wansbeck.   It  was  made  in  the  following  man- 
ner ;  &  though  it  has  been  constantly  in  use  in  the  passage  to  my  kitchens 
from  the  time  it  was  made  to  the  present,  Aug.  26, 1831,  it  is  still  nearly 
as  good  as  when  it  was  new.   In  a  beech  board  about  two  inches  thick, 
and  having  its  upper  outside  angles  gently  rounded  off,  I  bored  19  rows 
of  holes,  each  row  containing  8  holes,  and  each  hole  made  1  ^  of  an 
nch  deep,  first  with  a  taper  bit  of  1  inch  in  diameter,  and  then  quite 
hrough  with  one  of  14  of  an  inch.    The  narrower  hole  on  the  outside 
was  widened  with  a  rimmer,  and  each  holeful  of  carex  fastened  with 
whipcord  ;  and  the  cord  itself  protected  from  rotting  or  wearing  away 
17  a  rim  of  wood,  %  an  inch  thick,  nailed  round  the  back.    Brushes  of 
his  kind  are  every  way  much  better  than  mats  for  cleaning  the  feet 
upon ;  and  when  the  cord  and  frame-work  are  once  procured,  any  per- 
on  with  a  sheaf  of  tough  carexes,  grass,  or  rushes,  may  easily  make 
r  renew  one.    The  beard  of  the  brush  I  have  here  described  was 
horn  down  uniformly  to  the  length  of  6  inches,  which  is  perhaps  a 
ttle  too  long;  and  the  outside  row  of  holes,  all  round,  was  placed  at  an 
ngle  of  about  45°.   While  I  am  writing  on  the  uses  to  which  a  class  of 
lants  may  be  put,  which  have  hitherto  been  thought  of  little  use,  but 
s  protecting  river  banks  from  being  torn  up  by  floods,  let  me  direct 


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had  long  before  that  time  been  resident  here.  Robert 
Tornour,  of  Morpeth,  conveyed  property  here  to  Thos. 
Smith,  in  1342;  John  Tornor  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a 
deed  in  1441,  and  as  serjeant  of  the  town  in  1456, 1493, 

latin  Populago  faragium  and  Farranum,  is  called  in  North- 
umberland a  Luchen  Golland.  It  groweth  in  watery  mead- 
dows,  with  a  leaf  like  a  water  rose,  wherefore  it  may  be  called 
also  Petie  mmefar."  [The  plant  which,  as  a  boy,  I  was 
taught  to  call  Locken  Gowen  or  Goudy  Locks,  is  the  Trolius 
europea  of  Botanists.  Turner's  Luchen  Golland  we  called 
water  golland,  which  is  the  marsh  marygold  of  Ray,  and  the 
caltha  palustris  of  modern  botanists. 

We'll  pou  the  daisies  on  the  green, 
The  Lucken-Gowans  frae  the  bog. 

Alan  Ramsay.'} 

"  FUiz  Tlielypteris  is  the  common  feme  or  brake  which  the 
northerne  men  call  a  bracon. — Lepidium  is  well  known  in  Eng- 
land, and  is  called  with  a  false  name  dittany  .  Duchemen  cal 
it  Pfefferkraut  .  It  groweth  in  Morpeth  in  Northumberland 
by  a  water  called  Vanspeke  in  great  plentie  alone,  without  any 
setting  or  sowing.— Orobanchc  is  so  rare  an  herbe  in  Eriglande 
that  I  never  sawe  it  in  all  Englande.  but  in  Northumberland, 
where  it  was  called  New  Chapel  Floure."  This  is  orobanche 
major,  which  still  grows  on  the  banks  about  Our  Lady's  Cha- 
pel, in  Bothal  wood. 

This  work,  like  those  already  noticed,  has  not  its  pages 
numbered,  but  has  signatures  from  A  to  II,  eight  sheets,  and  8 
leaves  on  each  sheet.  On  the  8th  leaf  of  sheet  H  are  "  Fautes 
escaped  in  the  printing  on  one  side  and  on  the  other."  "  H  Im- 
printed at  London  by  John  Day  and  Wyllyam  Seres,  dwellynge 
In  Sepulchre's  Parish,  at  the  signe  of  the  Resnrection,  a  little 
above  Holburne  Conduite.  1[  Cum  gratia  et  privilegio  ad  im- 
primendum  solum."  The  copy  in  the  British  Museum,  from 
which  these  extracts  were  taken,  formerly  belonged  to  sir 
Joseph  Bankes. 

(d  )  "A  new  Herbal,  wherein  are  conteyned  the  names  of 
Herbes  In  Greke,  Latin,  Englysh,  Duche,  Frenche,  and  in  the 
Potecaries  and  Herbaries  Latin,  with  the  properties,  degrees, 
and  natural  places,  of  the  same,  gathered  and  made  by  Wylli- 
am  Turner,  Physician  vnto  the  Duke  of  Somersettes  grace. 
Imprinted  at  London  by  Steven  Mierdman  anno  1551.  Cum 
privilegio  ad  imprimendum  solum.  And  they  are  to  be  solde 
in  Paule*  Church-yarde."  The  dedication  is  "  To  the  myghty 
and  christiane  Prince  Edward  duke  of  Summerset,  Erie  of 
Herford  &c."  lu  the  Prologue  he  says,  "  I  declare  also  the 
vertues  of  every  herb  and  shew  the  place  where  I  have  seen 
it,  lest  I  should  seme  to  be  one  of  them  which  write  of  thynges 
they  neuer  saw."  All  the  facs,  or  initial  letters,  are  very  large, 
and  chequered  after  the  manner  of  the  first  letters  in  inden- 
tures and  other  deeds.  This  is  a  black  letter  book  in  folio,  and 

the  attention  of  naturalists  and  mechanics  to  the  great  quantities  of 
hemp  that  may  be  procured  from  the  vegetable  fibre  in  the  leaves  of 
horse  radish,  and  of  flax  in  the  grass  of  the  spring  crocus,  especially  of 
such  crocusses  as  grow  near  a  wall  with  a  south  aspect,  and  consequently 
have  very  long  grass — which,  without  any  other  preparation  but  drying 
very  gently,  may  be  platted  or  spun  into  excellent  cord. 


and  1494 ;  Robert  Tornor  rilled  the  office  of  bailiff  in 
1456  ;  and,  in  1515,  William  Bewick  conveyed  to  Wm. 
Turner,  of  Morpeth,  tanner,  22  roods  of  land  lying  in 
the  Milnhaugh. 

has  16  signatures  from  A  to  P,  each  signature  consisting  of  3 
or  4  sheets,  enlaid  like  the  first  part  of  the  next  number  (e  1.) 
It  begins  with  Wormwood  and  ends  with  Bean.  According 
to  Watts,  Book  II.  of  this  work  was  published  at  Collon  in 
1562 ;  but  I  have  not  seen  this  part. 

(e  1.)  "  The  first  and  second  partes  of  the  herbal  of  William 
Turner,  Doctor  in  Phitdck,  lately  ouersene,  corrected,  &  en- 
larged with  the  third  part  lately  gathered,  and  iiowe  set  out, 
with  the  names  of  the  herbes,  in  Greke,  Latin,  English, 
Duche,  Frenche,  and  in  the  apothecaries  and  herbaries  latin, 
with  the  properties,  degrees,  &  natural  places  of  the  same.— 
Here  vnto  is  loyned  also  a  booke  of  the  bath  of  Baeth,  in  Eng- 
land, and  of  the  vertues  of  the  same,  with  diuerse  other  bathes, 
most  holsom  and  effectual,  both  in  Almanye,  and  England,  set 
furth  by  William  Turner  doctor  in  phisick.  God  saue  the 
Quene."  After  which  are  the  arms  of  England  and  France 
quarterly,  and  then—"  Imprinted  at  Collon  by  Arnold  Birck- 
man,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lorde,  M.  D.  LXVIII.  Cum  gratia 
and  privilegio  Reg.  Maiest." — The  dedication  "to  the  most 
noble  and  learned  Princesse  in  all  kinds  of  good  learninge, 
Queene  Elizabeth,  &c." — is  on  two  leaves,  and  is  dated  "From 
my  1  Miiis"  in  London  the  Crossed  Friars  the  5th  day  of  Marche 
15b8."  In  the  conclusion  of  the  dedication  he  says — "  May  it 
please  your  graces  gentlenes  to  take  these  my  labours  in  good 
worthe,  not  according  vnto  their  vnworthines,  but  accordinge 
vnto  my  good  mind  and  will  offering  and  giving  them  vnto 
you,  which  thinge  if  I  can  perceyue  to  come  to  pass,  so  that  I 
may  haue  rest  and  quietnes  in  my  olde  age,  and  defence  from 
my  enemies,  which  haue  more  than  these  eight  yeares  conti- 
nuallye  troubled  me  very  much,  and  holden  me  from  my 
booke,  and  sickness  will  suffer  me,  I  extend"  (so)  "  to  set  out  a 
booke  of  the  names  and  natures  of  fishes,  that  are  within 
youre  Mayesties  dominions,  to  the  great  delite  of  most  noble 
men  and  profile  of  your  hole  realme."  Then  follows  "the 
table  of  the  names  of  the  herbes"  and  "Nomina  auctorum  per 
quos  in  Herb(ario  ineo  profeci."  The  first  part  begins  with  sig- 
nature A  and  ends  with  T,  and  occupies  224  pages.  "  In  this 
part  he  professes  to  treat  on  the  plants  not  known  to  Dios- 
corides  and  the  Ancients.  It  consists  of  near  an  hundred  ar- 
ticles, amongst  which  we  find  introduced  many  of  the  exotic 
subjects,  which  had  before  been  but  little  known,  such  as— 
cassia  fistula,  cubebs,  guaiacum,  nutmegs,  myrobalans,  nux 
indica,  nux  vomica,  anacarduim,  rhubarb,  sarsaparilla,  sen- 
na, and  tamarinds.  For  these  many  new  figures  were  cut, 
which  are  executed  in  a  stile  superior  to  the  others.  The  re- 
rnaiuder  are  principally  the  productions  of  our  own  country." 
— (Pultney,  i.  70.)  I  have  the  following  extracts  from  part  the 
first : — "  I  have  sene  Sea  Wormwode  in  Northumberlande  by 
holye  Islande,  in  Freselande  besyde  Norden,  in  Brabant  besyde 
Barrowe.  But  in  no  place  so  greate  leaved  as  Matthiolus  set- 
teth  oute  in  his  figure.  1  rekon  that  he  setteth  out  in  the 
stede  of  Sea  Wormwode  the  rlghte  Mugwort." — (Fol.  11.) 

"  Aconitum .  Pardialanches  Fuschij .  Oneberry.— The  uerbe 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


There  is  no  account  where  he  received  the  rudiments 
of  his  education.  By  a  letter  of  his  own,  to  Fox,  the 
martyrologist,  it  appears  that  he  and  bishop  Ridley 
were  fellow -students  in  Pembroke  Hall,  in  Cambridge 

that  hath  bene  taken  for  Libardesbayne  groweth  plenteously 
besyde  Morpeth  In  Northumberland,  In  a  wood  called  Cotting- 
wood,  and  the  same  herbe  is  called  of  the  barbarus  writers 
Herba  Paris,  and  they  saye  that  it  is  so  far  from  poyson  that 
it  is  a  good  and  sufferene  remedy  against  divers  kindes  of  poy- 
son."— (Pol.  19.) 

"  Sea  Cole  .  I  neuer  sawe  it  in  all  my  life  sauing  in  Douer 
Clyffes."  "  The  same  is  called  in  Northumberland  this  daye 
wild  kole."— (Fol.  89.) 

"  Of  clinopodium  .  I  haue  sene  this  herbe  diuerse  tymes 
growinge  in  Germanye :  fyrste  in  the  walles  of  Colon,  hard  by 
the  Bene,  and  afterwardes  in  great  plentye  aboue  Bonne  by  the 
Byne  side  among  stones  .  I  found  this  herbe  of  late  right  ouer 
against  Sion." — (Fol.  151.) 

"  Of  Beane  of  Egypt  .  I  haue  seen  the  right  Colocasia  in 
Italye,  &  a  kinde  of  the  same  in  Germany,  and  ones  growynge 
in  Englande  .  It  that  I  sawe  in  Germanye  grewe  upon  thre 
English  miles  from  Bon  beside  Siberge." — (Fol.  157.) 

"  Of  the  Cytisus  tree  .  I  neuer  sawe  this  bush  anywhere 
ellis  growyng  naturally  without  setting  or  sowing,  sauing  in 
the  mount  Apenine  besyde  Bonony,  where  as  I  saw  great  plen- 
ty of  it ;  but  I  have  had  it  growing  ones  at  Collon  &  no\v  I 
haue  it  growyng  here  in  my  garden  at  Wesenburg." — (Rj. 
196.) 

"  Of  Dictamnye  of  Candy  .  I  haue  sene  it  growynge  in  Eng- 
land in  Maister  Biches  gardin  naturally,  but  it  groweth  no- 
where ellis  that  I  know  of  sauing  only  in  Candy." — (P.  203.) 

"  Of  Heth  .  Irica  .  The  hyest  heth  that  euer  I  saw  groweth 
in  Northumberland,  which  is  so  highe  that  a  man  maye  hide 
himselfe  in  it." — (P.  210.) 

(e,  2.J — The  Second  Part  has  a  separate  title  page,  and  the 
arms  and  imprint  as  on  the  first.  The  second  leaf,  on  side  a, 
contains  "  the  table" — side  b  is  blank.  The  signatures  from  A 
to  Ff  comprise  171  leaves,  and  there  is  a  blank  le?.f  and  three 
pages  of  "  Fautes  and  Errors"  with  the  signature  Gg  on  the 
first  page.  I  have  a  perfect  copy  of  this  part. 

"  Scorpiones  tayle"  .  "  I  neuer  sawe  it  growynge  in  Eng- 
lande, neither  in  Germany,  sauing  only  in  my  garden  in  Col- 
len,  &  hi  my  garden  at  Wellis  in  England." — (Fol.  13,  b.) 

"  Of  Juniper  tree  .  In  England  it  groweth  most  plenteouslie 
in  Kent :  it  groweth  also  in  the  bisshopryche  of  Durram,  and 
in  Northumberlande  .  It  groweth  in  Germany  in  many  places 
in  greate  plentye,  but  in  no  place  in  greater  than  a  lytle  from 
Bon,  where  as,  at  the  time  of  year  the  feldefares  fede  only  of 
Junipers  berries,  the  people  eate  the  feldefares  undrawen  with 
guttes  and  all  because  they  are  full  of  the  berries  of  Juniper." 
Excellent  cooks  and  stomacks! — (Fol.  25.) 

Larix  or  Larch.  "  In  Bhetia  where  as  I  have  sene  the  ma- 
ner  of  gathering  of  the  comen  turpentine,  is  thys : — They  cut 
an  hole  depely  dounwarde  in  the  larche  tre,  with  an  hatched 
&  chisel,  so  great  it  will  holde  a  great  olial  of  the  rosin .  "When 
the  hole  is  ful  they  take  it  out  with  ladles  &  spownes,  &  put 
it  into  vesselles .  Antonius  Traversus  a  ryght  gentleman  of 


( Strype'n  Eccl.  Mem.  Hi.  229) ;  and  in  the  dedication  to 
the  second  part  of  his  Herbal,  in  1568,  to  Thomas  lord 
Wentworth,  he  says — "  and  who  hath  deserved  better 
to  have  'my  booke  of  herbes  to  be  given  to  him,  than  he 

the  countre  of  Bhetia,  when  as  I  lay  in  hys  howse,  restyng  me 
after  my  great  labours  that  I  had  taken  in  seking  of  herbes  in 
the  Alpes,  tolde  me  for  a  suretie,  that  the  carpenters  of  that 
countre  knowyng  the  holesomnes  of  the  rosin,  when  they 
chance  upon  any  plenty  of  it,  whilse  they  cut  the  larche  trees, 
drinck  largely  thereof,  and  become  as  dronken  therewith,  as 
if  they  had  dronken  a  great  deale  of  strong  wyri3." — (Fol.  29.) 

"  This  Lepidium  groweth  plenteously  about  the  water  syde 
that  rynneth  thorow  Morpeth  in  Northumberland,  in  suche 
places  as  great  heapes  of  stones  are  eastern  together  wyth  the 
might  of  a  great  spat  or  floode." — (Fol.  35.) 

Flax  or  line.  "  It  hath  blue  floures  in  the  top  of  the  stalk, 
and  after  that  they  be  gone,  ther  come  forth  round  knoppes, 
sauing  that  ther  is  in  the  end  a  sharp  thyng  lyke  a  prick 
growyng  out  .  These  knoppes  or  heades  are  called  in  North- 
umberland bowles,  and  wythin  these  heades  are  long  flat  sedes 
in  color  redishe,  and  eche  sede  is  conteyned  in  his  proper  cell 
diuided  from  the  rest." — (Fol.  39,  b.) 

Under  Meon  or  Mew,  he  says : — "  Feniculum  tortuosum 
which  I  take  at  the  leste  to  be  a  kynd  of  Mew,  if  it  be  not 
Athamanticum,  groweth  in  the  bisshoprik  of  Durram,  in  wild 
mores,  called  felles,  and  viij  myles  above  Bon  in  Germany  in 
a  countre  called  caltland,  and  a  litle  from  the  toun  of  Bathe 
in  hyghe  Germany .  I  saw  it  also  ones  in  Antwerp,  in  Apothe- 
caries gardin,  but  the  pothecari,  named  Petrus  de  virulis, 
called  it  peucedanum,  not  without  greate  error  .  I  saw  it  also 
growyng  in  Newcastel  in  a  gardin  in  greate  plenty,  where  as 
I  learned  that  it  was  called  spicnel. — (Fol.  57.) 

Orobanche. — "  The  herbe  which  I  haue  taken  and  taught 
xv  yeres  ago  to  be  Orobanche,  which  also  now  of  late  yeares 
Matthiolus  hath  set  out  for  Orobanche,  groweth  in  many 
places  of  England,  both  in  the  north  countre  besyde  Morpethe, 
where  as  it  is  called  our  lady  '  of  new  chapillis  flour,'  and  also 
in  the  south  countre  a  lytle  from  Shene  in  the  broum  closes  . 
But  it  hath  no  name  there  .  I  haue  sene  it  in  diuerse  places  of 
Germany,  and  first  of  all  betwene  Colon  and  Bodekirck." — 
(Fol.  71,  b.) 

"  Petasltes  hath  soft  stele  or  footstalk  a  cubit  long  and  som- 
tyme  longer  and  is  of  the  thicknes  of  a  mannis  finger,  and  in 
the  top  of  it  groweth  a  lefe  which  hath  the  fasshou  of  an  hat, 
and  it  hangeth  doun  after  the  maner  of  a  todestool  "  "  It 
hath  a  grete  and  long  bitter  roote  with  a  very  strong  smell  . 
This  herbe  is  called  in  Northumberland  an  eldin,  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire a  butterbur,  in  Dutch  pestilentz  wurtz." — (Fol. 
83.)  Here,  at  Whelpington,  it  is  called  an  Ell-docken. 

Phalaris. — "  The  first  tyme  that  euer  I  saw  thys  herbe,  was 
in  the  citie  of  Come,  where  as  the  chefe  Physciane  of  the  citi 
no  lesse  gentle  then  well  learned  shewed  vnto  me,  and  my 
felow  master  Johan  Walker  .  After warde  I  saw- it  in  England 
taken  .for  mil,  for  they  that  brought  Canari  biirdes  out  of 
Spayn,  brought  of  the  sede  of  Phalaris  also  to  fede  them  with, 
whereof  when  I  had  sowed  a  litle  I  found  that  it  was  the  right 
phalaris  which  I  had  sene  in  Itali  before."— (Fol.  85.) 


MORPETH  PARISH. MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  TURNER,  M.D. 


461 


whose  father  with  his  yearly  exhibition  did  helpe  me, 
beyng  student  in  Cambridge  of  physik  and  philosophy ; 
whereby  with  some  further  help  and  study  am  commed 
to  this  pore  knowledge  of  herbes  and  other  simples  that 

Oak.—"  I  haue  not  sene  any  galles  in  England  growing 
upon  oke  leaves  .  But  I  haue  sene  them  growing  vpon  oke 
leues,  not  only  in  Italy,  but  also  in  very  great  plenty  in  East 
Fresland  in  a  wood  a  little  from  Auriche."  "  It  was  told  me 
by  a  learned  man,  a  frende  of  myne,  that  in  the  year  of  our 
Lorde  M.D.Lvij  that  there  was  a  greate  plentye  of  Galles 
found  vpon  oke  leues  in  the  north  countre  of  England,  and 
namely  about  Hallyfax."— (Fol.  109.) 

Sorbus  ouatum. — "  The  tree  groweth  in  moyst  woddes,  and 
is  called  in  Northumberland  a  rowne  tree,  or  a  whicken  tree, 
in  the  south  partes  of  England,  a  quickbeame  tree. " — (Fol.  143. ) 

Of  the  black  Hellebor. — "  I  dare  not  saye  that  euer  I  founde 
the  rlghte  black  hellebor,  but  thys  I  dare  holde,  that  a  man 
for  defaut  of  it,  maye  vse  very  well  that  kinde  of  bear-foot  that 
goeth  euery  yeare  into  the  grounde,  whereof  groweth  great 
plentye  in  a  parke  besyde  Colchester,  and  in  the  west  parke 
besyde  Morpeth  a  litle  from  the  riuer  called  Wanspek. — (Id. 
fol.  160,  b.) 

(e,  3. ) — "  The  Thirde  Parte  of  Vuiliam  Turner's  Herbal, 
wherein  are  conteined  the  herbes,  trees,  rootes  &  fruytes, 
whereof  is  no  mention  made  of  Dioscorides,  Galene,  Plinye, 
and  other  olde  Authores."  Arms  and  imprint  as  before.  The 
dedication  of  this  part  is  "  To  the  right  worshippfull  Fellow- 
ship &  companye  of  Surgiones  of  the  citye  of  London  chefely, 
and  to  all  other  that  practyse  surgery  within  England,  Wil- 
liam Turner  sendeth  greting  in  Christ  Jesu,"  which  dedication 
concludes  thus: — "Being  so  much  vexed  with  sickness,  and 
occupied  with  preaching,  and  the  study  of  diuinitye  and  exer- 
cise of  discipline,  I  haue  had  but  small  leasure  to  write  Her- 
belles."  But  "  if  ye  take  this  my  poore  present  in  good  worth, 
I  think  that  I  haue  bestowed  my  labours  well,  and  if  I  can 
perceyue  this,  it  may  be  an  occasion,  that  if  God  send  me 
health,  leasure,  and  long  life,  that  I  take  some  more  paynes, 
for  your  profit  in  some  other  matter  .  The  Lord  kepe  you  . 
At  AVelles  1564,  the  24  daye  of  June."  After  the  dedication 
there  is  a  treatise  "  of  the  degrees  of  herbes,  and  other  things, 
and  what  a  degree  is  :"  and  the  remainder  of  the  book  occu- 
pies 81  pages,  and  the  signatures  from  Aaa  to  Ggg,  each  series 
having  three  sheets  excepting  Ggg,  which  has  only  5  leaves. 
I  have  no  extracts  from  this  volume. 

2.  BIRDS. — "  Avium  praecipvarum,  quarum  apvd  Plinium 
et  Aristotelem  mentio  est,  brevis  et  succincta  historia  .  Ex  op- 
timis  quibusq;  scriptoribus  contexta,  scholio  illustrate  et  aucta  . 
Adjectis  nominibus  Grecis,  Germanicis,  et  Britannicis  .  Per 
Dn.  Guilielmum  Turnerum,  artium  et  medicinse  doctorem  . 
Colonise  excudebat  Johan.  Gymnicus  anno  M.D.xliiij."  This 
is  a  small  octavo,  with  signatures  from  A  to  K,  and  two  more 
printed  leaves.  On  K,  3  a,  is  "  Peroratio  ad  lectorem,"  which 
runs  over  5  pages,  and  ends  thus  : — "  Sed  ad  te  jam  redeo, 
candidlssime  lector,  quern  etiam  atq;  etiam  obtestor,  ut  si  qua 
tlbl  sese  peregrina  facie  offerat  auis  paucis  mihi  illam,  addito 
nomine  gentis  tuse,  depingere  non  dedigneris,  et  mihi  et  om- 
nium boiiarum  literarum  studiosis  scies  te  magnopere  gratifi- 


I  now  have."  He  also,  in  his  dedication  to  the  Pre- 
servative against  the  Poison  of  Pelagius  to  bishop  Lati- 
mer,  in  1551,  reminds  that  prelate  that  about  20  years 
before  that  time  he  was  one  of  his  disciples  at  Cambridge, 

oaturum,  nam  non  facti  in  secunda  hujus  libri  editione  ero 
immemor,nec  quicquam,quod  ad  hoc  discipline  genus  pertinet, 
mihi  exploratum,  te  celabo  .  Vale  .  Coloniae  Calend.  Martiis." 
This  work  is  dedicated  to  Edward  prince  of  Wales,  and  the  dedi- 
cation, which  occupies  6  folios,  is  dated  "  Colonise,  5  Idus  Febru- 
arij,  anno  M.D.xliiij."  I  give  the  following  as  a  specimen  of 
this  work: — "  DE  FRINGILLA  .  ET<£«,  fringilla;  Anglice 
a  Chafflnche,  a  sheld  appel,  a  spink ;  Germanice  eyn  buchftnk. 
Fringillae,  authore  aristotele,  estate  tepidis  locis,  et  hyeme, 
frigidis  degunt,  et  inde  puto  apud  Latinos  nomeii  accepisse, 
quod  in  frigore  plures  conuolantes  apud  nos  cernantur,  quam 
estate  .  Pascerem  magnitudine  eequat,  uariis  coloribus,  albo 
nempe,  uirido,  et  ruffo  distincta  est .  maris  pectus  rubescit, 
foemine  pallescit :  cantat  mas  primo  vere  .  Nidulatur  fringilla 
in  summis  fructicum  ramis,  aut  arborum  infimis,  nidumq; 
intus  ex  lana,  forisq;  ex  musco  facit." — (Sheet  D.  fol.  6,  a.) 
This  little  work,  indeed,  consists  of  quotations  from  Aristotle 
and  Pliny,  respecting  different  kinds  of  birds,  and  is  inter- 
spersed with  curious  notices,  descriptions,  and  criticisms  of 
the  author. 

3.  MINERAL  WATERS. — "  The  booke  of  the  Natures  and 
Properties,  as  well  of  the  Bathes  in  England,  as  of  other  bathes 
in  Germanye  and  Italye,  very  necessarye  for  all  sycke  persones 
that  can  be  healed  without  the  helpe  of  natural  bathes,  lately 
oversene  and  enlarged  by  William  Turner,  Doctor  in  Physick. 
God  save  the  Quene."     The  arms  and  imprint  as  in  the  title- 
page  of  the  third  part  of  the  Herbal,  in  the  edition  of  1560. 
"  The  Preface  of  the  Author  vnto  his  welbeloved  neighboures 
of  Bath,  Bristow,  Wellis,  Winsam  &  Charde,"  is  dated  from 
"Basil,  the  x  Martij,  in  the  year  of  our  Lorde  1557."     The 
whole  comprized  on  17  folios. 

4.  FISHES. — In  the  Calends  of  November,  1557,  Dr.  Turner 
dated  a  letter  on  English  fishes,  from  "  Wissenburg,"  to  Conard 
Gesner,  which  letter  that  giant  in  literature  and  natural  his- 
tory printed  in  the  beginning  of  his  third  volume  of  his  History 
of  Animals.  The  letter  occupies  four  folio  pages,  and  concludes 
with  the  declaration  of  its  being  written  entirely  from  me- 
mory, unaided  by  notes  or  comment.     "  Quartum  genus  nus- 
quam  in  tota  Anglia,  nisi  in  Northumbria  vidl,  ubi  a  Codling 
appellatur  .  Piscis  est  Haddok  multo  major,  sed  coddo  multo 
minor  .  forma  coddum  et  sapore  lengum,  nisi  me  mea  memo- 
ria  fallat,  refert.      In  littore  Northumbrico  prope  oppidum 
Bednel,  in  copia  multo  maxima  capitur." 

5.  MEDICINE. — "  A  new  booke  on  the  natures  and  properties 
of  all  wines  that  are  commonly  vsed  here  in  England,  with  a 
confutation  of  an  Errour  of  some  men,  that  holde  that  Rhen- 
nish  and  other  small  white  wines  ought  not  to  be  drunken  of 
them  that  either  haue  or  are  in  daunger  of  the  stone,  the 
reume,  and  diuers  other  diseases,  made  by  William  Turner,  doc- 
tor of  Physicke  .  Whereunto  is  annexed  the  booke  of  the  natures 
and  vertues  of  Triacles,  newly  corrected  and  set  forth  againe 
by  the  saide  William  Turner.   Imprinted  at  London  by  William 
Seres — anno  1568."    This  is  an  octavo  book,  and  like  most  of 


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which  accords  well  enough  with  the  account  Baker  gives 
of  his  being  admitted  Fellow  of  Pembroke  Hall  in  1531. 
The  same  author  also  says  that  u  he  was  in  deacon's 
orders  at  least;  for  on  March  20,  153(5,  he  had  a  title 
from  his  college,  and  was  then  Fellow  and  Master  of 
Arts.  His  first  work,  The  Comparison  of  the  Old 
Learning  and  the  New,  was  published  in  the  following 
year ;  and  his  first  work  on  Botany,  in  1 538,  in  which 
year  Pultney  says  he  found  him  a  student  at  Pembroke 
College,  where  he  acquired  great  reputation  for  his 
learning ;  and  speaking  himself  in  the  last  edition  of  his 
Herbal,  "  of  the  herbe  called  Myrrhis,"  or  Casshes,  he 
says — "  It  groweth  in  orchardes  amongest  ye  gras  vnder 
ye  trees  very  lyke  vnto  homlok  .  I  neuer  saw  greter 
plenty  of  it  then  I  haue  sene  in  the  hortyard  of  Pebrook- 
hall,  in  Cabridge,  where  as  I  was  some  tyme  a  pore 
felow."  In  a  passage  quoted  from  one  of  his  works  by 
Pultney,  he  also  says : — "  Being  yet  a  student  of  Pem- 
broke Hall,  whereas  I  could  learn  never  one  Greke, 
neither  Latin,  nor  English  name,  even  amongst  the 
physicians,  of  any  herbe  or  tree :  such  was  the  ignorance 
of  the  time ;  and  as  yet  there  was  no  English  Herbal, 
but  one  all  full  of  unlearned  cacographies,  and  falsely 
naming  of  herbes." 

The  pagan  rites  and  doctrines,  which  had  been  en- 
grafted on  Christianity  during  the  first  three  centuries, 
began  to  be  generally  exposed,  and  the  ecclesiastical 
tyranny,  with  which  it  had  been  enthralled  in  succeeding 
ages,  to  be  successfully  combatted  and  overcome  about 
the  period  when  Turner  began  to  flourish — and  he  en- 
tered into  the  views  and  spirit  of  the  Reformation  with 
so  much  zeal  and  activity  as  to  bring  upon  himself  the 

the  rest  of  his  smaller  works,  without  folios  or  pagings,  but  has 
signatures.  The  flnis  is  on  E,  4  a ;  and  then,  on  E,  5  a,  this  new 
title : — "  This  booke  sheweth  at  large  the  powers,  commodi- 
ties, vertues,  &  properties  of  the  Three  most  renouned  and 
famous  preservatives  or  Triacles :  to  wete,  of  the  greate  Tria- 
cle  called  in  Latin  Theriaca  Andromachi ;  of  the  Triacle  Salt ; 
and  of  it  that  is  called  by  the  name  of  the  finder  out  &  maker 
Mithridatium  .  Gathered  of  Galen  and  Aetius  by  the  labours 
and  paines  of  William  Turner,  Doctor  of  Physicke,  newly  cor- 
rected and  amended. — Mellis  si  nimia  est  copia  bills  erit."  On 
the  last  signature,  G,  is  the  Finis,  and  "  1[  Imprinted  at  Lon- 
don by  William  Seres,  dwelling  at  the  West  ende  of  Paules 
at  the  signe  of  the  Hedgehogge."  Near  the  conclusion  of  the 
dedication  "  To  the  right  honourable  sir  William  Cecil  knight, 
i-hiefe  secretary  unto  the  quenes  maiestye  &c."  he  speaks  of  a 
former  edition  of  the  work  on  Triacles,  "  which  was  negli- 
gently and  falselye  printed,  and  diuerse  honest  men  think  it 
uecessarie  to  be  printed  againe." 


persecution  of  bishop  Gardener  and  the  censure  of  a 
biographer  of  more  celebrity  than  candour.  It  has 
already  been  shown  that  Turner  had  a  title  for  orders 
from  his  college ;  but  Anthony  Wood,  a  man  to  whom 
nature  had  given  a  saturnine  disposition,  and  the  times 
he  lived  in  a  monkish  hatred  to  every  species  of  reform, 
improvement,  and  inductive  enquiry,  above  a  century 
after  his  death,  has  ventured  to  insinuate  that  he  was 
never  ordained,  and  to  calumniate  his  labours  and  in- 
tentions in  the  following  terms: — He  was  "a  noted  and 
forward  theologist  of  his  time" — "  very  conceited  of  his 
own  worth,  hot-headed,  a  busy  body,  and  much  adicted 
to  the  opinions  of  Luther,"  and  "  would  needs,  in  the 
heighth  of  his  study  of  physic,  turn  theologist,  but  al- 
ways refused  the  usual  ceremonies  to  be  observed  in 
order  to  his  being  made  priest :  and  whether  he  had 
orders  confirmed  upon  him  according  to  the  Roman 
catholic  manner,  appears  not.  Sure  it  is  that  while  he 
was  a  young  man,  he  went  unsent  for  through  many 
parts  of  the  nation,  and  preached  the  word  of  God  not 
only  in  towns  and  villages  but  also  in  cities."  Thus, 
"  following  his  old  trade  of  preaching  without  a  call,  he 
was  imprisoned  and  kept  in  close  durance  for  a  consider- 
able time.  At  length  being  let  loose  and  banished  he 
travelled  into  Italy,  and  at  Ferrara  he  was  made  doctor 
of  physic,  and  as  much  there  in  esteem  for  his  faculty 
as  after  his  return  in  England  he  was  among  the  re- 
formed party."  "  This  banishment,"  as  Pultney  observes, 
"  proved  favourable  to  his  advancement  in  medical  and 
botanical  studies :  he  resided  at  Basil,  at  Stratsburgh,  at 
Bon :  but  principally  at  Cologn,  with  many  other  Eng- 
lish refugees.  He  dwelt  also  for  some  time  in  Weissen- 
burgh,"  to  the  neighbourhood  of  which  place  he  assigns 
localities  to  a  sort  of  wild  radish,  and  satyrion.  "  As  at 
this  period  the  learned  were  applying  with  great  assidu- 
ity to  the  illustration  of  the  antients,  it  was  a  fortunate 
circumstance  to  Dr.  Turner  that  he  had  an  opportunity 
of  attending  the  lectures  of  Lucas  Ghinus  at  Bologna, 
of  whom  he  speaks  with  great  satisfaction  in  his  Herbal, 
and  frequently  cites  his  authority  against  other  com- 
mentators." Under  "  pistatia"  or  "  fistic  nut,"  he  says, 
"  In  lyknes  and  bignes  haue  I  sene  the  letisk  or  mastic 
tree  and  the  fistic  in  Bonony,  where  as  I  learned  the 
knowledge  of  herbes  and  practice  of  physic  of  my  master 
Lucas  Ginus,  the  reder  of  Dioscorides  there,  of  whom 
Matthiolus  in  his  Commentaries  upon  Dioscorides  of- 
tymes  maketh  honorable  mention :"  and  under  the  plant 


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463 


Alexander,  he  says,  he  learned  first  the  knowledge  of 
herbs  from  his  masters,  Antoninus  Musa,  Fuschius,  and 
Ruellius,  whom  he  judged  masters  in  such  matters. — 
(Herbal,  part  ii.,fol.  67,  b. ;  91,  b.)  Numerous  localities 
of  plants  are  also  scattered  over  his  botanical  works, 
from  which  it  appears  that  he  had  travelled  from  Fries- 
land,  in  the  north  of  Holland,  by  the  Rhine  and  the 
Rhetian  Alps  to  Bologna,  and  the  Apenine  chain,  in  Italy. 
He  relates  a  case  about  giving  a  decoction  of  fever-few 
to  a  sick  woman  in  East  Friesland,  in  which  there 
was  then  only  one  apothecary's  shop,  and  that  at  Em- 
den.  He  also  saw  galls  growing  in  great  plenty,  on  oak 
leaves,  in  a  wood  a  little  from  "  Aurike,"  in  East  Fries- 
land,  and  speaks  of  an  opinion  that  prevailed  in  a  coun- 
try where  he  had  been  in  the  dukedom  of  Cleves,  called 
Sourland,  of  wheat  "being  sown  on  that  sourland,  as  it 
is  truly  called,"  and  becoming  rye  in  the  second  year, 
and  two  years  after  going  into  darnel.  Other  sorts  of 
plants  or  trees  he  found  in  the  neighbourhoods  of  An- 
dernach,  Bonn,  Worms,  Weisenburgh,  Lauterburgh,  and 
Basle.  He  found  larch  in  great  abundance  in  the  dio- 
cese of  Cour ;  and  an  herb  he  calls  polium,  near  the  city 
of  Cour,  and  a  sort  of  cinquefoil  on  its  walls.  "  I  never 
saw  better  hops  than  I  saw  growing  wild  a  little  from 
the  wall  that  goeth  from  Chertosa  by  a  little  rivers  side." 
"  I  saw  rise  grown  in  great  plenty  beside  Milan."  The 
white  asp  hetlid  not  remember  to  have  seen  in  England, 
but  by  the  river  side  of  Padus,  in  Italy,  where  it  is 
called  albera ;  and  by  the  side  of  the  Rhine,  in  High 
Germany,  where  they  called  it  saurbaum.  Rhamnus,  or 
Christ's  Thorn,  he  found  on  the  mount  Appenine  a  little 
from  Bologna.  On  islands  about  Venice,  he  saw  the  herb 
peplis  growing,  "  which  is  very  much  like  unto  an  Eng- 
lish wart  wort."  In  his  sojournment  in  Italy,  whatever 
knowledge  he  might  have  obtained  of  "  simples,"  he 
however  brought  out  of  it  a  bad  opinion  of  its  morality, 
for  he  said  of  it  that  it  was  "  not  to  be  seen  without  a 
guide,  that  is  without  special  grace  given  from  God, 
because  of  the  licentious  and  corrupt  behaviour  of  the 
people."*  The  extent  of  his  botanical  researches  cannot 
be  better  summed  up  than  in  the  following  passage  from 
the  last  edition  of  his  Herbal : — "  I  haue  gone  thorough 
England,  high  Germany  and  low  Germany,  and  a  great 
deale  of  Italy,  whereas  I  sought  diligently  all  kindes  of 
herbes ;  but  I  could  neuer  finde  yet  any  such  herbe,  as 
Matthiolus  setteth  furthe  for  Sion. — (Herbal,  part  ii., 

*  Harrison's  Description  of  England,  p.  150. 


pp.  22,  23,  25,  28,  55,  b.,  96,  99, 101, 109, 112,  115, 123, 
128,  b.,  129,  138.) 

In  what  year  he  attended  the  lectures  of  Ghinus,  at 
Bologna,  or  took  the  degree  of  doctor  of  physic  at  Fera- 
ra,  I  have  found  no  mention ;  but  I  think  it  probable 
that  he  studied  and  graduated  in  Italy  between  the  time 
of  the  publication  of  his  first  work  on  botany  in  1538, 
and  the  death  of  Henry  the  Eighth  in  Jan.  1547:  for 
during  the  whole  of  that  period  he  seems  to  have  been 
in  banishment,  and  to  have  published  no  work  in  Eng- 
land. Indeed  Gesner,  in  his  notice  of  him,  makes  it 
plain  that  he  had  been  in  Italy  about  the  year  1540 : 
for,  in  the  passage  already  translated  from  the  work  De 
Herbis  Lunariis,  which  was  published  in  1555,  he  says 
that  Turner,  on  his  return  from  Italy,  about  15  years 
before  that  time,  called  upon  him,  no  doubt  at  his  own 
house,  at  Zurick,  in  Switzerland.  Basle  seems  to  have 
been  his  first  place  of  residence  and  practice  as  a  physi- 
cian, after  he  had  completed  his  professional  studies  at 
Ferara  and  Bologna — Bononia  mater  studiorum — of  the 
gentle  blood  of  whose  inhabitants  Boccaccio  exclaimed — 
O  singulare  dolcezza  del  sangue  Bolognese.  It  was  at 
Basle  that  Turner  printed  the  little  volume  intituled 
The  Hunting  of  the  Romish  Fox,  in  Oct.  1543 ;  but  he, 
probably  soon  after  that  time,  removed  down  the  Rhine 
to  Cologne,  foi  Bumaldus  mentions  a  work  of  his  with 
this  title,  and  printed  there  in  1544  : — "  Historia  de 
Naturis  Herbarum  scholiis  et  notis  valata,"  which  was 
in  octavo,  and  printed  by  "  Gymnicus,"  at  Cologne,  in 
that  year.  Pultney  had  never  seen  this  work,  or  found 
mention  of  it  by  any  one  but.  Bumaldus,  and  suspected 
that  it  was  not  republished  in  England  :  but  I  think  it 
pretty  certain  that  the  account  Bumaldus  gives  of  it  is 
correct ;  for  the  preface  to  Turner's  little  jewel  of  a 
book,  on  the  principal  birds  mentioned  by  Pliny  and 
Aristotle,  is  also  dated  from  Cologne,  on  Feb.  9,  1544, 
and  was  printed  there  by  John  Gymnicus — from  whose 
press  the  History  of  Plants  is  said  to  have  issued ;  and, 
in  the  dedication  of  his  Names  of  Herbes,  in  1548,  he 
expressly  mentions  a  "  certain  little  book,  which  he  set 
forth  four  years  ago,  and  dedicated  to  Edward  prince  of 
Wales" ;  and  that  he  would,  if  he  perceived  that  treatise 
well  received,  set  forth  an  Herbal  and  a  book  of  Fishes : 
which  Herbal  he  finished  in  Latin,  but  was  dissuaded 
from  publishing  it  in  that  language,  and  till  he  had  seen 
the  plants  which  grew  in  the  west  of  England,  where  he 
had  never  been,  but  which  had  been  represented  to  him 


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as  "richly  replenished  with  all  kinds  of  strange  and 
wonderful  works  and  gifts  of  nature."  His  Rescuing  of 
the  Romish  Fox  and  Hunting  of  the  Romish  Wolf  ap- 
peared in  1544,  and  was  probably  printed  at  Cologne, 
and  sent  to  England  to  circulate. 

After  the  accession  of  Edward  the  Sixth,  and  the 
triumph  of  the  protestant  cause,  Turner  returned  to 
England  and  renewed  his  labours  in  natural  history, 
physic,  and  divinity.  He  was  made  physician  to  the 
king's  uncle,  the  duke  of  Somerset,  then  protector  of 
the  realm,  in  whose  household  he  resided  at  Sion,  and 
from  thence,  in  March,  1548,  dated  the  dedication  to  his 
patron,  of  his  "  Names  of  Herbes."  _  "Wood  says,  he  was 
incorporated  doctor  of  physic  at  Oxford ;  and  the  same 
degree,  according  to  another  author,  was  confirmed  upon 
him  at  Cambridge.  By  a  passage  in  his  book  of  Spirit- 
ual Physic  it  is  plain,  that  during  some  part  of  Edward 
the  Sixth's  reign  he  sat  in  the  house  of  commons,  but 
for  what  place  I  have  no  means  of  ascertaining.  The 
passage  I  allude  to  is  this : — "  But  yf  they  wyll  not 
folowe  these  gentlemen,  but  wyll  be  wylfully  blynde 
and  suffer  themselues  to  be  led  whether  so  euer  it  shall 
please  theyr  blynde  guydes  to  leade  them,  they  may  as 
well  tarry  at  home,  as  come  to  the  parlament  house, 
to  syt  there,  except  they  wyll  other  slepe,  or  elles  tell 
the  cloke  whylse  learned  men  dispute  the  maters  that 
are  in  contention,  as  I  haue  seen  some  gentlemen  of  the 
fyrst  head  do,  when  I  was  a  burgess  of  late  of  the  lower 
house." — (Folio  44,  b.) 

About  this  time  he  was  also  promoted  to  the  prebend 
of  Botevant,  in  the  church  of  York,  and  to  a  canon  at 
Windsor ;  but  I  have  not  the  exact  dates  of  his  appoint- 
ment to  these  preferments.  According  to  an  authority, 
however,  quoted  by  le  Neve,  he  was  advanced  to  the 
deanery  of  Wells  in  1550 ;  and,  on  July  5,  in  the  same 
year,  a  letter  of  the  Council  was  directed  to  Oriel  College, 
Oxford,  to  accept  of  Dr.  Turner,  by  the  king's  appoint- 
ment, as  master  of  that  institution. — (Bliss's  Wood's 
Ath.  Ox.  i.  364.)  Also,  in  1550,  he  published  his  hu- 
mourous and  satirical  tract,  entituled  The  Hunting  of 
the  Romish  Wolf,  which,  from  its  being  dedicated  to  the 
young  gentlemen  of  Somersetshire,  and  other  neigh- 
bouring counties,  I  suppose,  did  not  appear  till  after  he 
was  raised  to  the  dignity  of  dean  of  Wells.  From  the 
Preservative  or  Triacle  against  the  Poison  of  Pelagius 
I  have  given  a  large  extract  in  the  account  of  that  work, 
which  is  dated  Jan.  30, 1551,  and  in  which,  at  signature 


B,  7  b,  he  mentions  his  sermon  as  "  faithfully  gathered 
of  me  by  Thomas  Norton ;"  and,  on  the  same  folio,  tells 
his  opponent — "  ye  wrote  not  one  word  against  me, 
vntil  yt  ye  had  my  hole  sermon  writte  in  youre  handes." 

From  the  accession  of  Mary,  on  July  6,  1553,  to  her 
death,  Nov.  17,  1558,  he  was  again  driven  into  exile; 
and  resided  in  different  towns  on  the  Rhine,  or  its  tri- 
butary streams.  His  "  New  book  of  Spiritual  Physic" 
is  dated  Feb.  20, 1555  ;  but  the  imprint  to  it  "  at  Rome, 
by  the  Vatican  Church,"  is  a  fiction:  for  it  was,  I  have  no 
doubt,  printed  at  Basle  or  Cologne.  When  and  where 
the  work  on  the  Romish  Mass  (DIVINITY,  No.  8,  in  the 
above  notes,)  was  printed,  I  cannot,  from  the  information 
before  me,  form  any  probable  conjecture ;  but  the  notice 
in  its  preface,  of  an  answer  he  had  written  within  these 
7  years  to  a  certain  learned  man  of  England,  and  the 
omission  of  the  printer's  name,  seem  to  show  that  it  was 
printed  secretly,  and  in  some  foreign  country. 

On  March  10,  1557,  he  dated  the  preface  to  his  book 
on  Baths  to  his  neighbours  about  Wells,  from  Basle ; 
but  the  death  of  Mary,  on  Nov.  17,  in  that  year,  finally 
released  him  from  banishment,  and  he  returned  to  his 
native  country,  and  preferment,  which  he  was  suffered 
to  enjoy  during  the  remaining  period  of  his  life.  On 
the  first  of  Nov.,  1567,  he  was  residing  at  Weisenburgh, 
on  the  Lauter,  and  from  thence,  on  that  day,  dated  his 
Letter  on  the  Fishes  of  England  to  Gesner,  who,  in  the 
list  of  authors  that  had  assisted  him  in  the  third  volume 
of  his  Natural  History,  mentions  "  Guilielmus  Turne- 
rus,  Anglus  Medicus  Weissenburgi  eximius." 

There  can,  I  think,  be  no  doubt  but  he  made  some  con- 
siderable collection  of  materials  for  a  work  on  British 
Fishes;  for,  in  the  dedication  of  his  Names  of  Herbes,  in 
1548,  he  mentions  a  promise  he  had  made  of  setting  out  a 
book  of  Fishes ;  and,  in  the  dedication  to  the  first  part  of 
his  Herbal,  to  queen  Elizabeth,  in  1568,  he  tells  her  that, 
if  he  could  in  his  old  age  get  rest  from  his  enemies,  and 
sickness  would  suffer  him,  he  intended  to  set  out  a  book 
on  the  Names  and  Natures  of  the  Fishes  within  her  do- 
minions. 

His  literary  pursuits  seem  now  to  have  been  chiefly 
confined  to  improving  his  Herbal,  of  which  the  edi- 
tion in  1568  was  the  last,  and  of  its  kind  by  far  the 
most  important  book  which  to  that  time  had  been  ever 
published  in  England.  His  work  on  Wines  and  Pre- 
servatives also  appeared  in  1568  ;  on  the  7th  of  July  in 
which  year,  to  use  the  words  of  Anthony  Wood,  he 


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"  quietly  laid  down  his  head  and  departed  this  life  . 
whereupon  his  body  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St. 
Olave's  church,  in  Hert-street,  London,  leaving  then 
behind  him  several  children ;  of  whom  Peter,*  a  doctor 
of  physic,  was  one,  and  father  of  Samuel  and  Peter." 
In  the  dedication  to  the  first  part  of  his  Herbal,  which 
is  dated  from  his  house  in  "the  Crossed  Friars,"  in 
London,  March  5,  1568,  he  mentions  his  old  age  and 
sickness ;  but,  from  the  circumstance  of  his  being  a  stu- 
dent at  Cambridge  about  the  year  1531,  one  is  apt  to 
suppose  that  he  could  not  be  much  above  60  years  old 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  lived  in  an  age  of  great 
excitement  and  trouble,  and  complains  of  bad  treatment 
from  his  enemies  for  the  last  eight  years  of  his  life :  so 
that  his  dignities  had  not  sat  easily  upon  his  brow.  His 
houses  at  Wells,  and  the  Crutched  Friars,  in  London, 
seem  to  have  been  his  principal  residence  in  England. 
During  his  exiles  his  family  probably  followed  his  for- 
tune: for  he  not  only  mentions  plants  as  growing  in  his 
garden  at  Wells  and  in  London,  but  in  his  gardens  at 
Cologne  and  at  Weisenbergh ;  and  particularly  in  his 
account  of  the  Cytisus  tree,  in  the  edition  of  the  first 
part  of  his  Herbal,  in  1568,  he  notices  that  he  had  it 
growing  once  at  Cologne,  and  "  now  I  have  it  growing 
here  in  my  garden  at  Weisenburgh." — (Fol.  196;  see  also 
part  iL,  f.  13,  6.,  and  16.)  "  Dr.  Williamj  Turner  mar- 
ried Jane,  daughter  of  John  Ander,  an  alderman  of 
Cambridge,  who,  after  her  husband's  death,  married  to 
Richard  Cox,  bishop  of  Ely ;  and,  in  her  second  widow- 
hood, and  in  memory  of  her  first  husband,  left  to  Pem- 
broke Hall  ah  annuity  of  five  marks,  and  some  pasture 
lands  in  Knapwell — (Bliss's  Wood's  Ath.  Ox.  1363.)— 
She  also  set  up  a  monument  to  his  memory  in  St.  Olave's 
church. 

*  Peter,  son  of  Dr.  William  Turner,  married  Pascha,  sister 
of  Dr.  Henry  Parr,  bishop  of  Worcester,  and  by  her  had  eight 
children,  one  of  whom  was  called  Peter,  and  was  born  in 
1599,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Helen,  Bishopgate,  where  his  father 
lived,  and  practised  his  faculty.  This  Peter  was  probationer 
at  Merton,  1607;  professor  of  geometry  in  Gresham  College, 
July  25,  1620;  M.  D.,  1636;  but  being,  as  Wood  says,  in  a 
manner  undone  by  the  parliamentarian  visitors,  he  retired  to 
the  house  of  his  sister,  a  widow  of  the  name  of  Wats,  who 
was  a  brewer  against  the  Compter-prison,  South wark,  with 
whom  he  died  in  Jan.,  1651,  aged  about  66.  He  wrote  many 
admirable  things,  but  being  too  curious  and  critical,  he  could 
never  finish  them  to  his  mind.  He  was  of  a  proud  and  haughty 
mind,  but  the  snivelling  presbyterians  did  not  stick  to  report 
that  he  died  no  better  than  a  brewer's  clerk,  because  he  often 
inspected  the  accounts  of  his  sister,  and  had  a  great  care  for 
her  concerns. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


Of  his  Herbal,  Pultney  says : — "  The  arrangement 
is  alphabetical,  according  to  the  Latin  names ;  and  after 
the  description  he  frequently  specifies  the  places  of 
growth.  He  is  ample  in  his  discrimination  of  the  spe- 
cies, as  his  great  object  was  to  ascertain  the  Materia 
Medica  of  the  antients,  and  of  Dioscorides  in  particular, 
throughout  the  vegetable  kingdom.  To  this  end  he 
bestows  much  criticism  on  the  commentaries  of  Fus- 
chius,  Tragus,  Matthiolus,  and  other  of  his  contempo- 
raries ;  and  professes  to  have  corrected  many  of  their 
mistakes,  in  the  application  of  the  names  of  Dioscorides. 
In  all  this  he  has  shown  much  judgement,  and,  I  may 
add,  much  moderation,  in  avoiding,  more  than  usual, 
the  license  taken  by  many  of  the  commentators  of  ap- 
plying the  names  of  plants  described  in  Theophrastus, 
Dioscorides,  and  Pliny,  to  those  of  the  western  parts  of 
Europe.  What  he  says  of  the  virtues  of  plants,  he  has 
drawn  from  the  antients ;  but  has,  in  numberless  in- 
stances, given  his  opinion  of  their  qualities,  in  opposi- 
tion to  those  sages,  and  recorded  his  own  experience  of 
the  virtues.  He  nowhere  takes  any  doubtful  plants 
upon  trust,  but  appears  to  have  examined  them  with 
all  the  precision  usually  exercised  at  a  time  when  me- 
thod and  principles  now  established  were  unthought  of, 
everywhere  comparing  them  with  the  descriptions  of 
the  antients  and  moderns.  He  first  gave  names  to  many 
English  plants ;  and,  allowing  for  the  time  when  speci- 
fical  distinctions  were  not  established,  when  almost  all 
the  small  plants  were  disregarded,  and  the  cryptogamia 
almost  wholly  overlooked,  the  number  he  was  acquaint- 
ed with  is  much  beyond  what  could  easily  have  been 
imagined,  in  an  original  writer  on  his  subject." 

"  The  complete  edition  of  the  Herbal,  in  1568,  was 
printed  at  Cologne,  unquestionably  to  receive  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  figures,  probably  at  that  time  the  pro- 
perty of  Birckman,  the  printer.  They  are  the  same 
with  which  the  octavo  edition  of  Fuschius  was  first 
printed,  in  1545 ;  in  all,  512.  Of  these  Turner  has 
used  upwards  of  400,  to  which  he  has  added  about  90 
new — making  the  whole  number  502.  There  are  some 
instances  of  the  wrong  application  of  these  figures,  an 
error  that  might  readily  happen,  when  the  author  was 
at  such  a  distance,  and  was  common  in  almost  all  similar 
works  of  that  time.  There  are  also  several  figures  to  which 
no  description  of  the  plants  can  be  found ;  for  instance, 
the  six  figures  of  the  geraniums  from  Fuschius  occur, 
with  a  slight  mention  of  only  two  species  in  the  text." 

"  Turner  is  the  first  author  who  has  given  a  figure  of 

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the  lucern,  which,  I  apprehend,  he  first  brought  into 
England,  and  named  horned  clover.  He  treats  largely 
of  its  cultivation  from  Pliny,  Palladius,  and  Columella." 

"In  the  dedication  to  the  edition  of  his  Herbal,  in 
1551,  Dr.  Turner  speaks  in  very  respectful  terms  of  the 
botanical  knowledge  of  several  of  his  contemporaries ; 
and  apologizes  for  his  undertaking  so  arduous  a  matter 
while  there  were  learned  Englishmen  better  qualified. 
He  enumerates  Dr.  Clement,  Dr.  Merdy,  Owen  Woo- 
ton,  and  master  Falconer.  The  last  mentioned  author 
is  several  times  introduced  in  the  body  of  the  work.  I 
can  scarcely  doubt  that  he  was  John  Falconer,  who  is 
recorded  as  having  communicated  many  English  plants 
to  Amatus  Lusitanus,  who  taught  physic  at  Ferrara  and 
Ancona,  and  made  himself  known  as  a  commentator  on 
Dioscorides  in  1553.  In  treating  on  glaux,  of  which 
Turner  gives  a  new  figure,  he  says,  "  He  never  saw  it 
in  England,  except  in  master  Falconer's  book,  and  that 
he  brought  it  from  Italy.*  From  this  and  other  like 
citations,  it  may  reasonably  be  conjectured,  that  "  Fal- 
coner's book"  was  a  Hortus  Siccus  ;-f  and,  if  so,  must 
have  been  among  the  earliest  collections  of  that  kind 
that  is  noticed  in  England." — (Pultney. )  Gesner  enu- 
merates among  those,  besides  Turner,  who  assisted  him 
in  his  great  work  on  fishes,  John  Cay,  a  famous  London 
physician — John  Falconer,  an  excellent  English  physi- 
cian and  theologist — and  John  Parckhurst,  a  most  ele- 
gant poet  and  divine. 

Turner  has  also  scattered  over  his  work,  notices 
of  other  botanists  and  herbalists,  particularly  of  Master 
Ryche.  Under  Organ,  he  says : — "  I  neuer  saw  ye  true 
Orga  in  Englad,  sauing  in  master  Ryches  gardin  in 
Londo,  where  as  I  saw  many  other  good  &  strange 

*  Of  this  plant  he  says  further,  that  he  "  saw  it  ones  in 
FJanders  by  the  sea  side  thre  myles  beyonde  Dunkirke." — 
(Herbal,  part  it.  vol.  12.) 

f  Turner  himself,  under  Irioii,  says—"  I  saw  ones  in  Ger- 
many, about"  Andernake,  an  herbe  in  my  judgement  in  all 
pointes  agreinge  wyth  the  description  of  Dioscorides ;  but  be- 
cause I  lost  the  stalke  that  I  gathered,  and  could  learne  no 
Duche  name  of  it,  I  could  not  set  furth  the  figure  of  it  here 
at  this  time."  Under  Gentisk,  he  says  the  leaves  of  that 
plant  resemble  those  of  the  ash  tree  in  the  order  of  their  stand- 
ing, and  "  with  their  maner  of  standyng  eury  payr  represent- 
eth  a  couple  of  byrdes  wynges  stretched  furth  redy  to  flie,  and 
chifely  then,  when  as  they  are  pressed  furth  upon  a  booke." 
I  have  quoted  these  passages  as  the  only  ones  I  have  seen  in 
skimming  over  Turner's  works,  which  seem  to  indicate  that 
he  made  collections  of  plants  in  a  book,  or  at  least  knew  the 
use  of  such  a  book. 


herbes,  which  I  neuer  saw  any  where  elles  in  all  Eng- 
land .  I  haue  sene  Origanu  Cretense  both  in  Itali  t  also 
in  Antwerp,  where  as  it  may  be  had  in  metely  good 
plenty  of  Peter  Codenberg,  a  faythful  "I  a  learned  apo- 
thecari." — (Part  ii.,fol.  69.)  On  Verbascum  Sylvestre, 
he  says : — "  The  black  mollen  is  lyke  vnto  the  whyte 
in  all  poyntes:  but  it  hath  broder  and  blacker  Jeaues  . 
And  there  is  also  a  wylde  kinde  that  beareth  long 
twigges  like  a  tre,  and  it  hath  leaues  lyke  vnto  sage, 
and  hyghe  twigges,  and  woddish,  and  about  them  litle 
boughes  as  horehounde  hath,  and  it  hathe  yelowe  floures 
lyke  vnto  golde  .  The  whyte  verbascum  is  called  com- 
monly in  English,  mollen  or  hickis  taper,  and  in  some 
places  long-wurt .  The  black  may  be  called  black  molen  . 
The  wilde  one  groweth  no  where  in  England,  sauinge 
in  gardines  .  I  haue  sene  it  of  late  in  maister  Riches 
gardin  .  It  may  be  called  in  Englishe,  sage  mullen." — 
fid.  p.  161.) 

"  In  appreciating  the  merit  of  Dr.  Turner  as  a  botanist 
due  regard  must  be  had  to  the  time  in  which  he  lived; 
the  little  assistance  he  could  derive  from  his  contem- 
poraries, of  whom  Brunsfelsius,  Ruellius,  Fuschsius,  and 
Tiagus,  when  he  published  his  first  part  of  the  Herbal, 
were  the  chief;  in  which  view  he  will  appear  to  have 
exhibited  uncommon  diligence  and  great  erudition,  and  fully 
to  deserve  the  character  of  an  original  writer.'" 

"  Our  author  paid  early  attention  to  mineral  waters  . 
He  was  probably  the  first  who  wrote  on  the  baths  at 
Bath,  in  Somersetshire  .  He  visited  several  of  the  mi- 
neral  springs  in  Germany,  Switzerland,  and  Italy ;  and 
drew  up,  whilst  abroad,  a  short  account  of  ten  of  these 
waters,  to  which  he  prefixed  a  more  enlarged  History 
of  the  Waters  of  Bath  .  This  was  written,  as  it  should 
seem,  at  Basil,  and  is  dedicated  to  his  '  well-beloved 
neighbours  of  Bath,  Bristow,  Wells,  Winsam,  and 
Charde,  March  10,  1557'  •  He  adjudged  the  principle 
of  Bath  water  to  be  brimstone,  and  possibly  a  little  cop- 
per, from  the  vicinity  of  that  metal  in  the  neighbouring 
mountains  .  He  says,  he  had  been  informed,  that,  be- 
sides brimstone,  the  King's  bath  held  alum,  and  the 
Cross  bath  saltpetre ;  but  he  could  find  neither  .  He 
concludes  his  account  of  the  baths,  by  a  set  of  general 
rules  for  all  who  drink  mineral  waters ;  many  of  which 
do  him  no  discredit,  when  compared  with  the  injunctions 
of  modern  physicians." 

There  is  a  list  of  his  works  in  the  Athenae  Oxonienses, 
"and  a  more  accurate  and  enlarged  one  in  Bishop 


MORPETH  PARISH. TWIZLE,  THE  WANSBECK. 


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Tanner's  Bibliotheca  .  Several  of  his  tracts  are  yet  in 
manuscript  in  various  libraries  .  He  collated  the  trans- 
lation of  the  Bible,  with  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  Latin 
copies,  and  corrected  it  in  many  places."*  "  He  pro- 
cured to  be  printed  at  Antwerp,  a  new  and  corrected 
edition  of  the  "  Historia  Gentis  nostrse  s.  Anglise,  writ- 
ten by  William  of  Newburgh,  from  a  manuscript  he 
found  in  the  library  of  Wells  :  but  complains  that  the 
printer  not  only  omitted  to  insert  certain  articles  sent 
by  him,  but  left  out  the  preface  he  sent  him,  substitut- 
ing one  of  his  own."  "  I  will  not  conclude,"  says 
Pultney,  "this  short  memoir  of  Dr.  Turner  without 
remarking,  that  the  succeeding  Herbalists — Gerard, 
Johnson,  and  Parkinson — seem  not  to  have  paid  due 
honour  to  his  merit  and  learning,  from  the  silence  they 
observe  relating  to  him  in  their  writings  .  Gerard,  in- 
deed, mentions  in  his  Preface,  '  that  excellent  work  of 
Master  Dr.  Turner ;'  and  in  another  place  styles  him 
'  that  excellent,  painefull,  and  diligent  physition  Mr 
Dr.  Turner  of  late  memorie'  .  In  justice  to  Turner, 
they  should  have  noticed  all  the  plants  he  has  recorded, 
particularly  the  natives  of  England  .  Ray,  at  the  dis- 
tance of  near  a  century,  was  sensible  of  his  worth,  having 
styled  him — '  a  man  of  solid  erudition  and  judgement' . 
In  honour  of  Turner,  too,  his  name  has  been  annexed 
by  Plumier,  the  French  botanist,  to  a  new  genus  of 
plants,  well  known  at  this  time  in  the  English  gardens  . 
It  was  first  discovered  by  Sloane  in  Jamaica,  and  de- 
scribed by  him  under  the  title  of  Cistus  Urticae  folio." 

TwizuEf  stands  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Blythe, 
where  that  river  begins  to  run  south  towards  Kirkley : 
it  is  a  distinct  township ;  and,  with  Startup  and  Thor- 
neyford,  about  the  year  1737,  contained  659  acres,  part 
of  which  was  then  tenanted  by  one  Andrew  Startup. 
At  present  it  is  assessed  to  county  rate  upon  a  rental  of 
£967  a  year.  Its  early  history  seems  to  be  nearly  the 
same  as  that  of  East  Dudden,  above  at  p.  287-  In  1368, 
it  is  called  the  manor  of  "  Twizle  Parva,"  and  was  at 
_*  Under  Thistles,  he  clearly  shows  that  the  passage,  Luke 
vili.  7,  Kaw  mpov  tirta-iv  Iv  ptto-u  reav  dx.ecv6av,  in 
the  version  ':  and  some  fell  upon  thorns,"  should  have  been 
translated,  and  some  fell  among  thistles ;  and  in  support  of  his 
argument  brings  passages  from  Aristotle  and  Dioscorides,  to 
show  that  the  acanthosof  the  Greeks  was  a  thistle.—  (Herb.  ii., 
f.  144,  sig.  B  b.  iiij.) 

f  Surtees  says,  he  believes  that  twi-xle  means  a  boundary,  and 
this  place  is  certainly  situated  on  the  boundary  between  the 
parishes  of  Morpeth  and  Ponteland.— (See  Hist.  Dur.  it.  p.  199.) 


that  time  a  possession  of  Robert  de  Ogle.  In  1410  it  is 
called  a  ville,  and  then  also  belonged  the  Ogle  family  ;* 
and  with  whom,  and  their  heirs,  it  continued  till  the  late 
duke  of  Portland  passed  it  by  sale  to  Mr  Brown,  who, 
in  1830,  sold  it  to  the  rev.  John  Saville  Ogle,  of  Kirk- 
ley,  its  present  owner. 

WANSBECK  is  the  modern  form  of  the  name  of  the 
river  which  runs  through  Morpeth,  but  which  in  the 
foundation  deed  of  Newminster  Abbey,  in  1139,  is  call« 
ed  Wenespic  and  Winespic.  In  Henry  the  Third's  time, 
it  is  Wanspic  (III.  ii.  62,  65) :  in  Henry  the  Sixth's, 
Wanspike  and  Wanspyke.  Dr.  Turner,  who  was  born 
in  Morpeth,  in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Seventh,  and 
therefore  well  acquainted  with  the  manner  of  speaking 
and  writing  this  name,  in  the  edition  of  his  Herbal,  in 
1548,  calls  it  Vanspeke ;  and,  in  that  of  1568,  Wanspek. 
On  Speed's  map,  in  1596,  it  is  Wanspek :  in  his  list  of 
towns  and  rivers,  Wanspeck.  In  a  court  roll  of  the 
manor  of  Morpeth,  in  1632,  it  is  Waynspeche.  When 
the  b  in  it  began  to  be  used  instead  of  the  p,  it  is  difficult 
to  tell.  Leland  calls  it  Wansbeke  and  Wansbege ;  and 
Harrison,  Wansbecke.  It  is,  however,  plain  enough 
that  the  people  of  the  neighbourhood  in  remote  periods 
did  not  use  pek  instead  of  bek  from  ignorance  or  provin- 
cial pronunciation  ;  for  Fulbeck,  which  is  another  name 
for  Cottingburn,  from  the  time  of  the  foundation  of 
Newminster  Abbey  to  the  present  day,  has  uniformly 
preserved  its  name  unchanged  in  sound.  I  believe  the 
original  name  to  have  had  the  same  signification  as  the 
German  word  Wandspiegel,  which  means  shining  water, 
and  metaphorically  a  mirror.  This  charming  stream 
rises  in  a  bog  between  Airdlaw  and  the  Great  and  Little 
Waneyhouse  Crags ;  runs  in  pools  as  black  and  reflec- 
tive as  polished  obsidian  down  Russell  dene,  and  thence 
through  Sweethope  Lough,  and  takes  in  the  Rayburn 
at  Whelpington,  the  Hart  at  Hartburn,  and  the  Font 
at  Mitford,  and  enters  the  sea  at  Cambois.  From  its 
rise  to  Sweethope,  its  course  is  through  moors;  but 
there  it  begins  to  be  hemmed  with  brushwood  or 
grassy  turf.  From  the  ruins  of  the  old  ville  of  West 
Whelpington,  and  especially  about  Whelpington,  and  to 
Littleharle,  its  banks  are  beautifully  formed  and  rich 

*  III.  i.  83;  III.  ii.  266.  llobert  lord  Ogle,  in  1543,  left 
Twizle  and  the  stone  house  there  to  his  brother  Oswiiie ;  and 
his  son  llobert  lord  Ogle  left  his  uncle  Oswine  Ogle,  the  Ryding 
in  Bothal  parish,  till  he  could  enter  into  Twizle."— (II.  i. 
393,  394.) 


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in  soil ;  but  naked,  and  often  growing  rushes  where  they 
should  be  producing  corn  or  covered  with  fine  sward. 
In  passing  the  Littleharle  and  Wallington  grounds  it 
has  a  woody  country  on  each  side  of  it,  and  takes  in  the 
Kirkharle-burn,  which  rises  in  Our  Lady's  Well,  near 
Bavington,  and  the  Swilder-burn,  which,  through  a  con- 
siderable part  of  its  course,  is  a  boundary  between  the 
Capheaton  and  Kirkharle  estates.  From  Middleton 
bridge  to  its  junction  with  the  Hart,  it  has  a  slow  and 
sedgy  course  through  flat  and  fertile  pastures;  and, 
from  its  entrance  into  Meldon  Park,  to  where  it  be- 
conies  an  estuary,  it  passes  a  succession  of  scenes  of 
great  variety  and  beauty. 

WELLS. — St.  Thvmas'ls  Well  is  mentioned  in  a  charter 
of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  third,  in  the  Annals  of  Mor- 
peth,  under  1239.  It  is  situated  on  the  Cottingburn, 
just  north  of  Fenwick  and  Co.'s  brewery ;  and  has 
lately  been  formed  into  a  pant  or  covered  well.  This  is 
a  copious  fountain  of  fine  water.  A  little  further  north, 
on  the  east  side  of  Cottingwood  Lane,  there  is  another 
but  smaller  well,  called  the  Boggbog  well,  which,  with 
that  of  St.  Thomas's,  afforded  the  principal  supply  of 
spring  water  to  the  town,  till,  a  few  years  since,  borings 
were  made  on  the  plain  on  which  the  town  stands,  and 
an  additional  supply  obtained  from  sunk  wells  by 
pumps.  The  borings  proved  that  immediately  below 
the  surface  soil,  there  was  an  alluvial  deposit  of  sand 
and  gravel  to  the  depth  of  from  five  to  ten  feet,  which 
contained  a  small  supply  of  soft  water,  apparently 


filtered  off  from  the  Wansbeck  and  Cottingbum,  but 
which  disappeared  in  dry  weather.  Below  the  sand 
and  gravel  is  a  bed  of  stiff  clay  from  60  to  80  feet  thick, 
and  here  and  there  parted  by  thin  beds  of  sand ;  and 
from  under  this  clay  a  copious  supply  of  water  boils 
through  the  borings  to  the  surface ;  but  on  account  of 
its  holding  much  iron  in  solution  with  carbonic  acid,  it 
has  been  found  of  little  use  for  domestic  purposes.  The 
stratum  next  below  the  clay  is  a  thin  bed  of  coal  or  bi- 
tuminous schist,  and  has  under  it  a  soft  crumbling  free- 
stone. The  new  water,  however,  now  forms  the  main 
supply  to  the  town,  to  which  it  has  been  a  great  addi- 
tion of  comfort.  It  is  brought  in  pipes  from  a  reser- 
voir on  the  Allerybanks  ;  and  was  undertaken  and 
completed  in  1820  by  Mr  Thomas  King,  at  his  own 
charge  and  risk.  Formerly,  the  feeder  of  this  reservoir 
turned  a  mill,  for  the  race  of  which  the  bailiffs  still  pay 
an  acknowledgment  to  Lord  Carlisle. 

WHETELEY  WAV  is  mentioned  in  1417  as  the  west- 
ern boundary  of  a  piece  of  land,  which  was  situated  in 
the  north  field  of  Morpeth;  and  in  1469,  an  acre  of 
ground  had  Whetele  Way  on  its  east  side,  and  Cotting- 
burn on  its  west. 

WOODMAN. — A  family  of  this  name  has  been  seated 
at  Heron's-close,  in  the  chapelry  of  Hebburn,  since  6th 
Jan.  13  Ch.  2,1662,  when  Thomas  Woodman  purchased 
that  estate  of  Francis  Radcliff  and  Catharne  his  wife, 
since  which  time  the  pedigree  of  the  family  is  as  follows. 
See  also  above,  pp.  16,  17,  and  131. 


!• — THOMAS  WOODMAN  came  from  Hexham,  and  purchased  lands  at  Longhorsley,  and  afterwards  at  Heron's-close;  for  both~r 
of  which  places  he  is  assessed  to  county  rate  in  1663.  I 

I , — ___ , 

II.— ROBERT  WOODMAN  conveyed  Heron's-close  by  lease  and  release,  llth-rMARGARET  WILLIAM  WOODMAN  married  ALICE 
and  12th  May,  1703,  to  Ralph  Watson,  of  North  Seaton,  and  George  Barker,  j  DOBSON.  DOBSON  :  died  s.  p.,  and  was  buried 
of  South  Weetsled,  as  a  settlement  on  the  marriage  of  his  son. J  at  Longhorsley. 

III. — THOMAS  WOODMAN  died  a  few  months  after  his=pREBEccA  WATSON,  of  North  Seaton,  who  afterwards  married  John 
marriage,  and  was  buried  at  Longhorsley. j  Fenwick,  of  Robsheugh,  in  the  parish  of  Ponteland. 

IV. — THOMAS  WOODMAN  was  party  to  a  deed,  June  2,  1740;  and  conveyed  Heron's^IsABELLA  NEWTON,  of  Hawkwell,  buried 
close,  by  lease  and  release,  Aug.  14  and  15,  1765,  to  his  son  Ralph.  I  near  the  porch  of  Woodhorn  church. 

) 1 1 

V. — ROBERT  AVOODMAN  ;-T~MARY  BOLTON,  of  WILLIAM  WOODMAN  married  Mary  Bennet,  RALPH  WOODMAN,  by  will,  June 
marr.  2ndly,  Sarah  Swan;  I  Blackpool,  in  the  of  Morpeth,  where  he  settled  in  1748  :  died  20,  1798,  left  Heron's-close  to  his 
died  in  1817,  aged  91,  and  parish  of  Long-  Nov.  11,  1803,  aged  76 ;  and  was  buried  at  nephew  Ralph :  died  4  Ap.  1806, 
was  bur.  at  North  Shields,  i  horsley.  Morpeth.-p  aged  77 ;  buried  at  Longhorsley. 

I [—1 —  I 1 —  ' r-T— I 1 

VI. — I.RALPH  WOODMAN  served  some  years  in  the    1.  THOMAS  WOODMAN  died  an  infant.  I.ANNE  WOODMAN. 

Agamemnon,  under  lord  Nelson  ;  is  unmarried,  2.  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  married,  at  Warkworth,  2.  ISABELLA  WOODMAN 
and  resides  at  present,  Aug.  1831,  at  Heron's-  Nov.  5,  1801,  MARY,  daur.  of  Edward  Wilson,  of  married  ROBERT  FEN- 
close,  of  which  he  is  proprietor.  Ulgham,  which  Mary  died  May  22,  1827,  and  was  WICK,  of  Morpeth,  esq., 

2.  WILLIAM  WOODMAN  married  Rachael  Jackson,    buried  at  Morpeth.    Benjamin  Woodman  filled  the    agent  to  the  earl  of  Car- 
but  died  s.  p.  1823  ;  buried  at  St.  John's  church,    office  of  bailiff  a  great  number  of  times,  and  by  Ms    lisle,  &c.  &c. 
Newcastle.  public  spirit  and  disinterestedness  contributed  much    3.  MART  WOODMAN. 

3.  ROBERT  WOODMAN,  of  Deptford,  Kent.  to  the  improvement  of  this  town.     He  died  Nov.    4.    ELIZABETH    WOOD- 

^__ 9,  1825,  aged  59. ~r  MAN=THOS.  COULSON. 

VII. — 1.  FRANCES  WOODMAN.    3.  WILLIAM  WOODMAN,  to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  for  large  supplies^MARY  ANNE  WAKE. 
2.   WILLIAM  WOODMAN  died    of  material  for  this  account  of  Morpeth,  and  especially  respecting  the  Cor- I 
an  infant.  poration ;  born  March  19,  1806  ;  married  at  Bishopwearmouth. 

I — 

VIII.— BENJAMIN  WOODMAN,  born  at  Morpeth,  23rd  September,  1830. 


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WYNCHERLEY  WAY  was  a  boundary,  between  which 
and  the  abbot  of  Newminster,  as  far  as  the  dike  of  the 
West  Park,  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  granted  com- 
mon of  pasture  on  his  stubbles  after  they  had  been  15 
days  in  his  own  use  (Annals  1239);  and  another  deed 
mentions  half  an  acre  of  land  on  Rutdike  and  abutting 
on  Wencher  Way. 

WYNENSIDE  is  mentioned  in  deed  No.  11.,  under 
1296 ;  and  seems  to  have  been  on  the  south  side  of 
Morpeth,  and  near  the  road  to  Hepscot. 

UDYDYG  was  the  second  streamlet  that  crossed  the 
boundary  of  the  endowment  land  of  Newminster  Abbey, 
as  that  boundary  ran  westward  along  the  southern  banks 
of  the  Wansbeck. 

MORPETH  MISCELLANEA. 

No.  1. — Ego  Wittus  de  Morley  .  filijs  meis  "I  uxore 
mea  consentientib;  do  Deo  T;  sancto  Cuthberto  1  Mona- 
chis  Duneltnensibus  Morewic  cu  diSsis  ad  illani  villa 
preter  unam  piscariii  in  Tyna  pro  anima  mea  et  uxoris 
mee  Menialde  et  pro  filijs  meis  Ranulpho  de  Merle 
1  Goffrido  't  Morello  et  alijs  filijs  meis  omnibus  «5* 
Signu  Willielmi  de  Merley  -f4  Signum  Ranulphi  filij 
ejus  >jh  signum  GofFridi  filij  ejus  *i«  signum  Moreli 
filij  ejus  «f«  signum  Robert!  >fr  signu  Anseri  de  Merlei 
»t«  signu  GofFridi  de  Clifton  libere  1  quiete  in  elemosi- 
na  in  ppetuu  hendum  .  Et  post  mortem  Willielmi  de 
Merle  films  ejus  Ranulphus  qui  fuit  heres  illius 
venit  Dunelm  A°  26  incarnatbe  Dni  1129  1  con- 
cessit  ct  confirmavit  °t  sup  sepulchru  Scti  Cuthberti  p 
unu  intellu  obtulit  terram  .  Scilicet  .  Morewic  Scto 
Cuthfito  ct  Monachis  ejus  in  Dunelmo  litem  ft  querela 
ab  oi  calumpnia  t  ab  oi  consuetudine  imppm  hendam  . 
Ad  istam  donacbem  1  confirmacoe  affuerunt  gsentes  hij 
testes :  Prior  de  Tinemouth  .  Remigius  .  RoEtus  Archi. 
adiaconus  .  Johes  de  Mundavilla  .  Willielmus  filius 
Ranulphi .  Eustorcius  sororius  ipius  Ranulphi .  Ricardus 
Tisun  .  Rofctus  filius  Normanni  .  Brus  de  Bointon  . 
llanulphus  Blaca  .  Eilof  gsbiter  de  Hagulstad  .  Helies 
Jsbyter  de  Morpath  .  Wittus  gsbyter  de  Stainton  . 
Gamel  de  Aiie  .  Melded  de  Aclet  .  Roger  Coisners  . 
Robertus  ffirbeine  .  Radulphus  de  Winchesle .  Unfreth 
frater  Rofcti  filij  Normanni .  Edulfo  de  Salwic  .  paganus 
dispensator  .  Ranulphus  de  Merle  .  Unspac  Clibern  . 
Johes  de  Udrington  .  Ausk  de  Maundevilla  .  Gamel 
filius  Edredi .  Edmund  filius  Aculfi  .  Mervin  de  Maun- 
davilla  .  Gaucel  filius  Edredi  .  Edmund  filius  Aculfi  . 
Mervin  de  Hethewith. — (Mm.  Any.  it.  91  ;  Godwin, 
454.) 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


2.  Willielmus  de  Merlai  omnibus  suis  hominibus  "t 
amicis  1  vicinis  clericis  T;  laicis  Francigenis  et  Anglige- 
nis,  nee  non  t  omnibus  dilectis  filiis  suis  sanctae  matris 
ecclesiae  salutem.     Notum  sit  vobis  omnibus  tarn  pre- 
sentibus  quam  futuris,  ad  quorum  notitiam  1  audienti- 
am  litterse  istse  pervenerint,  me  et  meos  homines  dedisse 
1  concessisse,  in  perpetua  elemosina  unam  carucatam 
terrae  domui  infirmorum  de  Morpathe,  pro  animabus  pa- 
trum  t  matrum  T;  antecessorum  nostrorum  ft  nostra 
salute  1  pro  remissione  omnium  pecatorum  nostrorum, 
tarn  libere,  et  tarn  quiete,  quam  liberius,  et  quietius  ulla 
domus  infirmorum  potest  habere,  vel  habet  in  tola  An- 
glia  suarum  donationem  elemosinarum,  vel  sicut  ulla 
elemosina  melius  et  liberius  et  quietius  ullo  modo  potest 
tribui  't  concedi  ct  perenniter  donata  haberi  .  Istam  au- 
tem  donationem  meam,  et  meorum  hominium  fieri,  'I 
teneri  1  haberi,  sicut  perennem  elemosinam  perenniter 
concede  ^t  cartulae  hujus  inscriptione  ct  sigilli  mei  attes- 
tatione  confirmo  .  Testibus  istis  Petro  de  Morpath  . 
Helia  sacerdote  Gaufrido  Parchier .  Waltero  de  Roches- 
boro  .  Aldret  de  Windegate   .   Reginaldo  filio  Wlfve . 
Petro  Janitore .  &c. — (Dugdale.) 

3.  Hii  sunt  qui  tenent  de  Rogero  de  Merlai  de  veteri 
fefamento :  Willelmus  de  Clifton  feodum  .  I .  militis  . 
Reiner  feod  .  II .  militum.     De  novo  fefamento :  Roge- 
rus  de  Merlai  quartam  partem  .  I .  militis  .  Robertus, 
filius  Petri,  tertiam  partem  .  I .  militis  .  Super  plus  qua- 
tuor  milites,  quos  domino  Regi  debet,  jacet  super  do- 
minium  suum. — (Lib.  Nig.  339.) 

4.  Omnibj  hoc  scriptum  visuf  vl  auditur  Witts  filius 
Thorn,  de  Graystocti  .  fi  Maria  uxor  ejus  saltm  in  dno  . 
Nouerit  vniuersitas  vra  nos  concessisse^  ad  feodifirmam 
dimisisse  .  lifiis  burgensib5  nris  de  Morpath  totam  ter- 
ram nfam  rt sine  aliqua  retenementa  q"m  habemus 

ex  pte  boreali  de  Morpath  .  p  has  diuisas  .  Scitt  Incipi- 
end  apud  Holeburne  versus   occidentem   sicut  vrlura 
bosci  de  Cottingwode  se  extendit  vsq,  Cottingburne  .  E 
sic  descendendo  juxta  burgagiu  vs<^  nouum  molendinum . 
Et  sic  de  nouo  molendino  versus  orientem  descendendc 
p  aq«m  de  Wanspyk  vs<j  Holeburne  .  Habend  t  tenend 
gdcis  burgensib5  "t  eoi;  heredib5  inppetuu  lite  quiete  in- 
tegre  rt  pacifice  cum  omnibj  Iibertatib5  t  aysiamentis 
ad  gdcam  ¥ram  ptinentib5  ad  includend  ft  fFossand  't  om- 
nimod  eoi?  comodum  faciend  .  Reddend  inde  annuatim 
nobis  t  heredib5  scilt  p  sexaginta  acris  terre  ct  prati  p 
qualibet  acra  duos  solidos  ft  sex  den  ad  duos  ?minos  vi- 
delicet— medietatem  ad  festiim  sci  Martini  anno  dni  Mitt 
ducentessimo  octogesimo  pzmo  "t  aliam  medietatem  ad 
D 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  VV.  D. 


pentecosten .  Et  sic  de  ?mino  in  fminum  inppetuu  j?  omi 
alio  §uicio  consuetudine  1  demanda  .  Item  volum9  ct 
conceding  gdcis  burgensibj  1  eoi?  heredibj  licenciatn 
cariandi  Marl  de  Fulebokside  sup  pdcam  ?ram  si.ibi 
inuentra  fuerit  .  Et  pdci  burgens  1  eo^  heredes  molent 
ad  molendinum  nrm  ad  vicesimum  vas  multure  bladu 
crescens  sup  pdcam  ¥ram,  salva  tani  nofc  1  hered  mis 
sufficient!  via  cum  bob;  1  aueriis  nris  ad  pasturam  de 
Cottingwode  f>  viam  de  Wheteley  .  Volumus  rt  conce- 
ding q,  boues  nfi  ut  aQia  nfa  non  habeant  comunam  infra 
pdcam  ftram  ut  rx»tum  .  Et  si  p  evasionem  ui  p  neglegen- 
ciam  servientis  boues  nfi  ui  aueria  nf a  facient  dampnum 
in  blado  ut  in  pato  pdco  volum^  q,  dampnum  emendef 
eis  p  visum  bonoi?  viro^  .  Et  si  boues  nfi  ut  auia  nfa  f> 
def  tu  clausture  in  dcam  ?ram  1  pitum  tempe  apto  in- 
trent  siue  resur...  rechacientr.  Et  nos  1  heredes  nfi 
totam  pdcam  ft-am  t  patum  pdcis  burgensib5  "I  COT?  he- 
redibj  conta  ofhes  homines  rt  femines  warantizabim9 
adquietabim9  1  defendem9  inppetuu  .  In  cuius  rei  testi' 
mon  scripto  cirographato  penes  dcos  burgens  resident! 
sigilla  nfa  sunt  appensa  .  Et  pti  penes  nos  resident!  si- 
gillu  commune  ville  de  Morpath  est  appensum  .  Hiis 
test  dnis  Rofcto  Bert«m  .  Hugon  Gubyun  .  Johe  de 
Wderington"  .  Rogo  Fre  ejus  .  Rogo  Mauduit  .  Rado 
de  Essynden  .  Simone  de  Plessit  .  Walfo  de  Camhou  . 
Johe  de  Oggel  .  Johe  de  Hertwaytun".  t  aliis. — (Ex 
ortginali.) 

5.  Omnibus  sancte  matris  Ecciie  filiis  &c.  Rogerus  de 
Merlay  saltm  .  Nouerit  vniuersitas  vra  me  dedisse  et 
concessisse  et  hac  present!  carta  mea  confirmasse  deo  et 
ecctie  sancti  Petri  de  Brinkburne  et  canonicis  ibidem 
deo  servientibus  pro  me  et  heredibus  meis  et  pro  anima- 
bus  Alicie  matris  mee  et  Ade  uxoris  mee  et  Ranulphi 
filii  mei  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  pasturam  in  bosco 
meo  ex  australi  parte  de  Coket  &c.  .  Test  Ric.  de  Urn- 
fravile  .  Rogero  Bertram  .  Gilberto  de  la  Vale. — (Harl. 
MS.  294,  No.  3209.) 

C.  Inq^sicb  fta  apd  Hedon  sup  Muru  coram  eschea- 
tof  p  gcept  dni  regis  die  lun.  pxn  p't  festu  sci  Pet'  in 
in  cathed«  ann.  r.  r.  Edward  vicesimo  p  Rofim  de  Bote- 
land  1  at  juratores  qui  dicut  p  sacamentu  suu  quod 
Iticus  Umfreuitt  avus  GiM  Umfreuitt  q«  nuc  e  dedit  1 
cocessit  Rogo  de  Merley  mafliu  de  Berouesford  cu  pti- 
neciis  in  Iil5um  maritagiu  cu  Margeria  filia  ej9  hnd  t 
tenend  eisdem  Rogo  t  Margerie  T;  hedib3  de  corpore 
ejusde  Margerie  exeuntib5  .  Et  dicunt  p  sac«mentu  qd 
dca  Margeria  obiit  sine  herede  de  corpore  suo  exeunte 
et  quod  reversio  gdci  mamj  de  Berouesford  cu  ptinecijs 


debet  reverti  Gilfto  Umfrauitt  q*  nuc  e  tanqam  heredi 
Ricardi  de  Umfrauitt  aui  sui  p  formam  donatois  .  In 
cujus  &c. — (Ex.  Oriff.  in  Tur.  Lond.) 

7-  Rogerus  de  Merlay  dedit  et  confirmauit  priori  de 
Brinkburn  communem  pasturam  in  australi  parte  de 
Coket,  dictis  canonicis  quod  boues  eorum  ibi  pascerent 
quando  terram  arabant  &c.  quam  habent  ex  dono  patris 
mei  in  australi  parte  de  Coket  pasturam  in  eadem  pas- 
tura  quamdiu  eandem  terram  colent  .  Test.  Hug  de 
Bolebec  .  Witto  Heron  tune  vie  Northumfc  et  aliis. — 
(Harl.  MS.  294,  No.  3209.) 

8.  Ego  Rogerus  de  Merlay  tertius  confirmo  canonicis 
de  Brenkburn  omnes  donacoes  et  concessiones  quas  pa- 
ter rneus  et  antecessores  mei  eis  fecerunt  put  in  cartis 
eorum  continentur  quas  habent  de  patre  meo  .  Scitt .  to- 
tam terram  ex  australi  parte  de  Coket  sicut  erat  inclusa 
die  ilia  qua  pater  meus  illam  dedit  eis  .  Test.  Gilfito  de 
Vmframvill  .  Rogero  Bertram  .  Johe  filio  Roberti. — 
(Id.) 

9.  Edvardus  Dei  gratia  rex  Anglise  "lc. .  Sciatis,  nos 
concessisse  et  hac  carta  nostra  confirmasse  dilecto  et 
fideli  nostro  Willielmo,  filio  Thomre  de  Greistock,  Jo- 
hanni  filio  et  hseredi  suo,  et  Marise  quae  fuit  uxor  ejus- 
dem  Willielmi,  quod  ipse,  et  haeredes  ipsius  Johannis 
loco  feriae  quae  ex  concessione  dom.  Johannis  quondam 
regis  Anglise  avi  nostri  esse  consuevit  in  manerio  dicto- 
rum  Willielmi  et  Johannis  dg  Morpeth  in  com.  North- 
umbr.  singulis  annis  per  unam  diem  duraturaa,  viz.  in 
festo   Sanctae   Mariae   Magdalenae,   de  cetero   habeant 
unam  feriam  ibidem  singulis  annis  per  tres  dies  duratu- 
ram,  viz.  in  vigilia,  in  die,  et  in  crastino  ejusdem  festi 
Sanctae  Mariae  Magdalense  nisi  feria  ilia  sit  ad  nocu- 
mentum  vicinarum  feriarum  .  Quare  volumus  et  firmiter 
praecipimus  pro  nobis  et  haaredibus  nostris  quod  praedic- 
tus  Willielmus  et  Johannis,  et  haeredes  ipsius  Johannis 
in  perpetuum  habeant  praedictam  feriam  apud  manerium 
suum  praedictum  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  et  liberis 
consuetudinibus  ad  hujusmodi  feriam  spectantibus.  &c. 
—(Wattis,  ii.  292.) 

10.  *»*  The  matter  arranged  under  this  number  is 
from  a  manuscript  in  the  possession  of  Wm.  Lawson, 
esq.,  of  Langhurst,  and  in  the  hand-writing  of  the  time 
of  queen  Elizabeth,  or  earlier.       On  the  back  of  it 
is  the  following  memorandum   made  by  lord  "William 
Howard : — "  COLLECTIONS  touching  Merlaies  lands  in 
com.  Northumbriae,  found  among  Mr  Francis  Dacre's 
paps,  and  delivered  by  Mr  Bullen  .  1616  .  W.  H."  The 
Latin  of  this  MS.  is  exceedingly  incorrect ;  and  Wallis 


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has  scattered  over  his  work,  a  version  of  it,  more  faulty 
than  itself.  Some  of  its  errors  I  have  attempted  to  put 
right :  several  of  them  I  have  not  seen  how  to  correct. 
Mr  Lawson's  copy  is  accompanied  by  a  very  old  and 
and  curious  translation  into  English,  for  more  than  one 
extract  from  which  I  am  not  able  to  make  room  in  this 
volume: — anno  fcomint  fHtll'mo  seragrstnto  septimo 
coTonacione  Witti  ducis  Normandie  conquestor'  Anglie 
apud  Westm  .  quinto  regni  sui,  anno  xvijmo  regnu  An- 
glie distribui  fecit  feoda  in  uno  volumine  dicto  Dumis- 
day  in  memoriam  eternam  duratur. — De  eodem  dno 
Wittmo  rege  tenet  in  capite  Rogerus  de  Merley  baroni- 
am  de  Morpeth  .  scut  Morpethe  cum  Tranwell  membro 
suo,  Vlgh«m,  Heppiscottes,  Shiluington,  Twiswell,  Salte- 
wike,  Dudden-est,Dudden-west,  Clifton,  Cawdwell,  Stan- 
nington,  Shotton,  Blaigdon,  Weisleit  northe,  "VVeislett 
southe,  Killingworthe,  Benton,  et  Walker,  p  iiij°r  feoda 
militaria  de  vet  feoffament — Ranulphus  de  Marley  suc- 
cessit  Rogero  de  Marley,  cui  dominus  rex  Henricus 
primus  dedit  Julianam  filiam  Cospatr  comity  in  uxorem 
ut  sequitur  per  cartam  regiam. — HENRICUS  rex  Anglie 
et  dux  Normanie  justiciary's,  vicecomit',  ministr',  1  om- 
nibus, baronijs  suis  Francy's  et  Anglicis  Northumbrie  . 
salutm  .  Notum  sit  oil5us  vobis,  me  dedisse  Ranulpho  de 
Marley  Julianam  filiam  comitis  Gospatricij  .  Et  sciatis 
qd  et  me  et  patrem  suu  dedisse  in  liberum  mariale  sibi 
atq,  heredibj  suis  .  vid.  Horslye,  Stanto,  Witton,  Ritton, 
Wyngaites  rl  quandam  villani  vlta  moras  tarn  libere  qam 
aliquis  potest  lifcius  inter  maria  vel  alicui  dare  tenend  in 
suo  dominico  .  Et  ex  hoc  precipio  meis  justiciary's  vt 
videant  q,  nihil  ei  desit,  et  si  aliquis  ei  contradicere  vo- 
luerit  tune  precipio  justiciario  rt  vicecomite  meis  de 
comitatu  Northumbrie  vt  plenum  rectum  ei  teneant  . 
Teste  Pafcio  fito  .  Johiinis  Peuerell  de  Baelcamp  . 
Wirhno  de  Albunbrito  .  Hen?  filio  Johis  .  Wittmo  del 
Pont  del  Harche  .  WiHtno  Maltrauers  .  Witto  Maldut. 
Apud  Wodstoke. — Et  Edgarus  filitis  Gospatricij...con- 
firmauit  hanc  chartam  vt  sequitur  in  hec  verba : ED- 
GARUS Gospatr  comity  filius  omnibus  amicis  suis  Franc 
t  Anglijs  .  salt .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  concessisse  Juliane 
sorori  mee  terram  q«m  pater  meus  et  suus  .  scilt.  conies 
Gospatricius  ei  dedit  in  franco  maritagio  1  concessit . 
sclt .  Witton  .  Horsley  .  Stanton  ..  Rittons  .  Wyngaitis 
et  Liverchilde  sibi  et  suis  heredibus  .  Tenendu  ex  me 
et  meis  heredibus  in  terris,  in  aquis,  in  forestf  oibus 
illis  terris  ptin.  t  in  silvis  &c.  exceptis  tribus  serviciis  . 
vid .  comuni  exercitu  in  coffi .  ft  coronacione,  et  communi 
ope  Castelli  in  coni  .  Et  volo  ut  tarn  liBre  et  quiete 


teneat  vt  meus  ei  pater  dedit  has  supadcas  in  franco 
maritagio  .  Valete  .  Testante  Johanne  decano  de  Be- 
wike .  Wittmo  Presbytero  de  Stanton .  Ostredo  psbytero 
de  hartburne  .  Alano  do .  Drunbaldo  de  Merley  .  Wittmo 
filio  Elef  .  Sewarte  filio  Liolf  et  filio  ei9  liolp  et  Rofito 
fratre  eius  .  Gospatricio  filio  Leuenet  .  Gospatrico  de 
Horsley  .  et  Alexandrine  filio  eius  .  ac  Wittmo  fratre 

eius    cum    multis    alijs Postmodum   tempore   regis 

Stephani  Ranulphus  de  Merley  et  Juliana  vxor  eius 
fundauerunt  abbathiam  vocatam  Nouum  Monasterium 
°t  predictu  monasterium  plurimis  possession^  dotaue- 
runt  .  Et  post  mortem  suam  gd  Ranulphus  vna  cum 
Juliana  vxore  eius  et  Osbrico  filio  eius  sepultati  sunt 
in  boreali  pte  domus  capitali  illi9  monastery,  qd  condidit . 
Quibus  successit  Rogerus  de  Marley  filius  ct  heres  eo- 
rundem,  ac  vocatur  Rogerus  de  Marley  primus  quia  post 
monasterium  conditum  fuit  primus  Rogerus  :  hie  dedit 
Ranulpho  Leu-noes  Ix  ac  terre  rt  Ric.  de  Sancto  Petro 
vnam  carucat  ¥re  in  Kyllingworth ;  cumque  Roger  Mer- 
ley primus  et  alia  consimilia  compleuisset  obdormit  in 
domino  et  in  domo  capli  Noui  Monastery  cum  patre 
suo  sepultus  est  .  Cui  successit  Rogus  filius  ejus  qui  dz 
Rogerus  de  Marley  secundus  .  Hie  burgum  de  Mor- 
pethe decorauit  et  hospitale  de  Katcheburne  edificauit, 
et  post  obitum  suum  sepultus  e  in  clastero  domus  ad 
int°ceu  (Imtroitumj  capitali  Noui  monastery,  cui  succes- 
sit Rogerus  filius  eius. — Rogerus  de  Marley  tertius  qui 
contulit  hominibus  de  Morpethe  plures  libertates,  qz'bus 
ad  hac  vtra'' .  In  tempore  suo  ordinauit  quandam  canta- 
riam  ppetuum  in  ecclia  de  Stanningto  duraturam  vt  pj 
p  suam  cartam  .  Inn  alienauit  molendinu  de  Stannington 
et  de  Shotton,  vt  pj  p  diuersas  cartas  .  Km  alienauit 
quanda  ptem  forreste  sue  de  Witton  vocat  Hesleyhirste  . 
Iste  Rogerus  stditos  suos  in  Horsley  fctauit  ad  haias 
t  rTosat  c'ca  campos  de  Horsley  leuand,  conseruand,  et 
diligenter  sustentand  statuit  .  Et  qd  qz'cumq,  conuictus 
fuerit  de  aliq°.fragmento  in  fossat  1  haiis  in  curia  sua 
tenta  ifim  in  crastino  inuencionis  see  Crucis  rt  in  crastino 
sci  Martini  in  hyeme  redderit  dno  suo  p  qlifct  delicto 
duas  virgas  freas  q°tiens  inde  convictus  fuerit.*  Cum 

*  Lord  William  Howard  has  written  "  Haia  et  fossata — 
hedges  and  ditches" — OH  the  margin  of  the  following  transla- 
tion of  this  passage.  "  This  Roger  brought  his  underlinges 
of  Horslye  to  the  making  and  sleughing  of  the  strues  &  fosse- 
dikes  about  the  feildes  of  Horsley  and  set  down  statutes  thai 
shoulde  be  vpholden  sustained  and  diligently  kept  for  euer ; 
and  that  whoo  so  euer  were  conuicte  of  any  fragment  or 
gloore  Hinge  in  the  same  dikes  and  strues  afforesaide  in  his 
courte  Uolden  thaire  at  Horslye  the  morrowe  after  the 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


hc  et  mult  alia  compleuisset,  carent  hered  masculo,  post 
obitum  suum  sepult  e  juxta  Rogerum  fratre  (sic,  sed  lege 
patrem)  suum  anno  drii  Mcclxv0. — Cui  successit  Maria 
et  Johanna  filie  et  heredes  predicti  Rogi  quarum  .  vidtt . 
Thomas  baro  de  Graystock  ipam  Mariam  cepit  in  vx  et 
succitauit  ex  ea  Johem  de  Graystoke  .  Robertus  de  So- 
meruill  vto  duxit  Johannam  in  vxorem  ac  genuit  ex  ea 
quincfc  filios  RoBtu,  Rogm,  Aidam,  Johanne,  rt  Philippu, 
ac  Isabellam  filiam  .  llobertus  de  Someruill  pater  obiit, 
cum  Johe  filio  suo  xj°  die  mensis  Septembris  an0  dni 
Mccxxvij0.  Isabella  filia  ipius  Rofiti  obijt  xvto  die  men- 
sis  February  anno  dni  M°ccciiij0.  Post  mortem  vli  Ro- 
berti  de  Someruill  patris  .  Kofitus,  Rogerus,  Adam,  rt 
Philippus  fil  eI9  sup"dicti  unusquisq,  post  aliam  heredi- 
tarie  possidebat  ppte  heditra  pentu  suorum  et  obierunt 
sine  hede  masculo  .  Dictis  aut  Thomaa  Graystoke  et 
Mariae  vxori  ei9  ac  Johi  filio  et  heredi  ipo"tf  ct  hed  ipsius 
Johis  Henricg  rex  Anglie  concessit  per  chartam  suam 
que  e  in  custodia  Abbat  Noui  monasterij  qd  quoit  die 
•  Mercurij  v?entr  foro  mercatorio  et  qd  q°tt  anno  in  festo 
see  Marie  Magdalene  fruerent*  nundinis  in  dominio 
burgi  de  Morpethe  .  Post  mortem  v°  ipus  Thome  de 
Grastoke  et  Marie  vxoris  ei9  Johes  de  Graystoke  filius 
et  heres  eorunde  sua  esset  in  hereditatem. 

10,  a.  Johes  de  G«ystoke  vir  strenuus,  sed  corpulen- 
tus  .  Hie  dedit  magro  Richardo  de  Morpethe  medieta- 
tem  manerij  de  Bellasses  hnd  et  tend  dicto  magro  Ri- 
chardo hereditaf  vt  p  chartam  suam  pleni9  apparet .  Hie 
Johes  de  Graystoke  fecit  particionem  fieri  de  omfius 
terris  et  tentf  que  fuerunt  Rogeri  de  Marley  aui  sui 
inter  se  et  Rofct  Sommeruill  un  vidlt  in  com  Northubrie . 

Memorand  est Quod  Rogerus  de  Marley  du  vixit 

tenuit  in  capite  de  dno  rege  in  Northufir  quatuor  feoda 
militaria  .  £t  pticio  facta  e  .  vidlt .  quod  predictus  Johes 
heret  penes  se  tria  feoda  militaria :  vidlt,  Morpathe,  Shil- 
uington,  Heppiscottf,  Shauldefyne,  est  Dudden,  west 
Dudden,  et  Vlgh«m  pro  duobus  feodis  milit  .  Itm  id 
Johes  haberet  medietatem  de  Stannington,  Bellesses, 
Tranwell,  Saltewike,  Plesse  et  Shotton  p  dimideo  feodo 
milit,  et  etiam  qd  predictus  Johes  heret  medietatem  de 
magna  Benton  Killingworthe  .  pua  Benton  .  et  Walker 
dimid  feod  milit .  Et  qd  Rofitus  Someruill  haberet  aliam 

inuencione  of  the  Hoolye  Crosst  and  the  morrowe  after  Saincte 
Martyne  in  winter  shoulde  pai  vnto  his  lorde  for  euerye  faulte 
twoo  yrne  roddes  how  often  so  euer  he  was  founde  giltie." 
The  Haia  were  unquestionably  hedges ;  and  dried  grass  had 
the  name  Hay,  from  being  grown  on  land  that  was  haied  or 
hained,  that  is,  preserved  from  cattle  by  hates  or  hedges. 


medietatem  de  magna  Benton  .  Killingworth  .  Weites- 
late  north  .  et  Weiteslate  southe  p  dimid  feodi  mill- 
taris  .  Et  sic  Johes  de  Graystoke  tenet  ta  feoda  militaria 
in  capite  de  dno  rege  ibid  et  faciebat  §vicia  tarn  in  guer- 
ra  q«m  in  pace,  p  fditis  tHaus  feodis  militaribus,  ac  ad 
auxilu  pnnogete  filie  regis  marita  et  p''mogentu  filiu  re- 
gis  militem  faciend  .  Et  Robertus  Sommeruill  p  uno 
feodo  tantum. 

10,  b,  Preterea  predictus  Johes  1  Rofctus  huerunt  in 
socagium  Horslye  .  Stanton  .  Witton  .  Ritton  .  et  altrii 
Ritton  .  Wyngates  .  cu  le  Sheeles  .  et  leGchilde  .  que 
assedate  fuerunt  ad  axiliu  filie  regis  maritande  et  ad 
axiliu  p°geiti  filii  sui  milite  faciendi  tenend  p  unu  feodm 
milit.  viz.  Horslye  .  Stanton  .  1  Liverchilde  p  dimidio 
feodo  .  Et  Witton  Wyngates  1  le  Sheiles  p  alio  dimidio 
feodo  milit. 

10,  c.  Et  notandu  qd  post  obitum  Henrici  Ap  Griffith 
militis  vidtt  circa  coronacionem  Ricardi  scdi  regis  vxor 
ipus  Henrici  misit  in  custod  Nicholai  Ramyse  Johana 
filiam  et  heredem  ipus  Henrici  maritadii  RoBto  fih'o  et 
heredi  ipus  Nicholai  .  Et  recordacio  istius  pticionis  cu 
multis  aliis  cartis  et  evidenciis  materias  has  tangentibus 
&c. 

W,d.  Postmodu  ditus  Johes  Grastoke  et  Rottus  Som- 
meruill cocesserunt  domino  de  T3rnmouthe  plures  liber- 
tates  in  moram  de  Benton  ut  patet  p  suas  cartas  .  Et 
gdictus  Johes  de  Graystoke  concessit  p  carta  suam  pas- 
turam  de  Stobbiswood  ct  ah'bi  apud  Vlgh«m  Novi  mo- 
nasterij Abbati. 

10,  e.  Cumq,  autem  difs  Johes  de  Graystoke  aspiciens 
seipsum  non  genuisse  pleni,  ct  corpulentus,  valde  in  eta- 
tem  prospa  peruenisse,  dedit  autem  cuidam  Rofeto  Hyring 
q«md«m  placia  de  vasto  solo  suo  in  mora  de  Benton  vo- 
catam  Randolfbrigge  p  cartam  suam  .  Post^mo  carente 
herede  dedit  Radulpho  filio  Witti  consanguineo  suo  oia 
terras  et  tenementa  sua  t«m  in  com  Northumbrie  q"m 
alibi  infra  Anglia  habendu  et  tenendu  dicto  Radulpho  et 
hered  suis  secndu  formam  carte  sue  inde  dicto  Radulpho 
tr^dite  et  infra  breve  obijt .  sepultus  apd  Graystoke. 

10,/.  Radulph9  filius  Witti  obtinuit  terras  s«  datas  . 
vlta  hereditat  sibi  reseruatam  .  In  diebus  illis  fuit  in 
comitatu  Northubf  nobilis  vir,  Hugo  de  Bolbeke  baro  de 
Bolbeke  .  hie  habet  quatuor  filias. 

10,  ff.  Notandu  qd  Rcfitus  Someruill  q»  disponsabat 
filiam  Rogeri  Marley  genuit  ex  ea  duos  fratres,  Roge- 
rum T;  Philipu  .  Rogerus  post  mortem  patris  optinuit 
hereditatem  .  Et  dedit  Abbce  Novi  monasterii  eccliam 
de  Stannigton  .  Postea  decessit  siti  hede  de  corpore  suo, 


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T:  remansit  heditas  Philippo  f fi  suo  .  Qui  quidfn  Philip9 
hedem  n5  huit  masculum  33  genuit  de  ux  sua  filia  unam 
note  Johana  .  Que  postraodum  desponsata  fuit  cuidm 
militi  de  Wallia  qui  vocabatur  sir  Rees-Ap  Griffith  . 
qui  genuit  ex  ea  duos  filios  Rees  et  Henricum  in?  quos 
postmodu  precibus  mat's  concordatu  est — Quod  Rees 
teneret  heditate  in  Wallia  1  aust°libus  Angb'e,  ac  Hen- 
ricus  ve  frater  ei9  teneret  ea  que  ptinebant  ad  Philippu 
auu  suum  in  Northubr  et  ptib5  borealib3  .  Iste  Henric9 
heredem  masc  no  huit  sed  vnam  filiam  que  postmodum 
nuptata  erat  Witto  Carnabie  militi  sed  puo  tempore 
vixit  ilia  ac  prolem  ligittimu  non  reliquit,  cum  post  mor- 
tem ei9  tola  heditas  reQsa  est  ad  filiu  Rees  senioris  fra- 
tris  .  q*  nunc  viuit  Thomas  t  alienavit  heditatem  in 
borialibs  Rogero  Thorneton  burg  ville  Novicastri. 
(MS.  penes  Wm.  Lawson  de  Langhurst  armig.) 

11.  Inquisitio  capta  coram  dom.  Roberto  de  Gary,  es- 
caetore  dom.  regis,  die  proximo  ante  festum  Pentecostes, 
anno  10  Edvardi  secundi,  super  sacrum  Ricardi  de  Ogle, 
Antonii  de  Errington,  Petri  de  Eland,  Johannes  de  Ples- 
ses,  Thomae  de  Witton,  Willielmi  de  Ingehow,  Johannis 
Gray,  Ricardi  de  Cramlington,  Willielmi  de  Croxton, 
Johannis  de  Bakworth,  Johannis  de  Matfen,  et  Alani 
de  Hepscotes  .  Qui  dicunt,  super  sacrum  sum  .  Quod 
dominus  Robertus  filius  Radulphi  obiit  seisitus  de  jure 
in  dominico  suo,  ut  de  feodo,  de  manerio  de  Morpath, 
quod  solebat  valere  tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus 
LxxxivJ.  vs.  Item  de  manerio  de  Ulgham,  quod  sole- 
bat  valere  tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus  xi.viii/. 
xiiis.  ivrf.  .  Et  de  villa  de  Hepscotes,  quae  solebat  valere 
in  tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus  xx/.  .  Et  de  medi- 
etate  hamletti  de  Tranwell,  quae  solebat  valere  tempore 
pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus  LIV*.  ixrf.  .  Et  de  quadam 
parte  villse  de  Horsley,  quae  solebat  valere  tempore  pa- 
cis x£  xvis.  virf.  .  Et  de  medietate  villse  de  Stannington, 
quae  solebat  valere  tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus 
ix/. .  Et  de  medietate  villae  de  Benton,  quae  solebat  va- 
lere tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus  cum  redditu 
libero  de  Killingworth,  xviii/.  xiiis.  viiidL  .  Et  quod  te- 
nuit  omnes  praedictas  terras,  et  tenementa  prsedicta,  de 
dom.  rege  in  capite  per  servic  feod.  duorum  milit.  sed 
nunc  nil  reddunt  praeter  x  /.  quod  jacent  vastae  .  Item 
dicunt  quod  praedictus  Robertus  obiit  seisitus  de  jure  in 
dominico  suo,  ut  de  feodo,  de  medietate  manerii  de  Sti- 
ford  et  Heddon  super  Murum,  Angerton,  Dodington 
cum  medietate  ipsorum  hamlettorum  eisdem  maneriis 
pertinentibus  de  Baronia  de  Bolbeck  et  tenet  dictam 
medietatem  hamlettorum  et  maneriorum  de  dom.  rege 
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per  servicium  feod.  duor.  milit.  et  solebant  valere  per 
annum  in  omnibus  exitibus  tempore  pacis  IxxxJ.  sed 
nunc  nihil  reddunt,  quod  jacent  vastae  .  Et  dicunt  quod 
praedictus  Robertus,  et  Elizabeth  uxor  ejus,  conjunctim 
feoffati  de  medietat.  prsedictorum  maneriorum  et  ham- 
lettorum, cum  pertinentibus  .  Item  dicunt  quod  praedic- 
tus Radulphus  filius  ipsius  Roberti  est  propinquior 
haeres  ipsius  Roberti,  et  est  aetatis  xix  annorum  ad  fes- 
tum assumptions  beatae  Mariae  Virginis  proxime  futu- 
rum  .  In  cujus  rei  testimonium,  &c. — ITEM,  alia  inqui- 
sitio  capta  est  coram  eodem  escaetore  ut  supra  .  Qui 
dicunt  super  sacrum,  quod  Catharina  et  Johanna  filiae 
et  haeredes  Ade  Barret,  tenent  manerium  de  Walker  de 
manerio  de  Morpath  in  capite  per  servicium  feodi  unius 
milit.  et  sectam  curiae  de  Morpath,  et  molendinum  de 
Benton  ad  xiii  vas.  Et  quod  praedictum  manerium  de 
Walker  solet  valere  per  annum  tempore  pacis  1.  marc  . 
Et  quod  Elizabetha  Conyiers  tenet  manerium  de  Clifton 
de  manerio  de  Morpath  in  capite  per  servicium  unius 
feod.  milit.  et  sectam  curiae  et  solebat  valere  tempore 
pacis  x/.  Item  hseredes  domini  Hugonis  Gubion  tenent 
manerium  de  Shilvington  de  manerio  de  Morpath  in 
capite  per  servicium  medietatis  unius  feodi  militis,  et 
sectam  curiae  de  Morpath  et  solebat  valere  tempore  pa- 
cis xx  1.  Item  Edvardus  de  Duddon  tenet  manerium 
de  Duddon  de  manerio  de  Morpath  per  servicium  tertiae 
partis  unius  feod.  milit.  et  sectam  curiae  de  Morpath,  et 
valet  per  ann.  tempore  pacis  x/.  Item  Hugo  Cocus  de 
Stannyngton  tenet  terrain  suam  in  Stannyngton  per 
servicium  tertiae  partis  unius  feod.  milit.  et  sectam  cu- 
riae apud  Morpath,  et  valet  per  ann.  tempore  pacis  x/. 
Item  Adamus  de  Benton  tenet  terram  suam  in  Hyr- 
myngfelde  de  dicto  manerio  de  Morpath  per  servic. 
xiiit/.  ob.  per  ann.  Item  Willielmus  de  Camera  tenet 
terram  suam  in  Killyngworth,  per  homagium  et  sectam 
curiae  de  Benton,  et  reddit  per  ann.  viid.  }2.  Item  Wil- 
lielmns  Prudholme  tenet  terram  suam  de  Kyllyngworth 
per  redditum  per  ann.  xvs.  iud.  et  sectam  curiae  de 
Benton.  Item  Thomas  Dryng  tenet  terram  suam  in 
Kyllyngworth  per  servicium  xxxs.  viid.  per  ann.  et 
sectam  curiae  de  Benton,  et  sectam  molendino  ejusdem 
villae  ad  xiii  vas.  Item  Robertus  de  ecclesia  apud  Mor- 
path, tenet  terram  suam  apud  Morpath  per  servic.  viiis. 
et  sectam  curiae  apud  Morpath  et  molendino  ad  xiii  vas. 
Item  Johannes  de  Rukeby  tenet  terram  suam  quae  fecit 
Nicholai  de  Parco  in  Morpeth  per  servicium  xiis.  vid. 
per  ann.  et  sectam  curiae  de  Morpath.  Item  Rogerus 
de  Horsley  tenet  terram  suam  in  le  Whytwhome  per 
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servicium  unius  libri  cumini  pro  omni  servicio.  Item 
ilk-lint  quod  dictus  Robertas  filius  Badulphi  tenuit  de 
jure  die  quo  obiit  in  dominico  suo,  ut  de  feodo,  advoca- 
tionem  eeclesiae  de  Morpath,' quse  valet  per  ann.  in  om- 
nibus exitibus  tempore  pads  xJ.  Item  dicunt  quod 
idem  Robertas  tenuit  die  quo  obiit  in  dominico  suo,  ut 
de  feodo,  advocationem  eeclesiae  de  Horsley,  et  quae 
valet  per  annum  tempore  pacis  in  omnibus  exitibus  cum 
vicaria  ejusdem,  xx/.  In  cujus  rei  testimonium,  &c. — 
(Wallis,  ii.  295.) 

12.  Et  successit  in  hereditatem  Radulphus  filius  ejus 
et  heres  .  Qui  cum  magno  exercitu  obsidisset  Gilbertum 
Middilton  et  alios  cum  ipso  in  castello  de  Mitford  prop- 
ter  proditiones  per  ipsos  populo  dom.  regis  actas  in  com. 
Northubf  quadam  autem  die  dictus  baro  apud  Gateshead 
exist,  ad  jentaculum  falso  consilio  ipsius  Gilbert!  et  ali- 
orum  sibi  adherentium  proditorio  impocionatus  est,  et 
apud  Novummonasterium  sepultus. — (Id.  296.) 

13.  Cui  [Radulpho]  successit  nobilissimus  baro  Willi- 
elmus  filius  et  haeres  ipsius  Radulphi ;  hie  primus  duxit 
in  uxorem  Luceam  filiam  domini  de  Lucy  quae  divorcio 
separata  est,  et  mortua,  apud  Newsham  sepulta  est . 
Deinde  consilio  Alicise  dominae  de  Nevill,  matris  ejus, 
cepit  in  uxorem  Johannam  filiam  Henrici  Fitzhugh, 
domini  de  Raveneswath,  de  qua  suscitavit  proles,  Ra- 
dulphum,  Willielmum,  Robertum,  et  Aleciam,  que  fuit 
uxor  Roberti  de  Harrington  .  Iste  Willielmus  victoriosus 
et  in  omnibus  hostitudiis  gloriosus  erat  valde ;  et  cum 
edificasset  castellum  de  Graistok,  et  turrem  de  Morpath, 
et  multa  alia  dignitatis  opera,  obiit  apud  Bramspeth  et 
apud  Graistok  sepultus  est,  uniente  matre  sua  antedic- 
ta.— (Id.) 

14.  a.  Successit  dicto  Willielmo  Radulphus  filius  ejus, 
qui  ratione  minoris  setatis  fuit    in    custodia    comitis 
jMarchise  Walliae,  ex  concessione  dom.  Edvardi  tertii 
regis  post  conquestum  Angliae,  et  maritatus  est  Catha- 
rinae  filiae  dom.  Rogeri  de  Clifford  .  Deinde,  viz.  die 
veniente  proxime  post  festum  nativitatis  sancti  Johan- 
nis  Baptistae,  anno  Ricardi  secundi  quarto,  apud  Hors- 
ridge  in  Glendale  dictus  baro,  cum  Willielmo  de  Aton, 
et  aliis  militibus,  et  multis  validis,  infeliciter  captus  est 
per  Georgium  comitem  de  Dunbar  ob  quod  Willielmus 
frater  ejusdem  baronis  missus  in  hostagio  pro  eo  apud 
Dunbar,  tactus  morbo  pestilential!  mortuus  est,  et  se- 
pultus ibidem ;  sed  post  duos  annos  completes  corpus 
ejus  Integra  came  et  pelle  translatum  est  et  coram  sum- 
mo  altari  in  NovoMonasterio  juxta  Margeriam  dominam 
de  Ulgham  sepultum  est. 


14, 1.  Et  nihilominus  dictus  baro  mediante  malicia 
Johannis  ducis  Lancastrie  redemptus  est  pro  M  M  M 
marcarum ;  ad  quam  redemptionem  Johanna  mater  ejus 
fecit  levari  de  burgensibus  de  Morpath,  per  manus  Jo- 
hannis de  Passenham  receptoris  sui,  vij/.  xiij*.  xrf. 

14,  c.  Postmodum  vero,  viz.  anno  viii  Ricardi  secundi, 
dictus  baro  per  consilium  matris  sue  dedit  conventui  de 
Brenkburn  advocationem  ecclesie  de  Horsley  pro  qua 
prior  et  conventus  ibidem  per  cartam  capituli  sui  con- 
cesserunt  quod  ipsa  domina  Johanna  et  heredes  sui 
domini  de  Morpath,  presentarent  unum  clericum  subire 
ordinem  suum,  et  quod  ipsi  canones  ipsum  clericum 
recipient  .  Unde  Alanus,  filius  Johannis,  de  Prestwyk, 
per  ipsam  dominam  sic  presentatus  est. 

14,  d.  Per  scrutinium  factum  annotatur,  quod  Radul- 
phus de  Graystok  pater  dom.  Johannis,  die  quo  obiit 
tenuit  de  rege  in  capite  manerium  de  Thornton,  per 
servicium  quartae  partis  feod.  milit.  ac  manerium  de 

Nidde  de  rege  ut  de  honore per  servicium  octavae 

partis  unius  feodi  militis ;  manerium  de  Grimthorpe  et 
Helderskelf,  de  dom.  rege  hi  capite  ut  de  honore  Cestriae, 
per  servicium  portandi  gladium  coram  comite  Cestrie 
qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  in  presentia  sua,  viz.  prsedictum 
manerium  de  Grimthorpe  per  servicium  xl  partis  unius 
feodi  militis,  et  predictum  manerium  de  Helderskelf, 
per  servicium  1  partis  unius  feodi  militis. 

15 diet  .xi.  Fothres  plumbi  remaneant  in  ma- 

nibus  executorum  meorum  ad  costag  1  expens  faciend 
pro  statutis  dicti  collegij  de  novo  ordinand  1  statuend 
secundum  intentionem  meam  per  priusdisposit.  1  ordinal. 
.  Item  volo  quod  hospitale  de  Cacheburn  secundum  anti- 
quam  fundationem  cum  omnibus  ornamentis  bonis  1  ca- 
tallis  eidem  pertinentibus  cuidem  capellano  disponatur  . 
Item  volo  quod  cantarie  de  Stanyngton  &  Consclyf  re- 
ordinentur  1  disponantur  secundum  antiquam  composi- 
tionem  .  Item  lego  Alicie  Boland  pro  rewardo  xx*  .  Item 
lego  Johanni  Hebon  Lacanio  pro  rewardo  xxs .  Item  do 
1  lego  cujlibet  executorum  pro  labore  suo  decem  marcas . 
Residuum  vero  omnium  bonorum  meorum  non  legat'  do 
&  lego  executoribus  meis  ut  ipsi  disponant  pro  anima 
mea  prout  eis  melius  videbatur  expedire  .  Et  execu tores 
meos  facio  1  constituo  Radulphum  Graystok  meum  fili- 
um  1  heredem,  Walterum  Darley  Rectorem  de  Mor- 
path .  Willielmum  Hardy ng  de  Novo  Castro  super 
Tynam  .  Johannem  Johnson  de  Ebor  .  Willielmum 
Coverdale  de  Kyrkby-Moreshed  .  &  Willielmum  Hap- 
ton  de  Conyngesthorp :  supervisores  autem  ejusdem 
Testament!  me!  facio  &  constituo  dnam  comitissam 


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Cambrigg,  dm  Ricardum  Hastings,  &  dm  Edm.  Has- 
tynges  milites  .  His  Testibus  dno  Johanne  Eseby  Ca- 
pellano  .  Ricardo  Blencowe  arm'  .  Roberto  Cotum  . 
Roberto  Skynner  Valectis  &  alijs  .  Datum  die  1  anno 
supradict  .  Probatum  coram  Thoma  Langley  episcopo 
Dunelm.  apud  Aukland  decimo  sexto  die  Octobr.  eodem. 
anno — (Hunter's  MS.  215.) 

16,  a.  June  1523.  To  mete  at  Howtell  Swyre  on 
Wednesday  the  10  daye  of  June  be  four  of  the  clok 
eftrenoone. — To  attend  upon  my  Lorde  marques  brod 
and  sir  William  Bulmer  lieutenant  of  thest  niche. — 
Vangarde  Soldeors — My  lorde  wardens  retynue  cccc 
men :  sir  Wittm  Bulmer  with  cccc  men :  sir  Richard 
Tempest  with  ijc  men:  sir  Arthur  Darcye  with  iijc  men: 

Vincent  1  men.  In  all  Mcccl — Sir  Wittm  Heron 

of  Forde,  sir  John  Heron  of  Chypches,  Wittm  Swin- 
burne of  Captheton,  Nicholas  Thornton,  sir  Nicholas 
Ridley,  sir  William  Hilton  wth  his  tennts  of  Aldstone 
more  in  Northumberland,  Cuthbert  Radclif,  John  Swyn- 
burne  of  Chopwell,  Thomas  Carnaby,  sir  Wittm  Eller- 
kar,  Robert  Collingwood,  The  Larde  of  Calale. — (Copied 
by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  esq.,  from  lord  Dacre's  Ledger  Book 
for  1523,  in  Miss  Currer's  Library,  Eshton  Hall,  Craven, 
Yorkshire,  No.  6.) 

16,  b.  To  attend  upon  my  lorde  Dacre  deputie  to  my 
lord  lieutenant — Reirward  Soldeors — My  lorde  lieute- 
nant's retynue; — sir  Wittm  Percy  with  cc  men;  sir 
Wittm  Par  with  c  men ;  sir  Wittm  Compton  with  cc 
men ;  The  knights  of  Lancashire  wth  cc  men ;  Nicholas 
Hervye  with  c  men ;  sir  Richard  Breyrton  wth  c  men ; 
in  all  M  men  besides  my  lorde  lieutenant's  company. 
My  lord  of  Northumberland  Tennts  wthin  Northumber- 
land— George  Orde,  sir  Rauff  Fenwick  wth  Tindale, 
sir  Phillip  Dacre  wth  the  lorde  Dacre  company  in  North- 
umberland. To  attende  upon  the  mais?  of  thordinance: — 
The  capitain  of  Berwick  wth  the  retynue  of  the  same ; 
sir  Roger  Grey  ;  Of  Lancashire  of  the  retynue  c  men. — 
(Id.  No.  7.) 

16,  c.  A  jorney  devised  by  the  lord  Dacre  in  the 
month  of  Junii  anno  xvt°  H.  viij" — First  the  hole  gar- 
rison wth  the  inhabitants  of  the  countrey  to  mete  at 
Howtell  Swyre  upon  Mondaye  at  iiij  of  the  clok  affnone 
the  xxix  day  of  Junii  and  the  said  company  by  the 
suffrance  of  God  to  ride  into  Scotland  and  to  cast  downe 
the  towr  of  Kelso  Abbaye  and  to  burne  the  Towne ;  the 
towr  of  Sffllawes ;  the  towr  of  Ormyston ;  and  the  Mosse 
house.— (Id.  No.  33.) 

16,  d.  Copie  of  a  Ire  devised  to  the  gentilmen. — 


Cousins  I  comende  me  to  youe :  and  where  it  has  pleased 
my  lord  of  Surrey  the  king's  lieutenant  by  his  Ires  to 
admyt  me  Thomas  lord  Dacre  his  deputie  in  his  absence 
unto  such  tyme  as  my  lord  marques  warden  retorne 
again  in  these  pties  (so  it  is)  now  I  am  c5manded  by  my 
said  lord  lieutenant  Ires  to  make  a  jorney  into  Scotland 
wth  all  possible  diligence,  wherefore  I  desire  youe  and 
also  in  the  king's  name  and  my  said  lord  lieutenants  will 
and  require  youe,  that  ye  wth  all  thes  men  that  ye  may 
maike  as  well  on  hors  as  fote  in  theire  best  and  most 
defensable  array  mete  me  at  Howtell  Swire  upon  Mon- 
daye the  xxix  daye  of  this  instant  moneth  be  iiij  of  the 
clok  ef?none  next  comyng  wt  one  dayes  vitall  and  not. 
to  fail  in  any  wise  at  which  place  and  tyme  ye  shall 
knowe  what  shall  furdre  be  done  God  willing  who  kepe 
youe  .  At  Morpeth  the  xxvj  daye  of  Junii  a°  xvl°  H. 
viijvi — (Id.  No.  34.) 

16,  e.  To  attend  upon  my  lord  marques  brod. — Van- 
garde  soldeors — My  lorde  wardeins  retynue  cccccxxxvij 
men ;  sir  Wittm  Percye  w4  cc  men ;  sir  Wittm  Bulmer 
lieutenant  of  thest  ffiche  wt  my  lorde  Connyers  folk 
cccc  men ;  sir  Richarde  Tempest  wt  cc  men  ;  Nicholas 
Harvye  wt  dvse  men's  copany  assigned  him  c  men  ;  sir 
Rauff  Ellerker  xxvj  men ;  Vincent  being  at  Woller. — 
My  lord  of  Northumberland's  tennts,  my  lord  Ogle,  sir 
Wittm  Lisle,  sir  Edward  Grey,  sir  Roger  Gray,  sir 
Nicholas  Ridley,  John  Whitfelde,  Nicholas  Thorneton, 
Wittm  Clavering  of  Callale,  Cuthbert  Radcliff,  sir  Wittm 
Ellerker,  The  baron  of  Hilton  wl  his  tennts  of  Alstone 
more,  sir  Cuthbert  Ogle  pson  of  Forde,  The  Larde  of 
Hebburne,NicholasHorsley  of  Wolchester,  Rauf  Swyno 
of  Rok,  Francis  Hastings  of  Edlingham,  Thomas  Carna- 
by, of  Halton.— fid.  No.  35.) 

16, /.  To  attend  upon  my  lord  Dacre  deputie  to  my 
lorde  lieutenant.— Rereward,— My  lord  lieutnnts  rety- 
nue ccclxxij  men ;  sir  Wittm  Compton  cclviij  men ;  sir 
Wittm  a  Parr  c  men ;  sir  Wittm  Eure  w1  c  men ;  sir 
Arthur  Darcye  wl  ccc  men ;  The  three  knights  of  Lan- 
cashire ccc  men ;  sir  Wittm  Kynston  xxxiij  men ; — sir 
Wittm  Heron  of  Forde,  sir  John  Heron  of  Chipches, 
Rob'  Collingwood,  sir  Rauf  Fenwick,  Wittm  Swyneburne 
of  Captheton,  John  Swyneburn  of  Chopwell,  The  garri- 
son of  Berwicke,  sir  John  Delavale,  George  Orde,  Ed- 
ward Shaftoe  of  Babington.  To  convey  the  ordinance 
from  Berwik  unto  the  castell  of  Wark.  To  mete  at 
Longrisste  sir  Wittm  Bulmer  wt  cccc  men  ;  to  convey 
the  ordinaunce,  the  thre  knights  of  Lancashire  ccc 
men ;  to  mete  at  Tilmouth  sir  Richarde  Tempest  cc 


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men ;  to  convey  the  ordinaunce  the  garrison  of  Berwike. 
—(Copied  by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  esq.,  from  lord  Dacre's 
Ledger  Book  for  1 523,  in  Miss  Currer's  library,  Eshton 
Hall,  Craven,  Yorkshire,  No.  36.) 

16,0.  The  xvj  day  of  July  a"  xv.  1523 — M^— that  a 
frere  by  thecomandement  of  Nicholas  Thorn  ton  of  Witton 
his  frere,  of  one  of  the  bredre  of  Hull  Abbey  called  sir 
John  Dickson,  and  a  §vant  of  the  said  Nicholas  called 
John  Carr,  went  to  certain  psons  tennts  of  the  abbot  of 
newmynster,  that  is  to  saye,  to  John  Pott  of  the  Non- 
nykyrk,  Thorn  Byrleston  of  Estritton,  Richard  Coots  of 
the  same,  Job  Wanles  of  the  Byrkheds,  John  Bowman  of 
the  same,  John  Book  wif  of  the  Byrkheds,  Richard  Pott 
of  the  Coltpark,  James  Brown  wif  of  the  same,  and,  the 
foresaid  frere  and  §vant  of  Nicholas  Thornton  desyred 
and  procured  thes  psons  above  written,  to  deliver  unto 
them  such  billes  of  compleynts  as  they  had  to  give  in 
against  Thins  lord  Dacre  of  thinhabitants  of  Riddesdale, 
assuring  them  that  if  they  wold  so  do  they  should  have 
them  fyled,  Albeit  the  said  psons  wold  not  give  in  the 
billes  unto  them,  and  when  the  said  Nicholas  Thornton 
herd  that  he  could  get  no  billes  of  the  said  psons  he  rode 
in  propre  pson  to  Thorn  Byrleston,  Job  Wanles,  and 
John  Bowman  above  written  and  procured  them  to  have 
the  said  billes,  and  further  offered  unto  the  said  John 
Bowman,  that  he  shuld  give  unto  him,  one  of  his  own 
kye  for  a  cow  that  he  lakkit  .  And  besides  all  the  pre- 
misses the  said  Nicholas  sent  his  §vants  above  written 
to  the  tents  of  the  Prior  of  Brenkburn  and  to  others  in 
Rothbury  forest  procuring  the  billes  of  comply ent  against 
the  said  Thomas  lord  Dacre  which  they  had  of  thinha- 
bitants of  Riddesdale— CM  No.  52.) 

16,  h.  Places  of  thest  niche  hereafter  written  by  sir 
John  Bulmer  knight  in  the  absence  of  sir  Wittm  Bul- 
mer  his  fader  lieutennt  of  the  said  niche  by  the  coin- 
andement  of  Thorn  lord  Dacre  to  him  given  by  his 
kinsman  Xopher  Leghe  &  thought  unto  the  said  sir 
John  most  be  beneficial  for  garrysons  to  be  laid  as  well 
for  defence  of  the  said  borders  as  to  the  annoysaunce  of 
the  Scotts  which  townships  and  places  has  promised  and 
are  contented  to  take  soldeors  to  burde  that  is  to  saye — 
Hilderton  ... ;  Rothome  ... ;  Lilburne,  Lilburne  Middl- 
ton  Hall,  &  Woller,  Ix  ;  Fenton  xl ;  Newton  ... ;  Wete- 
wodd  xx  ;  Forde  iiijxx ;  Ettele  cxl ;  Heton  xx ;  Branx- 
ton  xviij  ;  Cornell  xl ;  Tilmouth  xxxij  ;  Twissill  xxxvj ; 
Newbigging  xxx ;  Norham  ccc ;  Duddo  xl ;  Grindon 
rigg  xxij ;  Shoreswodd  xl;  Thorneton  xxij  ;  Ancroft ... ; 


Barmour  ... ;  Lowyk  ... ;  Haggerston  ... ;  Skremerston 
... ;  at  ijs  iiijd  per  week  mens  horde. — (Id.  No.  215.) 

16,  i.  Places  on  the  middle  ffiches  hereafter  written  by 
John  Eure  peticapitan  in  thabsence  of  sir  William  Eure 
knight  lieutenant  of  the  said  ifiche  by  the  comandment 
of  Thomas  lorde  Dacre  to  him  given  by  his  familiar  and 
trusty  §vant  Cuthbert  Heton  gentilman  thought  unto 
the  said  John  most  beneficiale  for  garrysons  to  be  laid 
in  as  well  for  defence  of  the  said  border  as  to  the  annoy- 
sance  of  the  Scotts,  whiche  townships  and  places  has 
promised  and  ar  contented  to  take  soldeors  to  burde  that 
is  to  say ; — Heppell — John  Bilton,  Sande  Snadon,  & 
Thomas  Johnson  xxt"  persons — Harbottell — Ann  Ligh- 
ten &  Hew  Grene  xviij. — Alwenton — Wirhn  Brown  xij. 
— Burrodcn — John  Wardhaughe  xij. — Bittlesden — Per- 

sevell  Selby  xx Scranwood Sande  Layng,  John 

Scroggs,  Robert  Howey,  &  George  Howy  xxxij. — 
Alnem — Robert  Howy,  Robert  Watson,  Wirhn  Gair,  & 
Thomas  Mantyll  xxx. — and  between  the  towns  of 
Scranwood  &  Alnem  x  psons. — Ingham — George  Ogle 

Ix Whittingham Thorn  Roull,  Thomas  Tailyor, 

Cuthbert  Dycheburn  &  Thomas  Yong  xxxvj. — Un- 
thank. — John  Unthank  xij.  at  ijs  viijd  per  week  each 
persons  horde. — f  Id.  No.  216.) 

1 6,  k.  Extract  from  a  letter  from  lord  Dacre  to  Cardinal 
Wolsey,  Morpeth,  25  April,  1524. — Pleas  it  yor  grace, 
seing  a  pte  of  the  knights  and  gentilmen  of  this  shire  of 
Nd-  warned  for  this  oft  com  in  their  owne  psons  and  with 
few  attending  upon  them  yet  for  this  furst  rode  they 
are  worthy  thanks  or  rewardes  as  best  shall  seme  the 
kings  highness  and  yor  grace  .  and  as  fore  oders  warned 
by  speciall  Ires  in  due  tyme  whiche  com  not  that  is 
to  saye — sir  John  Heron  of  Chipches,  Wirhn  Swinburne 
of  Capheton,  esquier,  and  sir  William  Ellerker,  whiche 
sir  Withn  has  the  reull  of  the  kings  tennts  of  Dunstan- 
burghe  and  also  of  Wythrington  tennts  now  being  the 
king's  warde  who  were  appointed  to  have  been  in  my 
company,  and  also  sir  Edward  Grey,  sir  Roger  Grey, 
knights,  Bastarde  Heron  for  them  and  their  tennts  and 
sir  Thomas  Ilderton  for  his  owne  tennts  and  the  king's 
tennts  of  Bamburghshire  of  whom  he  has  the  reull  under 
the  lorde  Darcey  appointed  by  me  to  have  bene  in  the 
company  of  sir  Wirhn  Bulmer  under  correction  of  yor 
grace  (are  worthy  punishment)  oonles  they  have  lawful 
excuses  for  seeing  grete  cost  and  chargies  that  the  kings 
highnes  susteynes  for  their  weales  and  for  defence  of 
them  and  their  lands  adjoining  upon  the  fronter5  of  the 


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borders  under  correction  of  yor  grace  it  is  thought  good 
that  by  speciall  fres  to  be  sent  from  the  kings  highnes 
they  shulde  be  comanded  to  warde  to  remaigne  in  the 
kings  highe  castell  of  New  Castell  the  castells  of  Mor- 
path  or  Alnwick  or  to  any  of  them  at  the  kings  pleasr 
and  yor  graces  for  the  space  of  viij  or  x  dayes  by  the 
discretion  of  me  and  the  two  lieutennts  which  shall  be 
a  good  and  fearful  example  to  all  the  residue  of  the 
countrey  and  as  I  belief  shall  not  only  cause  them  to  be 


more  diligent  to  §ve  the  king  at  the  next  rode  but  also 
cause  all  the  countrey  to  do  semblably  for  aither  must 
this  way  be  taiken  w*  them  orels  the  kings  highnes  must 
give  unto  them  wages  or  rewards  and  failing  thereof  the 
kings  officers  here  shall  not  be  able  to  do  any  acceptable 
service  to  his  highness  upon  his  est  and  middle  mches. 
—  (Copied  by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  esq.,  from  lord  Dacre's 
Ledger  TBook  for  1523,  in  Miss  Currer's  library,  Eshton 
Hall,  Craven,  Yorkshire,  No.  261.) 


17.  PEDIGREE  OP  HOWARD,  OF  CORBY  CASTLE. 

[*  Refers  to  the  register  of  AVetheral,  and  f  to  the  Corby  obituary.] 
I. — ANNE,  daur.  of  John  Prestonj^SiR  FRANCIS  HOWARD,  of  Corby  Castle,  Cumberland,  knight,  second^MARY,  daur.  of  sir 


of  the  manor  of  Furness,  in  Lan- 
cashire ;  died  March  24,  1679,  and 
buried  at  Wetheral,  March  26.* 


son  of  lord  William  Howard,  of  Naworth  Castle,  who  purchased  for  this  Hen.    Widdrington, 

son,  Corby  Castle,  of  the  Blenkinsop  and  Salkeld  families,  in  1604  and  of  Widdrington. 

1624;  and  to  whom  he  bequeathed  the  estates  of  Conniscliffe,  Nesham,  (See  above,  p.  237.) 
and  Brereton,  which  hart  descended  to  the  said  lord  AVilliam  by  mar-  i 

I riage  from  ihe  Grev.stock.  family.  This  sir  Francis  was  born  in  1588,*  and  died  in  May,  1659. f  | 

I       I  I       I  I    I 1    I — I — I 

II. — I.  THOMAS  HOWARD  3.  FRANCIS  HOWARD,  esq.,  born  June  29,  1635;*  4.  HENRY  HOWARD.  1.  MARGARET,  wife  of  Thos. 
•was  a  colonel  of  horse  in  married  firstly,  Anne,  daur.  of  sir  Wm.  Gerard,  5.  THOS.  HOWARD.  Haggerston,  of  Haggerston 
the  king's  army ;  and,  ac-  of  Brynne,  Lancashire,  by  whom  he  had  three 

cording  to  a  monument  to    daurs  : — 1.  Mary,  wife  of  John  Warwick,  of  Warwick  Hall,  Cumber- 
his  memory,  in  Wetheral    land,  esq. ;  2.  Frances,  who  died  young ;  and,  3.  Anne,  wife  of —  Lang- 
church,  lost  his  life  fight-    dale,  of  Highcliffe,  in  conn.  Ebor,  esq  :  to  which  daughters  he  left  the    Wetheral,  May  l'2,  1683.* 
ing  in  the  glorious  cause    tithes  of  AVetheral  and  Penrith,  in  coun.  Cumberland  ;  and  the  manor        4.  ANNE,  buried  at  Weth- 
of  his  king  and  country  at    of  Thornthwaite,  in  the  parishes  of  Shap  and  Bampton,  Westmorland,    eral,  24  June,  1683.* 
Atherton  Moor,  June  30,    His  second  wife  was  MAHY  ANNE  DOROTHY  TOWNLEY,  of  Townley,  in 

1643,  agi'd  ^5.  Lancashire ;  and  by  her  he  had  one  son  and  two  daurs.,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  another  daughter, 

2.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  who  survived  him,  l>ut  died  unmarried.  His  second  wife  also  survived  him,  but  died  30  Dec.,  1712,  f 
Edw.  Standish,  of  Stand-  He  died  Dec.  28,  1702 ;  and  was  buried  in  Wetheral  church,  where  there  is  a  monument  to  his 
ish,  in  co.  Lancashire.  memory. 

6.  AVILLIAM  HOWARD,  esq.,  devisee  of  his  brother  Francis  in  the=FJANE,  daur.  of  John  Dalston, 


in  this  county,  esq. 

2.  ALATHEA. 

3.  CATHARINE,  buried   at 


estates  of  Corby,  Conniscliffe,  &c.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  navy,  and  lost  a  leg  in  an  engasre- 
ment,  under  James  duke  of  York,  with  the  Dutch  fleet.  He  died  31  Oct  ,  170d ;  and  was  buried 
at  Wetheral,  where  then-  is  a  aravestone  tn  his  memory.f 


of  Acorn-bank ;  died  June  24, 
1710,  and  bur.  at  Wetheral.* 


— ill    I 1 

III. — 1.  FRANCIS    1.  BARBARA,  daur  of~r2.  THOMAS  HowARD,-]-2.  BARBARA, sister=3.  MARY,SJS.  of    1.  DOROTHY,  died  an  in- 


HOWARD,    eldest    John  visct.  Lonsdale ; 
son;  died  unmar-    died  July  17,  1716;  M. 
ried  ;  and  buried    I.  in  Wetheral  church, 
at   Wetheral,    10 
Sept.,  1705.* 

3.  WILLIAM  HOWARD. 

4.  JOHN  HOWARD,  a  distinguished  Be- 
nedictine mouk ;  died  at  Duay,  5  July, 
1766. 


nf  Corby,  esq.  ;  laid  out 
the  walks  at  Corby,  and 
wrote  a  poem  on  the 
Banks  of  the  Eden.  He 
died  Aug.  20,  and  was- 
bur.  at  AVetheral,  Aug. 
22,  1740.*t 


uf  sir  Christ.  IVIus-  Francis  Car-  fant. 
jrave,  of  Edenhall,  rington  Smith,  2  ELIZABETH,  wife  of 
bart.;  died  July  ^0,  of  Wooton,  Wm.  Sanderson,  of  Ar- 
1732,  and  was  bur.  esq. ;  bur.  May  mithwate  Castle;  died  at 
in  the  church  ot  St.  16,  1735,  at  Antwerp,  18  Mar.,  1747. 
Pancras,  Middle-  Wetheral:*  3.  LUCY,  a  Carmelite 

iex:f  M.  I.  Weth-         no  issue.         nun;  died!7Jan.,  1718. f 
•ral  church.  4.  MARY,  a  nun. 

5.  BRIDGET,  a  Carmelite  nun;  died 
at  Antwerp,  20  Feb.,  1764. f 


IV. — 1.  THOMAS  HOWARD,  1.  MARY,  died  an  Infant.    1.  CHARLES  HOWARD,  died  at  the  age    1.  ANNE  died  an  infant, 

eldest  son ;  died  unmarried  2.  ELIZABETH,  bur.  at    of  12  years,  and  buried  at  Wetheral,        2.  CATHARINE,  a  Carmelite 

at  Paris,  Oct.  10,  1724,  and  Wetheral,  25  Jan.  1798.*    June  9,  1739.*                                              nun ;  died  at  Antwerp,  26  July, 

buried  in  the  cemetery  of  3.  JANE, marr.  Francis       2  PHILIP  HOWARD,-TANNE,  dau.  of    1776. 

the   English   Benedictine  Warwick,  of   Warwick    of    Corby  Castle,  esq.,  Hen.   Witham,        3.  MARY,  a  Carmelite  nun ; 

monks  there-f  Hall,  esq.                               born  Sept.  3,  1730.   He  of  Cliffe,  York-    died  at  Antwerp,  17  May,  1784. 

2.  FRANCIS  HOWARD;  and  wrote  on  the  Theory  of  Ishire;  died  May 

3,  WILLIAM,  infants,  buried    the  Earth,  and  some  Poems  ;  was  a  gentleman  of|6,  1794. 

at  Wetheral,  July,  1716.         great  worth  and  acquirements;  died  Jan.  8,  1810,  1 

aged  79,  and  was  buried  at  Wetheral.  January  15.    M.  I.* | 


V. — MARIA,  third  daur.,  and  one  of  the  coheirs  of=l.  HENRY  HOWARD^CATHARINE  MARY,  2.  PHILIP  HOWARD,  born  at 
Andrew,  the  last  lord  Archer,  of  Umberslade,  in  co.  of  Corby  Castle,  esq. ;  daur.  of  sir  Richard  Corby,  April  30,  1766;*  died 
Warwick ;  died  at  Corby  Castle,  Nov.  9,  and  was  born  at  Corby,  July  Neave,  of  Dagnum  at  Pareto,  in  Piedmont,  in 
buried  Nov.  12,  1789,  in  Wetheral  church,  where  2,  1757,*  now  living.  Park, 
there  is  a  beautiful  monument,  in  white  marble,  of  and  to  whom  I  am 
herself  and  the  infant,  of  the  birth  of  which  she  died,  indebted  for  the  use 


of  valuable  MS.  col- 
lections respecting  the  estates  of  lord  William  Howard,  and  of  his  own 
family.  


the  Sardinian  service,  2  July, 
1786.t 

1.  CATHARINE,  born  at  Cor-' 
by,  Aug.  6,  1T55;*  wife  of  John  Gartside. 

2.  MARIA,  born  at  Bath,  Jan.  2,  1762;*  wife  of 
the  honourable  George  Petre./^ 

VI. — 1.  PHILIP  HENRY  HOWARD,  born  at  Edinburgh,    1.  CATHARINE  HOWARD,  born  May  23,  1802;*  married  28  July,  1829, 

April  22,   1801,*  now,  August  4,  1831,  member  of    to  the  honourable  Philip  Stourton./K 

parliament  for  Carlisle.  2.  EMMA  AGNES  HOWARD,  born  Nov.  5,  1803  ;*  second  wile  of  Wm. 

2.  HENRY  FRANCIS  HOWARD,  baptized  November  4,    lord  Petre./K 

1809,*  and  now  attached  to  the  British  legation  in        3.  ADELIZA  HOWARD,  baptized  March  SI,  1805  ;*  married  to  Henry 
Bavaria.  Petre,  of  Dunkenhalgb,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster./K 


PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


478 


MORPETH  DEANERY.' MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


18.  "And  whereas  in  yor  sefiall  Ires  to  me  sent  yor 
grace  exhorteth  me  to  see  for  the  good  order  and  reull 
of  thinhitants  of  Tindale  wl  correction  of  them  and  oders 
malefactors  of  the  est  and  midle  filches — My  lorde  yor 
grace  shall  pfitely  knowe  that  sens  tny  last  ires  sent 
vnto  yor  grace  I  haue  so  endevqred  me  that  I  haue  ap* 
prehended  three  of  the  most  principal  hedesmen  and 
captains  of  the  same  Tindale,  that  is  to  save,  Wittnl 
Charlton  of  Bellingham,  Roger  Charlton  his  broder,  and 
Thomas  Charlton  of  Careteth,  by/whom  all  thinhitant' 
were  goQned,  led,  and  redy  at  their  coiiiandment.  And 
also  I  have  taken  pledges  of  the  reQsion  of  all  the  Oder 
surnames  of  Tyndale  and  them  haue  in  sure  ward,  for 
the  good  order  and  reull  of  the  countrey.  The  forsaid 
Witttn  Charlton  what  tyme  as  my  lord  of  Surry  sent  sir 
Ralph  Fenwick  bailif  of  Tyndale  w*  iiiixx  horse  for  the 
apghending  of  Witt  Ridley  in  Tynedale  the  same  Wittm 
Charlton  hauing  ccth  of  the  said  infiitants,  reteigned 
bounde  and  bodily  sworne  upon  a  booke  to  him  alway  to 
take  his  pte,  hering  of  the  said  sr  Rauf  being  in  the  dale, 
assembled  a  pte  of  theim  diligently  and  freshely  set  upon 
the  said  sir  Rauff.  And  not  oonly  put  hym  from  his 
purpose  of  thattacking  of  the  said  Ridley,  but  also  chased 
the  said  sir  Rauff  out  of  Tindale  to  his  reproche,  for  the 
which  cause  and  insurrection  maid,  seeing  that  the  said 
Wiftm  coult  not  be  apphended  in  the  tyme  of  my  lorde 
of  Surrey  beinge  there,  and  that  I  haif  hym  in  sure  cus- 
todye,  I  think  it  good  vnder  correction  of  yor  gace,  and 
upon  yor  pleasr  herin  to  be  knowen,  be  iustefied  here 
according  to  his  demerett'  for  the  ferefull  ensample  of 
all  oders  malefactors  ^tending  to  be  hede  hereafter. 

And  as  vnto  Roger  Charlton  and  Thomas  Charlton 
who  emongst  Ix  od  of  Tyndale  that  I  tooke  at  the  Bri- 
dal of  Colwell  in  Northumfcland  and  had  them  reyned 
in  Newcastle  afore  maister  Brudnell  and  Fitzhbert  then 
justic'  of  assize  whereof  a  pte  were  put  to  execution. 
And  for  moste  pte  of  the  residue  of  all  oders  of  the  said 
inftitants  of  Tyndale,  the  foresaid  Roger  and  Thomas, 
vndertooke  sjioulde  be  of  good  demeanor  frome  thens- 
furthe  and  shulde  at  all  tymes  requisite  appere  at  ses- 
sions and  assizes  whereupon  they  founde  sureties  to  the 
same  judg'  by  recognisance.  And  because  they  have 
forfeeted  their  land'  which  by  their  powers  mought  haue 
saued  the  same  and  corrected  and  staunched  their  nigh- 
bors  malefactors,  for  whome  they  vndertooke  and  wolde 
not  bringe  in  in  tyme.  And  also  that  they  be  principall 
receptors  of  all  their  frends  and  nighbors  stelers  and 
common  rearers  of  trew  men's  goodes.  And  o9  that 


had  to  their  aduantage  a  pte  of  eOy  goodea  stqln  and 
reste  prposely  to  bere  and  maynteyne  the  same  theffes 
from  correction.  In  likewise  I  thinke  vndre  yor  better 
advice  that  they -two  appere  afore  the  king'  justic'  at 
thassises  to  be  holden  within  this  shire  of  NorthumBr- 
land  in  the  moneth  of  August  next  comyng.  And  by 
the  same  justic'  judged.  And  thereupon  they,  with 
oders  that  I  haue,  and  or  the  said  assises  com  god  will- 
ing shall  haue  in  good  nomtr,  to  be  executed  seinge 
that  neither  for  baunde  nor  promise  they  wolde  ne8  be 
of  good  demeanor  or  obedient  vnto  or  so8ain  lordes 
lawes.  The  premisses  pformed,  and  the  said  plegies 
that  I  haue  ells  in  holde  be  in  sure  keeping  wfout  they 
fynde  sufficient  landed  men  bounde  for  their  sureties,  I 
trust  wl  god'  lief  the  countrey  shalbe  brought  in  such 
order  as  noon  of  the  king'  subject'  shall  haue  cause  of 
complainte  hereafter,  but  that  their  moveable  goodes 
and  cattail'  maye  peacably  go  on  their  pastures  surely 
w'out  steling  or  reifing  of  anye  Englishe  man  frome 
hensfurthe  like  as  they  do  now  blissed  be  god. 

My  lorde  immediately  aftre  the  apprehending  of  the 
said  iij  hedesmen  I  sent  warning  be  pclamacion  to 
thinhitants  of  Tyndale  comanding  e9y  of  them  by  the 
same  tappere  psonally  afore  me  on  the  Sondaye  then 
next  following  in  Bellingham  churche,  where  as  I  was 
accompanied  w1  my  broder  sr  xpofer  Dacre  and  othrs 
my  friend'  and  Su^nts,  and  then  and  there  most  pte  of 
the  said  inhabitant'  appered,  pmising  aither  to  finde 
sureties  or  lye  plegies  for  their  good  demeano1",  of  whiche 
suerties  or  plegies  I  gaif  theim  daye  vnto  Tewisdaye, 
and  so  to  the  Fridaye  following  as  pemptory.  And  be- 
cause the  surname  of  the  Robsons  in  Tyndale  are  a 
grett  ptie,  and  in  grete  nomBr,  and  also  oon  Robert 
Robson  being  the  iiijth  hedesman  accompaned  w*  oders 
of  his  surname  malefactors  held  out,  and  that  no  suer- 
ties or  pleges  aunswered  or  wolde  be  bounden  for  them, 
I  sent  my  §uants  wl  a  pte  of  the  king'  garrysons  the 
said  friday  at  night  furthe,  who  fortuned  to  take  four 
psonnes  on  the  setturdaye  in  the  morninge  of  the  sur- 
name of  the  seid  Robsons  whereof  the  seid  Rol5t  Robson 
was  oon,  whome  I  arrayned  afore  me  the  seid  Settur- 
daye and  justified  him  as  well  for  this  his  said  offences 
and  disobeysaunce,  as  also  for  the  ferefull  example  of 
all  oders  misordered  inhitaunt',  and  kept  the  oder  thre 
in  holde,  whome  I  haif  wt  othrs  and  shall  kepe  vnto  the 
said  assise  in  sure  sauegarde  god  willing.  Not  doubting 
but  my  lorde  treasurer,  by  a  reaporte  of  the  countrey  at 
his  being  here,  and  also  the  sight  and  knowlege  of  the 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH  MISCELLANEA. 


479 


said  iij  Charltons  and  RoEt  Robson,  understand'  their 
qualities  and  can  make  reaporte  unto  your  grace  thereof. 
Pleas  it  also  yor  grace  that  oon  Henry  son  being  oon 
errand  thefe  was  taken  w*  (so)  the  manor  by  fir  Nicholas 
Ridley  iuants  to  whome  according  to  myne  office  and  by 
the  auctoritie  corny  tted  vrjto  me  I  not  oonly  wrote  for 
deiiuing  of  the  said  felow  to  me  to  be  condignaly  pu- 
nyshed  according  to  his  demyrit'  but  also  I  comanded 
the  same  sr  Nicholas  by  mutual  comunication  upon  his 
allegiance  to  deliQ  hyin  which  he  did  not,  but  wilfully, 
notwithstaunding  my  said  writing  and  iniunction  put 
the  said  felon  to  libertie  at  his  owne  hande  w'out  auc- 
torite,  wherefore  seeinge  his  wilfull  escape  and  disobey- 
saunce  I  sent  my  §uants  to  his  place  and  tooke  hym 
cSmyttinge  hym  to  warde  where  he  remaignes  vpon 
suerties  not  to  escape  vnto  the  comyng  of  the  king'  jus- 
tices of  assises  in  thes  pties,  and  then  to  appere  afore 
theim  accordingly  for  his  further  punyshment  which  fr 
Nicholas  fering  the  jopdieof  or  soQains  lawes  hath  lately 
sent  Hugh  Ridley  his  son  and  heire  up  to  sew  for  his 
pdon,  wherefore  vnder  reformacion  of  yor  grace  I  think 
it  good  that,forasmiche  as  he  has  thus  willfully  disobeyed, 
and  also  that  the  said  Witt  (so)  Ridley  being  hys  kynns- 
man,  who  is  now  fled  out  of  this  realme  and  gone  into 
Scotland,  was  afore  his  deptr  conQsant  &  wekely  recept 
and  supported  night  and  day  in  the  said  sr  Nicholas 
hous,  yor  grace  write  sore  and  sharply  unto  him  for  the 
apprehending  of  the  said  Witt  Ridley  who  both  can, 
may,  and  wool  so  do,  if  he  list,  and  be,  by  yor  ferefull 
Ires  of  comandement  sharpt  hereunto,  alleging  if  he  so 
do  he  shall  not  only  de§ue  the  king'  speciall  thank' 
therefore  and  haue  favors  of  his  pdon.  And  failing 
therof  to  put  hym  in  fere  and  daingeor  :of  punyshment 
according  to  his  deserts.  Furthermore  the  roof  of  the 
dongeon' &c.  &c.  At  Morpeth  the  xx  daye  of  Maij" 
1524.  Yours  w*  byes  Sues  THOMAS  DACRE." — (Cot. 
MSS.j 

ANNALS  OF  MORPETH, 

•»*  In  which  the  names  of  the  seneschals  or  stewards 
of  the  courts,  and  of  such  of  the  bailiffs,  and  other 
officers  of  the  corporation,  as  could  be  found  in  chart- 
ers and  guild  books,  are  chronologically  arranged. 
The  whole  of  the  charters  abstracted  in  this  article, 
from  its  commencement  to  the  end  of  the  reign  of 
queen  Elizabeth,  are  from  originals  in  the-  Town's 
Hutch.  The  dates  in  them,  from  Jan.  1  to  March 


25  in  each  year,  have  been,  with  few  exceptions, 
altered  to  suit  the  present  mode  of  calculating  the 
year : — Thus  the  deed  dated  on  the  feast  of  the  Puri- 
fication of  the  blessed  Mary,  1364,  is  altered  to  Feb. 
2,  1365,  because  the  civil  or  legal  year  before  Sept., 
1752,  commenced  on  Lady-day,  March  25,  while  the 
historical  year  began  on  the  first  of  January.  The 
deeds,  to  the  abstract  of  which  s.  d.  are  added,'are 
without  date. 

1066. — Geoffery,  bishop  of  Constance,  in  Normandy, 
was  one  of  the  captains  in  William  the  Conqueror's 
army  at  the  battle  of  Hastings ;  and  after  the  murder 
of  Walcher,  bishop  of  Durham,  at  Gateshead,  was  nomi- 
nated earl  of  Northumberland  :  but  declining  to  enter 
into  that  office,  it  was  conferred  upon  Robert  de  Mow- 
bray,  his  nephew.  The  bishop,  however,  had  great 
favours  bestowed  upon  himself— and,  no  doubt,  con- 
trived to  have  the  chieftains  that  fought  under  his  ban- 
ner well  rewarded.  Among  these  was  William  de 
Merlay,  who,  in  1088,  gave  evidence  in  a  trial  respect- 
ing the  forfeiture  of  the  temporalities  of  the  see  of  Dur- 
ham by  Carilepho,  in  the  rebellion  against  William 
Rufus,  in  which  both  Mowbray  and  the  bishop  of  Con- 
stance were  also  engaged — (See  above,  p.  420.) 

1 138. — In  the  beginning  of  January  this  year,  a  colony 
of  monks  came  from  Fountain's  Abbey  to  Morpeth 
Castle,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  Newminster  Abbey ; 
which  the  army  of  David  king  of  Scotland,  in  its  march 
from  Norham  in  the  same  year,  plundered  and  set  on 
fire.  The  following  is  John  of  Hexham's  account  of 
these  transactions ; — "  Eodem  anno  i.  e.  MCxxxviij  qui- 
dem  vir  potens  in  Northymbria  recepit  in  sua  posses- 
sione  apud  castrum  quod  discitur  Morpath  monachos  de 
Fontibus  viij  Cal.  Jan.  qui  construxerunt  coenobium 
Scilicet  Novum  monaslerium  vocatum.  Quibus  hoc  ipso 
anno  circa  Epiphanise  diem,  Galfridus  episcopus  Dunel- 
mi  benedixit  abbatem  Rodbertum  sanctum  virum. 
Quos  libenter  fovit  praedictus  vir  Scilicet  Rannulfus  de 
Merlai." — (X,  Scrip,  col.  265.)  "Hactempestate  in  terra 
Ranulfi  de  Merlai  de  Observantiis  Cisterciensium  des- 
tructum  est  quoddam  Coenobium  eodem  anno  construc- 
tum,  1  plurima  alia  gravissimis  vexationibus  sunt  op- 
pressa." — (Id.  col.  316.)  There  is  no  account  when  this 
Ranulph  de  Marlay  died  ;  but  the  MS-  printed  in  the 
Morpeth  Miscellanea,  Number  10,  says  that  he  and  his 
wife,  and  son  Osbric  or  Osbert,  were  buried  in  the  north 
part  of  the  Chapter-house  of  Newminster  Abbey,  where 


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his  son  and  great  grandson  of  the  name  of  Roger  were 
also  buried.  Roger  the  Second  was  buried  in  the  clois- 
ters near  the  door  of  the  Chapter-house. 

1165. — Roger  de  Merlay  the  First  rendered  an  ac- 
count to  the  king  of  the  lands  he  held  by  knight's  ser- 
vice, and  of  the  tenants  who  held  under  him — (Above, 
p.  371,  and  Morpeth  Misc.  No.  3.) 

1170. — William  de  Marlai  is  returned  in  the  great 
roll  for  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  as  owing  to  the  crown  a 
mitigated  penalty  of  200  marks ;  but  the  sheriff,  in  his 
return,  stated  that  he  could  find  none  of  the  offenders 
goods  without  the  pale  of  the  church.  In  the  same 

D  *• 

year  Roger  de  Merlay  was  fined  20  marks  for  his  mares 
taken  in  the  king's  forest,  of  which  sum  he  paid  seven 
marks,  and  the  remaining  thirteen  the  next  year. — (Rot. 
Pip.  Northumb.  16  and  17,  Hen.  ii.j 

1188. — Roger  de  Merlay  the  Second,  in  this  year, 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  barony  of  Morpeth ;  and, 
sometime  during  his  life,  by  the  following  grant,  gave 
and  confirmed  to  his  free  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  all  the 
liberties  and  free  customs,  to  hold  under  him  and  his 
heirs  as  he  himself  enjoyed  in  his  barony,  under  grant 
from  the  crown.  The  seal,  as  given  below,  was  drawn 
and  engraved  by  Mr  I.  Nicholson,  of  Newcastle,  from 
the  original,  which,  however,  is  so  broken  and  bruised 
about  its  edges,  that  the  little  remaining  part  of  the  in- 
scription around  it  is  illegible. 


Oraibj  hominibj  has  lit?as  audituris  *t  uisuris  Rog  d 
SHej  salt  .  Sciatis  qd  ego  Rog  d  Mlei  dedi  1  concessi  *t 
hac  mea  gsenti  carta  confirmaui  ineis  liberis  burgensibj 
de  uilla  d  Morpathia  illis  et  hereof  suis  tenendas  1 


habendas  ippetuu  de  me  *t  heredibj  meis  oms  littates  1 
cms  lifcas  consuetudines  honorabilit'  1  lifce  1  integre 
sicuti  carta  dni  regis  proportat  qua  ego  habeo  de  dono 
suo  .  Hiis  t  Witto  d  Mlej  .  Vincencio  .  Ricardo  d  Plas- 
seit .  Witto  d  Coigners  .  RoE  captto  d  bent5  .  Toma 
captto  .  Rog  d  Plaisseitt  .  Witto  d  Wideslade  .  Ada  ba- 
ret .  Rot  d  Horselij  .  H'rico  d  coign  ers  .  Rogo  d  ben- 
ton  .  1  multis  aliis. 

1194. — Roger  de  Merlay  paid  twenty  marks,  that  he 
might  not  be  compelled  to  join  the  army  in  Normandy. 
—(Rot.  Pip.) 

1199. — Robert  (9  Roger  j  de  Merlai  stands  in  the  Pipe 
Roll  for  the  first  year  of  king  John,  charged  with  eight 
marks  as  a  scutage  aid,  assessed  at  two  marks  a  knight's 
fee,  for  the  coronation  of  the  king :  and,  in  the  same 
roll,  also  stands  indebted  £8  for  the  second  and  third 
scutage  of  Richard  the  First. 

1200 — Roger  de  Merlay  the  Second  paid  £13  6s,  8d. 
and  two  good  palfreys  for  the  privilege  of  having  an  an- 
nual fair  and  a  weekly  market  at  Morpeth. — (Wallis, 
286.)  The  charter  is  as  follows  : — "  Johannes  dei  gra- 
tia rex  Anglie,  &c.  .  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  et  present! 
carta  confirmasse  Rogero  de  Merlay  &  haeredibus  suis 
quod  habeant  in  perpetuum  singulis  annis  unam  feriam 
apud  Morpeth  per  unam  diem  duraturam  vizt.  in  festo 
Sanctae  Magdalense  et  singulis  ebdomadis  unum  mer- 
catum  in  die  Mercurij  .  Quare  volumus  et  firmiter 
praecipimus  quod  piaedictus  Rogerus  1  haeredes  sui  post 
ipsum  praedictam  feriam  &  praedictum  mercatum  habe- 
ant bene  et  in  pace  sicut  predictum  est  in  omnibus  liber- 
tatibus  1  liberis  consuetudinibus  ad  hujusmodi  ferias 
et  mercata  pertinentibus  .  Ita  tamen  quod  non  sint  ad 
nocumentum  vicinarum  feriarum  &  vicinorum  merca- 
torum  .  Hiis  testibus,  Galfrido  filio  Petri  com.  de  Es- 
sex .  Willielmo  Brewer  .  Hugone  Burdon  .  Willielmo 
de  Stutvill .  Roberto  de  Ros,  &c. — (Carta  de  anno  1  r. 
Joh.  ;  Wallis,  ii.  286.) 

1201. — William  de  Merle  gave  500  anjouvins  to  have 
the  king's  charter  for  seizin  of  his  lands  in  Normandy 
and  England,  on  condition  that  if  such  lands  were  not 
formerly  partible  amongst  brothers,  then  he  and  his 
heirs  should  enjoy  them  all  the  days  of  his  life  without 
partition;  and,  on  his  finding  suerties  for  paying  the 
fine  of  500  anjouvins,  the  steward  of  Normandy  had  or- 
ders to  deliver  to  him  the  charter  which  was  in  the 
hands  of  Henry  de  Tilly.  The  account  of  this  trans- 
action in  the  Great  Roll  for  Normandy,  2  John,  mem- 
brane 3,  is  as  follows : "  Willielmus  de  Merle  dat 


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domino  regi  quingentas  libras  Andegavenses  pro  haben- 
da  carta  domini  regis  de  terris  suis  tarn  in  Normannia 
quam  in  Anglia,  ita  quod  si  terra  ipsius  tarn  in  Norman- 
nia  quam  in  Anglia  nunquam  partita  fuit  inter  fratres 
vel  antecessores  suos  qui  antiquitus  fuerunt  inter  quos 
terra  ilia  partiri  debuit :  si  partiri  debuisset,  quod  ipse 
et  heredes  sui  terrain  illam  habeant  omnibus  diebus 
vitae  suae  sine  particia  .  Et  mandatum  est  senescallo 
Normanniae  quod  accepta  bona  securitate  et  plegiis  in- 
ventis  de  ipso  Willelmo  de  C  /.  reddendis  ad  hoc  festum 
s.  Michaelis  anno  regni  domini  regis  secundo,  et  ad  pas- 
cha  sequens  C  1. ;  item  ad  festum  s.  Michaelis  C  /.  et  ad 
pascha  sequens  C 1.  et  sic  ad  tertium  festum  S.  Michaelis 
C  I. ,  tune  ei  cartam  suam  quam  Henricus  de  Tilly 
habet,  habere  facial."  Perhaps  thia  William  de  Mer- 
lay  was  a  brother  of  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Second :  and 
the  same  person  as  tested  the  deeds  to  the  corpora- 
tion of  Morpeth,  printed  under  1188,  and  number  2  in 
1239;  in  which  latter  instrument  he  is  styled  dominus,  i  e. 
sir,  or  lord. 

1205 — Roger  de  Merlay  is  returned  by  the  sheriff  in 
this  year  as  still  owing  two  marks  for  the  scut  age  to  the 
first  year  of  king  John ;  also  eight  marks  for  his  four 
knights  fees  due  for  another  assessment,  at  two  marks  a 
knight's  fee  ;  and  in  another  part  of  the  same  roll,  he 
rendered  an  account  of  a  fine  of  20  marks — 10  of  which 
he  paid  into  the  treasury,  and  for  the  other  10  remained 
in  charge. 

1216. — King  John,  in  the  beginning  of  this  year, 
marched  against  his  rebellious  barons  in  the  north; 
many  of  whom  had  offended  his  irritable  genius  by  do- 
ing homage  to  the  king  of  Scotland  at  Felton.  The 
Mailross  Chronicle  is  rather  minute  in  its  account  of 
this  fierce  and  desolating  war,  and  says  that  the  barons, 
to  impede  the  king's  progress,  set  fire  to  their  villages 
and  corn  ;  and  that  the  king  himself  in  his  progress  de- 
stroyed the  towns  and  villages  that  laid  in  his  way  with 
fire  and  sword,  and  especially  in  this  frightful  devasta- 
tion, that  Morpeth  and  Mitford  were  burnt  by  him  on 
the  7th,  Alnwick  on  the  9th,  and  Wark  on  the  llth  of 
January.  There  is,  however,  perhaps  some  error  in  the 
dates  of  this  account,  for  it  is  plain  from  the  progresses  of 
that  monarch  that  he  tested  documents  at  Newcastle  on 
the  9th  of  January,  at  Bedlington  on  the  9th  and  10th, 
at  Alnwick  on  the  llth,  was  at  Berwick  from  the  14th 
to  the  22nd,  back  to  Mitford  on  the  24th  and  26th,  and 
again  at  Newcastle  from  the  26th  to  the  29th  of  that 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


month — (Gale's  Rer.  Ang.  Script.  Vet.  i.  190;  Archcelo- 
gia,  vol.  xani.J 

1239 — JOHN  DE  PLESSEIZ,  as  steward  of  Morpeth, 
tested  the  deed  No.  2,  printed  under  this  year. 

1 — This  year  also  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  the  barony  of  Morpath;  and  proba- 
bly soon  after  made  the  confirmation  to  his  father's 
grant,  which  it  recites,  and  to  which  it  added  a  grant  to 
the  burgesses  of  Morpeth  of  all  wonted  common  of  pas- 
ture and  accustomed  easements,  with  egress  and  ingress, 
appurtenant  to  the  same  town  of  Morpeth — except  in 
corn-fields  and  meadows.      He  also  granted  to  them 
common  of  pasture  on  his  wheat  stubbles  in  that  part  of 
his  manor  of  Morpeth  which  laid  from  Wincher-le-way, 
and  to  the  west  as  far  as  the  march  of  the  abbot  of 
Newminster,  and  the  dike  of  the  West  Park — reserving, 
however,  to  himself  and  his  heirs  exclusive  right  of 
depasturing  upon  such  stubbles  for  15  days  after  the  corn 
was  carried  off  them.     The  following  are  the  words  of 
the  grant.     It  is  right,  however,  first  to  observe,  that 
the  document,  as  now  in  the  Town's  Hutch,  seems  a 
copy  in  the  handwriting  of  about  the  middle  of  the  four- 
teenth century ;  and  that  the  seal  of  the  charter,  to 
which  it  is  attached,  and  of  which  it  is  a  confirmation, 
has  been  split  to  allow  its  silk  string  to  pass  through  the 
label  slits  of  the  confirmation,  and  then  clumsily  put 
together  again  : — "  Oinibj  hominibs  hanc  cartam  visuris 
vt  audituris  Rogerus  de  Mar  ley  tercius  salutem  .  No8i- 
tis  me  audisse  cartam  Rogeri  de  Marley  patris  mei  in 
hec  verba — Omibj  hoibj  &c.  (ut  in  anno  1180)  Concessi 
eciam  eisdem  burgensib3  et  heredibj  COT?  solitas  comunas 
pasture  et  asiamenta  consueta  cu  libero  exitu  et  introitu 
ad  eadem  villam  de  Morpath  pertinentia  .  exceptis  bla- 
dis  et  pratis  .  Concessi  insup  sepedictis  burgens  et  he- 
redib3  eoi?  comuna  in  stipulis  meis  eiusdem  manerij  mei 
de  Morpath  scilic3  de  Wyncherlewey  versus  occidentem 
vs(£  ad  diuisas  afcfiis  Noui  Monastery  et  vsqj  ad  fossatu 
pci  occidentalis  .  Ita  tamen  qd  libagiu  earudem  stipulai/ 
reseruetur  ad  opus  meu  et  heredu  meoT?  p  quindecim 
dies  postquam  bladum  meum  fuerit  cariatu  .  Et  ego  Ro- 
gerus de  Marley  et  hedes  mei  vniOsa  prenominata  et 
concessa  dictis  burgensibj  et  eoi?  hedib5  contra  omes 
gentes  warantizabimus  imppetuu."     It  is  further  re- 
markable of  this  copy  that  it  does  not  give  the  witnesses 
to  the  original. 

I  have  found  no  method  of  ascertaining  the  exact 
date  of  the  two  following  original  deeds;  the  first  01 


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which  is  very  beautifully  written,  contains  a  part  of  its 
seal,  and  is  a  gift  from  Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  to 
his  free  burgesses  of  Morpeth  of  all  that  culture  of  land 
on  the  north  side  of  the  town  of  Morpath,  by  the  fol- 
lowing boundaries — to  wit — from  the  great  river  of 
Wanspic,*  on  the  west  side  of  the  said  town,  to  the  toft 
of  Henry  Doghet,  and  from  that  toft  by  the  rivulet  of 
Cottingburne  to  the  Well  of  St.  Thomas,  and  from  that 
well  northwards  to  Spen  by  a  certain  march  which  the 
grantor  had  made  for  the  said  burgesses,  and  from  Spen 
beyond  Cottingburne  as  far  as  the  dike  of  the  monks  of 
Newminster  towards  the  west,  and  so  by  that  dike  to 
the  great  river  of  Wanspic ;  and  below  that  culture,  he 
gave  to  the  said  burgesses  his  43  tofts  and  half  an  acre 
of  land  in  free  burgage  to  hold  to  them  and  their  heirs 
of  him  and  his  heirs  with  all  franchises  and  easements 
to  the  foresaid  town  appertaining,  freely,  quietly,  and  ho- 
nourably, as  was  set  forth  in  a  charter  which  he  had 
before  granted  to  them,  and  by  paying  to  him  and  his 
heirs  16d.  annually  for  each  full  toft  and  for  the  half 
rood  2d.  By  the  second  of  these  deeds,  which  is  proba- 
bly the  one  alluded  to  in  the  first,  the  same  Roger  de 
Merlay  the  Third  gave  to  the  same  free-burgesses,  in 
free  burgage,  46  tofts  of  his  demesne  lands  in  Morpath, 
that  is — in  the  culture  which  was  called  Berhalvh,  at 
the  east  end  of  the  said  town,  16  tofts;  and  in  the  cul- 
ture called  the  Staniflat,  between  Cottingburne  and  the 
cast  side  of  the  Monksway,  16  tofts;  and  between  Cot- 
tingburn  and  the  west  side  of  the  same  way,  1 4  tofts,  to 
hold  to  them  and  their  heirs  of  him  and  his  heirs  with 
all  liberties,  customs,  and  easements  to  the  said  town  of 
Morpeth  belonging,  by  the  annual  payment  of  16d.  for 
each  full  toft. 

2.  Omnibj  Rogerus  de  Merlay  tertius  .  Nouerit  uni- 
fisitas  ufa  me  dedisse  liMs  burgensibj  meis  de  Morpath 
totam  culturam  meam  terre  mee  ex  boreali  pte  uille 
de  Morpath  p  has  diuisas  .  scilic5.  a  magno  flumine  de 
Wanspic*  in  occidentali  pte  eiusdem  uille  usq,  ad  toftum 
henrici  doghet  et  ab  eodem  tofto  p  riuulum  de  Cotting- 
burne usq,  ad  fontem  sci  Thome  *t  ab  eodem  fonte  uersus 
boream  usq.  Spen  p  quanda  diuisam  q«m  ego  feci  dels 
burgensibj  1  de  Spen  ult«  Cottingburne  usq,  ad  fossetum 
monachoi?  noui  Monastery  versus  occidentem  et  ita  p 
illud  fossetum  usq,  ad  magnu  fluuium  de  Wanspic  .  Et 
infra  dcam  culturam  dedi  gdcis  burgensibj  meis  q«dra- 
ginta  tria  tofta  1  dimid  roda  in  libero  burgagio  .  Ha- 

*  This  epithet  reminds  one  of  the  magnificent  eastern  expres- 
sion in  the  Bible :— "  The  great  river— the  river  Euphrates." 


benda  1  tenenda  sibi  t  heredib5  suis  de  me  1  heredn>5 
meis  cum  omib5  lifitatibj  ft  aisiamtis  gdce  ville  de  Mor- 
path ptinentibj  adeo  lite  rt  quiete  1  honorifice  sicuti 
carta  mea  qflm  dci  burgenses  hnt  de  dono  meo  pportat 
1  testaf.  Reddendo  inde  annuati  michi  ^  heredib3  meis 
ipi  ut  heredes  sui  p  quolibet  plenario  tofto  sexdecim  de- 
narios  1  p  dimid  roda  duos  denarios  .  scih .  ad  duos 
rrninos  .  ad  festu  sci  cuthfcti  in  qadragesimo  dimid  .  rt 
ad  festu  sci  Cutfrbti  i  Septemfc  dimid  .  Et  ego  1;  heredes 
mei  warantizabim9  1c.  .  Et  ut  hec  donacio  ctc.  .  Hiis 
testibj  dno  Witto  de  Merlay  .  dno  iohe  de  Plesseiz  tu 
senescallo  de  Morpath  .  dno  ada  Bareth  .  dno  Witto  de 
Coiners  .  Ranulfo  de  Merlay  .  Witto  fit  Radulfi  .  Ri- 
cardo  de  Saltwic  .  et  multis  aliis. 

3.  Omnibs  Roger.9  de  Merlay  £cius  sahn  in  dno  .  Scia- 
tis  me  dedisse  lifts  burgensibj  meis  de  Morpath  in  litSum 
burgagium  quadraginta  et  sex  toftos  de  dnico  meo  in 
Morpath  .  Scit  in  cultra  que  vocatr  Berhaluh  ad  capd 
orientale  eiusdem  uille  i  sexdecim  toftos  .  Et  in  culfa 
que  vocatr  Staniflat  in?  Cottingburn  t  viam  monachoT? 
ex  pte  oriental!  i  sexdecim  toftos  .  Et  in?  Cottingburn 
"t  eandem  viam  ex  pte  occidentali  i  qfltuordecim  toftos  . 
Habedos  ct  tenendos  illis  1  hedibj  suis  i  de  me  *!  hedibj 
meis  cu  omib5  lifitatibj  cSsuetudinibj  1  aysiamtis  ad 
gdcam  villam  de  M  orpath  ptinentibj  .  adeo  lifie  1  q'ete 
in  omib5  sicuti  carta  mea  q«m  J3di  burgenses  habent  de 
dono  meo  i  pleni9  pportat .  Reddendo  inde  annuati  michi 
ri  hedib5  meis  ipi  ct  tiedes  sui  p  quolibet  plenario  tofto 
sexdecim  deriaf  ad  duos  fminos  .scii.  medietatem  ad 
festum  sci  Cuthberti  in  q«dragesimo  fi  aliam  medietate 
ad  festu  sci  Cuthti  in  Septembr  &c.  &c.     Hiis  testib5 
dompno  Ada  tuc  Al5be  de  nouo  monaarlo  Rogo  Bert°m 
de  Bothal .  Jofte  fit  Sym  .  Henf  Gateg  .  Johe  de  Pies- 
set  .  Ada  Barat  .  Thorn  de  Oggel  .   Ric  de  Saltwic  . 
Rogo  de  Horse! .  Rofito  de  Carfia  .  Bartholom  de  Wynde- 
gates  .  Witto  de  Cama  .  Nichot  de  Scotton  .  Walfo  de 
Wytton  et  aliis. — (Orig.  in  Town's  Hutch.) 

4.  Omnibus  hoibus  hanc  carta  visuris  vel  audituris 
Rogerus  de  Merlay  tertius  salutem  .  Noveritis  me  au- 
disse  cartam  Rogeri  de  Merlay  f>ris  mei  in  hec  verba . 
Omnibus  hoibj  has  fras  audituris  &c.  (ut  supra  sub  anno 
1180.)     Quare  volo  concede  fi  confirmo  pro  me  et  he- 
redibus  meis  pdictis  burgensibus  1  heredibus  suis  quod 
habeant  omnes  libertates  pdcas  sicut  carta  Rogeri  de 
Merlay  pris  mei  testatur  ^l  purportat .  Et  preterea  con- 
cessi  pro  me  et  heredibj  meis  quod  nee  prefati  burgenses 
nee  heredes  COT;  tallientur  nisi  quando  dns  rex  talliabit 
burgos  suos  .  et  ad  prmogenitu  filiu  meu  milite  faciendii 


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1  ad  prniogenita  filia  meam  maritanda  et  ad  corpus  meu 
de  prisona  redimendu .  Item  concessi  eisdem  quod  si  ego 
vel  heredes  mei  prisas  fecerimus  p  servientes  nros  de 
pane  vel  de  cervisio,  vel  de  aliqua  alia  re  in  dca  villa  de 
Morpath  ille  prise  solvantur  creditori  infra  quadraginta 
dies .  Creditor  autem  cui  non  solutu  fuerit  infra  quadra- 
ginta dies  de  prisis  ab  eo  factis  maneat  quietus  ab  omni 
prisa  post  quadraginta  dies  quousque  ei  solutu  fuerit . 
Ita  tamen  quod  bene  licebit  mihi  1  heredibus  meis  alias 
prisas  facere  infra  terminu  illai?  quadraginta  diei?  .  Et 
sciendu  est  quod  prisa  mea  cervisie  erit  in  toto  anno 
tres  gallones  pro  vno  denario  .  Concessi  etiam  eisdem 
burgensibus  et  heredibus  eo^  solitas  comunas  pasture 
et  aisiamenta  consueta  cum  libero  exitu  T.  introitu  ad 
eandem  villam  de  Morpath  ptin.  exceptis  bladis  rt  pra- 
tis  .  Concessi  insuper  sepedictis  burgensibus  T;  heredibus 
eoi}  comunia  in  slipulis  meis  eiusdem  manerii  mei  de 
Morpath  scij  Wencherlewaye  vrersus  occidentem  usque 
ad  divisas  atitiis  novi  monasterii  ~t  usque  ad  fossatu  pci 
occidental' .  Ita  tamen  quod  herbagiii  eandem  stipularu 
reservetur  ad  opus  meu  ct  heredu  meoit  p  quindecim 
dies  postquam  bladu  meu  fuerit  cariatu  .  Et  concessi 
eisdem  et  heredibus  eoi?  quod  quando  eis  turba  vendere 
voluero  in  turbariis  meis  de  Morpath  et  quantu  eis  ven- 
dere voluero  singulas  cariatas  turban  pro  singulis  dena- 
riis  .  Et  si  contingat  quod  averia  eoi;dem  burgensiu 
capiantur  in  defensis  meis  pro  quolibet  averio  dabunt 
unum  obulu  et  pro  quolibet  equo  vnu  obulu  1  pro 
quinq,  ovibus  unu  obulu  p  tres  vices  tarn  infra  quam  ex- 
tra boscu,  et  ad  quartam  vicem  pro  singulis  dco^  averioi? 
captis  infra  boscu  dabunt  octo  denarios  ft  extra  boscu 
quatuor  denarios,  et  postea  iterum  incipiendo  pro  sin- 
gulis averioi/  obulu  p  tres  vices  ut  gdctu  est  .  Et  si 
averia  eoi/  capiantur  in  bladis  vel  in  pratis  faciant 
emendas  secundu  tempus  anni .  Concessi  insup  et  con- 
firmavi  prefatis  burgensibus  et  eott  heredibus  illam  pla- 
ciam  quieta  ubi  forum  COT?  esse  solebat  exceptis  tamen 
tofto  Alicie  Hudde  et  pistrina  eiusdem  ville  T;  excepta 
quada  fabrica  quam  Phillippus  faber  quonda  tenuit  .  In 
qua  placia  volo  quod  stalla  COT?  construant  ubi  carnes  et 
pisces  vendant  vs<£  ad  hora  nona  .  Et  prohibeo  sup  plena 
forisfactura  mei  et  heredu  meoty  ne  quis  presumat  ven- 
dere carnes  nee  pisces  ante  hora  nona  alibi  qua  sup  dca 
stalla  nisi  in  grosso  .  Et  sciendu  quod  bene  licebit  mihi 
et  heredibus  meis  facere  edificia  nostra  ubicunq,  volueri- 
mus  in  culturis  nris  in  quibus  eis  concessimus  comunia 
sine  impedimento  vel  contradictione  dcoi;  burgensiu  vel 
heredu  eoi;  inppetuu  .  Item  sciendu  quod  dcti  burgenses 


ft  heredes  eoty  sequentur  molendina  mea  de  Morpath  ad 
tertiu  decimu  vas  multure  sicuti  prius  sequi  consueve- 
runt  .  Et  ego  Rogerus  de  Merlay  t  heredes  mei  vni- 
versa  prenominata  et  concessa  dels  burgensibus  *i  COT? 
heredibus  contra  omnes  gentes  inperpetuu  warantiza- 
bimus  .  Et  in  huius  rei  testimoniu  vna  ptem  huius 
carte  cyrographate  qua  dci  burgenses  habent  penes  eos 
et  heredes  eoT?  sigillo  meo  roboraui  .  Et  alia  ptem  habeo 
penes  me  et  heredes  meos  comuni  sigillo  dcoi?  burgensiu 
signata  .  Hijs  testibus  Hugone  Gubion  .  W">o  de  Mer- 
lay .  Johe  de  Plessiz  .  Wm°  de  Coyners  .  Ada  Barat  . 
W»°  de  Horseley  .  Wm°  fil  Radi  .  Rico  de  Saltwic  . 
Rico  de  Sco  Petro  .  "Wmo  Spurnel  .  Rado  Grom  . 
Thoraldo  .  Rogero  Palmer  .  Waltero  de  Witton  cleri- 
co  .  et  alijs. — (MS.  penes  W.  Lawson,  de  Langhurst 
armiger.) 

1244 — The  monks  of  Newminster  Abbey  had  a  char- 
ter conferring  certain  lands  upon  them. — (Cal.  Rot. 
Char.  p.  59.) 

1246. — Roger  de  Merlay,  under  the  head  Nova  Ob- 
lata,  stands  charged  with  £20  as  due  to  the  exchequer 
"  qz  n  est  {>  i." 

1256. — William  de  Merlay  stands  charged  in  the 
Great  Roll  for  40s.  for  a  licence ;  and  Roger  de  Merlay 
paid  £8  for  his  four  knight's  fees;  and  is  debited  with  20 
marks  on  an  action  of  trespass,  before  justice  Lexington. 

12G6 — Roger  de  Merlay  the  Third  died  this  year; 
and  an  inquest  found  that  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth 
paid  him  a  fee-farm  rent  for  their  borough,  of  £10  a 
year; — that  he  had  received  for  a  salmon  fishery,  felons 
goods,  and  stallage,  £2  6s.  8d. ;  for  the  herbage  of  Cot- 
tingwood,  which  contained  284  acres,  £3  6s.  8d. ;  and, 
for  the  East  Park,  containing  418  acres,  £6  13s.  4d.  a 
year.  The  AVest  Park,  which  he  had  in  his  own  hands, 
contained  142  acres. — (Wallis,  ii,  291.) 

1 267- — William  de  Merlay  paid  one  mark  for  a  writ. 
— (Rot.  Pip.  51  lien.  III.) 

1282 — May  17th.  To  all  who  may  see  or  hear  this 
writing  the  burgesses  of  Morpath  wish  health  in  the 
lord. — Know  ye  that  we  have  granted,  and  by  this  pre- 
sent deed,  bound  ourselves  and  our  heirs  for  ever,  not 
to  go  elsewhere  than  to  the  mill  of  Morpath  with  the 
corn  growing  upon  the  land  which  we  have  to  farm  of 
lord  William,  son  of  Thomas  de  Graystock  and  Mary 
his  wife,  but  to  grind  at  the  foresaid  mill  to  the  twen- 
tieth measure  of  multure.  In  testimony  of  which  we 
have  to  this  present  writing  set  the  seal  of  our  commu- 
nity. Dated  at  Morpath,  at  Pentecost,  in  the  year  of 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


our  Lord  1282.     The  original,  in  Latin,  is  sewed  to  the 
deed  of  Nov.  27,  34  Hen.  VIII. 

1283. — 1.  On  the  Friday  before  the  Assumption  of 
the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  August  15,  Alice,  the  daur. 
of  Thorald  of  M orpath,  widow  of  Robert  of  Saltwick,  in 
her  pure  and  lawful  widowhood,  and  after  the  decease 
of  her  father,  granted  to  Richard  of  Morpeth  two  roods 
of  land  in  that  town — namely,  one  which  laid  between 
the  land  of  William,  son  of  Galfrid,  on  the  west,  and 
the  land  of  the  said  Richard  on  the  east ;  and  another, 
in  which  Ralph  de  Barton  formerly  used  to  live,  in  ex- 
change for  other  two  roods  of  land  lying  nearer  my 
dwelling  (solerium  meum)  on  the  east,  to  hold  for  ever 
by  the  accustomed  services  to  the  lord — sir  Robert  de 
Saham  then  rector  of  M  orpath,  Alan  Clerk,  William 
Serjeant,  Adam  Pantel,  and  Peter  Templeman  being 
witnesses  to  the  deed. 

2.  Sir  Robert  of  Saham,  who  occurs  as  rector  of  Mor- 
peth in  the  last  deed,  with  RICHARD  DE  MORA,  steward 
of  Morpeth,  Alan  Clerk,  Adam  Pantil,  and  Peter  Tem- 
pilman,  of  Morpeth,  is  witness  to  a  grant,  without  date, 
by  which  William  of  Morpath  conveyed  to  Richard  de 
Morpath,  clerk,  three  acres  of  ground  in  the  field  of 
Morpath — that  is,  in  the  Florys,  and  within  these  bounds 
— namely,  one  acre,  called  the  Shorteaker,  which  lies 
between  the  land  of  Robert  of  the  Park  on  the  east, 
and  the  land  of  Robert  at  Church  on  the  west ;  and  five 
roods,  containing  six  selions,  which  abut  on  the  land  of 
Roger,  sometime  Cramper ;  and  one  rood,  between  the 
the  lands  of  the  said  Nicholas  and  Robert,  near  the 
Staydandstane ;  and   one  rood,  which  extends  to  the 
kyrckeburn,  between  the  lands  of  the  said  Nicholas  and 
Robert ;  and  one  rood,  which  extends  towards  the  Hal- 
leslath,  near  the  land  of  William,  the  son  of  William. 

3.  Richard  de  la  More,  Master  Richard  Alan  the 
clark,  William  the  Sergaunt,  Adam  Pantel,  Roger  Fish- 
er, Ranulph  the  Forester,  Alurodo,  Robert  Aldrith,  and 
others,  tested  Robert  Fitz-Roger's  grant  to  Richard 
Graffard,  of  one  acre  of  land  in  the  field  of  Morpeth,  in 
these  parcels — namely,  upon  the  Ruthdyc  three  roods, 
between  the  ground  of  Thorald  and  Richard  de  Lang ; 
and  one  rood,  which  reached  to  the  Fisherway,  between 
Adam  Bonde  and  the  ground  that  was  Roger  Crampes, 
to  hold  for  ever  by  the  payment  of  twopence  yearly  to 
the  donor  and  his  heirs. 

4.  Richard  de  la  More,  Alan  Clerk,  William  the  Ser- 
gaunt, Adam  Pantel,  Aluredo,  Robert  Fitz-Aldrich, 
Roger  Fisher,  Thomas  of  the  Abbey,  and  Wm.  Palmer, 


witnessed  the  charter  by  which  William  of  Chyvington 
conveyed  to  Walter  de  Herle  and  Julian  his  wife  all 
the  land  and  buildings  upon  it  which  he  had  in  the  town 
of  Morpeth,  and  which  he  bought  of  Richard  Graffard, 
to  hold  for  ever  by  the  accustomed  services  to  the  lord 
and  town  aforesaid. 

5.  RICHARD  DE  MORA,  steward  of  Morpeth,  William 
de  Bukeby,  Alan  Clerk,  Ralph  de  Celda,  Richard  Smith 
(faber,)  Ranulf  Forestar,  Adam  Forestar,  Roger  Fisher, 
John  Pantill,  Rich.  Graffard,  and  John  Forestar,  test  a 
deed  by  which  Juliana  Grome,  relict  of  Thomas  of  the 
Garden,  in  her  pure  widowhood  and  lawful  will,  gave  to 
master  Richard  of  Morpath,  clerk,  eight  acres  and  three 
roods  of  arable  land  in  the  territory  or  field  of  Morpeth, 
lying  within  the  following  boundaries — namely,  two 
acres  and  one  rood  on  the  east  side  of  the  king's  way, 
and  one  acre  extending  itself  beyond  the  king's  street, 
and  one  acre  and  one  rood  on  the  east  side  of  the  Stan- 
brig,  and  seven  roods  under  Grendon,  and  stretching 
towards  the  way  of  Trennewelle,  and  one  rood  and  a 
half  on  the  north  side  of  the  hospital  of  Chacheburn, 
and  two  roods  and  a  half  on  the  south  side  of  Kirkburn, 
within  the  Flores,  near  the  lands  of  Nicholas  of  the 
Park,  and  one  acre  near  the  boundary  of  the  hospital, 
extending  towards  Trennewell,  and  one  rood  and  a  half 
within  the  Helde,  near  Sturdisyde,  and  half  a  rood 
within  the  Holme,  to  hold  by  the  payment  of  a  rose  to 
the  grantor  and  her  heirs,  on  the  feast  of  St.  Mary 
Magdalene,  and  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  2d. 

1284 — In  13  Edward  I.,  William,  son  of  Thomas  de 
Greystock,  had  a  license  to  extend  the  fair  of  Morpeth 
from  one  to  three  days. — (Morp.  Misc.  No.  5.) 

1294. — JOHN  DE  DUDDEN,  steward.  On  the  Saturday 
before  the  feast  of  the  Translation  of  St.  Thomas  the 
Martyr,  July  7,  in  this  year,  John  de  Greystock,  lord 
of  Morpath,  released  to  the  free  burgesses  of  Morpeth 
all  that  tax  on  ale  in  the  said  town  which  he  and  his 
ancestors  had  been  accustomed  to  take — namely,  three 
gallons  of  ale  for  one  penny,  for  a  certain  sum  of  money 
which  the  said  burgesses  had  given  him  beforehand; 
John  de  Dudden,  then  steward  of  Morpath,  Richard 
Coynhers,  Wm.  de  Rokeby,  and  others,  being  witnesses 
to  the  deed.  Seal '  on  a  shield  a  lozenge  and  SIGILIVM 
SECRET.' 

VniQsis  dei  fit  presentibus  t  futuf  hoc  presens  sc'p- 
tum  inspectuf  ul  audituf  .  Johes  de  Graystoke  dns  de 
Morpath  saltm  in  dno  sempifnam  .  Vra  me  noQit  vni8- 
sitas  concessisse  remisisse  resignasse  1  pro  me  1  he? 


MORPETH  PARISH. MORPETH  MISCELLANEA. 


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meis  omnio  quiet  clamasse  liols  burgensibj  meis  de 
Morpath  1  her  suis  1  suis  assingn  imppetuu  illam 
capconem  §uicie  in  eadem  villa  qua  ego  predcus  Johes 
de  Graystoke  t  antecessores  mei  ab  eisdem  burgens  "t 
COT?  antecessorib3  cepimus  rt  cape  consueuitn9  .  vidett . 
tres  galones  suicie  pro  uno  denario  pro  quadam  suma 
pecuie  quam  predci  burgens  m»  gmanib3  dederut  .  Ita 
videlt  qd  nucqam  ego  prefatus  Johes  nee  her  mei  nee 
aliquis  nomie  meo  ut  heredum  meoT?  assignatus  dece?o 
usq,  in  finem  mundi  gnomiatam  capconem  §uicie  predce 
sic  supanotatum  est  de  prefatis  burgens  de  Morpath 
uf  eoT?  heredibj  aut  suis  assign  hre  calupniar  pefe  ut  cape 
nullo  modo  nulla  causa  nullo  jure  possimus  .  Et  ego  Go 
prenoiatus  Johes  de  Graystock  1  her  mei  &c.  .  In  cuj9 
&c. .  Hiis  teslibj  dno  Hugon  Gubyun  tuc  vie  Northumbr. 
dno  GilBto  fil  Witii .  dno  Rico  MauleSer  militibj  .  Johe 
de  Dudden  tuc  senascatt  de  Morpath  .  Rico  Coynhers  . 
Witto  de  Rokeby  "t  aliis  multis  .  Dat  apud  Morp  die 
safool  pxi«  post  festum  Translaconis  fii  Thome  M"ris  . 
Anno  dtii  Millesimo  ducent  nonogessimo  quarto. 

John  de  Graystock,  by  a  deed,  witnessed  by  Ralph 
de  Botha,  John  Forestar,  John  Pantill,  Ralph  Culling, 
Roger  Fisher,  and  Adam  Forestar,  granted  to  Adam  de 
Eerier,  his  forester  of  Morpath,  that  house  which  stood 
between  the  house  that  belonged  to  Ralph  Tincler  and 
the  land  which  was  "Wm.  Spurnell's,  to  him,  his  heirs, 
and  assigns  for  ever,  at  the  yearly  rent  of  1 2d.  in  silver, 
and  doing  to  the  town  of  Morpsth  the  accustomed  ser- 
vices. 

1296.— 1.  In  Easter  week,  William,  son  of  Galfrid  of 
Morpeth,  and  Alice  his  wife,  bound  themselves  to  mas- 
ter Richard  of  Morpath,  clerk,  to  levy  a  fine  of  all  the 
land  in  Morpath  which  he  had  of  them  by  way  of  ex- 
change, and  obtained  Adam  Eerier  forester  of  Morpeth, 
and  Robert  the  Mason  of  Hepiscot,  as  their  sureties  for 
performance  of  their  obligation. 

2.  Sir  Robert  de  Somerville  and  Ralph  de  Essynden, 
knights,  Richard  Coyners,  John  de  Dodden,  Wm.  de 
Saltwyk,  Wm.  de  Rokeby,  and  others,  are  witnesses  to 
the  grant  of  John  de  Graystock,  knight,  lord  of  Mor- 
path, to  John  Meresscall,  of  Morpath,  of  ten  acres  of 
his  moor  land  of  Morpeth,  lying  between  the  high  street 
going  to  Neubigging  on  the  north  and  the  ditch  of 
Schaldfen,  to  hold  by  the  yearly  payment  of  one  penny 
— the  grantee  to  grind  all  his  grain  growing  on  the  pre- 
mises at  the  lord's  mill  at  Morpeth,  and  to  have  the 
privilege  of  once  marling  all  the  said  ten  acres  with  the 
lord's  marie  of  Morpeth.  Then,  by  a  deed,  to  which 
PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


Roger  Corbet,  John  de  Oggill,  John  de  Esselingdon, 
Richard  de  Coyners,  John  de  Dudden,  Wm.  de  Rokeby, 
and  others,  are  witnesses,  the  aforenamed  John  Mares- 
call  of  Morpeth  granted  to  master  Richard  of  Morpeth, 
clerk,  all  that  land  which  he  had  by  the  gift  of  sir  John 
de  Graystock,  for  services  done  to  him  in  the  king's 
wars  in  Scotland — to  wit,  the  ten  acres  of  land  on  the 
moor  and  waste  of  Morpath,  described  in  the  preceding 
grant,  which  contains  the  clause  about  marie,  but  not 
that  about  grinding  the  grain  grown  upon  the  premises. 

3.  Sir  Robert  de  Somerville,  John  de  Kyrkeby,  Hugh 
Gobyon,  Robert  de  Essynden,  John  de  Oggle,  knights, 
Richard  Coyners,  John  de ,  Dodden,  William  de  Salte- 
wyck,   Roger  Gobyon,  Roger  de  Cresswell,  Adam  de 
Berynton,  and  others,  are  witnesses  to  John  de  Gray- 
stock,  knight,  lord  of  Morpeth's  grant  to  master  Richard 
of  Morpeth,  clerk,  of  all  that  pasture  and  herbage  of  his 
waste,  which,  in  breadth,  laid  between  the  ditch  of  the 
late  park  of  Morpath  on  the  one  side,  and  his  demesne 
lands  on  the  o'.her,  and,  in  length,  from  the  gate  of  the 
said  late  park,  as  far  as  the  old  ditch  of  Scheldefen,  to 
hold  for  ever  by  the  accustomed  services. 

4.  John  de  Gtaystok,  lord  of  Morpeth,  granted  a  li- 
cense to  his  beloved  clerk,  master  Richard  of  Morpeth, 
to  give  in  free  alms  eight  messuages  and  four  sites  of 
burgages  in  the  town  of  Morpeth,  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  in  the  territory  of  the  same  ville,  to  perform  divine 
services  for  the  health  of  his  own  soul,  and  for  the  souls 
of  his  father  and  mother,  and  of  all  the  benefactors  of; 
them,  himself,  and  of  the  said  lord,  in  All  Saints'  chapel, 
near  Morpeth  bridge.     As  this  document  is  important 
and  curious,  I  subjoin  a  literal  copy  of  the  original : — 
"  Omnibus  hoc  sc'ptum  visuf  ut  audituf  Johes  de  Gray- 
stocke  dns  de  Morpath  saltm  in  dno  sempi?nam  .  Noue- 
rit  vniuersitas  ufa  me  dedisse  licenciam  ditco  ciico  meo 
magistro  Rico  de  Morpath  1  bonam  puramc^  votntatem 
eidm  concessisse  ad  elemosinandu  octo  mesuagia  et  qua- 
tuor  placeas  burgagioi?  in  uilla  de  Morpath  1  viginti 
quatuor  acras  terre  in  territorio  eiusdem  ville,  que  de 
me  idem  clericus  tenuit  in  feodo  et  hereditate  per  certa 
§uicia  debita  et  consueta  sicut  sui  antecessores  1  omes 
illi  qui  dca  tenementa  aliquo  tepe  tenuerut  .  Ad  cele« 
brandu  diuina  pro  anime  sue  salute  1  animabus  pris  1 
mris  1  omiu  bfifactoT?  suoi)  meic^  1  meoi?  in  captta  con- 
structa  in  honore  omnim  SCOT?  iuxta  pote  de  Morpath  . 
Ita  qd  nee  ego  nee  aliquis  heredu  ut  assignatoT?  meoi? 
aliqd  clamium  in  dcis  terris  hre  potero  vel  potent  seu  . 
inpedimentu  inferre  ut  procurare  .  quominus  dca  con- 

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cessio  "I  donacio  dci  Ricardi  dcoi?  tenementoT?  1  terras 
tanqua  pura  1  perpetua  elemosina  subsistere  poterit 
ualere  inppetuu  .  jure  cuiuscumq,  in  omnibus  semper 
saluo  .  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  present!  sc'pto  sigillu 
ineu  apposui  .  Hiis  testibus  dnisGy  chard  de  Charune 
Hugone  Gobion  .  1  Johe  de  Oggell  militib5  .  dno  Ro- 
gero  de  Thorneton  rector  ecce  de  Folketon  .  Magistro 
Ad  de  Morpath  clicis  .  Johe  de  Dudden  .  Rico  de  Con- 
yers  .  Witto  de  Saltwike  .  1  Witto  de  Rokeby  .  laicis 
1  pluribus  aliis. 

5.  JOHN  DE  DUDDEN,  then  steward  of  Morpeth,  Guy 
de  Celda,  William  de  Bukeby,  John  Forestar,  Richard 

Graffard,  Richard  de  Aula...,  WilL  de  ,  Robert 

A... get,  Adam  Forestar,  Patrick  de  Celda,  and  others, 
witnessed  the  grant  of  William,  son  of  William  Duning, 
of  Morpath,  to  Robert  de  Bedelington,  chaplain,  of  all 

the  land  he  had  in  Morpath  between  the  land  of  T 

of  the  Garden  and  that  of  Alice  Kywald,  to  hold  by 
rendering  to  the  lord  the  accustomed  service. 

6.  William,  son  of  Win.  Dunning,  grants  to  Robert, 
son  of  Wm.  Acum,  that  rood  of  land  lying  near  the 
house  of  Alice  Kywald,  in  Morpeth,  to  hold  to  him,  his 
heirs,  and  assigns,  by  the  services  due  from  it  to  the 
lord  of  Morpeth.     Witnesses — Alan  Clerk,  William  le 
Sergaunt,  Adam  Pantil,  Ralph  le  Mercer,  Peter  Pantel, 
Thomas  of  the  Abbey,  Richard  le  Gauncer,  Adam  le 
Forester,  and  John  le  Forester. 

7.  William,  son  of  Wm.  Duning,  of  Morpeth,  granted 
to  Robert,  son  of  William  of  Acum  and  Julian  his  wife, 
the  house  and  land  which  formerly  belonged  to  William 
Acum  his  father,  to  hold  by  the  services  annually  due 
to  the  lord  and  the  town — Alan  Clerk,  Ralph  de  Botha, 
John  Pantel,  and  Richard  the  Gauncer  being  witnesses 
to  the  deed. 

8.  JOHN  DE  DUDDEN,  seneschall  of  Morpeth,  Ralph 
de  la  Boyt,  John  Pantil,  Roger  Fisher,  Peter  de  Aqua, 
John  Forestar,  Adam  Forestar,  and  Alan  Grome  are 
witnesses  to  an  indenture  by  which,  William,  son  of 
Ralph  Bateman,  of  Morpeth,  gave  to  Isabella  Bateman, 
his  sister,  a  burgage  in  Morpeth,  lying  between  the  land 
of  Henry  of  the  Bakehouse  (de  Pistrina)  on  one  side, 
and  that  of  Christian  of  the  Boyt  on  the  other,  with  the 
Boytes  adjoining,  to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of 
the  fee,  and  by  the  annual  payment  of  6d.  to  the  donor, 
and  his  heirs  and  assigns. 

9.  JOHN  DE  DUDDEN,  then  the  lord's  steward,  Mas- 
ter Adam,  Ralph  de  Bota,  Roger  Fisher,  John  Pantyl, 
John  Forestar,  Alan  Grome,  and  Richard  Faber,  wit- 


ness a  grant  by  which  Richard  Collevyle  of  Morpeth 
alienates,  for  ever,  to  Master  Richard  de  Morpeth, 
clerk,  all  the  land  in  Morpeth  lying  between  that  of 
Richard  Smith  on  one  side,  and  that  of  Alice  Hepescot 
on  the  other,  by  rendering  to  the  lord  of  Morpeth  6d. 
annually. 

10.  JOHN  DE  DUDDEN, then  steward  of  Morpeth, Wm. 
of  Rokeby,  Master  Adam  of  Morpeth,  clerk,  Ralph  de 
la  Bothe,  John  Forester,  John  Pantyl,  William  Pantyl, 
Ralph  Cullyng,  Patrick  of  the  Bothe,  William  Palmer, 
Robert  Stute,  and  others  witnessed  the  deed  by  which 
Alice,  daughter  of  Symon  Graffard,  quit-claimed  to 
Master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  clerk,  two  roods  of  land  in 
Morpeth,  lying  between  that  which  belonged  to  Robert 
of  Acumb  on  one  side,  and  that  of  Patrick  of  the  Bothe, 
of  Morpeth,  on  the  other,  which  two  roods  were  former- 
ly holden  by  Adam,  called  Tronan,  to  hold  for  ever  by 
the  accustomed  services  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

11.  Robert  at  the  church  of  Morpeth  grants  to  Wm. 
of  Rokeby,  proctor  of  that  church,  one  acre  and  a  half 

of  land  in  the  fields  of  Morpath,  by  these  divisions 

namely,  half  an  acre  on  the  Rutdike,  on  the  north  part 
of  the  lord's  land  abutting  upon  Wencherwaye ;  half  an 
acre  upon  Wynenside,  between  the  land  formerly  belong- 
ing to  Wm.  Duning  and  that  of  Reginald  Forester ;  and 
half  an  acre  abutting  upon  the  dyke  of  the  East  Park, 
across  the  road  that  leads  from  Morpeth  to  Hepeschotes, 
to  hold  of  him  and  his  heirs  by  the  annual  payment  to 
them  of  three  silver  halfpence ;  to  which  deed  Rob.  de 
Coyners,  Ric.  de  Dudden,  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth, 
Alan  Ckrk  of  the  same  place,  Nich.  de  Parco  of  the 
same  place,  Adam  son  of  Wm.  of  Hepeschotes,  William 
Froman  of  the  same  place,  and  Robert  Mason  (clemen- 
tario)  of  the  same  place,  were  witnesses. 

On  Sept.  29,  and  Oct.  1,  in  this  year,  1296,  Edward 
the  Third,  as  he  returned  from  the  conquest  of  Scotland 
with  the  inauguration  chair  of  the  kings  of  that  country, 
tested  different  public  documents  at  Morpeth. — (Rot. 
Scot.  i.  34,  35.) 

1300 — Jan.  14.  The  king,  by  letters  patent,  dated  at 
Wetherby,  pardoned  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  for 
having,  without  the  king's  license,  received  by  the  grant 
of  John  de  Graystok  19  acres  of  land  and  4  score  and  5 
acres  of  waste  in  Morpeth,  which  were  holden  by  the 
same  John  of  the  crown  in  capite — Edwardus  Dei  gfa 
rex  Angt  dominus  Hifin  t  dux  Aquitain .  Omibj  ad  quos 
teentes  litfe  puefiint .  saltm  .  Sciatis  qd  p  finem  quern 
magister  Rics  de  Morpath  fecit  nobiscum  coram  thes 


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1  baronibj  nfis  de  scccio  pdonauiraus  ei  tnnsgressionera 
quam  fecit  recipiendo  sine  licentia  nfa  ex  dono  t 
concessione  dilti  T.  fidelis  nfi  Johis  de  Craystok  seis"m 
decem  t  novem  acrai?  ft-e  1  quat  viginti  1  quinq,  acrai? 
vasti  cu  ptinenciis  in  Morpath  que  de  nofi  tenentr  in  ca- 
pite  .  Et  concessimus  eidem  Rico  p  not)  1  heredibj  nfis 
qd  heat  °t  teneat  rYas  1  ten  gdca  cu  ptin  sibi  1  heredibj 
suis  de  nofi  "t-heredibj  nfis  p  §uicia  inde  debita  t  con- 
sueta  imppetuu .  saluo  iure  cuiuslibet .  Nolentes  qd  gdcs 
Hies  vel  heredes  sui  occone  fnsgressionis  predce  p  nos 
vel  heredes  nfos  justic  escaetores  vicecomites  aut  alios 
ballios  seu  ministros  nros  quosqcuq,  occonentr  molestentr 
in  aliquo  seu  g'ventr .  In  cuius  rei  testimon  has  lit?as 
nfas  fieri  fecimus  patentes  .  Teste  me  ipo  apud  Wether- 
by  quartodecimo  die  Januaf  anno  regni  nri  vicesimo 
octauo  .  p  billam  de  Sc"cio. 

1301 — The  Patent  Roll  for  this  year  shows  that  Ed- 
ward the  First  was  at  Morpeth  on  June  28,  on  his 
march  with  the  second  division  of  his  army  into  Scot- 
land, where  he  continued  till  the  February  following; 
on  the  19th  day  of  which  month,  on  his  return  to  the 
south,  he  was  at  Felton,  in  this  county. — (Rot.  Scot.  i. 
53.) 

1302. — On  Feb.  26,  this  year,  a  conference  was  hold- 
en  here  between  commissioners  of  the  crown  and  dele- 
gates from  Ireland,  about  treating  with  the  nobility  of 
that  country  to  come  into  Scotland  with  men  and  horses. 

1304 — Richard  de  Morpeth,  clerk,  at  Belasis,  21 
December,  constituted  John  de  Pampiswray,  his  at- 
torney, to  give  seizin  in  all  the  messuages,  lands,  and 
possessions  which  he  had  in  Belasis,  to  Reginald  de 
Morpath,  chaplain. 

1305. — Jan.  5,  Edward  the  First  gave  license  to  Mas- 
ter Richard  of  Morpath,  to  settle  eight  messuages,  four 
tofts,  and  four  acres  of  land  in  Morpath,  on  certain 
chaplains  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  for  celebrating 
divine  services  every  day,  for  the  soul  of  himself,  of  his 
ancestors,  and  of  all  the  faithful  departed. — Edwardus 
Dei  gra  Rex  Angl  dns  Hit5n  1  Dux  Aquit .  Oinibj  ad 
quos  gsentes  fre  puem'nt  saltm  .  Licet  de  cofnuni  consilio 
regni  nri  statuerimus  qd  no  liceat  viris  religiosis  seu 
alijs  ingredi  feodu  alicuius  .  Ita  qd  ad  manum  mortuam 
deueniat  sine  licentia  nfa  1  capitalis  dtii  de  quo  res  ilia 
inmediate  tenetr  .  Volentes  tamen  dtfco  nobis  magro 
Ricardo  de  Morpath  gram  face  specialem  concessimus 
eidem  Rico  1  licentiam  dedimus  p  nobis  T;  heredibj  nfis 
qontum  in  nobis  est  qd  ipe  octo  mesuagia,  quatuor  tofta, 
1  viginti  1  quatuor  acras  ?re  cu  pertinentijs  in  Morpath 


dare  possit  t  assignare  quU^dam  capellanis  diuina  in 
capella  omniu  SCOT?  iuxta  ponte  de  Morpath  p  anima 
eiusdem  llici  1  animabj  antecessoi?  suoi?  1  omniu  fideliu 
defunctoi?  singulis  diebj  celebraturis  babenda  t  tenenda 
eisdem  capellanis  t  successoribj  suis  capellanis  in  eadem 
capella  diuina  sic  celebraturis  imppetuu  .  et  eisdem  ca- 
pellanis qd  ipi  pdca  mesuagia  tofta  1  terram  a  pfato 
Rico  recipe  possint  't  tenere  sibi  °t  successoribj  suis 
sicut  gdcm  est :  tenore  gsenciu  simili?  licenciam  dedimus 
specialem  .  Nolentes  qd  pMcus  Ricus  aut  heredes  sui  vel 
^dci  cappellani  seu  successores  sui  rone  statuti  pdci  p 
nos  vel  heredes  nros  inde  occasionentr  in  aliquo  seu 
grauentr  .  Saluis  tamen  capitalibj  dnis  feodi  illius  serui- 
cijs  inde  debitis  1  consuetis .  In  cuius  rei  testimoniu  has 
tras  nfas  fieri  fecim9  patentes  .  Teste  me  ipo  apud  Lin- 
coln quinto  die  Januarii  anno  regni  nfi  tricesimo  tercio. 
— p  ipm  Regem. 

1310. — 1.  May  17,  the  burgesses  of  the  community 
of  Morpeth  gave  to  sir  Adam,  called  the  Rose  of  Mor- 
path, chaplain,  six  marks  a  year  rent,  issuing  from  the 
lands  and  tenements  of  the  chapel  and  bridge  of  Mor- 
peth, to  hold,  and  to  be  paid  to  the  said  Adam  for  the 
term  of  his  life  annually,  on  the  view  of  their  keepers  of 
the  said  bridge  and  chapel,  on  condition  of  his  cele- 
brating divine  services  during  his  life  in  the  said  chapel, 
or  elsewhere,  according  to  their  directions,  if  services 
could  not  be  done  there,  for  the  good  of  their  predeces- 
sors, and  of  the  benefactors  of  the  said  bridge  and  cha- 
pel, and  of  all  the  faithful  of  God  departed  out  of  this 
life. 

2.  JOHN  FORESTAR  and  PETBR  I>E  LEWE,*  then 
bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  John  Pan  till,  Wm.  of  Newburn, 
Adam  de  Melfell,  Adam  de  Carlton,  Wm.  Dyer  (Tinc- 
tcr,)  and  Alan  Grome,  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  test  a  deed 
by  which  Johanna  Cryne,  of  Morpeth,  in  her  virginity, 
gave  to  Richard  de  Morpath,  clerk,  all  her  land  in  the 
said  ville  that  laid  between  the  land  which  Robert  Ful- 
ler formerly  bought  of  William,  son  of  William  the  Ser- 
jeant, and  that  which  was  the  inheritance  of  Alice,  late 
wife  of  Wm.  del  Bothe,  which  land  extended  in  length, 
from  its  capital  front  upon  the  high  street,  as  far  as  the 
turret  (turriolum)  of  Robert,  son  of  Peter,  for  a  sum 
which  he  had  given  her  beforehand  in  her  great  necessity. 

3.  Ralph  de  Bothe,  John  Pantyll,  Peter  de  Ewe, 
William  de  Newburn,  Wm.  Lister,  Adam  of  Melfeld, 
and  Alan  Grome  were  witnesses  to  a  charter,  by  which 

*   Called  Peter  de  Aqua  in  deeds  No.  8,  1296,  and  No.  2, 
1312.     He  forfeited  his  property  by  rebellion :  deed  in  1361. 


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Julian,  daughter  of  John  de  Burtoun,  of  Morpath, 
deceased,  gave  to  Adam  de  Carlton,  of  Morpath,  one 
rood  of  land  in  that  town,  except  28  feet  on  the  east 
side  of  it,  in  which  the  grantor  had  enfeoffed  William 
Culling ;  which  rood  of  land  laid  in  Hellegate,  between 
the  ground  of  Wm.  Culing  on  th'e  east  and  that  which 
belonged  to  Hen.  Carpentar,  of  Morpath,  on  the  west : 
to  have  for  ever  by  the  usual  services  to  the  chief  lord 
of  the  fee. 

4.  The  burgesses  and  community  of  Morpeth  by  a 
charter,  in  the  hand-writing  of  the  time  of  Henry  the 
Third,  demised  and  let  to  farm  to  Patrick  the  Hangman 
of  Morpeth,  that  rood  of  land  which  formerly  belonged 
to  Robert  of  Horsley,  near  the  house  of  Wm.  Fuller ; 
to  have  and  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs,  for  ever,  by 
paying  annually  to  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth, 
4s. ;  and  after  the  death  of  Julian,  wife  of  Matthew  Coc, 
6s. ;  and  doing  the  services  to  the  lord  and  town,  due 
from  the  premises.  In  witness  whereof  the  whole  com- 
munity of  Morpath  put  the  seal  of  their  body,  which  is 
of  green  wax,  and  still  appendant  to  the  deed. 

1312. — 1.  BARTHOLOMEW  BENET,  steward  of  Mor- 
path, Master  Adam  of  Morpath,  clerk,  Ralph  del  Bothe, 
John  Pantill,  Adam  de  Melfell,*  William  de  Rokeby, 
Peter  de  Aqua,  and  Alan  de  Heppiscotes,  clerk,  witnes- 
sed a  grant  by  which  William  Dunnyng,  of  Morpath, 
chaplain,  released  to  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  clerk, 
all  right  in  the  tenements  which  he  had  conveyed  to 
the  said  Richard  in  the  town  and  field  of  Morpeth. 
Dated  at  Morpeth,  on  the  Wednesday  before  Martin- 
mas day,  1312. 

2.  BARTHOLOMEW  BENET,  then  steward  of  Morpeth, 
Ralph  de  Botha,  John  Pantil,  Peter  de  Aqu«,  and  Wil- 
liam Dyer  (tinctor)  witnessed  a  charter  by  which  John 

*  Called  Adam  of  Melfeld  in  No.  3,  1310,  but  Melfell 
in  many  other  deeds.  See  Nos.  3  and  4  below,  and  1322. 
Great  and  Little  Mellfell  are  conical  mountains  of  old  red 
sandstone,  in  the  parish  and  barony  of  Greystock,  In  Cumber- 
land, out  of  which  this  Adam  de  Mellfell  probably  came  here, 
under  the  patronage  of  the  barons  of  Greystock.  Near  Mr 
Komney's  house,  on  the  east  side  of  Little  Mellfell,  there  is  a 
quarry,  which  exhibits  evident  proofs  that  the  basalt  at  its 
bottom  has  been  formed  by  fire  out  of  old  red  sandstone — 
which  rock  is  there  called  roach,  and  contains  nodules  of 
limestone,  in  which  shells  are  imbedded,  and  consequently 
show  that  they  had  belonged  to  a  stratum  of  rock  which  had 
been  torn  up  and  rolled  in  water  at  the  time,  or  before  the  old 
red  sandstone  was  formed.  The  shells  are  converted  into 
chalcedony.  Specimens  of  this  old  red  sandstone,  brought 
from  Ulliswater  foot,  fused  readily  per  se  in  a  blacksmith's  fire. 


Forestar,  of  Morpeth,  gave  to  sir  Wm.  de  Bedlingtor;, 
chaplain,  a  messuage  in  Morpeth,  situated  between  that 
which  had  belonged  to  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth  and 
that  which  was  Adam  Berier's,  to  hold  by  the  annual 
payment  of  8d.  a  year  to  the  chief  lord. 

3.  MASTER  WALTER  and  ADAM  DE  MELFELL,  then 
head  bailiffs  of  Morpath,  Master  Adam  son  of  Alan, 
John  le  Forester,  John  Pantill,  Richard  Arousmyth, 
Win.  of  Newburn,  Robert  son  of  Peter,  Richard  Graf- 
fard,  and  Adam  del  Bothe,  clerk,  are  witnesses  to  a  deed 
by  which  Henry,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Horsley, 
formerly  burgess  of  Morpeth,  gave  to  Ralph  del  Bothe, 
burgess,  one  burgage  in  that  town,  which  laid  between 
the  land  of  Hugh  Chab  on  one  side  and  that  which  for- 
merly belonged  to  Augustine  the  Forestar  on  the  other, 
in  the  north  part  of  the  Market-place,  in  free  exchange 
for  one  burgage  in  the  same  Market-place,  between  the 
ground  which  belonged  to  William  Lychur  on  one  side 
and  that  of  Ralph  Bateman  on  the  other,  to  hold  for 
ever  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  by  the  accustomed  ser- 
vices to  him  and  the  town  of  Morpath. 

4.  Sir  Adam  Rose,  chaplain,  keeper  of  the  bridge  and 
chapel  of  Morpath,  and  all  the  rest  of  the  burgesses  of 
the  community  of  that  town,  granted  to  Mariota  Spicer 
a  certain  place  of  land  lying  on  the  south  part  of  the 
bridge,  between  the  house  of  Richard  Smith  and  the 

land  of  Alice,  late  daughter  of Gunmore,  to  hold 

for  ever  by  the  annual  payment  of  6d.  to  the  keepers  of 
the  said   bridge  and   chapel — the  witnesses  to   which 
transaction  were  Adam  of  Carlton,  Wm.  of  Newburn, 
John  Pantil,  Peter  del  Lewe,  William  Dyer,  and  Adam 
Melfell. 

5.  William,  son  and  heir  of  William,  son  of  Peter  of 
Morpeth,  granted  to  Master  Adam  of  Morpeth  a  mes- 
suage in  that  town,  lying  between  the  lord's  bakehouse 
and  a  messuage  of  Ralph  de  Botha,  and  holden  of  the 
town  of  Morpeth — to  hold  for  ever,  by  paying  yearly 
to  the  chapel  and  bridge  of  Morpeth,  or  to  the  keepers 
thereof,  3s.      Witnesses,  Ralph   de   Botha,   Peter  de 
Aqua,  Wm.  de  Neuborn,  Wm.  Dyer,  ...  Forestar,  Ad. 
de  Owlton,  and  Alan  Grome. 

1313.— 6  Ed.  II.,  25  July.  All  the  burgesses  of  the 
community  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  in  consideration  of 
Wm.  del  Panetre,  their  neighbour,  having  granted  to 
them  an  annual  rent  of  4s.  issuing  out  of  a  tenement  ly- 
ing between,  the  land  of  Richard  Carpentar  (wright)  on 
the  one  side  and  that  of  Win.  Cementaf  (mason)  on  the 
other,  bound  themselves  to  the  said  Wm.  del  Panetre, 


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for  the  salvation  of  his  soul,  to  find  a  lamp  hanging  and 
burning  in  honour  of  our  Lord  and  the  Holy  Cross  for 
ever,  in  all  hours  of  morning  and  evening  mass,  before 
the  cross  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  near  the  bridge  of 
the  said  town ;  and  also  to  pay  to  thirteen  poor  people, 
13d.  on  Christmas-day,  for  ever.  The  original  is  sewed 
up  with  the  deeds  of  May  17,  1282,  and  2?  Nov.,  1542. 

1322. — Margaret,  the  daur.  of  Adam  Eerier,  grants 
to  Peter  de  Lewe  an  annual  rent  of  20s.  out  of  the  tene- 
ment in  Morpath  which  Master  Robert  de  Rotheby 
took  of  her  for  a  term  of  years  by  feoffment,  and  which 
contained  two  roods  of  land,  and  laid  between  the  land 
of  Adam  Melfell  and  that  which  Master  Richard  of 
Morpeth  formerly  held  of  her  father  Adam  de  Berier, 
to  hold  for  ever  from  the  day  of  Pentecost  in  1322,  &c.; 
the  witnesses  to  the  transaction  being  Ralph  del  Bothe, 
John  Forest,  John  Pantill,  Adam  de  Melfel,  Adam 
Carlton,  Wm.  Dyer,  and  Alan  Grome. 

1323 Oct.  23,  Wm.  Tayntur,  John  Pantyle,  Wm. 

Newburne,  Ralph  de  Botha,  John  Horneer,  Robert 
Grefne,  and  Robert  de  Bokyngfeld,  witnessed  a  deed  at 
Newcastle,  by  which  Walter,  son  of  Alan  le  Bouth,  of 
Morpeth,  released  to  Robert  Trou.in,  all  the  right  he 
had  in  that  1^  rood  of  land  in  Morpeth  which  laid  in 
breadth  between  the  land  of  Adam  of  Wotton  on  the 
north  side,  and  that  of  Adam  of  J\  lit  ford  on  the  south, 
and  in  length  from  the  king's  highway  to  the  water  of 
Wanspick. 

1326. — On  Ascension  day,  this  year,  the  community 
of  the  ville  of  Morpath  granted,  and  to  fee-farm  let,  to 
William  Dyer  (tinctori)  of  Morpath,  a  messuage  in 
Morpath,  situated  between  the  land  of  John  Pantil  and 
that  of  Adam,  son  of  Peter  of  Hertway  ton,  which  tene- 
ment was  formerly  holden  by  Peter  the  Hangman  ;  also 
a  place  of  land  at  the  east  end  of  the  ville,  which  John 
the  Forester  formerly  held — to  have  and  to  hold  of 
them  for  ever,  by  paying  yearly  to  the  keeper  of  the 
chapel  and  bridge  of  Morpeth  7s.  9d.  The  original 
with  the  deeds  17  May,  1282,  July  25,  1313,  and  Nov. 
27,  1542.  Peter  here  is  Reginald  in  the  abstract. 

1330. — ALAN  DE  HEPPISCOT,  steward  of  Morpeth, 
ADAM  DE  CARLTON,  and  ROBERT  DE  BOKENFELD, 
bailiffs  of  that  town,  and  Wm.  Dyer,  Ralph  del  Both, 
Adam  de  Preston,  sir  Adam  Rose,  chaplain,  Roger  de 
Newburn,  clerk,  and  others,  on  the  Lord's-day  next  be- 
fore the  feast  of  St.  John  Port  Latin  (in  May  6)  in  this 
year,  were  witnesses  to  a  writing  by  which  the  commu- 
nity of  Morpeth,  under  their  common  seal,  granted  to 

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Adam  Walibrig,  blacksmith,  and  Suetta,  his  wife,  a  rood 
of  land  lying  in  Hellegale,  in  the  town  of  Morpeth,  be- 
tween the  ground  which  belonged  to  Adam  del  Nesse 
and  the  pathway  which  led  to  the  High  Church — to 
hold  for  their  lives,  or  the  longer  liver  of  them,  by  pay- 
ing to  the  keeper  of  the  chapel  and  bridge  of  M  orpeth 
lid.  a  year. 

In  this  year,  the  community  of  Morpeth  also  granted 

to  Adam and  Suetta,  his  wife,  a  rood  of  land  in 

Hellegate,  in  Morpeth,  between  the  land  of  Adam  del 
Ness  on  the  west,  and  the  path  leading  to  the  church  on 
the  east — to  hold  for  their  lives,  and  to  the  longer  liver 
of  them. — (In  the  Town's  Abstract  under  4  Hen.  V.) 

1331. — On  November  I,ALAN  OF  HEppiscoTEs,then 
steward  of  Morpath,  William  Lister,  Ralph  del  Booth, 
Adam  de  Carlton,  Adam  de  Preston,  sir  Adam  Rose, 
chaplain,  and  Roger  de  Newburn,  tested  a  deed  by  which 
the  burgesses  and  community  of  Morpath  gave  to  John 
Pantill,  of  Morpath,  and  Cicily,  his  wife,  all  the  lands 
at  the  west  end  of  the  chapel  of  Morpath  which  sir 
Adam  Rose,  chaplain,  formerly  held  of  them,  as  they  lay 
in  length  from  the  north  corner,  near  the  common  bake- 
house, to  the  water  of  Wanspick — to  hold,  for  ever,  of 
the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  paving  annually  to  the 
keeper  and  chaplain  of  the  bridge  of  Morpath  10s. 

1335. — On  the  day  of  St.  Ambrose,  Dec.  7>  this  year, 
Reginald  de  Hesildcn,  then  incumbent  of  the  perpetual 
chantry  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  granted 
in  fee  tail  to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,)  of  Morpath,  and 
the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  two  roods,  and 
two  paits  of  one  rood  of  a  burgage  in  Morpeth,  which 
were  those  premises  of  his  said  chantry  which  laid  near- 
est to  the  house  of  Alice  Stag — to  hold  of  him  and  his 
successors  chaplains  celebrating  divine  services  in  the 
said  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpath,  for  the  soul  of 
Master  Richard  of  Morpath,  and  of  all  the  faithful  de- 
parted this  life,  by  paying  to  him  or  his  successors,  for 
the  first  year,  8s. ;  for  the  second,  10s. ;  then  12s.  annu- 
ally for  his  life,  and  after  his  death  16s.  a  year  to  his 
successors.  Witnesses — Adam  de  Carlton,  Ralph  del 
Booth,  Roger  de  Neuborn,  and  Wm.  de  Morpath. 

By  deed  of  the  same  date,  and  having  in  addition  to 
the  same  witnesses  the  name  of  John  de  Parys,  the  same 
Reginald  de  Hesilden  granted  to  Alan  of  Heppiscotes 
two  roods  of  burgage  in  Morpeth,  which  were  those  pos- 
sessions of  his  said  chantry  lying  nearest  to  the  house  of 
John  de  Parys  on  the  north — to  have  to  the  said  Alan 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  for  the  first  year,  at  6s. ;  for 


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the  second,  at  8s. ;  then  for  the  said  Reginald's  life,  10s. 
a  year ;  for  the  first  year  after  his  death,  12s. ;  and  after 
that,  to  his  successors,  13s.  4d.  a  year. 

1338. — RALPH  DEL  BOTHE  and  ADAM  DE  MITFOIUJ, 
bailiffs  of  the  town,  and  Adam  de  Carleton,  Adam  de 
Prestoun,  John  de  Parys,  John  Barun,  and  Thomas  de 
Rothebury,  witnessed  a  deed  dated  at  Mitford  on  Mon- 
day after  the  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross  (Sep.  14,)  by 
which  Robt.  Aumbelour  gave  to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,) 
of  Morpath,  a  place  of  land  of  burgage,  without  the  ville 
of  Morpath,  as  it  laid  in  length  and  breadth  on  the 
rivulet  of  Cotingburn  on  the  south,  and  the  land  of 
Richard  del  Halle  on  the  north,  to  hold  for  ever  of  the 
chief  lords  of  the  fee. 

1339. — ADAM  CARLETON  and  RICHARD  DE  MOR- 
PATH,  then  bailiffs  of  the  town,  Ralph  de  Bothe,  Adam 
de  Preston,  John  de  Parys,  and  Roger  Neuburn,  by 
deed,  dated  at  Morpeth  on  Tuesday  before  the  feast 
of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel,  (May  8,)  witnessed  the 
grant  of  Christian,  widow  of  Wm.  Harusmyth,  of  Mor- 
peth, to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,)  of  Morpath,  of  a  rood 
of  burgage  in  Morpath,  upon  Stanyflat,  near  Cottinburn, 
as  it  laid  in  length  and  breadth  between  the  land  of  the 
said  Thomas  on  the  south,  and  the  land  of  Yngelia  Fou 
on  the  other,  to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

1342. — ALAN  HEPPISCOTES,  steward  of  Morpeth, 
and  ROGER  DE  HARDEN  and  ROBERT  DE  HALIWELL, 
bailiffs  of  the  town,  and  Adam  de  Carleton,  John  de 
Parys,  Ralph  de  Botha,  Adam  de  Preston,  and  John 
Littister,  by  deed,  dated  at  Morpath,  on  Thursday  next 
after  the  feast  of  St.  Gregory  the  Pope  (March  12)  this 
year,  were  witnesses  to  the  deed  by  which  Robert  Tor- 
nour,  of  Moipath,  gave  to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,)  of 
the  same  place,  1J  rood  of  burgage  land  in  Morpath, 
lying  in  length  and  breadth  between  the  land  of  Peter 
del  Ewe  on  the  west,  and  that  of  John  of  Lythtindon 
on  the  east,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee. 

1343. — ALAN  DE  HEPPISCOTES,  steward  of  Morpeth, 
and  JOHN  DE  DONCASTER  and  THOMAS  WALKER, 
bailiffs  of  the  town,  as  well  as  John  de  Parys,  Adam  de 
Carleton,  Adam  de  Preston,  Ralph  del  Both,  John  Liss- 
ter,  and  John  de  Harden,  occur  in  a  deed,  dated  at  Mor- 
peth, on  Thursday  the  feast  of  St.  Cuthbert  this  year, 
as  witnesses  to  a  grant  whereby  Peter  del  Ewe,  residing 
in  Gatisheuyd,  gave  to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,)  of  Mor- 
peth, a  place  of  land  in  Morpath,  lying  in  length  be- 
tween the  land  of  Gilbert  Wyndegates  on  the  west,  and 
the  lands  of  the  said  Thomas  on  the  east,  and  hi  breadth 


from  the  king's  highway  to  the  water  of  Wanspick,  to 
hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  with  warantry  for  ever. 

1343 — Thomas  Smith  (Faber,)  of  Morpeth,  on  Thurs- 
day, the  Vigil  of  Saint  Peter,  in  Cathedra  (Feb.  22,)  by 
deed  tested  by  Ralph  de  Botbe,  Adam  de  Carleton, 
Adam  de  Preston,  John  de  Parys,  and  Roger  de  New- 
burn  granted  to  Adam,  called  Somyr,  Forester  of  Mor- 
path, a  moiety  of  that  rood  of  burgage  land  upon  Staniflat, 
which  formerly  belonged  to  Wm.  Harusmith,  of  Morpeth, 
as  it  lies  in  length  on  the  west  from  a  certain  small  ash- 
tree  growing  on  the  outside  of  the  mud  wall  of  his  tower 
(trelli)  to  the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn,  and  in  breadth 
between  the  land  of  the  said  Adam  Somyr  on  the  north 
to  the  said  brook  of  Cottingburn  on  the  south — to  hold 
of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the  grantor 
twelve  silver  pennies  yearly. 

1344. — There  is,  in  the  Town's  Hutch,  a  release  da- 
ted at  Morpeth  on  Monday  next  after  the  feast  of  St. 
Martin,  this  year,  by  which  Adam,  son  of  the  late  John 
Forester,  clerk,  quit-claimed  to  the  community  of  the 
town  of  Morpath  all  the  right  he  had  in  an  annual  rent 
of  five  marks,  which  they  had  before  given  to  him  by 
charter  of  feoffment. 

1348. — RALPH  DEL  BOTH  and  RICHARD  DE  MOR- 
PATH, bailiffs,  Adam  de  Carlton,  Adam  de  Prestun,  and 
Robert  de  Haliwell  were  witnesses  to  a  deed  dated  at 
Morpeth  on  Thursday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  Mar- 
tin, in  winter  in  this  year,  by  which  Richard,  son  of 
Henry  Lytill,  granted  to  John  Badde,  of  Morpith,  two 
parts  of  three  roods  of  land  in  Morpath,  of  which  two 
laid  in  Pethgate  between  the  land  of  John,  son  of  Regi 
nald,  and  that  of  the  bridge  of  Morpath,  and  one  rood 
in  the  same  street,  between  the  land  of  Wm.  Morpath 
and  that  of  Wm.  Wyndgates — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords 
of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the  grantor  a  red  rose  on 
June  24  annually,  if  demanded,  for  the  first  13  years,  then 
for  the  next  7  years  13d.,  and  after  the  end  of  20  years, 
4s. ;  to  which  grant  he  added  the  reversion  of  one-third 
of  the  said  three  roods  after  the  death  of  Christian, 
widow  of  John  del  Hall,  which  she  held  in  the  name  of 
dower. 

1350.— Roger  del  Both,  of  Morpeth,  on  the  Wednes- 
day next  after  the  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross,  14 
Sep.,  1350,  released  to  Alice,  daur.  of  Adam  Redheved, 
and  to  Alice  de  Carlton,  his  widow,  all  right  in  those 
lands  which  belonged  to  Adam  de  Carlton  and  Alice  his 
wife,  in  the  town  of  Morpeth. 

1351.— JOHN  DE  PARTS  and  WILLIAM  DE  HARDEN, 


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then  bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  with  John  Baron,  John  de 
Preston,  John  Kemp,  and  William  de  Parys,  by  deed, 
dated  at  Morpeth  on  Wednesday  before  the  feast  of  St. 
Hillary,  Jan.  13,  1350 — 1,  were  witnesses  to  Roger  de 
Neubrn's  conveyance  to  Robert  Coye,  of  Morpeth,  and 
Alice  his  wife,  of  a  messuage  in  Morpeth,  upon  the  Law, 
between  the  land  formerly  belonging  to  Adam  de  Mit- 
forth  and  that  of  Adam  de  Morpath,  skinner ;  to  hold  to 
the  said  Robert  Coye,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  by  the  pay- 
ment of  8s.  yearly. 

Also,  on  the  Lord's-day  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint 
John  the  Baptist,  June  24,  the  same  bailiffs,  besides 
John  de  Preston,  Robert  de  Haliwell,  John  Backer, 
Wm.  de  Maudelayns,  and  John  Baroun,  are  witnesses 
to  a  grant  of  Adam  de  Mitford,  chaplain,  to  Mariota, 
wife  of  John  Barbourgh,  of  Morpeth,  of  a  messuage 
which  he  had  by  the  grant  of  the  said  John  Barbourgh, 
lying  in  length  and  breadth  between  the  ground  of  Ma- 
riota Spicer  and  that  of  Richard  del  Halle ;  to  hold,  for 
ever,  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee. 

1354. — Gilbert  de  Wyndegates,  by  indenture,  dated 
on  Wednesday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  Ambrose  (Ap. 
4,)  1354,  granted  to  Thomas  Smyth,  of  Morpeth,  two 
messuages,  with  two  curtilages  adjoining,  and  containing 
two  roods  of  land,  which  laid  between  the  messuage  of 
the  said  Thomas  Smyth  on  the  east  and  one  of  the  ab- 
bot of  Newminster  on  the  west ;  to  hold  of  the  chief 
lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  the  payment  of  6s.  8d.  to  the 
grantor,  his  heirs,  and  assigns.  Witnesses — John  de 
Paryse,  John  de  Preston,  William  de  Harden,  and  Wil- 
liam de  Paryse. 

1357- — Aug.  10,  William  de  Cotom,  by  deed,  dated 
at  Morpeth,  granted  to  Peter  de  Burton,  merchant,  one 
acre  of  ground  called  Borrowland,  in  Morpath,  lying 
upon  Stanyflat,  between  his  own  land  on  the  north  and 
that  of  Adam  Carlton  on  the  south,  abutting  on  the 
west  with  Cottingburn,  and  on  the  east  near  the  high- 
way that  leads  to  the  quarry  of  Morpeth  :  also  a  rood  of 
land  and  meadow,  lying  in  the  Berneyardes,  in  the  north 
field  of  Morpath,  between  the  land  of  Robert  Cord- 
wainer  on  the  west,  and  that  of  Robert  the  son  of  Peter 
Halte  on  the  east,  except  a  path  for  men  and  horses, 
leading  to  some  other  land  of  the  said  Wm.  lying  in  the 
the  said  north  field  of  Morpath ;  to  hold  of  the  chief 
lord  of  the  fee,  and  on  the  condition  of  finding  two  can- 
dles, to  burn  every  holiday  in  the  year,  at  evening  and 
morning  mass — one  before  the  cross  of  the  parish  church 
of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  Morpath,  the  other  before  the 


image  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  St.  Mary's  Porch,  in 
the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  the  same  town.  The  said 
Peter,  his  heirs,  and  assigns  yearly  to  renew  these  two 
candles  with  31bs.  of  white  wax  at  the  feasts  of  Easter 
and  All  Saints,  and  to  find  a  servant  at  their  own  charge 
to  light  them. 

1358. — EDMUND  DE  ESSHET,  steward  of  Morpeth, 
Roger  de  Newburn,  John  de  Parys,  William  de  Harden, 
Robert  de  Halywell,  John  Baker,  and  Nich.  de  Acleff 
witnessed  a  deed,  dated  at  Morpeth  on  Friday  next 
after  the  feast  of  St.  James  the  Apostle  (July  25,)  by 
which  Richard  de^  Both  gave  to  Emma,  daughter  of 
Richard  Carpenter,  of  Morpeth,  a  messuage  containing 
one  rood  of  land,  which  he  had  by  the  gift  of  the  said 
Richard,  and  lying  between  the  messuage  of  William 
Carpenter,  of  Fenrothyr,  and  that  which  had  belonged 
to  James  of  Felton ;  to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee, 
and  by  paying  12d.  annually  to  the  chapel  and  bridge  of 
Morpeth. 

1361 — Thomas  de  Bretteby,  by  deed,  dated  at  Mor- 
peth, 31  March,  gave  to  Thomas  Smith  (Fabro,)  of 
Morpeth,  a  moiety  of  a  rood  of  land  in  Morpeth, 
which  had  belonged  to  Peter  de  la  Lyewe — namely,  that 
which  the  said  Thomas  formerly  held,  and  which  the 
donor  had  by  grant  of  the  king  on  account  of  the  said 
Peter  having  forfeited  it  by  adherence  to  Gilbert  de 
Middeton,  who  rebelled  against  the  king's  father;  to 
hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee.  Witnesses — John  de 
Parys,  William  de  Harden,  Robert  Vssher,  Robert  de 
Halywell,  and  Nich.  de  Lincoln. 

THOMAS  GRETHEUD,  then  steward  of  Morpeth,  John 
de  Parys,  William  de  Hardene,  Robert  de  Halywell, 
John  Baron,  Robert  Ussher,  and  John  de  Newburn, 
April  8,  1361,  witnessed  a  grant  by  which  John  Baker, 
of  Morpath,  and  Alice  his  wife,  granted  to  John  de  Bed- 
lington,  chaplain,  and  Robert  Coy,  a  yearly  rent  of  6s. 
8d.  out  of  two  roods  of  burgage  land,  and  a  tenement  of 
two  roods  of  burgage  land,  lying  together  at  the  east 
end  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  between  the  land  of  John 
Baron  on  the  west,  and  a  messuage  and  land  of  John  de 
Parys  on  the  east ;  to  have  to  him,  his  heirs,  and  assigns, 
for  ever. 

THOMAS  GRETHEUD,  then  steward  of  Morpath,  and 
WILLIAM  son  of  RANULFH,  and  WILLIAM  DE  NEWTON, 
bailiffs  of  the  same  town,  Wm.  de  Harden,  Robert  de 
Halywell,  Robert  Vssher,  John  Baker,  and  Roger  Wal- 
lisch,  at  Morpeth,  on  Wednesday  next  after  the  feast  of 
All  Saints  (Nov.  1,)  1361,  witnessed  Cecilif,  the  daur. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


and  heir  of  Robert  Tornour's  grant  to  Alan  Backhous, 
of  a  rood  of  borough  land  in  Morpeth,  lying  between 
the  land  of  the  Abbey  of  Newminster  and  that  of  Wm. 
of  Esshenden ;  to  hold  for  ever.  And,  on  the  Wednes- 
day next  before  the  feast  of  St.  Andrew  (Nov.  30,)  in 
the  same  year,  the  same  witnesses  occur  to  another 
deed,  by  which  the  same  Cicily  Tornour  conveyed  to 
the  same  A.  Backhous  a  rood  of  burough  land  in  New- 
gate,  between  the  land  of  Wm.  Eshenden  on  the  south, 
and  that  of  the  Abbey  of  Newminster  on  the  north ;  to 
have  with  warantry  for  ever. 

1362. — EDMUND  OF  ESSHET,  then  steward  of  Mor- 
peth, John  Parys,  Wm.  de  Harden,  Robert  de  Haly- 
well,  John  Barker,  Wm.  de  Newton,  and  John  Baron, 
on  the  Tuesday  before  the  feast  of  St.  John  the  Bap. 
list  (June  24,)  occur  as  witnesses  to  a  grant  by  which 
William,  son  of  Ranulph,  gave  to  Ralph  Wallissch, 
shoemaker,  and  Agnes  his  wife,  a  moiety  of  a  tenement 
in  Newgate,  between  one  of  John  de  Parys  and  another 
that  belonged  to  Adam  Somyr,  forester. 

1363. — EDMUND  DE  ESSHET  being  steward  of  Mor- 
peth, and  JOHN  WAREN  serjeant,  Roger  of  New- 
burn,  June  28,  gave  to  Robert  Coy,  of  Morpeth,  and 
Alice  his  wife,  a  messuage  in  Morpeth,  upon  the  Law, 
as  it  lay  between  the  ground  which  formerly  belonged 
to  Adam  of  Mitford  and  that  of  Adam  of  Morpeth  ;  also 
half  an  acre  on  the  South  Stanyflat;  between  the  ground 
of  John  Baker  and  that  of  Stephen  of  Dichant — the 
witnesses  to  which  deed  were  Edmund  of  Esshet,  then 
seneschall  of  Morpath.  John  de  Parys,  Robert  de  Hali- 
well,  John  Baker,  Robert  Usscher,  Robert  of  the  Croke, 
and  John  Waren,  then  serjeant  of  Morpath. —  (Orig.  in 
Town's  Hutch.)  Arms — A  bend,  and  2  bars.  By  ano- 
ther deed  of  the  same  date,  and  having  the  names  of 
nearly  the  same  witnesses  to  it,  the  same  Roger  of  New- 
burn  released  to  Robert  Coy  all  his  right  in  a  yearly 
rent  of  8s.  issuing  out  of  a  tenement  holden  of  him  in 
fee  by  that  service,  and  also  granted  to  him  half  an  acre 
of  land  on  the  north  side  of  Cottingburn. 

1364 — EDMUND  DE  ESSCHET,  steward;  WM.  DE 
NEWTON  and  ROB.  COY,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN  BARON, 
client,  together  with  John  Baker,  Rob.  de  Halliwell, 
John  de  Houden,  John  de  Morpath,  Rob.  Croke,  and 
Adam  Barker,  witness  the  grant  by  which  Rich,  de  Auc- 
land,  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of 
Morpeth,  and  the  community  of  the  same  town,  con- 
veyed to  John  Barker  two  roods  of  land  in  the  Newgate, 
between  the  land  of  Robt.  the  son  of  Peter  on  the 


south,  and  that  of  Will.  Harden  on  the  north,  to  hold 
to  him  and  his  heirs  by  paying  to  the  said  chaplain  and 
community  7s.  yearly. 

1365. — Feb.  2,  EDMUND  OF  ESCHET,  then  steward 
of  Morpeth,  Robert  Halywell,  John  Baker,  John  Har- 
den, and  John  Baron,  witnessed  William  of  Bokenfeld's 
grant  to  his  brother  William,  son  of  John  of  Wotton, 
of  a  tenement  in  Morpath,  lying  in  length  between  the 
ground  of  Adam  Armestrang  on  the  east,  and  that  of 
Tho.  de  Pykden  on  the  west — to  have  for  seven  years 
by  paying  annually  a  rose,  if  it  should  be  asked ;  with 
remainder,  after  the  said  William  of  Bokenfeld's  death, 
to  his  son  Robert,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  to  hold  of  the 
chief  lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  the  payment  of  40d.  annu- 
ally to  the  chapel  and  bridge  of  Morpeth,  for  his  soul 
and  the  souls  of  his  ancestors. 

1366. — 14  Sept.,  EDMUND  OF  ESSHET,  then  steward 
of  Morpath,  JOHN  CLERK  and  JOHN  SON  OF  ADAM, 
bailiffs,  and  JOHN  BARON,  then  serjeant  of  the  same 
borough,  Robert  Haliwell,  John  Barker,  John  Ward, 
Wm.  de  Neuton,  John  de  Qwythill,  and  John  Blacwod, 
tested  a  deed  by  which  Alice  de  Carlton,  daur.  of  Adam 
Redeheued,  of  Morpath,  conveyed  to  Robert  Coy,  of 
the  same  place,  and  Alice  his  wife,  all  her  tenements  in 
Morpeth,  with  the  buildings  and  gardens,  and  all  her 
arable  lands  in  the  North  Field,  near  Morpath  ;  to  hold 
of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  a  fee-farm 
rent  annually  due  to  the  heirs  of  Ralph  de  Botha — and 
to  the  said  Alice  de  Carlton,  her  heirs  and  assigns,  for 
20  years  next  to  come,  30s.  a  year — and  after  that  term, 
to  the  said  Alice,  her  heirs  and  assigns,  £20  in  silver 
annually,  for  ever,  which  last  rent  shows  that  the  pre- 
mises conveyed  by  this  charter  were  considerable. 

1368. — May  1,  EDMUND  DE  ESSHET,  steward,  JOHN 
WARD  and  ROBERT  H  YRNING,  bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  with 
John  de  Houden,  Robert  del  Croke,  Wm.  de  Harden, 
John  Bacar,  John  Adamsone,  John  Lorimer,  senior, 
John  Baronne,  William  Smith,  and  Alan  del  Bachous, 
at  Morpeth,  were  witnesses  to  the  grant  by  which 
Rich.  Marscall,  chaplain,  perpetual  keeper  of  the  chan- 
try of  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene  in  the  chapel  of 
M  orpeth,  with  the  consent  of  the  bailiffs  and  communi- 
ty of  that  town,  granted  to  Robert  Vsscher  a  certain 
place  of  waste  in  Morpeth,  lying  between  the  ground  of 
Thomas  de  Witton  on  the  west,  and  the  common  road 
to  Cottingwood  from  the  south  to  the  north,  and  abut- 
ting upon  a  tenement  of  John  de  Morpath  on  the 
north, — to  hold  by  paying  annually  to  the  said  Richard 


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and  his  successors  chaplains  of  the  said  chantry,  20s. ; 
and  the  same  steward  and  bailiffs,  together  with  John 
de  quithett,  John  of  Hoveden,  Robert  Uscher,  Robert 
del  Croke,  Robert  Home,  Henry  Marschal  of  the  Law, 
John  Barcar,  "William  Wildebare,  and  others,  on  the 
Thursday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  John  Port  Latin 
(May  6,)  in  this  year,  were  witnesses  to  "William  Har- 
den's  perpetual  release  to  Thomas  Brian,  of  Morpath, 
and  Alice  his  wife,  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  of  all 
right  in  all  that  messuage  in  Morpath  in  which  Thomas 

,  brother  of  the  said  Alice,  was  seized  at  the  time 

of  his  death.  Seal,  S.  WILLILMI  HARDEN — with  a 
chevron  between  two  etioles  in  chief  and  W  in  the  base. 

1369. — Sep.  7>  EDMUND  or  ESSHET,  steward,  JOHN 
BAKER  and  JOHN  Coy,  bailiffs,  Win.  de  Harden,  John 
de  Howden,  Robert  del  Croke,  John  Baron,  and  Robert 
de  Halliwell,  are  witnesses  to  a  deed  by  which  John 
Barde,  son  and  heir  of  Adam  Emson,  of  Morpeth,  gave 
to  Robert  de  Evenwode,  parson  of  the  church  of  Angre- 
ham,  and  Richard  Marshall,  chaplain,  all  the  lands  and 
tenements  which  he  had  by  inheritance  from  his  father ; 
and  also  the  tenement  which  he  had  by  the  gift  of  Isa- 
bell  Verty :  to  hold  to  them,  their  heirs,  and  assigns,  of 
the  chief  lords  of  the  fee.  This  and  the  following  deed 
are  attached  to  that  of  May  24,  1523;  and  the  seal 
remaining  at  this  has  a  shield,  the  bearing  of  which  is 
defaced,  but  the  inscription  WILLIAM  DE  HARDEN 
around  it  is  still  legible. 

Then,  on  October  31,  in  the  same  year,  EDMUND  OF 
HESSHET,  steward  of  the  court  of  Morpeth,  ROBERT 
DEL  CHOKE  and  JOHN  CLERK,  bailiffs,  JOHN  BARON, 
sub-bailiff,  Wm.  de  Harden,  John  Baker,  Robert  Gray, 
and  others,  witnessed  an  indenture  by  which  Richard 
Marschall,  of  Morpath,  chaplain,  gave  to  Maud  Verty 
all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  the  same  Richard  had 
by  the  gift  of  John  Barde,  in  Morpath,  for  the  term  of 
his  life,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  ;  and,  after 
her  decease,  to  remain  to  John  Barde,  if  he  should  sur- 
vive her,  and  return  to  prosecute  his  right  to  them. 

By  deed,  dated  apud  Londonias,  on  the  day  of  Saint 
John  the  Baptist,  June  24,  this  year,  Alice  de  Karleton, 
daughter  of  Adam  Redhed,  gave  to  Thomas  Thribley, 
of  Newcastle,  a  rent  of  30s.  a  year  out  of  the  lands  and 
tenements  holden  of  her  by  Robt.  Coye,  to  hold  for  ever. 

1373. — June  24,  EDMUND  OF  ESSCHET,  then  stew- 
ard, JOHN  WARD  and  JOHN  Ros,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN 
BARON,  serjeant,  with  Robert  de  Haliwell,  John  Baker, 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


Robert  de  Bolton,  John  de  Whitehill,  and  Robert  del 
Croke,  tested  John  Smith  (Faber,)  of  Morpath's  grant 
to  John  de  Bedlyngton  and  Richard  Mareschall,  chap- 
lains, of  all  the  lands,  tenements,  &c.  which  he  had  in 
the  town  and  fields  of  Morpath,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lord 
of  the  fee,  and  by  payment  to  Wm.  de  Wyndegates,  his 
heirs  and  assigns,  of  6s.  8d.  annually  for  a  tenement 
which  the  grantor  held  of  him. 

1374. — JOHN  DE  BELESYSE,  steward,  Robert  del 
Croke,  William  de  Newton,  John  de  Wythill,  Roger 
Welshe,  and  John  Baron,  Jan.  12,  1374 — 5,  are  wit- 
nesses to  the  deed  by  which  William  de  Cherden  and 
Emma  his  wife,  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Bryar,  of 
Morpeth,  granted  to  John  Barker  a  messuage  in  the 
Newgate,  lying  in  length  and  breadth  between  the 
ground  of  the  said  John  Barker — to  hold  of  the  chief 
lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the  said  William  and 
Emma  6s.  a  year. 

1375— JOHN  OF  BELLASIS,  steward,  ROBERT  DE 
HALLIWELL  and  HENRV  REDE,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN 
ADAMSON,  serjeant,  with  Robert  de  Bolton,  John  de 
Quitehill,  Robert  del  Croke,  Robert  Hirnyng,  John 
Lorimer,  senior,  were  witnesses  to  the  deed  of  Sep.  21, 
this  year,  abstracted  below. 

May  8,  an  inquest  was  holden  on  the  oath  of  John 
Ward,  John  Spendloue,  Robert  Fleschewar,  William  of 
Pelton,  John  of  Qwithill,  William  of  Newton,  Roger 
Walch,  John  Barkar,  Hugh  Wryght,  Andrew  Barker, 
John  Lorimer,  junior,  John  Baron,  and  Henry  Rede, 
who  said,  that  a  deed  shown  them  by  John  of  Pashen- 
ham,  chaplain,  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in 
Morpeth,  respecting  half  a  stone  of  wax  owing  annually 
to  the  said  chantry  out  of  a  tenement  upon  the  Lawe, 
in  Newgate,  between  the  land  once  belonging  to  Wm. 
of  Newburn  and  that  of  William  the  Paintor,  was  a 
true  charter.  In  witness  of  which,  John  de  Bellasis,  then 
steward  of  Morpeth,  and  the  said  jurors,  put  their  seals. 

On  Whitsunday,  May  20,  in  this  year,  John  de  Pa- 
shenham,  chaplain,  minister  (deserviens)  of  the  perpetual 
chantry  of  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  in  the  chapel 
of  All  Saints  there,  by  indenture,  granted  to  Hugh 
Barker  and  Margaret  his  wife,  a  tenement  in  Morpeth, 
lying  between  one  of  John  Spendelof  on  the  north,  and 
another  of  Robert  Belbowe  on  the  south,  to  hold  for 
20  years,  paying  yearly  to  the  said  John  and  his  suc- 
cessors 8s.,  and  doing  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  the 
accustomed  services. 
K 


494 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


On  St.  Matthew's  day,  21  Sep.,  Richard  Marschall, 
chaplain,  granted  to  William,  son  of  the  late  John 
Marscall,  of  Morpeth,  all  the  lands,  &c.  which  he  had 
by  the  feoffment  of  John  Marschall,  in  the  town  and 
fields  of  Morpeth — to  hold  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to 
Wm.  Wyndegates,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  6s.  8d.  yearly, 
for  a  tenement  lying  between  the  land  of  the  late  John 
Marschall  on  the  east,  and  that  of  John  Baron  on  the 
west — with  remainder,  in  case  of  the  said  William  dying 
without  heirs  of  his  body,  to  the  chaplain  serving  at  the 
Altar  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints 
in  Morpeth,  or  in  the  parish  church  of  Morpeth,  &c. 

1377 — Alicia  de  Carleton,  daur.  of  Adam  Redheud, 
by  deed,  dated  at  Newcastle  on  Friday  before  the  feast 
of  the  Holy  Trinity,  1377?  and  witnessed  by  John  Bulk- 
ham,  mayor,  Lawrence  de  Acton,  John  Houden,  John 
Howell,  and  William  Plomer,  bailiffs  of  that  town,  and 
Thomas  de  Heryngton,  Thomas  de  Mordon,  and  John 
de  Neubiggyng,  granted  to  Thomas  Thribley,  of  New- 
castle, a  rent  of  30s.  a  year  out  of  the  tenements  which 
Robert  Koy  held  of  her  in  Morpeth,  &c. 

1380 — April  25,  JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  steward,  LAW- 
BENCE  WKIGHT,  and  JOHN  BACON,  bailiffs,  and  WIL- 
LIAM BELL,  serjeant,  with  Robert  del  Croke,  Robert 
Hyrnyng,  John  Ward,  John  Spendelof,  John  Adamson, 
Hugh  Wright,  Andrew  Barkar,  John  Lorimar,  junior, 
and  Roger  Walsch,  witness  a  deed  by  which  Agnes  de 
Bolton,  widow,  gave  to  William  de  Newton,  and  John 
Lorimer,  senior,  proctors  fiitv.6*  of  St.  Mary's  chantry 
in  the  parish  church  of  Morpath,  one  rood  of  land  in 
Neyegate,  in  Morpath,  between  the  land  of  the  chantry 
of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth  and  the  land  of 
William  Scott,  to  hold  to  them  and  their  successors  for 
ever,  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

On  the  feast  of  St.  Valentine  the  Martyr,  Feb.  14, 
3  Richard  II.,  the  same  steward,  bailiffs,  and  serjeant, 
besides  John  de  Passenham  and  Richard  Marschall, 
chaplains,  Robert  del  Croke,  Robert  Herning,  John 
Adamsone,  John  Spendlove,  and  Wm.  Neuton,  are  wit- 
nesses to  a  deed  by  which  Robert  Coy  and  Alice  his 
wife  gave  to  John  Danson,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  a 
tenement  on  the  Lawe,  in  Morpath,  between  the  tene- 
ment of  Robert  Hernyng  and  that  inhabited  by  Stephen 
Dychant,  with  3  roods  of  land  adjoining  it,  and  2  roods  on 
Stanyflat,  between  the  land  of  John  Ward  and  that  of 
Stephen  Dychant,  the  ends  of  which  abutted  on  Cot- 


tingburn  and  the  king's  highway  leading  to  Bottal — to 
hold  to  him,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  by  paying  annu- 
ally on  the  feast  of  the  Holy  Trinity  one  taper,  made 
of  one  pound  of  wax,  to  burn  before  the  image  of  Our 
Saviour  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints  in  Morpeth,  and  by 
rendering  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  the  accustomed 
services,  and  in  defect  of  paying  the  said  candle  the  said 
chaplain  to  distrain  for  it :  and  on  failure  of  issue  of  the 
said  John  Danson,  the  said  tenement  and  five  roods  to 
go  to  the  maintenance  of  one  chaplain  at  the  altar  of 
St.  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  so  that  such  chap- 
lain find  a  wax  light  of  one  pound,  to  burn  before  the 
image  of  the  Saviour  as  aforesaid. 

Dec.  7j  1380,  4  Rich.  II.,  JOHN  DE  MYTFORD,  then 
steward,  ALAN  BAKHOUSE,  ADAM  BURTON,  and  WM. 
HELMSLEY,  bailiffs,  with  John  Ward,  Robert  Hernyng, 
and  John  Adamson,  witnessed  Robert  Croke's  grant  to 
sir  Richard  Clifford,  John  Passenham,  and  Rich.  Mar- 
schall, chaplains,  of  two  roods  of  land  lying  together  at 
the  east  end  of  Morpeth,  between  the  land  of  the 
chantry  of  All  Saints  and  that  which  once  belonged  to 
John  Barker,  and  which  he  had  by  the  grant  of  John 
Baron — to  hold  to  them,  and  their  assigns,  of  the  chief 
lord  of  the  fee.  By  deed  of  Aug.  30,  1381,  it  will  be 
seen  that  Wm.  Helmsley  was  serjeant,  not  a  bailiff. 

December  21,  St.  Thomas's  day,  4  Richard  II.,  JOHN 
MTFORDE,  then  steward  of  Morpath,  ADAM  BURTON 
and  ALAN  BAKHOUS,  bailiffs,  and  Robert  Croke,  Robert 
Hernyng,  Wm.  Newton,  and  Roger  Walchs,  witnessed 
John  Ward  of  Morpeth's  grant  to  Richard  Marchall, 
chaplain,  of  all  the  lands  and  tenements  he  then  had  in 
Morpath,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  by  the  ac- 
customed service,  with  clause  of  warrantry  for  ever. 

1381 January  30,  4  Ric.  II.,  Alice  Karlton  gives  a 

general  release  of  all  actions,  as  well  real  as  personal,  to 
Robert  Coy  and  Alice  his  wife.  Dated  at  Morpeth,  and 
witnessed  by  John  Passenham,  Richard  Marchall,  Wm. 
Fleschewer,  and  Robert  Bleskton. 

30  August,  5  Richard  II.,  JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  stew- 
ard, ANDREW  DE  BAKHOUS  and  ADAM  DE  BURTON, 
bailiffs,  and  WM.  HELMISLEY,  serjeant  of  the  borough 
of  Morpath,  together  with  Robert  Crook,  Robert  Her- 
nyng, Roger  Walsse,  John  Adamson,  and  John  Spend- 
louf,  witnessed  Alice  Carleton's  grant  to  sir  John  Pas- 
senham, Ric.  Marschall,  and  Ric.  Clifford,  chaplains, 
Wm.  Newton,  Wm.  Crooke,  and  Wm.  Herning,  of  all 
the  lands  and  tenements  she  had  in  the  town  of  Mor- 


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495 


path— to  hold  to  them,  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever, 
of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

21  Sep.,  5  Richard  II.,  JOHN  DE  MITFORD,  steward, 
ALAN  DEL  BAKHOUS  and  ADAM  BURTON,  bailiffs,  Rob. 
del  Croke,  Robert  Hernyng,  William  de  Newton,  John 
Adamson,  and  John  Spendelof,  witness  John  Passenham 
and  Richard  Marchall,  chaplains'  grant  to  John  Baker, 
of  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  belonged  to  John 
Smith,  to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  pay- 
ing to  the  said  chaplains  13s.  4d.  yearly. 

See  Rolls  of  Parliament,  vol.  iii.,  p.  129,  for  Ralph 
lord  Greystock's  petition  to  the  king  in  council,  respect- 
ing his  ransom  from  captivity  in  Scotland.  See  p.  474. 

1382. — Dec.  6,  6  Ric.  II.,  JOHN  MITFORD,  steward 
of  Morpeth,  JOHN  LORIMER,  junior,  and  THOMAS  LIT- 
TESTER,  bailiffs,  and  Robert  del  Croke,  Robert  Her- 
nyng, and  .John  Adamsone,  witnessed  sir  Richard  Mar- 
shall the  chaplain's  grant  to  Agnes,  widow  of  John 
Ward,  of  all  the  lands  and  tenements  he  had  by  the  gift 
and  feoffment  of  the  said  John  Ward — to  hold  for  the 
term  of  her  life  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  pay- 
ing 6s.  8d.  annually  to  the  said  Richard. 

1383 On  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  in  Cathedra,  22 

Feb.,  1382 — 3,  John  Passenham,  chaplain,  released  for 
ever  to  Adam  Scot,  vicar  of  Horsley,  and  sirs  Richard 
Marchal  and  Richard  Clifford,  chaplains,  Wm.  Hernyng 
and  William  Croke,  clerks,  and  William  Newton  and 
Nicholas  Walchs,  laymen,  all  his  right  in  the  lands  and 
tenements  which  he  had  by  the  gift  and  feoffment  of 
Alice  de  Kerlton  in  the  town  and  fields  of  Morpeth ; 
and  in  those  he  had  in  the  same  manner  from  John 
Spendloue  and  Robert  Hernyng ;  and  also  in  those  two 
roods  of  land  which  he  had  similarly  from  Robt.  Croke; 
which  deed  was  tested  by  Robert  Croke,  Robert  Her- 
nyng, Roger  Walchs,  and  John  Adamson. 

1384. — On  St.  Luke's  day,  18  Oct.,  this  year,  JOHN 
WALCHE,  then  steward  of  Morpath,  THOMAS  DE  WIT- 
TON  and  ROBERT  DEL  CROKE,  then  bailiffs,  WILLIAM 
DE  NEWTON,  then  serjeant,  and  John  Adamson,  Robert 
Hyrning,  John  Spendlowe,  Wm.  de  Pelton,  John  Lori- 
mer,  and  Thomas  Sadeler,  weie  witnesses  to  a  grant  by 
which  Richard  Marscall,  chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the 
bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth,  with  the  consent  of  the 
community  of  Morpeth,  conveyed  to  Thomas  Rede,  of 
Morpath,  a  waste  rood  of  land  in  Hylgate,  lying  be- 
tween the  land  formerly  belonging  to  Robert  Milner, 
chaplain,  on  the  east,  and  that  of  Emmota  Stutch  on  the 


west — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  ren- 
dering to  the  said  Richard  and  his  successors,  for  the 
support  of  the  bridge  and  chapel  of  Morpeth,  8d.  yearly. 

1389 — The  Lansdowne  Manuscript,  260,  mentions 
a  great  contention  betwixt  the  men  of  Morpeth  and 
Mitford  respecting  a  moor,  which  dispute  was  to  be  set- 
tled by  the  arbitration  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland 
and  sir  John  Scrope  for  the  one  party,  and  the  baron  of 
Greystock  and  sir  Matthew  Redman  for  the  other.  The 
following  document  seems  to  be  part  of  the  record  of 
the  agreement  to  this  arbitration.  Its  edges,  on  both 
sides,  have  been  injured  by  damp,  so  that  in  several 
lines  some  words  are  either  lost  or  illegible,  but  their 
places  are  here  supplied  by  dots,  thus : — 

Itt  is  to  remembf  fat  touchant  J>e  debate  ye  whilk 
hase  bene  for  f  e  boundes  of  f  e  mores  of  Mittford  &  Mor- 
path fai  chosen  serteyn  psones  for  to  make  pam- 

bulaton  bytwixt  fe  sayd  mores  .  fat  is  to  say  iij  ancient 
men  of  the  town  of  Mittforde  .  T.  vj  ancient  men  of  the 
town  of  Morpethe  .  f  e  whilk  .  ix .  psones  togyd  w*  on 
assent  in  fe  ^sence  of  Nicolas  Reymes  .  John  of  Mitt- 
forde, Sampson  Hardyng  .  Willam  of  Schaftowe  .  Rog 
del  Both  vicar  of  Wodhorn  .  Gilbert  Belvet  .  John 

Broth Will^m  of  Spens  1  other    Thai  beoan  at  a 

grene  lech  called  mereden  ioynant  to  a  felde  called  Bar- 

kerfeld  1 5ode  by  fe  sam  let-he  like  as  it  extendys  to 

a  way  qwilk  lig'  to  Aldworthgrange  t  fro  fat  way  towarde 
)>e  south  un  to  A  way  )>e  qwilk  lyys  to  Ramagecrosse 
and  so  by  the  same  way  vnto  the  sayd  Crosse  .  and  fro 
ye  sayd  crosse  by  the  same  way  as  it  gang'  to  the 
Marches  bytwix  ye  mores  of  Schylvyngton  Morpath  1 

Mittforde  .  And  thar  the  said  .ix.  psones togeder 

T;  sayd  fat  all  ye  More  fat  was  on  fe  south  party  of  fe 

way  fe  qwilk  fai fe  more  of  Morpath  .  And  all  fe 

more  fat  was  on  fe  north  party  of  fe  same  way  .  was 
fe  more  of  Mittforde  .  And  JJ  it  was  Askid  of  fam  by  fe 
sayd  Nicolays  1  other  aforenam3'd  Iff  fai  had  any  more 
called  Threpmore  if  J3  wer  ony  slyk  wher  it  was  And  all 
sayd  for  certeyn  fat  fa  had  slike  a  more  callyd  threp- 

more  1  fat  none  of  Morpath  ne  of awght  wthi  fe 

sayd  more  cast  turves  ne  pull  bather  .  Bot  fe  people  of 
Mitforde  sayd  fat  the  sayd  Threpmore  was  on  fe  south 
party  of  f e  way  fat  fai  sode  byfore  1  within  f e  Boundes 
fe  whilk  fai  sayd  byfore  suld  be  fe  more  of  Morpath  .  t 
so  made  a  pambulacon  f  to  and  fe  people  of  Morpath 
sayd  fat  fe  sayd  Threpmore  was  on  the  Northparty  of 
fe  sayd  way  fat  fai  sode  afore  t  with  in  fe  boundes  fe 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


qwilk  pai  said  afore  suld  be  pe  more  of  Mittford  *t  made 
a  pambulacon  fto  .  And  for  so  mykil  as  pai  variede  of  }>e 

threpmore  1  grete  de and  damages  might  bappyn 

for  pe  sayd  cause  bitwix  pe  pepell  of  Morpeth  *l  Mitt- 

forde  1  pe  lord'  of  pe  sam defend  .  And  also  pat  f 

was  founde  pat  turvys  wer  castyn  by  pe  people  of 
Morpath  within  ]>e  sayd  Threpmore  boundes  sayd  afore 
by  ]>e  people  of  Mitford  .  And  also  turves  were  kastyn 

by  the  peopitt  of  Mittforde  said  threpemore 

boundes  said  afore  by  the  peple  of  Morpath  .  So  it  was 

acordid  by  )>e  forsaid  Nicolas  1  fornamyd  for  to 

nurrish  pees  1  Concorde  bi  twix  ]>e  forsaid  townes  As 
wele  for  J>e  turves  castyng  .  as  for  pe  sayd  Threpemores 
how  pat  pai  sail  be  demeyned  .  pat  is  for  to  say  .  As  for 
pe  turves  castyng  with  in  pe  Threpmore  fcoundes  said  by 
J>e  peple  of  Myttforde  .iiijrf.  sal  be  payd  bi  pe  peple  of 
Morpath  .  And  for  )>e  turves  castyn  by  pe  peple  of 
Mittforde  within  pe  said  threpmore  boundes  callyd  bi 

pe  peple  of  Morpath  )>e  qwilk  was petyt  porcion 

to  pe  other  .jd.  salbe  paid  by  pe  peple  of  Mittforde  . 
And  thes  penyes  salbe  put  in  J>e  hand'  o'f  pe  prior  of 
Tymmoue  as  in  evyn  hand'  for  to  be  kepid  un  to  it  be 
discussed  qwilk  of  ]>e  said  threpmores  suld  be  ye  right 
Threpmore  And  as  })at  pe  said  Threpemore  boundes 
cald  by  }>e  peple  of  Mittford  be  juggid  to  be  the  right 
Threpmore  pan .  ijd .  of  pe  forsaid  .  iiijd .  afore  payd  be  pe 
peple  of  Morpath  salbe  paid  to  )>e  Lord  of  Mytford  1 
pe  top  .  ijd .  of  )>e  forsaid  .  iiijd .  salbe  payd  to  ]>e  lord  of 
Morpath  .  t  }>e  peny  of  pl  was  paid  by  pe  peple  of  Mitt- 
ford will  be  gyfyn  to  pam  agayn  .  And  mov1  ...  pe  sayd 
threpmoreboundes  callyd  be  pe  peple  of  Morpath  be 
juggyd  to  be  pe  right  Threpmore  fan  o'B.  of  ]>e  forsayd 
.  jd .  afor  paid  by  }>e  peple  of  Mittforde  salbe  paid  to  the 
lord  of  Morpath  1  pe  top  ofi.  to  pe  lord  of  Mitforde  1 
pe  forsaid  .iiijd.  paid  by  pe  people  of  Morpath  salbe 
gevyn  to  J>am  agayn  .  And  also  both  pe  forsaid  Threp- 
mores boundes  by  both  pe  pties  salbe  pasturid  bi  pe 
peple  of  both  }>e  townes  w*  owtyn  enpkement'  in  pam 
and  pat  none  of  pe  forsaid  townes  sail  kast  turves  ne  pull 

hather  wj  in  pe  said  threpmores  to  pai  discussed 

and  pat  suld  be  as  sone  as  pe  Erie  of  Northumbr  Sir 
John  Scrop  on  pe  party  of  pe  baron  of  Graistok  1  Sir 
Mathe  redemane  on  pe  top  pty  myt  assemble  togid  af? 
pe  comyng  of  pe  said  Erie  in  ...  pe  cuntree  and  it  is  to 
remembr  pat  this  accorde  was  rehersyd  by  pe  said  Nico- 
ks  ft  other  aformamed  to  pe  aforsaid  baron  1  Sir  Ma- 
thewe  t  pai  at  pe  reQence  of  pe  cliildir  of  Sir  Thomas 


Pcy  so  ner  p 1  forsaid  1>aron  pai  held  pam 

content  of  pis  accorde  foresaid  and  pis  accorde  &  pambu- 
lacon aforsad  was  mad tusday  next  af?  pe  fest  of 

Seynt  Barnabie  pappostil  pe  sere  of  g«ce  M.CCClxxxix 

pe  regn  of  king  Rich  secund  af?  pe  conquest  xiiij.* 

Barker  .  Wittm Johan  Barker  .  Joti  Bows  . 

Witt  LoryrB  .  Alann  Bakhous  de  Morpeth : — John 
Miln  .  Hog  Osborn  .  Thomas  Franch  de  Mitforde  so 
made  ps  pambulacon  aforsaid  pe  daye  rt  pe  sere  aforsaid. 

18  Oct.  JOHN  WALCHE,  steward  of  Morpeth,  JOHK 
DE  SCORZEWE  and  GILBEB.T  HTJNTEH,  bailiffs,  JOHN 
DE  WYNTON,  Serjeant,  Robert  del  Croke,  John  Adam- 
son,  John  Spendlowe,  and  John  Lorimer,  witnessed  Ric. 
Marschall,  chaplain's  grant  to  William,  son  and  heir  of 
Thomas  Wodhewer,  of  Morpath,  of  one  rood  of  land 
lying  at  the  east  end  of  Morpeth,  between  the  land  of 
Thomas  Wytton  on  the  east,  and  that  of  the  abbot  and 
convent  of  Newminster  on  the  west — to  hold  of  the  chief 
lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the  said  Richard,  or 
the  keepers  of  the  chapel  and  bridge  of  Morpeth,  for  the 
support  of  such  chapel  and  bridge,  12d.  yearly. 

1391 — On  Thursday  in  Easter  week,  14  Richard  II., 
JOHN  WELCH,  then  steward  of  Morpeth,  Rob.  Croke, 
John  Spendlove,  John  Adamson,  Thomas  Heghyngton, 
and  John  de  Routhbery,  witness  the  grant  by  which 
William,  the  son  of  Wm.  of  Morpath,  son  and  heir  of 
Adam  Skynner,  of  the  same  place,  granted  to  Roger 
Vsscher,  an  annual  rent  of  5s.  out  of  a  tenement  in 
Newgate,  between  that  of  Wm.  Coy  and  one  of  Wm. 
Jebb— to  hold  for  ever.  «  Wittus  filius  Witti  de  Mor- 
path fit  t  Red  Adae  Skynner,"  &c. 

May  1,  14  Ric.  II.,  JOHN  WELCHE,  steward  of  Mor- 
path, RICH.  DE  CHAPYNGTON  and  JOHN  SUTHWYKE, 
bailiffs,  Robert  Croke,  John  Adamson,  Nicholas  Walche, 
Thomas  Hyghyngton,  and  John  Routhbery,  witnessed 
Roger  Usscher's  grant  to  John  Spendlofe  and  Isabell 
his  wife,  of  a  tenement  in  Newgate,  in  Morpeth,  be- 
tween the  land  formerly  belonging  to  John  Belasise 
and  that  of  B...son — to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lords 
of  the  fee. 

1396 — Nov.  1,  Richard  Marschall,  chaplain  of  the 
chantry  of  Master  Richard  of  Morpeth,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminste?,  of  the 
nearest  in  blood  to  the  founder,  and  of  the  community 

*  St.  Barnabas  day  is  on  June  11,  and  Tuesday  after  it  in 
1389  was  June  15 ;  but  Tuesday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Barna- 
bas, in  14i  Ric.  II.  would  be  on  June  14,  1390. 


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497 


of  the  ville  of  Morpeth,  let  to  farm  to  William  Lorimer 
and  Isabell  his  wife,  a  tenement,  situated  between  the 
tenement  of  the  said  abbot  and  convent  on  the  east,  and 
that  which  formerly  belonged  to  John  Bow  on  the  west, 
containing  two  roods  of  burgage  belonging  to  the  said 
chantry — to  hold  for  thirty  years,  at  12s.  a  year. 

1398. — 23  March,  WILLIAM  CHESSMAN,  steward, 
WILLIAM  MIDLAM  and  ADAM  CADY,  bailiffs,  RICHARD 
NEWTON,  serjeant,  John  Sothewyk,  Thomas  Hyghyng- 
ton,  Simon  Vigerous,  and  John  Roudbery,  witnessed 
John  of  Linton's  grant  to  John  Forbour  of  a  rood  of 
land  on  the  north  side  of  Hilgate,  between  the  land  of 
Alan  del  Bakhouse  on  the  west,  and  that  of  John  Bar- 
kar  on  the  east — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and 
by  paying  to  the  said  John  Linton,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
4d.  yearly. 

1400 — 25  April,  WILLIAM  CtiEskAN,  steward,  RO- 
BERT BARKER  and  JOHN  DE  LINTON,  bailiffs,  ALEX- 
ANDER TALYOUR,  serjeant,  Simon  Vigerouse,  Wm.  de 
Midelham,  John  de  Sothewyk,  William  Lorimer,  John 
Manuel,  John  Broune,  and  Adam  Cady,  tested  a  deed 
by  which  Richard  Marschal,  chaplain,  granted  to  John 
Barker,  junior,  John  Lorimer,  senior,  Nicholas  Walsch, 
and  Richard  Newton,  a  burgage  in  Newgate,  in  Mor- 
path,  lying  between  the  ground  that  belonged  John 
Warde  on  the  south,  and  that  of  William  Vescy  on  the 
north ;  and  an  annual  rent  of  4s.  issuing  out  of  a  tene- 
ment in  the  same  street,  which  Richard  Walker  holds 
in  fee  of  the  said  Ric.  M. ;  and  another  annual  rent  of 
4s.  out  of  a  tenement  in  the  same  street,  formerly  hold- 
en  in  fee  by  Robert  Walker  of  the  said  Ric.  M. ;  and 
also  a  close,  near  the  gate  of  Cottyngwode,  called  the 
Northfeld  lande,  and  lying  between  the  closes  that  be- 
longed to  Robert  of  Haliwell  on  both  sides ;  likewise  one 
selion  of  land  in  the  Rydyng,  which  is  called  the  North- 
felde  land — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  with 
warrantry  for  ever. 

1402 — November  30,  SAMPSON  HARDYNG,  steward  of 
Morpeth,  JOHN  BAKER  and  WILLIAM  FLESHEWER, 
bailiffs,  RICHARD  SMALIS,  serjeant,  John  Sothewyk, 
John  Lorimer,  Symon  Vikerus,  John  Brone,  Nicholas 
Walsche,  John  de  Lynton,  John  Boter,  Rich,  de  New- 
ton, and  John  de  Quelpdale,  tested  a  deed  by  which 
Roger  Pantyl,  chaplain,  and  keeper  of  the  chantry  of 
the  bridge  and  chapel  of  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene 
of  Morpeth,  John  Lorimer  and  John  Barker,  junior 
proctors  of  the  same  chantry,  with  the  consent  of  the 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


whole  community  of  Morpeth,  granted  to  Richard  Mar- 
scall,  chaplain,  a  waste  messuage  in  Aldgate,  lying  be- 
tween the  ground  of  the  Abbey  of  Newminster  on  the 
east,  and  that  of  Alice  del  Botha  on  the  west — to  hold 
of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  rendering  to  the  said 
Roger  and  his  successors  in  the  said  chantry  two  shil- 
lings annually. 

1403. — WM.  LAWSON  and  JOHN  POTTER,  bailiffs, 
RICHARD  KALOM,  serjeant,  Richard  Marshall,  John 
Warmouth,  and  others,  July  10  in  this  year,  witnessed 
a  deed  by  which  George  Buk,  chaplain,  feoffee  in  the 
lands  and  tenements  which  belonged  to  the  bridge  and 
chapel  of  the  ville  of  Morpath,  demised  a  tenement  to 
Wm.  Modese,  lying  at  the  east  end  of  Newgate-street, 
between  one  formerly  belonging  to  William  Croke  on 
the  west,  and  a  tenement  of  Thomas  Dichant  on  the 
north,  and  in  length  from  the  common  street  to  the 
Wellclose  behind — to  hold  to  him,  his  heirs,  and  assigns 
for  ever,  at  the  annual  rent  of  5s.  6d. 

1405. — Nov.  10,  SYMON  (so)  HARDYNG,  then  stew- 
ard, JOHN  LOWSCHOULDER  and  WILLIAM  CHALONEH, 
bailiff;!,  WILLIAM  WELE-THE-WID,  serjeant,  John  de 
Southwik,  Richard  de  Newton,  and  John  Browne,  wit- 
ness a  deed  by  which  Nicholas  Walch  and  John  Barker 
grant  to  William  Lorimer,  of  Morpath,  two  roods  of 
land  in  Morpath,  lying  between  the  land  of  John  de 
Brotherwick  on  the  east,  and  the  land  of  John  of  Lyn- 
ton on  the  west — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee, 
and  by  rendering  to  the  said  Nicholas  and  John,  after 
the  end  of  four  years,  7s-  a  year. 

1416. — March  IO,SAMPSON  HARDYNG, steward,  JOHN 
BROWNE  and  RICHARD  NEWTON,  bailiffs,  NICHOLAS 
ARMYSTHANG,  serjeant,  Thomas  Manuel,  John  Mar- 
schall,  Wm.  Chaloner,  John  Chaloner,  Galfrid  Thorn- 
ton, Wm.  Pikden,  and  Robert  Jackson,  are  witnesses  to 
a  grant  by  which  Roger  Pantill,  chaplain.  John  Dichant, 
John  Barker,  Henry  Marschell,  and  Nicholas  Welsche 
conveyed  to  William  Piper  one  rood  of  land  on  the  east 
side  of  Newgate,  between  the  king's  land  on  the  north, 
and  that  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  south — to 
hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the 
grantors,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  3s.  annually. 

1417- — SAMPSON  HARDING, steward,  NICHOLASARM- 
STRANG  and  JOHN  BARKAR,  bailiffs,  JOHN  CHAMBROU, 
serjeant,  with  Robert  Jackson,  John  Brown,  William 
Wardhaugh,  William  Chaloner,  William  Lynton,  and 
others,  were  witness  to  an  indenture  by  which  Roger 


498 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  \V.  D. 


Pantille,  chaplain,  John  Dichant,  Henry  Marschell, 
John  Barker,  and  Nicholas  Welsch,  granted  to  Geoffry 
Thornton,  one  waste  burgage  rood,  lying  on  the  east 
side  of  the  way  of  Newgate,  in  Morpath,  between  the 
land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  north,  and  that 
of  the  said  Nicholas  Welch  on  the  south ;  also  a  parcel 
of  land  in  the  north  field,  on  the  west  side  of  Qwhetle- 
way,  between  the  lands  of  Richard  Small  on  the  south, 
and  that  of  William  Wardhalgh  on  the  north,  together 
with  a  rood  of  land  in  the  Rydyng — to  hold  for  ever  by 
the  accustomed  services  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee ; 
and  an  annual  rent  of  3s.  a  year  to  the  grantors. 

1420. — Nov.  1,  Thomas  Delness,  of  Durham,  and 
Marjery,  formerly  called  Cracroke,  but  then  bedfellow 
of  the  said  Thomas,  released  to  Alice  Brown,  of  Mor- 
peth,  all  their  right  and  claim  to  a  messuage  which  for- 
merly belonged  to  John  Potts,  burgess  of  Morpeth, 
lying  between  the  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on 
the  south,  and  that  of  William  Croke  on  the  north — to 
hold  to  the  said  Alice  and  her  heirs  for  ever.  Witnesses, 
William  Mitforth,  John  Belasyse,  Wm.  Croke,  Symone 
Vigerous. 

1421. — May  1  and  13,  RICHARD  BOND,  steward  of 
Morpeth,  WILLIAM  DE  MITFORD  and  JOHN  DE  BELA- 
SISE,  bailiffs,  JOHN  TOMSON,  serjeant,  Wm.  Wardhalgh, 
Wm.  Chaloner,  Nicholas  Walche,  and  others,  were  wit- 
nesses to  grants  by  which  Philippa  Nowell,  widow  of 
William  Nowell,  gave  to  John  Browne,  of  Morpeth, 
cordwainder,  two  roods  of  land  in  Newgate,lying  between 
the  land  of  Agnes  Vescy  on  the  south,  and  that  of  the 
abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster  on  the  north,  and 
extending  in  length  from  the  king's  highway  to  the 
water  of  Wanspek — to  hold  for  ever  by  performing  the 
accustomed  services  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

1424. — June  12,  SAMPSONE  HARDYNG,  JOHN  CLERK 
OF  NESBIT,  now  seneschall  (so)  o-  Morpeth,  Wm.  Co- 
verdale,  William  Wardhalgh,  and  John  del  Chambre, 
mercer,  witnessed  a  deed  by  which  Agnes,  late  wife  of 
Hugh  Gednay,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Harden, 
of  Morpeth,  gave  to  James  Buk,  all  the  lands  and  other 
possessions  in  the  town  and  territory  of  Morpeth,  which 
had  formerly  belonged  to  her  said  father,  Wm.  Harden 
— to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  rendering 
to  her  during  her  life  40s.  a  year. 

1432. — June  11,  WILLIAM  HARDYNG,  steward,  JOHN 
MAYNSFORTH  and  WILLIAM  HENRYSON,  bailiffs,  and 
WILLIAM  HAWLE,  serjeant,  John  Belasyse,  Roger 


Uscher,  and  Wm.  Wardhaugh,  witnessed  a  grant  of 
Richard  Marsshall,  chaplain,  by  which  he  conveyed  to 
Walter  Darley,  rector  of  the  parish  church  of  Morpath, 
Master  John  Eland,  perpetual  vicar  of  Bedlyngton, 
Robert  Berker,  perpetual  vicar  of  Whelpyngton,  and 
John  Lee,  perpetual  vicar  of  Wodhorne,  all  the  lands 
and  tenements  he  had  in  Morpeth  of  the  gift  of  Richard 
Marsshall,  his  uncle,  and  other  feoffees  of  the  lands  and 
tenements  of  the  chantry  of  the  blessed  Mary  the  Vir- 
gin in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpath,  specially 
deputed — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee. 

1440. — 30  March,  John  Ward  and  Isabella  his  wife 
grant  to  Richard  Sharparow  a  burgage,  in  Morpeth, 
lying  in  breadth  between  a  tenement  of  John  Buk  on 
the  west,  and  one  of  Wm.  Wardehawyht  on  the  east, 
and  in  length  from  the  king's  street  to  the  water  of 
"  Wansbek"— to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  yield- 
ing to  the  said  John  and  Isabella,  their  heirs  and  as- 
signs,  from  Martinmas,  21  Hen.  VI.,  4s.  a  year.  Wit- 
nesses, John  Burn,  vicar  of  Horslee,  John  Horsley 

of  the  same  place,  Robert  Horsley,  and  John  Palmer. 

11  Nov.  Wm.  Wytton,  of  Westminster,  gentleman, 
granted  to  John  Barker,  of  Morpeth,  Taylour,  a  tene- 
ment of  two  roods  in  Newgate,  between  the  lands  of 
Wm.  Crwke  on  the  north,  and  that  of  Newminster  ab- 
bey on  the  south,  and  lying  in  length  from  the  king's 
street  of  Newgate  up  to  Cottyngburne  on  the  east — to 
hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  rendering  to 
the  said  William  2s.  yearly. 

1441. — 4  Aug.  19  Hen.  6,  John  Evynwod,  son  of  Jas. 
Evynwod,  of  Morpath,  released  to  John  Anderson,  of 
Morpath,  two  roods  of  land,  lying  under  the  Oldmot, 
in  the  said  town,  between  the  ground  of  Wm.  Barkar 
on  the  south,  and  that  of on  the  north,  and  ex- 
tending from  the  street  called  Pitgate,  in  front,  to  the 
land  of  the  chantry  of  the  blessed  Mary  behind  ;  also, 
by  the  same  instrument,  Isabella  Merlay,  of  Durham, 
released  to  John  Anderson  the  same  premises.  Wit- 
nesses, Henry  Plescrope  and  John  tournour,  of  Morpath. 

1442 — RICHARD  MARCHAL  and  HENRY  BROYN- 
WIKE,  bailiffs,  HENRY  KEYS,  sergeant,  Nicholas  Cha- 
loner, Wm.  Barkar,  John  Smith,  and  Thomas  Watson, 
21  Hen.  VI.  (no  day  mentioned)  witness  a  deed  by 
which  Walter  Derlay,  rector  of  Morpeth,  granted  to 
Wm.  Whelpdalle,  Berkar,  one  and  a  half  rood  of  land, 
lying  between  the  land  of  Newminster  Abbey  on  the 
east,  and  that  of  the  chantry  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen 


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499 


on  the  west,  and  extending  from  the  king's  highway  in 
front  to  Cotyngburn  behind — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords 
of  the  fee,  and  by  yielding  to  the  said  Walter,  his  heirs 
and  assigns,  6s.  a  year. 

1443 April  23,  HENRY  GRAY,  steward,  ROBERT 

BAKHOWSE  and  WILLIAM  LYTSTER,  bailiffs,  RICHARD 
M ARSCELL,  for  the  Serjeant,  John  Lonnysdale,  John 
Evynwodde,  Nicfis  Chaloner,  and  Johne  Mowse,  are 
witnesses  to  a  grant  by  which  John  Maynysforth,  of 
Morpath,  gave  to  Richard  de  Whelpedale,  of  the  same 
place,  one  tenement  of  borough  land  on  the  west  side  of 
Newgate,  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  ground  that  be- 
longed to  John  Belasyse,  and  that  which  was  Geoffry 
Thornton's  on  the  north,  and  in  length  from  the  king's 
way  to  the  water  of  Wannysspyke — to  hold  of  the  chief 
lords  of  the  fee. 

11  June,  HENRY  GRAY,  then  steward,  ROBERT  DE 
BAKHOWSE  t  WM.  LYTSTEH,  bailiffs,  and  RICHARD 
MARSCHALL,  serjeant,  John  Kvynwod,  Rich.  Whelppe- 
dale,  and  John  Lonnysdale,  witnessed  James  Buk,  of 
Morpath's,  grant  to  Robert  Bowleg,  burgess,  of  a  tene- 
ment on  the  west  side  of  Newgate,  between  the  land  of 
the  said  James  Buk  on  the  north,  and  that  of  William 
Croke  on  the  south — to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee, 
and  by  paying  to  the  said  James,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
20d.  annually. 

1445 — 21  Dec.,  William  Henrison,  weaver,  granted 
to  William  Coiner,  tanner,  a  burgage  of  land  upon  the 
Law,  lying  between  the  land  of  William  Fenwick  on 
the  north,  and  thai  of  the  said  William  Coiner  on  the 
south — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  to  him,  his 
heirs,  and  assigns,  for  ever. 

1447- — Feb.  2,  WM.  HARDYNG,  steward,  ROBERT 
LORIMAR  and  THOMAS  WILSON,  bailiffs,  THOS.  TAYT, 
Serjeant,  John  Weremouth,  Wm.  Chester,  and  Richard 
Marshall,  witnessed  a  deed  by  which  Thomas  Mittforth, 
chaplain  of  the  chantry  of  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  con- 
veyed to  John  Barber,  a  tenement  lying  on  the  S.  side  of 
the  Market-place,  between  the  land  of  the  abbot  of  New- 
minster  on  the  W.,  and  that  of  William  Cruke  on  the 
E. — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by  the  accus- 
tomed services,  and  paying  to  the  said  Thomas  Mytt- 
forth  and  his  successors  2s.  yearly. 

Nov.  10,  WILLIAM  HARDYNG,  steward,  John  War- 
mouth,  Richard  Marshall,  and  Thomas  Reide,  witness 
an  indenture  by  which  John  Evynvvode  grants  to  John 
Barker  a  tenement  of  two  acres  in  Newgate,  between 


the  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  S.  and  that 

of on  the  north,  and  extending  to  Cottingburn — 

to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  a  yearly  rent 
of  2s.  to  the  grantor. 

1448 — May  13,  WILLIAM  HARDYNG,  steward,  WM. 
HAWLEY  and  THOMAS  TAYT,  bailiffs,  ROBT.  TORNER, 
serjeant,  John  Warmouth,  Wm.  Chester,  and  Richard 
Whelpale,  witnessed  a  deed  by  which  Jas.  Bukk  granted 
to  Thomas  Stubbell  a  tenement  on  the  W.  side  of  New- 
gate, between  the  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on 
the  N.  and  that  of  the  said  James  Bukk  on  the  S.,  and 
extending  in  length  from  the  king's  way  to  the  river 
Wannyspek— to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and 
paying  40s.  annually  to  the  grantor,  his  heirs  and  assigns. 
1450. — May  25,  HEN.  GRAY,  steward,  JOHN  MOWSE 
and  ROBERT  BOWLEG,  bailiffs,  JOHN  FROST,  serjeant, 
William  Chester,  Thomas  Wattson,  William  Henreson, 
and  Richard  Whelpdale,  were  witnesses  to  an  agreement 
by  which  John  Elande,  perpetual  vicar  of  Bedlington, 
Robert  Barker,  perpetual  vicar  of  Whelpington,  and 
James  Buk,  of  Morpeth,  granted  to  Robert  Tornor,  a 
tenement  on  the  east  side  of  Newgate,  between  the  land 
of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  south,  and  that  of 
the  king  on  the  north — to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief 
lords  of  the  fee,  by  paying  annually  to  them  and  their 
heirs,  20d. 

May  25,  a  grant  from  the  same  persons  to  William 
Chestyr,  of  Morpeth,  of  two  shops,  near  the  Market- 
place of  Morpeth,  on  the  north  part,  upon  the  corner 
lying  between  the  land  of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin  Mary  on  both  sides — to  be  holden  by  paying  to 
the  grantors  5s.  yearly.  Tested  by  the  same  steward, 
bailiffs,  and  serjeant,  as  in  the  last ;  and  also  by  John 
Wermouth,  James  Wattson,  and  William  Robynson. 

Also,  the  same  officers,  and  Nicholas  Chaloner,  Wm. 
Robynson,  and  William  Chestyr,  are  witnesses  to  an 
indenture  of  the  same  date,  by  which  the  same  grantors 
convey  to  William  Henrison  a  tenement  upon  the  Law, 
between  the  land  of  James  Buk  on  the  south,  and  that 
of  William  Midfurd  on  the  north ;  also,  two  roods  of 
land  lying  upon  the  Stannyflat,  between  the  land  of 
William  .M  itfurd  on  the  south,  and  that  of  Wm.  Ward- 
haugh  on  the  north — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the 
fee,  by  paying  to  the  grantors  and  their  heirs,  2s.  yearly. 

1451._May  10,  Richard  Whelpdale,  William  Ches- 
ter, William  Robynson,  William  Barbour,  and  Thomas 
Watteson,  tested  a  grant  from  John  Warde  to  Henry 


500 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Gray,  of  Tynemouth,  of  a  yearly  rent  of  4s.  arising 
from  a  tenement  then  inhabited  by  Richard  Sharpar- 
rowe,  in  Morpath,  which  tenement  the  said  Richard  had 
of  the  gift  of  John  Warde  aforesaid  and  his  wife  Isabel- 
la, at  the  said  annual  rent.  Seal— on  a  bend,  something 
defaced. 

1452. — May  29,  HENRY  GRAY,  steward,  WILLIAM 
BARKER  and  JOHN  FROST,  bailiffs,  JOHN  L.YNTON,  ser- 
jeant,  Wm.  Chester,  James  Watteson,  and  John  Mows, 
witnessed  a  deed  by  which  a  tenement  on  the  east  side 
of  the  street  called  Newgate,  between  the  land  of  the 
abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  south,  and  that  of  Richard 
Uscher  on  the  north,  was  conveyed  by  James  Bukk  to 
Robert  Tornor — to  hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by 
the  accustomed  services,  and  by  paying  annually  to  the 
said  James  Bukk,  during  his  life,  a  red  rose,  and  to  his 
heirs  after  his  death,  4s.  yearly. 

1453 On  Feb.  2,  Thomas  Mittfurde,  chaplain,  and 

master  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  by  in- 
denture, demised  to  Wm.  Robinson,  of  Morpeth,  cord- 
wainer,  one  tenement,  built  and  lying  in  the  town  of 
Morpeth  (on  the  N.E.  side  of  the  street  called  Sydgate, 
and  bounded  on  both  sides  by  the  lands  of  the  said  chan- 
try, and")  one  house  lying  upon  the  Stanyflat,  called  a 
BarJchous—io  hold  from  the  feast  of  the  Purification, 
1 453,  for  20  years,  at  5s.  a  year. 

1455. — Aug.  26,  WILLIAM  HARDYNG,  steward,  WM. 
HENRISON  and  JOHN  LYNTON,  bailiffs,  John  Wermouth, 
Richard  Marshall,  William  Chester,  and  John  Parker, 
tested  a  deed  by  which  James  Bukk,  of  Morpeth,  con- 
veyed to  George  Bukk,  chaplain,  his  son,  all  his  lands, 
tenements,  rents,  and  services  in  Morpeth,  with  two 
iron  vessels  called  salt-pans,  upon  the  Blythe,  a  tene- 
ment with  three  bovates  of  land  and  one  toft  called  the 
Spittlegarth,  in  Fangfosse,  in  Yorkshire,  which  the  said 
James  had  of  the  gift  of  William  White,  chaplain  ;  also 
two  oxgangs  of  land  in  Barnby,  which  he  held  by  the 
gift  of  Robert  de  Wansforth— to  hold  for  ever,  &c. 

This  deed  is  accompanied  by  two  powers  of  attorney: 
one  for  the  property  in  Northumberland,  dated  12  Sep., 
to  Richard  Marshall,  of  Morpeth,  glover;  the  other  for 
the  lands  in  Yorkshire,  16  Sep.,  to  Robert  Bukk,  to  give 
seisin.  Seals,  a  chimerical  quadruped  couchant,  with 
horns  but  without  wings,  and  this  inscription— 
fat in  iono. 

*  The  words  within  parenthesis  have  a  line  drawn  through 
them  in  the  original. 


145C. — Jan.  20,  34  Hen.  VI.,  WILLIAM  HAHDYHGE, 
then  senescal,  ROBERT  TOIINOR  and  THOMAS  WILSON, 
bailiffs,  JOHN  TORNOR,  serjeant,  John  Wermouth,  John 
Mowse,  and  John  Frost,  witness  a  deed  by  which  Thos. 
Watson  granted  to  James  Watson  a  tenement  lately 
conveyed  to  him  by  James  Bukk,  situated  on  the  south 
side  of  Aldgate,  having  on  the  west  land  of  the  abbot  of 
Newminster,  and  on  the  east  that  of  John  Ward — to 
hold  by  the  annual  payment  of  8s.  to  James  Bukk,  &c. 
1457.— Nov.  13,  36  Hen.  VI.,  WILLIAM  HAHDYNGE, 
then  steward,  John  Warmouth,  Rich.  Marsgall,  Thomas 
Rede,  and  John  Evenwodd,  witness  a  writing  by  which 
Richard  Wardhaugh,  of  Morpeth,  granted  to  John  Graie 
and  Alice  his  wife,  one  tenement,  consisting  of  two  roods 
of  land,  and  situated  in  Newgate,  in  Morpeth,  between 
the  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  the  north,  and 
his  own  land  on  the  south,  and  reaching  from  the  king's 
highway  to  the  rivulet  of  Cottyngburne — to  hold  to 
them,  their  heirs,  and  assigns,  for  ever,  paying  to  the 
grantor  his  hh.  &  ass.  3s.  4d.  a  year.  Ex*,  et  concordat 
cu  original?  s'co  p  me  Johem  Bednell .  Thorn's  Bates. — 
John  Herryson  and  John  Warrener  Balliv. — See  under 
1574. 

1463. — Oct.  12,  3  Edw.  IV.,  Rob.  Syggyston  released 
to  William  Barker,  John  Evenwood,  Wm.  Watson,  and 
John  Chaloner,  a  tenement  in  Morpeth,  on  the  west 
side  of  one  of  James  Buk's,  and  on  the  east  of  that  call- 
ed Hangman  land :  to  hold  to  them  and  their  heirs  for 
ever.  See  below,  deed  Sep.  10,  1465. 

1464. — July  10,  4  Edw.  IV.,  Geo.  Buch,  chaplain  and 
master  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  the  ville  of  Mor- 
peth, with  the  consent  of  the  whole  community  of  that 
town,  leased  to  John  Lynton,  for  99  years,  a  tenement 
having  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on  both  sides  of 
it,  and  the  common  street  on  the  north,  and  the  river  of 
Wanspyk  on  the  south,  at  6s.  a  year.  No  witnesses,  but 
the  sealing  clause  is  this :— "  Et  p  maiori  securitate 
ptes  ^dicte  sigillu  coe  ville  gdicte  utriq3  pti  huius  inden- 
ture apponi  pcuraverunt." 

1465. — Ap.  24,  George  Buk,  chaplain,  leased  for  forty 
years  to  Sampson  Wilson,  a  tenement  on  the  west  side  of 
Newgate-street,  between  the  land  of  John  Brown  and 
his  own  land,  at  4s.  a  year".  Also,  on  June  2nd,  Geo. 
Buk  leased  to  Wm.  Slegg,  for  99  years,  a  tenement  be- 
tween the  land  of  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary  on  the  east, 
and  land  of  John  Smith  on  the  west,  at  2s.  a  year ;  and, 
on  the  same  day,  he  also  granted  to  John  Frebarn,  for 


MORPETH  PARISH. ANNALS. 


501 


99  years,  a  lease  of  a  tenement  on  the  north  side  of 
Brigstreet,  between  land  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints 
and  land  of  Robert  Chambre,  at  5s.  a  year — Sep.  10, 
Richard  Marreschall,  Wm.  Barkar,  John  Evenwood, 
Win.  Watson,  and  John  Chaloner,  had  a  grant  from 
Margery,  widow  of  Robert  Syggiston,  of  a  tenement 
between  the  land  of  James  Buck  on  the  west,  and  that 
called  Hangmanland  on  the  east — which  ten*,  she  had 
by  the  gift  of  Rich.  Lastingham,  late  rector  of  Morpeth 
— to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by 
accustomed  services. 

1466 — Jan.  10,  5  Edw.  IV.,  Rowland  Usher  grants 
to  Henry  Bewick  two  tenements ;  one  between  a  tene- 
ment of  William  Robinson  and  one  of  Thos.  Wilson's — 
the  other  between  a  tenement  of  the  abbot  of  Newmin- 
ster  and  one  of  William  Chester's.  Also  a  meadow 
called  the  Well  Meadow,  within  the  territory  of  Mor- 
peth— which  tenements  the  said  Rowland  had  by  charter 
of  feoffment  from  Roger  Uscher,  at  the  yearly  rent  of 
13s.  4d.,  to  hold  for  ever. — April  10,  George  Buk,  chap- 
lain, master  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints  in  the  chapel 
of  Morpeth,  with  the  assent  of  the  whole  commonalty 
of  the  said  town,  leased  for  99  years  to  Wm.  Graunge, 
a  capital  messuage  of  the  said  chantry  called  Le  Chan- 
tree  Place,  containing  in  breadth  two  roods  and  a  half  of 
land,  and  extending  in  length  from  the  common  street 
before  unto  the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn  to  the  north  be- 
hind— to  hold  at  9s.  a  year  rent,  and  by  keeping  the 
premises  in  good  repair.  No  witnesses,  but  sealed  with 
the  common  seal  of  the  town. 

146?. — WM.  LAWSON,  steward,  JOHN  LONSDALE  and 
JOHN  TURNER,  bailiffs,  John  Wermouth,  Wm.  Ches- 
tyr,  and  others,  witnessed  an  indenture  by  which  Alice 
of  Bellassise  conveyed  to  Rowland  Stokhalgh  a  burgage, 
with  a  garden,  late  in  the  tenure  of  Rob.  Salmon,  and 
which  lay  between  a  tenement  of  the  abbot  of  Newmin- 
ster  on  the  east,  and  one  late  of  James  Buk  on  the  west, 
and  between  the  highway  and  the  water  of  Wanspek. — 
The  same  steward  and  bailiffs,  with  John  Parkur,  John 
Wermouth,  and  otheis,  on  Nov.  11,  this  year,  tested  an 
indenture,  by  which  Geo.  Buck,  chaplain  of  the  chantry 
of  All  Saints,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  let  to  farm,  to 
John  Robson,  a  tenement,  built  and  lying  in  the  town 
of  Morpeth  opposite  the  said  chapel,  in  breadth  between 
the  capital  messuage  called  the  Chantry-place  on  the 
west,  and  the  tenement  late  belonging  to  John  Smith 
on  the  east ;  and  in  length  from  the  king's  highway  to 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


the  rivulet  of  Cottingburn  backwards— to  hold  for  99 
years,  at  5s.  a  year. 

1469.— George  Buk,  chaplain  and  master  of  the  chan- 
try  of  All  Saints,  in  Morpeth,  by  indenture  (now  much 
decayed  on  one  side,)  leased  to  Rowland  Stokhalgh  four 
roods  of  land,  lying  together  upon  theStanyflat  further  in, 
between  the  lands  that  belonged  to  Wm.  Cruke  on  the 
north,  and  that  of  Wm.  Clerk  on  the  south,  and  extend- 
ing from  the  way  called  Wheteleeway  on  the  east,  to  the 
rivulet  of  Cotyngburn  on  the  west — to  hold  from  Nov. 
11,  in  9  Edward  IV.,  for  ...ty  nine  years,  at ..  shillings 
a  year.  Sealed,  but  no  witnesses. 

George  Buk,  chapkin,  also  by  indenture  without  date, 
granted  to  John  Hutton,  tanner,  two  tenements,  with 
two  selions  of  land,  containing  three  roods,  as  they  lay 
on  the  west  side  of  Newgayte,  between  a  tenement  of 
the  Blessed  Virgin  on  the  south,  and  one  of  Margaret 
Galon  on  the  north,  and  extending  from  the  king's  high- 
way in  length  to  the  river  of  Wanspek  on  the  west — to 
hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  the  an- 
nual payment  of  7s.  to  the  grantor,  his  heirs  and  assigns; 
the  witnesses  to  the  deed  being  Jacob  Bell,  William 
Watson,  John  Spur,  and  William  Elvesden. 

1470. — JOHN  LYNTON  and  WM.  KNIGHT,  bailiffs, 
and  all  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  on  March  73  in  this 
year,  under  their  common  seal,  and  in  consequence  of  an 
award  of  lord  Greystock,  released  to  the  abbot  and  con- 
vent of  Newminster  all  sort  of  common  of  pasture  in  an 
inclosure  called  Mardenflat,  or  otherwise  Barcarfeld,  in 
Morpeth.  The  date  in  the  original  deed  is  thus  given : 
"  Dat  Septimo  die  M'cij  anno  ab  inchoacoe  regni  regis 
Henrici  sexti  post  conqu  anglie  quadragessimo  nono  1 
redepcbis  potestatis  primo,"  and  the  seal  remains  nearly 
perfect.  As  lord  Greystock's  award  is  curious,  I  add 
the  following  abstract  of  it : — The  abbot  and  convent  of 
Newminster,  and  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  Morpeth, 
and  the  predecessors  of  both  parties,  having  had  long 
disputes  and  variances  respecting  common  of  pasture  in 
a  close  called  Marden  flat  or  Barcar  Field  They  agreed 
this  year  to  leave  their  respective  cases  to  the  arbitration 
of  lord  Greystock,  whose  deed  on  the  subject  still  remains 
here  in  the  Town's  hutch.  It  sets  forth  that  the  bailiffs 
and  burgesses  "  pretended  thar  title  vnto  the  sayd  comon 
by  a  grant  of  oon  Roger  Marlay  the  Third  sumtyme 
lord  of  Morpath  ancestre  vnto  me  the  sayd  lord  the 
wyche  Roger  as  the  sayde  bailleffes,  burgesses,  & 
comounalte  sayen  by  his  dede  enseled  wl  the  sele  of  his 
M 


502 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


armis  graunted  unto  theyme  comon  of  pasture  in  the 
sayd  close  by  the  name  of  cSmon  of  pasture  in  his  de- 
meyn  landes  of  Morpath  to  haue  "t  to  vse  the  sayd 
comon  of  pasture  in  the  sayd  demayn  landes  vnto  the 
sayd  bailliffes  1  burgesses  &  there  successors  for  eumore 
aftyr  xv  days  that  the  comes  growing  in  the  sayd  close 
shuld  be  had  or  led  away  .  And  the  which  Roger  Mar- 
lay  by  his  dede  enseyled  wt  the  sele  of  his  armis  the 
wyche  the  sayd  abbot  shewes  gave  and  granted  in  free 
almons  all  the  said  close,  as  by  the  names  of  certeyn 
boundours  in  the  sayd  dede  more  pleynly  is  expressed 
vnto  God  t  the  Mownkes  of  our  lady  Seint  Mari  of 
Newmonstre  to  haue  vnto  theyme  rt  vnto  there  suc- 
cessours  for  eQmore  to  ere  sawe  &  close  at  there  will  t 
to  do  tharwythall  there  pfite" — "  I  therefore  the  sayd 
lord  desyryng  tenderly  as  a  foundor  of  the  sayd  Monas?e 
and  lord  of  the  sayd  town  of  Morpath  the  good  zele  t 
f sperite  1  welefair  of  both  the  sayd  ptye"  "  ordeynes 
iuges  t  denies  in  ma8  &  forme  as  folewith — That  is  to 
wete: — First  that  the  sayd  bailliffes  1  burgesses  by 
there  dede  endented  sufficient  undyr  thayre  comon  sele 
shall  relesse  vnto  the  sayd  abbot  and  couent  and  unto 
theyr  successours  all  comon  of  pasture  that  the  sayd 
bailiffs  1  burgess  t  theyr  heirs  1  eche  of  thayme  hauen 
had  or  hereafter  may  haue  in  the  sayd  close  1  in  e8y 
pcell  thare  of  to  haue  1  to  hald  all  the  sayd  close  quiet 
of  all  ma9  of  comon  of  pasture  to  close,  ere,  saw,  fi  do 
thayr  pfyte  ther  wythal  for  eQmore  .  And  if  the  bestes 
resonable  of  the  sayd  Bailliffes  *t  Burgesses  for  lake  of 
sufficiant  closure  of  the  sayd  close  at  any  tyme  here- 
aftyr  hap  to  skape  in  to  the  sayd  closse  shall  not  be 
pyndit  bot  esely  to  be  put  out  thereof  'I  not  drevyn  to 
the  pynfald  .  For  the  wych  relese  so  to  be  made,  I  the 
sayd  lord  awardes  iuges  and  denies  that  the  said  abbot 
t  couent  by  there  dede  suffeciant  vndyr  there  comon 
sele  beryng  date  oon  -daye  at  the  leist  aftyr  the  date  of 
the  said  relesse  shall  graunt  vnto  the  sayd  bailliffes  1 
burgesses  to  do  oons  eQy  yere  the  Monday  next  after  J>e 
f'est  of  St.  Peter  in  Cathedra  oon  placebo  1  dirige  ouer 
night  wyth  note  ct  oon  the  morne  a  mes  w*  note  to  be 
don  yerely  by  the  couent  of  the  sayd  monas?e  in  the 
kyrk  of  the  sayd  monas?e  at  the  high  awter  there  than 
to  pray  for  all  thos  soulles  of  all  the  bailliffes  &  bur- 
gesses of  the  sayd  town  of  Morpeth  frome  the  light  of 
this  world  than  taken  vnto  the  mercy  of  God,  and  for 
the  psperite  1  welefayr  of  all  the  sayd  bailliffes  and 
burgesses  than  beyng  and  there  heirs  °t  successours  for 


efimore  wyth  a  oon  clause  of  destres  for  nowfi  doying  of 
the  sayd  placebo  t  derige  1  messe  or  any  of  thayme  of 
oon  rent  of  vjs.  viijd.  goying  owt  of  J>e  place  of  the  sayd 
abbot  1  couent  of  heghlawe  in  the  shire  of  Northumbyr- 
land  yerely  to  be  paid  vnto  the  sayd  bailliffes  1  bur- 
gesses 1  their  successes  alsoft  as  the  sayd  placebo  "T 
derige  ct  messe  or  any  of  thayme  shall  not  be  don  .  At 
wyche  messe  w*  note  so  to  be  don  in  toknyng  that  the 
sayd  placebo  t  derige  t  masse  bene  don  oon  of  the  sayd 
bailliffes  or  burgesses  shall  yerely  at  his  will  offre  at 
the  sayd  masse  jd.  in  affermaunce  1  for  the  more  cre- 
dence of  the  premisses  .  In  wytnes  wher  of  I  the  sayd 
lord  vnto  this  myn  awarde  tribertite  hauen  set  the  seale 
of  myn  arms  the  vj  day  of  March  in  the  yere  of  our  lord 
God  M'cccclxx."  (Seal  remaining.)  The  obligation  of 
John,  abbot  of  Newminster,  to  perform  the  services 
named  in  the  award,  is  dated  on  the  8th  of  March,  in 
the  year  from  the  commencement  of  the  reign  of  Henry 
the  Sixth,  the  forty-ninth,  and  of  his  restoration  to  so- 
vereign power  the  first;  and  has  the  common  seal  of 
the  monastery  attached  to  it,  but  much  chipped  and 
broken  about  the  edges. 

1471— Nov.  11,  11  Edw.  IV.,  Roger  Usher,  esq., 
gave  to  Henry  Bewick,  merchant  in  Morpeth,  a  power 
of  attorney  to  receive  his  rents,  services,  &c.  in  Morpeth. 

20  Dec.,  George  Buk,  master  or  keeper  of  the  chantry 
of  All  Saints,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  bailiffs  and  community  of  Morpeth,  the 
patrons  of  that  chantry,  leased  to  Thomas  Swan,  a  waste 
tenement  in  Morpeth,  lying  in  breadth  between  a  tene- 
ment of  Ralph,  baron  of  Greystock,  lately  inhabited  by 
John  Coupland,  wright,  on  the  east,  and  that  of  William 
Barker,  then  in  the  occupation  of  William  Marshall, 
weaver,  on  the  west,  and  in  length  from  the  king's  high, 
way  on  the  north,  to  the  water  of  Wanspik  on  the  south, 
for  100  years,  at  the  rent  of  3s.  4d.  a  year. 

1472. — Ap.  7,  Geo.  Buk,  chaplain,  granted  to  Henry 
Buyk,  a  tenement,  between  one  of  the  abbey  of  New- 
minster  and  another  of  John  Tornor,  together  with  a 
rood  of  land  extending  from  the  street  of  Aldgay  t  to  the 
land  of  the  said  abbey  towards  the  north — to  hold  forever. 

May  4,  George  Buk,  chaplain,  leased  for  ninety-nine 
years,  to  Patrick  Johnson,  a  tenement,  lying  between 
one  of  Thomas  Wilson  on  the  west,  and  the  land  of  the 
chantry  of  All  Saints  on  the  east,  and  extending  from 
the  highway  before  to  Cottingburn  behind,  at  the  yearly 
rent  of  5s. 


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1 1  Dec.,  Bond  from  Roger  Usher,  gentleman,  to  Hen. 
Bewyk,  in  £20,  with  consideration  to  this  effect: — 
That  if  the  said  Henry  Bewyk  peaceably  enjoyed  to 
him  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  two  tenements,  with  their 
appurts,  in  Morpeth,  one  between  a  tenement  of  Wm. 
Robynson  on  the  east,  and  one  of  Thomas  Wilson  on  the 
south :  the  other  in  Aldgate,  bounded  on  the  south  by 
a  tenement  of  the  abbey  of  Newminster,  and  on  the  east 
by  one  of  Richard  Marshall ;  as  also  a  certain  park,  call- 
ed "Wellmeadow,  and  all  those  lands  of  the  said  Roger 
lying  upon  the  Milnhaugh,  also  a  close  called  the  Gleyd- 
hough,  and  all  the  lands  and  tenements  of  the  said 
Roger  in  the  high  fields  of  Morpeth,  according  to  the 
form  and  effect  of  an  indenture  between  the  said  parties, 
dated  Dec.  10,  12  Edw.  IV.— then  that  this  obliga- 
tion be  void. 

12  Dec.,  Roger  Usher  leased  to  Henry  Bewick,  for 
21  years,  all  his  possessions  in  the  town  and  fields  of 
Morpeth,  at  the  yearly  rent  of  6s.  4d. 

1473. — 12  Feb.,  WM.  LAWSON,  steward,  JOHN  CHA- 
LONER  and  ...  TODDE,  bailiffs,  and  Richard  Marshall, 
tested  a  deed  by  which  George  Bukke,  chaplain,  granted 
to  Thomas  Watson,  "  schomaker,"  a  tenement  in  M  or- 
peth,  lying  in  the  west  side  of  that  town,  between  a 
tenement  of  the  chantry  of  the  blessed  Mary  on  the 
south,  and  one  of  the  abbey  of  Newminster  on  the  north 
— to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by 
paying  to  the  grantor,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  3s.  annually. 

1475. — (No  day.)  ROBERT  POTTE  and  JOHN  BAR- 
BITONSORE,  bailiffs,  are  witnesses  to  a  deed  of  entail, 
by  which  William  Barker  gave  to  Robert  Lam,  in  free 
marriage  with  his  daughter  Johanna,  wife  of  the  said 
Robert,  and  their  lawful  heirs,  a  tenement  in  Briggate, 
between  one  of  Ralph  lord  Greystock  on  the  west,  and 
one  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints  on  the  east,  together 
with  a  rood  of  land  in  Hylgayt,  bounded  by  the  land  of 
the  Blessed  Mary  on  the  west,  and  that  of  Wm.  Ches- 
ter on  the  east — and  in  default  of  heirs  of  them  lawfully 
begotten,  the  said  tenement  and  rood  of  land  to  revert 
to  the  heirs  of  the  said  William  Barker. 

1478. — Feb.  10,  George  Bukk,  chaplain,  granted  to 
Isabella  Potter,  a  barn,  with  half  a  rood  of  land,  lying 
on  the  north  side  of  Aldgate-street,  between  the  land  of 
Thomas  Wilson  on  the  west,  and  the  lands  of  Robert 
Gibson  on  the  east — to  hold  for  ever  at  the  yearly  rent 
of  20d. 

1479.— Jan.  5,  18  Edw.  IV.,  Robert  Smyth,  cousin 


and  heir  of  master  John  Eland,  late  vicar  of  Bedlington, 
granted  to  George  Buk,  chaplain,  Wm.  Norton,  chap- 
lain, William  Evenwode,  chaplain,  Henry  Brotherwick, 
George  Lawson,  John  Dolphenby,  John  Reed,  and  John 
Walson,  all  those  lands,  &c.  which  the  said  John  Eland, 
together  with  Walter  Darley,  late  rector  of  Morpeth, 
Robert  Barker,  late  vicar  of  Whelpington,  and  John 
Lee,  late  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  had  of  the  gift  of  Richard 
Marshall,  chaplain,  which  said  land  descended  to  the 
said  Robert  as  cousin  and  heir  of  the  said  John  Eland — 
to  hold  to  the  said  George  Buk,  and  others  their  heirs, 
for  ever,  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee. 

1480.— April  17,  20  Edw.  IV.,  George  Buk,  chaplain, 
master  or  keeper  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  with  the 
assent  and  consent  of  Henry  Brotherwek,  true  patron 
of  the  said  chantry,  leased  to  Thomas  Swan,  a  waste 
tenement,  bounded  on  the  east  by  a  tenement  of  Ralph 
lord  Greystok,  then  inhabited  by  John  Cowpland,  wright, 
and  on  the  west  by  one  of  William  Barker,  on  the  north 
by  the  highway,  and  on  the  south  by  the  Wanspek,  for 
100  years,  at  3s.  4d.  a  year. 

1481 — Feb.  14,  20  Edw.  IV.,  George  Buk,  chaplain, 
leased  to  William  Redhed,  for  99  years,  a  tenement, 
bounded  on  both  sides  by  tenements  of  All  Saints,  and 
extending  from  the  king's  highway  before  unto  the  Cot- 
tingburn  behind — to  hold  for  99  years,  by  paying  to  the 
said  George  and  his  heirs,  6s.  annually. 

1483. — April  28,  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  grant  to 
John  Reed  and  William  Bewyk  an  acre  of  land  in  the 
High-field  of  Morpeth — to  hold  to  them  and  their  heirs 
for  ever,  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  and  by  rendering 
8d.  every  third  year  to  the  said  bailiffs  and  burgesses. 

1484. — March  15,  1  Ric.  III.,  JOHN  HEROUN,  then 
steward,  WILLIAM  KNYGHT  and  JOHN  REED,  bailiffs, 

ROBERT  ,  serjeant,  John  Robson,  Thomas  Norton, 

and  Thomas  Huchonson,  witnessed  a  grant  from  George 
Buk,  chaplain,  to  John  Walys,  of  a  tenement  opposite 
the  water-mill,  and  lying  between  the  land  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin  Mary  on  the  west,  and  a  tenement  of  John 
Lamb's  on  the  east — to  hold  for  ever  of  the  chief  lord  of 
the  fee  by  the  usual  services,  and  an  annual  payment  of 
4s.  to  the  grantor. 

Aug.  28,  2  Ric.  III.,  George  Buk,  chaplain,  son  and 
heir  of  James  Buk,  late  of  Morpeth,  granted  to  Robert 
Charlton,  abbot  of  Newminster,  Richard  Burton,  rector 
of  Morpeth,  William  Norton,  master  of  the  Hospital  of 
our  Lord  God  at  Berwick-upon-Tweed,  and  William 


504, 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


Ewynwood,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  all  those  lands  and  tene- 
ments which  late  belonged  to  the  said  James  Buk,  and 
at  his  death  descended  to  the  said  George — to  hold  to 
them  and  their  heirs  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by 
the  usual  services. 

1485. — In  Nov.  this  year,  William  Norton,  rector  of 
Walton,  William  Evenwood,  perpetual  vicar  of  Wood- 
horn,  George  Lawson,  Henry  Brotherwick,  John  Dol- 
fenbee,  and  John  Reed,  by  the  gift  and  grant  of  all  the 
burgesses  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  feoffees  of  the  chan- 
try of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth, 
granted  to  John  Anderson,  chaplain  of  the  said  chantry, 
for  the  term  of  his  natural  life,  with  consent  of  the  said 
burgesses,  all  the  lands,  &c.  of  the  said  chantry,  on  con- 
dition of  his  performing,  at  all  proper  times,  the  services 
of  the  said  chantry. 

1487. — June  3,  William  Loncaster,  John  Reyde, 
Richard  Jacson,  and  Thomas  Norton,  witnessed  a  grant 
from  John  Anderson,  chaplain  and  keeper  of  the  chan- 
try of  the  Blessed  Mary  of  Morpeth,  with  consent  of 
the  whole  commonalty  of  Morpeth,  to  John  Richard- 
son, glover,  of  a  tenement  on  the  west  side  of  Newgate- 
street,  between  the  land  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster  on 
the  north,  and  that  of  the  Blessed  Mary  on  the  south, 
and  from  the  highway  before  unto  the  Wanspek  behind; 
likewise  a  rood  of  land  in  le  Pathgate,  between  the  land 
of  William  Lawson  on  the  south,  and  that  of  the  Blessed 
Mary  on  the  north,  extending  from  the  highway  before 

unto  Raynhald behind,  for  100  years,  save  one 

day,  by  the  yearly  payment  of  3s.  4d. 

1490. — May  20,  WILLIAM  FAWCUS  and  THOMAS 
NORTON,  then  bailiffs,  and  THOMAS  WATSON,  serjeant, 
witness  a  grant  from  John  Anderson,  chaplain  and  keep- 
er of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  chapel  of 
Morpeth,  with  the  consent  of  William  Norton,  rector  of 
Whalton,  William  Evynwood,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  Geo. 
Lawson,  John  Dolphenbie,  Henry  Brotherwick,  and 
John  Reid,  and  also  with  the  assent  of  the  whole  com- 
munity of  the  town,  to  James  Rychester,  of  a  tenement 
in  Aldgate-street,  between  the  land  of  John  Fawcus  on 
the  west,  and  that  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  the  tenure 
of  William  Bewick,  which  extended  from  the  highway 
before,  to  the  land  of  the  abbey  of  Newminster  behind, 
and  which  contained  one  rood — to  hold  for  ever  at  the 
reserved  rent  of  12d.  a  year. 

1490. — 5  Henry  VII.,  no  day  mentioned,  WILLIAM 
FAUCUS  and  THOMAS  NEWTON,  bailiffs,  and  THOMAS 


WATSON,  serjeant  at  mace,  tested  a  deed,  by  which  John 
Anderson,  chaplain  and  keeper  of  the  land  and  tenements 
of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth,  with  the 
consent  of  the  whole  community  of  that  town,  gave  to 
James  Rochester,  currier,  (allutarius)  a  burgage  of  one 
rood  on  the  north  side  of  the  street  called  Aldgate,  be- 
tween the  land  of  John  Fawcus  on  the  west,  and  that 
late  of  Henry  Bewick  'on  the  east,  and  extending  from 
that  street  to  the  ground  of  the  abbot  of  Newminster— 
to  hold  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  and  by  paying  to  the 
said  John  and  his  successors  chaplains  there,  12d.  a  year. 

1493 — Sep.  24,  9  Hen.  VIL,  JOHN  CHALONER  and 
THOMAS  WATSON,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN  TURNOUR,  roper, 
serjeant  at  mace,  were  witnesses  to  a  grant,  whereby 
Thomas  Swinburne,  of  Nafferton  upon  Tyne,  conveyed 
to  John  Richardson,  of  Morpeth,  "  seretcario,"  a  waste 
in  that  town,  lying  between  a  tenement  of  the  abbot  of 
Newminster  on  the  north,  and  one  late  in  the  tenure  of 
John  Chaloner  on  the  south,  and  extending  from  the 
highway  on  the  west  to  Winsheleway  on  the  east — to 
hold,  with  half  an  acre  of  land  adjoining,  at  the  yearly 
rent  of  5s. 

1494. — May  14,  William  Bewick  leased,  for  23  years, 
to  Thomas  Hawll,  smyth,  a  tenement  on  the  west  side 
of  Newgate,  between  the  landjof  the  abbey  of  Newmin- 
ster on  the  north,  and  that  of  John  Turner  on  the  south, 
at  the  yearly  rent  of  10s.  8d.  Witnesses — James  Ry- 
chester, shoemaker,  Alexander  Marshall,  smythe,  Thos. 
Rychester,  glover,  and  Thomas  Couartt,  taylor. 

1495. — May  2,  William  Bewyke,  of  Morpath,  leased, 
for  the  term  of  47  years,  to  John  Hawmarr  and  Janet 
his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  a  burgage  in  Aldgate,  as  it  lies 
"  closyd"  in  between  a  tenement  of  Cuthbert  Heron 
and  one  of  George  Rychester,  on  a  rent  of  3s.  yearly. 
Witnesses — Alex.  Marshall,  Thos.  Kyrsop,  Thos.  HalL 

1496 — 11  Hen.  VII.  No  day  mentioned.  Grant 
from  Robert  Lamb,  of  Tynemouth,  miller,  to  Henry 
Hochon,  of  the  same  place,  taylor,  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  daughter  of  the  said  Robert,  in  free  marriage,  a 
burgage  in  Briggate-street,  between  a  tenement  of  the 
noble  lord  John  de  Graystock  on  the  west,  and  one  be- 
longing to  the  chantry  of  All  Saints  on  the  east,  with  a 
rood  of  land  lying  in  Hilgate,  between  the  land  of  the 
Blessed  Mary  on  the  west,  and  that  of  Wm.  Chestre  on 
the  east — to  hold  in  fee  tail,  with  remainder  to  the 
grantor's  reight  heirs. 

1500.— June  7,  JOHN  REDE  and  MILES  HENRISON, 


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505 


bailiffs,  JOHN  MAN,  serjeant,  and  John  Anderson,  chap, 
lain,  test  a  deed,  by  which  John  Lange,  chaplain  and 
keeper  of  the  chantry  of  All  Saints,  in  the  chapel  of 
Morpeth,  with  consent  of  the  abbot  and  convent  of 
Newminster,  of  John  Bell,  lord  of  Belacys,  and  also 
of  the  whole  commonalty  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  grant- 
ed for  90  years,  to  William  Marshal,  weaver,  a  burgage 
containing  half  an  acre  of  land,  in  Brygestrete,  bounded 
on  both  sides  by  the  land  of  All  Saints,  and  extending 
from  the  highway  before  unto  Fulbek  behind,  at  the  year- 
ly rent  of  5s.  to  the  said  John  Lange  and  his  successors. 

1505 — Dec.  14,  21  Hen.  VII.,  Marg.  Buk,  widow, 
and  James  Buk,  of  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  merchant,  leased 
for  30  years,  to  Robert  Trewick,  of  Morpeth,  weaver, 
and  Joan  his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  a  tenement  in  Aid- 
gate-street,  between  land  of  Newminster  Abbey  on  the 
west,  and  of  John  Ward  on  the  east — to  hold  "  of  the 
hede  lord  of  the  fee  by  the  §uice  of  burrow  farme  &  rent 
thereof  dew,"  and  6s.  yearly,  and  to  the  chantry  priest 
of  Our  Lady's  Chantry,  in  All  Hallows  Chapel,  at  the 
bridge  end,  8s.  yearly ;  "  &  the  said  Rob.  &  Joan  pro- 
mise to  bynd  them  &  ther  heyres  w'in  two  years  and 
ane  halff  yere  next  folloyng  on  the  bakeside  of  the  said 
tenement  to  beld  and  mak-of-new  a  house  of  foure  cup- 
pelles  w'  balkes,  sparres,  1  oth  tynVb  work  therunto  be- 
longyng  and  the  walles  $  of  of  the  highte  of  seven  ffoote 
of  stone  &  morter  sufficiauntly,  w*  wyndoe  &  dores,  and 
to  theke  the  same  house  w*  hedder  and  straw  to  gedders, 
or  medow  thake  ft  hadder  to  gedders." 

1515.— Feb.  15,  6  Hen.  VIII.,  HENRY  WHELPDEN 
and  GEO.  SMYTHE,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN  MYLNEBURNE, 
serjeant,  and  Wm.  Bewick,  conveyed  to  Wm.  Turner, 
of  Morpeth,  tanner,  22  roods  of  land,  lying  in  the  Miln- 
haugh,  extending  along  the  east  side  of  the  way  called 
Winselway,  to  the  land  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  on 
the  north,  and  the  land  of  John  Bell  on  the  south,  and 
to  the  North-field  on  the  east  side,  to  hold  for  ever  of 
the  chief  lord  of  the  fee — the  witnesses  being  sir  John 
Anderson,  chaplain,  John  Reide,  Edward  Davy,  Henry 
Nichol,  James  Robinson,  and  John  Fawcus. 

1517— June  14,  Indent,  dated  at  Newcastle,  by  which 
Marg.  Buk,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Thomas 
Swan,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  deceased,  by  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  William  Buk, 
granted  to  William  Russ,  of  Morpeth,  taylor,  and  Alice 
his  wife,  a  tenement  on  the  south  side  of  Aldgate — to 

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hold  for  ever  by  paying  to  her  6s.,  and  to  the  chaplain 
of  All  Saints'  chantry  8s.  a  year. 

1518 — May  23,  10  Henry  VIII.,  William  Venis,  of 
Morpeth,  fuller,  leased  to  Thomas  Nicholson,  tanner, 
for  31  years,  a  tenement  on  bowllis  greyn,  bounded  on 
both  sides  by  lands  of  the  abbot  of  Newyminster  "  and 
from  the  street  to  Cottingburn."  Witnesses — John  At- 
chinson,  cordwainer,  and  Richard  Mavyn,  tanner. 

1519.— Ap.  J,  10  Hen.  VIII.,  THOMAS  HARMORAR, 
steward,  JOHN  HEDLE  and  EDW.  HENRESON,  bailiffs, 
and  RICH.  SOMER,  serjeant  at  mace,  witnessed  a  deed, 
sealed  with  the  common  seal  of  the  town,  by  which 
Henry  Cowarte  and  Robert  Necholson,  proctors,  of  the 
guild  of  St.  George,  in  the  parish  church  of  Morpeth, 
with  consent  of  the  brothers  of  the  whole  guild,  convey- 
ed to  Richard  Greyne,  tanner,  in  fee,  a  tenement  in 
Newgate,  upon  the  Lawe,  between  the  land  of  the  chan- 
try of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  on  the  south,  and  that 
of  William  Dobson  on  the  north,  and  extending  from 
the  highway  before  to  Winselway  behind — to  hold  by 
paying  to  the  proctor  of  the  said  chantry  and  his  suc- 
cessors 2s.,  and  to  the  chaplain  of  All  Saints'  chapel, 
4  a  ft.  of  wax,  and  to  the  proctors  of  the  said  guild,  16s. 

1520. — Aug.  2,  John  Brandling,  Peter  Chaytor,  Geo. 
Burrell,  Barth.  Bee,  Edward  Swynburne,  and  Percval 
Bewyk,  of  Newcastle,  merchants,  test  a  deed  of  William 
Bewyk,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Bewyk,  deceased,  grant- 
ing to  Andrew  Bewyk,  of  Newcastle,  his  heirs  &  assigns, 
for  ever,  all  his  lands,  tenements,  &c.  in  the  town  and 
fields  of  Morpeth. 

Aug.  6,  Andrew  Bewyk,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  in 
consideration  of  the  grant  of  William  Buik,  of  Morpeth, 
dated  Aug.  2,  covenants  to  give  to  the  said  William  an 
annuity,  and  meat  and  drink  at  his  table  as  much  as 
"the  said  William  please th  to  take,  for  the  term  of  his. 
natural  life,  chargeable  upon  his  lands  in  Morpeth." 
This  indenture  has  annexed  to  it,  a  rental  of  all  the  pos- 
sessions in  Morpeth  which  the  said  William  Bewick 
conveyed  to  Andrew  Bewick,  which  rental  consists  of 
several  small  sums  payable  out  of  several  tenements, 
and  amounting  in  all  to  £3  6s.  8d.,  out  of  which  was  to 
be  allowed  "for  free  farmes  11s.,  a  pound  of  peper  16d., 
two  ft.  of  wax  12d.,  in  all  1 3s.  4d.,  and  so  remaneth  that 
Andrew  Bewyk  must  pay  yearly  to  the  said  Wirhn 
Bewyk  and  his  assigns  ffifty  and  three  shillings  and  four 
pence,"  &c. 
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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


1521.— May  19,  sir  Thos.  Bell  and  sir  Thos.  Ligh- 
ten, chantry  priests  of  the  chantry  of  All-hallows,  with 
the  consent  of  Christ.  Bell,  lord  of  Bellasyse,  true 
patron  of  that  chantry,  and  of  the  abbot  of  Newmin- 
ster  and  the  burgesses  and  community  of  Morpeth, 
granted  to  Robert  Nicholson  a  tenement  in  Brigg-street, 
called  the  Mansion-house,  between  land  of  Christ.  Bell 
on  the  west,  and  of  the  same  chantry  on  the  east,  with 
the  lands  belonging  to  it  in  the  High-field  of  Morpeth, 
for  100  years  save  a  day,  at  £1  6s.  8d.,  to  the  said 
priests,  and  keeping  the  premises  in  repair.  Sealed  with 
the  common  seal  of  the  town. 

1524. — 19  March,  George  Lawson,  of  By  well  upon 
Tyne,  gentleman,  and  last  feoffee  of  the  lands,  ^c.  of  the 
chantry  of  the  Virgin  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth, 
released  to  the  venerable  master  Cuth.  Marshall,  D.D., 
and  rector  of  the  church  of  Whitburn,  Mr  Wm.  Mar- 
shall, B.LL.,  and  vicar  of  Berwick,  John  Hixon,  vicar 
of  Stannington,  Stephen  Halliday,  chaplain,  Christ.  Bell, 
of  Bellasyse,  gent.,  Thomas  Hedley,  William  Almorye, 
and  Roger  Thompson,  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  all  the 
right  and  claim  he  had  in  the  same  chantry  by  gift  of 
John  Eland,  vicar  of  Bedlington,  to  the  use  of  John 
Anderson,  chaplain,  for  his  life. 

May  15,  John  Milburn  and  Wm.  Hotone,  proctors 
of  the  guild  of  St.  George,  with  consent  of  the  brothers 
of  the  guild,  grant  to  Richard  Watson,  weaver,  a  bur- 
gage  on  the  west  side  of  Newgate,  bounded  by  land  on 
the  north  of  Roger  Thompson,  and  on  the  south  of  the 
chantry  of  the  Virgin  Mary  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints 
and  extending  from  the  highway  before  to  the  Wanpek 
behind — to  hold  for  ever  at  an  annual  rent,  to  John  An- 
derson, chaplain,  and  his  successors,  of  3s.  4d.,  and  to 
the  proctors  of  the  said  guild  2s.  8d. 
.  1525 — April  20,  17  Hen.  VIII.,  Bartholomew  Ho- 
chone,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Hotchone,  of  Tynemouth, 
granted  to  John  Hochone,  of  Tinemouth,  taylor,  a  tene- 
ment in  le  Briggate,  between  one  of  William  lord  Grey- 
stock  on  the  west,  and  one  belonging  to  the  chantry 
of  All  Saints  on  the  east ;  also  a  rood  of  land  in  Hil- 
gate,  between  that  of  the  Blessed  Mary  on  the  west, 
and  that  of  William  Chester  on  the  east — to  hold  to  the 
said  John  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  And,  on  the  same  day, 
by  another  instrument,  Sibilla,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Hen.  Hochone,  released  the  same  premises  to  the  same 
grantee,  George  Robeson,  senior,  of  Tinmouth,  Thomas 


Dinnund,  of  Chirton,  George  Bettis,  and  John  Weddle, 
being  witnesses  to  the  transaction. 

May  20, 1?  Hen.  VIII.,  maister  Thomas  Bell  and  sir 
Thomas  lyghton,  chantry  priests  of  the  chapel  of  Mor- 
peth, with  consent  of  Christopher  Bell,  their  patron,  and 
of  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newininster  and  the  com- 
monalty of  Morpath,  demised  to  Nourman  Milburne, 
a  tenement  in  Morpeth,  lying  in  Bryge-street,  on  the 
north  part  of  the  said  town,  "  betwix  J>e  fflket  steids  on 
]>e  west  ptie  and  Synnborne  lands  on  )>e  est  ptie  1  fro  )>e 
said  bryge  street  on  )>e  sowth  ptie  to  ]>e  saide  chantere 
lands  on  ]>e  north  ptie,"  to  hold  for  ever  at  4s.  4d.  a  year. 

1526 — March  27,  Robt.  Buke,  son  and  heir  of  James 
Buik,  late  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  granted  to  Andrew  Bewik,  a  tenement  on  the  south 
side  of  Aldgate — to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever. 

1529. — Feb.  4,  GEORGE  MILNER  and  ROGER  THOM- 
SON, bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  and  JOHN  WARENELL,  ser- 
jeant  at  mace,  witnessed  the  release  by  which  Edward 
Rochester,  of  Newcastle,  quit-claimed  to  Andrew  BewicK, 
all  right  to  a  tenement  on  Bowie's  grene,  between  land 
of  Edward  Rochester,  tanner,  and  Dogger  dike,  from  the 
highway  before  to  the  Wanspeck  behind — to  hold  for 
ever. 

May  16,  William  Rose  and  Richard  Fawcus,  proctors 
of  the  guild  of  St.  George,  granted  to  Wm.  Armstrong, 
a  messuage  in  Aldgate,  having  land  of  Our  Lady's  chan- 
try .on  the  east,  and  of  John  Boag  on  the  west,  and  ex- 
tending from  the  said  street  before  to  lands  of  the  abbot 
of  Newminster  behind — to  hold  to  him,  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  for  ever.  Witnesses — Gilbert  Whitfield,  Geo. 
Smith,  and  Robert  Nicholson. 

June  11,  Nicholas  and  Robert  Buk,  sons  and  heirs  of 
James  Buk,  late  of  Newcastle,  became  bound  to  Alan 
Mylburn  and  Roger  Clark,  proctors  of  the  guild  of  St. 
George,  in  the  penalty  of  £10,  "to  keep  them  harmless 
anens  an  annuity  of  4s.  of  whyt  rent  of  a  tenement  in 
Morpeth ;"  and,  on  the  same  day,  the  same  Nicholas  and 
Robert  "  Buik"  released  to  the  same  Alan  and  Roger, 
all  their  right  in  the  said  rent  of  4s.  arising  from  a  tene- 
ment in  the  "  M'gaitsted,"  on  the  south  upon  the  land 
of  the  chantry  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  as  far  as  the  "  Tol- 
bouth" — to  hold  to  the  said  proctors  and  their  successors. 

Dec.  8,  Edward  Rochester,  glover,  leased  for  the  term 
of  14  years,  to  Andrew  Bewyk,  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
a  tenement  on  "Bowie's  green  near  unto  Grave-gate 


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jate,  between  lands  of  Edward  Rochester,  tanner,  and 
Dogger  dyke,  from  the  king's  street  before  unto  the 
water  of  Wansbek  backward,  as  it  is  pallised  new  by 
measures  and  bounds,"  at  6s.  8d.  a  year.  The  deed, 
No.  20,  and  dated  on  Feb.  4,  following,  is  in  Latin,  but 
to  the  same  purport  as  the  last. 

1530. — Feb.  2,  GEORGE  WHELPDANE  and  THOMAS 
AYDEN,  bailiffs,  HENRY  NYCHOLI,,  serjeant,  Gilbert 
Whitfield,  George  Smith,  Rich.  Greyn,  Wm.  Almere, 
Robert  Nicholson,  Alen  Haull,  and  John  Warrenell, 
aldermen,  leased  to  John  Cavert  and  Wm.  Gavston,  for 
61  years,  ground  and  pasture  enclosed  from  the  Myln 
to  Holborn,  by  metes  and  bounds  from  the  Wanspek, 
(except  a  close  and  tenement  of  Richard  Tode,  as  it  is 
closed)  at  the  yearly  rent  of  3s.  6d. 

Nov.  11,  John  Anderson,  chaplain,  and  keeper  of  Our 
Lady's  chantry,  in  Morpeth  chapel,  with  consent  of  the 
bailiffs,  Serjeants,  and  aldermen  named  in  the  last  ab- 
stracted deed,  granted  to  Umfra  Dave,  glover,  for  60 
years,  two  shops,  and  a  loft  upon  them,  in  the  M'kgat- 
sted  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  between  lands  of  the  said 
chantry  on  both  sides,  at  10s.  annual  rent.  Sealed  with 
the  common  seal. 

1531. — Andrew  Bewyk,  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
granted  to  John  Atkinson,  "  schomaker,"  a  burgage  in 
Aldgate,  bounded  on  the  west  by  lands  of  the  chantry 
of  St.  George  the  martyr,  in  Morpeth  church,  and  on 
the  east  by  lands  of  the  lord  of  Meldon,  on  the  south 
by  the  highway,  and  on  the  north  by  "  Bewykis  lands," 
at  4s.  a  year.  Witnesses — Henry  Nichol,  of  Morpeth, 
schomaker,  and  John  Garnet,  of  Eschete,  husbandman. 

1533 — May  24,  Roger  Clarke  and  John  Huntle, 
proctors  of  the  guild  of  St.  George  founded  in  Morpeth 
church,  with  the  consent  of  the  brothers  of  the  whole 
guild,  granted  to  Thomas  Place,  tanner,  and  his  heirs 
for  ever,  a  stone-built  tenement  on  the  east  side  of 
Newgate-street,  containing  two  roods,  between  land  of 
the  Abbey  of  Newminster  on  the  north,  and  that  of 
Roger  Swinburne  on  the  south — to  hold  by  paying  the 
said  proctors  6s.  8d.,  and  to  Roger  Swinburne  and  his 
heirs  5s.  annually. 

1534. — "The  xi  of  July,  Lord  Dacres  of  the  north 
was  araigned  at  Westminster  of  high  treason,  where  he 
so  wittily  confuted  his  accusers,  that  to  their  greate 
shame  hee  was  found  not  gultie."—  (Stowe's  Chron. 
abridged  Ed.,  1598.) 

1535 — About  this  period,  Morpeth  castle  was  used  as 


a  prison,  and  was  broken  open  by  a  gang  of  Tindale  men, 
for  the  purpose  of  rescuing  Cokes  Charleton,  "  the  most 
notable  thief  in  that  country,"  who  had  been  arrainged 
at  the  bar  for  certain  felonies  but  remanded  to  prison. 
(See  III.  *.  39.)  And  on  July  9,  this  year,  William  lord 
Dacre  was  tried  in  Westminster  Hall,  most  probably  on 
the  charges  contained  in  the  roll  printed  in  Part  III., 
vol.  i.,  p.  31,  &c.  He  was  acquitted,  and  at  the  ver- 
dict, "Not  guilty,"  the  people  shouted — (See  above^  p. 
379.) 

1337- — July  8,  JOHN  MYLBURNE  1  RICHARD  SPORE, 
bailiffs,  WM.  BLAKET,  serjeant  at  mace,  and  Thomas 
Add  and  John  Huntle,  witness  a  deed  by  which  John 
Hochone,  of  Tinmouth,  taylor,  with  the  assent  of 
Thos.  Hochon,  his  son,  and  Thomas  Barker,  of  Mor- 
peth, son  and  heir  of  Wm.  Barker,  released  to  William 
Glantley  and  John  Clark,  of  Morpeth,  proctors  of  the 
guild  of  St.  George,  all  claim  to  a  burgage  in  Briggate- 
street,  between  a  tenement  of  William  lord  Dacre  and 
Greystock  on  the  west,  and  land  of  the  chantry  of  All 
Saints  on  the  east,  and  to  a  rood  of  land  in  Hilgait. 

1541 — Feb.  1.  Indenture  between  Master  Cuthbert 
Marshal,  clerk,  archdeacon  of  Nottingham,  for  and  in 
the  name  of  others  his  co-feoffees  in  lands  and  tenements 
belonging  to  a  chantry  of  our  Lady  or  a  priest's  service 
in  the  chapel  of  Morpeth  of  the  one  part,  and  Robert 
Nicholson,  William  Green,  and  William  Lydale,  attor- 
neys under  the  common  seal  of  the  town  of  Morpeth 
for  and  in  the  name  of  all  the  burgesses  and  commonalty 
of  Morpeth  of  the  other  part,  recites  that  suits  and 
controversies  had  been  moved  between  the  said  parties 
before  the  lord  president,  king's  council  in  the  north 
parts,  concerning  the  nomination  to  the  said  chantry  or 
priest's  service  being  then  void  by  the  death  of  John 
Anderson,  late  chantry  priest  of  the  same.  Now  final- 
ly, by  the  mediation  of  the  said  council,  the  parties 
aforesaid  did  agree  in  manner  following: — First.  The 
said  Master  Marshall,  and  others  his  co-feoffees,  should 
by  their  deed  infeoff  the  bailiffs  and  aldermen  then  be- 
ing in  Morpeth,  in  all  and  singular  the  lands  and  tene- 
ments belonging  to  the  said  chantry,  to  the  intent  that 
they  so  being  seized  of  the  same,  should,  with  the  con- 
sent of  all  the  burgesses  and  commonalty,  make  a  lawful 
gift  and  grant  under  their  seal  unto  Thomas  Husband, 
then  chaplain  to  the  said  Master  Marshall,  for  the  term 
of  his  life,  of  and  upon  the  said  chantry  or  priest's 
service,  with  all  profits  belonging  to  the  same;  and, 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


moreover,  of  intent  that  the  said  sir  Thomas  Husband 
should  keep  a  school  and  teach  the  children  of  the  burgesses 
and  inhabitants  of  the  said  town  in  grammar  and  other 
literature,  without  taking  any  wages  or  salary  for  the 
same.  And  2ndly,  the  said  Nicholson,  Green,  and 
Lyddale,  for  the  said  burgesses  and  commonalty,  did 
covenant  that  if  the  yearly  revenues  of  said  chantry 
would  not  amount  to  £6  13s.  4d.  a  year,  then  they 
should  pay  yearly  to  the  said  Thomas  Husband  as  much 
as  should  make  up  to  him  the  said  salary  ;  and  the  said 
sir  Thomas  Husband  should  be  at  liberty  to  take  his  ad- 
vantage of  all  other  scholars,  except  the  children  of  the 
burgesses  and  inhabitants  of  the  said  town  of  Morpeth. 
And  when  it  should  fortune  the  said  chantry  to  be  void 
by  death  of  the  incumbent  or  otherwise,  then  such  as 
should  from  time  to  time  be  infeoffed  in  the  lands  and 
tenements  belonging  to  the  said  chantry,  with  the  assent 
of  the  burgesses  and  commonalty  of  Morpeth,  should, 
from  time  to  time,  grant  the  said  chantry  to  an  able  and 
honest  priest,  within  forty  days  next  after  such  vacation. 
And  when,  and  as  often,  as  it  should  fortune  such  feof- 
fees to  die,  so  as  there  should  remain  no  more  of  them 
living  but  one,  two,  or  three,  then  those  one,  two,  or  three 
so  surviving  their  co-feoffees  should  make  a  new  feoff- 
ment  to  such  persons  as  then  should  be  bailiffs  and  al- 
dermen of  Morpeth,  and  no  other ;  and  so  to  continue 
perpetually  from  time  to  time  for  ever. 

Feb.  8,  ROBERT  NICHOLSON  and  ALEX.  WALKER, 
being  bailiffs,  Wm.  Bell,  Thomas  Hedley,  William  Ly- 
dale,  Thomas  Eawarde,  James  Fawcus,  William  Venis, 
and  Christopher  Wheldene,  aldermen — According  to  the 
first  article  in  the  agreement  above  recited,  the  said 
Master  Cuthbert  Marshall,  clerk,  archdeacon  of  Not- 
tingham, Stephen  Halliday,  chaplain,  Christopher  Bell, 
of  Bellasyse,  and  others,  conveyed  to  the  bailiffs  and 
aldermen  above  named,  all  lands,  tenements,  and  here- 
ditaments, which  they  with  others  deceased  had  had  of 
the  gift  of  George  Lawson,  late  of  Bywell,  to  hold  to 
them  and  their  heirs  for  ever. 

Sept.  23,  33  Hen.  VIII.,  the  same  bailiffs  and  alder- 
men, together  with  Thos.  Husband,  chaplain  of  the  chan- 
try of  our  Lady  in  the  chapel  of  All  Saints,  conveyed  to 
John  Herryson,  merchant,  of  Morpeth,  "  the  west  half 
of  their  great  stone  Playce  in  the  Market-stead,  with  all 
the  bak  houses  of  the  west  side  unto  the  great  bak  gaite, 
with  free  lycence  to  build  upon  the  vowlt  of  the  west 
side" — to  hold  for  ever  by  paying  to  the  said  Thomas 


and  his  successors,  and  to  Roger  Swinburne  and  hi3 
heirs,  6s.  8d.  a  year  each. 

1542. — Nov.  27,  ROBERT  NYCHOLSONE  and  RICHARD 
GRENE,  bailiffs,  and  the  burgesses  and  commonalty  of 
Morpeth,  and  their  successors,  had  from  Thomas  Bar- 
ker, of  the  High  Church,  a  release  of  all  his  right  to  a 
close  called  "  Barker's  Baungke,  otherwise  the  Allery 
Baungke,"  near  the  Rennesse*  grene  on  the  west,  and 
the  land  called  the  High-field  on  the  east,  and  extending 
from  Winsselway  on  the  south,  to  the  park  of  the  lord 
on  the  north — to  hold  to  the  said  bailiffs  and  their  suc- 
cessors for  ever.  Witnesses — Wm.  Hay  re,  curate,  and 
Thos.  Lightone,  sir  Richard  Ree,  sir  Thos.  Husbounde, 
and  sir  Thomas  Jaxone,  presbyters. 

1544. — Jan.  12,  Thomas  Barker,  of  Morpeth,  leased 
for  20  years,  to  Andrew  Bewick,  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
one-half  of  all  that  his  husbandry  and  grounds,  near  the 
High  Church  of  Morpeth,  as  well  in  the  fields  there,  as 
the  one-half  of  all  such  houses  as  are  built  within  and 
without  the  Faldeyates  there — of  which  husbandry  the 
said  Thomas  hath  one-half,  and  this  half  now  demised 
contains  one  full  oxgang  of  land,  or  one  Plough  tilte — to 
hold  at  13s.  4d.  a  year;  the  said  Thomas  acknowledging 
that  he  had  received  in  advance  £5  13s.  4d.,  being  the 
rents  for  8|  years.  This  is  a  mere  Welch  mortgage. 
Barker's  lands,  near  the  High  Church,  are  all  marked 
on  the  Plan  of  Morpeth  in  1603. 

1546.— Oct.  21, 38  Hen.  VIII.,  ROBERT  NYCOLLSON 
and  WILLIAM  GLANTON,  bailiffs,  and  WM.  LAN GAYSTH, 
Serjeant,  Thomas  Hedley,  William  Grene,  Wm.  Venis, 
Richard  Tode,  Thomas  Potts,  William  Bell,  and  Umfray 
Davy,  aldermen,  granted  to  George  Nichol,  of  the  same 
town,  cordwainer,  a  rigg  of  land,  lying  in  Algayt,  be- 
tween the  land  and  earth  of  our  lord  the  king  on  the 
west,  and  those  of  John  Warden  on  the  east — to  hold 
at  the  yeany..rent  of  16d. 

1547 — Jan.  1,  38  Hen.  VIII.,  Bartholomew  Bewick- 
demised  to  George  Thompson,  yeoman,  for  16  }rears,  all 
those  lands  leased  by  Thomas  Barker,  of  Morpath,  to 
Andrew  Bewick,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  deceased,  and 
described  in  a  deed  dated  Jan.  12,  1544 — to  hold  at  the 
yearly  rent  of  18s. 

The  earl  of  Huntley  was  taken  near  Musselburgh  in 
1547;  and,  this  year,  sir  Robert  Carnegy,  of  Kynard, 


*  This  name  is  indorsed  on  this  deed  in  a  modern  hand, 
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509 


knt.,  was  sent  into  England  to  require  him  to  be  deli- 
vered on  payment  of  a  reasonable  ransom ;  and  if  that 
could  not  for  the  present  be  granted,  to  desire  license 
for  his  lady  to  repair  to  him,  and  remain  in  England 
with  him.  "  The  Protectour  &  his  counsale  wald  in  no 
wayis  aggre  that  the  erle  of  Huntlie  should  be  suffered 
to  depairt  for  any  ransone  befoir  the  ende  of  the  warris, 
hot  yit  war  content,  that  he  mycht  pas  towart  the  bour- 
douris,  alwayis  being  in  the  gairde,  and  keping  of  sir 
Rauff  Avaine  his  taker,  and  thair  that  his  lady  shuld  be 
permittit  to  repair  towart  him  for  certane  dayis.  Sir 
Robert  Carnegy  being  returnit  with  this  answer,  the 
erle  accompaneit  with  his  taker,  and  mony  uther  gentill 
men  appointit  for  his  moir  suir  keping,  depairted  from 
London  be  jornay  north,  and  come  to  Morpethe,  being 
xij  myle  distante  frome  Scotlande,  the  xxij  day  of  De- 
cember, quhair  he  was  appointit  to  remaine  for  the 
cuming  of  his  lady  frome  Edinburgh,  quha  was  thair 
resident.  Bot  it  happinnit  so  that  he  maid  furth  the 
rest  of  the  jornay  towart  hir  him  self;  for  ane  gentill 
man  called  George  Kar,  bordurar,  come  to  ye  town  of 
Morpeth  the  nyght,  and  one  man  with  him,  with  two 
guid  horsses  led,  and  awaitit  at  the  back  syd  of  the 
toune  for  receaving  of  the  erle  and  one  servand  with 
him.  Eftir  supper,  the  erle  playit  at  the  cartis  with  his 
keparis,  and  thinking  lang  for  sum  advertisment  frome 
the  said  George,  quhairby  he  mycht  know  all  to  be  in 
redines,  he  raise  and  past  to  the  wyndock  of  the  chal- 
mer,  and  luiking  furth  -  and  perceaving  it  to  be  verrey 
mirke,  and  the  signe  be  the  quhilk  he  understuid  all  to 
be  reddy  for  his  departing,  he  chansed  opinlie  to  say  thir 
wordis,  quhilkis  he  suddantlie  repented  thaireftir:  '  Ane 
mirk  nycht,  ane  wearie  knycht,  ane  wilsum  way,  and 
knowis  not  quahair  to  go,  God  be  my  gyd.'  Sir  Rauf 
Avane,  his  kepar,  hering  this  speches,  he  inquired  at 
the  erle  quhat  he  meaned  be  these  wordis.  He  answer- 
ed that  it  was  ane  ancient  saying  in  Scotland,  and  was 
first  said  be  the  ould  erle  of  Mortoun,  quhen  he  wes  ly- 
ing to  die,  and  sence  hes  bene  used  in  all  tymes  as  ane 
proverbe  in  that  realme ;  and  for  removing  of  all  suspi- 
tione,  he  entered  to  the  cartes  agane  with  thame ;  hot 
within  ane  short  space  he  gaif  his  place  to  ane  uther  to 
play  for  him,  and  past  as  it  wer  to  do  sum  necesser  ef- 
faris  of  his  awin ;  and  suddantlie  he  and  his  servant, 
callit  Johne  Innes,  departed  at  ane  back  duire  of  the 
ludgeing,  and  wes  receaved  be  George  Kar,  and  suirlie 
convoyit  throuch  the  bordouris  of  Inglande,  and  part 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


our  the  merchis  befoir  day  licht  was  cumin  ;  and  eftir 
he  was  cum  to  the  waiter  of  Tueid,  he  reposed  him  a 
certane  space  in  the  said  Georgeis  awin  house,  and  de- 
parted that  same  nycht,  being  yuill,"  (yule,)  "  evin  to 
Edinburgh,  quhair  he  wes  receaved  be  the  quene,  the 
governour,  his  awin  lady  and  utheris  his  freindis,  quaha 
was  awating  on  his  cuming,  to  the  gret  rejosing  and 
confort  of  thame  all ;  quhilk  was  the  caus,  that  thay 
keped  thair  yuill  feistes  with  gretar  merines  nor  uther 
wayis  thay  had  done.  Suddantlie  efter  his  departing 
furth  of  his  chalmer  in  Morpeth,  he  was  missed,  and 
gret  diligence  was  maid,  for  all  the  cumpany  went  to 
thair  horsses  to  serche  for  him  and  follow.  Bot  the 
nycht  wes  verrey  mirke,  and  the  most  parte  of  his 
keparis  wer  southland  men  and  no  borduraris,  and  so 
none  of  thame  wes  so  perfyt  a  gyd  in  that  cuntrey  as 
was  George  Kar,  quha  careit  his  pray  with  him,  not- 
withstanding of  the  gret  diligence  thay  maid  to  followe 
and  stay  the  same." — (Bishop  Lesley's  Hist,  of  Scotland, 
220-222.  Extracted  by  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  Esq.,  of  Wai* 
lington. ) 

1551. — April  8,  ROBERT  NYCHOLSON  and  WILLIAM 
LONGASTER,  bailiffs,  Thomas  Hedley,  Geo.  Milburne, 
Richard  Tode?  Umfray  Davy,  John  Rochester,  William 
Bell,  and  George  Wilson,  aldermen,  with  consent  of  the 
commonalty,  (communitatis,)  granted  to  Edward  Donne 
a  tenement  on  the  west  side  of  the  Market-place 
of  Morpeth,  between  the  lands  then  in  the  tenure  of 
the  parson  of  Morpeth  on  the  north,  and  that  of  Law- 
rence Whitfield  on  the  south — to  hold  by  paying  to  the 
said  bailiffs  4s.,  and  to  the  king  4s.  4d.  a  year. 

1552 — The  following  is  a  full  copy  of  the  charter  of 
the  Royal  Grammar  School  of  Morpeth,  founded  by 
Edward  the  Sixth,  March  12,  1552.  I  met  with  it 
among  lord  Widdrington's  papers,  in  the  Tower  of  Lon- 
don, and  procured  this  copy  of  it  for  the  corporation  of 
Morpeth  in  1819,  from  Mr  Lysons,  then  keeper  of 
the  records  there : — "  EDWARDUS  sextus  Dei  gracia 
Anglic  Francie  et  Hibernie  rex  fidei  defensor  et  in  terra 
ecctie  Anglicane  et  Hibernie  supremu  caput  Omnibus 
ad  quos  presentes  littere  pvemnt  saHm  Sciatis  qd  nos 
ad  humilem  peticionem  tarn  Witti  Dni  Dacre  Greystok 
et  Gilleslond  quam  ballivo'J?  et  burgensiu  ville  de  Mor- 
peth in  com'  nfo  NorthunVB  ac  alioi?  plurimoT?  subditoT? 
nroi?  tocius  pfie  ibidem  vicine  nobis  pro  Scola  gramati- 
cali  ibidem  erigend  et  stabiliend  pro  institucoe  et  in- 
struccoe  pueroT?  et  juvenii  de  gracia  nra  special!  ac  e* 
O 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


c.erta  sciencia  et  mero  motu  nostris  volum9  concedimus 
et  ordinamus  qd  de  cetero  sit  et  erit  una  Scola  gramati- 
calis  in  dicta  villa  de  Morpeth  que  vocabitur  LIBERA 
SCOLA  GHAMATICALIS  REGIS  EowARDi  SExTi  pro  edu- 
cacione  institutione  et  instruccione  pueroT?  et  juvenu  in 
gramatica  perpetuis  temporibus  futuris  duratuf  Ac 
scolam  illam  de  uno  magistro  seu  pedagogo  et  uno  sub- 
pedagogo  sive  ipodidasculo  pro  perpetuo  continatur  eri- 
gimus  creamus  ordinamus  et  fundamus  per  presentes 
Et  ut  intencio  nostra  predicta  meliorem  capiat  effectum 
Sciatis  qd  nos  de  gracia  nostra  special!  ac  ex  certa  scien- 
cia et  mero  motu  nostris  dedimus  et  concessimus  ac  per 
presentes  damus  ac  concedimus  prefatis  ballivis  et  bur- 
gensibus  dicte  ville  de  Morpeth  in  dicto  com'  Northumb" 
omnes  illas  duas  nuper  cantarias  in  Morpethe  in  dicto 
com'  NorthumB  Ac  totam  illam  nuper  cantariam  sci 
Egid'J  fundat'  in  capella  de  Witton  in  parochia  de  Harte- 
bourne  in  com'  predicto  cum  earum  juribus  et  pertinen- 
cijs  universis  Ac  omnia  et  singula  mesuagia  terras 
tenementa  cotagia  .gardina  prata  pascuas  pasturas  boscos 
redditus  reversiones  servicia  et  hereditamenta  nostra 
quecumq,  cum  pertin'  scituat'  jacen'  et  existen'  in  Mor- 
pethe et  Netherweton  alias  Netherwitton  ac  alibi  ubi- 
cumq,  in  dicto  com'  Northumb?  dictis  nuper  cantarijs 
sive  eaT?  alicui  quoque  modo  spectan'  sive  pertinen'  aut 
que  ad  sustentacoem  aliquorum  presbiterorum  antehac 
cetebran'  in  eisdem  nup  cantarijs  seu  eaty  aliqua  vel  ali- 
quibus  antehac  dat'  coneess'  assignat'  vel  appunctuat' 
fuerunt  Ac  omnia  singula  mesuag' -cotag'  terras  tenta 
prata  pascuas  pasturas  boscos  redditus  reversiones  ser. 
vicia  et  hereditamenta  nostra  quecumq,  cum  pertinencijs 
situat' jacen'  et  existen'  in  Morpethe  predict'  ac  in  ponte 
Island  Mylburne  Darishall  High  Callerton  Berrickhill 
parva  Callerton  et  Denyngton  seu  alibi  in  dicto  com' 
nfo  Northumb?  que  ad  sustentacionem  aliquoi?  presby- 
terorum  antehac  celebran'  in  Morpethe  predict'  aut  que 
ad  sustentacionem  pedagogi  seu  Magistri  Scole  in  Mor- 
pethe predict'  aut  que  ad  sustentacionem  presbiteri  in 
ponte  Islande  in  com'  predicto  antehac  quoquo  modo  dat' 
concess'  assignat'  vel  appunctat'  fuerunt  Ac  reversionem 
et  reversiones  quascumq,  omniu  et  singulorum  premis- 
sorum  et  cujuslibet  inde  parcel!  Necnon  reddit'  et  an- 
nualia  pficua  quecumq,  reservat'  super  quibuscumq, 
dimisionibus  et  concessionibus  de  premissis  seu  de  aliqua 
inde  parcellse  quoquo  modo  fact'  Adeo  plene  libere  et 
iutegre  ac  in  tarn  amplis  modo  et  forma  prout  aliqui 
oautaristetjapellani  aut  aliqua  fso)  alii  ministri  dictarura 


nuper  cantariarum  aut  aliquis  pedagogus  in  Morpethe 
predict'  aut  aliquis  alius  sive  aliqui  alij  premissa  aut  ali- 
quam  inde  parcellam  antehac  habentes  possidentes  aut 
seisite  inde  existentes  eadem  aut  aliquam  inde  parcellam 
unquam  habuerunt  tenuerunt  vel  gavisi  fuerunt  habuit 
tenuit  vel  gavisus  fuit  aut  habere  tenere  vel  gaudere 
debuerunt  aut  debuit  Et  adeo  plene  libere  et  integre 
ac  in  tarn  amplis  modo  et  forma  prout  ea  omnia  et  sin- 
gula ad  manus  nostras  racione  vel  pretextu  cujusdam 
actus  de  diversis  cantarijs  college's  liberis  capellis  gildis 
et  fraternitatibus  dissolvend  et  determinand  in  parlia- 
mento  nostro  tento  apud  Westin  anno  regni  nostri  primo 
inter  alia  edit'  et  provis'  seu  quocumq,  alio  modo  jure 
seu  titulo  devenerunt  seu  devenire  debuerunt  ac  in  ma- 
nibus  nostris  jam  existunt  seu  existere  debent  vel  debe- 
rent  QUE  UUIDEM  mesuagia  terras  ten'  reddit'  ac  cetera 
omnia  et  singula  premissa  modo  extenduntur  ad  clar? 
annuu  valorem  viginti  librarum  decem  solidoi?  &  octo 
denariorum  Habend  tenend  et  gaudend  predict'  mesu- 
agia terras  tenementa  prat'  pastur'  boscos  redditus  re- 
versiones servicia  et  cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa 
cum  pertin  gfat.  ballivis  et  burgensibj  dicte  ville  de 
Morpeth  et  successoribj  suis  imppetm  Tenend  de  nobis 
heredibus  et  successoribus  nostris  ut  de  manerio  de  Est- 
grenewyche  in  com1  nostro  Kane"  per  fidelitatem  tantum 
in  libero  soccagio  ac  reddend  inde  annuatim  nobis  he- 
redibus et  successoribus  nostris  decem  solidos  et  octo 
denarios  legatis  monete  Anglie  ad  festum  Sci  Michis 
Archi  singulis  annis  solvend  pro  omnibus  redditibus  ser« 
vicijs  et  demandis  quibuscumq,  Necnon  dedimus  et 
concessimus  ac  per  presentes  damus  et  concedimus  pre- 
fatis ballivis  et  burgensibus  omnia  exitus  redditus  re- 
vericiones  et  proficua  predictorum  mesuagiorum  terras 
tenementorum  ac  ceterorum  premissorum  a  festo  annun- 
ciacionis  beate  Marie  Virginis  ultimo  preterite  hucusq, 
provenien'  sive  crescen'  H  abend  ejusdem  ballivis  et 
burgensibus  ex  dono  nostro  absque  compoto  seu  aliqua 
alio  proinde  nobis  heredibus  vel  successoribus  nostris 
quoquomodo  reddend  solvend  vel  faciend  Et  ulterius 
de  uberiori  gracia  nostra  ac  ex  certa  sciencia  et  mera 
motu  nostris  predictis  dedimus  et  concessimus  ac  per 
presentes  damus  et  concedimus  prefatis  ballivis  et  bur- 
gensibus et  successoribus  suis  ac  majori  parti  eorundem 
plenam  potestatem  et  auctoritatem  nominand  et  appunc- 
tuand  Pedagogum  et  Subpedagogum  scole  predicte  to- 
ciens  quociens  eadem  scola  de  pedagogo  /vel  subpedagogo 
vacua  fuerit  lit  qd  ipsi  hallivi  et  hurgenses  cum 


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511 


avisamento  Epi  Dunolm  pro  tempore  existent'  de  tern- 
pore  in  tempus  faciant  et  facere  valeant  et  possint  idonea 
et  salubria  statuta  et  ordinances  in  script'  concern*  et 
tangen'  ordinem  gubernacionem  et  direcionem  pedagogi 
et  subpedagogi  ac  scolaruin  scole  predicte  pro  tempore 
existen'  ac  stipendij  et  salary  eorundem  pedagogi  et  sub- 
pedagogi ac  alia  eandem  scolam  ac  ordinacoem  guber- 
nacionem preservacionem  et  disposicionem  reddit'  et 
revenc'  ad  sustentacionem  ejusdem  scole  appunctuat'  et 
appunctuand  tangen'  et  concernen'  Que  quidem  statu- 
ta et  'ordinacbes  sic  fiend  volumus  concedimus  et  per 
presentes  precipimus  inviolabili?  observari  de  tempore 
in  tempus  imperpetuu  Et  ulterius  de  uberiori  gracia 
nostra  dedimus  et  concessimus  ac  per  presentes  damus 
et  concedimus  prefatis  ballivis  et  burgensibus  licenciam 
specialem  liberamq,  et  licitam  facultatem  potestatem  et 
auctoritatem  habend  recipiend  et  perquirend  eis  et  COT? 
successoribus  imperpetuu  tarn  de  nobis  beredibus  vel 
successoribus  nostris  qam  de  aliis  quibuscumcj  personis 
et  alia  persona  quacumq.  maneiia  mesuagia  terras  tene- 
mcnta  rectorias  decimas  ac  alia  hereditamenta  quecu^ 
infra  regnu  Anglie  seu  alibi  infra  dominaciones  nostras 
dumodo  non  excedant  clarum  annuu  valorem  viginti 
librarum  tarn  ad  sustentacionem  et  manutenencionem 
scole  predicle  q"m  ad  sustentacionem  ponciu  de  Mor- 
peth  predict'  ac  aliorum  onerum  necessariorum  ville  de 
Morpeth  predict'  ultra  diet'  mesuagia  terras  tenementa 
et  cetera  premissa  prefatis  ballivis  et  burgensibus  et  suc- 
cessoribus suis  ut  prefertur  per  nos  in  forma  predicta 
concess'  statuto  de  terris  et  tenementis  ad  manu  mcrtu- 
am  non  ponend  aut  aliquo  alio  statuto  actu  ordinacoe 
seu  provisione  aut  aliqua  alia  re  causa  vel  ma&a  quacuq, 
in  contr"iu  inde  hita  fact'  edit'  ordinal'  seu  provis'  in 
aliquo  non  obstan'  Et  volumus  ac  per  presentes  ordi- 
namus  qd  omnia  exitus  redditus  revenciones  et  proficua 
dictorum  mesuagiorum  terrarum  tenementoT;  et  cetero- 
rum  premissorum  per  presentes  per  nos  dat'  et  concess' 
ad  sustentacionem  scole  predicte  ac  pedagogi  et  sub- 
pedagogi ejusdem  de  tempore  in  tempus  exponantur 
et  expendantur  Et  qd  exitus  redditus  revenciones  et 
proficua  omniu  alioi?  messuagioT?  terrarum  tenementoT? 
reddituii  revencionu  reversionu  possession^  et  heredita- 
ments? virtute  licencie  nostre  predicte  per  ballivos  et 
burgenses  ville  de  Morpeth  predict*  quoquo  modo  im- 
poaterum  obtinend  vel  perquirend  de  tempore  in  tempus 
exponantur  et  expendantur  ad  .sustentacionem  et  manu- 
tencionem  scole  predicte  ac  pedagogi  et  aubpedagogi 


ejusdem  scole  vel  ad  manutencionem  et  annuam  repara- 
cionem  cujusdam  pontis  lapidei  vulgariter  nuncupat' 
MORPETHE  BRYGGE  et  ad  usum  et  comodum  ejusdem 
ville  de  Morpethe  predict'  prout  ballivis  et  burgensibus 
ville  de  Morpethe  predict*  pro  tempore  existen'  melius 
videbitur  expedire  Et  volumus  ac  per  presentes  con- 
cedimus prefatis  ballivis  &  burgensibus  qd  habeant  et 
habebunt  has  litteras  nostras  pa£entes  sub  magno  sigillo 
nostro  Anglie  debito  modo  fact'  et  sigillat'  absq,  fine  seu 
feodo  magno  vel  parvo  nobis  in  Hanapio  nostro  seu  alibi 
ad  usum  nostrum  proinde  quoquomodo  reddend  solvend 
vel  faciend  Eo  qd  expressa  mencio  de  vero  valore  an- 
nuo  aut  de  aliquo  alio  valore  vel  certitudine  premissoT? 
sive  eon)  alicujus  aut  de  alijs  donis  sive  concessionibus 
per  nos  sive  per  aliquem  progenitor  nostroT?  prefatis  bal- 
livis et  burgensibus  ante  hec  tempora  fact'  in  presentibua 
minime  fact'  existit  aut  aliquo  statuto  actu  ordinacoe 
pvisione  sive  restriccoe  inde  incontrariu  fact'  edit'  ordi- 
nat'  sive  provis'  aut  aliqua  alia  re  causa  vel  materia 
quacumq,  in  aliquo  non  obstant'  In  cujus  rei  testimoniu 
has  litteras  nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes  Teste  me  ij5o 
apud  Westin  duodecimo  die  Marcij  anno  regni  nostri 
sexto.— NEL.  BEAUMONT.  Per  tire  de  privato  si- 
gillo &  de  dat'  predict'  auctpritate  parliament!. — Ex  p 
H.  HAWFELD. — Irf  in  officio  Rici  Hochonson  auditor 
Dni  R.  in  Rein  Northumbr  gdict'  xxvjto  die  marcii  anno 
r  R.  predict'  sexto. 

1552 — The  nightly  watches  against  incursions  of  the 
Scots,  established  in  September  this  year,  in  this  neigh- 
bourhood, were  the  following: — From  Kirklay  mylle  to 
Medforthe,  to  be  watched  with  twelve  men  nightly,  of 
the  inhabitors  of  the  three  Doddens,  Twysell,  Salt- 
wick,  Shelvingtone,  Slanyngtone,  Clyftonefield,  Tren- 
well,  Heighe-church,  Catcheburne,  Stobhill,  Highe- 
house,  Abbay  mil,  Medforthe  of  the  south  side  of  the 
bridge,  and  Eddington.  Setters  and  searchers  of  these 
watches,  Richard  Rand,  Cuthbert  Pye,  Edward  Graye, 
William  Copping,  Geo.  Harker,  John  Sabrame.  Over- 
seers,  Cuthbart  Medforthe,  Gawen  Ogle,  Matt.  Ogle, 
and  John  Ogle. 

From  Morpethe  Lonnynge  to  Rauf  Lillie's  house,  to 
be  watched  with  twelve  men  of  the  inhabitors  of  Lang- 
herst,  Pegsworth,  Hebburne,  Hougham,  Tytlingtone, 
and  Ersden.  William  Taylier,  John  Alben,  Thomas 
Sympson  to  be  setters  and  searchers  of  the  watch. 
Overseers,  Robert  Ogle  and  John  Wilson. — (Border 
Laws,  pp.  288,  289.) 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


1556. — Oct.  6,  WILLIAM  GREEK  and  CHRISTOPHER 
MYLBURN,  bailiffs,  and  all  the  burgesses  of  Morpeth, 
conveyed  to  William  lord  Dacre  and  Graystoke  a  waste 
tenement  in  Briggate,  on  the  side  of  the  town,  between 
one  of  the  said  lord  on  the  W.,  and  one  of  John  Chal- 
loner  on  the  E.,  and  from  the  highway  on  the  N.  to  the 
land  of  the  late  Abbey  of  Newminster  on  the  S. ;  and  a 
selion  lying  near  the  Stanylborne,  belonging  to  the  said 
tenement — to  hold  for  ever  by  paying  to  the  said  bur- 
gesses and  their  successors  4s.  a  year. 

25  Oct.,  JOHN  NICHOLSON   and   GEO.  MIL- 

BURNE,  bailiffs,  conveyed  to  Richard  Mylburne  a  shop 
at  the  east  corner  of  the  Market-place—to  hold  for  ever 
at  the  yearly  payment  of  4s.  to  the  said  bailiffs.  In- 
dorsed by  another  hand,  "  The  counterpart  of  the  lease 
for  the  corner  shopp  in  the  Markett  place  in  the  tenure 
of  William  Widdririgton."  [The  date  in  the  original  of 
this  deed  is  very  dim,  and  I  am  not  sure  that  I  have 
put  it  into  the  right  year.] 

1559. — Aug.  10,  WM.  LANCASTER  and  ROBERT 
STOORAT,  bailiffs,  and  RICHARD  BAREHEAD,  serjeant, 
leased  for  eighty  years,  to  Cuth.  Duxfield,  2£  roods  of 
land,  on  the  north  side  of  Holdgait,  between  the  lands 
of  Gawen  Metforth  on  the  west,  and  those  of  John 
Thowe  on  the  east. 

1562. — Aug.  22,  CHRIST.  MILBURNE,  and  RICHARD 
FAWCUS,  bailiffs,  and  JOHN  SNOWDON,  serjeant  at  mace, 
witness  Humphrey  Davy's  release  to  them  and  their 
successors  of  all  claim  to  16s.  a  year  rent  out  of  a  tene- 
ment in  Boles-green,  between  the  land  of  Alex.  Heron, 
of  Meldon,  Esq.,  on  the  west,  and  a  tenement  of  the  late 
Wm.  Thompson  on  the  east. 

1565.— May  25,  7  Eliz.,  Peter  Hedley,  James  Bur- 
ton,  and  Lancelot  Wysman,  servants  of  Thomas  lord 
Dacre  and  Greystock,  sold  to  Wm.  Loncaster,  John 
Snawdon,  Cuth.  Hedley,  Richard  Pye,  Robert  Donne, 
John  White,  John  Venis,  Robert  Turner,  and  Gilbert 
Dave,  of  Morpeth,  yeoman,  one  parcel  of  wood  within 
Cottingwood,  lying  off  the  west  of  the  last  spring  as  it  is 
"  boundret  wt  all  ma8  off  wodd'  &c." 

1566. — Jan.  21,  8  Eliz.,  Richard  Cowart's  assignment 
to  John  Davison,  of  Morpeth,  mason,  of  a  lease  of 
ground  and  pasture,  as  then  closed  from  the  East  Mill 
to  Holburne  by  metes  and  bounds  from  the  way  to 
Wanspeck,  except  a  close  tenanted  by  Richard  Tode. 

1567 — April  23,  9  Eliz.,  CHRIS.  MELBURNE  and 
RICHARD  FAWCUS,  being  bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  John 


Harrison,  son  and  heir  of  John  Harrison,  kte  of  Mor- 
peth, merchant,  mortgaged  to  his  uncle  Michael  Harri- 
son, of  Morpeth,  merchant,  all  his  burgages,  &c.,  in 
that  town,  with  a  clause  for  equity  of  redemption:; 
which  transaction  is  in  two  deeds,  each  of  which  on  the 
back  sets  forth  that  they  were  sealed  in  Morpeth  Toll- 
booth,  in  the  presence  of  the  above  named  bailiffs  and 
Philip  Grene,  John  Chaloner,  John  Rychester,  Roger 
Taylyere,  George  Smith,  and  John  Davy. 

1571 — Aug.  20,  ROGER  DOBSON  and  GILBERT  RAT- 
CLIFT,  being  bailiffs,  and  GEORGE  LONCASTER,  serjeant, 
the  house  called  the  barn  of  the  chantry,  with  a  little 
close,  and  certain  butts  of  land,  were  leased  for  nine 
years  to  Alexander  Heitton,  of  Ponteland,  at  Is.  6d.  a 
year. 

1572. — The  following  letter  to  the  burgesses  of  Mor- 
peth seems  to  have  been  written  about  this  time  by 
Philip  earl  of  Arundell,  brother  to  lord  Wm.  Howard  : 
"  After  my  hartie  comendations  ;  where  towe  of  the 
towne  of  Morpath  hath  exhibited  unto  me  Ires  of  sup- 
plicacon  Importing  a  request  to  contynue  the  occupacon 
of  a  pcell  of  the  demeanes  of  Morpath  called  Clyfton 
field  during  the  minoritie  of  my  brother  Willia  for  the 
yearlie  rent  of  x  1.  whereunto  calling  my  officer  to  ad- 
vertise me  what  the  same  pasture  doth  conteyne  in 
acres  and  what  everie  acre  he  estemeth  to  be  worthe  to 
be  lett — he  hath  assertained  me  that  the  same  pasture 
doth  conteyne  xvc  acres  and  everie  acre  to  be  reason- 
ablie  rated  at  ijs,  which  in  the  rate  of  the  whole  number 
of  acres  doth  amount  to  the  sume  of  one  bundled"  and 
fifty  "pounds  by  the  year.  Nevertheles  having  re- 
ceived Theis  from  my  verie  good  lord  the  lord  warden 
in  yor  favour  and  being  no  lesse  advertised  of  the  poore 
estate  of  yr  towne — I  am  well  contented  that  yow  shall 
have  the  occupacon  of  the  same  pasture  for  fyve  yeares 
for  one  hundred  younds  a  year  rent  the  wch  is  lesse  by 
£50  a  yeare  then  I  am  enformed  the  same  is  worth  . 
This  I  trust  my  offer  will  like  you  well :  yf  yt  shall  not 
I  pray  yw  lett  me  have  yr  answeare  in  writing  as  spede- 
lie  as  yw  can,  that  against  michaelmas  next  I  may  take 
order  that  the  same  may  be  disposed  of  to  my  best  como- 
ditie .  My  meaning  is  not  to  take  from  you  such  boundes 
in  the  same  pasture  as  is  alledged  hath  bene  of  long 
tyrne  by  custome  belonging  to  the  inhabitants  of  ye 
towne  :  but  to  allow  of  everie  thing  that  yw  can  by  law- 
full  custome  challenge  and  to  doe  yw  any  other  favour 
I  can  and  so  I  bid  yw  farewell—  Concord'  cu1  original1 '»" 


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This  document,  as  would  appear  from  the  letter  of  the 
commissioners  on  the  16th  of  Feb.  next  year,  does  not 
seem  to  have  been  very  gratefully  accepted  by  the  bur- 
gesses ;  but  to  have  been  followed  by  some  sort  of  claim 
of  property  by  them  in  the  lands  it  relates  to. 

1573. — "  To  oure  lovinge  friendes  the  Bayliffes  and 
Burgesses  of  the  Towne  of  Morpath,  and  every  of 
theme: — After  or  hartie  comendacons: — Whereas  yow 
be  at  this  pnte  fermors  at  will  of  the  ferme  called  Clif- 
tonfeilde  pcell  of  the  deamenes  of  Morpathe,  and  for 
the  yeare  past  at  Michaelmas  last  yow  refused  to  ac- 
cepte  suche  a  lease  thereof  as  we  sent  yow  and  myslikid 
of  the  covenantes  therein  on  yo*  pte  to  have  bene  pform- 
ed :  Whereby  we  intended  to  pvid'  for  the  benifitt  of  the 
rest  of  th'inhabitants  of  the  baronye  there,  and  the  pow- 
rest  of  yor  towne  in  suche  sorte  as  had  bene  before  tyme 
accustomed  .  And  where  also  yow  have  refusid  to  suffer 
the  bearer  Mr  Fallowfeilde  Constable  and  Receyvor  of 
the  said  Baronye  to  have  his  accustomid  and  know'ne 
boundes  of  medowe  belonginge  to  his  said  severall  offices 
in  the  said  feild — Whereby  for  this  year  past  he  was 
inforced  to  pay  for  the  same  as  a  stranger  (wch  yor 
dealinge  we  maye  neither  like  nor  allow  of)  Theis  are 
to  give  you  warnynge  that  yf  yow  meane  any  longer  to 
continewe  fermors  there  yow  determyne  wth  yorselves 
frome  hencefurthe  to  agree  to  accept  a  leas  frome  us 
thereof  in  suche  forme  as  we  were  contentid  to  graunt 
the  same  to  yow  the  last  yeare  suffering  also  this  bearer 
to  have  his  said  accustomid  boundes  of  medowe  in  the 
Jmises  without  yeldinge  any  thinge  for  the  same  .  And 
that  yow  advertise  us  in  the  beginninge  of  the  next 
termeof  yor  full  determination  therein  accordinglie  .  Or 
otherwise  for  want  of  yor  agrement  in  suche  sorte  as 
aforesaid  to  be  signified  unto  us,  Theis  are  to  dischardge 
yow  and  every  of  yow  of  the  occupacon  of  the  said  ferme 
called  Cliftonfeilde,  so  as  yow  have  no  dealinge  there- 
withall  frome  and  after  Michaelmes  next  for  that  we 
meane  to  lett  the  same  to  other  psons  that  will  stand 
contentid  to  pforme  suche  covenauntes  as  we  will  gscribe 
unto  them  .  And  therefore  willinge  yow  to  appoynte 
yorselves  accordinglie  we  bydd  yow  farewell. — From 
Howard  house  the  xvij'h  of  February  1573 — Your  Lov- 
ing friends — WILLM  DYER  .  WILLM  CANTWELL  . 
LAWRENCE  BANASTER." 

1574. — Feb.  25,  queen  Elizabeth  granted  lands  and 
tenements  in  Morpeth  to  Thomas  Haggerston. — (Land 
Rev.  Off.  Rec.  in.  256.) 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


Oct.  4,  GEORGE  LONGKESTEH  and  WM.  BURTENE 
were  this  year  chosen  bailiffs. 

1575. — May  1,  CHRIST.  MILBOURNE  and  RICHARD 
PYE  being  then  bailiffs,  William  Graye,  of  Newcastle 
upon  Tyne,  merchant  taylor.,  entered  into  an  obligation 
of  201.  to  stand  "the  award  of  Robert  Dally  veil  of  Ceton 
Delaval,  Nicholas  Ridleye  of  Willymountswyke,  Ro- 
barte  Wetherington  of  Woddrington,  and  Richard  Fal- 
lofield,  constable  of  Morpeth,  esquires, arbitrators  elected 
to  order  and  judge  all  such  sewtes  between  the  above 
bounden  Wittm  Graye  of  the  one  partie  and  Christophere 
Milborne  and  Richard  Pye  balives  of  Morpeth  in  the 
name  of  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  towne  of  the  other 
party,  touching  the  title  and  enterest  of  one  burgage  in 
Morpeth  in  the  tenure  of  Elizabeth  Thompson  wedowe 
&c."  The  award  was,  that  the  town  should  pay  to  Wil- 
liam Gray  £5,  for  which  there  is  a  receipt  to  the  bailiffs, 
C.  Milbourne  and  R.  Pye,  dated  7th  June,  this  year, 
attached  to  the  last  abstracted  bond,  and  the  deed  in 
1457-  Richard  Fallowfield,  esq.,  here  mentioned  as 
constable  of  Morpeth,  was  proprietor  of  Great  Strick- 
land, in  Westmorland,  in  which  place  his  ancestors  were 
seated  in  10  Hen.  V.,  and  from  whom  was  descended  the 
late  rev.  Thomas  Fallowfield,  M.  A.,  Fellow  of  Peter- 
house,  Cambridge,  second  master  of  Morpeth  School 
from  1813  to  1816,  afterwards  curate  of  Hebburn,  who 
died  in  his  native  village  of  Great  Strickland  21st  Oct., 
1831. 

1575. — 17  Eliz.,  March  12,  or,  as  in  the  town's  ab- 
stract, May  3,  GEORGE  SMITH  and  ROBERT  TURNER 
being  then  bailiffs,  Thomas  Watson  and  others  gave 
them  and  the  aldermen  a  bond  for  the  payment  of  £40. 

1577- — March  13,  RICHARD  FAWCUS  and  PHILLIP 
GREEN,  being  bailiffs,  JOHN  CRAW,  serjeant,  and  Wm. 
Marshall,  glover,  gave  to  Thomas  Bates  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  sezin  of  a  tenement  in  Brigg-street,  between 
the  land  of  the  late  chantry  of  All  Saints  on  the  east, 

and  that  of  Parker  on  the  west,  and  extending 

from  the  highway  before  to  Beggar  Rode  behind — to 
hold  for  ever ;  which  said  tenement  the  same  William 
Marshall  had  before  leased  to  George  Milburne  for  74 
years,  at  2s.  a  year. 

March  20,  John  Fortescue,  esq.,  had  a  grant  of  two 
closes  of  land  in  Morpeth,  from  queen  Elizabeth. — 
(Land  Rev.  Off".  Rec.  i,  231.) 

Sept.  30,  GAWINE  ROBINSON  and  EDWARD  WELDON 
chosen  bailiffs,  and  mentioned  in  a  corporation  book,  in 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D, 


an  account  without  date,  of  vestments  of  velvet,  linen, 
&c.,  in  the  common  hutch. 

1578. — 29  Eliz.,  August  1,  GAWEN  ROBINSON  and 
EDW.  WELDON,  bailiffs,  with  Philip  Green,  John  Oran, 
John  Snawdon,  Robert  Snawdon,  Roger  Tailer,  Gilbert 
Davi,  and  Andrew  Davi,  aldermen,  granted  to  Thomas 
Wanless,  tanner,  2f  roods  of  land  on  the  south  side  of 
Nether-oldgaiet,  between  the  land  of  the  said  Thomas 
Wanless,  called  Bayis  Land,  on  the  east,  and  the  water 
of  Wanspeck  on  the  west,  at  4s.  8d.  a  year. 

Sept.  24,  GAWEN  ROBINSON  and  EDWARD  WELDON, 
bailiffs,  had  of  Anthony  Melborn,  tailor,  for  26s.  8d.,  a 
selion  of  land  on  the  Myars,  in  the  field  of  Morpeth, 
near  the  Rennalde  Greene,  between  the  land  called 
Langsongholds  on  the  north,  and  the  land  of  the  bailiffs, 
£c.,  on  the  east,  and  which  had  belonged  to  a  tene- 
ment inhabited  by  the  said  Anthony  Melborn,  called 
Croftes  Land  —  to  hold  for  ever. 

1578. — Oct.  6,  JOHN  SNAWDON  and  ROBT.  TURNER 
elected  bailiffs. 

1579 Oct.  5,  RICHARD  PYE  and  JOHN  WALKER, 

bailiffs. 

1580 "  The  13  of  June,  about  vj  of  the  clock,  at 

Shepwash,  within  Bothal  barony,  in  Northumberland, 
there  happened  a  tempest  of  lightening  and  thunder, 
after  the  which,  of  a  sodanie,  came  a  great  showers  of 
haile,  amongst  ye  which  wt/c  stones  of  diuers  shapes." 
— fStowe's  Chron.  Abridged,  ed.  1598.) 

1580. — "After  our  hartie  comendacbns,  upon  intelli- 
gence given  us  by  our  officers  as  well  of  y  suite  for  the 
occupying  of  pcell  of  the  demeanes  of  Morpath  called 
Clifton  field  conteyning  xvc  acres,  as  also  of  the  value 
thereof:  We  are  well  contentid  for  the  better  mainte- 
nance of  yor  estate  and  the  rather  also  at  the  request  of 
our  verie  good  friend  the  lord  warden  that  yow  shall 
have  the  same  in  lease  from  michaellmas  next  for  the 
terme  of  fyve  yeares  then  next  ensuing  imploying  yt  to 
tillage  or  pasture  to  yor  best  comodities  at  yr  choise 
and  pleasures.for  the  yearlie  rent  of  one  hundred  pounds 
being  much  lesse  then  yt  is  worthe,  and  that  upon  yr 
yearlie  payment  of  the  usuall  rents  yw  shall  have  and 
enjoye  the  use  and  profitt  of  such  meadowes  and  haye 
boundes  in  the  saide  Clifton  field  as  yw  accustomablie 
had  in  the  late  lord  Dacres  tyme  .  And  if  you  shall  dis- 
like or  not  so  well  accept  the  lease  of  the  said  Clifton 
field  as  we  have  ment  wU>  greate  favour  to  deliver  it 
unto  yw,  we  will  then  upon  yr  answeare  returned,  whch 


we  furthwth  expect  of  yw,  deliver  the  said  Clifton  field 
over  to  others  to  our  better  comoditie  .  And  neverthe- 
lesse  to  pmitt  yw  in  forme  aforesaide  to  enjoye  th'other 
saide  medowes  .  And  thus  we  bidd  yw  farewell  .  From 
London  the  xiiij  of  June  1580 — Yor  loving  frrends — 
ARUNDELL  .  WILLIAM  HOWARDE — concord  cu  origin." 
On  this  subject,  see  more  above,  at  p.  286,  and  in  these 
Annals,  in  1572  and  1573.  There  are  also  registered 
proceedings  in  chancery,  under  these  references,  respect- 
ing the  manor,  town,  and  castle  of  Morpeth : — G.  g.  12, 
55 ;  H.  h.  20,  10;  L.  1.  10,  72 ;  N.  n.  1,  39—4,  17. 

Oct.  3,  WILLIAM  BURTONE  and  PHILLIP  GREENK 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1581. — Oct.  2,  GEORGE  LONGKESTER  and  GEORGE 
SMITH  chosen  bailiffs. 

1582 — Oct.  1,  GAWINE  ROBESON  and  ROBERT  TUR- 
NER chosen  bailiffs ;  and,  on  the  same  day,  at  the  courte 
holden  at  Morpeth,  it  was  ordered,  that  no  inhabiters  of 
the  borough  of  Morpeth  shall  let  their  haybounds  in 
Clifton  Field  to  any  manner  of  person,  except  to  inha- 
bitants of  the  said  towne,  and  that  whosoever  shall  here- 
after offend  contrary  to  this  order  shall  ipso  facto  be 
deprived  of  all  the  freedoms  and  other  commodities  he 
hath  of  the  said  towne. 

1583 — Sept.  30,  RICHARD  PYE  and  JOHN  WAULKER 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1584. — Oct.  5,  ROGER  NICHOLSON  and  EDW.  WHEL- 
DON  chosen  bailiffs. 

1585. — May  22,  Robert  Oliver,  freeman  and  glover, 
before  Edward  Wheldon  and  Roger  Nicholson,  bailiffs, 
"  granted  to  pay  20s.  for  his  agreement  with  the  towne, 
and  at  four  several  terms." 

Oct.  4,  ROBERT  RIDLEY  and  ROBERT  SNOWDON, 
bailiffs. 

1586 — At  the  head  court,  April  12,  we,  the  24  bur- 
gesses of  the  towne  and  borough  of  Morpeth,  do,  by  our 
verdict,  pronounce  William  Burton  deprived  of  his  free- 
dom and  all  other  the  privileges  of  the  towne  and  borough 
of  Morpeth,  for  breaking  the  order  for  alienating  the  hay- 
bounde  in  Clifton  field.  Recorded  by  Robert  Ridley, 
recorder  of  the  towne  for  the  time.  Signed  by  Robt.  Rid- 
ley and  Robt.  Snawden,  bailiffs,  the  sergeant,  and  24  per- 
sons forming  the  two  juries. 

28  Eliz.  1586.— Oct.  3,  Robert  Ridley  and  Robert 
Snawdon,  bailiffs,  and  others,  granted  to  Isabella  Nichol- 
son, for  £4,  a  tenement  on  the  west  side  of  Newgate- 
street,  between  one  of  Roger  Nicholson  on  the  south, 


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and  one  of  widow  Brown  on  the  north — to  hold  for  ever 
at  3s.  4d.  a  year. 

Oct.  3,  ROBERT  TURNER  and  ROGER  MILBURNE, 
bailiffs. 

1587.— 29  Eliz.,  Jan.  9,  ROBT.  TURNER  and  ROGER 
MILBURNE,  bailiffs,  and  THOMAS  FAWCUS,  serjeant, 
and  others,  for  21  years,  leased  to  James  Thompson,  of 
High  Callerton,  a  farmhold  there,  for  a  fine  of  1  Gs.  8d. 
paid  to  the  corporation,  and  yearly  rent  of  7s. 

Oct.  2,  GAWINE  ROBINSON  and  THOS.  WARRENER 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1588 — Sept.  30,  WILLIAM  BURTON  and  ANTHONY 
MILBORNE,  bailiffs. 

1589. — Oct.  6,  EDWARD  WHELDON  and  GEORGE 
SMITH,  bailiffs. 

31  Eliz. — 1589. — Case  with  baron  Saville's  opinion. 
1.  The  burgesses  of  the  town  of  Morpeth  being  a  cor- 
poration lawfully  made  by  prescription  or  otherwise, 
time  out  of  mind,  have  been  seized  of  one  tenement 
now  in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  Pase  in  right  of  their  cor- 
poration and  received  the  issues  and  profits  thereof  by 
the  space  of  three  score  years  and  above : — Whether 
they  may  enjoy  the  same  lawfully  is  the  question  ? 

I  am  of  opinion  that  as  the  corporation  is  by  prescrip- 
tion, so  they  may  enjoy  lands  by  prescription. 

2.  And  whether  the  same  corporation  by  grant  from 
lord  Gre}7stock  were  lawfully  seized  of  certain  lands  by 
deed  to  them  without  date  contained  within  certain  ex- 
press boundaries  ? 

I  am  of  opinion  that  the  said  corporation  is  to  enjoy 
the  same  and  especially  if  they  have  had  possession 
thereof  time  out  of  mind  ;  for  that  it  shall  be  in- 
tended that  the  same  corporation  at  the  time  of  the 
grant  made  were  capable  to  take  the  same. 

JA.  SAVILLE.     1589. 

The  impannelling  of  the  jury  shall  not  be  prejudiciall 
to  the  right  of  the  town  of  Morpeth,  if  the  council  can 
informe  me  to  the  contrary.  WILLIAM  HOWARD. 

1590. — Oct.  5,  ROBERT  TURNER  and  ROBERT  BAR- 
KER chosen  bailiffs. 

1591. — Oct.  4,  ROGER  MILBURNE  and  THOS.  WAR- 
RENER chosen  bailiffs. 

1592 — Oct.  2,  AMOS  OXLEY  and  ARCHIBALD  REED, 
bailiffs. 

1593. — Alex.  Reed,  then  bailiff,  had  a  son,  Michael, 
baptised  at  Morpeth  church — (Par,  Register.)— Alex. 
Reed  was  again  bailiff  in  1605. 


Oct.  1,  THOS.  AYDON  and  CUTHBEHT  SMITH  chosen 
bailiffs. 

1594. — 30  Sept.,  WILLIAM  REDHEAD  and  JOHN  PYE 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1595.— Oct.  6,  ROBT.  TURNER  and  ANTHONY  MIL- 
BURNE  chosen  bailiffs. 

159C. — Oct.  4,  ROGER  MILBURNE  and  HENRY  BLAY- 
LOCK  elected  bailiffs. 

1597- — June  2,  this  year,  queen  Elizabeth  granted  to 
George  Bethome  land  and  a  tenement  in  Morpeth. — 
(Land  Rev.  Office,  Rec.  #.,  163.) 

Oct.  3,  EDW.  WHELDON  and  CUTHBERTE  HEADLYE 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1598. — Jan.  12,  Jannet  Browne  and  Uswyne  Browne, 
both  of  Newcastle,  assigned  to  Thomas  Harrison,  citizen 
of  London,  all  their  interest  in  the  lands,  tenements,  &c.. 
in  Morpeth,  which  had  late  belonged  to  Robert  Nichol- 
son, of  the  Chantry-house. 

Oct.  2,  WILLIAM  READHEAD  and  THOS.  MELBORNE 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1599.— Oct.  1,  AMOS  OXLEY  and  LAWRENCE  ATKIN. 
SON,  bailiffs. 

1600. — Oct.  6,  CUTHBERT  SMITHS  and  THOS.  MIL- 
BOHNE  appointed  bailiffs. 

1601. — Oct.  5,  ROGER  MILBURNE  and  JOHN  PYE 
appointed  bailiffs. 

14  Oct.,  this  year,  "Robert  Todd,  a  Morpeth  man," 
was  presented  at  the  visitation,  as  being  "  suspected  to 
be  a  mediciner  of  cattle  or  charmer  of  things  hurt !" 

19  Dec.,  Edw.  Carrell  and  others  had  a  grant  of  pro- 
perty in  the  borough  and  ville  of  Morpeth,  from  the 
crown. — (Land  Rev.  Office,  Rec.  xii.,  160.) 

1602. — March  17,  at  the  visitation,  the  churchwardens 
were  presented,  because  the  "  register  book  is  in  pap  and 
not  in  pchment." 

Oct.  4,  WILLIAM  REDHEAD  and  JOHN  WARRINER 
elected  bailiffs. 

1603.  September. — The  pticular  content  of  the  de- 
meanes  of  the  manor  of  Morpeth,  measured  exactly  by 
Mr  Wm.  Heiward,  mense  Septembr.  a°  1603. — WEST 
PARK,  containing  the  scite  of  the  Castle,  Kirkhill,  Bar- 
bonies  close,  and  Peter's  land,  142  acres  1  rood. — EAST 
PARK,  418  acres. — COTTINGWOOD,  284  acres. — CATCH- 
BURNE,  including  Sturdiside,  Southmore,  ffoxholes, 
Cowclose,  Riehill,  and  Catchburne  house,  318  acres. — 
STOBHILL,  including  Braunclose,  Catchburne  fflat,  Gal- 
lowclose,  Harburne  Shawe,  and  Whitacre  moortj  444 


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acres  3  roods. — CLIFTON  FIELD, including  Clifton  house, 
Gallilawe,  Northfield,  and  Grange  moore,  1,346  acres 
2  roods. — HEPSCOTE,  which  contained  Hepscote  house, 
Holewood,  Stadffen,  and  Infield,  1,310  acres.— TRAN- 
WELL,  consisting  of  Tranwell  house  and  Tranwell  moore, 
480  acres;  and  GUBBION,  including  Gubbion  house, 
24  acres  3  roods.  Gubbion  moore,  391. — Dogghouse 
close  and  Foxhills-ashbank,  8  acres. -^In  all,  5,167  acres 
1  rood :  besides  the  manor  of  Netherton,  in  Bedlington- 
shire,  in  the  bishoprick  of  Durham,  containing  1,363 

acres,  0  roods,  13  perches (MS.  at  Corby  Castle. ) 

TJlgham  is  not  noticed  in  this  survey. 

Oct.  3,  AMOS  OXLEY  and  THOMAS  MILBORNE  chosen 
bailiffs. 

1604 — Oct.  1,  HENRY  BLAYLOCK  and  THOS.  ADENE 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1605.— 16  March,  Ralph  Bullock  and  Ralph  Atkin- 
son, farmers  of  the  rectory,  were  presented  at  the  visita- 
tion, because  the  chancel  of  the  church  was  in  decay. 

On  the  accession  of  James  the  First,  24  March,  the 
bailiffs  and  burgesses  were  summoned  to  appear,  &c., 
upon  a  quo  warranto,  to  show,  I  suppose,  by  what  title 
and  claim  they,  as  a  corporation,  held  their  franchise. — 
(Orig.  in  Town's  Hutch. ) 

Sep.  30,  ALEXANDER  REED  and  CUTHBERT  SMITH, 
bailiffs. 

1606. — Oct.  6,  WILLIAM  REDHEAD  and  JOHN  PYE, 
bailiffs ;  to  whom,  Nov.  20,  in  this  year,  Robert  Brand- 
ling, of  Felling,  granted  8  acres  and  20  poles  of  land  at 
the  south  end  of  High  Callerton,  in  exchange  for  the 
like  quantity  of  land  dispersed  in  sundry  places  in  the 
fields  of  the  same  place,  and  given  to  the  said  bailiffs, 
among  other  things,  for  maintaining  the  Grammar  School 
of  Morpeth. — (Abstract  in  Town's  Hutch.} 

1607- — Oct.  5,  AMOS  OXLEY  and  THOS.  MILBORNE 
elected  bailiffs. 

1608 — Aug.  7,  Thomas  Rogers,  citizen  of  London, 
assigned  to  the  bailiffs  of  Morpeth  the  mansion-house 
in  Brig-street,  called  the  chantry-house,  and  lands  in 
the  High-fields  and  in  Catchburn  ground,  which  he  held 
under  a  lease,  dated  13  Hen.  VIII.,  1521 — (Town's 
Abstract.) 

Sep.  3,  Wm.  Errington,  of  Benwell,  gent.,  granted  to 
the  bailiffs.  &c.  a  burgage  in  Brigg-street,  between  the 
lands  which  late  belonged  to  All  Saints'  chantry  on  the 
E.,  and  those  of  Parker  on  the  W.,  and  extending  from 
the  Highway  before,  to  "Beggar  Rodde"  behind,  to 


hold  for  ever.  There  is  also  a  bond  for  201.  from  Er- 
rington, of  the  same  date,  to  convey  to  the  said  bailiffs, 
the  premises  free  of  incumbrances,  &c. 

Oct.  3,  THOMAS  WARRINER  and  HENRY  BLAYLOCK 
chosen  bailiffs. 

1609. — Oct.  2,  CUTHBERT  SMITH  and  THOS.  READ- 
HEAD  chosen  bailiffs. 

1610. — 8  James  the  First,  no  day  mentioned,  one 
Harrison  makes  a  grant  to  Cuthbert  Smith  and  Thomas 
Redhead,  bailiffs,  of  messuages,  &c.,  described  in  two 
recited  deeds. 

Oct.  1,  WM.  REDHEAD  and  GILBERT  WRIGHT  elect- 
ed bailiffs. 

1611. — 30  Sept.,  JOHN  PYE  and  THOMAS  MILBURNE, 
merchant,  chosen  bailiffs. 

At  Naward  Castle  at  the  auditt  ther  holden  14°  De- 
cembrj  1611 — Comitat  NorthunVbr — Morpeth  Burgus  p 
ann  xxiij ti.  vs.  ...  ob — Morpeth  maner  p  ann  vijcxlj  ti. 
xj  s. — Benridg  maner  p  ann  vj  ti.  v  s.  x  d. — Netherton 
manef  p  ann  xvijii.  xjs.  iiij  d. — Stannington  maner  xiij  ii. 
ix  s.  x  d. — Benton  magna  man  xlj  ti.  vj  s.  x  d.  ofc. — Tine- 
mouth  p  ann  c  s. — Heddon  sup  muru  mafi  cum  Newbig- 
ging  Iiij  ti.  iijs.  vj  d. — Angerton  ma3p  ann  xxxiiijti.  xvs. 
x  d. — Horsley  ma8  cum  Todburne  p  ann  xlvj  ti.  xiiij  s. 
xj  d.  ofi. — Ulgham  man  xxxj  ti.  xiij  s.  vj  d. — Ofnciu  bait 
forenss  viij  ti.  iij  d.  03. — Tenta  (4)  in  Thirlway  xvj  s. — 
Hertleiburne  maner  Ixviijs.  iij  d. — Softley,  in  Knarsdale, 
Ix  s. — Venditio  boscor  comunibus  annis  xxiiij  ti. — Per- 
quiss.  cuf  in  coin  pdco  coibus  annis  Ix  s. — Total  Mlvij  ti. 
ij  s.  iij  d.  ol5  q5 — (MS.  at  Corby  Castle. ) 

1612. — Oct.  5,  THOS.  AYDON  and  NICHOLAS  HUNT- 
LEY,  bailiffs. 

1613 — Oct.  4,  CUTHBERT  SMITH  and  CHRISTOPHER 
DAW  SON,  bailiffs.  Town's  tolls  £13  2s.  4d.  this  year. 

1614 — Oct.  3,  CUTHBERT  WRIGHT  and  RALPH 
SHOT  TON,  bailiffs. 

1615 — Oct.  1,  MICHAEL  MILBORN  and  EDW.  WAT- 
SON, bailiffs. 

1616. — Sept.  30,  WILLIAM  READHE  AD  and  NICHOLAS 
HUNTLEY,  bailiffs. 

1617- — Oct.  6,  CHRISTOPHER  DAWSON  and  JAMES 
ATKINSON,  bailiffs. 

1618 — Oct.  5,  THOS.  READHEAD  and  GEO.  CHALLI- 
NER,  bailiffs,  Cuth.  Oxley,  serjeant.  Ric.  Thursby,  clerk, 
21  Dec.  licenced  to  be  preacher  and  curate  of  Morpeth. 

To  all  Christian  people — We,  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses 
of  the  borough  of  Morpeth  send  greeting : — Know  ye, 


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517 


that  whereas  there  hath  been  controversys  heretofore 
between  lord  William  Howard  and  the  then  burgesses 
concerning  the  right  of  court  leet  and  court  baron  with- 
in Morpeth,  and  concerning  the  fairs  and  markets  there, 
and  the  tolls  of  the  same,  claimed  by  the  said  burgesses, 
our  predecessors,  as  by  a  quo  warranto  against  them  in 
the  bench  of  the  king  in  Easter  term,  in  3  James  I., 
whereupon  judgement  was  given  by  the  said  court,  and 
entered  upon  record  against  our  said  predecessors: — 
AND  whereas  our  said  predecessors,  by  their  deed  under 
their  common  seal,  dated  April  9,  3  James  I.,  resolved 
that  the  said  courts,  fairs,  and  markets,  and  other  the 
premises  did  of  right  belong  to  the  said  lord  William,  as 
lord  of  the  said  manor  of  Morpeth,  and  that  they  had 
no  right  to  have  any  use  or  exercise  in  the  same,  and  by 
the  said  deed  disclaimed  any  title  therein;  as  also  thereby 
did  promise,  that  if  any  of  the  inhabitants  of  Morpeth 
should  after  that  time  grind  any  corn  from  the  lord's 
mills  without  lawful  cause,  that  they  the  then  burgesses 
would  not  defend  any  such  inhabitant  in  any  action  con- 
cerning the  not  grinding  at  the  lord's  mills,  but  present 
such  of  them  at  the  court  as  they  should  know  to  offend 
herein,  as  by  their  said  deed  appeareth : — AND  whereas 
about  the  same  time  was  a  controversy  between  the  said 
lord  William  and  the  said  bailiffs  and  burgesses  touch- 
ing the  right  and  title  of  a  parcel  of  pasture,  called 
Cottingwood,  containing  about  200  acres,  the  said  lord 
claiming  the  same  as  parcel  of  his  demesnes  of  the  manor 
of  Morpeth,  and  our  said  predecessors  pretending  there- 
to an  estate  of  inheritance  by  prescription  to  them  and 
their  heirs,  which  coming  to  a  trial  at  Newcastle,  in  the 
2nd  year  of  his  majesties  reign,  upon  an  "  ejectione 
firme,"  the  verdict  was  given  for  Wm.  Dawson  plaintiff, 
claiming  under  the  title  of  the  said  lord  against  Wm. 
Fawcus  and  other  the  townsmen  of  Morpeth,  and  judge- 
ment entered  accordingly  in  Mich,  term,  in  the  years 
44  and  45  of  the  late  queen  Elizabeth : — AND  whereas 
our  said  predecessors,  by  their  deed,  dated  15  Jan.,  11 
Jas.  I.,  1614,  did  in  all  humble  manner  acknowledge  that 
they  did  then  hold  the  said  pasture  ground  called  Cot- 
tingwood of  the  said  lord  at  his  good  will  and  pleasure 
and  no  otherwise : — Now  this  present  deed  witnesseth 
that  we  the  said  bailiffs  and  burgesses,  upon  deliberate 
and  mature  consideration,  do  voluntarily  and  freely 
acknowledge  the  right  and  title  of  the  said  lord  William 
Howard,  as  well  to  the  said  courts  leet  and  court  baron, 
as  also  to  the  said  fairs  and  markets,  with  the  several 

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tolls,  as  also  that  we  ought  to  grind  at  the  mills  of  Mor- 
peth, by  antient  custom : — AND  that  we  hold  the  said 
pasture  of  ground  called  Cottingwood  only  during  the 
will  of  the  said  lord  William  Howard,  his  heirs  and  as- 
signs : — AND  that  whatever  we  have  heretofore  done  to 
the  contrary  concerning  the  premises  the  same  proceed- 
ed merely  out  of  ignorance,  and  for  want  of  knowledge 
of  former  proceedings,  which  in  all  humility  we  do  ac- 
knowledge, and  for  the  same  submit  ourselves  to  the  said 
lord  William ;  and  by  these  presents  for  ourselves,  heirs, 
and  successors,  absolutely  and  freely  renounce  to  the 
said  lord  William,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  all  right  in  the 
premises  to  ourselves,  and  successors,  to  be  absolutely 
barred  for  ever  by  these  presents : — AND  we  hereby 
further  covenant  unto  the  said  lord  Wm.  and  his  heirs, 
never  hereafter  to  attempt  to  possess  the  premises ;  but 
by  the  leave  and  licence  of  the  said  lord  Wm.  or  his  heirs, 
lords  of  Morpeth,  and  that  only  by  will  and  by  no  other 
title: — AND  also  hereafter  to  observe  all  other  articles 
mentioned  in  the  said  deeds  of  our  predecessors  under 
their  common  seal; — SAVING  to  us  and  our  successors) 
that  we  claim  to  be  a  corporation  incorporate  by  the 
name  of  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  the  borough  of 
Morpeth,  in  such  manner  and  form  as  our  predecessors 
formerly  claimed  the  same. — In  witness  whereof  we 
have  to  these  presents  set  our  hands  and  common  seal, 
Jan.  17,  16  Jas.  I.,  1619.  Signed  as  follows : — Thomas 
Readhead,  Georg  (his  ^  mark)  Challoner,  bailiffs ;  Cuth- 
bert  Oxley,  serjeant :  also  by  the  seven  aldermen  and 
eleven  of  the  freemen,  of  whom  four  of  the  aldermen 
and  five  of  the  freemen  set  their  mark  to  their  names. 

1619. — Oct.  4,  EDW.  WATSON  and  BERTRAM  HAIRE, 
bailiffs. 

1620. — Oct.  2,  MICHAEL  MILBOURNE  and  WILLIAM 
WARRINEH,  bailiffs. — 10  Oct.  James  Hume  licenced  to 
be  curate  of  Morpeth. 

1621. — Oct.  1, MILBOORNE  and  WARRI- 

NER  were  bailiffs  this  year,  but  both  died  before  their 
year  was  out,  and  their  widows  Jane  Milbourne  and 
Margery  Warriner  accounted  for  them. 

1622. — 30  Sept.,  EDWARD  WATSON  and  BERTRAM 
HAIRE,  bailiffs. 

1623.— 6  Oct.,  CUTH.  SMITH  and  THOS.  PYE,  bailiffs. 

1624. — 4  Oct.,  GILBERT  WRIGHT  and  GAWIN  MAR* 
CHALL,  bailiffs. 

1625. — Oct.  3,  CHRISTOPHER  DAWSON  and  BER- 
TRAM HAIRE,  bailiffs. 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


1626. — Oct.  2,  CUTHBERT  SMITH  and  GEO.  GARE, 
bailiffs. 

1627.— Sept.  30,  THOMAS  PIE  and  JOHN  WHITE, 
bailiffs. 

1628. — Oct.  6,  BERTRAM  HAIRE  and  WM.  GREENE, 
bailiffs. 

1629.  — 5  Oct.,  JOHN  BULMAN  and  ROBERT  WARD- 
HAUGH,  bailiffs.  They  accounted  to  the  town  April  28, 
1631. 

1630. — Oct.  4,  ANDREW  MAR  and  JOHN  GREENE, 
bailiffs:  they  passed  their  accounts  Sept.  12,  1631. 

1631. — Aug.  20,  Susanna  Martin  sold  to  Robt.  Smith, 
for  £74,  the  close,  and  parcel  of  ground  belonging  to  it, 
called  the  Old  Mill-race,  boundering  on  land  of  William 
lord  Carlisle  on  the  E.,  on  lands  of  the  borough  of  Mor- 
peth  on  the  W.,  on  the  bank  called  Allery-haugh,  also 
belonging  to  the  said  borough,  on  the  S.,  and  on  ground 
called  the  Lower  Steps  Close  on  the  N. — Was  the  Lower 
Steps  then  the  same  as  is  now  called  the  Low  Stanners? 
and  have  not  both  it  and  the  High  Stanners  derived 
their  names  from  stepping  stones  situated  at  them  ? 

Oct.  3,  BERTRAM  HAIR  and  PHILIP  HARRISON, 
bailiffs ;  in  a  memorandum,  Feb.  18, 1632,  are  described 
as  late  bailiffs. 

1632.— Oct.  1,  THOMAS  WIDDRINGTON,  esq.,  pre- 
sided at  the  court  holden  this  day ;  and  WM.  GREEN 
and  JOHN  PYE  were  elected  bailiffs. 

1633. — 30  Sept.,  JOHN  BULMAN  and  ROBT.  WARD- 
HAUGH,  bailiffs,  and  described  as  such  in  a  memorandum 
of  March  24,  1633-4 ;  but  did  not  pass  their  accounts 
till  24  Nov.,  1635. 

1634. — Oct.  6,  WILLIAM  GREENE  and  PHILIP  HAR- 
RISON, bailiffs. 

1635. — Oct.  5,  BERTRAM  GAIKE  and  LAWRENCE 
SOFTLEY,  bailiffs,  who,  on  March  28,  1636,  were  "be- 
hind of  their  accompts." 

1639. — Bryan  Henshaw,  clerk,  master  of  the  school 
of  Morpeth,  charged  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  with  de- 
taining from  him  the  school  wages ;  but  the  commis- 
sioners, before  whom  the  case  was  tried  at  Durham, 
"  decreed  the  said  bailiffs  and  burgesses  to  be  dismissed 
this  honourable  court,  the  costs  to  be  paid  them  by  the 
said  Henshaw,  the  party  agent  in  the  cause." — (Hunter's 
MSS.) 

1640.— Oct.  5,  PHILIP  HARRISON  and  JOHN  PYE, 
bailiffs,  and  occur  as  such  13  Sept.,  1641. 

"  Newcastle  thus  taken  in,  the  generall  causes  quarter, 


his  army  pairtly  within  the  town,  pairtly  at  Morpeth, 
and  diuerse  other  pairts  round  about  12  myles  distant 
to  the  camp,  when,  to  their  incredible  joy,  they  lived 
both  on  burgh  and  land  at  their  pleasure,  ay  and  so  long 
as  they  remained  in  that  bounds." — (Spaldiny's  Troubles, 
».,  254.) 

1641. — Oct.  4,  WM.  GREENE  and  EDWARD  BEWICK, 
bailiffs,  and  mentioned  as  such  in  a  corporation  book, 
June  1,  1642. 

1643. — Gryte  diligense  and  expeditioun  maid  throw 
all  the  schires  of  Scotland  for  raising  of  men  to  send  ef- 
ter  oure  army,  who  is  now  lying  at  Morpet,  haveing 
sondrie  nobillmen,  sic  as  the  marques  of  Argyle  presi- 
dent of  the  army,  &c.—(Spalding's  Troubles,  »i.,  177-) 

1644. — 30  Sept.,  JOHN  PYE  and  THOMAS  WATSON 
chosen  bailiffs ;  and  mentioned  Sept.  2,  1645,  in  a  docu- 
ment in  the  town's  hutch. 

Oure  army  now  being  in  England,  ane  mission  wes 
written  from  general  Lesly,  the  marques  of  Argyll,  the 
erll  of  Lyndsay,  and  remanent  of  the  committee  of  our 
Scottish  army  encampit  at  Morpit,  12  myllis  distant 
from  Newcastell,  daitit  about  the  25  Januar  J  644,  and 
direct  to  sir  Thomas  Glenhame  now  governour  of  New- 
castell in  the  place  of  the  deposit  traittour  sir  Johne 
Morall,  &c. —  (Spalding's  Troubles,  ii.,  181.) 

"Ye  hard  befoir  of  the  ingoing  of  oure  army  to  Eng- 
land. They  marchit  fairlie  on  touardis  Morpit  wnder 
generall  Leslie  his  excellence,  with  ane  weill  orderit 
army,hors  and  foot."  "He  had  many  feild  peices,  pulder, 
ball,  and  armes  in  aboundance  with  baggage,  and  uther 
provisioun  necessar,  haveing  ane  army  of  hors  and  foot 
of  20,000  men,  dragoneiris  bag  and  baggage,  sum  saying 
less  some  saying  moir,  and  went  into  Morpet,  within  12 
myllis,  to  Newastell,  quhair  thair  wes  ane  lettir  wretten 
and  ansuerit  of  the  25  of  Januar,  as  ye  have  befoir. — 
(Id.  192.) 

In  May. — u  Word  cam  heir  of  ane  gryte  overthrou 
givin  to  oure  Scottesmen  lying  at  Morpet  be  the  kinges 
forces.*— fid.  233.) 

The  castle  of  Morpeth  was  besieged  and  taken  by  the 
earl  of  Montrose,  in  May,  this  year,  as  shown  above 
from  the  Somerville  Memoirs ;  and  Whitelock,  in  his 
Memorials,  says  that — 

In  June  following,  the  earl  of  Calender  possessed 
himself  of  Morpeth  for  the  parliament. 

*  On  the  margin  of  the  manuscript  is  written—"  ane  over- 
throw, hot  not  trew." 


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In  June,  "  Thair  was  ane  fight  about  Morpit,  quhair 
divers  of  our  Scottis  foot  soldiouris  was  overcum  by  the 
Borderis,  strippit  out  of  thair  clothis  and  armes,  and 
sent  hame  naikit  about  this  tyme." — ( Spalding 's  Trou- 
bles, «.  233.) 

1646 — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  PYE  and  GEORGE  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1647- — Oct.  4,  JOHN  PYE  and  JOHN  SMITH,  bailiffs. 

1652. — Oct.  4,  THOMAS  GAIRE  and  JOHN  WOOD- 
RUFFE,  bailiffs,  were,  on  April  3,  1654,  presented  at  a 
court  leet  as  late  bailiffs,  and  fined  39s.  1  Id.  for  not 
suppressing  ale-houses,  and  for  not  repairing  the  Well- 
bridge,  the  New-bridge,  and  the  Newmill-bridge. — 
(  Court  Roll.; 

1653 — Oct.  3,  EDWARD  BEWICK  and  GERRARD  FEN- 
WICK,  bailiffs,  who,  at  a  court  leet  holden  before  Richard 
Stete,  esq.,  steward,  April  3,  1654,  presented  Edward 
Janson,  for  saying  that  they  collected  cesses  for  the 
town's  use,  and  put  up  in  their  own  pockets,  for  their 
own  ends  and  purposes,  10s. — (Id.) 

1654. — Oct.  2,  JOHN  PYE  and  MICHAEL  WIDDRNG- 
TON,  bailiffs,  whose  names  occur  in  a  corporation  book 
on  Feb.  2,  1654—5. 

1655. — Oct.  1,  GEO.  MARSHALL  and  FRANCIS  PYE, 
bailiffs. 

1656 — Inquest  at  the  court  leet,  April  14,  after  the 
death  of  Cuthbert  Cowle,  and  whether  Margaret  Er- 
rington  be  his  heire,  &c — Oct.  6,  THOMAS  WATSON 
and  THOMAS  MILBURNE,  bailiffs. 

1657. — Oct.  5,  MICHAEL  WIDDRINGTON  and  THOS. 
WARDHAUGH,  bailiffs. 

1658 Oct.  4,  JERVASE  FENWICK  and  FRANCIS  PYE, 

bailiffs. 

1659. — Court  leet,  holden  April  11,  the  jury  found 
that  the  then  bailiffs  should  repair  the  Pinfold  and 
Green-butts  in  three  weeks  time,  or  be  fined  39s.,  and 
that  the  serjeant  should  scour  the  Stanbourn  unto  the 
ash  tree,  within  14  days,  or  pay  a  fine  of  6s.  8d. — Oct. 
3,  AMOS  OXLEY  and  LAWRENCE  ATKINSON,  bailiffs, 
mentioned  in  a  corporation  paper,  dated  18  Sep.,  1660. 

1660. — Jan.  4,  this  day  general  Monck  was  attended 
at  Morpeth  by  the  sword-bearer  of  London,  with  an 
express  of  letters  from  the  corporation  of  London. 
There  came  also  the  sword-bearer  of  Newcastle,  with 
compliments  and  kind  invitations  from  that  town. — 
(Kennel's  Register,  p.  6.) 

1661.— Sep.  30,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  WILLIAM  UBWIN, 


who  are  mentioned  in  a  corporation  record,  dated  6 
Sep.,  1662. 

1662 — Oct.  6,  THOMAS  GAIRE,  senior,  and  ARTHUR 
FENWICK,  were  chosen  bailiffs ;  and  are  mentioned  as 
such  in  a  record  in  the  town's  hutch,  dated  June  1, 1663. 

December  30,  the  king,  by  one  of  the  antient  royal 
methods  of  raising  the  wind  about  the  time  of  accession 
to  the  throne,  granted  a  charter  to  the  corporation  of 
this  town,  for  which  they  paid  a  fine  of  ten  pounds. 

1663. — July  16,  by  indenture  between  Charles  earl  of 
Carlisle,  Henry  lord  viscount  Mansfield,  William  lord 
Widdrington,  Philip  Howard,  kt.,  brother  of  the  said 
earl  of  Carlisle,  sir  Wm.  Fenwick,  of  Wallington,  bart., 
sir  Ralph  Delaval,  bart.,  sir  Cuthbert  Heron,  bart.,  sir 
Thomas  Widdrington,  kt.,  serjeant  at  law,  sir  George 
Downing,  of  East  Hatley,  in  Cambridgeshire,  kt.  and 
bart.,  and  Ralph  Knight,  of  Nottingham,  on  the  one 
part ;  and  lord  viscount  Morpeth,  Wm.  Widdrington, 
of  Widdrington  Castle,  esq.,  John  Fenwick,  of  Walling- 
ton, Robert  Delaval,  of  Seaton  Delaval,  esq.,  William 
Widdrington,  of  Bolton,  esq.,  the  parson  of  Morpeth, 
and  the  two  bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  of  the  other  part,  the 
said  Charles  earl  of  Carlisle,  in  consideration  of  the 
smallness  of  the  revenues  of  the  school  of  Morpeth,  and 
for  the  augmention  of  the  same,  grantel  in  trust  to  the 
said  second  party,  a  yearly  rent  charge  of  £5  to  the  said 
school,  out  of  his  lands  in  this  county.  The  original 
document  is  still  in  the  town's  hutch,  but  it  is  long  and 
difficult  of  abridgment.  See  Rep.  on  Char,  in  1829,  p. 
461. 

Oct.  5,  THOMAS  WARDHAUGH  and  WILLIAM  WID- 
DRINGTON, bailiffs,  whose  names  occur  in  a  document  in 
the  town's  hutch,  dated  Sept.  1,  1664.  At  the  court 
leet,  on  the  same  day,  several  persons  presented  for  not 
grinding  at  the  lord's  mill,  for  baking  from  the  lord's 
common  bakehouse,  for  keeping  swine  contrary  to  order, 
for  keeping  common  middings  before  their  doors,  &c. ; 
also  four  persons  ordered  to  make  their  fronts  clean 
within  14  days,  or  pay  a  noble  a  piece. 

1664. — Oct.  3,  JOHN  CHALLONER  and  JOHN  WOOD- 
RUFFE  chosen  bailiffs;  and  mentioned  in  a  record  dated 
March  13,  1664-5. 

1665. — It  is  traditionally  reported  that  the  plague 
visited  Morpeth  in  August  this  year,  and  that  the  bodies 
of  those  who  fell  victims  to  it  were  buried  in  a  small 
close  adjoining  Holburn,on  the  north  side  of  the  Quarry- 
bank.  Many  of  the  town's  people,  to  escape  the  infection, 


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built  and  lived  in  huts  in  that  part  of  Cottingwood  called 
the  "Hollin  Post."— (W.  W.) 

"  1667.— Oct.  1,  MICHAEL  WIDDRINGTON  and  ARTHUR 
FENWICK,  bailiffs.  Their  names  occur  in  a  deed  dated 
Jan.  1,  1666-7- 

1667.— Sept.  30,  WILLIAM  PYE  and  MATT.  CHAL- 
LONER, bailiffs. 

1668. — Oct.  5,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  WILLIAM  MAR- 
SHALL, bailiffs. 

1669. — Oct.  4,  JOHN  WOODRUFFS,  senior,  and  THOS. 
GAIER,  bailiffs. 

1670 — Oct.  3,  MICHAEL  WIDDRINGTON  and  WM. 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1671. — Oct.  2,  THOMAS  WARDHAUGH  and  HENRY 
CHALLONER,  bailiffs.  The  following  is  an  abstracted 
schedule  of  the  rental  of  the  school  lands  in  this  year : — 
John  Thornton,  for  land  in  Netherwitton,  £8 ;  Mr 
Baites,  for  Milburne,  3s.  6d. ;  Mr  Errington,  for  Ber- 
wick-on-the-hill,  Is.  8d. ;  more  for  Pontiland,  8d. ;  Dar- 
rishall,  Is.  2d. ;  Cargee  for  Pontiland  Cottage,  7s.  6d. ; 
Arthur  Fenwick,  for  Chantry  Close,  £1 ;  Mr  William 
Horsley,  for  lands  in  Callerton,  £1  10s. ;  Catchburne, 
Cs.  8d. ;  Francis  Pye,  for  the  Green,  £3  17s.  6d.;  May- 
son  Dinnington,  2d. ; — in  all,  £15  8s.  lOd. 

1672.— Sept.  30,  THOMAS  GAIRE  and  CHAS.  STOD- 
DART,  bailiffs. 

1673.— Oct.  6,  MICHAEL  WIDDRINGTON  and  MI- 
CHAEL THOMPSON,  bailiffs. 

1674. — Oct.  5,  JOHN  WOODRUFFE  and  FRANCIS 
GREENE,  bailiffs. 

1675 — Oct.  4,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  WM.  MARSHALL, 
bailiffs. 

1676. — Oct.  2,  ARTHUR  FENWICK  and  CHAS.  STOD- 
DART,  bailiffs.  In  this  year,  the  old  book  of  the  fullers' 
and  dyers'  company  was  destroyed  by  a  sudden  and  un- 
accountable fire,  which  broke  out  in  the  house  of  their 
alderman. — (Above,  p.  430.) 

1677. — Oct.  1,  THOMAS  WARDHAUGH  and  THOMAS 
GAIRE,  bailiffs. 

1678. — Sep.  30,  MICHAEL  WIDDRINGTON  and  FRAN- 
CIS GREEN,  bailiffs. 

1679. — Oct.  6,  ARTHUR  FENWICK  and  WM.  PYE, 
bailiffs. 

1680. — Oct.  4,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  CHAS.  STODDART, 
bailiffs. 

October  6,  the  grand  jury  of  the  county,  at  the  ses- 
sions at  Morpeth,  allowed  a  bill  of  £95  l?s.  6d.  for  what 


moneys  have  been  disbursed  for  repairing  the  "  Keye" 
of  Morpeth. — fOrig.  in  Town's  Hutch.) 

1681. — Oct.  3,  THOMAS  GAIRE  and  AMOS  WILLS, 
bailiffs. 

1682. — Oct.  2,  WILLIAM  MARSHALL  and  WILLIAM 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1683 — Oct.  1,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  FRANCIS  GHEEN, 
bailiffs. 

Presentments  at  the  Visitation  at  Morpeth,  at  Mi- 
chaelmas, 1683 : — We  present  John  Fenwick  and  his 
wife,  Thomas  Hunter  and  his  wife,  Mrs  Mary  Coates, 
vid.,  Mrs  Faith  Wilson,  vid.,  Mrs  Ursula  Davison,  and 
Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Mr  Edward  Pye,  Mrs  Eliz.  Watson, 
spinster,  Arthur  Fenwick  and  his  wife,  Andrew  Lums- 
den  and  his  wife,  Hugh  Darne,  Michael  Thompson, 
Wm.  Huntley,  John  White,  Richard  White,  glover, 
Richard  White,  weaver,  Robert  Hills,  Robert  Storey, 
Edw.  Thompson  and  Margaret  his  wife  of  Neale-motes, 
for  not  coming  to  church  and  not  receiving  the  sacra- 
ment, according  to  the  rites  of  the  church  of  England. — 
( MS.  penes  Mr  I.  Bell.)  At  other  visitations,  Mrs 
Eliz.  Swan,  and  the  persons  whose  names  are  printed  in 
italics,  are  all  presented  as  papists. 

1684 — Oct.  6,  WM.  PYE  and  HENRY  CHALLONER, 
bailiffs. 

1685. — 5  Oct.,  THOS.  GAIRE  and  CUTHBERT  STEELE, 
bailiffs.  In  this  year  the  earl  of  Carlisle  granted  to  the 
corporation  that  parcel  of  ground,  near  the  view  of  his 
castle  of  Morpeth,  heretofore  used  as  a  bowling-green, 
and  called  the  Bowling-Green,  with  liberty  to  build  a 
house  near  it. — (Orig.  in  Town's  Hutch.) 

1686. — 4  Oct.  WM.  FENWICK  and  ROBT.  MITFORD, 
bailiffs.  Before  Dec.  14,  this  year,  a  dreadful  fire  hap- 
pened in  Morpeth,  and  burnt  the  bye-laws  of  the 
Butchers'  and  Skinners'  company,  and  the  house  of 
their  alderman. — ( Above,  p.  431.) 

1687.— 3  Oct.,  FRANCIS  PYE  and  GEOBGE  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1688. — Oct.  1,  FRANCIS  GREENE  and  ROBERT  MIT- 
FORD,  bailiffs. 

1 689. — Extract  from  the  sessions  books  for  first  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  : — Ralph  Douglas,  of  Morpeth,  mason, 
Wm.  Sadler,  of  the  same,  mason,  Thos.  Thompson,  of 
the  same,  carpenter,  Robert  Donkin,  Robert  Mitford, 
and  George  Fenwick,  gents.,  inhabitants  of  the  same 
towne,  do  severally  make  oath,  that  upon  Monday  the 
29th  July  last  past,  about  two  in  the  afternoon  of  the 


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same  day,  a  sudden  and  terrible  fire  did  break  forth  at 
the  same  towne  of  Morpeth,  which  by  reason  of  the 
fierceness  thereof,  within  the  space  of  three  hours  burnt 
down  and  consumed  the  dwelling-houses,  kilns,  barns, 
stables,  and  out-houses  of  about  50  of  the  said  inhabi- 
tants. And  that  we  have  seen  and  viewed  the  said 
dwelling-houses,  &c.  burnt  by  the  said  fire,  and  severally 
make  oath,  that  we  judge  and  believe  that  the  sum  of 
£3,530  will  not  re-build  the  same,  and  put  the  said 
dwelling-houses,  &c.  in  good  and  sufficient  repair,  and 
satisfy  the  loss  of  the  several  inhabitants.  Sworn  in  the 
court,  and  tested  by  the  signature  of  the  several  jurors. 

The  following  is  also  given  in  Mackenzie's  History, 
ii.,  191,  as  a  literal  copy  of  an  original  letter,  about  the 
same  fire : — "  Mr  Pye, — I  am  very  sorrey  to  hear  of 
the  sadd  accident  at  your  towne  yesterday,  and  for  the 
great  losse  the  poor  people  have  receiv'd  .  I  shal  be  glad 
to  hear  that  there  be  noe  hurt  to  )>e  persons,  that  the 
goale  be  safe  &  the  records  .  I  designed  to  have  waited 
on  Coll.  Stafford  this  day,  but  now  I  judge  visitts  un- 
seasonable  'tell  the  hurry  be  over ;  but  if  he  expect  me 
send  the  messinger  back  and  I  will  come  .  I  pray  you  if 
you  can  order  the  matter  so  come  with  him  hither  to 
dinner  on  Thursday,  &  as  I  wrote  before,  desire  him  to 
chuse  his  owne  company  .  I  pray  you  speak  to  Mr  For- 
ster  about  the  £100 :  you  know  what  my  occasions  are 
to  have  it  paid  .  I  send  your  wife's  cloths  by  the  bearer, 
if  you  have  any  news  I  pray  you  let  me  hear  it,  and 

how  this  sad  accident  happened our  taken  from 

if  Londonderry  be  not 3  shipps  and 

would  remove  out  of  that  kingdom,  and  that  it  was 
guessed  he  intended  for  Scotland  .  I  hope  you  may  come 
back  from  Alnwick  to-morrow  at  night  to  come  with 
Coll.  Stafford :  send  me  word  what  he  saith  .  Yor.  lo. 
frd.  RICH.  NEILE.  PI.  ye  30,  July,  '89."  Addressed 
to  Mr  John  Pye,  at  Morpeth.  Sir  Richard  Neile  re- 
sided at  Plessey  Hall.  See  above,  at  p.  298. 

Sep.  30,  WILLIAM  FENWICK  and  ARTHUR  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1690. — Oct.  6,  ROBERT  MITFORD  and  GEO.  MARR, 
bailiffs. 

1691. — Oct.  5,  GEO.  FENWICK  and  ROBT.  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1692. — Oct.  3,  THOS.  GAIRE  and  FRANCIS  GREEN, 
bailiffs. 

1693 — Oct.  2,  ARTHUR  FENWICK  and  WM.  WOOD, 
bailiffs. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


1694. — Oct.  1,  ROBERT  MITFORD  and  WM.  GAYER, 
bailiffs. 

1695 — There  is  a  duplicate,  in  the  Town's  Hutch,  of 
a  return,  dated  June  29  this  year,  made  by  the  bailiffs, 
aldermen,  and  burgesses,  to  a  writ  of  mandamus  brought 
by  Thomas  Clarke,  and  others,  to  admit  them  to  their 
freedom ;  and,  in  the  preamble  to  this  document,  some 
of  the  customs  are  stated  about  the  mode  of  electing 
freemen.  Sept.  30,  GEO.  MARR  and  GEO.  WOODRUFFE, 
bailiffs. 

1696. — Oct.  5,  ROBT.  MITFORD  and  JOHN  GAYER, 
bailiffs. 

1697 — Oct.  4,  THOS.  GAYER  and  WM.  WARRINER, 
bailiffs. 

1698. — Oct.  3,  WILLIAM  GAYER  and  JOHK  BITTLE- 
STON,  bailiffs. 

1699. — Oct.  2,  GEORGE  FENWICK  and  GEO.  MARR, 
bailiffs. 

]  700 — Sep.  30,  THOS.  GAYER  and  WM.  WOOD,  bailiffs. 

1701 — Oct.  6,  WM.  FENWICK  and  THOS.  WARHINER, 
bailiffs. 

1702. — Oct.  5,  ARTHUR  FENWICK  and  WM.  GAYER, 
bailiffs. 

1703.— Oct.  4,  THOMAS  GAYER  and  THOMAS  PAT- 
TERSON,  bailiffs.  A  memorandum  on  16  Dec.,  1703, 
calls  them  present  bailiffs:  but  another,  on  March  1, 
1704,  describes  them  as  late  bailiffs,  and  George  Marr 
and  Thomas  Marshall  present  bailiffs ;  consequently 
Gayer  and  Patterson  must,  before  the  latter  date,  have 
vacated  their  office,  and  Marr  and  Marshall  been  elect- 
ed in  their  stead. 

1704 — Oct.  2,  WILLIAM  WOOD  and  JOHN  BITTLE- 
STON,  bailiffs. 

1705. — Oct.  1,  WILLIAM  WARRINER  and  WM.  MARR, 
bailiffs. 

1706 — Sep.  30,  WM.  FENWICK  and  ROGER  MARR, 
bailiffs. 

1707. — Oct.  6,  GEORGE  MARR  and  JOHN  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1708. — Oct.  4,  THOMAS  WARRINER  and  THOMAS 
MARSHALL,  bailiffs. 

1709 — Oct.  3,  WM.  WOOD  and  JOHN  WILKINSON, 
bailiffs. 

1710. — Oct.  2,  THOMAS  MARSHALL  and  WILLIAM 
MARR,  bailiffs. 

17H — Oct.  1,  GEO.  MARR  and  THOS.  THOMPSON, 
bailiffs. 

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1712. — Oct.  6,  JOHN  BITTLESTONE  and  ANDREW 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1713. — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  MARSHALL  and  THOMAS 
RICHARDSON,  bailiffs. 

1714. — Oct.  4,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  GILBERT  CHAL- 
LONER)  bailiffs. 

1715. — Oct.  3,  THOS.  WARRINER  and  JOHN  LUMS- 
DEN,  bailiffs.  Oct.  13,  "  The  rebels  entered  and  lodged 
at  Morpeth." — (Bothal  Registers.)  Patten,  as  quoted 
by  Brand,  says  that  "on  Monday,  Oct.  10,  the  rebels 
marched  to  Morpeth  about  300  strong,  all  horse." 

1716 Feb.  18,  it  appears  by  Mr  Hodgson,  of  Els- 
wick's,  extracts  from  sessions  books,  that  John  Fenwick, 
of  Morpeth,  was  liberated  from  Morpeth  gaol,  to  which 
he  and  others  had  been  committed  on  account  of  disaf- 
fection to  his  majesty's  government.  Oct.  1,  THOMAS 
MARSHALL  and  WILLIAM  BULLOCH,  bailiffs. 

1717. — In  Hillary  term  this  year,  there  was  a  trial, 
on  the  chancery  side  of  the  exchequer,  for  suit  of  mill 

in  Morpeth,  which  was  dismissed (Martin's  Index.) 

Sep.  30,  WILLIAM  WOOD  and  THOMAS  WARRINER, 
bailiffs. 

1718. — Oct.  6,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  THOMAS  GAYER, 
bailiffs. 

1719. — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  MARSHALL  and  EDWARD 
LCMSDEN,  bailiffs.  Among  the  disbursements  this  year 
was  2s.  6(1.  to  John  Stoddart,  town  clerk ;  and,  on  Nov. 
4,  after  long  law  suits,  about  the  lands  at  Netherwitton, 
belonging  to  Edward  the  Sixth's  school  here,  it  was 
agreed  by  the  contending  parties  that  the  owner  of  that 
estate  should  pay  to  the  school  £100  a  year. — (Stanton 
Papers.) 

1720.— Oct.  3,  WM.  BULLOCK  and  THOS.  WRIGHT, 
bailiffs. 

1721 — The  bailiffs  paid  "for  a  new  bell  and  mending 
the  bell  rope  £2  1  Is." 

1723.— Sep.  30,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  THOS.  WAR- 
RINER, bailiffs. 

1724 — Oct.  5,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  WM.  BULLOCK, 
bailiffs. 

1725 — Oct.  4,  THOS.  MARSHALL  and  EDW.  LUMS- 
DEN,  bailiffs. 

1726 — Oct.  3,  WM.  WOOD  and  THOMAS  WRIGHT, 
bailiffs. 

1727 — Oct.  2,  THOMAS  WARRINER  and  EDWARD 
MARR,  bailiffs. 

1728. — June  4,  a  sum  of  money  to  be  obtained  for 


carrying  on  the  suit  against  Mr  Bates.    Sep.  30,  THOS. 
MARSHALL  and  THOMAS  RICHARDSON  chosen  bailiffs. 

1729 — July  11,  Thos.  Marshall  and  Thos.  Richard- 
son are  mentioned  in  a  memorandum  as  then  bailiffs. 

Oct.  6,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  EDW.  LUMSDEN  chosen 
bailiffs ;  and  mentioned  as  such  in  a  memorandum,  dated 
Feb.  8,  1729—30. 

1730. — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  GAYER  and  JOHN  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1731. — Oct.  4,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  ROBERT  CLARK 
chosen  bailiffs,  and  described  as  such  in  a  memorandum 
dated  9  Feb.,  173J.  Mr  Woodman,  since  the  preceding 
account  of  Horsley,  the  antiquary,  was  printed  off,  has 
forwarded  to  me  the  following  extract  from  the  parish 
register  of  Morpeth: — "Burials  at  Morpeth. — 1731. 
Jan.  1 5,  Mr  John  Horsley."  Such  was  the  brief  chro- 
nicle, which  the  parish  clerk  of  Morpeth  entered  in  his 
register,  to  the  memory  of  a  man,  whose  learning,  and 
knowledge  in  science  had  far  out-stripped  the  acquire- 
ments of  his  northern  neighbours.  But,  nomen  quaesi- 
tum  ingenio  non  excidit.  There  is  certainly  no  tomb- 
stone to  his  memory  in  the  burial  ground  of  Morpeth ; 
and,  if  there  ever  was  one,  it  has  probably  shared  the 
fate  of  the  many  frail  monuments  of  a  similar  kind, 
which  once  claimed  from  friend  or  relative  the  passing 
tribute  of  a  sigh,  but  are  now  converted  into  paving- 
stones  for  the  church-yard  walks. 

1732. — Oct.  2,  THOMAS  WARRINER  and  THOMAS 
WRIGHT,  bailiffs.  But,  from  the  documents  before  me, 
there  seems  to  be  a  good  deal  of  confusion  in  the  guild 
books  respecting  the  succession  of  bailiffs  about  this 
time;  as  this  Warriner  and  Wright,  on  12  March,  173|, 
accounted  "  with  the  then  bailiffs." 

1733 — Oct.  1,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  ROBT.  CLARK, 
who,  on  Sep.  9,  1734,  are  called  late  bailiffs,  and  had 
accounted  with  the  then  present  bailiffs — I  suppose 
Lumsden  and  Tate. 

1734. — On  Sep.  9,  EDWARD  LUMSDEN  and  WILLIAM 
TATE  occur  as  bailiffs ;  but  to  be  then  in  office,  if  they 
served  out  their  municipal  year,  they  ought  to  have 
been  elected  on  Oct.  1,  1733.  They  are  also  described 
as  kte  bailiffs  on  April  12,  1736. 

Sep.  30,  THOS.  WRIGHT  and  THOS.  GAYER,  bailiffs. 

1735 — Oct.  6,  THOMAS  WARRINER  and  RICHARD 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1736. — Oct.  4,  JOHN  FENWICK  and  ROBERT  CLARK, 
bailiffs. 


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1737.— On  Sunday,  Sep.  10,  Mary  Coxon,  in  the 
time  of  divine  service  in  Morpeth  church,  was  publicly 
denounced  and  excommunicated  for  contumacy,  for  not 
appearing  at  the  archdeacon's  court  to  receive  sentence 
for  the  crime  of  fornication. — (Ex.  Orig.  Denunc.) 

1738 Oct.  2,  WILLIAM  TATE  and  EDW.  LUMSDEN, 

bailiffs :  mentioned  in  a  corporation  paper  dated  before 
the  first  Monday  after  Michaelmas  day  in  1739.  In 
this  year,  JOHN  RASTRICK,  an  ingenious  engineer,  who 
claimed  to  be  the  inventor  of  the  Thrashing  Machine 
now  in  use,  was  born  at  Bowies'  Green.  He  died  in 
Morpeth,  June  9,  1826. 

1739 Oct.  1,  THOS.  WARRINER  and  ROBT.  CLARK, 

bailiffs. 

1740. — Feb.  16,  Hepscot  covered  with  lead,  arid  in 
which  the  late  Mr  Robert  Bulman  lived,  advertised  to 
be  let. — (Newc.  Cour.J  July  13,  three  men  and  two 
women  escaped  out  of  Morpeth  gaol.  On  Sunday,  Sep. 
10,  William  Storey,  in  his  penetential  habit,  having  a 
white  sheet  on  and  a  rod  in  his  hand,  and  standing  in  a 
high  place,  did  penance  for  fornication.  Oct.  6,  JOHK 
FENWICK,  senior,  and  RICHARD  FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1741.— March  14,  Morpeth  cattle  fair  advertised  to 
be  holden  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  April,  and  to  be 
continued  weekly  till  Christmas.  April  21,  the  gaol 
broken  into,  and  four  prisoners  escaped.  Lord  Carlisle 
worked  a  colliery  on  Shaldfen  in  July. — (Newcastle 
Cour.)  Oct.  5,  THOMAS  GAYER  and  GEORGE  NICHOLS, 
bailiffs.  Dec.  3,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  George  Holborn, 
punished  with  the  branks  for  two  hours,  at  the  Market 
Cross,  by  order  of  Mr  Thomas  Gair  and  Mr  George 
Nichols,  then  bailiffs,  for  scandalous  and  opprobrious 
language  to  several  persons  in  town,  as  well  as  to  the 
said  bailiffs. 

1742. — Jan.  6,  James  Whitfield  and  Edward  Jackson 
took  the  oath  of  messengers  or  gaugers  of  excise,  before 
Gair  and  Nichols,  bailiffs.  Oct.  4,  THOMAS  COOPER 
and  THOS.  WEATHERHEAD,  bailiffs. 

1743. — The  Corporation  books  contain  many  such 
minutes  as  the  following: — May  29,  Margaret  Spence, 
Scotchwoman,  brought  before  Mr  Thomas  Cooper  and 
Mr  Thomas  Weatherhead,  bailiffs,  for  stealing  two  table 
cloths  and  eight  napkins,  the  goods  of  Eliz.  Baites,  of 
Morpeth,  and  a  hen,  drest  for  the  spit,  from  Joseph 
Clark,  butcher;  which  facts  being  by  her,  the  said 
Spence,  acknowledged,  and  by  others  proved — "We," 
the  said  Cooper  and  Weatherhead,  "  immediately  sent 


her  to  the  clock-house,  and  whipt  her  next  day."    Oct. 
3,  RICHARD  FENWICK  and  THOMAS  CLARK,  bailiffs. 

1744. — Oct.  1,  EDW.  LUMSDEN  and  ROBERT  CLERK, 
bailiffs. 

1745. — Oct.  6,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  THOS.  COOPER, 
bailiffs.  Hay,  straw,  and  other  requisites,  were  this 
year  provided,  for  encamping  General  Wade's  army  on 
Cottingwood. 

"  Christmas  sessions,  1745.  Thomas  Collingwood,  a 
state  prisoner.  It  is  ordered,  that  a  reward  of  £18  (in- 
cluding the  sum  already  paid)  be  paid  by  the  treasurer, 
for  apprehending  and  re-taking  the  said  Collingwood, 
and  conveying  him  to  Morpeth  gaol,  from  whence  he 
had  escaped ;  to  be  distributed  and  paid  to  the  persons 
that  took  him,  or  assisted  therein,  in  such  manner  and 
proportion  as  sir  Will.  Middleton,  bart.,  George  Dela- 
ville  and  Mark  Aynesley,  esqrs.,  or  any  two  of  them 
shall  direct."  "  Mr  Geo.  Nichols,  bailiff  of  Morpeth. 
Ordered,  that  the  treasurer  pay  him  1 8s.  for  labourers 
work  in  pulling  down  and  removing  hedges  in  the  road 
to  Morpeth  for  the  more  commodious  passing  of  his 
Majesty's  forces,  and  to  Geo.  Pickard  for  the  like,  30s. 
6d."  "  Ordered  to  pay  Mr  Geo.  Nichols  and  Mr  Thos. 
Cooper,  bailiffs  of  Morpeth,  £3  Us.  6d.  for,  horse  hire 
and  riding  charges  in  procuring  carriages  and  straw  for 
the  accommodation  of  his  Majesty's  forces." — (Extract- 
ed by  John  Hodgson,  esq.,  M.P.J 

1746. — April  6,  Resolved  by  the  corporation,  that 
none  but  a  freeman  or  brother  shall  exercise  the  trade 
of  a  whitesmith,  blacksmith,  saddler,  armourer,  or  hard- 
wareman,  within  the  borough.  The  guild  books  contain 
many  similar  resolutions  respecting  other  trades. 

Easter  sessions. — Ordered,  that  the  treasurer  pay  to 
the  bailiffs  of  Morpetb,  the  sum  of  £114  19s.  3d.  for 
conveying  his  Majesty's  baggage  from  Morpeth  to  Fel- 
ton  and  Alnwick,  and  from  Morpeth  to  Newcastle. — 
(Extracted  by  John  Hodgson,  esq.,  M.P.J 

31  May. — "  On  the  arrival"  here  "of  the  Prince  of 
Hesse,  the  magistrates,  gentry,  and  clergy  assembled, 
had  the  honor  to  wait  upon  his  highness,  who  very  gra- 
ciously received  the  compliments  made  him  in  a  short, 
but  completely  congratulatory  address  from  the  chief 
magistrate.  A  general  satisfaction  extended  itself 
through  all  ranks  of  the  people,  and  concluded  with 
many  public  worthy  healths  at  the  Cross,  bonefires,  re- 
peated peals  of  bells,  loud  huzzas,  and  all  possible  vari- 
ety of  loyalty. — (Newcastle  Courant.) 


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Oct.  6,  RICHARD  FEKWICK  and  WILLIAM  TATE, 
bailiffs. 

1747 Oct.  5,  EDW.  LUMSDEX  and  GEO.  NICHOLS, 

bailiffs. 

1748. — Oct.  3,  THOS.  COOPER  and  THOS.  WEATHER- 
HEAD,  bailiffs. 

1749.— Oct.  2,  RICHARD  FENWICK  and  WM.  TATE, 
bailiffs. 

1750. — Oct.  1,  THOS.  COOPER  and  CUTHBERT  BUL- 
LOCK, bailiffs. 

1751. — Sep.  30,  EDWARD  LUMSDEN  and  RICHARD 
I  ENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1752. — Oct.  2,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  THOS.  COOPER, 
bailiffs. 

1753. — Oct.  1,  EDWARD  LUMSDEN  and  CHAS.  PYE, 
bailiffs. 

1754. — Sep.  30,  THOMAS  WEATHERHEAD  and  EDW. 
RICHARDSON,  bailiffs. 

1755. — Oct.  6,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  WM.  TATE, 
bailiffs. 

1756— Feb.  26,  died  at  Morpeth,  Mr  Wm.  Fenwick, 
clerk  of  the  roads.  Oct.  4,  RICHARD  FENWICK  and 
ANDREW  BULLOCK,  bailiffs. 

17&7- — Jan.  15,  advertised  to  let,  the  Manchester 
manufactory,  at  Morpeth,  a  building  proper  for  manu- 
facturing Manchester  small  wares  in,  and  containing  20 
looms,  a  dye-house,  with  leads,  pewters,  &c.  It  has 
been  carried  on  for  some  years  "  by  a  set  of  gentlemen," 
to  employ  the  poor.  Enquire  of  Lisle  and  Co.,  Mor- 
peth.— (Newc.  Courant.)  Oct.  3,  EDWARD  RICHARD- 
SON and  OLIVER  NICHOLS,  bailiffs. 

1758. — Oct.  2,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  ANDREW  FEN- 
WICK,  bailiffs. 

1759 — April  21,  died  at  Morpeth,  Mr  James  Fen- 
wick,  apothecary  there — (Newc.  Cour.)  Oct.  I,  THOS. 
SOFTLEY  and  GABRIEL  DUNN,  bailiffs.  Dec.  1,  19 
stacks  of  corn  and  250  tons  of  hay,  standing  in  the 
stack-yard  of  Mr  Ralph  Fenwick,  of  Ulgham  Grange, 
were  set  on  fire,  and  totally  consumed.  This  act  of 
fire-raising  was  supposed  to  have  been  the  work  of  ma- 
licious incendiaries. — (Newc.  Courant. ) 

1760. — Oct.  6,  EDWARD  RICHARDSON  and  ANDREW 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1761. — Oct.  5,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  WM.  TATE, 
bailiffs.  Nov.  9,  there  was  so  great  a  flood  in  the 
Wansbeck  that  the  arches  of  the  old  bridge  were  nearly 
filled,  and  the  overflowing  of  the  river  ran  down  Old- 


gate  and  Bridge-street  to  the  east  end  of  the  town.— 
(W.  W.) 

1762 — Oct.  4,  EDWARD  RICHARDSON  and  THOMAS 
HANCOCK,  bailiffs. 

1763. — Oct.  3,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  EDW.  OLIVER, 
bailiffs. 

1764 Oct.  1,  GEORGE  NICHOLS  and  EDW.  YOUNG, 

bailiffs. 

1765. — Aug.  15,  Joseph  Hall,  a  soldier,  for  a  high- 
way robbery  near  Gosforth,  was  executed  here. — (Newc, 
Courant.)  Sep.  30,  WILLIAM  TATE  and  EDWARD 
RICHARDSON,  bailiffs. 

1766. — Oct.  6,  GEO.  NICHOLS  and  GILBERT  SHOT- 
TON,  bailiffs.  During  this  year,  the  corporation  resolved 
to  improve  the  low  common,  which  contains  about  400 
acres ;  in  consequence  of  which,  certain  parts  of  it  have 
from  time  to  time  been  enclosed,  and  put  under  a  regu- 
lar course  of  husbandry,  and  thus  rendered  greatly  more 
profitable  to  the  freemen  and  free  brothers. — (Case  with 
an  opinion  signed  George  Wood,  17  Nov.,  1795.) 

1767. — In  January,  this  year,  John  Brotherwick  died 
at  Ulgham,  aged  105. — (Newc.  Courant.)  Oct.  5,  WM. 
TATE  and  ANDREW  RICHARDSON,  bailiffs.  28  Nov., 
1767-  Last  week,  the  king's  bench  refused  a  motion  to 
set  aside  the  verdict  obtained  by  certain  elected  freemen 
of  Morpeth ;  and,  on  Wednesday  last,  33  of  them  were 
admitted  free  burgesses,  under  authority  of  writs  of 
mandamus. — (Newc.  Courant.) 

1768. — Oct.  3,  EDWARD  RICHARDSON  and  THOMAS 
DAVISON,  bailiffs. 

1 769. — March  10,  died,  aged  73,  at  her  house  in  Mor- 
peth, Mrs  Challoner,  relict  of  John  Challoner,  an  emi- 
nent apothecary.  Aug.  8,  died  at  Fernybed-house,  near 
Morpeth,  Mr  Jos.  Swan,  aged  93.  He  was  a  surgeon's 
mate  at  the  taking  of  Vigo. — (Newc.  Courant.)  Oct.  2, 
HENRY  HANCOCK  and  ANDREW  FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1770. — Sep.  6,  at  a  common  guild,  Mr  Dunning 
having  given  his  opinion,  that  tithe  was  not  due  from 
the  lands  put  under  cultivation  on  the  Low  Common, 
the  corporation  resolved  to  resist  Mr  Naylor,  the  rector's 
suit  in  the  exchequer,  to  enforce  the  payment  of  such 
tithe.  Akenside  wrote  the  first  copy  of  his  Pleasures 
of  Imagination,  at  Morpeth,  during  this  year.  Oct.  1, 
THOMAS  DAVISON  and  WILLIAM  WOODMAN,  bailiffs. 

1771 — Sep.  30,  HENRY  HANCOCK  and  ROBERT  FEN- 
WICK, bailiffs. 

1772. — In  this  year  there  was  a  decree  in  the  exche- 


MORPETH  PARISH. ANNALS. 


quer  respecting  right  of  tithes  in  this  parish — (Martin's 
Index.)  Oct.  5,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  THOS.  WOOD- 
MAN, bailiffs. 

1773. — Died,  Jan.  2,  Mrs  Grace  Milburne,  of  the 
Nag's-head,  in  this  town,  aged  100  years.—-f  JVeeoc. 
Cour.j  Oct.  4,  WM.  TATE  and  ANDREW  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1774. — Oct.  3,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  ROUT.  COOP- 
ER,  bailiffs. 

1775. — Oct.  2,  HENRY  HANCOCK  and  THOMAS  DA- 
VISON,  bailiffs. 

1776. — Sep.  30,  EDWARD  RICHARDSON  and  ROBERT 
COOPER,  bailiffs. 

1777— Oct.  6,  WM.  TATE  and  ROBT.  FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1778. — On  Sunday,  Aug.  23,  or  30,  two  French  pri- 
vateers attacked  the  Content,  of  Newcastle,  about  Dru- 
ridge  Bay,  and  the  drum  beat  the  Huntingdonshire 
militia,  then  stationed  here,  to  arms,  to  the  no  small 
terror  of  the  peaceful  people  of  the  place.  Oct.  5,  AN- 
DREW FENWICK  and  GEORGE  MILBURN,  bailiffs. 

1779 — Oct.  4,  THOMAS  DAVISON  and  HENRY  HAN- 
COCK, bailiffs. 

1780. — Oct.  2,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  ROBT.  MIL- 
BVRN,  bailiffs. 

1781. — Oct.  1,  ROBERT  COOPER  and  EDW.  CHAL- 
I.ONER,  bailiffs. 

1782 — ROBERT  MORRISON,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Bowie's 
Green,  Jan.  5,  1 782,  where  he  continued  to  reside  till 
about  1785,  when  his  parents  went  to  reside  in  New- 
castle. He  was  first  taught  reading,  writing,  and 
arithmetic,  by  his  uncle,  Mr  James  Nicholson,  a 
respectable  teacher  in  Newcastle;  but  at  an  early 
age  became  an  apprentice  to  his  father,  who  was  a 
Dumfermhne  man,  and  whose  business  was  that  of  a 
last  and  boot-tree  maker,  in  which  business  his  son  soon 
became  skilful  and  industrious.  But  the  duties  of  reli- 
gion engrossed  his  affections,  and  the  acquirement  of 
classical  knowledge  his  ambition.  He  became  desirous 
of  entering  into  the  Christian  ministry,  and  began  to 
read  in  Latin  and  Greek,  under  the  rev.  A.  Laidlaw, 
minister  of  the  Presbyterian  meeting  in  Silver-street. 
Here  also  he  commenced  to  read  Hebrew,  to  write 
short-hand,  to  study  theology,  and  became  a  zealous 
member  of  the  Society  for  the  Relief  of  the  Friendless 
Poor.  On  Jan.  7»  he  commenced  probationer  in  the 
Academy  at  Hoxton,  and  on  the  21st  was  fully  admit- 
ted. Nearly  12  months  after,  the  London  Missionary 

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Society  accepted  his  services  as  a  missionary  to  Canton, 
in  China;  and  he  removed  to  the  Academy  of  that  in- 
stitution  at  Gosport,  where  he  learned  French,  but 
gave  his  greatest  attention  to  the  Chinese  language,  in 
which  he  was  assisted  by  Yung  Saam  Tak,  a  native  of 
China.  Two  years  after,  he  went  to  study  medicine  in 
London,  and  after  attending  a  regular  course  of  lectures 
in  that  science  and  the  hospitals  for  some  time,  com- 
menced astronomy  at  Greenwich  under  Dr.  Hutton. 
His  copy  of  the  Harmony  of  the  Gospels,  in  Chinese, 
aud  now  in  the  British  Museum,  was  written  before  he 
left  England. 

On  Jan.  31,  1807,  he  embarked  for  Canton,  where  he 
arrived  on  the  4th  of  September  following,  and  was 
strongly  encouraged  by  many  European  and  American 
gentlemen  there  to  translate  the  Bible  into  Chinese  i 
but  owing  to  some  political  disputes  in  1808,  he  remov- 
ed  to  Macao,  and  on  Feb.  20,  in  that  year,  married  Miss 
Morton,  daughter  of  John  Morton,  of  Liverpool,  a  sur» 
geon  in  the  Royal  Artillery.  In  1811,  he  sent  to  the 
directors  of  the  London  Missionary  Society  "  Specimens 
of  Chinese  Literature  from  the  Maxims  of  Confucius 
and  the  history  of  Fuh  ;"*  with  copies  of  a  fine  edition 
of  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  printed  at  Canton,  which 
were  so  much  approved  of,  that  the  British  and  Foreign 
Bible  Society  awarded  £500  for  translating  and  printing 
the  whole  of  the  Scriptures  into  Chinese.  The  same 
body  also,  in  each  of  the  years  1814  and  1817,  gave 
£2,000  for  the  same  purpose,  which  was  finally  effected 
by  different  hands — Morrison,  Miln,  and  others. 

The  first  edition  of  the  New  Testament,  in  Chinese, 
in  1813,  consisted  of  2,000  copies.  In  1815,  two  im* 
pressions  of  it  were  printed  at  Makcca :  one  of  1,500 
copies,  in  8vo. ;  the  other,  of  8,000,  in  12mo. 

Mr  Morrison  was  also  author  of  a  Chinese  Grammar, 
a  revised  copy  of  which  he  presented  to  lord  Minto, 
when  that  nobleman  was  governor-general  of  India; 
and,  in  1815,  an  impression  of  it  was  printed  at  Seram* 
pore,  at  the  expence  of  the  colonial  government. 

Mr  Morrison's  boldest  and  most  important  work  is, 
however,  his  Dictionary  of  the  Chinese  language,  which  is 
"  founded  on  the  Imperial  Dictionary,  compiled  by  or- 
der of  Kang-he,  late  emperor  of  China."  It  contains 
above  50,000  characters,  and  consists  of  three  parts : — 
"  Part  I.,  Chinese  and  English,  arranged  according  to 

*  Horse  Sinicae,  or  Translations  of  the  Popular  Works  of 
the  Chinese.  London,  1812,  8m,  3s.—  (Watts.J 

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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


the  Chinese  radicals.  Part  II.,  Chinese  and  English, 
arranged  alphabetically.  Part  III.,  English  and  Chi- 
nese." This  work  was  printed  in  parts,  "  at  the  Honour- 
able East  India  Company's  press,  at  Macao,  and  at  their 
sole  expense."  The  first  part  came  out  in  1815 — the 
last  in  1 823.  It  is  on  India  paper.  The  introduction 
contains  a  history  of  the  Chinese  language,  and  some 
account  of  the  changes  it  has  undergone,  of  its  dialects, 
and  of  "  the  most  useful  book,  on  Chinese,  yet  printed 
in  Europe,"  "  the  late  Chinese  Dictionary,  published  at 
Paris,  and  printed  from  the  Manuscript  Dictionaries  of 
the  Romish  Missionaries."  Specimens  are  also  given 
of  the  antient  Chinese  seal  letter,  and  of  their  running- 
hand.  On  this,  and  some  other  new  philological  works 
respecting  this  antient  and  curious  language,  a  writer  in 
the  Supplement  to  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica  has 
said,  that  "  the  laudable  industry  of  Dr.  Marshman  and 
Mr  Morrison  has  supplied  us  with  Grammars  and  Dic- 
tionaries of  this  singular  language.  They  have  not  only 
placed  the  treasures  within  our  reach,  but  given  us  a  key 
to  unlock  them,  though  in  an  uncouth  and  unsystematic 
manner, — a  defect  which,  however,  is  likely  to  be  soon 
remedied  by  Mr  Manning."  Macao  was  a  favourable 
situation  both  for  compiling  and  printing  the  Dictionary. 

In  18KJ,  Mr  Morrison  was  appointed  interpreter  to 
the  English  Embassy  to  Pekin,  under  lord  Amherst ; 
which  office  he  discharged  with  much  address  and  ability. 
His  narrative  of  this  embassy,  according  to  Mr  Mack- 
enzie, was  printed  in  England. 

On  Dec.  24.  1817,  the  University  of  Glasgow-confer- 
red  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  ;  and,  in 
1818,  on  the  establishment  of  a  College  at  Malacca  for 
the  education  of  English  and  Chinese,  he  subscribed 
i'500  towards  the  building,  and  £500  more  towards 
purchasing  a  library. 

I  am  unable  to  give  a  perfect  catalogue  of  Dr.  Morri- 
son's literary  works.  Besides  presenting  the  Literary 
and  Philosophical  Society  of  Newcastle  with  a  copy  of 
his  Dictionary,  he  has  added  to  their  library  his  Chinese 
Grammar,  printed  at  Serampore  in  1815;  his  View  of 
China  for  Philological  Purposes,  at  Macao,  in  1817 ;  and 
his  Chinese  Miscellany,  in  London,  in  1825.  These 
three  works  are  all  in  quarto.  But  besides  these,  Mr 
E.  Mackenzie,  who  tells  us  he  "  speaks  from  a  long  ac- 
quaintance" with  Dr.  Morrison,  and  "  to  whose  early 
acquirements  he  had  the  honor  to  contribute,"  has,  in  a 


Memoir*  of  his  friend,  printed  under  Morpeth,  in  his 
History  of  Northumberland,  attributed  to  him  the  fol- 
lowing works,  all  written  and  printed  in  China :— 1.  "A 
Collection  of  Dialogues,"  &c.  in  Chinese  and  English.-|- — 
2.  "  A  View  of  China  for  Philological  Purposes,"  in 
English. — 3.  "  The  Morning  and  Evening  Prayers  of 
the  Church  of  England,"  in  Chinese.— 4.  «  The  Psalter," 
&c.,  in  English — 5.  "•  Retrospect  of  the  first  ten  years 
of  the  Chinese  Mission." — G.  "  A  volume  of  Sermons, 
preached  at  Macao." — 7-  "  A  Geographical  Description 
of  the  World,"  in  Chinese,  with  Maps  drawn  by  himself. 
This  last  work  is  very  popular  in  China.  Dr.  Morrison 
is  also  a  contributor  to  a  Quarterly  Magazine,  called 
"  The  Indo-Chinese  Gleaner ;  a  valuable  depot  of  Asia- 
tic thought  and  learning :  and  was  also  the  projector  of 
"  The  Fund  of  Widows  and  Orphans  of  the  Ultra- 
Ganges  Mission."  His  wife,  by  whom  he  had  a  soil 
and  a  daughter,  died  in  China  in  1820. 

March  11,  the  Wansbeck  at  Morpeth  rose  about  12 
feet  above  its  usual  level  at  the  north  arch  of  the  Old 
Bridge. 

Sep.  30,  THOMAS  DAVISON  and  JAMES  THOMPSON, 
bailiffs. 

1783. — Oct.  6,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  JOHN  BIL. 
TON,  bailiffs. 

1784. — Oct.  4,  ROBT.  COOPER  and  GABRIEL  DUNN, 
bailiffs. 

1785. — Oct.  3,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  EDW.  CHAL- 
LONER,  bailiffs. 

1786. — Oct.  2,  JAMES  THOMPSON  and  JOHN  DAVI- 
&ON,  bailiffs. 

1737. — Oct.  1,  ANDREW  FENWICK  and  THOS.  DUNN, 
bailiffs. 

1788 Oct.  6,  ROBT.  COOPER  and  GEO.  MILBURNE, 

bailiffs. 

1789.— June  15,  the  prisoners  in  the  gaol  having 
sawn  off  their  irons,  forced  the  inner-door,  knocked 
down  the  turnkey,  and  imprisoned  the  gaoler  in  their 
own  ward :  but  by  the  assistance  of  a  party  of  artillery, 
then  in  the  town,  were  brought  to  submission,  and. 
made  secure.  Oct,  5,  EDWARD  CHALLONER  and  ROBT. 
FENWICK,  jun.,  bailiffs. 

*  From  which  parts  of  this  account  are  compiled, 
f  Two  Dialogues  in  Chinese  and  English,  and  on  8  pages, 
8vo.,  were  circulated  with  the  first  No.  of  tlie  Chinese  Dic- 
tionary. 


MORPETH   PARISH. — -ANNALS. 


1790. — Oct.  4,  THOMAS  DAVISON  and  THOMAS  MIL- 
BURNE,  bailiffs. 

1791 — Oct.  2,  JOHN  BILTON  and  JAMES  ATKINSON, 
bailiffs. 

JEFFERY  EKINS,  D.D.,  rector  of  this  parish,  died  at 
Parson's  Green,  near  Fulham,  in  this  year.  He  was 
born  in  the  rectory -house  of  Barton  Seagrave,  in  North- 
amptonshire, in  1730;  the  living  of  which  parish  be- 
longed to  his  father  and  grandfather.  In  1764,  he  was 
preferred  to  the  rectory  of  Quainton,  Bucks ;  and,  in 
1771  published,  in  quarto,  the  Loves  of  Medea  and  Ja- 
son, a  poem,  in  Three  Books,  translated  from  the  Greek 
of  Apollonius  Rhodius'  Argonauts,  Lond.  3s.  6d.,  which 
work  went  into  a  second  edition,  in  octavo,  in  1772;  and 
concerning  which,  it  is  said  in  the  Preface  to  Fawke's 
Translation  of  the  whole  of  the  Argcnautics,  that  "  Mr 
Ekins  has  translated  the  third  book,  and  about  200  lines 
of  the  fourth.  Had  this  gentleman  undertaken  a  ver- 
sion of  the  whole  poem,  Mr  Fawkes,  I  am  confident, 
would  have  desisted  from  the  attempt."  In  177^,  he 
was  rector  of  Morpeth ;  in  1779,  of  Sedgefield.  Lord 
Carlisle,  when  he  went  to  be  Lord  Lieutenant  in  Ire- 
land, made  him  his  chaplain ;  and,  in  1 782,  he  was  pre- 
ferred to  the  deanery  of  Carlisle.  His  Jason  and  Medea 
was  re-printed  in  1810,  and  had  then  appended  to  it 
certain  Miscellaneous  Pieces  of  Poetry,  the  copies  of 
which  impression  were  distributed  amongst  the  author's 
friends.  He  was  also  author  of  several  poetical  effu- 
sions which  have  never  been  published — amongst  which 
may  be  reckoned,  a  Latin  ode,  in  hexameter  and  pent- 


ameter verse,  to  his  friend  Jeffery  Clarkson,  on  his  first 
going  to  live  in  the  vicarage-house  at  Whelpington. 

"  I  was,"  says  Cumberland,  in  the  Memoirs  of  him- 
self, "  in  the  habits  of  the  most  intimate  friendship  with 
two  young  men  of  my  own  age,  sons  of  a  worthy  clergy- 
man in  our  neighbourhood,  the  llev.  Mr  Ekins.  Jef- 
fery, the  elder,  now  deceased,  was  dean  of  Carlisle,  and 
rector  of  Morpeth ;  John,  the  younger,  is  yet  living, 
and  dean  of  Salisbury.  Few  men  have  been  more  for- 
tunate in  life  than  these  brothers ;  fewer  still  have 
probably  so  well  deserved  their  good  success.  With 
the  elder  of  these,  my  intimacy  was  the  greatest ;  the 
same  passion  for  poetry  possessed  us  both,  the  same  at- 
tachment to  the  drama :  our  respective  families  indulged 
us  in  our  propensities,  and  were  mutually  amused  with 
our  domestic  exhibitions.  My  friend  Jeffery  was  in  my 
family,  as  I  was  in  his,  an  inmate  ever  welcome.  His 
genius  was  quick  and  brilliant ;  his  temper  sweet,  and 
his  nature  mild  and  gentle  in  the  extreme.  1  loved  him 
as  a  brother.  We  never  had  the  slightest  jar ;  nor  can 
I  recollect  the  moment  in  our  lives,  that  ever  gave  oc- 
casion of  offence  to  either.  Our  destination  separated  us 
in  the  more  advanced  period -of  our  time.  His  duties  drew 
him  to  a  distance  from  the  scenes  I  was  engaged  in.  His 
lot  was  prosperous  and  placid,  and  well  for  him  it  was  ; 
for  he  was  not  made  to  combat  with  the  storms  of  life." 
I  gladly  attempt  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  this  ami- 
able  and  ingenious  man,  and  revered  divine,  in  a  gene- 
alogical sketch  of  his  ancestors  and  descendants,  as  far 
as  I  am  able  to  give  a  correct  account  of  them. 


PEDIGREE  OF  EKINS. 


I. — 1.  ELIZABETHTJEFFERY  EKINS,  born  In  1669;  in  1723,  rector  of=2.  SUSAN,  daur.  of  John  Allicocke,  esq.,  of  Loddington, 
FREESTON.   j  Barton,  Seagrave.*  Northamptonshire. 

II. — JEFFERY  EKINS,  DD.,  born  in  1730;  married  in  April,  1765  JEANNE,  daur.  of  Philip  Baker,  esq.,  of  London,  deputy 
died  in  1791,  ag-ed  61.     j  secretary  at  war. 


III. — FREDE 
iu  the  rectory  of 


HICK  EKINS,  M.A.,  born  at  Quainton,  Bucks,  DPC.  25,  1791  ;  su 
y  of  Morpeth ;  married  Aug.  23,  1802  ;  and  to  whom  I  am  indi 


cceedt'd  his  father-rJANE-OGLE,  daur.  and  co-heir 


ebted  for  a  manu- 


script copy  of  his  father's  Latin  verses  to  Mr  Clerkson,  on  his  coming  to  reside  iu  the  Vicarage  - 


of  James  Tyler,  of  Whalton,  in 
this  county,  esq. 


house  in  which  this  volume  has  been  compiled. 

I — i—i r 

IV. — 1.  JEFFREY  EKINS,  born    2.  CAROLINE  ISABELLA  EKINS.    4.  SARAH  CAROLINK,=TJAMES  BAKER,  spiritual  chancellor  of 


in  1803;  admitted  to  holy  or-    3.  EMILY  FREDERICA  EKINS. 
ders  in  1831. 


married  Oct.  13, 1829.     the  diocese  of  Durham,  arid  rector  of 
Nuneham,  Oxfordshire. 


V. — FREDERICK  BAKER,  born  Aug.  1,  1830. 

*  Mr  Ekins  was  executor  to  lady  Lemington,  grand-niece  of  sir  Isaac  Newton,  and,  as  such,  or  by  her  will,  came  into  possession  of  several  of 
the  Original  MSS.  of  that  philosopher,  "on  history,  chronology,  astronomy,  and  passages  in  the  Bible,  besides  4  or  5  autograph  letters;"  and 
bishop  Horsley,  while  he  was  engaged  with  his  edition  of  Newton's  Works,  had,  from  his  son,  the  use  of  these  MSS.,  one  of  which,  "  A  short 
Chronicle  from  the  first  Memory  of  Things  in  Europe  to  the  Conquest  of  Persia  by  Alexander  the  Great,"  he  printed,  for  the  first  time,  in  the 
fifth  volume  of  that  work,  which  came  out  in  1785.  The  whole  of  these  manuscripts  are  at  present  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  the  rev.  F. 
Ekins,  at  tho  Rectory-house  in  Morpeth. 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D, 


1792.— Oct.  1,  GEORGE  COOPER  and  JAMES  THOMP- 
SON, bailiffs. 

1793. — Sep.  30,  EDWARD  CHALLONER  and  THOMAS 
CLENNELL,  bailiffs. 

LUKE  CLENNEL,  an  engraver  on  wood  and  a  designer, 
and  painter  of  considerable  promise,  was  born  at  Ulg- 
ham,  and  brought  up  by  his  uncle,  Mr  Thomas  Clennel, 
of  Morpeth.  He  was  bound  an  apprentice  to  Mr  Thos. 
Bewick,  of  Newcastle,  and  when  he  had  there  fulfilled 
"  his  certain  term,"  went  to  London ;  but  while  he  was 
employed,  by  the  earl  of  Bridgewater,  in  painting  a 
picture  of  the  Feast  of  the  Sovereigns  at  the  Guildhall, 
in  London,  his  mind  began  to  give  way.  and  has  never 
again  recovered  its  former  brightness  and  vigour.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  Warren  the  engraver,  by  whom 
he  has  several  children. 

1794 — Oct.  6,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  WM.  SINGLE- 
TON, bailiffs. 

1795. — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  MILBUHNE  and  JOHN  WIL- 
SON, bailiffs.  Dec.  22,  resolved  at  a  common  guild, 
that  no  stock — not  the  property  of  persons  by  franchise, 
entitled  to  eatage  on  Morpeth  commons,  be  allowed  to 
graze  upon  them,  unless  their  owners  reside  within  the 
limits  of  the  borough. 

1796 Oct.   3,   ROBERT   COOPER   and   BENJAMIN 

WOODMAN,  bailiffs.     The  school  levenues,  this  year, 
were  £172  8s.  lid. 

J797. — Oct.  2,  WILLIAM  SINGLETON  and  GEORGE 
FENWICK,  bailiffs. 

1798. — May  4,  Morpeth  volunteers,  amounting  to 
132,  were  embodied,  under  the  command  of  John  Bell, 
major — the  other  officers  being,  John  Wilson,  captain ; 
William  Wilson,  second  captain  ;  Benjamin  AVoodman, 
lieutenant  and  adjutant ;  and  Wm.  Hawdon,  lieutenant 
and  surgeon.  Oct.  1,  JOHN  WILSON  and  ROBERT 
NEVINS,  bailiffs. 

1799.— Sep.  30,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  WILLIAM 
BOOTYMAN,  bailiffs. 

1800. — Aug.  18,  while  Barbara  and  Margaret  Purdy 
•were  washing  vegetables  in  the  Wansbeck,  at  Bowie's 
green,  one  of  them  fell  into  the  river,  and  the  other 
attempted  to  save  her,  but  both  were  hurried  down  the 
stream,  and  drowned. 

Oct.  6,  THOMAS  MILBURN  and  GEORGE  FENWICK, 
bailiffs. 

1801. — May  7,  four  prisoners  escaped  from  the  gaol. 
Oct.  6,  JOHN  WILSON  and  MAJOR  FENWICK,  bailiffs. 


1802. — May  4,  the  Morpeth  volunteers  disembodied. 
Oct.  4,  BENJ.  WOODMAN  and  ROBT.  NEVINS,  bailiffs. 

1803 — Oct.  3,  GEORGE  FENWICK  and  WM.  BOOTY* 
MAN,  bailiffs. 

1804. — Oct.  1,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  WILLIAM 
TATE,  bailiffs. 

1805. — Printing  was  first  established  in  Morpeth,  this 
year,  by  Mr  Stephen  Wilkinson,  bookseller  and  post- 
master. Sep.  30,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  JAMES 
FORSTER,  bailiffs. 

1806. — May  13,  resolutions  were  entered  into,  at  a 
common  guild,  to  defend  Gubeon  against  the  claims 
made  upon  it  by  lord  Carlisle.  The  corporation  rents, 
this  year,  amounted  to  £149  14s.  lOd.  Oct.  6,  GEORGE 
FENWICK  and  THOMAS  MILBURNE,  bailiffs. 

1807. — Oct.  5,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  JAMES  FOR- 
STER, bailiff's. 

1808. — Oct.  3,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  WILLIAM 
YOUNG,  bailiff's. 

1809. — Oct.  2,  ROBT.  FENWICK  and  Jos.  FORSTER, 
bailiffs. 

1810. — Oct.  1,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  WILLIAM 
youNG,  bailiff's. 

1811. — Sep.  30,  ROBT.  FENWICK  and  Jos.  FORSTER, 
bailiff's. 

1812. — Oct.  5,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  WILLIAM 
YOUNG,  bailiff's.  Mr  Woodman  is  in  possession  of  a 
curious  correspondence  between  his  father  and  Dr.  Bar* 
rington,  late  bishop  of  Durham,  respecting  the  statutes 
of  Morpeth  School,  which  correspondence  commenced  in 
March,  1810,  and  ended  in  September,  1811,  but  which 
is  incapable  of  much  abridgement,  and  too  long  for  in- 
sertion here. 

1813. — Oct.  4,  ROBT.  FENWICK  and  JOHN  WILSON, 
bailiff's. 

1814. — Oct.  3,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  ,and  JOHN 
WATSON,  bailiffs. 

1815. — Oct.  2,  ROBT.  FENWICK  and  JAS.  RAILSTON, 
bailiffs. 

1816. — Sep.  30,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  JOHN 
WATSON,  bailiffs. 

1817- — Oct.  6,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  JAMES  RAIL- 
STON, bailiff's. 

1818. — Oct.  5,  BENJ.  WOODMAN  and  THOMAS  KING, 
bailiff's. 

1819.— Oct.  4,  ROBERT  FENWICK  and  JAMES  WAT- 
SON, bailiff's. 


MORPETH  PARISH. ANNALS. 


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1820 — Oct.  2,  BENJ.  WOODMAN  and  JAMES  BAILS- 
TON,  bailiffs.  Nov.  This  town  was  illuminated  to  show 
the  approbation  of  a  part  of  its  inhabitants  at  the  acquit- 
tal of  Queen  Caroline. 

1821. — Oct.  1,  HOST.  FENWICK  and  THOMAS  SLOAN, 
bailiffs.  .The  corporation  rents  in  this  year  amounted 
to  £264. 

1822. — July  11,  the  foundation  stone  of  the  new 
gaol,  in  this  town,  was  laid  by  his  Grace  the  Duke  of 
Northumberland.  Aug.  31,  a  valuable  silver  cup  was 
presented  to  Benj.  Woodman,  "  by  a  few  of  those  who 
admired  his  integrity  and  perseverance." — (Newcastle 
Chronicle.)  30  Sep.,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  JOHN 
WATSON,  bailiffs. 

1823. — Oct.  6,  ROBT.  FENWICK  and  THOMAS  KING, 
bailiffs;  and  after  llobt.  Fenwick's  death,  JAMES  RAILS- 
TON  was  elected  in  his  room. 

1824. — Oct.  4,  BENJAMIN  WOODMAN  and  THOMAS 
SWAN,  bailiffs. 

1825. — Oct.  3,  JOHN  WATSON  and  JOHN  BOOTY- 
MAN,  bailiffs. 

The  following  is  the  schedule  of  the  half-yearly 
rents  belonging  to  the  corporation  of  this  town 

in  1825:— 

£.    s.   d. 

Mr  Jacob  Hudson's  heirs,  Wright's-house,  -          026 

William  Bolam,  quit  rent  for  his  fields,  -      0     1     8 

Do.  for  lands  of  the  corporation,         0  12    6 

Henry  Dickson,  Tenter  Close,            -  -          400 

Edw.  &  Thos.  Proctors,  West  Greens,  -900 

Thomas  Purdy,  Middle  Greens,          -  -         11  10    0 

Edward  Bennette,  East  Greens,  -                6  15    0 

Laz.  Brown,  Goose-hill,          -           -  -           4  15     0 

John  Charlton,  Grey's  Land,        -  -                 0  10    6 

Robert  Fenwick,  Lady  Close,              -  -           033 

Thomas  Lowrie,  Oldgate-house,  -                 7  10    0 

Mrs  Mattison,  Bay's  Land,                        -  -          020 

Mr  Jobling1,  Marr's-house,        -          -  -          -     9    0    0 

The  Trustees  of  Turnpike  Koads,            -  -          032 

Rev.  Edward  Otter,  Cooper's-house,  -          -     0    3    4 

Mr  James  Mackay,  Clark 's-house,            -  -          300 

Messrs  Bowser  and  Co.,  Corner  Shop,  -          -    12  10    0 

Mr  Robert  Blakey,  house,  Bridge-street,  -          900 

Mrs  Stephensbn,  for  window  lights,  -                0    0    6 

Mr  Bullock,  Barn  Garth,  100 

Anthony  Daglish,  house,              -  -          -     9    0    0 

William  Leighton,  house,        -          -  -          7  10    0 

Robert  Creighton,  house,              -  -          -     8    0    0 

George  Young,  house,              -          -  -          200 

Mrs  Nevins,  house        -          -          -  -          -600 

Mr  Robert  Singleton,  High  Church,         -  -          250 


Carried  forward 
PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


£114  14    5 

6 


Brought  forward 
Mr  Thomas  King,  Job's  Well  Close, 

NIch.  Henderson's  heirs,  alms-house, 

Richard  Partis,  house,       - 

Robert  Fenwick,  Hardy's  Hole, 

Robert  Moor's  widow's  house,  in  Oldgate, 

Thomas  Blair,  way  leave, 

Joseph  Wright's  rent  upon  wall 

Pinfold,  not  let,  ... 

Total  amount 


£127    1     5 


1826. — Oct.  2,  JAMES  RAILSTON  and  THOS.  KING, 
bailiffs. 

1827 — March  3,  the  bailiffs  advertised  to  be  let  by 
proposal  the  repairing  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth's  school, 
according  to  plans  and  specifications  by  John  Dobson, 
architect,  Newcastle ;  which  repairs  were  done  during 
the  next  succeeding  midsummer  vacation. 

June  1,  Air  Archdeacon  Singleton  visited  the  chapel 
of  Ulgham,  and  the  following  are  extracts  from  the  mi- 
nutes he  made  on  that  occasion : — The  chapel  has  paro- 
chial limits,  the  inhabitants  within  which  contribute  to 
its  repairs ;  but  [contrary  to  general  usage]  pay  nothing 
to  Morpeth.  The  curate  is  stipendiary,  with  a  salary 
of  £?0  a  year,  and  surplice  fees.  When  he  is  resident, 
he  has  usually  been  accommodated  with  one  of  two  cot- 
tages, in  the  village,  which  belong  to  the  rector,  who 
has  here  18  acres  of  good  glebe  land,  well  fenced,  and 
well  ascertained.  Lord  Carlisle's  demesne  lands  pay  a 
modus  for  all  tithes.  The  rector  repairs  the  chancel. 
The  clerk  receives  groats,  and  some  other  antient  pay- 
ments. Mrs  Dinah  Wilson's  benefaction,  mentioned  by 
Dr.  Sharp,  is  unknown;  but  Miss  Coward's  is  in  the 
Saving's  Bank. 

June  3,  the  archdeacon  visited  Morpeth  church,  and 
some  extracts  from  his  curious  and  valuable  minute 
book  are  given  above,  in  the  account  of  Morpeth  church. 

October  1,  THOMAS  SWAN  and  ROBERT  WATSON, 
bailiffs. 

Till  this  year  the  road-way  through  the  streets  of  this 
town  was  a  rough  hog-backed  pavement,  very  dangerous 
and  inconvenient ;  but  during  the  winter  of  1827-1828, 
it  was  taken  up  and  well  Macadamized,  to  the  great  com- 
fort of  the  town's-people  and  travellers.  The  charge  of 
this  great  improvement  fell  upon  the  earl  of  Carlisle, 
who,  as  lord  of  the  manor,  is  said  to  be  bound  to  keep 
the  streets  of  the  town  in  repair ;  though  it  does  not  ap- 
pear, as  far  as  I  have  seen,  that  he  is  either  entitled  to, 

T 


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MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D, 


or  receives,  toll  thorough  for  any  carriage  or  commodity, 
either  entering  or  leaving  the  town. 

1828. — Oct.  6,  JAMES  RAILSTON  and  THOS.  KING, 
bailiffs. 

1829. — Oct.  5,  THOMAS  SWAN  and  ROBERT  WATSON, 
bailiffs. 

The  commissioners  for  enquiring  concerning  charities, 
visited  Northumberland  this  year,  and  in  their  report 
have  occupied  eight  folio  pages  of  the  result  of  their 
inquest  respecting  Morpeth  ;  five  of  which  pages  are 
occupied  by  details  respecting  the  Grammar  School  of 
King  Edward  the  Sixth.  The  rest,  respecting  charities 
to  the  poor,  which  charities  consist  of  rents  of  a  house 
in  Newgate,  let  for  £11  a  year,  and  a  rent  charge  of  20s. 
a  year  out  of  another  in  Bridge-street,  left  by  Thomas 
Pye ;  from  a  house  in  Oldgate,  left  by  John  Bulman,  5s. 
a  year ;  interest  of  £30  a  year,  left  by  Elizabeth,  the 
Countess  of  Carlisle,  30s.  a  year  ;  charity,  by  Jane  and 
Edward  Ward,  left  in  1?13,  from  one  house  in  Mor- 
peth, 5s.,  from  another  5s.,  and  from  a  third  6s.— of 
which  subs  only  I  Os.  a  year  seem  to  be  now  paid ; 
from  John  Ward's  charity*  of  £100,  given  in  1795,  £3 
10s.  a  year, — which  sums  of  interest  and  rents  added  to- 
gether amount  to  £17  15s.  a  year;  besides  which,  the 
interest  for  £10,  left  by  Thos.  Shipley  ;  of  £3,  by  Thos. 
Pye  ;  and  of  £20,  by  Mrs  Naylor,  is  discontinued  to  be 
paid.  At  the  time  the  inquest  was  holden,  there  were  also 
two  years  arrears  due  of  a  rent  charge,  left  in  1 734,  by 
John  Wilkinson,  out  of  a  close  called  Wilkinson's  Close, 
near  the  High  Stanners,  which  rent  charge  had  been  be- 
fore paid  by  Mrs  Swan,  the  owner  of  a  house  built  upon 
Wilkinson's  banks.  George  Wilson,  of  Hepscott,  in  1 7 1 1 , 
left  30s.  a  year  to  the  poor  of  the  country  part  of  the 
parish,  which  is  annually,  at  Easter,  divided  among  the 
nine  townships  of  the  parish,  exclusive  of  the  borough  of 
Morpeth,  and  the  chapelry  of  Ulyham;  which  last  dis- 
trict was  found  to  have  30s.  a  year  left  by  Geo.  Wilson, 

*  The  whole  of  this  legacy  was  £150 ;  of  which  the  rector 
of  Morpeth  laid  out  £84  17s.  6d.  in  the  purchase  of  £100  stock, 
and  gave  £1-1-  -2s.  (kl.  to  the  overseer  of  the  poor.  £50  of  the 
legacy  was  left  to  the  Sunday  Schools  of  the  town ;  and  £48 
17s.,  the  residue  of  it,  after  payment  of  some  incidental  ex- 
pences,  was  delivered  over  to  the  treasurer  of  such  schools. 
Dr.  Singleton,  on  the  subject  of  Sunday  Schools,  says,  "  the 
rector  has  in  his  hands  (vested,  however,  in  the  3J4  per  cents.) 
the  accumulated  sum  of  £400  towards  the  foundation  of  a 
school,  but  feuds  and  animosities  seem  hitherto  to  have  pre- 
vented the  completion  of  this  most  desirable  object." 


of  Hepscot,  in  1711?  and  paid  at  Easter;  and  £1  a  year, 
the  interest  of  Miss  Coward's  legacy,  paid  at  Christmass. 

1830. — Oct.  4,  JAMES  RAILSTON  and  THOS.  KING, 
bailiffs. 

Nov.  1,  1830,  Luke  Ripley,  M.A.,  of  St.  John's  Col. 
lege,  Cambridge,  resigned  the  situation  of  head  master 
of  Edward  the  Sixth's  school. 

Mr  Woodman  furnished  me  with  the  following  table, 
which  did  not  find  its  proper  place  in  the  history  of  the 
corporation,*  so  that  I  have  now  no  other  alternative 
but  that  of  localizing  it  under  the  year  in  which  I  re- 
ceived it,  or  omit  it.  I  am  unable,  also,  to  give  any 
account  of  the  ceremonies,  customs,  or  festivities,  that 
were  celebrated  or  prevailed  on  the  feast  days  of  the 
several  companies.  Some  of  them,  no  doubt,  had  fea- 
tures of  common  resemblance  to  the  devotions  and  revels 
that  belonged  to  the  saint  days  on  which  they  were 
holden.  The  tanners  had  a  custom,  which  was  typical 
of  their  own  business.  They  decorated  the  doors  of  the 
High  Church  and  the  toll-booth  with  branches  of  oak, 
went  in  procession  to  church,  and  after  dinner  made 
themselves  merry  with  wine,  sack,  and  sugar.  But 
these,  and  all  similar  customs,  have  fallen  into  disuse ; 
and  are  only  heard  of  in  the  dubious,  but  ear-command- 
ing tales  of  tradition.  The  annual  festivities  of  guild, 
and  village-saint  days,  are  forgotten  ;  and  we  have  in 
their  room  the  bachanalian  orgies  of  weekly  or  monthly 
club-days,  or  the  seditious  wisdom  of  common  drunken- 
ness. 

1831. — Feb.  24,  CHRISTOPHER  RAPIER,  B.  A.,  of 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  was  elected  head  master  of  the 
Grammar  School  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth,  and  not  un- 
der master,  as,  by  some  mistake,  is  stated  above,  at  p. 
405. 

Oct.  3,  ROBERT  RAILSTON  and  JOHN  BURN,  bailiffs. 
The  new  Chapel  Bridge  was  completed  and  opened  in 
November,  this  year. 

*  See  at  p.  432 :  BRO.  in  the  table  below,  stands  for  brothers, 
and  FRE.  for  freemen. 


COMPANIES'  NAMES. 

1600. 

BRO. 

1650. 

BRO. 

1700. 

BRO. 

1750. 

BRO. 
~3T 

39 
51 
31 
123 
59 
137 

1800. 
BRO. 

1830. 

FEAST  DAYS. 

FRE.  BRO. 

Merchants  &  Tailors 

37 
48 

16 

29 
43 
16f 
18 

50 
60 
25 
37 
54 
44 
50 

70 

51 

92 
143 
40 
169 

47      25 
72      21 
33      25 
31      66 
20      80 
24      13 
13     105 

Corpus  Christi. 
Trinity  Sunday. 
St.  James. 
St.  Loye. 
St.  Thomas. 
St.  Peter. 

Fullers  and  Dyers... 
Smiths  &c  

27t 

f  These  16  brothers  of  the  Fullers  and  Dyers  are  for  1676;  and  the 
27  of  the  Skinners  Company  for  1675. 

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ADDITIONS  TO  ANNALS. 

1515.  —  This  year  a  truce  was  made  on  the  l?th  of 
January,  "  quhilk  time  the  quene  was  seik  in  Morpeth 
in  Ingland,  perrell  of  her  lyffe."  —  (Bp.  Leslie's  Life,  p. 
1  05.)  This  was  Margaret,  sister  of  Henry  the  Eighth, 
dowager  queen  of  Scotland,  who,  after  her  flight  from 
Scotland,  probably  resided  in  Morpeth  castle  till  lord 
Dacre,  its  proprietor,  and  then  warden  of  the  marches, 
found  her  an  asylum  in  Harbottle  castle.  Lord  Dacre 
received  her  on  Aug.  26,  this  year  —  (Hoi.  Hist,  of  Scot- 
land, p.  303,  erf.  1585.) 

1644  __  General  Levin,  in  his  march  into  England, 
was  at  Morpeth  five  days  from  the  2nd  of  January 
to  the  3rd  of  February,  on  which  he  marched  to  New- 
castle. —  (Rushworth,  Part  III.,  vol.  ii.,  p.  618.) 


m  fJarlt'amcnt  for  the  Borough  of  Morpeth 
since  the  first  year  of  queen  Mary,  daur.  of  Henry 
the  Eighth,  1553,  when  this  town  first  sent  bur- 
gesses to  parliament.  Lord  Dacre,  at  this  time,  was 
warden-general  of  the  marches  between  England  and 
Scotland,  and  this  franchise  to  his  borough  here,  of 
the  privilege  of  sending  members  to  parliament,  was 
probably  granted  him  to  strengthen  his  hands  in  sup- 
porting the  political  and  religious  views  of  Mary  and 
her  court.  The  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons 
mention  antient  articles  made  between  the  lord  Da- 
cre, lord  of  the  manor,  and  the  burgesses  and  com- 
monalty of  the  town,  whereby  the  seven  cra/ts  are 
instituted,  and  many  orders  for  their  regulation  pro- 
vided ;  but  do  not  give  the  date  of  the  document. 
Was  it  made  on  the  occasion  of  the  privilege  of  send- 
ing  burgesses  to  represent  the  town  in  the  House  of 
Commons  being  granted  ?  It  is  certain  that  some  of 
the  crafts  existed  and  had  statutes  before  that  time. 

The  following  list  is  chiefly  taken  from  the  one  in 
Hutchinson's  View  of  Northumberland  ;  and  I  lament 
that,  for  want  of  books,  and  confinement  at  home,  when 
this  article  was  called  for  by  the  press,  I  have  not  been 
able  to  correct  and  illustrate  it  sufficiently.  Several 
additions  and  corrections  will,  however,  be  found  in  it, 
especially  from  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons. 

MARY,  AND  PHILIP  AND  MAHY. 
1553.  —  John  Watson,  gent.,  and  William  Ward,  gent. 
The  family  of  Watson  are  old  in  this  neighbourhood,  in 
which  they  have  had  property  in  various  places,  but 
principally  at  North  Seatoii.      The  Wards,  too,  were 
resident  in  Morpeth  long  prior  to  this  time.     They  oc- 


cur in  the  Annals  of  this  town  from  1366  to  1505;  and 
even  till  of  late  years  a  respectable  family  of  the  name, 
of  which  Mr  Ord,  of  Nunnykirk,  is  the  representative, 
resided  here. 

1554. — Thomas  Bates,  gent,  and  William  Ward,  gent. 
Thomas  Bates,  of  Hallhvell,  was  supervisor  of  all  the 
crown  lands  in  Northumberland  (Hutch.  View,  it.  168) ; 
and  Thomas  Bates  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  occur  in  Mor- 
peth Annals  in  1677. 

1554.— Henry  Percy,  gent.,  and  Robert  Ward,  gent. 

1555 — Cuthbert  Horsley,  gent.,  and  Thos.  Bates,  gent. 
Cuthbert  Horsley  was  proprietor  of  Longhorsley,  and 
M.P.  for  Northumberland  in  1553  and  1554. — (Above,  p. 
104,  Gen.  II.) 

1557 — Robert  Wheteley,  gent.,  and  Thos.  Bates,  gent. 

,» 
ELIZABETH. 

1558. — Thomas  Bates,  gent.,  and 

1562. — Wm.  Ward,  gent.,  and  Arthur  Welshe,  gent. 

1571 — Francis  Gawdy,  esq.,  and  Nicholas  Mynn,  esq. 

1572 — George  Bowes,  kut.,  and  Richard  Wroth,  gent. 
George  Bowes  was  knighted  at  Leith  by  Edw.  Seymour, 
earl  of  Hertford,  for  his  services  against  the  rebellion 
of  Northumberland  and  Westmorland  in  1569;  he  was 
by  special  commission  made  knight  marshall  north  of 
the  Trent.  He  died  in  1580. 

1585 — William  Carey,  esq.,  and  George  Giffbrd,  esq. 

1586. — Robert  Carey,  esq.,  and  Anthony  Felton,  esq. 
Robert  Carey  was  eldest  son  of  lord  Huusden,  and  both  he 
and  his  father  were  wardens  of  the  marches  in  North- 
umberland. He  married  Elizabeth,  widow  of  sir  Henry 
Widdrlngton,  and  was  created  earl  of  Monmouth.  I 
find  in  a  document,  dated  in  1608,  one  Anthony  Felton, 
gent.,  charged  with  taking  away  the  lead  of  Bywell 
tower  "within  these  last  16  years." — (K.  42.) 

1588 — Robert  Carey,  esq.,  and  Henry  Nowell,  esq. 

1592. — Edmund  Boyer,  esq.,  and  Francis  TindalL,  gent. 

1597- — Robert  Printell,  esq.,  and  Thos.  Carleton,  esq, 

1601. — George  Saville,  esq.,  and  John  Browne,  esq. 

JAMES  THE  FIRST. 

1603. — Charles  Perkins,  knight,  and  John  Hare,  esq. 
1614 — Charles  Perkins,  knight. 

1 620. — Robert  Brandling,  esq.,  and  John  Robson,  rec- 
tor of  Morpeth,  clerk;  instead  of  the  latter  of  whom, 
a  new  writ  was  ordered  to  elect  a  burgess  in  his 
place,  he  being  a  clergyman. 

"  All  of  opinion  against ,  a  clerk,  returned;  because 

he  had  a  right  to  have  a  voice  in  the  Convocation 
house ;  therefore,  not  fit  to  be  admitted  here,  and  would 
have  fined  the  town,  but  for  their  poverty."— (Journal 
House  of  Commons,  i.  511.) 

1623.— William  Carnaby,  of  Halton  Tower,  knight,  and 
Thomas  lleynell,  esq. 


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CHARLES  THE  FIRST. 
1625. — Anthony  Herbert,  knt.,  and  Thos.  Reynell,  knt 
1625. — Thomas  Revnell,  knight,  and  John  Banks,  esq. 
1628. — Thomas  Reynell,  knight,  and  John  Banks,  esq. 
1640. — Phil.  M  ain waring,  knt.,  &  Thos.  Wethering,  esq 
1640.— John  Fenwick,  esq.,  and  sir  William  Carnaby 
knight,  of  Halton  Tower. 

Aug.  26,  1642.—"  Resolved,  that  sir  William  Carnab 
shall  be  disabled  to  sit  any  longer  a  member  of  thi 
house  during  this  parliament,  for  refusing  to  attend  tin 
service  of  the  house  upon  summons,  and  for  raising 
arms  against  the  parliament."— (Jour.  H.  C.  U.  738. ) 

—John  Fiennes,  esq.,  and  George  Fenwick,  esq. 

These  two  members  came  in  on  the  Republican  side 
when  Wiosi-  elected  in  1640  either  died  or  were  removed 
for  their  loyalty  between  that  year  and  1653.  Fenwick 
died  March  15,  1656. 

OLIVER  CROMWELL,  PROTECTOR, 
During  whose  Usurpation  it  does  not  appear  that  Morpeth 
was  ever  summoned  to  send  members  to  the  house  o 
commons.  Indeed,  in  the  "  Little  Parliament,  holden 
at  Westminster  in  1653,  no  representatives  for  cities  or 
boroughs,  excepting  London,  were  summoned  to  it." 

RICHARD  CROMWELL,  PROTECTOR. 
1658. — Robert  Delaval,  esq.,  and  Robert  Mitford,  esq. 
1660. — Edw.  lord  Morpeth  and  sir  Geo.  Downing,  knt. 
This  was  called  the  Convention  Parliament,   and   met 
April  25,  this  year.      May  31,  1660,  ordered  to  prepare 
a  new  writ  for  election  of  a  burgess  for  Morpeth,  hi  the 
place  of  Thomas  Widdrington,  esq.,  deceased.—  (Jour. 
H.  C,  viii.  52.)     Sir  George  Downing  married  Frances, 
daur.  of  sir  William  Howard. — (See  above,  p.  382.) 

CHARLES  THE  SECOND. 

1661. — Edw.  lord  Morpeth  and  George  Downing,  knt. 
Sept.  18,  1665. — An  order  of  the  house  of  commons  to 
make  out  a  new  writ  for  electing  a  burgess  for  Mor- 
peth, in  the  room  of  sir  Henry  Widdrington,  deceased. 
—(Jour.  H.  C.  viii.  625.) 

1678— Edw.  lord  Morpeth  and  George  Downing,  bart. 
1679. — Geo.  Downing,  bart.,  and  Dan.  Colling  wood,  esq. 
The  parliament  to  which  they  were  summoned  met  at 
Oxford. 

JAMES  THE  SECOND. 

1685. — Sir  Win.  Pickering,  knt.,  and  John  Oglethorp. 
1688 — Roger  Fenwick,  esq.,  and  Charles  lord  Morpeth. 
This  also  was  called  the  Convention  Parliament.     It  as- 
sembled on  Jan.  22. 

WILLIAM  AND  MARY. 
1689. — Roger  Fenwick  and  Charles  lord  Morpeth. 

WILLIAM  THE  THIRD. 

1695. — Sir  Henry  Bellasis,  knt.,  and  George  Newland. 

25  Nov.  1695. — Henry  Lumlcy,  esq.,  in  a  petitition  to  the 

house,  said,  that  "  George  Nichols"  and  himself  were  duly 


chosen  for  Morpeth;  but  that  one  of  the  pretended 
bailiffs  had  returned  Mr  Nichols  and  sir  Henry  Bellasis: 
and,  on  March  9  following,  it  was  reported  to  a  com- 
mittee of  the  house,  that  "  as  the  poll  was  taken,  there 
was  for  Mr  Nichols  90,  for  sir  Henry  Bellasys  51,  and 
for  Mr  Lumley  39."  The  petitioner,  however,  insisted 
"  that  the  freemen  of  the  several  crafts,  being  in  num- 
ber 7,  had  an  equal  right  to  vote  with  the  free  burgesses ; 
that  the  oath  of  the  Fullers'  and  Dyers'  Company  re- 
quired from  that  body  fealty  to  the  town;  and  that 
articles  bet  iveeii  lord  Dacre  and  the  burgesses  and  com- 
monality of  the  town  in  which  the  seven  crafts  are  instituted, 
and  many  orders  for  their  regulation  provided;  and 
particularly,  that  every  apprentice  serving  seven  years 
in  the  town,  should  pay  to  the  common  hutch,  12d.— > 
that  on  these  accounts  the  free  brothers  were  freemen 
of  the  town :  but  evidence,  written  and  oral,  being  pro- 
duced to  the  contrary,  it  was  resolved,  "  That  the  right 
of  electing  burgesses  to  serve  in  parliament  for  the  bo- 
rough of  Morpeth  is  only  in  the  bailiffs  and  free  bur- 
gesses of  the  said  borough. — (Jour.  H.  C.  xi.  337,  500.) 
1698 — Sir  Henry  Bellasis,  knight,  and  the  hon.  Philip 

Howard. 

1700. — Sir  John  Delaval  and  Emanuel  Howe. 
1701. — Sir  John  Delaval  and  Emanuel  Howe. 

ANNE,  1702. 

1705.— Sir  Richard  Sandford,  bart.,  of  Sandford  Castle, 
Westmorland,   warden   of   the  mint,   and  Edmund 
Maine,  esq. 
1708. — Sir  Richard  Sandford,  bart.,  and  sir  John  Ben. 

net,  knight,  serjeant-at-law. 

1710. — Sir  Richard  Sandford,  bart.,  and  Christopher  vis- 
count Castlecomer. 

1713. — Sir  John  Gerrnayne,  bart.,  of  Dray  ton,  North- 
amptonshire, and  Oley  Douglas,  esq. 
GEORGE  THE  FIRST. 

1714. — Henry  viscount  Morpeth  and  Christopher  vis- 
count Castlecomer. 

March  5. — A  party  of  the  burgesses  petitioned  the  House 
of  Commons,  setting  forth  that  Alexander  Douglas,  now 
elected  and  returned  to  parliament,  was  guilty  of  many 
notorious  bribes. — (Jour.  H.  C.  xvii.  848.)  On  March 
31,  Oley  Douglas'  petition  set  forth  to  the  house,  that 
lords  Morpeth  and  Castlecomer,  Thomas  Renda,  esq., 
and  himself,  were  candidates  for  Morpeth;  but  that 
lord  Castlecomer  procured  his  own  return  by  getting 
the  earl  of  Carlisle's  agents,  in  his  lordship's  name,  to 
influence  the  voters,  and  to  give  them  money,  meat, 
and  drink,  and  by  sons  of  freemen  being  refused  their 
freedom  by  the  bailiffs.  Also,  on  the  same  day,  Mr 
Renda  set  forth,  in  a  petition,  that  the  major  part  of 
the  legal  voters  offered  to  poll  for  him,  but  the  bailiffs 
refused  them.— fid.  vol.  xviti.  p.  39.  On  April  20,  Oley 
Douglas  had  liberty  to  withdraw  his  petition,  and  the 


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committee  of  elections  was  discharged  from  proceeding 
upon  it. — (Id.  p  426.)  Lord  Castlecomer  being  chosen 
for  Rippon,  a  new  writ,  on  March  26,  1717,  was  order- 
ed for  Morpeth. — (Id.  p.  514.) 

1717.— Geo.  Carpenter,  esq.,  and  Henry  lord  Morpeth. 
Mr  Carpenter  was  a  colonel  in  the  army ;  and,  on  Feb. 
10,  1731,  became  lord  Carpenter,  of  Homme,  in  the 
county  of  Hereford. 

1722. — George  Carpenter,  esq.,  and  Hen.  lord  Morpeth. 

GEORGE  THE  SECOND. 

1727. George  Carpenter,  esq.,  and  Hen.  lord  Morpeth. 

On  Feb.  7,  1728,  Robert  Femvick,  in  a  petition  to  the 
house,  set  forth,  that  at  the  late  election  for  Morpeth,  the 
lord  Morpeth,  Thomas  Robinson,  esq.,  and  himself,  were 
candidates ;  but  that  Mr  Robinson,  by  bribery,  procured 
himself  to  be  elected,  to  the  prejudice  of  the  petitioner, 
who  ought  to  have  been  returned  with  the  lord  Mor- 
peth.— (Jour.  H.  C.  xxi.  42.)  Though  Mr  Fenwick's  pe- 
tition was  committed,  I  do  not  see  that  it  was  either 
withdrawn,  or  any  resolution  of  the  committee  made 
upon  it.  This  Thomas  Robinson,  against  whom  he 
petitioned,  was  a  cornet  in  gen.  Wade's  regiment,  and 
afterwards  sir  Thomas  Robinson,  of  Rokeby,  baronet. 
1735. — Sir  Hen.  Liddell,  bart,  and  Hen.  lord  Morpeth. 
Lord  Morpeth,  on  the  death  of  his  father,  the  earl  of  Car- 
lisle, May  1,  1738,  being  elevated  to  the  peerage,  a  new 
writ  was  ordered  for  Morpeth  on  May  9,  and 
Henry  Furnesse,  of  Gunnersby -house,  esq., 

Was  elected  in  his  room. 

1741. — Sir  Henry  Liddell,  bart,  and  Robert  Ord,  esq. 
Mr  Ord  was,  at  this  time,  of  Petersham,  in  Surrey,  and  a 
F.R.S.  He  was  a  friend  of  Mr  Pultney,  who  was  cre- 
ated earl  of  Bath  in  1742,  and  much  employed  by  him. 
After  he  was  made  chief  baron  of  the  exchequer  in 
Scotland,  about  October,  1755,  he  settled  in  Edinburgh. 
He  was  a  younger  brother  of  John  Ord,  esq.,  great 
grandfather  of  Wm.  Ord,  esq.,  the  present  member  for 
Morpeth.  He  died  Feb.  13,  1778. 

1747. — James  viscount  Limerick  and  Robert  Ord,  esq. 
1754. — Thomas  Duncomb,  esq.,  and  Robert  Ord,  esq. 
Mr  Duncomb  was  of  Duncomb-park,  Yorkshire,  and  mar- 
ried Dianah  Howard,  sister  of  Frederick,  fifth  earl  of 
Carlisle.      On  Mr  Ord  being  made  chief  baron  of  the 
exchequer,  a  new  writ,  on  Nov.  21,  1755,  was  ordered 
to  be  issued  to  elect  a  burgess  in  his  room,  when 
1755,  Sir  Matt.  Featherstonhalgh,  F.R.S.,  was  chosen. 
He  was  created  a  baronet  Jan,  3,   1747,  and  was  father 
of  sir  Hen.  Featherstonhaugh,  ofUp-park,  inc.  of  Sussex. 
1761. — Thomas  Duncomb,  esq.,  and  John  Stewart,  vis- 
count Gairlies. 

At  this  election,  on  March  28,  John  Ord,  esq.  and  major 
Mitford  were  also  candidates,  and  the  poll  of  burgesses, 
In  No.  51,  stood  thus: — Mr  Duncomb  31,  lord  Gairlies 
26,  John  Ord  25,  major  Mitford,  20.  Lord  Gairlies  was 

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eldest  son  of  Alexander,  seventh  earl  of  Galloway ;  Mr 
Ord,  eldest  son  of  baron  Ord,  and  a  master  in  chancery. 
1768. — Peter  Beckford,  esq.,  and  sir  Matthew  White 
Ridley,  of  Blagdon,  bart. 

The  election  this  year  was  on  March  21,  and  the  poll 
thus— Beckford  51,  sir  M.  W.  Ridley  29,  Francis  Eyre 
24.— (Newc.  Cour.  26  March,  1768.)  Eyre  had  12  man- 
damus votes,  and  petitioned,  23  Feb.,  1769,  against 
Ridley ;  but  the  house  voted  Ridley  duly  elected,  by  a 
majority  of  87  against  17.  Eyre's  petition  is  printed  in 
the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons,  vol.  xxxii.,  p. 
33 ;  and  the  examinations  of  witnesses  on  the  validity  of 
the  return,  which  are  long  and  curious,  on  pages  268, 
269, 270,  and  271  of  the  same  volume.  Robert  Lisle  said, 
it  was  always  the  method  in  Morpeth  to  poll  according 
to  seniority  on  the  roll ;  and  that  he  never  knew  any 
freemen  vote,  who  had  not  been  admitted  at  a  court 
leet.  There  is  a  spirited  letter  of  the  seven  aldermen 
of  the  town,  in  the  Newcastle  Courant  for  Ap.  2,  1768, 
all  of  whom  seem  to  have  been  especial  friends  of  Mr 
Eyre.  Mr  Beckford  was  a  nephew  of  Wm.  Beckford, 
an  alderman  of  London. 

1774. — Francis  Eyre,  esq.,  and  Peter  Delme,  esq. 
This  was  a  contested  election,  concluded  14  Oct.,  1774, 
when  the  poll  stood  thus: — Francis  Eyre  162,  Peter 
Delme  150,  hon.  Wm.  Byron  140,  Thos.  Chas.  Bigge, 
of  Little  Beiiton,  132.  On  Dec.  6,  Mr  Byron,  in  a  pe- 
tition to  the  house,  stated  that  he  and  Mr  Delme  had 
the  majority  of  legal  votes  in  the  judgment  of  the 
returning  officers;  but  that  a  daring  mob  compelled 
them  to  sign  a  return  of  Francis  Eyre ;  and,  on  the 
same  day,  several  electors  of  Morpeth  set  forth,  that  Mr 
Delme  and  Mr  Byron  were,  by  the  bailiffs,  declared  duly 
elected,  and  that  the  bailiffs  were  proceeding  to  make 
their  return  accordingly,  when  a  multitude,  with  sticks 
and  other  weapons,  assaulted  them,  and  by  force  com- 
pelled them  to  return  Mr  Eyre  instead  of  Mr  Byron. 
Mr  Bigge  also,  and  a  party  of  freemen,  on  December  19, 
stated  in  their  petitions,  that  the  bailiffs  used  corrupt 
practices  to  obtain  votes  for  Delme  and  Byron,  and 
prayed  that  he  and  Eyre  might  be  declared  duly  elected; 
but,  on  Jan.  27,  1774,  the  select  committee  determined 
that  the  name  of  Francis  Eyre,  esq.  should  be  erased 
out  of  the  return,  and  that  of 
1775,  The  hon.  William  Byron 

Be  inserted  instead  thereof.  Mr  Eyre,  on  Oct.  31  of  the 
same  year,  again  presented  a  petition  to  the  house,  to 
take  his  case  into  consideration,  but  afterwards  with- 
drew it.—  (Jour.  H.  C.  xxxv.  9,  51, 52,  61, 73,  75,  83,  102, 
410,  $c.)  Mr  Byron  was  only  surviving  son  of  Wm. 
lord  Byron,  and  died  22  June,  1776.  His  aunt,  Isabella 
Byron,  was  second  wife  of  Henry,  fourth  earl  of  Car- 
Use  ;  and  great  aunt  of  the  late  lord  Byron.  A  new 
•writ  was  issued  in  his  room  on  July  14  following,  when 
1776,  Gilbert  Elliot,  esq., 

Was  chosen.  He  was  eldest  son  of  sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  bart., 
U 


534 


MORPETH  DEANERY. MORPETH  WARD,  W.  D. 


and  afterwards  lord  Minto.  After  the  death  of  his 
father,  in  1777,  he  accepted  the  office  of  steward  of  H. 
IM.  manor  of  East  Hendred,  and  thus  vacating  his  seat, 
a  new  writ  was  ordered  on  February  12,  in  that  year 
(Jour.  H.  C  xxxv.  157),  and 
1777,  John  William  Egerton, 

Then  a  captain  in  the  army,  and  eldest  son  of  the  bishop 
of  Durham,  was  elected  in  his  room.  Captain  Egertoii 
became  a  general  in  the  army  in  1795,  and  on  the  death 
of  the  duke  of  Bridgewater,  in  1803,  earl  of  Bridge- 
water.  His  great  aunt,  Mary  Egerton,  sister  of  Scroop, 
duke  of  Bridgewater,  married  Wm.  lord  Byron,  grand- 
father of  the  hon.  William  Byron,  M.P.  for  Morpeth  in 
1775. 
1780.— Peter  Delme,  esq.,  and  Anthony  Storer,  esq. 

Mr  Delme  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry,  fourth 
earl  of  Carlisle. 

On  Mr  Storer  being  made  a  Commissioner  of  Trade  and 
Plantations,  a  new  writ  was  ordered,  June  3,  1781,  and 
he  was  re-elected  to  his  seat.     In  1783  he  was  secre- 
tary to  the  English  Embassy  at  the  French  court. 
1784.— Peter  Delme,  esq.,  and  sir  James  Erskine,  bart. 

Sir  James  Erskine  (now  earl  of  Rosslyn),  at  the  time  of 
his  election,  was  major  of  the  8th  dragoon  regiment. 
On  being  made  Director  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  in 
Scotland  in  the  room  of  David  Scott,  esq  ,  he  vacated  his 
seat  here ;  but  was  re-elected  under  a  new  writ  ordered 
Feb.  14,  1785.  In  July,  1789,  he  adopted  the  name  of 
St.  Clair ;  and,  on  the  death  of  his  maternal  uncle,  Alex. 
Wedderburn,  earl  of  Rosslyn,  Jan.  3,  1805,  succeeded  to 
that  dignity. 

Mr  Delme  died  in  1789;  and,  under  a  writ,  dated  Aug.  22, 
1789,  Thomas  Gregg,  esq., 

Barrister  at  law,  was  chosen  in  his  room. 
1790. — Sir  Jas.  St.  Clair  Erskine  and  Thos.  Gregg,  esq. 

Mr  Gregg  accepted  the  Chiltern  Hundreds,  upon  which  a 

a  new  writ  being  issued  Dec.  30, 
1794,  George  Howard,  viscount  Morpeth, 

Eldest  son  of  the  earl  of  Carlisle,  born  in  1773,  and  at  this 

time  consequently  21  years  old,  was  elected  in  his  room. 

1796 — George  Howard,  viscount  Morpeth,  and  William 

Huskisson,  esq. 


Mr  Huskisson  was  now,  for  the  m«t  tune,  returned  to 
parliament.  He  had  been  at  Paris  at  the  time  of  the 
French  revolution ;  and,  soon  after  his  return  home, 
became  private  secretary  to  Mr  Dundas,  then  a  Secretary 
of  State.  He  rose  to  fill  several  important  situations ; 
was  President  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  Treasurer  of 
the  Navy  in  1823;  and,  in  1828,  Colonial  Secretary; 
but,  on  Sep.  15,  1830,  was  so  severely  crushed  by  a 
waggon  passing  over  him,  at  the  opening  of  the  Man- 
chester and  Liverpool  Rail-way,  that  he  died  on  the 
evening  of  the  same  day. 

1801. — George  Howard,  viscount  Morpeth,  and  William 
Huskisson,  esq. 

1802. — George  Howard,  viscount  Morpeth,  and  William 
Ord,  esq. 

This  was  a  severely  contested  election ;  and  the  candi- 
dates, at  the  conclusion  of  the  poll,  stood  thus  :— Lord 
Morpeth  H9,  Mr  Ord  115,  Mr  Delme  97.  The  total  of 
persons  voting  was  212.  This  statement  of  the  poll  was 
printed  at  Berwick  by  W.  and  H.  Richardson,  on  three 
quarto  leaves.  Morpeth  had  no  printer  in  those  days. 
The  greater  part  of  Mr  Ord's  votes  were  plumpers. 
Himself  and  his  ancestors  have  long  been  proprietors  of 
the  fine  estate  in  this  parish,  which  belonged  to  New- 
minster  Abbey. 

Lord  Morpeth  being  made  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Controul  for  India,  vacated  his  seat ;  but,  under  a  writ, 
ordered  to  be  issued  Feb.  10,  1806,  was  re-elected. 

1806.— The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 

1807.— The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 

1808.— The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 

1812. — The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 

1819.— The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 

GEORGE  THE  FOURTH. 

1820. — The  hon.  Wm.  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 
1826. — Geo.  W.  F.  Howard,  viscount  Morpeth,  and 
William  Ord,  esq. 

WILLIAM  THE  FOURTH. 
1830 — The  hon.  William  Howard  and  William  Ord,  esq. 


APPENDIX 


or 


ERRORS  AND  CORRECTIONS  TO  THIS  VOLUME. 


PAGE  8,  add  this  charter  to  note  e: — Sciant  presentes 
et  futuri  quod  ego  Ydonea  dna  de  Meldon  in  mea  pura 
viduitate  dedi  Symoni  filio  meo  p  homagio  et  servicio 
suo  2  tofta  et  crofta  et  unam  carrucatam  et  undecim 
acr  terr  arabilis  et  quatuor  acf  prati  in  villa  de  Prest- 
wyke  .  Test,  dnis  Rogero  Bertram  .  Gerardo  de  Wyder- 
ington  .  Johne  de  Oggill  milit' .  Johne  de  Wyderington 
de  Denton  .  Hugone  de  Wygerouse  de  Craklawe  .  Ada 
de  Plessey  .  Witto  de  Horsley.— ( X.  106  ;  Lansd.  MS. 
326,  fol.  116,6.; 

P.  13,  1.  4,  for  Simon,  read  Simeon;  1.  5,  for  this  per- 
son,  read  John  Fitz-Simon ;  1.  6  and  7,  dele  was  suc- 
ceeded in  his  possessions  by ;  1.  7>  for  the  same,  read 
that,  and  dele  who. 

P.  15,  gen.  2.  William  Basset  released  to  John  de 
Denum,  about  Lamas  1312,  all  his  lands  in  Offerton,  by 
deed,  describing  boundaries.  This,  and  other  deeds  of 
the  Denum  family,  are  printed  in  the  Archseologia  JEli- 
ana,  voL  ii.,  p.  297,  &c. ;  and  a  grant  of  William,  son  of 
William  de  Den  on,  to  Robert,  baron  of  Camhus,  and 
Christian  his  wife,  of  all  the  lands  which  he  had  by  the 
gift  and  feoffment  of  William  de  Kaldewell  in  the  field 
and  territory  of  West-hertwayton,  is  given  in  this  vo- 
lume, at  page  368. 

P.  24, 1.  8,  before  grandson,  add  great. 

P.  25, 1.  6,  after  Newton,  add  under-wood. 

P.  31,  col.  2,  1.  26,  for  1670,  read  1660  ;  p.  33,  to 
note  r,  add  see  Rot.  Par.  i.  363 ;  p.  34, 1.  7,  for  Calver. 
don,  Valence,  read  Calverdon- Valence ;  p.  38,  1.  5,  for 
recorded,  read  preserved. 

P.  39,  1.  19,  add—"  Diverse  learned  men  hold  that 
the  herb  which  is  called  in  Duche  Wilder  Bertram,  is 


Ptarmica  in  Dioscorides,  &c. — (Turner's  Herbal, part  M. 
p.  106,  ed.  1562.) 

Pedigree,  gen.  2, 1.  2,  for  he  lies,  read  Roger  is  said 
to  lie;  and  line  3,  for  He,  read  William.  Gen.  3,  under 
ADA,  for  benefactor,  read  benefactress ;  and,  for  priory, 
read  abbey. 

P.  40,  gen.  4.  In  the  first  year  of  king  John,  Alice, 
widow  of  William  Bertram,  rendered  an  account  of  £20, 
for  having  the  king's  peace  concerning  her  marriage— 
£15  of  which  was  then  paid  into  the  treasury,  and  £5 
left  in  arrear  (Pipe  Roll);  and  Grose  has  an  extract 
from  Madox's  Exchequer,  which  shows,  that  in  14  king 
John,  Roger  Fitz- Walter  was  fined  three  palfreys,  for 
obtaining  the  king's  letter  to  Roger  Bertram's  mother, 
that  she  should  marry  him.  The  Pipe  Roll  for  this 
year  is  not,  however,  now  remaining  in  the  exchequer 
offices. 

Gen.  5.  Anno  1242,  Roger  Bertram,  and  certain 
other  northern  noblemen,  departed  out  of  this  life.— 
(Mat.  Paris.) 

Gen.  6.  ROGER  BERTRAM  III.  is  styled  of  Great- 
ham  in  the  list  of  knights  of  the  bishopric  of  Durham, 
who  were  at  the  battle  of  Lewes,  in  1264. 

P.  41.  Valence  Pedigree.  Gen.  2.  Sir  Aymer  de 
Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke,  was  buried  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  where  there  is  a  cross-legged  effigy  of  him. 

P.  43.  Gen.  4.  See  the  petition  of  David,  earl  of 
Athol,  respecting  the  castle,  manor,  and  honor  of  Chil. 
ham,  in  Rolls  of  Parliament,  iL  87- 

MARY,  wife  of  Aymer  de  Athol,  was  perhaps  a  daur. 
of  Mary,  countess  of  St.  Paul,  wife  of  sir  Aymer  de 
Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke;  there  is,  therefore,  from 


536 


APPENDIX. 


them  in  generation  two,  want  of  indexes  and  lines  of 
descent  on  pages  41, 42,  and  43,  to  show  her  relationship 
to  the  said  countess.  See  Evidences,  p.  48,  No.  1,  b. 

P.  45.  RICHARD  SHUTTLEWORTH,  esq.,  uncle  of  the 
present  Bertram  Mitford,  of  Mitford,  esq.,  made  a  "  Col- 
lection respecting  the  castle,  barony,  and  barons  of  Mit- 
ford," in  1798,  which,  at  the  time  I  compiled  the  Mit- 
ford pedigree,  as  printed  on  pages  45,  4G,  and  47,  was  in 
the  possession  of  the  late  lord  Redesdale,  the  greater 
part  of  whose  communications  to  me  on  that  subject 
have  been  copied  from  it :  but,  since  the  pedigree  was 
printed  off,  Mr  Mitford  has  favoured  me  with  the  loan 
of  it,  and  the  following  additions  subscribed  (S.)  are 
extracts  from  it. 

Gen.  1.  "  Robert  Mitford,  esq."  (I  suppose  of  gen. 
17,)  "carried  an  old  writing  to  produce  at  Durham  up- 
on some  occasion,  by  which  one  of  the  Mitfords,  of 
Mitford,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  did  as- 
sure his  wife's  jointure  out  of  lands  in  Mitford ;  which 
writing  sir  Joseph  Craddock  saw  and  attested  under  his 
hand ;  but  it  is  since  embezzled  and  lost." — (S.) 

Gen.  2, 1.  2,  for  who,  read  which  Richard. 

Gen.  9.  Sir  John  Mitford,  in  1361,  had  a  house  in 
Milk-street,  in  London,  in  which  he  probably  had  his 
law  chambers. — (Infra,  p.  334.) 

43  Edw.  III.,  1364,  Alice  of  Backworth,  in  her  widow- 
hood, granted  to  sir  John  de  Mitford,  all  her  lands  in 
Mitford.— (S.) 

49  Edw.  III.,  1375.  Wm.  Selby,  of  Newcastle,  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  gave  to  John  de  Mitford,  all  their  lands 
in  a  street  called  Newgate,  in  Morpeth — (S.) 

6  Rich.  II.,  1383.  Richard  Troll  and  Margaret  his 
wife  granted  all  their  lands  in  Brinklaw  to  John  Mit- 
ford.—f-S1.; 

11  Rich.  II.,  1387—8.  Robert  Strother  binds  him- 
self to  John  Mitford  in  a  penalty  of  £20,  that  he  and 
his  wife  Philippa  should  levy  a  fine  of  Espley ;  and,  in 
the  same  year,  Robert  Strother  released  to  John  Mit- 
ford all  right  in  that  village.  Also,  in  11  Rich.  II., 
Robert  Pasmeter  and  Alice  his  wife  gave  a  letter  of 
attorney  to  William  Page  and  Robert  Kingston,  to  give 
livery  and  seizin  to  John  Mitford,  in  a  messuage  and  40 
acres  of  land  in  High  Callerton.— (S.) 

14  Rich.  II.,  1390—1391.     Idonea,  widow  of  John 
Mison,  of  Langley,  in  her  widowhood,  released  all  her 
right  in  lands  and  tenements  in  Espley. — (S.) 

15  Rich.  II.    Philippa,  widow  of  Robert  Strother,  re- 


leased to  John  Mitford  all  her  claim,  &c.,  in  Espley. — 

20  Rich.  II.,  1396.  Sir  John  Scrope,  second  husband 
of  Elizabeth  de  Strathbolgie,  widow  of  sir  Thos.  Percy, 
granted  to  sir  John  Mitford,  knt.,  a  piece  of  ground 
between  the  mansion  of  the  said  sir  John  Mitford  and 
that  of  the  vicarage.  Also,  in  the  same  year,  sir  John 
Scrope  granted  to  sir  J.  M .  the  keeping  of  his  castle  of 
Mitford ;  and,  under  the  style  of  lord  of  Mitford,  and  by 
another  instrument,  for  his  good  council  and  advice, 
gave  him  100s.  a  year  out  of  the  lands  of  Mitford,  for 
life,  and  the  keeping  of  the  castle  of  Mitford  as  afore- 
said.— (S.) 

6  Hen.  IV.,  1405.     John  Herle  granted  to  sir  John 
Mitford,  knight,  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in  Mitford, 
in  exchange  for  the  lands  and  tenements  that  the  said 
sir  John  had  in  Throppil. — (  S.J 

7  Hen.  IV.     Henry  Percy  released  to  sir  John  de 
Mitford,  knight,  and  to  William  his  son,  all  right  in  the 
lands  which  the  said  John,  or  ALEXANDER  his  brother, 
had  by  the  feoffment  of  D.  Strabogie,  earl  of  Athol, 
grandfather  of  the  said  Henry,  as  well  in  Northumber- 
land, as  at  Gainsborough,  in  Lincolnshire. — (S.) 

Gen.  10.  38  Edw.  III.,  1364.  Wm.,  son  of  Roger 
of  Molesden,  granted  to  William,  son  of  sir  John  Mit- 
ford, and  others,  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in  the 
town  of  Morpeth. — fS.) 

11  Henry  IV.,  1410.  John  Franks,  of  Mitford, 
granted  to  William,  son  of  sir  John  Mitford,  knight, 
four  burgages,  and  several  other  lands  in  Mitford. — (S.J 

1314,  1  Hen.  V.  John  of  Bellasis  bound  himself  in 
200  marks  to  William  Mitford,  to  perform  an  award ; 
and,  in  the  same  year,  dame  Elizabeth  Scroope,  segnior, 
&c.  of  Mitford,  granted  to  William  Mitford  the  office  of 
chief  steward  of  all  her  seigniories,  lands,  tenements, 
forests,  warrens,  and  chases,  within  the  county  of  North- 
umberland, with  the  office  also  of  keeper  of  Tindale,  for 
the  term  of  his  life.  This  grant  also  empowered  him  to 
let  all  the  grantor's  lands  in  Northumberland. — (S.) 

In  1417,  Adam  Mundy  released  all  the  right  he  had 
to  lands  in  Mitford,  to  William,  son  of  sir  John  Mit- 
ford :  and  9  Hen.  V.,  1422,  Christopher  Brown,  of  Hor- 
ton,  and  Alice  his  wife,  granted  to  William  Mitford  and 
his  heirs,  a  burgage  in  Mitford,  lying  between  the  street 
of  Newgate  on  the  east,  and  a  tenement  of  the  said 
Wm.  M.  on  the  west,  and  extending  along  the  way  that 
leads  towards 


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537 


P.  46.  Gen.  11, 1.  3,  for  1325,  read  1425.— 1  Hen. 
VI.,  1423.  Nicholas  Heron,  esq.,  of  Meldon,  received, 
in  the  presence  of  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Newminster, 
from  John  M itford,  son  and  heir  of  Win.  Mitford,  cer- 
tain writings  respecting  Meldon,  Riplington,  Bocking- 
,  field,  and  other  lands. 

6  Hen.  VI.,  1427—8.  John  Astby,  and  others,  of 
Gainsborough,  make  John  Mitford,  their  attorney,  to 
enter  into  certain  lands  in  Balmbrough,  and  to  give  pos- 
session :  and,  in  the  following  year,  7  Hen.  VI.,  Wm. 
Mitford,  of  Scarborough,  granted  to  John  Mitford,  of 
Mitford,  one  rood  of  land,  lying  next  the  tenement  of 
John  Subtiller,  on  the  west  of  the  way  that  leads  to 
Newton — (S.  See  below,  p.  50,  No.  13.) 

Gen.  12.  30  Henry  VI.  John  Mitford  granted  cer- 
tain lands  in  Mitford  to  Robert  Tayte  ;  in  the  next 
year  certain  burgages  in  Mitford  to  Thomas  Cham- 
perney;  and,  in  37  Henry  VI.,  1458 — 9,  certain  tene- 
ments in  Newcastle  to  Richard ,  to  sing  at  the  altar 

of  Saint  Thomas  the  Martyr  in  the  church  of  Saint 
Nicholas — (S.) 

I  Edw.  IV.,  1461.     THOMAS  MITFORD,  of  Mitford, 
entailed  and  enfeoffed  Thomas  Harbottle,  and  others,  in 
all  his  lands  in  Mitford,  to  uses  stated  in  the  deed. — (S.J 

Gen.  13,  1.  1,  read  MARGARET,  daur.  of  Ac ;  and  1.  2, 
for  Wilson,  of  Weldon,  read  Welton,  of  Welton. 

13  Hen.  VII.,  1497—8.  Bertram  Mitford  granted 
lands,  in  Mersfen  to  Thomas  Swinburne;  and,  16  Hen. 
VII.,  1500 — 1,  John  Bednell,  of  Lemington,  and  John 
Anderson,  gave  to  Bertram  M.  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
all  their  lands  in  Espley  and  Callerton,  which  they  had 
lately  had  from  the  said  Bertram — (S.J 

Gen.  14, 1.  2,  for  Wilson,  of  Weldon,  read  Welton,  of 
Welton. 

II  Henry  VIII.,  1519.     Gawen  Mitford  granted  to 
Hen,  Hellison,  of  Mitford,  1^  rood  of  land  in  Mitford. 

Gen.  15.  6  Edw.  VI.,  1552.  At  the  court  leet  and 
court  baron  of  lord  Borough,  John  Bedenell  being  then 
steward  of  the  said  court,  it  was  presented  by  the  ho- 
mage, that  Cuthbert  Mitford,  esq.  held  of  the  said  ma- 
nor his  lands  and  tenements  cum  ptin ;  and,  at  the  said 
court,  he  paid  four  marks  for  his  fine  or  relief,  which 
was  received  by  Anth.  Mitford,  of  Ponteland,  receiver 
to  the  said  lord,  and  hereupon  was  put  into  the  Court 
Roll— fS. ) 

4  and  5  Philip  and  Mary.  William  lord  Brough,  by  his 
indenture  of  bargain  and  sale,  granted  to  Cuth.  Mitford 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


and  Robert  his  son,  for  ever,  all  his  lands  in  Mitford,  &c. 
(EXCEPTING  only  the  scite  of  the  castle,  with  all  the 
stone  walls  about  the  said  scite,  as  well  as  the  outer 
wards  as  the  inner  wards  of  the  castle,)  with  profits  of 
courts,  wardships,  reliefs,  waifs,  estrays,  &c. — (S.) 

To  line  24  of  gen.  15,  add  (From  the  information  of  the 
late  lord  Redesdale.J 

P.  47.  Gen.  19.  HUMPHREY  MITFORD,  esq.,  was 
buried  in  the  church  porch  of  Mitford.  His  wife  was 
JANE,  daur.  of  sir  George  Vane,  of  Rogerley,  to  whom 
he  was  married  at  Stanhope,  on  St.  Valentine's  day, 
1661 :  she  died  in  London  in  1675.  WILLIAM,  the  5th 
son,  studied  physic  at  Glasgow,  and  married  Jane,  daur. 
of  Dr.  Henry  Banks,  of  Setterington,  and  had  issue  4 
sons  and  4  daughters. — (S.,  but  see  p.  51,  Nos.  18  $  19.) 
Shuttleworth  also  says,  that  John  Mitford,  the  third 
son  in  this  generation,  and  in  generation  three,  in  Part 
II.,  vol.  i.,  p.  152,  was  a  merchant  in  Newcastle,  and 
married  ANNE,  daur.  of  Dr.  Craddock,  of  whom  there 
are  some  notices  in  this  volume,  under  the  vicars  of 
Woodhorn,  p.  185.  Patrick  Crow,  who  married  ANNE 
Mitford,  lived  chiefly  at  the  Hermitage,  near  Hexham. 

Gen.  20.  John  Ashton,  of  Burn,  in  the  county  of 
York,  esq.,  second  son  of  sir  Ralph  Ashton,  of  Middle- 
ton,  Lancashire,  baronet,  left  two  daughters,  the  eldest 
of  whom  was  married  to  Robert  Mitford — the  youngest 

to Stradling,  esq.     The  estate,  with  the  manor, 

was  divided  by  Mr  Ashton's  will  between  these  two 
daughters,  and  half  of  it  is  now,  anno  1798,  the  property 
of  Mr  Harding,  of  Snaith,  as  a  descendant  from  Mr 
Stradling's  daughter;  and  the  other  half  remains  in  the 
family  of  Mitford,  of  Mitford. 

1.  ROBERT  MITFORD,  eldest  son,  was  born  at  Roger- 
ly,  Oct.  31,  1662  ;  high-sheriff  for  Yorkshire  in  1702  ; 
died  at  Burn,  May  9,  1707,  and  buried  at  Bray  ton. 

2.  ELIZABETH,  born  at  Newcastle,  Nov.  5,  1663. 

3.  PHILADELPHIA,  born  at  Newcastle,  Sep.  13,  1664. 

4.  ANNE,  born  at  Rogerly,  Nov.  5,  1665. 

5.  MARGARET,  born  5  Nov.,  1665,  died  at  a  fortnight 
old. 

6.  GEORGE,  born  10  Oct.,  1666. 

7.  JOHN,  born  at  Mitford,  June  6,  1668. 

8.  BARBARA,  born  at  Mitford,  Nov.  20,  1669. 

9.  FRANCES,  born  at  Mitford,  July  30,  1671. 

10.  MARY,  born  at  Mitford,  Sep.  21,  1672  ;  died  in 
London  in  1703.     She  married  William  Heyington,  of 

X 


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APPENDIX. 


Durham,  who  was  killed  in  a  duel  at  Eochester,  as  some 
say,  and,  as  others,  run  through  the  back  cowardly. — (S.) 

11.  SARAH,  bom  about  two  hours  after  the  death  of 
her  father,  in  1674.  She  married  the  Rev.  Mr  Knight- 
ly, vicar  of  Byfield,  in  Northamptonshire,  by  whom  she 
had  several  children. — (S.) 

Gen.  21.  1.  ROBERT  MITFORD,  eldest  son,  born  8 
Aug.,  1686.  He  died  at  Mitford,  July  20, 1756,  and  was 
buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  of  Brayton. 

P.  47.  Gen.  21.  2.  JOHN,  born  at  Burn,  July  9, 
1687-  By  his  wife,  who  was  a  daur.  of  sir  George 
Merton,  banker,  in  London,  he  had  one  son,  Robert,  and 
one  daur.  Philadelphia. 

3.  EDWARD,  born  at  Burn,  4  Dec.,  1689  ;   died  at 
Fort  St.  George,  in  India. 

4.  HUMPHREY,  born  at  Burn,  7  Feb.,   1690,  died 
young. 

5.  ELIZABETH,  born  at  York,  July  7,  1696. 

6.  WILLIAM,  born  at  Burn,  Feb.  10,  1699. 

Gen.  22.  1.  ROBERT  MITFORD,  born  at  Mr  Pock- 
ley's,  at  Brayton-hall,  Yorkshire,  24  July,  1718.  By 
his  wife  Anna,  daughter  of  John  Lewis,  esq.,  he  had  23 
children,  18  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  He  was  a  candi- 
date for  the  representation  of  Leicester  in  1755;  and 
died  at  Morpeth,  Jan.  15,  1784. 

2.  PHILADELPHIA,  born  at  Burn ;  had  issue  one  son, 
George,  and  two  daughters. 

3.  JOHN. — 4.  FRANCIS. 

5.  HEMPHREY,  born  at  Burn,  20  March,  1720  ;  mar- 
ried, but  died  s.  p.  in  London,  10  Oct.,  1784. 

6.  RICHARD. — 7.  MARY. 

Gen.  23.  1.  BERTRAM  MITFORD,  esq.,  was  born  at 
Dennett's-hall,  near  Leicester,  14  June,  1748.  His  wife 
TABITHA  was  a  daur.  of  Francis  Johnson,  esq.,  M.D., 
Newcastle. 

2.  JOHN,  born  at  Dennet's-hall,  in   1749;   married 
Dorothy  Young,  of ,  Northumberland. 

3.  ANNA,  wife   of  RICHARD   HESKETH.  SHUTTLE- 
WORTH,  of  Turnover-hall,  in  Lancashire,  and  author  of 
the  Collection  respecting  the  Barons,  Barony,  and  Castle 
of  Mitford,  made  in  1798,  and  from  which  these  addi- 
tions to  the  Mitford  pedigree  are  compiled. 

4.  MARY,  born  at  the  Firth-house,  Leicester,  Jan. 
1751. 

Gen.  24.  BERTRAM  MITFOBD,  esq.,  married  in  Lon- 
don, 9  March,  1829,  to  Frances,  eldest  daur.  of  the  late 
Capt.  Henry  Mitford,  R.N.,  of  Exbury,  Hants.— (See 


II.  i.  153.)    Mr  Mitford's  sister  Marianne  was  born  at 
Mitford,  4  September,  1776. 

P.  50.  No.  3,  for  Peter  de  Mitford,  son  of  Nicholas, 
Mr  Shuttleicorth  has  Peter,  son  of  Matthew  Mitford. 

P.  52.  ALDWORTH  GRANGE  was  on  the  south  side 
of  the  Wansbeck,  and  on  the  west  boundary  of  Mitford 
parish.  See  below,  p.  495. 

P.  56,  1.  12,  for  in,  read  on  ;  p.  63, 1.  10,  dele  " 

P.  62.  49  Edw.  III.,  13?5.  David  de  Strathbolgie, 
earl  of  Athol,  had  a  grant  from  the  crown,  of  the  castle 
of  Mitford.—  (S.) 

The  grandchild  of  David  de  Strathbolgie,  earl  of 
Athol,  7  Hen.  IV.,  was  seized  of  the  castle  of  Mitford ; 
and  from  that  time  the  earls  of  Northumberland  held 
the  same,  until  Thomas,  earl  of  Northumberland,  for- 
feited it  for  high  treason  in  12  Eliz. ;  after  which  time 
it  remained  in  the  crown,  till  king  James,  by  letters  pa- 
tent, granted  it  to  John  Murray,  earl  of  Annandale, 
who  was  seized  of  it  in  the  time  of  Charles  the  Second, 
who  granted  it,  and  the  royalties  belonging  to  it,  to 
Robert  Mitford,  of  Mitford — who  then  enjoyed  the 
same  as  his  ancestor,  sir  J.  Mitford,  held  them  at  the 
Conquest. — (  S.) 

P.  72.  After  Family  of  Eure,  add,  This  is  probably 
the  Newton-hall  where  the  deed  was  executed,  by  which 
the  earl  of  Athol,  in  1369,  conveyed  Molesden  to  sir 
John  de  Mitford. — (See  above,  p.  86.) 

P.  75.  ROGER  FENWICK,  in  generation  2,  married 
Agnes,  daughter  of  sir  Ralph  Harbottle. 

P.  81.  PIGDON, — Ego  Wittus  de  Sco  Petro  volun- 
tate  Isoulde  ux°ris  mee  dedi  Alionore  filie  mee  vel 
pueris  suis  .  60 .  acras  ?re  de  dnio  meo  de  Pikeden  pro 
homag,  &c.  Test.  Rofito  Bertram  .  Richo  Bertram  . 
Bernardo  de  Araniis  .  Simone  filio  Hug  .  Ric.  t  Johe 
parsonis  de  Mitford  .  Ric,  de  Plessis  .  Rogo  fre  suo  . 
Wittmo  ffreburn.— (  Lansd.  MS.  326.  —  Y.  335.) 

1394 Rogus  Heron  ad  firmam  dimisit  Rado  de  Euer 

militi  villam  sua  de  Pokdon  in  com.  Northumbr.  tenend 
a  fo  see  Crucis  a°  18  Ric.  2,  ad  finem  20  annoT?. — 
(Lansd.  MS.  326.— Y.  335.) 

Anno  1 360. — Cest  endent  fait  a  fforde  la  lundy  pcheyn 
a^es  la  fest  de  Seint  Michell  1'ane  de  regne  le  roy  Ed- 
ward tierce  puys  le  conquest  xxx  qarte  p  entre  monf 
Wittm  Heron  chr  dune  pte  et  Walter  Heron  son  fitz 
dautr  pte  tesmoignes  q  come  le  dit  monf  Wittm  tient  le 
man  de  Pykeden  ad  les  apprtenances  a  terme  de  sa  vie 
le  remaind  au  dit  Walter  et  as  ses  heires  masles  de  son 


APPENDIX. 


539 


corps  engendres— le  dit  monl  Wm.  lessez  et  grantes  au 
dit  Waul?  le  dit  man'  &c.  a  term  de  errant  auz  a  auer 
et  tenir  a  luy  et  as  ses  heires  masles  de  son  corps  en- 
gendrez  fesant  ent  as  chiefs  regns  du  fee  les  Suices  dusse 
*t  customes  et  rendant  au  dit  monf  Wirhn  cent  liures 
dargent  p  ane  a  toute  la  vie  le  dit  monsr  Wittm  .  Et 

O  * 

tesmoignance  &c (  Lansd.  MS.  326,  fol.  46.— Y.  321.) 

Ego  Alex  Heron  dno  de  Chipchesse  dedi  Wirfo  de 
Themilby  ctico  et  Wiftmo  Scry  vane  oia  ft-as,  T;c.  in  villa 
et  fritorio  de  Pykden  .  Test,  RoEto  de  Herbotill  tune 
vie.  Northumb'r  .  Wylando  Mauduyt  .  Wiiio  Wod- 
burne  .  Witto  Heppiscott'  .  Witto  de  Cramlyngton  et 
at  .  dat  16  Maij  9  Hen.  4,  1403.— (Lansd.  MS.  326, 
fol.  46,  b.  —  Y.  326.) 

P.  84,  1.  20,  after  though,  add—  In  1370,  the  king,  at 
the  request  of  Thomas  de  Rodham  and  Emma  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  de  Esple,  granted  an  etf- 
emplification  of  a  charter  made  to  the  said  Thomas  de 
Esple,  of  all  the  lands  in  Esple  which  had  belonged  to 
John  de  Esple,  attainted  of  treason  (III.  it.  3?8) ;  and, 
in  July,  1749,  Espley  was  advertised  to  he  sold,  and 
described  as  consisting  of  400  acres,  freehold,  and  paying 
a  small  modus  for  hay  tithe.  Enquiries  to  he  made  at 
William  Coulson's,  esq.,  Jesmond. — (Newc,  Courant, 
July  1,  1749.) 

PP.  89,  91,  93,  and  95.  MITFORD  is  put  in  the  run- 
ning title  instead  of  Longhorsley. 

P.  90.  The  king's  licence  to  appropriate  the  church 
of  Horsley  to  the  priory  of  Brinkburne,  Graystock's 
grant  of  the  advowson,  and  Skirlaw's  deed  of  appropria- 
tion, are  all  in  the  Brinkburn  Chartulary  at  Stowe. — 
(Arch.  jEl.  223.) 

P.  90,  note  *,  col.  2,  add  Richard  de  Heley,  rector  of 
Horsley,  by  deed  without  date,  renounced  to  the  Priory 
of  Brinkburne  all  right  to  the  tithes  of  a  culture  circa 
Coket,  on  account  of  its  being  in  the  manurance  of  the 
priory,  and  therefore  not  liable  to  such  payment. — 
( Arch.  Ml.  ii.  220.) 

Adam  Scot,  vicar  of  Horsley,  occurs  in  a  release  in 
Morpeth  Annals,  in  1383;  and,  in  16  Ric.  2,  1392,  he, 
and  others,  had  a  licence  to  convey  lands  to  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Newminster.  Also,  in  1440,  John  Burn, 
vicar  of  Horsley,  occurs  in  the  Morpeth  Annals  as  a 
witness  to  a  deed.  » 

P.  92,  note,  col.  1,  line  2,  for  father,  read  uncle. 

P.  93.  Joseph  Middleton's  will  is  dated  6  Septem- 
ber, 1786;  and  he  died  10  September,  1790. 


Gen.  2, 1.  6,  for  1442,  read  1542. 

P.  104.  Gen.  3.  JOHN  HORSLEY  had  a  sister  ELI- 
ZABETH, wife  of  John  Bell,  of  Bellasis. 

P.  105.  Gen.  10.  EDW.  WIDDRINGTON  RIDDELL, 
an  officer  in  the  15th  hussars;  married  at  Boreham,  in 
Essex,  July  1,  1830,  CATHARINE,  eldest  daur.  of  Thos. 
Stapleton,  esq.,  of  the  Grove,  Richmondshire. 

P.  114.  Gen.  9.  The  marriage  bond  of  Cuthbert 
Fen  wick,  of  Coatyards,  to  Catharine  Eden,  is  dated 
June  7,  1703,  and  William  Eden,  of  Durham,  clerk,  is 
the  bondsman  to  it. — (Rainess  Test.  p.  47-) 

Gen.  10.  Roger  Fenwick  of  Stanton's  marriage  bond 
is  dated  18  Sep.,  1692,  and  Jas.  Fenwick,  of  Coatyards, 
bondsman. — (Id.  p.  109.) 

Gen.  11.  Marriage  bond  of  John  Fenwick,  of  Stan- 
ton,  gent.,  and  Margt.  Fenwick,  of  By  well  St.  Andrew, 
dated  Jan.  14,  1719 — (Id.  p.  83.) 

Gen.  13.  Robert,  son  of  John  x Fenwick,  of  Fram- 
lington,  was.  as  I  am  told,  a  colonel  in  the  army,  and  36 
years  in  India ;  but  died  a  few  days  after  his  arrival  in 
England. 

MARY  SOULSBY  married  Christopher  Wilkinson,  of 
Thorpe,  in  the  county  of  York,  and  died  at  Newcastle, 
May  6,  1829,  aged  73.  CHRISTOPHER  WILKINSON  had 
a  brother  James  Wilkinson,  who  married  Jane,  daur.  of 
Matthew  Bell,  of  Woolsington ;  and  a  sister  Margaret 
Wilkinson,  who  married  Isaac  Cookson,  esq.,  of  New- 
castle. 

P.  115,  1.  2,  for  pedigree,  read  pedigrees ;  and  for 
Brinkburne,  read  Stanton. 

P.  125.  Gen.  2.  Under  HAWISE,  and  after  Morpeth, 
add  (WaUis's  Norlhumb.  vol.  it.  p.  312,)  She  is  called 
Hawise  in  her  husband's  foundation  charter  of  Brink- 
burne Priory,  which  she  tests  with  her  cross. 

Gen.  3.  RICHARD  BERTRAM,  in  Pipe  Roll,  7  Ric.  1, 
is  called  uncle  of  William  Bertram,  I  suppose  of  Mit- 
ford,  in  generation  4. 

Gen.  4.  Robert  Bertram,  of  Bothal,  married  Mabill 
de  Clere,  for  whom  her  son  Richard  Bertram,  in  3  Hen. 
3,  accounted  for  certain  payments  at  the  exchequer. — 
(Pipe  Roll,  3  Hen.  III.)  The  Pipe  Rolls  abound  with 
notices  respecting  the  Bertram  family,  but  the  pedigree 
here,  and  that  under  Mitford,  were  printed  off  nearly 
two  years  before  I  had  a  copy  of  any  part  of  that 
interesting  record. 

P.  128, 1.  2  of  text,  for  Tindale,  read  Morpeth. 

P.  134, 1.22,  for  3,  read  4. 


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APPENDIX. 


P.  135.  Ogle  Pedigree,  gen.  2.  JAMES  OGLE,  esq., 
had  a  sister  Mary  married  to  John  Widdrington,  esq., 
of  Hawksley — (Cart.  Rid.  p.  123.) 

P.  139.  After  Warkworth,  add  Mr  William  Fen  wick, 
March  20,  1793,  sold  property  in  Tritlington  to  Mr 
John  Sadler  for  £2,900. 

P.  145,  line  27,  to  St.  John,  in  Bothal,  add  the  follow- 
ing  as  a  note : — Thomas  Dei  gfa  Sciatis  qd  dedimus 
diicis  nobis  David  de  Holgrave  T;  Elene  uxi  ejus  qd  ipi 
quindecim  mesuagia  1  quindecim  bovatas  terre  cu  ptin' 
in  Wyndeleston  inf<*  HBtatem  Dun.  dare  possint  1  as- 
signare  cuid  capetto  divina  p  aiab5  patrum  matrum  t 
antecessoru  gdcoi?  David  1  Elene  1.  oium  fidelium.  de- 
fuctoT?  in  ecctia  pochiali  de  Bottal  singtis  diebj  imppm 
celebraturis  .  Hend  T;  tenend  eid  capno  1  succ  suis  . 
capnis  divina  &c.  celebraturis  .  Licentiam  dedimus  spa- 
lem  statute  de  terris  *t  ten.  ad  manu  mortuam  no  ponend 
edito  non  obstante  qd  gdci  David  &  Elene  aut  gfatus 
capnus  vt  succ  sui  roe  gmissoT?  p  nos  vt  succ  nfos  &  im- 
posterum  molestentur  &c.  Dat.  Dun.  p  manu  With'  de 
Elineden  Cane  nfi  xxiiij  die  April  ao  Pont,  nfi  tricessi- 
mo (Randall's  MS.  iv.  32.) 

Compt.  est  p  inq.  de  ad  quod  damnum  capt.  a'o  Thomse 
36°  qd  dta  15  messuag  et  15  bovat.  terre  tenentur  de 
Rado  de  Menevile  p  fidelitat.  1  6d.  rent,  p  ann.  1  vat  p 
ann.  ult«  repris'  9  marcas.  Et  dcus  Had  est  medius 
in?  David  Elenam  &  Epum — (Id.) 

1496,  23  June.  Sequestration  by  the  bishop,  of  all 
the  fruits  of  the  parish  church  of  Bothal,  on  account  of 
the  ruinous  and  dilapidated  chancel  of  the  church,  and 
also  domus  mangionis  of  the  rectory  there. — (Fox's  Reg. 
p.  8 ;  RandalPs  MSS.  iv.  32.) 

P.  146.  In  line  16  and  17,  the  text  should  be  thus: 
The  three  windows  in  the  north,  and  four  in  the  south 
wall. 

P.  1 47.  William  de  Emeldon,  parson  of  the  church  of 
Bothall,  was  a  feoffee  of  Roger,  son  of  John  de  Wid- 
drington, in  the  manor  of  Plecys  and  Schotton,  about  the 
year  1350.— (Cart.  Rid.  118.) 

P.  155, 1.  15,  for  harts,  read  hurts ;  p.  165,  note  d,  1. 
5,  for  Gunt,  read  Gant,  as  in  the  Bodl.  Cat. 

P.  167-  PENDMOOR  was  near  Linton,  for  John  of 
Newbigging  gave  to  sir  Gerard  de  Woderington,  knight, 
one  toft  and  ten  acres  of  arable  land  in  the  ville  of 
Pendemore,  near  Linton. 

NEWMOOR. — The  following  curious  old  deed  respect- 
ing this  place  is  amongst  the  Cartae  Ridleanse  at  Blag- 


don: — Sciant  omes  qd  ego  Agnes  que  fuit  wx°  Wiffi  fitj 
Ricardi  de  le  Neumore  in  pura  viduitate  mea  dedi  Johi 
de  Neubreg  clico  et  Cristiane  vxi  eius  unu  toftum  cu 
crofto  "T;  sex  acras  terre  arabit  cu  pato  adiacent.  cu  suis 
ptinenc.  in  villa  1  in  campo  de  le  Neumore  .  Quod 
q'dem  toftu  cu  crofto  situ  est  ppinqiores  tofto  dni  Simon 
Ward  militi  in  eadm  .  de  yb^  sex  acr'  terr'  cu  p"to 
q°tuor  seliones  iacet  sup  le  stretflat  ppinq*ores  terr'  dci 
Johis  ex  pte  occidental! .  tres  seliones  iacent  ex  pte  bo- 
reali  terr'  Rofiti  fitt  Wiffi  fiti  Ricard  de  Essingden  in 
eadm  .  et  undecim  seliones  cu  p«to  adiacenti  iacent  ppin- 
q«ores  terr'  Wiffi  fiH  Ricard  de  Essingden  ex  pte  boreali 
omino  sic  se  extendet  vsq,  Haydenletche  .  H'nd  &c. 
Hiis  testib3  .  Johe  de  Essingden  .  Witto  fift  Ricardi  de 
eadm  .  Johe  de  Bretforth  .  Rofito  Warennar  .  Hugo 
filio  Alexandir  de  Pendmore .  Rotto  fito  Wiffi  ftto  Ricar- 
di  de  Essingden  *t  aliis  mttis. 

P.  175.  John  Spendilov,  of  Ulgham,  and  his  posteri- 
ty, were  made  free  from  bondage,  for  ever,  by  the  lord 
Greystock,  in  consideration  of  fifty  marks  of  silver.— 
(Lansd.  MS.  260,  fol.  99,  b.) 

P.  181,  line  2,  after  annual,  insert  fair;  p.  183, 1.  23, 
after  13s.  insert  4d. 

P.  185, 1.  14,  for  Robert,  read  Roger ;  p.  189,  L  15, 
for  building,  read  buildings. 

P.  191.  Gen.  5.  The  late  Win.  Watson,  esq.  had 
a  brother  THOMAS  WATSON,  who  was  drowned  in  the 
Wansbeck,  near  Cambois. 

No.  1.  WILLIAM  WATSON,  esq.,  eldest  son  and  heir, 
was  born  Aug.  13,  1812 ;  married  the  Hon.  Georgiana 
Catharine,  eldest  daur.  of  lord  Decies,  and  has  issue  one 
son  William,  born  in  Edinburgh,  Dec.  18,  1831. 

No.  6,  before  CLARA,  insert  EMILY  ;  and,  in  No.  ^} 
for  DORAH,  read  DOROTHY. 

P.  192.  In  Memoirs  of  Missionary  Priests  of  the 
Romish  Church,  mention  is  made  of  George  Errington, 
gent.,  born  at  Hirst,  in  Northumberland,  being  put  to 
death  at  York,  29  Nov.,  1596,  "barely  on  a  religious 
account" — that  is,  for  trying  to  convert  a  protestant. 

P.  194.  Gen.  4.  LIEUT.-COL.  CHARLES  PHILIP 
AINSLIE,  of  the  4th  Light  Dragoons,  deputy -adjutant- 
general  in  Sicily,  youngest  son  of  sir  Philip  Ainslie, 
knight;  married  Nov.  12,  1817;  died  at  Massena,  19 
Nov.,  181U 

MARY  ANNE  ATKINSON,  widow  of  Col.  Ainslie,  mar- 
ried, 2ndly,  SIR  THOS.  BRADFORD,  at  Fulham  church, 
June  1,  1818;  died  at  sea,  14  Feb.,  1830,  in  her  way 


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541 


home  from  the  East  Indies;  and  was  buried  in  the 
chancel  of  Hartburn  church,  May  28,  in  the  same  year. 

P.  194.  Gen.  5.  MARY  ANNE  AINSLIE  was  born 
Dec.  28,  1809.  - 

Gen.  5.  Colonel  Ainslie  had  a  third  child,  PHILIP 
JAMES  ROBERT  AINSLIE,  born  25  Dec.,  1811,  about  six 
weeks  after  the  death  of  his  father ;  but  died,  and  was 
buried  in  the  same  coffin  with  him. 

ELIZABETH  MARY  BRADFORD  was  born  June  27, 
1821,  and  her  sister  GEORGINA  AUGUSTA  FREDERICA, 
Aug.  7,  1822. 

P.  195, 1.  2,  after  Line,  add — A  writer  in  the  Gentle- 
man's Magazine,  for  Dec.,  1830,  says,  that  Clinton  is 
only  a  French  perversion  of  Cliton ;  and  Ellington  an 
abbreviation  of  Athelington,  and  at  the  same  time  con- 
vertible into  Ylinton  and  Clynton,  all  having  the  same 
allusion  to  a  Cleton  or  Atheling,  the  term  for  a  Saxon 
Prince. 

P.  199.  HAYDEN Hayden  letche  is  mentioned  in 

an  old  dateless  deed,  printed  in  this  Appendix,  under 
page  167,  and  is  there  mentioned  as  being  on  the  north 
side  of  certain  lands  belonging  to  Newmoor,  which  lands 
laid  between  it  and  the  grounds  of  Richard  of  Eshing- 
ton.  It  is  the  brook  still  known  by  the  name  of  Hayden- 
letch,  which  is  the  first  from  the  sea  that  enters  the 
Line  on  its  left  bank. 

Gen.  8.  After  Goswick,  under  BRIDGET  WATSON, 
add  and  of  Castle  Hills,  of  which  last  property  she  was 
solelv  possessed  from  her  father. 

ANTHONY  ASKEW  died  in  1774,  aged  52 ;  and  his 
wife  ELIZABETH  died  Aug.  2,  1773.  ADAM,  his  second 
brother,  died  Feb.  23, 1791  ;  HENRY,  the  third  brother, 
died  March  10,  1796,  and  his  wife,  March  18,  1792 ; 
and  JOHN,  the  youngest  brother,  died  28  Oct.,  1794, 
and  Bridget  his  wife,  30  June,  1823,  aged  81.  ANNE, 
their  sister,  died  June  3,  1814,  aged  76. 

Gen.  9.  AMY  ANNE,  wife  of  Adam  Askew,  died  in 
Wimpole-street,  Jan.  4,  1831,  aged  74.  Mr  Askew 
married,  2ndly,  at  All-Souls,  Mary-le-bone,  Elizabeth, 
sixth  and  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  sir  Richard 
Rycroft,  of  Everlands,  Kent,  which  Elizabeth  was  born 
in  1777. 

DR.  ANTHONY  ASKEW  and  ELIZABETH  his  wife  had 
twelve  children,  six  sons  and  six  daughters ;  of  whom, 
JOHN  ASKEW,  B.D.,  the  third  son,  was  a  Fellow  of 
Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and  according  to  one  ac- 
count, "a  Proctor  in  Doctors  Commons,  and  married 

PART  II.  VOL.  II.  6 


LOUISA  DAMER,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter;"  but 
another  account  says,  he  became  rector  of  North  Cad- 
bury,  in  Somersetshire,  in  June,  1785,  and  married  July 
9,  1795,  MARY,  second  daughter  of  Thos.  Sunderland, 
of  Bigland-hall,  Lancashire,  which  Mary  died  June  2, 
1806.  His  sister  MARY  died  Jan.  9,  1786. 

P.  201.  Gen.  11.  July  10,  1628,  Miles  Fleetwood 
received  for  the  court  of  wards  and  liveries  for  the 
wardship  of John  Cresswell,  £3;  and,  in  the  She- 
riff's Roll  for  the  same  year,  the  lands  of  John  Cress- 
well,  in  Cresswell,  stand  exonerated  from  £2  due  out 
of  them  ;  and  a  water  corn  mill  in  the  same  place  paid 
£2  into  the  exchequer. 

P.  215.  Add,  as  a  note  to  water,  in  line  215.  The 
rocks  on  the  shore,  near  the  church,  abound  with  im- 
pressions and  casts  of  trees.  One  cast  in  particular,  off 
a  headknd  nearly  opposite  the  chapel,  is  highly  petrified^ 
and  large  lumps  of  it  are  washed  on  the  shore.  It  is 
21  feet  long,  and  has  a  long  rent  in  the  rock  running 
past  one  end  of  it,  and  filled  with  coarse  sulphuret  of 
iron.  The  bait  or  grain  of  its  wood,  in  some  specimens, 
is  distinctly  seen ;  but  the  greater  part  of  it  is  amor- 
phous, and  covered  with  beautiful  brown  quartz  chrys- 
tals.  A  similar  petrifaction  of  a  tree  of  the  Palm  genus, 
in  joints,  and  of  great  length,  appeared  in  the  firestone 
quarry  at  High  Heworth  in  1816  and  1817-  Its  section 
was  lens-shaped,  and  the  place  of  its  bark  was  supplied 
with  a  thin  coating  of  very  fine  coal.  There  is  a  speci- 
men of  it  in  the  museum  at  "Wellington ;  and  while  it 
was  appearing  I  showed  it  to  Mr  Winch,  of  Newcastle, 
in  company  with  M.  Frerejean,  of  Lyons,  and  my  late 
excellent  and  ingenious  friend  M.  De  Gallois,  of  Saint 
Ettienne,  and  several  minutes  I  had  made  respecting  it ; 
but  Mr  Winch  kindly  spared  me  the  trouble  of  publish- 
ing them  by  himself  inserting  an  account  of  it  in  the 
Annals  of  Philosophy.  The  Gravel  and  Tumblers  on 
the  beach  here,  which  are  not  formed  from  the  rocks  of 
the  neighbourhood,  all  fall  out  of  the  diluvium  of  the 
sea  banks,  and  belong  chiefly  to  rocks  found  in  situ  to 
the  north-west  of  the  place.  Tragopogon  pratense,  or 
Yellow  Goafs  beard,  grows  plentifully  in  a  garth  near 
the  east  end  of  the  village,  and  adjoining  the  Moor. 
Some  of  its  winged  seeds  have  probably  flown  out  of 
some  neighbouring  garden,  and  naturalized  their  off- 
spring here. 

P.  218,  col.  2, 1.  36,  add—  The  east  end  of  this  chapel 
was  repaired  in  1830,  out  of  the  chapel  fund,  by  taking 

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542 


APPENDIX. 


in  a  part  of  the  old  chancel,  building  a  new  gable,  and 
roofing-in  the  addition  with  blue  slate.  The  chapel 
yard,  in  former  ages,  has  been  much  larger  :  on  the  sea 
bank,  opposite  its  north-east  corner,  bones  of  men  ap- 
pear in  the  broken  ground.  The  vicar  of  Woodhorn 
has  the  great  tithes  of  this  chapelry. 

P.  221, 1. 2,after  chapel,  add  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary; 
and  1.  20,  after  here,  add,  and  1371,  gave  50  marks  for 
leave  to  settle  the  same  premises  upon  the  chaplain  of 
the  Altar  of  the  Holy  Trinity  in  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary 
in  Widdrington.— fill.  ii.  333.) 

P.  223.  In  628,  Edwin,  king  of  Northumberland, 
defeated  Cadwaller,  king  of  North  Wales,  at  Widdring- 
ton, eight  miles  from  Morpeth — (Turner's  Ang.  Sax. 
Hist.  i.  142.) 

In  the  account  of  the  Widdrington  Pedigree,  line  4, 
for  John,  read  Thomas. 

P.  230.  Gen.  1.  John  de  Udrington  witnessed  Ra- 
nulph  de  Merlay's  confirmation  of  his  father  William's 
grant  of  Morwick  to  the  church  of  Durham — (Below, 
469.) 

P.  233,  gen.  7,  L  19,  after  16,  add— In  1306  or  1307 
he  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in  Widdrington. 

Gen.  8.  SIB.  GERARD  WIDDRINGTON  married  Jo- 
hanna, dau.  of  sir  Wm.  Ridel,  and  in  1341  had  a  licence 
to  fortify  his  house.  His  wife  was  22  years  old  in  1329, 
as  appears  by  an  inquest  given  by  Wallis,  vol.  ii.  p.  454. 
Under  ROGER  DE  W.,  line  35,  for  the  same  year,  add 
1350  he  also  gave. 

P.  234,  gen.  8,  1.  10,  under  GERARD  WIDDRINGTON, 
and  after  37 1,  add—  In  1358  he  gave  206  marks,  1  Is.  8d. 
to  have  restitution  of  lands  and  tenements  in  Halghton, 
and  other  places  in  Northumberland  and  Cumberland, 
and  the  liberty  of  Tindale.  His  brother  ROGER  Wro- 
DRINGTON  also,  in  the  same  year,  gave  £10  for  restitu- 
tion of  lands  in  Plessis  (III.  ii.  325) ;  and,  in  1373,  there 
was  a  precept  to  Alan  del'  Strother,  bailiff  of  Tindale, 
to  take  into  the  king's  hand  the  castle  and  manor  of 
Halghton  and  the  ville  of  Hounshalgh,  holden  of  the 
king  in  capite  as  of  the  manor  of  Wark,  and  a  parcel  of 
land  called  Staincroft,  in  Thornton,  in  Tindale,  which 
had  belonged  to  Roger  de  Woderyngton,  and  in  which 
he  had  fraudulently  enfeoffed  sir  Thos.  Surtays,  knight, 
and  others — (Id.  334.) 

P.  235.  Gen.  13.  SIR  RALPH  WIDDRINGTON,  KNT., 
died  in  1502,  as  appears  by  the  obituary  of  Newminster 
Abbey,  printed  below  at  p.  416. 


P.  236.  Gen.  15.  Some  manuscript  pedigrees  state 
that  sir  John  Widdrington,  knight,  had  by  his  wife 
Agnes  Metcalf  a  third  son,  LEWIS  WIDDRINGTON,  who 
married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Gawine  Swinburne,  of 
Cheeseburne  Grange.  But  the  following  extracts  from 
the  wills  of  himself  and  his  father  seem  to  contradict 
this  statement;  and  the  pedigree  entered  by  his  son 
Rowland,  and  noticed  below,  says  that  his  mother  was 
Catharine,  daughter  of  Wm.  Lawson,  of  Little  Usworth. 
He  was  perhaps  a  grandson  of  Ralph  W.  in  generation 
14,  though  an  office  book  of  Herald's  College  says,  that 
sir  Thomas  Widdrington,  sergeant-at-la\v,  1642,  was  the 
son  of  Lodowick,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Robert. 

"  8  Jan.,  1589.  Thomas  Widdrington,  of  Esshington, 
parish  of  Bothal,  in  his  will,  mentions  Lewis  Mawtlaine 
alias  Widdrington,  my  base  begotten  son,  Dorothy  my 
wife,  Roger  Swinburne,  of  Little  Swinburne,  my  brother 
Garret  Widdrington,  my  mother  Ellinor." — (Raine's 
Test.  p.  265.) 

"  Lewis  Widdrington,  of  Cheeseburn  Grange,  gent., 
in  his  will,  proved  in  1630,  mentions  his  wife  (to  whom 
he  left  Cheeseburn  Grange  for  her  life),  his  son  Thomas; 
his  son  Cuthbert  Pepper  and  his  daur.  Catharine  his 
wife  and  Margaret  their  daur. ;  his  kinsman  Francis 
Alder,  and  his  son  Thomas  W.,  of  Gray's  Inn,  esq." — 
fid.  499.)  Besides  which,  "  Rowland  Widdrington,  of 
London,  draper,  entered  his  pedigree  at  the  London 
visitation  in  1634,  from  his  grandfather,  Thomas  Wid- 
drington, of  Ashington,  Northumberland,  father  of  Lewis 
Widdrington,  of  Cheeseburn  Grange,  the  father  of  the 
said  Rowland."  The  statement,  therefore,  at  p.  297, 
respecting  his  descent,  does  not  appear  to  be  correct. 

Spearman,  in  a  MS.  note,  says,  that  SIR  EPHRAIM 
WIDDRINGTON  married  Juliana,  daughter  and  co-heir 
of  Giles  Gallon,  of  Trewhit,  esq.,  and  by  her  had  a  mo- 
iety of  Trewhit,  and  other  lands,  as  appears  by  fines 
among  the  title  deeds  of  High  Trewhit,  which  the  late 
Mr  Smart  purchased  of  the  heiresses  of  Edw.  Bell,  esq., 
of  Eachwick,  who  was  descended  from  the  other  daur. 
of  Giles  Gallon.  Henry,  Ephraim's  eldest  son,  resided 
at  Low  Trewhit,  and  died  7  Dec.,  1625 ;  and,  in  the  ad- 
ministration to  his  goods,  1  July,  1626,  mention  is  made 
of  his  wife  Margaret,  and  sons  Oswald,  Michael,  Ro- 
bert, and  Roger. — (Raine's  Test.  488.) 

P.  23?.  Gen.  17.  "  Mrs  Ursula  Widdrington,  in  her 
will,  dated  July  18,  1644,  gives  to  her  dearly  beloved 
sisters— the  lady  Riddall,  the  lady  Mary  Howard,  the 


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543 


lady  Dorothy  Howard,  Mrs  Selby  and  Mrs  Gray,  to 
each  of  them  £50,  to  her  sister  lady  Ann  Thornton,  all 
my  portion,  being  £1,000,  and  the  rent  charge  thereof 
to  be  paid  to  me  by  my  brother  the  lord  William  Wid- 
drington." — ( Netheruntton  papers,  copied  by  W.  C.  T.,esq.) 

P.  239.  The  following  corrections  and  additions  to 
the  Pedigree  of  Revel,  Warren,  and  Vernon,  did 
not  reach  the  author  till  several  months  after  it 
was  printed  off. 

Gen.  1.  Under  HENRY  VERNON,  line  4,  after  Rich- 
ard, add  eldest  son  of  William. 

Gen.  2.  Under  MARY,  wife  of  GEORGE  VENABLES 
VERNON,  1.  3,  after  Thomas,  add  sixth  lord  Howard. 

Under  SIR  GEORGE  WARREN,  1.  13,  for  Parkham, 
read  Parham. 

Gen.  3.  Lord  and  lady  Bulkeley  were  both  buried 
at  Baron-hill,  in  the  isle  of  Anglesea. 

Under  JOHN  BORLASE  WARREN,  1.  8,  dele  a  vice.  He 
was  also  Knight  Grand  Cross  of  the  Hanoverian  Order 
of  the  Guelph,  and  of  the  Turkish  Order  of  the  Cres- 
cent; and  represented  Nottingham  in  parliament.  He 
died  in  Feb.,  1821,  at  Greenwich  Hospital,  and  was 
buried  at  Stratton-Audley,  near  Bicester,  Oxfordshire. 

P.  240.  Gen.  3.  GEORGIANA,  2nd  wife  of  George 
lord  Vernon,  died  31  May,  1823,  in  London,  and  was 
buried  at  Sudbury. 

Line  24,  for  Orgrave,  read  Orgreave. 

ALICE  LUCY,  2nd  wife  of  Henry  lord  Vernon,  died 
2  August,  182?. 

No.  9.     Lady  Harcourt  died  25  January,  1826. 

No.  11.  MARTHA  VERNON  died  June  6,  1808,  and 
was  buried  at  Sudbury. 

Gen.  4.  G.  C.  V.  Vernon  was  a  captain  in  the  Cold- 
stream  Guards,  and  engaged  in  the  landing  in  Egypt  in 
1802,  at  the  time  when  lady  Vernon's  brother  was 
killed. 

The  Rev.  B.  Boothby  died  Jan.  18,  1829 ;  he  was 
also  prebendary  of  Southwell. 

Henry  Venables  Vernon  married  Aug.  15,  1822,  to 
Elizabeth  Grace,  daughter  of  Edw.  Coke,  of  Longford, 
Derbyshire,  esq.,  brother  to  T.  W.  Coke,  esq.,  of  Hoik- 
ham,  Norfolk,  and  M.P.  for  Norfolk.  It  is  curious  to 
observe,  that  Mr  Vernon  is  representative  of  three  of 
the  seven  barons  created  by  Hugh  Lupus,  in  Cheshire, 
namely,  of  Richard  lord  of  Vernon,  created  baron  of 
Shipbrooke ;  Venables,  baron  of  Kinderton ;  and  War- 
ren, baro'n  of  Stockport. 


Gen.  5,  dele  1.  before  Isabella. 

P.  261.  See  Stannington  Miscellanea,  No.  59,  for 
Guischard  de  Charron  and  Isabella  his  wife. 

P.  272.  Sir  Edward  Radcliffe,  of  Dilston,  received 
by  indenture  from  Edw.  Delaval,  a  rent  charge  of  £20 
a  year  out  of  lands  in  Cowpen,  as  appears  by  a  receipt 
dated  Dec.  1,  1626. 

P.  275,  col.  1,  No.  8,  a.  Jane  Campbell,  of  Cowpen, 
was  buried  at  Horton,  Feb.  26,  1827,  aged  104  years. 

Col.  2.  Mr  Miles  Sirkett,  minister  of  Horton,  and 
Mrs  Jane  Cowling,  of  Bedlington,  were  married  at  Bed- 
lington,  Sep.  21,  1688. 

P.  276.  Gen.  1.  Pedigree  of  Reed,  &c.  "  Mrs  Catha- 
rine Reed,  of  West  Hartforth,  buried  at  Horton  1 1  Sep., 
1761. — (Horton  Registers.) 

Gen.  4,  of  Ogle  Pedigree.  Mr  Thomas  Ogle,  of  Beb- 
side,  and  Barbara  his  wife,  had  three  sons  and  five 
daughters,  namely : — 

1.  Robert  Ogle,  baptized  18  April,  1672. 

2.  Umphrey  Ogle,  baptized  6  November,  1679. 

3.  Ralph  Ogle,  baptized  12  July,  1688. 

1.  Isabella  Ogle,  baptized  10  March,  167fj. 

2.  Jane,  baptized  17  June,  1675. 

3.  Sarah,  baptized  17  October,  1677- 

4.  Elizabeth,  baptized  9  August,  1682. 

5.  Barbara,  baptized  13  November,  1684. 

(Horton  Registers.) 

P.  277.  Gen.  4.  Pedigree  of  Johnson.  Under  Maria 
Ward,  add  SOPHIA  Ward,  buried  at  Horton,  Jan.  31, 
1796— (Id.) 

P.  279.  In  the  running  title>  for  POPULATION,  read 
MANORS  IN. 

P.  280.  Note  *.  The  arms,  No.  3,  are  very  similar  to 
those  of  the  see  of  Chichester,  which  are — "  Azure  a 
Presbyter  John  mitred,  sitting  on  a  tombstone  :  in  his 
sinister  hand  a  book  open,  his  dexter  hand  extended,  all 
or;  in  his  mouth  a  sword  fessewise  or.  hilt  and  ponael  or, 
the  point  to  the  sinister. 

P.  283.  See  more  respecting  Stannington  Mills  in 
III.  ii.,  74  ;  and,  in  note  v,  for  3,  read  2,  a. 

P.  288,  line  29,  for  Robert  de  Camhow,  read  Robert 
Cambowes,  as  this  name  occurs  in  Lansdowne  MS.,  260. 

P.  289.  Richard  de  Saltwicke,  in  1342,  granted  his 
manor  of  Saltwick  to  Robert  de  Ogle  (II.  %.  388) ;  and, 
in  1423,  sir  Robert  de  Ogle,  knt ,  released  to  Robert  de 
Eure,  son  of  Ralph  de  Eure,  all  his  right  in  the  manor 
of  Saltwyke,  near  Kirklow  and  Twysell.  "  Omnibj  hoc 


544 


APPENDIX. 


scrpu  visur  vi  auditur  Rot>ts  de  Ogle  miles  saltm  .  No- 
yerit  me  dedisse  Rofcto  de  Eure  filio  Radd.  de  Eure 
totu  ius  qd  hui  in  maneriis  de  Saltwyke-iuxta-Kirklowe 
et  Twysill  in  com.  Northumbr.  Test.  Wittmo  de  Eure . 
Jofcne  de  Widdrington  .  Witto  Heron  .  Johne  Bertram 
militibus  .  Dat.  10  Apr.  1  Hen.  6.— ( Lansd.  MS.  326  ; 
Ogle  Deeds,  No.  47.) 

P.  290.  For  John  and  Christopher  Bell,  lords  of 
Bellasis,  see  Annals  of  Morpeth  in  1500,  1521,  and 
1526. 

P.  297-  Gen.  13.  See  Appendix  above,  under  page 
236,  gen.  15,  respecting  LEWIS  WIDDRINGTON. 

P.  355.  Bishop  Farnham's  appropriation  of  the  rec- 
tory of  Bedlington  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham, 
which  contains  a  statement  of  the  vicar's  portion  re- 
served out  of  it,  as  well  as  two  similar  documents 
respecting  the  revenues  of  the  vicar,  by  Walter  de 
Kirkham,  Farnham's  successor  in  the  see  of  Durham, 
are  given  in  Part  Three,  vol.  ii.,  pp.  41,  42,  and  43.) 

P.  365.  Matthew  Ogle,  of  Cheapington,  2  Nov.  and 
24  Dec.,  1628,  conveyed  property  in  Earsdon  to  Martin 
Albone.— (Z.  109.) 

P.  376.  Gen.  7.  Under  RALPH  FITZ-WILLIAM, 
line  2,  for  1382,  read  1282 ;  and  line  36,  for  81,  read  61. 

P.  379.  Gen.  17-  MARGARET,  2nd  wife  of  Thomas 
Howard,  fourth  duke  of  Norfolk,  died  Jan.  9,  156|,  ac- 
cording to  a  note  in  the  hand-writing  of  her  son  lord 
William  Howard. 

P.  381.  Gen.  18.  Lord  Wm.  Howard,  according  to 
a  note  in  his  own  hand-writing,  was  born  19  October, 
1563. 

P.  383.  See  more  about  persons  of  the  name  of  Mer- 
lay  in  Morpeth  Annals,  especially  WM.  DE  MEBXAY, 
under  1170  and  1201 ;  and,  as  a  witness  to  Roger  de 
Merlay  the  Third's  deed  of  a  culture  of  land  to  the 
burgesses  of  Morpeth,  in  1239. 

THOMAS  and  RANULPH  de  Merlay  are  mentioned 


below,  p.  416,  amongst  the  benefactors  to  Newminster 
1361. 

P.  403.  There  are  extracts  from  the  book  of  the 
New  Monastayre  in  Northumberland  among  the  HarL 
MSS.,  for  which  see  Cat.  i.,  p.  47,  No.  32  ;  also  in  Lans* 
downe  MS.  260,  Cat.  vol.  ii.,  p.  95. 

P.  404.  Luke  Ripley,  M.  A.,  of  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  was  chosen  head  master  of  Morpeth  School, 
June  27,  1818,  and  resigned  that  office  Nov.  1,  1830. 

Christopher  Rapier,  B.  A.,  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
was  chosen  head  master  of  the  same  school,  24  Feb., 
1831. 

P.  405.     Dele  the  two  last  lines  of  column  two. 

P.  411.  Rdbert  de  Morpeth,  Robert  de  Keseburg, 
and  Wm.  de  Blackwode,  monks  of  Newminster  Abbey, 
were  the  proctors  appointed  by  that  house  to  procure 
to  it  the  appropriation  of  the  rectory  of  Stannington,  in 
April,  1380 — (Hunter's  MS.  p.  223.) 

P.  424.  BEGGAR  Row  occurs  in  Annals,  March  13, 
1577.  See  Index. 

P.  428, 1.  17,/<w  H80,  read  1188 ;  p.  431,  coL  1,  No. 
7, 1.  4,  for  1604,  read  1686  ;  and  in  1.  6,  after  which,  add 
bye  laws. 

P.  459,  col.  1,  line  6,  for  europea,  read  europeus ;  col. 
2,  for  according,  in  line  3,  &c.  to  part,  in  line  5,  read — 
The  Second  Part  of  the  Herbal  was  printed  "  at  Cotton, 
by  Arnold  Birckman,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1562  ;" 
and  is  the  edition  from  which  the  extracts  given  under 
( e,  2,)  in  the  next  page,  are  taken,  and  of  which  the 
author  has  a  copy. 

P.  460,  col.  1,  line  40,  dele  I  have  a  copy  of  this  Part, 
col.  2,  line  2,  for  1568,  read  1562. 

P.  461,  col.  2,  line  31,  for  1560,  read  1568. 

From  p.  479  to  p.  493,  for  MORPETH  MISCELLANEA, 
in  the  running  title,  read  ANNALS. 

P.  486,  col.  2,  line  36,  for  Third,  read  First ;  p.  491, 
col.  2, 1.  27,  for  Middeton,  read  Middleton. 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS 


ACLEFF  Nicholas  de,  491. 

Aclet  Melded  de,  469. 

Acton  Catharine,  daur.  of  sir  William 
de,  234,  252,  297 ;  Elizabeth,  daur. 
of  Richard  of  Newcastle,  233;  Eliz. 
-fit  Rici  de,  251,  296  ;  Laurenc  de, 
274,  494 ;  MatiW  de,  fit  Rici  de 
Emeldon,  274 ;  Richard  de,  226 ; 
Ricus  de  1  Matild  u£,  251  ;  Witts 
de,  128 ;  Witt  fit  Witti  1  Maria 
ux,  252. 

Acum  Robt,  son  of  Witt  de,  486 
ter;  William,  486. 

Ada,  daur.  of  William  I.  of  Scotland, 
112;  Ada,  wife  of  Roger  Bertram 
the  first,  39. 

Adam,  abbot  of  Newminster,  482 ; 
of  Morpeth  clerk,  486  bis,  488  ter  ; 
sir  Adam  called  the  Rose  of  Mor- 
peth, 487. 

Adams  Alex.,  purchases  Espley  from 
Henry  Whithead,  84. 

Adamson  John,  492,  493,  494  passim, 
495  ter,  496  ter. 

Add  Thomas,  507. 

Addison  John,  esq.,  of  Whitby,  pur- 
chases Woodhorn  demesne  in  1774, 
189,  202. 

AdeneThos.,  516. 

Ainslie  col.,  541  ;  Mary  Anne,  541  ; 
Phil.  Ja.  Rob.,  541. 

Akeden  Roger  de,  abbot  of  New- 
minster,  311. 

Akenhead  Thos.,  of  Whitlee,  449. 

Akenside  Mark,  M.  D.,  424. 

Aketon  Nichs.  de,  35. 

AkildThos.de,  118. 

Alan  the  chaplain,  80. 

Albone  Martin,  544. 

Albunbrito  Witts  de,  471. 

Alder  George,  ofPrendwick,  71. 

Aldrith  Robert,  484. 

Aldworth  Peter  de,  35;  Richard, 
esq.,  331. 

Aleford  Robert,  vicar  of  Woodhorn, 
111, 

Alexander  fit  Elye,  219. 

Algood  rev.  major,  450. 

Alice,  da.  of  Thorald  of  Morpeth,  484. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


Allan  Geo.,  esq ,  of  Blackwell  Grange, 
447 ;  John,  511  ;  Richard,  331. 

Allicocke  Susan,  527. 

Almere  William,  507. 

Almorve  William,  506. 

Alnwyke  Witts,  abbas  de,  212. 

Alster  fit  Glassan,  248. 

Ambelour  Robert,  490. 

Amcotes  Alexander,  esq.,  of  Pencher, 
298. 

Ander  Jane,  daur.  of  John  of  Cam- 
bridge, 465. 

Anderson  sir  Francis,  of  Bradley, 
127  ;  John,  esq ,  191 ;  John,  340, 
399,  498,  504  ter,  505,  506,  507, 
537  ;  sir  John,  chaplain,  505  ; 
Thomas,  6. 

Angeray  Rofis  de  Schotton,  345. 

Angerton  Hugh  de,  128;  Rots  de, 
128. 

Angram  William,  366. 

Anstey  Christopher,  114. 

ApplebyMr  John,  of  Sturton  Grange, 
proprietor  in  Tritlington,  139. 

Aqua  Peter  de,  486,  488  bis,  (see 
Lew  and  Ewe.) 

Archer  Joties,  337  ;  Maria,  daur.  of 
lord  Andrew,  477 ;  Rowland,  a 
proprietor  in  North  Seaton  in  1663, 
190. 

Archil,  son  of  Edmund,  267. 

Arenis  (Areynis)  Bernardus  de,  128, 
538 ;  Roger,  36,  49. 

Argyle  maiquis  of,  518. 

Arle  Gamel  de,  469. 

Armstrong  Adam,  492 ;  Nicholas, 
497  bis ;  William,  506. 

Arousmyth  Richard,  488. 

Arrington  Nich.,  330. 

Arthington  Jane,  daur.  of  William 
of  Arthington,  331. 

Arundale  Philip  earl  of,  his  letter  to 
the  burgesses  of  Morpeth,  512. 

Ashburnham  lady  Georgina  Jemima, 
daur.  of  the  earl  of  A.,  72. 

Ashley  sir  Henry,  knt,  44. 

Ashton  Anne,  daur.  of  John,  47 ; 
John  of  Burn,  537  ;  sir  Ralph  of 
Middleton,  Lancashire,  537. 

6  z 


Askew,  proprietors  of  Ellington  and 
Linton,  pedigree  of,  198,  199; 
additions  to  ped.,  541  ;  Adam,  esq., 
proprietor  of  a  part  of  the  great 
tithes  at  Woodhorn,  183  ;  proprie- 
tor of  Linton,  247  ;  sir  Hugh,  cu- 
rious anecdote  of,  198. 

Asmotherly  Richard,  46. 

Aspley  Alice,  daur.  of  sir  Edw.  of 
Wormanhurst,  115. 

Astby  John,  536,  of  Gainsbury,  537. 

Astley  Alicia,  daur.  of  sir  John  of 
Pateshall,  331 ;  sir  Jacob,  proprie- 
tor of  Seaton  Delaval,  264. 

Atchinson  John,  505. 

Atherton  lieut.-col.,  of  Walton  Hall, 
47- 

Athol  Adomarus  de,  48  ;  David,  earl 
of,  535 ;  Mary,  wife  of  Aymer  de, 
535. 

Atkin  George,  449. 

Atkins  Letitia,  daur.  of  Hugh,  326; 
Mary,  daur.  of  Wm  of  Sheraton 
and  Hazelton,  281  ;  sir  Jonathan, 
382. 

Atkinson  of  Linemouth,  family  pedi- 
gree of,  1 93  ;  family  of  proprietors 
in  Cresswell,  203  ;  Henry,  of  New- 
castle, hoastmaster,  191  ;  Henry, 
esq.,  191 ;  Mr  Henry,  162 ;  James, 
340,516,  527;  John,  507;  Lau- 
rence, 515,  519  ;  Ralph,  516  ;  Wil- 
liam, native  of  Gerrard  Widdring. 
ton,  manumitted,  181. 

Atley  Mr,  a  diamond  merchant  at 
Lisbon,  276  ;  Mrs,  268. 

Aton  Witts  de,  474. 

Auckland  sir  Richard  de,  chaplain  of 
Alls  Saints,  397,410,  492. 

Audithly  or  Audle  Alice,  daur.  of 
Hugh  Lord  A.,  377 ;  Margaret, 
daur.  of  Thos.  Lord  A.,  379. 

Aula  Ada  de,  274  ;  Richard  de,  486. 

Avaine  Sir  Rauff,  509. 

Ayden  (Aydon)  Thos.,  507,  515,516. 

Aynsley  Chas.  Philip,  esq.,  194,540; 
Gawen,  6  ;  Gawen,  esq.,  of  Little- 
Harle-Tower,  136,  325  ;  Jane, 
daur.  of  Gawen,  of  Little  Harle, 


546 


INDEX. 


136;  John,  54  ;  Mark,  of  Gallow- 
hill,  451;  Mary  Ann,  540;  Wil- 
liam, 451. 

Ayranis  Guy  de,  54, 
Babington  Johes  fit  Gilberti  de,  339 ; 

Joties  fit  Witti  fit  llici  de,  339. 
Back  Robert,  of  Norwich,  333. 
Backhouse  (Bakhouse)  Alan  del,  492, 
494   bis,    495,  496;    Andrew   de, 
494  ;  Robert  de,  499  bis. 
Bacon  of  Ballasis,  pedigree  of,  292  ; 
John,   494 ;    Margaret,    daur.    of 
Wm."bf  Styford,  114. 
Backworth  Alice  de,  536 ;  Johes  de, 

473  ;  Jordanus  de,  151. 
Badde  John,  of  Morpeth,  490. 
Bagnall  Anna  Maria,  daur.  of  John, 

wife  of  Baron  Stowell,  194. 
Baker  A.  J.  Cresswell,  esq.,  proprie- 
tor of  Old  Moor,  168  ;  A.  J.  Cress- 
well  and  Francis,  esqrs.,  proprietors 
of  Cresswell,  203  ;  Ann,  527  ;  Geo., 
esq.,  Elemore  Hall,  proprietor  of 
Stanton,  103;  Hugh,  123;  James, 
527;  John,  491  passim,  492  ter, 
493  ter,  495,  497;  Mrs,  268. 
Baldwynus,  sacerdos,  48. 
Balliol  (Bayliol  and  Baillyol)  of  By- 
well,  lord  of  Mitford,  4]  ;  Ada  de, 
widow  of  John  Fitz  Robert,  247  ; 
Ada  de,  249 ;  Alexander  de,  37, 
48,  85;  Alex,  de  and  Alianor  de 
Genevre,  70;  Bernard  de,  gives 
lands  in  Newbigging  to  the  canons 
of  Hexham,  and  to  the  priory  of 
Brinkburn,  215 ;  Guy  de,  122, 152; 
Hugh  de,  215,  247,  258  ;  John  de, 
180,  181 ;  John  claims  a  market 
and  fair  at  Newbigging,  216; 
Rofctus  de,  211  ;  Ro^tus,  junior,  of 
Ellington,  21 1  ;  Walterus  de,  211  ; 
Wido  de,  128. 
Bamburgh  Rogerus  de,  249  ;  Witts 

de,  336. 

Banaster  Lawrence,  513. 
Banks  Jane,  daur.  of  Dr.  Henry,  of 
Setterington,   537  ;    John,  M.  P., 
532  bis ;  rev.  Edward,  194. 
Barbitonsore  John,  503. 
Barber  John,  499. 
Barbour  George,  348 ;  John,   348 ; 

William,  499. 
Barbourgh  John,  491. 
Barbowl   Anne,    inscription   on   her 

tomb,  265. 

Barde  (Baard)  John,  259,  493  bis. 
Barehead  Richard,  512. 
Baret(Barat)  Adam,  118,   119,  249, 
251,  259,  304,  335,  336,  347,  348, 
holds  Walker  in   1240,  3?2,   473, 
480,  482  bis,  483 ;  dfis  de,   274 ; 
Ricus  de  Buradon,  347  ;  Rogerus 
de  Benton,  347. 
Barker,  of  Earsdon,  family  pedigree 


of  353,  354  ;  Adam,  492  ;  Andrew, 
493,  494;  Elizabeth,  353;  Mr 
George  of  Weteslade,  1 62 ;  Hugh, 
493  ;  John,  492  bis,  493  ter,  494, 
496,  497  passim,  498  bis,  499 ; 
John,  jun.,  497 ;  John  and  Han- 
nah Dock  wray  his  wife,  162;  Jo- 
seph, curate  of  Hebburn  in  1577 
142;  Robert,  497,  498,  499,  515 
Robert,  vicar  of  Whelpington,  503 ; 
Thomas,  507,  508 ;  William,  498, 
500  bis,  501,  502,  503. 

Barlow  Francis,  esq.,  proprietor  in 
Woodhorn  in  1774,  189. 

Barnes  Hannah,  daur.  of  Joseph,  oi 
Newcastle,  326  ;  Richard,  365. 

Baron  (Baroun,  Barun)  John,  490, 
491  ter,  492  passim,  493  passim, 
494. 

Barrington,  lord  proprietor  in  East 
Sleckburn,  368. 

Barrow  Chris.,  of  Shankfoot,  325. 

Barton  Ralph  de,  484. 

Basset  Hugh,  345 ;  John,  son  ol 
William  of  Whalton,  410 ;  Wil- 
liam, 132,  535. 

Batchellour  George,  gent.,  54. 

Bates  (Baites)  of  Milburn,  proprie- 
tors of  Hallywell,  196;  Elizabeth, 
523;  Humphreh,  54;  Mr.,  520, 
522;  Mr.,  of  Milburne,403;  Ralph, 
of  Milburne  Hall,  esq.,  proprietor 
of  East  Hartford,  267,  freeholder 
in  Bedlingtonshire,  351 ;  Ralph,  of 
Halliwell,  esq.,  172;  Thomas,  500, 
513;  Thomas,  of  Morpeth,  1?2; 
Thomas,  M.  P.,  531  ter. 

Bateman  Isabella,  486  ;  Ralph,  488  ; 
William,  son  of  Ralph,  of  Morpeth, 
486. 

Battaille  Henricus,  127  ;  Ricus  de, 
345. 

Bavant  dns  Roti,  212. 

Bavington  Philip,  esq.,  138. 

Baynard  Falco,  123. 

Beadnell  (Bednell)  family  of,  pro- 
prietors of  Nunriding,  74  ;  Edward 
and  Ralph  his  son,  74  ;  George,  of 
Lemington,  111;  John,  500,  537  ; 
John,  of  Lemmington,  537- 

Beaufort  Margaret,  widow  of  John, 
duke  of  Somerset,  197- 

Beaumont  Cath.,  daur.  of  Henry 
lord,  43  ;  Lewis  de,  60,  408. 

Beck  Anthony,  bishop  of  Durham, 
seizes  the  patronage  of  Morpeth 
church,  394. 

Beckford  Peter,  esq.,  M.  P.,  533; 
rev.  Mr.,  a  proprietor  in  Wood- 
horn  in  1774,  189. 

Bedingfield  sir  Henry,  of  Oxborough, 
381. 

Bedlington  John  de,  chaplain,  491, 
493 ;  Robert  de,  chaplain,  48G ; 


sir  Wm.,  chaplain,  488 ;  Thomas, 
350  ;  Witts  de,  337. 

Bee  Earth.,  505. 

Bekard  John,  173. 

Bekering  Thomas  de,  4,  345. 

Beibow  Robert,  493. 

Belet,  the  baker  of  Mitford  Castle,  58. 

Bell,  of  Bellasis,  family  pedigree  of, 
290,  291;  Christ,  506,  508; 
Christ,  gent,  506 ;  Christ,  lord 
of  Bellasis,  506 ;  Christopher,  of 
Bellasis,  397 ;  George,  of  Bel- 
lasis, 115 ;  Hugh,  35  ;  Jacob,  501  ; 
Jane,  daur.  of  Matthew,  539 ;  John, 
274,  528 ;  John,  lord  of  Bellasis, 
333,  505 ;  John,  of  Haltwhistle, 
292  ;  Master  Thomas,  397  ;  Mat- 
thew, esq.,  of  Woolsington,  326; 
sir  Thomas,  priest,  506  ;  Thomas, 
340,  506 ;  Thomas,  vicar  of  Long- 
horsley,  curious  account  of  his 
death,  91  ;  William,  494,  508  bis, 
509  ;  Witts  de  Morpeth,339;  Jane, 
daur.  of  Matthew,  of  Woolsington, 
and  w.  of  James  Wilkinson,  114. 

Bellasise  (Bekcyse,  Belasyse,  Bele- 
syse)  Alice  de,  501  ;  John  de,  49.3 
ter,  496,  498  ter,  536 ;  John  and 
Alice  his  wife,  proprietors  in  Wil- 
limotswyke,  322;  lady  Mary,  238; 
sir  Henry,  knt,  M.  P.,  532  bis. 

Bellingham  Jacobus,  de  Overlevens, 
in  Westminster,  254 ;  Rofi  de,  21 1, 
250. 

Bello  Stephanus  de,  rector  of  Mit- 
ford, 31. 

Belmis  Rofctus,  248. 

Belsay  Ric  de,  118. 

Belshou  (Belsow)  John  de,  16  ;  Johes 
de,  senescallus  deNewbigging,213 ; 
Mary  de,  453  ;  Thomas  de,  344. 

Bendlo\vesThos.,rectorofMeldon,10. 

Benerigg  Agnes  de,  453,  account  of 
her  house  at  Mitford  being  burnt, 
58. 

Benet  (Bennet)  Bartho.,  117,  274, 
339,  340,  345,  361,  448;  Benja- 
min, of  Newcastle,  441  ;  Charles, 
lord  Ossulston,  331  ;  Mary,  468  ; 
Ricus,  347  ;  sir  John,  M.  P.,  532. 

Benton  Ada  de,  346, 347, 473 ;  Adam 

miles,  117;  Roger  de,  480. 
Berier  Adam   de,    485 ;    Margaret, 

daur.  of  Adam,  489. 
Berkeley  Mary,  daur.  of  Geo.  earl  of, 

331. 

Berrehill  Edwardus  de  1  Witts  fit, 
127. 

Bertie  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Pere- 
grine, 238. 

Bertram,  of  Bothal,  pedigree  of,  124, 
126;  of  Mitford,  pedigree  of,  39, 
41 ;  Alice,  widow  of  William,  535  ; 
Charles  Julius,  professor  at  Copen- 


INDEX. 


547 


hagen,  127 ;  Edward,  sheriff  of 
Newcastle  in  1431,  127;  George, 
of  Elsden,  his  estates  forfeited  to 
the  Commonwealth,  127;  Guido, 
128 ;  James  holds  Bolebeck  Hall 
of  the  earl  of  Westmoreland,  127  ; 
John,  127,  his  petition  to  the  king 
and  parliament,  170  ;  Ric,  48,  53, 
128,  150,24-8,538,  539;  Richard 
of  Bothal,  122;  Richard,  founder  of 
Brinkburne,  111  ;  Rofcts,  48,  211, 
247,  258,  274,  340,  347,  470,  538  ; 
dns  RoEs,  213,  258;  Robert,  of  Bo- 
thal, 128,  173,  177,  251,  369,  539  ; 
Robert,  a  notary  public  at  Dur- 
ham, 127 ;  Robert,  his  grant  to 
Hugo  de  Morwic,  171j  petitions  to 
have  the  manor  of  Burton  in  York- 
shire restored,  173 ;  Robert,  sheriff 
of  Newcastle  in  1522,  127;  Rots, 
vie.  Northd,  338 ;  Roger,  23,  34, 
47  bis,  151;  334,  383,  414,  4?0, 
535  bis ;  Roger  of  Bothal,  335, 
342,  344,  482;  Roger,  baron  of 
Mitford,  13  ;  lord  of  Mitford,  4, 
335,  409 ;  Roger  the  second,  33 ; 
Roger  the  third,  28,  31,  36,  70,  78 ; 
seal  of,  3  ;  gives  Throphill  to  his 
son  Thos.,  72;  styled  of  Greatham, 
535 ; — Roger  and  Ever  his  wife, 
41  ;  Roger  gives  the  advowson  of 
Meldon  to  Robert  Aichill,  Bishop 
of  Durham,  19;  Roger,  soccage 
tenants  of,  123;  sir  Cuthbert  and 
Mary  his  daur.,  127;  sir  John,  knt. 
137 ;  property  of,  in  Tritlington, 
138  ;— sir  Robert,  of  Bothal,  414, 
has  lands  .in  Choppington,  364 ; 
sir  Roger  122;  epitaph  on,  in 
Brinkburne  priory,  83  ;  Thomas, 
36;  Witts,  30,  48,  52,  127,  12«, 
539;  William,  baron  of  Mitford, 
414;  William,  founder  of  Brink- 
burne, 1 22  ;  William,  son  of  Ro- 
ger, 33 ;  John,  544. 

Berynton  Adam  de,  485. 

Bethome  George,  515. 

Bettis  George,  506. 

Bewick  (Bewyk,  Buyk,  see  Buk)  An- 
drew, 505  ter,  506  ter,  507,  508 
bis;  Bartholomew,  508;  Benjamin, 
vicar  of  Barrow  upon  Stour,  116; 
Edward,  518;  Eleanor,  daur.  of 
William,  115;  family  of,  424;  Hen- 
ry, 450,  501,  502  bis,  503  bis,  505  ; 
John,  471  ;  Percival,  505;  Thos. 
of  Closehouse,  47;  William,  450, 
45!),  503,  504  ter,  ^05  ter. 

Bigge,  family  pedigree  of,  97,  99  ; 
Chas.  Wm.,  esq.,  improprietor  of 
Long  Horsley,  93,  purchases  Inn- 
den  of  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  98 ; 
William,  esq.,  114,  sells  lands  in 
Stannington  to  II.  Carr,  esq.,  284  ; 


Edward,  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  326; 
Thomas  Chas.,  of  Little  Benton, 
533  ;  Mr.,  107  ;  Wm.,  esq.,  of  Ben- 
ton,  and  Marv  Jiis  wife,  284. 

Biker  Rofis  de,  251. 

Bilton  John,  476, 526, 527 ;  Witts  de, 
336. 

Bingfield  Henry  de,  274. 

Birilot  William,  350. 

Birkett  Mr  Miles,  minister  of  Hor- 
ton,  543. 

Birkinshaw  John,  inventor  of  malle- 
able iron  railway  bars,  359. 

Birkland  Witts  de,  250. 

Birkman  Arnold,  544. 

Birtlej  Witts  de,  jun.,  4. 

Bishopp  Frances,  daur.  of  sir  Cecil, 
of  Parkham,  239  ;  Rofcts.,  33?. 

Bittleston  John,  521  bis. 

Blaca  Ranulphus  de,  469. 

Blackett  James,  34 1 ;  sir  William, 
437 ;  William,  507- 

Blacklamb  William,  225. 

Blackwode  William,  544. 

Blacwood  John,  492. 

Blakeden  Adam  and  John  de,  bailiffs 
of  Newcastle,  327  ;  Galfrid  de,  318, 
347;  Helias  de,  304,  318,  346; 
Jofies  de,  117,328;  Ric  fit  Gilbert!, 
336,  337,  338,  339,  346;  Rots  fit 
Rici  de,  345,  346;  Walterus  de, 
336,  338,  346. 

Blakeston  Robert  de,  312. 

Blakiston  Margaret,  daughter  of  sir 
William,  of  Gibside,  !?• 

Bland  Cecilia,  291 ;  Stamper,  of  Lom- 
bard-street, London,  banker,  291. 

Blaylock  Henry,  515,  516  bis. 

Blencowe  Adam  of,  384 ;  Ric  armig, 
475. 

Bleskton  Robert,  494. 

Blount  Cuthbert,  362 ;  Eliz.,  daur.  of 
Joseph,  105;  sir  Walter,  105. 

Blundell  Hugh  de,  69 ;  Richard,  35, 
128. 

Blythman  Mary,  daur.  of  Wm.,  97. 

Boag  rev.  George,  minister  of  Wid- 
drington  meeting-house,  241 ;  John, 
506. 

Bokenfeld  Robert  de,  489  bis  ;  Wm. 
de,  492 ;  William,  son  of  Roger, 
313,  336. 

Bolam  (Bolum)  James  de,  270,  414  ; 
Rofctus,  211 ;  Walter  de,  409. 

Boland  Alicia,  474. 

Bolbeck  Hugh  de,  80,  118,  231,  342, 
344,  470,  472;  dns  Hugo,  118; 
Marjery,  daur.  of  Hugh,  112,  376; 
sir  Hugh  de,  415 ;  Walter  de,  383. 

Bolton  Agnes  de,  497 ;  Mary,  468 ; 
Matheus,  341 ;  Robert  de,  493  bis. 

Bonde  Adam,  484  ;  Richard,  498. 

Boothby  rev.  B.,  rector  of  Kirkby, 
Notts,  248,  543. 


Bootyman  John,  529 ;  Wm.,  528  bis. 
Boroudon  Eliz.  fit  John  de,  1 15 ;  Gil- 
bert de,  337,  vie  Northumt,  347 ; 
sir  Gilbert  de,  410. 

Boteland  Robert  de,  49,  250,  347, 
470 ;  Thomas  de,  49. 

Boter  John,  497. 

Bothal  Rotte,  rector  de,  7 ;  Rogerus 
de,  334. 

Bothe  (Botha,  Bota,  Boyt,  Both, 
Booth, Bouth)  Adam  del,"488;  Alan 
le,  489 ;  Alice  del,  497 ;  John  de, 
348 ;  John  of  Alnwick  and  Con- 
stance his  wife,  320 ;  Patrick  de  la, 
486 ;  Ralph  del,  485,  486  passim, 
487,  488  bis,  489  passim,  490  pas- 
sim ;  Richard  del,  491 ;  Roger  del, 
490;  Walter  le,  489;  Wm.  del,  487. 

Bothebrig  Walterus  de,  250. 

Botiller  Ralph  le,  452. 

Botreaux  Marg.,  widow  of  sir  Thos. 
and  daughter  of  Thomas  L  Ross,  of 
Kendal,  44. 

Botwright  William,  of  Norwich,  333. 

Boultby  Dorothy,  daur.  of  Adam,  of 
Whitby,  1 99. 

Bourne  Adam,  of  London,  333. 

Bow  John,  497. 

Bowes  George,  knt.,  M.  P.,  531  ;  sir 
Francis,  272,  273. 

Bowleg  Robert,  499  bis. 

Bowman  John,  476. 

Boyer  Edmund,  M.  P.,  331. 

Boynton  Brus  de,  469  ;  Christ,  de, 
253  ;  Eliz.,  daur.  of  Christ,  of  Sed- 
berg,  235,  297. 

Bracayn  Robert,  118. 

Bradford  James  Henry  Holes,  pro- 
prietor of  Linemouth,  193;  Robert 
de,  1 72 ;  sir  Thomas,  K.  C.  B.,  1 94, 
540 ;  William  de,  285,  334,  gives 
land  to  William  de  Vecy,  285 ; 
Elizabeth  Mary,  541  ;  Georgiana 
Augusta  Frederica,  541. 

Bradwood  John,  of  Carlisle,  325. 

Brandling,  family  pedigree  of,  298; 
Charles,  esq.,  owner  of  Highlawes 
in  1 663,  84 ;  John,  505 ;  Robert,  of 
Felling,  516;  Robert,  M.  P.,  531. 

Breer  Walterus,  337. 

Bretforth  Johes  de,  540. 

Bretteby  Thomas  de,  493. 

Brewer  Witts,  480. 

Breyrton  sir  Richard,  475. 

Brian  Thomas,  493  ;  Thomas  and 
Isabella  his  wife,  34. 

Briggs  Mr  Robert,  363. 

Brinkburne  Prior  of,  36,  48,  211. 

Briscoe  Reginald,  1 95. 

Brittany  John  de,  Earl  of  Richmond, 
has  a  charter  for  a  market  and  fair 
in  Newbigging,  216. 

Brook  George,  fourth  son  of  Lord 
Cobhani,  44. 


548 


INDEX. 


Brotherwick  Henry,  503  bis,  504  bis ; 
John,  497,  524;  John,  proprietor 
in  Newbigging,  219. 
Brough  sir  Thomas,  44,  63 ;  William 
lord,  grants  lands  in  Mitford  to 
Cuthbert  Mitford,  38,  537  bis. 

Broun  (Browne,  Brown)  Adam,  537; 
Alice,  498 ;  Anthony  Viscount  Mon- 
tacute,  380 ;  Birnie,  esq.,  202 ; 
Christopher,  of  Horton,  and  Alice, 
his  wife,  536;  Henry,  473  ;  James, 
476  :  Jannet,  515  ;  Jeremiah,  34 1  ; 
John,  497  passim,  498,  500;  John, 
M.  P.,  531  ;  Matthew,  449  ;  Mr., 
467  ;  Richard,  351  ;  Thomas,  453; 
Thomas,  esq.,  of  London,  proprie- 
tor of  Saltwick,  289  ;  Uswyne,  515; 
William,  6,476,  199. 

Brownell  John,  414. 

Broynuike  Henry,  498. 

Bruce  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Ma- 
thew,  43 ;  John,  of  Little  Wen- 
turn,  98. 

Brudnell,  master  justice  of  assize,478. 

Brumell  Hen.,  esq.,  of  Morpeth,  191. 

Brun  Phillippus  de,  117  ;  dns  Ray', 
212. 

Brune  Ranulphus,  118. 

Brunton  Walter  of,  36  J. 

Bryar  Thomas,  493. 

Buckle  William,  dies  possessed  of 
East  Dudden,  in  1638,  288. 

Buivilla  David  de,  248. 

Buk  (Buck,  Bukk,  Book,  see  Bewick) 
George,  397,  500  ter,  501  passim, 
502  bis,  503  passim ;  James,  498, 
499  passim,  5OO  ter,  503,  505  ; 
John,  476,  498;  Margaret,  505  bis; 
Nicholas,  506  ;  Robert,  500,  506. 

Bukeby  William  de,  484,  486. 

Bulkam  (Bulkham)  Johes,  major  de 
Novo  C,,  274  ;  John  494. 

Bulkley  Elizabeth,  vicountess,  will 
of,  258  ;  leaves  £500  to  the  poor  of 
Woodhorn,  188;  Thomas  James^ 
seventh  viscount  Bulkley,  239. 

Bulkeley  lord  and  lady,  543. 

Bulleyn  Dr.,  his  opinion  of  Turner's 
botanical  works,  458. 

Bullock  Andrew,  524;  Cuthbert,  524; 
J  ohn  and  Margaret  Porter  his  wife, 
70;  Mr.,  of  Spitalhill,  52,  72,  cu- 
rious anecdote  of  his  hunting,  7  7  ; 
Ralph,  516;  Robert,  esq. ,  proprie- 
tor of  Spitalhill,  77  ;  Thomas,  of 
Spitalhill,  47 ;  William  54,  522  ter. 

Bulman  John,  518  bis,  530;  Robert, 
of  Choppington,  esq.,  394. 

Bulmer  Frances,  daur.  of  Anthony, 
of  Thursdale,  71  ;  Francis,  218; 
John  de  and  Theophania  Morewick 
his  wife,  160;  Mark,  218  ;  sir  Ber- 
tram, 28  ;  sir  John,  476  ;  sir  Wil- 
liam, 475,  476  bis. 


Burdon  (Buredon)  David  de,  258  ; 
Hugo  de,  480  ;  Johes,  339  ;  sir 
Thomas,  of  Jesmond,  knt.,  194  ; 
William,  esq.,  c<)7,  358. 

Burgilun  Thomas,  55. 

Burn  John,  498,  530  :  vicar  of  Hors- 
ley,  539. 

Burrell Broom  park,  71 ;  George, 

505  ;  Wm.,  esq.,  of  Alnwick,  202. 

Burrowden  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  John 
de,  115.  (See  Borouden.) 

Burton  Adam,  494  ter,  495  ;  James, 
512  ;  Julian,  daur.  of  John,  488  ; 
Peter  de,  of  Morpeth,  396,  491  ; 
Richard,  rector  of  Morpeth,  503 ; 
William,  515,  514,  5J5,  deprived 
of  his  freedom,  514. 

Buteland,  Rofis  de,  4  bis. 

Butler  Robert,  esq.,  of  Ballyragget, 
Ireland,  238. 

Bydick  Alexander  de,  545. 

Byers  Edward,  54 1 . 

Byker  William,  1 95,  21 1 . 

Bykerton  Hugo,  556. 

Byncester  Robert,  181. 

Byrleston  Thomas,  of  Estritton,  476. 

Byron  Isabella,  daur.  of  William  lord 
Byron,  582  ;  the  hon.  William,  M. 
P.,  533. 

Cadwaller,  king  of  North  Wales,  542. 

Cady  Adam,  497  bis. 

Cairwyth  Phus  de,  258. 

Calale  the  larde  of,  475. 

Calender  earl  of,  518. 

Caltoft  dns  Johes,  22. 

Caluly  Witts  de,  1 1 8  ter. 

Calverdon  Adam  de,  35. 

Calverly  Eleanor,  daur.  of  William 
Calverly,  1C4. 

Cambou  (Camhou,  Camhov,  Cam- 
how,  Cambo)  Joftes  de,  4,  556,  545; 
dns  Johes  de,  250 ;  vie  Northum- 
berland, 544  ;  Robert  de,  35,  118 
ter,  280,  342,  344,  415;  Robert 
and  Isabel  his  wife,  5  ;  Robert,  son 
of  sir  Walter  and  Isabella  his  wife, 
511  ;  Robert  de,  holds  land  in  Salt- 
wick,  288,  572  ;  sir  Walter  5  ; 
Walts  de,  4  bis,  9,  22  bis,  56,  86, 
258,  547,  548,  470  ;  Walter,  vie 
Northumberland,  251,  556  ;  dns 
Walter  de,  117,  250;  Witts  de, 
1 73 ;  Witts  fit  Walteri  de,  4 ;  Witts 
fit  Witti,  1 6. 

Cambowes  Robert,  543. 

Cambrigg  countess  of,  474. 

Camera  Robert  de,  119,  332,  536, 
344,  546;  Roger  de,  482;  Witts 
de,  552,  539,  546,  473. 

Camhus  Adam,  son  of  Richard  de, 
forfeits  lands  in  Bedlington,  56 1 ; 
Robert,  baron  of,  568  ;  Robert,  ba- 
ron of,  and  Christian  his  wife,  555. 

Cammois  dns  Adam  de,  128,  173. 


Campbell  John  lord   Cawdor,   385 ; 

Jane,  of  Cowpen,  545. 
Cancia  RoTSs  de,  345. 

Cantwell  William,  345. 

Capel  lady  Anne,  382. 

Carey  Amy,  daur.  of  Robert,  of  Lon- 
don, 1 99  ;  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Ro- 
bert, 1 99 ;  Movdecai,  408 ;  Robert, 
473  ;  Robert,  earl  of  Monmouth, 
236 ;  lord  Robert,  of  Seppington, 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  198;  Ro- 
bert, M.  P.,  531  bis. ;  sir  Robert, 
236,  242—244  ;  William,  M.  P., 
531. 

Carilepho  William,  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham, 420. 

Carliol  Adelardus  ejis,  1 28 ;  Hugh 
de,  gives  Dudden  to  Agnes  his  mo- 
ther, 287  ;  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas, 
conveys  Dudden  to  his  brother 
Hugh,  287. 

Carlisle  Charles,  third  earl  of.  402  ; 
Charles,  earl  of,  519 ;  proprietor  of 
Benridge  in  1666,  81 ;  earl  of,  pro- 
prietor in  Stannington,  279 ;  pro- 
prietor of  West  Dudden,  287; 
proprietor  of  Netherton,  367  ;  Eli- 
zabeth, countess  of,  her  benefaction 
to  the  poor  of  Morpeth,  391,  530  ; 
lord,  473. 

Carlton  (Carleton)  Adam  de,  487, 
488  bis,  489  passim,  490  pass.  491 ; 
Alice  de,  490,  492,  494 ;  Thomas, 
M.P.,  531.— (See  Charlton.j 

Carnaby  Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  of 
Fulwell,  162;  Cuthbert  of  Aydon, 
103;  John  of  Langly,  236;  John 
of  Halton,  262;  Robert,  169;  sir 
William,  of  Halton  Tower,  M.P., 
531,  532;  Thomas,  475;  Thomas 
of  Halton,  475 ;  of  Halton  Castle, 
323 ;  Ursula,  daur.  of  Reginald,  of 
Halton  Castle,  236 ;  William,  473. 

Carnegy  sir  Robert,  of  Kynard,  508, 
509. 

Carpenter  Geo.,  esq.,  M.P.,  533  ter; 
Richard  of  Morpeth,  491 ;  Robert, 
esq.,  239  ;  Wm.  of  Fenrother,  491. 

Carr  John,  476;  sir  Robert,  bart., 
98 ;  Ralph,  esq.,  96,  proprietor  of 
lands  in  Stannington,  284,  286. 

Carril  (Caryl)  Edw.,  178,  515;  Eliz., 
daur.  of  viscount  Molyneaux,  wife 
of  Edward  Widrington,  104;  Mar- 
garet, daur.  of  sir  John,  of  Hart- 
ing,  381. 

Cartington  Johes  de,  340. 

Carus  Christoferus,  de  Halton,  in 
Lancashire,  254. 

Castlecomer  Christ,  viscount,  M.P., 
532  bis. 

Cavendish  Georgiana,  383;  Witt,  383. 

Cavert  John,  50?. 

Cay  John,   466;    John,  esq.,   443; 


INDEX. 


549 


John,  of  South  Shields,  441  ;  Ro- 
bert, 443;  Robt.,  of  Newcastle,  220. 

Celda  Guy  de,  486;  Patrick  de,  486; 
Ralph  de,  484. 

Cementar  Henricus,  337. 

Ceolwolf,  king  of  Northumberland, 
his  gift  to  the  monks  of  Lindisfarn, 
223. 

Chab  Hugh,  488. 

Challoner  Edward,  525,  526  bis,  528; 
George,  516,  517;  Gilbert,  522; 
Henry  520  bis;  John,  359,  451, 
500,  501,  503,  504,  512,  519;  Ma- 
thew,  520 ;  Mr  Robert,  363  ;  Mrs 
John,  524;  Nicholas,  498,  499  bis  ; 
William,  497  ter,  498. 

Chamber  (Chambre,  Chambrou)  John, 
497,  498;  Robert,  501  ;  Rots  de 
la,  de  Prudhou,  345. 

Chamberlayne  Dorothy,  525. 

Champerney  Thomas,  537. 

Chandler  Thomas,  361. 

Chapel  rev Graham,  of  Orston, 

Notts,  239. 

Chaplain  Allan  the,  35. 

Chapman  Abel,  of  Whitby,  ship, 
owner,  291. 

Chappington  Richard  de,  366,  496. 

Charleton  (Charlton)  Ada  de,  250  bis; 
Anne,  of  Hesleysyde,  324  ;  Cokes, 
507,  escapes  from  Morpeth  castle, 
389  ;  Hugo  de,  250 ;  John,  54 ; 
Robert,  abbot  of  Newminster,  503; 
Roger,  478  ;  Thomas,  478  ;  Witts 
de,  348  ;  William,  of  Bellingham, 
478.  (See  Carlton.j 

Charity  Adam,  of  Cambhuse,  350 ; 
Walter,  350. 

Charron,  of  Horton,  family  pedigree 
of,  261 ;  Guischard  de,  36,  69,  318, 
31 9,  344,  347,  486  ;  Guischard  de 
and  Isabella  his  wife,  348,  543 ; 
dns  Guishard  vie  Northd,  258, 306, 
341. 

Chastillon  Mary,  daur.  of  Guy  de, 
earl  of  St.  Paul,  41. 

Chater  Robert,  352. 

Chaumpes  Henry,  346. 

Chayton  Peter,  505. 

Cherden  William  de,  493. 

Chesman  RoEtus,  rector  de  Angh«m, 
253 ;  William,  497  bis. 

Chestre  William,  366,  499  passim, 
500  bis,  501,  503. 

Chevelingham  Rots  de,  7. 

Chicken  John,  341. 

Chevington  (Chavinton,  Chyvington) 
Adam  of,  350 ;  William  of,  484. 

Cholmondely  Eliz.,  daur.  of  George, 
second  earl  of,  239. 

Clark  (Clerk)  Alan,  484,  486  ter; 
Charles,  331  ;  Elizabeth,  daur.  of 
sir  Gabriel,  D.D.,  298  ;  George, 
366  ;  George,  of  W.  Choppington, 

PART  II.  VOL.   II. 


366;  John,  341,  492,  493,  507; 
John,  of  Nesbit,  498 ;  Joseph,  523; 
Mary,  daur.  of  Charles,  of  Oving- 
ham,  esq.,  98  ;  Robert,  522  ter, 
523;  Roger,  506,  507;  Thomas, 
521,  523. 

Clavering  Caroline,  daur.  of  sir  John, 
230 ;  Charles  John,  esq.,  resides  at 
Widdrington  castle,  245 :  Eliza- 
beth, daur.  of  John,  of  Callaley, 
135 ;  John  de  chr  252 ;  John,  of 
Callaley,  esq.,  238  ;  Robert,  of 
Learchild,  111;  sir  Thomas,  360, 
of  Axwell  park,  325  ;  Thomas,  of 
Hemscott  hill,  249  ;  William,  of 
Callaley,  475. 

Claxton  Felicia,  daur.  of  Sir  Robert, 
235,  297. 

Clayton  Cuthbert,  355;  James,  355; 
Robert,  of  Newcastle,  esq.,  291. 

Clennel  Luke,  528;  Thomas,  161, 
528 ;  William,  255. 

Clere  Mabillede,  559. 

Clericus  Johes,  248. 

Cleveland  Richard,  58 ;  Witts  cticus 
de,  171. 

Clibern  Unspac,  469. 

Clifford  Catharine,  daur.  of  Roger, 
lord  Clifford,  578,  474 ;  John,  son 
of  the  lord  Clifford,  258  ;  Richard, 
494  ;  sir  Richard,  chaplain,  494, 
495. 

Clifton  Goffrid,  469 ;  John,  of  Ly- 
tham,  esq.,  105  ;  Witts  de,  371, 
469,  holds  lands  of  Roger  de  Mer- 
lay,  in  Clifton,  &c.,  285. 

Clinton  Catharine,  daur.  of  Edward, 
earl  of  Lincoln,  44. 

Cnowald  Robert,  350. 

Coates  Mrs  Mary,  520. 

Cobham  Anne,  daur.  of  sir  Thomas, 
44. 

Coc  (Cocus)  Andrew,  119;  Gilbert, 
546  ;  Hugo  de  Stannington,  473 ; 
Matthew,  488  ;  Robert,  of  New- 
castle, 319,  347. 

Cockburn  Mrs,  works  of,  92 ;  Pa- 
trick, M.A.,  vicar  of  Long  Hors- 
ley,  92  ;  Robert,  340. 

Codherlin  William  de,  49. 

Codling  Edward,  of  Wallington  Dove- 
cote, 76. 

Coke  Elizabeth  Grace,  daur.  of  Ed- 
ward, of  Longford,  543. 

Colborne  Sarah,  daur.  of  Benjamin, 
326. 

Colepepper  Alexander,  son  of  lord 
John,  331,  380. 

Coles  Cicily,  daur.  of  Gilbert,  D.D., 
116. 

Colin,  the  watchman,  58. 

Collane  Alan  de,  215. 

Collewell  GiMus  de,  252. 

Collingwood  Agnes,  113;  Cuthbert, 

7A 


120;  Cuthbert,  of  Eslington,  254; 
Daniel,  M.  P.,  532  ;  Daniel,  of 
Branton,  46 ;  Edward,  of  Byker, 
98 ;  George,  1 07, 321 , 330;  George, 
proprietor  of  lands  in  Todburn  in 
1663,  107;  lord,  450;  Robert,  475; 
Robert,  of  Brandon,  351;  Thomas, 
a  state  prisoner,  523;  William,  364. 

Collinson  Anne  Younghusband,  191. 

Colville  Cammilla,  daur.  of  Edward, 
of  Whitehouse,  331 ;  Richard,  486. 

Compton  sir  William,  475. 

Constable  Marmaduke,  210;  Robert, 
of  Flambourough,  236;  sir  Robert, 
415. 

Constance,  Geoffry,  bishop  of)  420. 

Cook  family  of,  proprietors  of  Blak- 
moor,  209,  210  ;  Anthony,  292  ; 
Barbara,  da.  of  Edward,  161,  191 ; 
Dorothy,  292 ;  Elizabeth  Grace, 
da.  of  Edward,  of  Longford  Cooke, 
Derbyshire,  240  ;  Galfridus,  255 ; 
Humphrey,  of  Bothal  park,  366 ; 
John,  292  ;  Mary,  daur.  of  Tho- 
mas, of  Togeston,  194;  rev.  Joseph, 
proprietor  of  a  part  of  the  great 
tithes  of  Woodhorn,  183;  William, 
of  Thockrington,  292. 

Cookperce  William  de,  commissioner 
for  settling  the  March  laws  in  1241, 
140. 

Cookson  Isaac,  esq.,  of  Newcastle, 
539. 

Cooper  George,  528;  Robert,  525  ter, 
526, 528;  Thomas,  523  bis,  524  ter. 

Coots  Richard,  476. 

Cope  Jonathan,  esq.,  382. 

Copon  Robert  of,  367. 

Copping  William,  511. 

Coppinger  Francis,  44. 

Corbet,  of  Stanton,  pedigree  of,  112; 
Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Richard,  52 ; 
John,  110,  119;  John,  of  Stanton, 
118;  Nicholas  de,  117;  Nicholas, 
lord  of  Stanton,  376,  gives  lands  to 
Robert  de  Insula,  117;  Patricius, 
persona  de  Kinhall,  117;  Rodbert- 
us,  128;  Roger,  118,  336,  544,  485; 
Roger,  of  Stanton,  73;  Walter  de, 
108, 117, 118,  251,  258;  Walter  de 
and  John  his  wife,  109;  William 
35,  soccage  tenant  in  Aldworth, 
52;  Thomas,  118. 

Corby  Thomas,  a  proprietor  in  El- 
lington in  1663,  198. 

Corfbridge  Robert  de,  49. 

Cornfoot  John,  437. 

Cospatrick  Julian,  372,  wife  of  Ra- 
nulph  de  Merlay,  94. 

Cotton  sir  Thomas,  of  Connington, 
381. 

Cotun  Ralph  de,  36 ;  Robert,  475 ; 
sir  Ralph  de,  49 ;  William  de,  396, 
491. 


INDEX. 


Coul  family  longevity  of,  10. 

Coulson  Thomas,  468. 

Couper  Robert,  rector  de  Whitfield, 
322,  348. 

Coupland  dns  David  de,  117;  John, 
502,503,  vie  Northumberland,  173, 
274, 337, 340, 345 ;  Samson  de,  11 8. 

Cousedine  Agnes  de,  36. 

Coventre  Robert  de,  295,  335,  345  ; 
Robert  and  Emma  his  wife,  169. 

Coverdale  William,  498  ;  William,  de 
Kirkby  Moreshed,  474. 

Coward  Barbara,  194;  Henry,  5O5; 
Miss,  529  ;  Richard,  512  ;  Thos., 
170,  504. 

Cowle  Cuthbert,  51 9. 

Cox  Richard,  bishop  of  Ely,  465. 

Coxhow  Walter  de,  conveys  lands  in 
Mitford,  ,65. 

C oxon  Mary,  523. 

Coy  John,  493;  Robert  490,  491, 
492  ter,  493,  494  bis  ;  Simon,  86. 

Coyners  (Coiners,  Conyers,  Coigners, 
Coynhers,  Coisners)  of  Clifton  and 
Caldewell,  family  account  of,  285, 
286 ;  Elizabeth,  473,  holds  Clif- 
ton in  1316,  285;  Gilbert,  280; 
Henry,  415,  480;  Richard,  484, 
485  ,  passim,  486 ;  Robert,  334, 
466  ;  .Roger,  469  ;  William  de, 
258,  279,  335,  336,  480,  482,  483, 
4.93,  holds  Clifton  and  Coldwell  in 
1240,285,  372. 

Cracroke  Marjory,  498. 

Craddo.ck,Ann.e,  da,ur.  of  Dr.  C-.  537. 

Crakenthorpe  Anne,  da.  of  Richard,  of 
Newbigging,  Westmorland,  199. 

Cramlington  Johes  de,  277  ;  Lance- 
lot, of  Hartford  and  Earsden,  274; 
Mr  John,  of  Walton,  Yorkshire, 
276 ;  Ric  de,  4,  1 17,  274,  340, 345, 
346,  473  ;  Witts  de,  119,  276,  277, 
346,  539. 

Crampes  Richard,  484. 

Crane  Barbara,  daur.  of  Thomas,  of 
Crowhall,  324 ;  Juliana,  2 19;  ma- 
jor Francis,  of  Woodrising,  in  Nor. 
folk,  238  ;  Messrs  &  Co.,  of  Blyth, 
273. 

Crawe  (Crow)  Edward,  of  Coldside, 
83  ;  Galfridus,  335 ;  George  Sandi- 
ford,  esq.,  169  ;  John,  513;  Nicho- 
las, 335  ;  Patrick,  537  ; — of  Rose- 
den  and  Eslington,  47  ;  Robert,  of 
Higham  Dikes,  292  ;  Robert,  of 
Longstretton,  313 ;  Rogerus,  335  ; 
Roger,  of  Longstretton,  336;  Tho- 
mas, 335. 
Crawford  William,  441  ;  William,  of 

Newcastle,  292. 
Cresswell,  of  Cresswell,  pedigree  of, 
200 — 203  ;  family  proprietors  in 
Cresswell  in  1663,  203;  Alexand- 
er de,  211  ;  Francis,  esq.,  proprie- 


tor in  Newbigging,  219  ;  Lillia, 
daur.  of  Witt  of  Cresswell,  403 ; 
Oswald,  203 ;  Ran.  de,  348  ;  Ro- 
bert, 211,  213,  249  bis,  258,  259, 
343,  344;  Robert,  of  Setun,  212; 
Rogerus,  212,  248,  249,  274,340, 
485;  Roger,  son  of  Utting  de,  259; 
Simon,  211,  212;  Ucthredus  de, 
211  ;  Utting  or  Ucthred  de,  200  ; 
William,  of  Cresswell,  188,  pro- 
prietor of  Newbigging,  219  ;  John, 
541. 

Crikelaw  Margery  de,  35. 
Crikeliston   Peter  de  and  Eve  his 

wife,   123,  137. 
Croft  rev.  Robert,  of  Cowpen-Blytb, 

273. 

Croke  (Crooke,  Cruke,)  Robert  del, 
492  ter,  493  passim,  494  passim, 
495  passim,  496  ter ;  William,  494, 
495,  497,  498  bis,  499. 
Cromcliff  Ric  de,  128. 
Croxton  Witts,  368,  4?3. 
Cryne  Johanna,  487. 

Culcheth  Anne,  daughter  of ,  of 

Erdington,  114;  Dorothy,  daur.  of 

,  113. 

Culling  Ralph,  485,  486 ;  Wm,  488. 
Culwenne  GilBtus,  341. 
Cumberland  Henry,  earl  of,  380. 
Cumin  John,  lord  of  Badenach,  42,  43. 
Cunthorpe  Phs  de,  212. 
Currey  Geo.,  of  Slikeburnvpans,  359 ; 
William,  and  his  sons  William  and 
Mathew,  359. 

Curwen  Henry  de,  of  Workington, 
254    :Mary,  daur.  of  sir  Henry,  of 
Workington,  237 ;  Mary,  of  Work- 
ington, 323. 
Cuthbert  Mary,  351 ;  Saint,  History 
of,  132  ;  Miracle  performed  by  his 
relics  at  Mitford,  64. 
Cutheard,  last  bishop  of  Lindisfarne, 

349. 

Dacre  family,  barons  of  Morpeth, 
ped.  of,  373—383;  Eliz.,  95;  John, 
presbyter  of  Morpeth,  has  a  dis- 
pensation from  Pope  Leo  X.,  392 ; 
lord,  389,  475,  531 ;  extract  from  a 
letter  of,  119;  proprietor  of  Ne- 
therton  in  1568,  367 ;  lord  Wm., 
400,  512;  tried  for  high  treason 
and  acquitted,  507 ; — Mabel,  daur. 
of  Philip  of  Morpeth,  324;  Mr 
Francis,  470;  sir  Philip,  475;  sir 
Christopher,  478  ;  Thomas  lord  of, 
385,  4?6 ;  proprietor  of  Benridge 
in  1568,  80. 
Dalston  Anne,  354  ;  Jane,  daughter 

of  John,  477. 

Dalton  Witts  fif  Rici  de,  274. 
Darner  Louisa,  541. 
Daniel  Frances,  daur.  of  Francis  o] 
Gloucester,  114. 


Danson  John,  494. 

Darcy  John,  of  Kynauth,  155. 

Darcy  Philip,41 ;  sir  Arthur,  4?5  bis. 

Darley  Walter,  rector  of  Morpeth, 
474,  498  bis,  5,03. 

Darne  Hugh,  620. 

Darent  Rofctus  de,  21 1. 

Darreyns  (Darrains,  Darayns,)  Guy, 
16;  Isabella,  daur.  of  sir  Robert, 
gives  her  lands  in  Ellington  to  Ro- 
ger Widdrington,  197 ;  dns  Rotts 
vie  Northum.,  4,  251,  336,  337, 
338,  346 ;  Wydo,  4. 

Daske  Elyanore,  252. 

Daubeni  sir  William,  86. 

Daunt  RoEs,  2?4. 

David  fil  Rad,  172 ;  David,  king  of 
Scotland,  47  9;  David  the  Way  lavs, 
35. 

Davison  Anne,  291 ;  Johes,  211,  512, 
526;  Mrs  Ursula,  520;  Robert, 
218;  Samuel,  surgeon  at  Rothbury, 
his  account  of  Wingates  Spa,  107  ; 
Thomas  524  bis,  525  bis,  526  bis  ; 
Thos.,  proprietor  of  Earsdon  Moor, 
13? ;  William,  39. 

Davy  (Davi,  Dave,)  Andrew,  514; 
Edward,  505;  Gilbert,  512,  514; 
Humphrey  (Umfra),  507, 508,  509, 
512;  John,  512. 

Dawson  Christopher,  516  bis,  517; 
William,  517;  of  Camoise,  172. 

Decies  the  hon.  Gecrgiana  Catharine, 
daur.  of  lord  D.,  540. 

Dedam  George,  27 1. 

Delavale  (De  la  Vale)  Alice,  daur.  of 
sir  William,  264;  Edward,  543; 
Eustace,  196,  342,  344;  Gilfctus, 
345;  Henricus,  274,  409;  Hugo, 
383;  dns  Hugo,  128,  173;  Isabel- 
la, daur.  of  sir  Ralph,  of  Seaton 
Delaval,  298 ;  Joshua,  6,  24  ;  Jo- 
shua, of  River  Green,  7  4  Margaret, 
da.  of  Gilbert,  409  ;  Margaret,  da. 
of  sir  John,  135 ;  Margaret,  da.  of 
sir  John,  of  Seaton  Delaval,  276  ; 
Ralph,  23;  Ricus,  337;  R6t>s,274, 
338,  339,  340,  347,  519;  Robert, 
M.P.,  532;  Robert,  of  Cowpen, 
277  bis;  Robert,  of  Ceton  Ddairal, 
513 ;  sir  John,  475 ;  sir  John,  M.P., 
532  bis ;  sir  John,  son  of  sir  Robt., 
45;  sir  R.  236;  sir  Ralph,  264. 
519;  sir  Robert,  264,  272,376; 
William,  337- 
Delme  Mr,  534;  Peter,  esq.,  383 ; 

Peter,  esq.,  M.P.,  533,  534  bis. 
Del  ness  Thomas,  498. 
Demer  Galfrid,  117- 
Denning  George,  1?2. 
Dent  Isabel,. daur.  of  Thos.,  of  New- 
castle, 98;  John,  of  Byker,  J20. 
Denton  Johes  de,  210,  211,  231;  a 
burgess  of  Newcastle,  181. 


INDEX. 


551 


Denum  (Denom),  of  Meldon,  ped.  of, 
15 ;  Edmund  de,  seal  of,  3 ;  Isabel- 
la  de,  361 ;  Isabella,  wife  of  Wm. 
tie,  4,  5 ;  Isabella  and  William  de, 
proprietors  of  Meldon,  13;  Isabel- 
la, widow  of  Wm.  de,  86 ;  John  de, 
535 ;  Johes  fit  Robert!  de,  4 ;  Mas- 
ter Adam  de,  clerk,  16;  Ricus  de, 
16;  William  de,  3,  4,  61,  336,  345, 
361;  Witts  fit  Hob.  4;  Witts  fit 
Witti,  368,  535 ;  Witts  fit  Sibille, 
4 ;  William  de,  and  Isabella  hold 
half  of  West  Slekburn,  368. 

Dervaguilla,  daur.  of  Margaret,  daur. 
of  David  earl  of  Huntingdon,  457- 

Derwentwater  James,  earl  of,  341  ; 
rental  of  his  estates,  340,  341 ; 
Johes,  escaetor  in  co.  Northumt, 
341  bis. 

Dichant  John,  497,  498 ;  Thos.,  497. 

Dick  George,  331. 

Dickson  sir  John,  476. 

Diconson  Barbara,  daur.  of  Wm.,  238. 

Dinnund  Thomas,  of  Chirton,  506. 

Diveleston  (Diffleston)  Ely  a  de,  251; 
Robert  de,  128  ;  Simon  de,  34, 259; 
Thomas  de,  36 ;  Wm.  de,  33,  47- 

Dobson  Alice,  468 ;  Margaret,  468 ; 
Mr,  arch.,  163,  437 ;  Roger,  512. 

Doghet  Henry,  482. 

Dolphanby,  of  Pigdon,  family  of,  82 ; 
John,  403,  504  bis. 

Doncaster  John  de,  490. 

Donkin  Robert,  520. 

Donne  Edward,  509;  Robert,  512. 

Donnington  Margaret,  daur.  of  John, 
201. 

Douglass  Jonathan,  esq.,  of  Newcas- 
tle, 325;  Oley,  M.P.,  532;  Ralph, 
.520 ;  Robert,  esq.,  326. 

Dover  Rohesia,  da.  of  Fulbert  de,  41. 

Downing  sir  George,  382,  519,  M.P. 
532  ter. 

Draper  Thomas,  213. 

Dreux  John,  earl  of  Britanny,  has  a 
grant  of  the  Bailliol  estates,  1 80. 

Driffelde  Mr  Robt.,  rector  of  Ealand, 
306. 

Driridge  (Drurigg)  Alan  de,  224,  246, 
248;  Galfridus,  249. 

Drummond  Charlotte,  dau.  of  Robert 
of  Cadlands,  239. 

Drury  sir  Drew,  44. 

Dryng  Thomas,  473. 

Dudden  (Duddune,  Duddon,)  Agnes 
de,  5;  Edmund  de,  dies  seized  of 
West  Dudden  and  Heppescotes  in 
1273,  287 ;  John  de,  318,  336, 345, 
4-85  passim,  486  passim ;  John  de, 
steward  of  Morpeth,484,486;  Phi- 
lip de,  347,  348 ;  Richard  de,  279, 
288,  344,  345,  346,  486  ;  Richard 
de,  holds  West  Dudden  in  1240, 
286,  372 ;  Witts  de,  335.  :  >  -  < 


Dudley  John,  earl  of  Northumber- 
land, 269,  413  ;  Robert,  183. 
Dumart  Alex,  de,  211,  gives  land  in 

Ellington  to  Walter  de    Bailiol, 

195;  Roftusde,  211. 
D  unbar  Geo.,  earl  of,  474 ;  Patrick, 

earl  of,  383;  Witts  fit  Patricii  de, 

117. 

Duncomb  Thos.,  382 ;  M.P.,  533  bis. 
Duning  Mr,  524;   William,  son  of 

William,  486  ter. 
Dunn  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Theophilus 

of  Morpeth,    136;    Gabriel,   524, 

526 ;  Matthias  of  Hedgefield,  366 ; 

Thomas,  526. 
Durham  (Dunelm.)  bishop  of,his  rents 

in  Bedlington,  351 ;  dfis  Witts  epus, 

128. 
Duxfield   Cuthbert,   512;   William, 

rector  of  Bothal,  393. 
Dychburne  Cuthbert,  476. 
Dyer  Catharine,  daughter  of  John  of 

Aberglassyn,  202;   William,  487, 

488  ter,  489  ter,  513. 
Easterby  Francis,  esq,,  202. 
Eawarde  Thomas,  508. 
Eccleston  Anne,  da.  of  Thomas,  239. 
Echewyke  William  de,  322, 347,  348. 
Kchyngton  Rots  de,  348. 
Eden   Catharine,  wife  of  Cuthbert 

Fenwick,    114;    Catharine,   539; 

Doctor   Thomas,   repairs   Meldon 

church,  1 1 ;  William,  of  Durham, 

clerk,  539. 

Edmund  fit  Aculfi,  469. 
Edulf  fit  Evede,  1?2. 
Edward  I.  at  Morpeth,  June  28, 1301, 

487;  tests  several  deeds  there,  486 ; 

his  licence  to  master  Richard  of 

Morpeth,  487. 

Edwin,  king  of  Northumberland,  542. 
Egerton  John  William,  M.P.,  534. 

Eglesfield  Anne,  daur.  of ,  323. 

Eilof  presbyter  de  Hagulstadt,  469. 
Ekins  Jeffrey,  D.D.,  account  of,  374; 

pedigree,  and  further  account  of, 

394. 
Eland  Gilbert  de,  35;  John,  499,  505; 

vicar  of  Bedlington,  503 ;  brother 

of  Richard  the  parson  of  Mitford, 

48 ;  master  John,  498 ;  Petrus  de, 

345,  473 ;  Rots  de,  4,  6. 
Elf  William,  son  of,  471. 
Ellercar  (Ellerker)   Rauf,   475;   sir 

William,  knt.,  235,  475,  476. 
Ellinden  Rad  de,  335. 
Ellingham  Ralph  de,  362. 
Ellington  Edmund  de,  son  of  Ralph 

de,  191 ;  Jordan  fit  Ranulphi,  211. 
Elliot  Gilbert,  esq.,  M.P.,  533;  John, 

son  of  John,  holds  lands  in  Bed- 
lington, 350. 
Ellison,  of  Bellasis,  pedigree  of,.  291 ; 

Alice,  daur.  of  Robert  of  .Hebburn 


Hall,  82 ;  Cuthbert,  account  of  his 
works,  329-;  Elizabeth;  daughter 
of  Robert  of  Hebburn  Hall,  .113; 
Isabella  Caroline,  da.  of  Cuthbert, 
esq.,  of  Hebburn  Hall,  240.— 'See 
Hellison.)  -  -•  •  •  _-;• 

Elryngton  Thomas,  348. 

Elsdon  Elizabeth,  aged  106,  and  her 
husband,  aged  104,  121. 

Elvesden  William,  501. 

Elvet  Gilbert  de,  366. 

Elwood  Thomas,  1. 

Emeldun  Ada  de,  171  ;  Johes  de, 
128;  Ricus,  251,  2?4;  Ricus  de, 
dies  seized  of  Holford,  in  Shotton, 
316;  Witts  de,  339,  540. 

Emmelay  Agnes,  125 ;  Thomas,  son 
of  sir  William,  125. 

Emson  Adam,  of  Morpeth,  493. 

Engleis  Ricus  le,  345. 

Erbertus,  capetts,  48. 

Erdiston  William,  137- 

Ergun  Wm.  de,  escaetor,  307,  341. 

Errington  Alice,  daur.  of  Thomas  of 
Beaufront,  114  ;  Anne,  d.  of  Mark 
of  Ponteland,  17;  Anthony,  188, 
251,  473 ;  Barbara,  daur.  of...  Er- 
rington, of  West  Denton,  325 ; 
Cuthbert  of  Errington,  323 ;  &eo., 
540 ;  Jane,  daur.  of  John,  3^  ; 
Janet,  201 ;  John,  351 ;  John  'of 
Beaufront,  esq.,  237;  Luke  of 
Cresswell,  202;  Margaret,  519; 
Margaret  Diana,  wife  of  rev.  Ralph, 
2?3;  Mr,  520;  rev.  Ralph,  curate 
of  Ulgham,  191,  248,  270,  275; 
Roger  of  Walwick,  321 ;  Thomas 
of  the  Hirst,  in  1522,  192;  Wm. 
of  Ben  well,  gent.,  516. 

Erskine  sir  James,  M.P.,  534  bis. 

Erth  Wittus  de,  250. 

Eseby  sir  John,  chaplain,  475. 

Esh  (Esse)  Johes  de,  172 ;  Thomas 
de,  346. 

Eslington  John  de,  34,  48,  101,  118, 
336,  485  ;  Ralph  de,  348. 

Espley  (Esple)  Cecilia  de,  35  ;  John 
de,  539  ;  Ranulph  de,  119  ;  Thos. 
de,  84,  539;  Witts  de,  35,  336; 
William  holds  Espley,  in  1240,  by 
soccage  service,  84. 

Esshet  Edmund  de,  337,  339,  491, 
492  pas.,  493  bis. 

Essingden  Johes  de,  540 ;  John  de 
and  Isabella  his  wife,  169  ;  Radul- 
phus  de,  and  family,  128  ;  Rad  de, 
172,  173,  335,  336,  4?0,  485  ;  Ro- 
bert de,  knt.,  485 ;  Rots  fit  Witti 
fit  Ricardi,  540;  Witts  de,  346, 
492,  540. 

Essliet  Edus  de,  334. 

Estlington  John,  died  seized  of  Mit- 
fbrd  Park  in  1264,  78.  't 

Estoutuile  HotJT  de,  49. 


552 


INDEX. 


Eure,  family  of,  their  possessions  in 
Nd.,  69 ;  Elizabeth,  da.  of  sir  Wm., 
381;  Hugh  de,  36,  41,  69,  72; 
Hugh  de,  proprietor  of  Throphill, 
57 ;  dns  Hugh  de,  258 ;  John  de, 
66,  274,  340  ;  John  de,  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  proprietors  in  Newton 
Underwood,  70;  John,  son  of  Hugh 
de,  78 ;  John,  peticaj:tan  of  the 
Middle  Marche,  4?6 ;  Mary,  d.  of 
lord  Witt,  382;  Had  de,  538;  Ralph 
de  and  Isabell  his  wife,  48 ;  Ra- 
nulph  vie  Northum.,  119;  Robert, 
son  of  Ralph,  543  ;  Simon  de,  21 1 ; 
sir  Hugh  de,  80,  81 ;  sir  Ralph  de, 
43, 80,  366;  sir  Ralph  de,  possessed 
of  Hirst  in  10  Hen.  V.,  193 ;  sir 
Witt,  475,  476 ;— his  letter  to  Car- 
dinal Wolsey,  362  ;  Witt  lord,  85, 
414,  544 — (See  Evers.J 

Evans  Kingsmile,  2^3. 

Evenwood  (Evynwode)  John,  498, 
499  ter,  500  bis,  501 ;  Rot  de,  347; 
Robert,  de  parson  of  Angerham, 
493 ;  William,  503,  504  ;  William, 
vicar  of  Woodhorn,  504  bis. 

Evers  (Ever,  or  Evry,)  of  Pigdon, 
family  of,  82 ;  George,  of  Pigdon, 
82  :  John  de,  73 ;  Mr  Brough,  of 
Pigdon,  76,  82 ;  Stephen,  rector  of 
Mitford,  31,  49 ;  Witts,  25. 

Ewe  Peter  del,  487,  490  bis.— (See 
Aqua  and  Lewe.J 

Eyre  Francis,  esq.,  M.P.,  533 ;  Row- 
land, of  Hassop,  238. 

Faber  Hutredus,  337  ;  Richard,  486. 

Fabiane  Robert,  vicar  of  Hawtwesil, 
348. 

Facarmund  Gilts  de,  127. 

Faggard  sir  Robert,  58. 

Fairfax  lady  Alathea,  daur.  of  Chas. 
lord  viscount  of,  238 ;  Thomas, 
viscount  of,  382. 

Fairfoot  Edw.,  of  Blyth,  a  freeholder 
in  Throphill,  73,  83. 

Falconer  John,  213,  466. 

Fall  John,  of  Norwich,  333. 

Fallowfield  Mr,  Constable  of  the  ba- 
rony of  Morpeth,  513  bis;  rev. 
Thomas,  M.A.,  curate  of  Hebburn, 
142  ;  a  master  of  Morpeth  school 
404 ;  account  of,  513. 

Farkess  John,  341. 

Farnham,  bishop  of  Durham,  544. 

Farnylaw  Johes  de,  6. 

Farrar  William,  esq.,  194. 

Fairer  James  William,  327  ;  Mary, 
daur.  of  James,  327. 

Faruder  Witts  de,  172. 

Fauden  Henry  de,  restored  in  1360, 
73;  Johes  fit  Hen.,  4  ;  Rots,  345; 
Rots  de,  miles,  117;  William,  for- 
feits lands  in  Throphill  for  adher- 
ing to  Gilb.  de  Middleton,  73. 


Fauquier  Georgiana,  daur.  of  William, 
esq.,  240. 

FaWcus  James,  508 ;  John,  450,  505 ; 
Richard,  506,  512  bis,  513;  Thos., 
515;  William,  504,  517. 

Featherstonhalgh  Anne,  da.  of  Ralph, 
of  Stanhop,  325  ;  John,  of  Stan- 
hope, 323 ;  Nich,  348  ;  rev.  Hen- 
ry, of  Newcastle,  333  ;  Ricus  de, 
348  ;  sir  Henry,  533  ;  sir  Ma- 
thew,  M.P.  532. 

Felton  Anthony,  armig.  esheator,  6; 
Anthony,  M.P.  531 ;  Eleanor,  daur. 
of  sir  Robert,  45  ;  Johes  de,  119; 
Margaret,  da.  of  William  de,  126  ; 
Witts  de,  4. 

Fenrother  Ada  de,  274 ;  Witts  de, 
338. 

Fenwicks,  of  Blagdon,  family  account 
of,  321 ;  of  Langshaws  and  Nun- 
riding,  pedigree  of,  75 ;  of  Meldon, 
pedigree  of,  17,  18;  of  Brinkburne 
and  East  Hedwine,  pedigree  of, 
115,  1 16  ;  of  Stanton.  pedigree  of, 
113,114;  Alan  de,  12;  Andrew, 
522  bis,  524  passim,  525  passim,  526 
bis;  Anne,  daur.  of  Martin,  of  East 
Heddon,  290 ;  Anthony,  of  Stan- 
nington,  354;  Arthur,  519,  520 
passim,  521  ter;  Arthur,  of  Mor- 
peth, 177;  Barbara,  of  Nunriding, 
82;  Catharine,  daur.  of  sir  William, 
of  Meldon,  4,  299  ;  Cuthbert,  393, 

539;  daur.  of  sir  John,  126  ; 

Edward,  39O  ;  Elizabeth,  daur.  of 
George,  of  Brinkburne,  114;  Geo., 

519,  520  bis,  521  bis,  528  passim  ; 
George,  of  Longshaws,  46;  George, 
M.P,   532;    Gerrard,    177,  5)9; 
Henricus  de,  340;   Isabell,  daur. 
of  Martin,  46  ;  James,  apothecary, 
524  ;  James,  gent.  45 1  ;  James,  of 
Morpeth,  359;  Jane,  of  Ulgham- 
grange,  177;  Jane,  daur.  of  Nicho- 
las, of  Newcastle,  325  ;   Jervase, 
519;    John   de,  4,  117,  173,  235, 
251,  274,  338,  339,  340,  345,  359, 

520,  521,  522  passim,  523  ;  John, 
of  Brinkburn,  321  ;  John,  of  Blag- 
don, 31 5,  320,  346;  John,  of  Little- 
harle,  321  ;  John,  M.D.  family  of, 
451  ;  John,  of  Mitford,  84;  John, 
M.P.  532 ;   John,  a  proprietor  in 
Ellington,  in  1663,  198;  Johes  de, 
vie   Northumberland,    337,    346  ; 
John,  of  Robsheugh,  468  ;   John, 
of  Wellington,   519;  Liell,  274; 
Major,  528  ;  Margaret,  of  Bywell 
St.  Andrew,  539 ;  Margaret,  291  ; 
Margaret,  daur.  of  Martin,  of  But- 
terby,   321  ;    Margaret,    daur.    of 
William,  of  Bywell,  114;  Marjo- 
ry, 565 ;  Marjory,  of  Stanton,  1 20, 
203 ;  Marmaduke,  of  Kirkharle, 


521 ;  Martin,  of  Easthedwine,  1 35 ; 
Mr,  of  Bywell,  109;  Mr,  of  Prud- 
hoe,  freeholder  in  Bedlington,  351 ; 
Mrs,  of  Stanton,  120;  Oswald,  of 
Cramlington,  521  ;  Ralph,  524  ; 
Ralph,  esq.,  177  ;  Ralph,  keeper 
of  Tindale,  120,  478  ;  Ralph,  of 
Stanton,  17  ;  Randal,  of  Horton, 
274  ;  Randal,  of  Kirkharle,  321  ; 
Richard,  522,  523  bis,  524  passim; 
Robert  de,  6,  85,  116,  127,  173, 
274,  340,  341,  390,  415,  521,  524, 
525,  52G  bis,  528  passim,  529  bis, 
533;  Robert,  esq.,  351;  Robert, 
of  Longshaws,  111;  Robert,  of 
Lemmington,  331  ;  Robert,  of 
Morpeth,  468  ;  Robert,  of  New- 
castle, 329  ;  Robert,  son  of  John, 
of  Framlington,  539  ;  Roger  de, 
359,  558  ;  Roger,  of  Bitchfield, 
235  ;  Roger,  deputy  keeper  of  the 
King's  woods  of  Chopwell,  7  ;  Ro- 
ger, M.P.,  532  bis ;  Roger,  son  of 
John,  of  Wallington,  236  ;  Roger, 
of  Stanton,  262,  539  ;  Roger,  of 
Wallington,  254  ;  sir  John  sells 
tithes  to  the  Mercers'  Company 
of  London,  1 85 ;  sir  John,  of  Wal- 
lington, 582 ;  sir  Ralph,  475  ;  sir 
William,  7  ;  sir  William,  of  Mel- 
don, 3,  11  ;  sir  William,  18 ;  sir 
William,  of  Wallington,  519;  Tho- 
mas de,  118,  231,  258  bis,  274, 
338,  340,541,545,455;  Thomas, 
esq.,  of  Keppel-street,  London,  pro- 
prietor of  Longshaws,  117;  Thos., 
of  Brinkley,  321 ;  Thomas,  of  Pres- 
ton, 177,  292;  Thomas,  of  Little 
Harle,  1 20 ;  Tristram,  272  ;  Va- 
lence de,  210;  Valentine,  of  Walk- 
er, 255  ;  William,  7,  499,  520  ter, 
521  ter,  524  ;  William,  sells  land 
in  Tritlington  to  John  Saddler, 
540 ;  Williams  of  Blagdon,  forfeits 
his  estates  to  the  Commonwealth 
in  1652,  521  ;  William,  in  1692, 
conveys  Blagdon  to  Mattw.  White, 
esq.,  321  ;  William,  knighted  by 
King  James,  at  Widdrington,  244; 
William,  of  Nunriding,  69 ;  Wil- 
liam, of  Stanton,  94,390 ;  William, 
of  Wallington,  236,  254. 

Feritate  Ralph  de,  409. 

Ferlington  Henry  de,  34 ;  John  de, 
36. 

Ferrars  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sit  Robt., 
of  Wemme,  378  ;  Elizabeth,  daur. 
of  lord  Henry,  43. 

Fielding,  of  Bebside,  pedigree  of, 
277  ;  captain,  270  ;  Charles-John- 
Johonson,  326  ;  William-Car,  326. 

Fiennes  John,  M.P.,  532. 

Firbienne  Robert,  469. 

Fishburne  Thomas  de,  232,  250. 


INDEX. 


Fisher  Roger,  484,  485,  486  bis. 

Fitton,  of  Horton,  family  pedigree 
of,  262;  sir  Edward,  of  Gawsworth, 
262. 

Fitz-Allen,  Mary  daur.  of  Henry, 
earl  of  Arundel,  379. 

Fitz-Herbert,  justice  of  assize  in 
Newcastle,  478. 

Fitz-IIugh  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Hen- 
ry, 172  ;  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Wil- 
liam, lord  of  Ravenswath,  578  ; 
Johan,  daur.  of  Henry,  474;  John, 
270  ;  Roger,  270. 

Fitz-Ralph  Ralph,  375;  Robert,  377 ; 
William,  282,  376,  377. 

Fitz-Robert  John,  34 ;  John  de,  lord 
of  Warkworth,  247. 

Fitz-Roger  Robert,  70,  123,  312, 
484 ;  Robert,  lord  of  Warkwortli, 
33. 

Fitz-Simon  John,  34;  John,  mesne 
lord  of  Meldon  in  1 165,  1.7. 

Fitz-Walter  Roger,  535 

Fitz- William  Ralph,  <_'(;<>,  5-J4 ;  Ralph, 
lord  of  Greystock,  112;  Thomas, 
lord  of  Elmely  and  Sprothorough, 
41 ;  Walter,  baron  of  Whalton,  223, 
224,  246,  248. 

Flamville  Constance  de,  13;  Maud 
de,  15. 

Flandrensis  Hugo,  249. 

Flemming  Gilbert,  331. 

Fleshewar  Robert,  493 ;  Wm.,  494, 
497. 

Fletcher  William,  340. 

Fleetwood  Miles,  541. 

Forbour  John,  497. 

Ford  Catharine,  daur.  of  sir  Edward, 
331. 

Forda  RoEs  de,  128. 

Fprestar  (Forster)  Adam,  484,  485, 
486  ter  ;  Adam,  son  of  John,  49O  ; 
Alexander,  390 ;  Augustine,  488  ; 
Eleanor,  193  ;  Grace,  da.  of  Fran- 
cis, of  Low  Buston,  261  ;  Grace, 
daur.  of  sir  John,  of  Kddcrston,  1 7 ; 
Hugh,  123;  James,  528  bis ;  John, 
550,  484,  485,  486  passim,  487, 
488  bis,  489  bis  ;  John,  esq.  son  of 
Matthew,  292  ;  John,  of  Burton, 
277  ;  John,  of  Newham,  115:  Jo- 
seph, 528  bis ;  Joseph,  of  Seaton- 
burn,  esq.  and  alderman  of  New- 
castle, 194;  Margaret,  daur.  of 
Thomas,  of  Ederston,  324 ;  Mr, 
his  intention  of  founding  a  charity 
school  in  Woodhorn  defeated,  188; 
Ranulph,  484;  Richard,  238;  sir 
Claudius,  knt.,  17  ;  sir  John,  1 16  ; 
sir  John  made  prisoner,  120;  sir 
Nicholas,  sheriff  of  Northumber- 
land, receives  king  James,  243. 

Fortescue  John,  513. 

Fossur  Thomas,  251. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


Fou  Yngelia,  490. 
Foulewille  Joftes  de,  173. 
Fraglinton  William  de,  33,  47. 

Franch  Thomas,  496. 

Frankeloyn  Rofis  de  Bockingfeld, 
347  ;  Robert,  gives  lands  in  We- 
teslade  to  John  de  Lyem,  319. 

Franks  John,  of  Mitford,  556. 

Frebarn  John,  50O. 

Freeburn  Witts,  538. 

Freeman  Eva  and  Maud,  daurs.  of 
Ralph,  release  to  sir  John  de 
Plesseiz,  their  lands  in  Shotton, 
314;  Martin,  284,  330;  Ralph, 
346. 

Freston  Elizabeth,  527. 

French  William,  esq.,  proprietor  in 
Newbigging,  219. 

Frenct  Witts,  537. 

Frismarys  Joties  de,  128. 

Frost  John,  499,  500  bis  ;  Witts  de, 
274. 

Froman  William,  486. 

Fromond  Bartholomew,  of  Cheam,  in 
Surrey,  382. 

Frye  Rachel,  daur.  of  William,  esq. 
202. 

Fuller  Robert,  487  ;  William,  488. 

Furneans  Symon  de,  345. 

Furness  Henry,  of  Gunnersby-house, 
esq.,  M.P.,  533. 

Gabel  Dr,  365. 

Gaire  (Gair,  Gayer)  Bertram,  518; 
George,  518  ;  John,  521  ;  Thomas, 
519  bis,  520  passim,  521  ter,  522 
ter,  523  ;  William,  476,  521  bis. 

Gale  Roger,  esq.,  of  Scruton,  in  York- 
shire, 447. 

Galfrid  fit  Petri,  480 ;— filius  Rad. 
perpolitus,  clericus,  128  ; — of  Mor- 
peth,  485. 

Galon  (Gallon,  Galun)  Edward,  6; 
Hugo,  5  ;  Hugo,  of  Newcastle,  1 5, 
334,  336  ;  Hugo  fit  Lucie  fit  Witti 
de  Denum,  6  ;  Juliana,  daur.  of 
Giles  of  Trewhit,  542. 

Galway  (Galeway)  John  de,  15;  Ri- 
cus,  5;  Rotis  fit  Christiane  fit  Witti 
de  Denum,  6. 

Gamel,  son  of  Edred,  4  69. 

Gamelthorpe  Rofis,  36,  48. 

Gardiner  Robert,  55. 

Gargrave  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Cot- 
ton, of  Nostal,  113. 

Garnet  John,  of  Eschete,  507  ;  Wil- 
liam, 595. 

Garrat  Thomas  and  Hector,  254. 

Gartside  John,  477. 

Gateg'  Henricus,  343,  544,  482. 

Gattonby  Anne,  daur.  of ,  258. 

Gaucel  fit  Edredi,  469. 

Gaumbel,  Gilfis  de  Werkworde,  339. 

Gauncer  Ricus  le,  486  bis. 

Gavston  William,  507. 

7   B 


Gawdy  Francis,  M.P.,  531. 

Gednay  Hugh,  498. 

Genevre  Alianor  de,  37,  42,  45,  48, 
59,  180;  Peter  de,  59. 

Geoffrey,  Bishop  of  Constance,  420, 
479. 

George  Mr,  knighted  by  king  James, 
at  Widdrington,  244. 

Germayne  sir  John,  M.P.,  532. 

Germium  Mr  Lambert,  306. 

Gernon  John,  15. 

Gerrard  Anne,  daur.  of  sir  William, 
of  Brynne,  477  ;  sir  Charles,  knt.) 
262. 

Gesemouth  Adam  de,  28,  37,  41. 

Gesner  Conrad,  his  opinion  of  Tur- 
ner, 455. 

Ghinus  Lucas,  reader  of  Dioscorid  at 
Bologna,  462. 

Gibson  Isabella,  of  Cambridge,  277  ; 
Robert,  503  ;  Thomas,  401  ;  Tho- 
mas, M.D.,  memoir  of,  458. 

Giffbrd  Dr.,  447  ;  George,  M.P.,531. 

Gilbert  fit  Witti,  485. 

Gilford  Henry,  321,  350. 

Gilhespy  Robert,  540 ;  William,  340. 

Gilpin  Bernard,  46 ;  Robt.,  of  Brough- 
ton  Tower,  Lancashire,  220. 

Gisulph  Reynold  de,  152  ; — lord  of 
Bothal,  122  ;  Simon,  122. 

Glantley  William,  507. 

Glantoii  William,  508. 

Glenhame  sir  Thomas,  governor  of 
Newcastle,  5 1 8. 

Gloucester  Richard,  son  of  Robert, 
197;  Robert,  211,  212;  Rob.  of, 
and  John  his  son,  197- 

Glyn  sir  Richard,  and  Eliz.  Car,  of 
Ktal,  his  wife,  98. 

Godswain  Isolda,  daur.  of  William, 
314 ;  William,  314,  335,  346. 

Gordon  Charles  David,  366 ;  George, 
vicar  of  Mitford,  30  ;  Messrs,  of 
London,  proprietors  of  the  Bed- 
lington  Iron  Works,  359. 

Gosebeck  Hugh  de,  16;  Margery  de, 
361. 

Gosefordia  Elzi  de,  127- 

Gospatrick,  de  Horsley,  471  ;  Edgar, 
383,  471 ;  earl  of  Dunbar,  374 ;  Ju- 
lian, 374,  471. 

Gosten  John,  350. 

Govien  Mary,  daur.  of  John,  76- 

Gower  Agnes,  daur.  of  sir  Edward,  of 
Stitenham,  235,  297  ;  Anne  Leve- 
son,  daur.  of  Granville,  marquis  of 
Stafford,  240;  Barbara,  da.  of  Edw., 
of  Stitenham,  236;  George,  354; 
George  Granville  Leveson,  baron 
Gower,  383 ;  Margaret  Caroline, 
daur.  of  Granville  Leveson  Gower, 
383;  sir  Edward,  210;  sir  Thomas, 
382 ;  Thomas,  210. 
rabefore  Robert,  321. 


554 


INDEX. 


Graffard  Richard,  484,  48C,  488 ;  Si- 
mon, 486;  Walter,  151. 

Graham  Catharine,  238;  dns  David 
de,  1 17 ;  Henricus  de,  250 ;  Henry, 
of  Levens,  18 ;  Idonea,  232 ;  Ido- 
nea  ux  Ade  de  Swinburn,  250 ;  dns 
Nich.  de,  250 ;  Patricius  de,  250  ; 
sir  Richard,  382;  Witts  de  cler., 
250. 

Grainge  William,  501. 

Grainville  William  de,  lord  of  Heton, 
383. 

Graper  Agnes,  195;  Richard  le,  57; 
Thos.,  274;  Thos.,  son  of  Peter,  288. 

Gray  (Graie,  Graa,  Grey,)  Agnes,  da. 
of  Thomas,  lord  of  Codnor,  41 ; 

Catharine,  daur.  of ,  of  Chil- 

lingham,  104;  Cristiana  ux.  Joftis 
de  Prestwick,  119;  widow  of  John 
de  Prestwick,  108 ;  col.  Edward, 
178 ;  Cuthbert,  of  Newcastle,  290 ; 
Earl,  proprietor  of  Ulgham  Grange, 
178;  Edward,  236,  439,  511 ;  Ed- 
"ward,  of  Alnwick,  274 ;  Edward,  of 
Bitchfield,  268;  Elizabeth,  da.  of 
Edmund,  baron  of  Ruthyn,  378; 
Elizabeth,  da.  of  sir  Thomas,  234, 
297  ;  Henry,  499  passim  :  Henry, 
of  Bitchfield,  4.39 ;  Henry,  epitaph 
on,  394 ;  Henry  of  Newminster, 
413 ;  Henry,  lord  of  Codnor,  44  ; 
Isabella,  daur.  of  sir  Arthur,  of 
Spindleston,  17  ;  Isabella,  daur.  of 
Mary,  254 ;  Isabella,  daur.  of  sir 
Thomas  of  Horton,  331 ;  Johes, 
251,  328,  473,  500;  John,  of  Aln- 
wick, 292;  John  de  Herle,  4 ;  John 
de  Wallington,  49 ;  Margaret,  da. 
of  John,  esq.,  of  Howick,  298; 
Margaret,  sister  of  sir  Thomas,  16 ; 
Mary,  341  ;  Mary,  of  Chillingham, 
75 ;  daur.  of  sir  Ralph,  of  Chilling- 
ham,  113;  Mrs  Magdalen,  330; 
Maud,  da.  of  sir  Robert,  126,  365  ; 
Philip,  proprietor  of  lands  in  Stan- 
nington in  1663,  286;  Ralph,  of 
Chillingham,  and  his  sons  Ralph, 
William,  and  Thomas,  282;  Ralph, 
of  Horton,  esq.,  172  bis ;  Ralph, 
esq.,  of  Morpeth  Castle,  385 ;  Ralph 
has  a  lease  of  the  tithes  of  Stan- 
nington,  330;  Richard,  sen.,  268, 
328  ;  Robert,  493  ;  sir  Edw.,  475, 
476  ;  sir  Edward,  constable  of  Mor- 
peth Castle,  385 ;  sir  Edw.,  sheriff 
of  Northumberland  in  1598,  286  ; 
sir  Ralph  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
172;  sir  Ralph,  of  Chillingham, 
331,  413;  sir  Roger,  475,  476; 
Thomas,  106  ;  Thomas,  de  Herle, 
368  ;  Thos.,  of  Heton,  33*  ;  Thos. 
holds  possessions  in  Longhorsley 
in  20  Edw.  IV.,  106;  Walter,  vicar 
of  Longhorsley,  89;  William,  513. 


Graystock  (Greystock)  family,  barons 
of  Morpeth,  p'edigree  of,  373—383 ; 
baron  of,  495;  John  de,  175,  177, 
372,  397,  472,  484,  485  passim; 
John  de,  has  Saltwick,  288 ;  John 
lord,  his  award  between  the  abbot 
of  Newminster  and  the  burgesses 
of  Morpeth,  501,  502  ;  Maud,  da. 
of  Ralph  lord  of,  197 ;  Rad  de, 
474,  502;  Ralph  lord  of,  495; 
Ralph,  son  of  William,  394  ;  Ralph 
lord,  gives  the  advowson  of  Long- 
horsley to  Brinkburn,  90  ;  sir  John, 
95,  485  ;  sir  Ralph,  61  ;  Robt.  lord, 
90,  284  ;  Thorn  de,  449,  4?2  ;  Wil- 
liam de,  449,  484 ;  William  baron 
of,  80,  320,  347,  414  bis  ;  Witts  de, 
dies  at  Dunbar,  474  ;  William,  the 
good  baron  of,  384 ;  William,  lord, 
483 ;  William  lord,  and  Mary  his 
wife,  94;  Will,  fit  Thome,  469, 
470  ;  Thomas  de,  449. 

Green,  (Grene,  Greyne,)  of  Stan- 
nington  Bridge,  family  pedigree  of, 
333 ;  Elizabeth,  da.  of  Humphrey, 
of  Stannington,  290  ;  Francis,  520 
passim,  521  ;  Hugh,  476 ;  Hum- 
frid,  6;  John,  518;  Joseph,  of 
Stannington  Bridge,  329  ;  Mrs,  of 
Stannington  Bridge,  2?4 ;  Philip, 
512,  513,  514  bis;  rev.  Robert, 
proprietor  of  Hurst,  166,  191  ; 
Richard,  505,  507,  508  ;  Thos.  fil 
Rogeri,  314,  346;  William,  390, 
507,  508  bis,  512,  518  passim; 
William,  gent.,  333. 

Grefne  Robert,  489. 

Gregg  Thomas,  esq.,  M.P.,  534  bis. 

Grendale  Ricus  de,  348. 

Grendon  Nicholas  de,  4. 

Grenville  Witts  de,  248. 

Gretheud  Thomas,  491  bis. 

Griffith  Henry  ap,  415,  472,  473; 
Res  ap,  473  ;  Thos.,  119;  sir  Hen- 
rj  ap,  373;  sir  Thomas,  112. 

Grimesditch  John,  282,  330. 

Grimsby  Simon  de,  esc.,  251. 

Grindon  Hugh  de,  322. 

Grine  Ysod/346. 

Grome  Alan,  486  bis,  487  bis,  488, 
489 ;  Juliana,  484 ;  Rad,  483. 

Groover  rev.  Thomas,  403. 

Grosse  Gaufr,  345. 

Gubion  (Gubiun,  Gobion)  lord  of 
Shilvington,  ped.  of,  452 ;  Hugh, 
251,  343,  344,  345,  347,  470,  483 ; 
Hugo,  vie  Northumb.  485 ;  Radus, 
344  ;  sir  Richard,  415;  Roger,  485 
bis ;  Roger  holds  Shilvington  in 
1240,  371;  Roger's  heirs  hold  the 
manor  of  Shilvington,  473,  486 ; 
William,  100. 

Gurney,  family  of,  hold  Choppington 
in  1788,  365;  Hudson,  306 ;  Rich- 


ard, 366 ;  S.,  of  Norwich,  banker, 
291. 

Haforello  Pet  r us  de,  127. 
Haggerston  Eliz.,  daur.  of  Thos.,  57; 
Hen.,  69, 195;  Hen.,  grant  to  in  Mit- 
ford,  83  ;  Thos.,  477 ;  Thos.,  grant 
to  in  Mitford,  513  ;  sir  Thos.,  237. 
Haghouse  Heigh,  410. 
Hair  Bertram,  517  ter,  518  ter;  Mr 
William,  368. 

Halcor  William,  350. 

Halford  Eliz.,  da.  of  Rob.,  esq.,  199. 

Hall  Christian,  wid.  of  John  del,  490  ; 
family  of,  219,  220;  George  of 
Stannington  bridge  and  family,  333; 
Joseph,  executed,  524 ;  Martin,  76 ; 
Matthew  had  lands  in  Ellington, 
198;  Mary,  136;  Mary,  wid.  of, 
Bedlington;  Reynolds,  of  Newbig- 
ging,  441;  Thomas,  504;  Win., 
esq.,  284 ;  Wm.,  of  Bondicar,  203. 

Halle  Richard  del,  490. 

Hallesdune  Paganus  de,  33,  47. 

Halliday  Samuel,  447 ;  Stephen,  506, 
508. 

Halton,  dns  Johes,  250. 

Halywell  (Haliwell)  490  bis;  491 
quinque,  492  quinque,  493  ter; 
Simo  de,  274. 

Hameldon  Rofitus  de,  258. 

Hamilton  lords  John  and  Claude,  re- 
side at  Widdrington,  242. 

Hamling  Henry,  fined  for  killing 
salmon,  111. 

Hammond ,  of  Heyling,  esq.,  98. 

Hancock  Henry,  524  bis,  525  ter. 

Handasyde  Isab.  da.  of  Jared,  76. 

Hapton  Wm.  de  Conyngesthorp,  474. 

Harbottle  Agnes,  da.  of  sir  Ralph, 
538 ;  sister  of  sir  Ralph,  113;  of 
Horton,  pedigree  of,  261,  262  ;  sir 
Rob.,  sheriff  of  Northumberland 
in  1406,  261 ;  Thomas,  277,  537- 

Harcourt  Geo.  Simon,  earl  of,  240 ; 
Martha,  da.  of  Simon,  esq.,  239. 

Hare  John,  M.  P.,  531. 

Hardrishell  Wm.  de,  34. 

Harker  George,  511. 

Harle  Dr.,  memoir  of,  441,  442,  443; 
George  of  Wallington,  76. 

Harmour  Thomas,  505. 

Harrington  sir  Rofi  de,  374,  378. 

Harris  Arthur,  of  Prittlewell,  262. 

Harrison  James,  404 ;  John,  512; 
Michael,  512;  Philip,  518  ter; 
Thomas,  515. 

Hartburne  Ostred,  presbyter  de,  471- 

Harusmyth  Wm.,  493. 

Harwood  Stephen,  298. 

Harding  (Harden)  family,  439  ;  John 
de,  490,  492 ;  Mr,  of  Snaith,  537  ; 
Richard,  of  Hollingside,  esq.,  262  ; 
Roger  de,  490;  Sampson,  170,  497 
ter,  498;  Simon,  497;  William, 


INDEX. 


555 


334,  474,  490,  491  quinque,   492 

ter,  493  ter,  498  bis,  499  ter,  500 

ter. 

Haslerigg  Catharine,  da.  of  Sir  Ar- 
thur,  115 ;   sir  Thos.,  of  Noseley 

Hall,  116;  Wm.,  a  proprietor  in 

Bedlington,  361.     See  Hesilrigg. 
Hastings  sir  Edward,  475 ;  Francis,  of 

Edlingham,  475 ;  John  de,   347 ; 

John  de,  parson  of  Morpeth,  320  ; 

Richard,  esq.,  197 ;  lord  Richard, 

475. 
Hatfield  Bishop,  his  indulgence  for 

building   Newbigging   pier,    216 ; 

John,  126 ;  John  and  Ellen  his  wife, 

105,  364. 
Haull  Alan,  507- 

Haulton  Johes  de,  47,  341,  343,  344. 
Haverington  Henry,  173,  339. 
Hawden  William,  528. 
Hawelton  Johes  de,    118;  Johes  fit 

dni  Johis  de,  118. 

Hawkins  Laura,  da.  of  George,   327. 
Hawks  and  Co.'s  iron  works  at  Beb- 

side  and  Bedlington,  359. 
Hawley  Thomas,  73;    William,  499. 
Hawll  Thomas,  504  ;  William,  498. 
Hawmarr  John,  504. 
Hay  Richard  de  la,  of  Newcastle,  125. 
Hayden  Jacobus  de,  337  5  James  de, 

296 ;  Nich.  de,  336. 
Hayre  Wm.,  curate,  508. 
Haysand  dns  Hugo,  48. 
Heath  Thomas,  esq.,  114. 
Heathcote  sir  Thos.,  of  Hursley,  71- 
Heaton  William,  54. 
Hebburn  Jane,  da.  of  Mich,  of  Heb- 

burn,  236 ;  John  of  Hardwick,  262 ; 

Mich,  of  Hebburne,  236. 
Hebon  Johes,  474. 
Hebra  Witts  de,  248. 
Hecham  Hugh  de,  363 ;  Nich.  de,  4. 
Heddon  Ricus  de,  250. 
Hedworth  Anth.,  son  of  John,  of  Har- 

raton,  16 ;   Dorothy,   daur.   of  sir 

Ralph,  201  ;   Eliz.,  daur.  of  John 

of  Harraton,  115. 
Hedley  (Hedlie)  Cuthbert,  6,  512; 

Cuthbert,  merchant,  393;  Cuth ,  of 

Morpeth,  271 ;  John,  505  ;  of  West 

Herford,  pedigree,  2?6;  Peter,  572 ; 

Robt.  221,  223,  268  ;  Roger  de,  57; 

Thomas,  506,  508  bis,  509  ;  Thos., 

proprietor  in  Newbigging,  219. 
Heiton  Alexander,  512. 
Heley  Ricus  de,  rector  of  Horsley, 

539. 

Helies,  presbyter  of  Morpeth,  496  bis. 
Helmsley  William,  494  bis. 
Hellison  Henry,  537- 
Hemeson  Edw.,  505 ;  Miles,  504. 
Henderson  Henry,  fined,  111. 
Henks  John,  of  Mitford,  mar.  Cath. 

Evers,  of  Pigdon,  82. 


Henley ,  vicar  of  Woodhorn,  183 ; 

Miss,  193. 

Henricus  fit  Johis,  1 28. 

Henrison  (Henreson,  Henryson,) 
William,  498,  499  ter,  500. 

Henshaw  Bryan,  402,  518. 

Heppescotes  (Heppescot,  Hepe- 
schotes)  Adam  de,  486 ;  Alan  de, 
258,  336,  337,  338,  346,  473,  489 
bis,  490  bis  ;  Alice,  486 ;  Thomas, 
315,  339;  Thomas,  clericus,  346; 
Thomas,  rector  of  Morpeth,  337  ; 
Thomas,  his  chantry  in  Morpeth, 
391  ;  Witts  de,  2?4,  338,  340,  346, 
539. 

Hepple  (Hephal,  Hepphale,)  of  Bel- 
lasis,  family  pedigree  of,  292 ;  Rots 
de,  348,  410,453. 

Herbert,  parson  of  Stannington,  328 ; 
sir  Anthony,  M.P.,  532. 

Herbotill  Rofis  de  vie  Northum.,  539. 

Herefords,  family  of,  proprietors  in 
Bedlington,  350  ;  Richard  de,  274, 
341;  Robert  de,  341. 

Herle  Hugh  de,  123;  John,  536;  sir 
Robert  de,  22 ;  Walter  de,  484 ; 
William  de,  80. 

Heron  (Herun,  Heyrun,  Hernyng,) 
of  Meldon,  ped.  of,  16,  17;"  He- 
rons, of  Hadston,  proprietor  of 
Espley,  84;  Alex.,  22;— of  Chip- 
chase,  539; — Alexander,  of  Meldon, 
1 20,  inquis.  p.  m.  6 ;  Alex.,  brother 
of  Robert,  6 ;  Anne,  da.  of  Thomas 
of  Birtley,  325;  Bastarde,  476; 
Cuthbert,  450,  504  ;  Cuthbert,  of 
Chipchase,  1 7 ;  Esmond,  252 ;  Fran- 
cis, daur.  of  sir  John,  114;  George, 
of  Chipchase,  82  ;  Gerrard,  334  ; 
Gerrard  chr,  252 ;  Gilts  fit  Rogi, 
339  ;  Henry,  334  ;  Isabella,  daur. 
of  sir  John,  of  Chipchase,  323 ; 
John,  334,  337,  339  bis,  340,  345, 
503 ;  Johes  de  Ford,  253 ;  John 
demises  Pigdon  to  Thos.  and  Giles, 
82  ;  John  of  Thornton,  252,  253 ; 
Johes  chr,  6 ;  dns  Johes  vie  Nor- 
thum., 251 ;  Nicholas,  18,  334,  359, 
Nicholas,  esq.,  of  Meldon,  536, 
537  ;  Nich.  fit  Thoiii,  6  ;  Nicholas, 
of  Pigdon,  46 ;  Riois  fit  Johis,  339 ; 
Robert,  494  passim,  495  ter ;  Ro- 
bert, of  Meldon,  6,  and  will  of,  7  ; 
Robert  and  Catharine,  ux,  7  ;  Ro- 
ger, 7,  251,  334,  339,  538;  Rog 
chr,  253 ;  Roger,  of  Ford  Castle, 
233;  sir  Cuthbert,  519  ;  sir  John, 
of  Chipchase,  4?5,  476  ;  sir  John, 
proprietor  of  lands  in  Caldwell  in 
1362,  285  ;  sir  John,  of  Ford,  13; 
sir  William,  of  Ford,  13,  475  ;  sir 
William  and  Elizabeth  his  w.,  285 ; 
sir  William,  sheriff,  304;  Tho- 
mas, 12,  22,  138;  Thomas,  son 


of  sir  William,  13 ;  Walter,  336, 
342,  344,  538;  dns  Walt',  48; 
Walt  chr,  252;  Walter,  of  Had- 
ston, 155;  William  de,  36,  117, 
131,  251  bis,  253,  334,  337,  338, 
339  bis,  340,  345,  367,  4?0,  494, 
495,  538,  544 ;  Witts  chr,  6 ;  dns 
Witts,  212;  Witts  fit  Elizabethe, 

251  ;  William,  of  Forde,  334  ;— 
William  gives  to  his  son  Henry 
lands  in  Clifton,  &c.,  285 ;  William, 
of  Hadston,   131 ;   dns   Witts  vie 
Northum.,  48,  332,  335,  336,  342, 
344. — (See  Hyrnyng.) 

Herryson  John,  500,  508. 
Hertwayton  Johes  de,  251,  348,  368, 

470,  dns  Johes  de,    258;    Roger, 

capets,  221 ;  dns  Roger  de,  248 ;  sir 

John  de,  306,  410  ;  sir  Roger  de, 

221. 

Herveye  Nicholas,  475. 
Heryngton  Thomas  de,  494. 
Hesilden  Reginald  de,  489  bis ;  Rich. 

de,  397- 
Hesilrigg  Edmund  de,  252 ;  John  de, 

of  Shipwash,  339 ;  Thomas  de,  253, 

339  ;  Tho.  fit  Simon  de,  339,  340  ; 

Wittus  de,  252,  253,  331,  337,  339, 

340,  346 ;  Witts  fit  Simon  de,  339. 

(See  Haselrigg.) 
Hesse,   prince   of,   his   reception   at 

Morpeth,  523. 
Hesshet  Edmund  de,  493.— (See  Es- 

shett.) 

Hethwith  Mervin  de,  469. 
Heton  Cuthbert,  476;  Eliz.,  widow 

of  sir  John  Fenwick,  86  ;  Joan,  da. 

of  sir  Alan,  126  ;  Thomas  de,  153. 
Helton  sir  Henry,  knt.,  261. 
He  well  Johes,  274. 
Hexham   (Hextildesham)    John   of, 

384,  479 ;  dns  Johes  prior  de,  118, 

127  ;  Thomas  de,  128. 
Hey  don  Johes  de,  211. 
Heyington  Wm.,  of  Durham,  537- 
Hey  ling  dns  Witts  de,  212. 
Hick,  of  West  Hartford,  fam.  ped.  of, 

276 ;  Miss,  prop,  in  West  Hartford, 

268. 
Hickman  Alice,  da.  of  John  of  Tink- 

wood  Malpas,  116;  Eliz.,  116. 
Hidewyn  Witts  de,  4. 
Hidewyn  East,  Rots  de,  345. 
Hildyard  Thos.-Blackburn,  273. 
Hills  Robert,  520. 
Hilton  Eleanor,  daur.  of  William  of 

Hilton  Castle,   104;  Matilda  de, 

252  ;  Robert,  347  ;  Robert,  son  of 
Alex,  de,  gives  lands  in  Blagdon  to 
John  de  Dudden,  318  ;  sir  Robert, 
of  Hilton,  262 ;  sir  William,  475. 

Hindmarsh  Edward,  341 ;  Elizabeth, 

daur.  of  Edward,  98. 
Hindmers  Walter,  58. 


556 


INDEX. 


Hird  Frances,  daur.  of  Dr.,  of  Leeds, 

194-. 
Hiring  Gilbert,  34  ;  Gilbert,  soccage 

tenant  in  Benridge,  80 ;   Robert, 

472,  493,  494.     (See  Heron.) 
Hirning. — (See  Heron  and  Hyrning.j 
Hixon  John,  506. 

Hochone  Earth.,   506;   John,   507; 

Henry,  504  ;  Thomas,  50?. 
Hodgson  Mary,  daur.  of  William,  of 

Winlaton,  298. 
Hodson  rev.  Sept.,  rector  of  Thrak- 

ston,  114. 
Hogg  Edward,   proprietor  in  New- 

b'igging>  219- 

Holburne  George,  523. 

Holcroft  Alice,  daur.  of  sir  John,  of 
Holcroft,  262. 

Holden  Humphrey,  403  ;  Thomas, 
262  ;  William,  403. 

Holgrave  David,  126,  190,  540;  Da- 
vid, and  Helen  Bertram  his  wife, 
144;  David  founds  a  chantry  in 
Bothal,  164. 

Holland  John,  and  others,  receive  a 
grant  of  West  Dudden,  from  queen 
Elizabeth,  287. 

Holneseth  Joties  de,  348. 

Holthall  Symode,  117. 

Horbiry  John,  rector  of  Horsley,  9O. 

Home  Robert,  495. 

Horner  John,  489  ;  Robert,  213. 

Horsley,  of  Scranwood,  pedigree  of, 
104,  105  ;  of  Thernham,  pedigree 
of,  103  ;  Cuthbert,  M.  P.,  531  ; 
Dorothy,  daur.  of  sir  Thomas,  of 
JLonghorstey,  238  ;  Elizabeth,  da. 
of  Cuth.,  of  Horsley,  290 ;  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  John,  wife  of  John 
Bell,  of  Bellasis,  539;  George,  277 ; 
Henry,  277;  Joties  6,  192,  195, 
336,  344,  410,  498  ;  John,  memoir 
of  his  life,  443 — 448  ;  John,  minis- 
ter, 165  ;  John,  extract  from  Mor- 
peth  register  of  his  burial,  522 ; 
John,  of  Widdrington,  241,  441  ; 
Isabell,  104;  Nicholas,  of  Wol- 
chester,  475  ;  Ricus  de,  6,  118, 
336,  344,  345  bis ;  Ricus  vie.  Nor- 
thumb.,  346  ;  Richard  de,  grants 
lands  to  John  de  Plessis,  in  Shot- 
ton,  117;  Robert,  100,  117,  335, 
480, 488  bis,  498  ;  Robt.  and  Maria 
Swinburne  his  wife,  117;  Roger 
de,  100,  101,  119,  332,  344,  345, 

473,  482 ;  sir  John,  100  ;  sir  Richd. 
de,  410;  sir  Thomas,  107  bis;  sir 
Thomas  de,  334  ;  Thos.,  of  Scran- 
wood,    102;    Witts    de,    336,    483, 
520,  535 ;  William,  of  High  Cal- 
lerton,  196. 

Horton  John  de,  263,  274,  321,  350, 
340 ;  Richard,  son  of  sir  Walran, 
260  ;  sir  Walran  de,  259  ;  William. 


de,  313,  506  ;  Witts  de,  a  monk  of 
St.  Albans,  268. 

Houghon  Nictis  de,  4. 

Hoveden  John  de,  493. — (See  How- 
den.) 

Howard,  family  barons  of  Morpetli, 
pedigree  of,  373 — S85 ;  of  Corby 
Castle,  pedigree  of,  477  ;  Dianah, 
535;  George,  81 ;  George,  viscount 
Morpeth,  M.P.,  534  passim;  Mary, 
da.  of  Thomas,  of  Effmgham,  239  ; 
sir  Francis,  of  Corby  Castle,  237  ; 
sir  Charles,  237;  sir  Philip,  519; 
the  hon.  Philip,  M.P.,  532;  Thos., 
fourth  duke  of  Norfolk,  544  ;  Wil- 
liam, 514,  515  ;  lord  William,  4C8, 
439,  470,  544  ;  lord  William,  pro- 
prietor of  Netherton,  352,  367,  pos- 
sesses West  Dudden,  287,  letter 
to  him  from  the  burgesses  of  Mor- 
peth,  517;  the  hon.  William,  M. 
P.,  554  passim. 

Howbie  Thomas,  174. 

Howden  Joties  de,  274,  492  bis,  493,' 
494. 

Howe  Emanuel,  M.P.,  532  bis. 

Howell  John,  494. 

Howey  George,  476  ;  Robert,  476. 

Huchonson  Thomas,  505. 

Huctred  fil  Fareman,  248. 

Huddleston  ,  daur.  of  John,  of 

Millum  Castle,  198. 

Hudson  .Julia,  daur.  of ,  of  Bes- 

singby,  1 14. 

Hudspeth  Thomas,  of  Corbridge,  46. 

Hugo  fil  Stanfelin,  248  ;  fil  Samp- 
sonis,  557. 

Humphrey  Robert,  203. 

Hunt  Anne,  1 39. 

Hunter  George  75;  Gilbert,  496; 
John,  19.3;  Richard,  191;  Thomas, 
520 ;  William,  351 ;  Witts  fit  Rofcti 
de  Horsley,  340. 

Huntercomb  dns  Walter,  117;  Wal- 
ter de,  lord  of  Wooler,  231. 

Huntingdon  Dervaguila,  da.  of  Mar- 
garet, da.  of  David,  41 ;  earl  of,  457. 

Huntley  earl  of,  his  escape  from  Mor- 
peth, 508,  509  ;  John,  507  bis  ; 
Nicholas,  516  bis;  William,  520. 

Husband  sir  Thomas,  399,  400 ;  sir 
Thomas,  presbyter,  508  ;  -Thomas, 
402,  507,  508. 

Huskisson  William,  .esq.,  M.P.,  534 
bis. 

Hutchinson  Thomas,  .348. 

Huthwaite  Samuel,  esq.,  265. 

Hutton  George,  esq.,  of  Carlton,  47 ; 
John  501  ;  Robert,  457. 

Hyghington  Thomas,  496,  497. 

Hyring  Adam,  and  Maud  his  wife, 
34. 

Hyrning  Robert,  492,  495. — (See 
Heron.) 


Hyrst  Helias  de,  211. 

Ilderton  Thomas,  106,  possessed  of 
Longhorsley  in  20  Edward  IV., 
1O6  ;  sir  Thomas,  476. 

Ingehow  Witt  de,  473. 

Ingilby  Thomas  de,  vie.  de  By  well, 
48  bis. 

Insula  Hugo  de,  1 27  ;  dns  Joties  de 
Wodeburn,  i',50 ;  Otwell  de,  251  ; 
RoT>  de,  117,  118,  231,  251,  294; 
tins  Rofis  de  117,  250  ;  dns  Rots 
de  Chipches,  250,  548  ;  dns  Rots 
de,  Wodeburn,  348  ;  Rots  Dun. 
eps,  548  ;  Walterus  de,  127. 

Jackson  Edward,  523  ;  Henry,  324  ; 
Rachael,  468  ;  Richard,  304  ;  Ro- 
bert, 497  bis  ;  sir  Thomas,  presby- 
ter, 508. 

James,  of  the  lady's  wardrobe  of  Mit- 
ford  Castle,  58. 

Jameson  Mr,  of  Newton  Ville,  437- 

Janson  Edward,  519. 

Jeb  William,  496. 

Jekyll  John,  394. 

Jernegan  Henry,  esq.,  380  ;  Thomas, 
of  Pentloe,  97. 

Jerusalem  the  prior  of,  190. 

Joties  fit  Alexi,  219  ;  fit  dementis  de 
Ellington,  211;  fit  Hugonis,  211  ; 
fit  Sewan,  248  ;  fit  Simeon,  33,  47 ; 
fit  Symonis,  332,  335,  342,  344, 
482,  487. 

Johnson  Catharine  Lucy,  327 ;  Eliz., 
daur.  of  John,  of  Bebside,  326 ; 
Francis,  of  Woodhorn,  188,  217, 
219;  George,  282,  330 ;  Joties  de 
Ebor.,  474 ;  John,  of  Bebside,  in 
1700,  270;  Maria,  widow  of  captain 
Fielding,  270 ;  Mr,  chaplain  of  Ne- 
therwitton,  121  ;  pedigree  of  Beb- 
side, 270  ;  Patrick,  502  ;  Robert, 
318 ;  Tabitha,  daur.  of  Francis,  of 
Newcastle,  47.  538  ;  Thomas.  476 ; 
William,  of  Newcastle,  271,  277. 

John,  son  of  Adam,  492. 

Jombart  Junie,  194. 

Joshua  the  chaplain,  35. 

Jubb  Philip,  341. 

Kalom  Richard,  497- 

Kaldewell  William  de,  535. 

Kar  George,  509. 

Karleton  Alice  de,  493,  495. 

Kayhanes  Rofitus  de,  196,  211. 

Kellaw  Richard  and  Wm.  de,  340. 

Kemp  John,  491 ;  of  Mitfoid,  65. 

Kempston ,  daur.  of  sir  Thomas, 

126. 

Ken  John  and  Roger  le,  58. 

Kennicot  rev.  Benjamin,  219. 

Keseburg  Robert  de,  544. 

Kestron  John  de,  415. 

Keys  Henry,  498. 

Kidland  Thomas,  bailiff  of  Newbig- 
ging,  213. 


INDEX. 


557 


Killingword  Johes  de,  338. 
Killingworth  Johes  de,  4. 
Killum  dns  Mich,  de,  117,  258. 
King  Mr  Thomas,  468,  528,  529  bis 

530  bis. 

Kingston  Robert,  536. 
Kirkby  Andrew  de,  536  ;  Isabella,  da, 
of  Alexander,  158,  365;  Johes  de, 
336,  348;  Johes  dns  de,  48;   sir 
John   de,    453,   485 ;    Johes  vie. 
Northumfc,  128,  173. 
Kirketon  Wittus  de,  258,  274. 
Kirkham  "Walter  de,  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham, 544. 

Knage  Thomas,  348. 
Knevet  Thomas,  esq.,  44. 
Knight  Ralph,  of  Nottingham,  519 ; 

William,  501,  503. 
Knightley  Mr,  vicar  of  Byfield,  538. 
Koy  Robert,  494.     (See  Coy.) 
Kyle  Mr,  449. 
Kyng  Adam  fit  Witti,  337 ;  Nictius, 

337. 

Kynston  sir  William,  475. 
Kynton  Johes  de,  347. 
Kyrkenny  Witts  de,  348. 
Kyrsop  Thomas,  504. 
Kywakl  Alice,  486  bis. 
JLacy  Maud,  daur.  of  Walter  de,  and 

wife  of  Peter  de  Genevre,  59. 
Lacy  Rogerus  de,  345. 
Lacy  Walter  de,of  Ludlow  Castle,  59. 
Laidman,      tombstone    in     Mitf'ord 

church,  28. 
Lake  Anne,  276. 
Lam  Robert,  503. 

Lamb  John,  of  Westherrington,  298; 
Richard,  341 ;  Robert,  of  Tyne- 
mouth,  504. 

Lambert  Joshua,  of  Kendal,  76;  Wil- 
liam, 394. 

Lambton  Miss,  383;  sir  William,  254. 
Lanark  Hugh  de  &  Agnes  his  w.,  35. 
Lancaster  John,  duke  of,  474 ;  Geo., 
512,  513,  514 ;  Richard,  399  ;  Wil- 
liam, 504,  508,  509,  512  bis. 
Lanchester  Mary,  254. 
Lang  Richard  de,  484. 
Lange  John,  397,  505. 
Langley  John,  sen.  and  jun.,  218 ; 

Thomas,  475. 
Lastingham  Richard,  rector  of  Mor- 

peth,  501. 

Lascles  David  de,  19?.  211,  212,  248; 
Dorothy,  114;    William   Sanders- 
Seabright,  383. 
Latimer  bishop,  460. 
Law  Robert,  253. 

Lawson,  of  Langhurst  and  Oldmoor, 
pedigree  of,  161,  162;  Catharine, 
da.  of  William,  of  Little  Usworth, 
542  ;  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  John,  of 
Oldmoor,  210;  George,  503,  504 
bis,  508 ;  George,  of  Bywell,  399, 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


506;  Gilfctus,  4;  Henry,  of  Brough- 
hall,  1 8 ;  Jane,  daur.  of  John,  ol 
Langhurst,  191  ;  John,  4,  169 ; 
Lieut,  386;  Margaret,  168;  Mar- 
garet, widow,  172  ;  Margaret,  daur. 
of  John,  of  Longhurst,  193;  Mary, 
daur.  of  Edward,  of  Brunton, 
Mr  John,  204;  rev.  Henry,  441  ; 
Robert,  172,  351,  437;  Robert,  of 
Cramlington,  321 ;  Robert,  of  Ulg- 
ham,  and  family,  175;  Roger,  of 
Newcastle,  his  will,  172 ;  sir  John, 
382 ;  Thomas,  268,  328 ;  Thomas, 
of  Oldmoor,  172;  William,  160, 
353,  497,  501,  503;  William,  of 
Longhurst,  172,  173,  470. 

Lawton  Mary,  194. 

Laynge  Sande,  476. 

Leach  Cumberland,  of  Belsay,  441. 

Legard  Thomas,  alderman  of  New- 
castle, 115,  441;  Miss,  445. 

Lee  Jacob,  of  Blythe,  83 ;  John,  498 ; 
John,  vicar  of  Woodhorn ;  Henry 
married  Magd.  Delaval  at  Mitf'ord, 
84 ;  Mary,  da.  of  Thomas,  of  Hart- 
well,  239. 

Leeds  sir  Geo.-William,  of  Croxton 
Park,  202. 

Leiburnne  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Jas. 
of  Cunswick,  379. 

Leighton.     (See  Lighlon.) 

Leghe  sir  Christopher,  476 ;  Anne, 
daur.  of  John  of  Middleton,  York- 
shire, 298. 

Lesley  Alex,  general,  earl  of  Leven, 
382,  531,  582. 

Lessete  (or  Lesseth)  Robert,  rector 
of  Mitf'ord,  7,  31. 

Letewell  John  de,  101. 

Leuenet  Gospatric,  son  of,  471. 

Leven  general,  382,  531. 

Lewe  Peter  de,  487,  488,  489,  491. 
(See  Aqua  and  DeTewe.) 

Lewis  Anne,  daur.  of  John,  47,  538. 

Leycestria  Mr  Robert  de,  211. 

Liddell  sir  Henry,  M.P.,  533  bis; 
William,  507,  508  bis. 

Lighton  Anne.  476 ;  sir  Thomas,  397, 
506  bis,  508. 

Lilburne  Henry  de,  234.  236 ;  Thos., 
261  ;  William  de,  258,  337- 

Limerick  James  viscount,  M.P.,  533. 

Lindley  sir  Henry,  282,  330. 

Linemouth  Gosceline  de,  211. 

Lincoln  Nicholas  de,  491. 

Linton  John  de,  497  ter,  500  bis, 
501 ;  Walter,  son  of  Philip,  195; 
William,  497- 

Liolf  Sewarte,  son  of,  471. 

Lisle  (Del-yle)  Cecilia,  d.  and  h.  of 
John  de,  16 ;  John,  of  Acton,  365 ; 
John,  of  Woodburn,  49 ;  Marga- 
ret, d.  of  sir  Robert,  of  Woodburn, 
45 ;  Mr,  part  owner  of  Todburn- 

7c 


moor,  107;  Perceval,  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  115;  Robert  de,  20,  49, 
112, 533 ;  Robert  de  1  Maria  uxor, 
48 ;  Robert,  of  Chipchase,  49 ;  Ro- 
bert, of  Felton,  104;  Robert,  of 
Gosforth,  231 ;  Robert,  son  of  Ro- 
bert of  Hazon,  24;  sir  William, 
476. 

Lister  (Lytster)  John,  490  bis ;  Thos. 
495;  William,  410,  487,  489,  498, 
499. 

Lockwood  Elena  vid.  Witt  de,  340. 

Loncastre.     (See  Lancaster.) 

Lonsdale  (Lonnysdale)  John,  499  bis, 
501. 

Longueville  sir  Thomas,  of  Wolver- 
ton,  Bucks,  17- 

Loraine  Isabella-Charlotte,  247;  of 
Kirkharle,  450 ;  William,  437. 

Lorimer  John,  493  bis,  494  bis,  495 
bis,  496,  497  bis ;  John,  sen.,  492, 
497 ;  Robert,  499 ;  William,  496, 
497  bis. 

Lorran  Edward,  gent,  321. 

Lowes  Mabel,  of  Wagtail  Hall,  325. 

Lowschoulder  John,  497. 

Lowther  Barbara,  daur.  of  John  vis- 
count Lonsdale,  477;  Robert  de, 
6,  341. 

Lucy  Alice,  543 ;  Anthony  de,  377 ; 
Lucia,  474 ;  Maud  de,  410 ;  Thos., 
131;  sir  William,  44. 

Ludwich  Letitia,  daur.  of  Edw.,  47- 

Lumley  Elizabeth,  da.  of  Thos.  lord, 
201;  Henry,  532;  Joan,  daur.  of 
Thomas  lord.  262;  lord  John,  107; 
lord  Robert,  190;  lord  Thomas, 
172,  192;  sir  John,  323  ;  sir  Mar- 
maduke,  366;  sir  Roger  de  and 
Sybill  his  wife,  159 ;  Walleranus 
de,  128. 

Lumsden  Andrew,  520 ;  Edward,  402 
passim,  523,  524  ter ;  John,  522 ; 
Thomas,  esq.,  67- 

Lupus  Hugh,  543. 

Luteshall  dns  Rofcts,  212. 

Lychur  William,  488. 

Lyham  (Lyam,  Lyem,  &c.)  Ada  de, 
337,  339";  John  de,  319,  337,  345, 
346,  347- 

Lyndsay,  earl  of,  518. 

Lynton.     (See  Union.) 

Lytill  Richard,  490. 

Maddison  Robert,  169. 

Main  major-general,  455  ;  Edmund, 
M.P.,  532. 

Mainsforth  John,  498,  499. 

Mainwaring  sir  Phijip,  M.P.,  532. 

Mair  Ricus,  337. 

Maldut  Witt,  471, 

Malleroy  Cuthbert,  son  of  John,  of 
Studley,  237. 

Vlallet  Dorothy,  daur.  of  sir  Thomajs^ 
of  En  more,  331. 


INDEX. 


Maltalent,  258, 

Maltby  Ranulphus  de,  339,  345. 

MaZtravers  William,  471. 

Malwayn  John,  43. 

Man  John,  505  ;  Robert,  513. 

Mangebacpn  William,  123 

Manners  Henry,  duke  of  Rutland, 
383. 

Mansell  Louisa  Barbara,  da.  of  Bus- 
sy  lord,  240. 

Mansfield  Henry,  lord,  519. 

Mantile  Thomas,  476. 

Manuel  John,  497  ;  Thomas,  497. 

Marays  John,  1 23. 

March  Martha,  daur.  of  Richd.,  325. 

Margaret,  queen  of  Scotland,  521. 

Marisco  Hugo  de,  211. 

Mark  Mr  Geo.,  surveyor,  443,  448. 

Marr  Andrew,  518;  Edward,  522; 
George,  521  passim;  Thomas, 550; 
William,  521  bis. 

Marshall  Adam,  1 23  ;  Alex.  504  ; 
Dr.  Cuthbert,  399,  400,  500,  507, 
508  ;  Gawin,  517;  George,  35 1 , 
519  ;  Henry,  493,  497,  498  ;  John, 
of  Morpeih,  485  bis,  497,  500; 
Matthew,  35  ;  Richd,  398 ;  Richd., 
493  ter,  494  passim,  495  ter,  496 
bis,  497  ter,  498  ter,  499  quater, 
500  bis,  501,  503  bis;  Richd.  cap. 
492  ;  sir  Richard,  495  ;  Thomas, 
521  ter,  522  passim  ;  William,  53, 
502,505,  513,  520  ter;  William, 
B.LL.,  506;  William,  son  of  John, 
494. 

Massam  Robert   de,   263,   274  bis ; 

339,  340,  384,  486. 

Matfen  Halanus  de,  127;  John  de, 

9,  473. 
Mather  Mr,  usher  of  Morpeth  school, 

402. 

Mauclerk  Robert,  1 1 9. 
Maudelaeyns  William  de,  491. 
Mauduit  Godefrid,  258  ;  John,  453 ; 

John,  son  of  Roger,  1 73  ;  Rogerus 

de,   118,  251,  258,  274,  335,  337, 

340,  343,  344,  345,  583,  470  ;  Ro- 
gerus, miles,  248  ;   Rogerus,  vie.  ; 
Northumbriae,  213,  258;  dns  Ro- 
gerus, 48,  128,  173,  212,  258;  sir 
Roger,   453  ;   Weland,   312,  336, 
337,  345,  346,  539  ;  William,  471. 

Maufetur  Adam,  35. 
Maugur  Simon,  215,  219. 
Maule  Mary,  210. 
Mauleverer  sir  Richard,  485. 
Maundeville  Ausk.  de,  469 ;  Mervin 

de,  469. 

Mavin  Edward,  271  ;  Richard,  505. 
Maxwell  John,  402. 
Meggison  Lancelot,  402. 
Melburn  Anthony,  514;  Thos.,  515. 
Meldon  dna  Ydonea  and  Symon  ejus 

fit,  535}  Michael  de,  12 ;  Meg  of, 


11,12;  Parson  of,  37 ;  Rectors  of, 
8—10, 

MelfellAdam'de,  487  bis,  488  ter, 
489. 

Mendham  Humphrey,  35,  72. 

Menialda,  wife  of  William  de  Mer- 
ley,  374. 

Mercer  Ralph  le,  486. 

Mercers'  Company,  tithes  at  Wood- 
horn,  183. 

Merlay,  barons  of  Morpeth,  pedigree 
of,  375—383,  and  544  ;— Ada,  575  ; 
Adam,  383;  Alice  de,  125,  279,  237; 
372,  383  ;  Anser,  467  ;  Eve,  daur. 
of  Hawise,  313,  383  ;  Drunbaldus 
de,  471;  Godfridus,  469 ;  Grim- 
baldus,  383 ;  Hawise  de,  39,  335, 
471;  Johnde,  6;  John,  M.A.,384; 
Isabella,  107  bis,  281,  384,  498; 
Mary  de,  107  ;  Morellus,  469  ;  Os- 
bert  de,  414,  479;  Ranulphus,  94, 
129,  175,  572  bis,  385,  384,  406, 
408,  409,  414,  439,  469,  471,  479, 
482  ;  Richd.,  585  ;  Robt.  de,  469  ; 
Magr  RoBs,  250  bis ;  Roger  de,  89, 
100,108,118,  119,  171,279,285, 
295,  554,  555,  543,  344,  545,  371, 
414,  415,  468  bis,  469,  470,  471, 
481 , 485 ;  Roger's  grant  about  Ples- 
sy  Mill,  309  ;  Roger's  order  about 
dykes  and  ways  at  Horsier,  100; 
Roger  the  First,  480;  Roger  the 
Second's  grant  to  Morpeth,  480 ; 
Roger  the  Third,  105,  282,  283, 
304,  352,  334,  342,  453,  483  ;  Ro- 
ger the  Third's  grants  to  Plessy 
Mill,  87,  to  burgesses  of  Morpeth, 
372,  481,  482,  483;  Chantry  at 
Stannington,  280 ;— Wm.,  de,  '^48, 
384,  414,  479,  480,  482,  4*5  bis; 
— William's  address  to  the  King  in 
council,  420,  pays  a  fine  of  500  an- 
jouvins,  480,  481  ;  founds  an  in- 
firmary at  Morpeth,  440 ;  William 
the  First,  572. 

Merchants  dns  Halanus  de,  117. 

Merton  sir  George,  558. 

Meryngton  Witts  de,  554. 

Metcalf  Agnes,  daur.  of  James,  of 
Nappa,  255,  297,  542  ;  Christ.,  75. 

Meynville  Adam  de,  49,  271  ;  Adam, 
steward  of  Mitford,  65 ;  Joties  fit 
Johis  fit  Ade,  277  ;  Radde  540  ;— 
Robert,  54,  49;  dns  Sewallus  de, 
249;  William  de,  252,  253. 

Meysi  dns  Rofctus,  212. 

Michael,  son  of  Michael  and  Alice 
his  wife,  13. 

Michelson  Thomas,  351  ;  Mary,  354. 

Middleton  Gilbert,  232,  474,  491,  his 
rebellion,  60,  61  ;  John,  102,  119, 
212,  516;  Joseph,  his  will,  539; 
Margaret,  1 7  ;  Mr,  of  Belsay,  lease 
of  Chapington,  352  ;  Ralph,  gent., 


85 ;  Rich.,  lord  chancellor  of  Eng- 
land, 316  ;  RoBts  de,  6,  338,  539  ; 
Robert,  esq.,  16  ;  Robert  has  half 
of  Mitford  parsonage,  82  ;  Thos., 
6,  118,  261  ;  Thomas,  esq.,  24; 
Thomas  and  Rebecca,  of  River 
Green,  10;  Witts  de,  251,  336, 
348  ;  William,  esq.,  138  ;  sir  Wil- 
liam, 49. 

Midelham,  or  Midlam  William,  497. 

Mikley  John  de,  58. 

Milbank  John,  of  Thorp,  30 ;  Mark, 
333  ;  Mark,  sells  Pigdon,  82. 

Milburn  Alan,  506;  Anthony,  515 
bis;  Christopher,  512  ter,  513; 
George,  509,  512,  525,  526  ;  John, 
505,  506,  507 ;  Henry,  351  ;  Mi- 
chael, 516,  517  ;  Mrs  Grace,  525; 
Nourman,  506' ;  Richd.,  512 ;  Rofi- 
tus  de,  1 1 7,  337  ;  Robt.,  346,  525 ; 
Roger  515  quater;  Thomas,  172, 
347,390,  515,  516  ter,  519,  526, 
528  ter. 

Mill  Robert,  551. 

Milner  George,  506. 

Mills  Margaret,  daur.  of  William,  of 
Grey's  Inn,  113;  rev.  John,  B.A., 
291. 

Minecan  William,  333. 

Mison  Idonea,  widow  of  John,  of 
Langley,  536. 

Mitford  pedigree,  44 — 47,  evidences 
to,  49—51  ; — Anthony,  49,  491 
bis  ;  Alexander,  bro.  of  sir  John, 
.536;  Anne,  557;  Anthony,  161; 
Anthony,  of  Ponteland,  16,  537 ; 
Barbara,  537  ;  Barbara,  daur.  of 
Robt.,  7  1 ,  75  ;  Bertram,  537,  538; 
—  Bertram,  proprietor  of  Mitford, 
52,  and  of  Molesden,  86;  captain 
Henry,  538  ;  colonel,  72,  82;  Con- 
stance, wife  of  John,  51 ;  Cuthbert, 
54,  I  15,  511,  537  ;  Diana,  of  Seg- 
hill,  191;  Edward,  558  ;  Elizabeth, 
557,  538  ;  Frances,  557,  558  ;  Ga- 
wen,  537  ;  George,  537  ;  George, 
surgeon,  136;  Gerard,  112; — Hen- 
ry-Reveley,  proprietor  of  Newton 
Underwood,  70,  of  Thropil,  73,  and 
of  Newton  Park,  78; — Herbertus, 
prepositus  de,  248;  Humphrey,  85, 
537,  558  bis;  Jane,  of  Seghill,  46; 
John,  495,  557  quater,  558  bis; 
Jofles,  534,  494  quater,  495;  John 
de,  and  Constance,  his  mother,  66; 
John,  esq.,  of  Exbury,  71  ;  John, 
of  Seghill,  255  ;  Jones,  parson  de, 
558  ;  John,  son  of  William,  537  ; 
John,  lord  of  Mitford,  and  Sybil, 
his  wife,  55 ;  major,  533 ;  Mar- 
garet, 537  ;  Margaret,  daur.  of  Ro- 
bert, 17;  Marjory,  75,  113;  Mary, 
354,  537,  538  ;  Mary,  daur.  of  Ro. 
bert,  77 ;  Matthew  de,  33 ;  Nich. 


INDEX. 


559 


son  of  Matthew,  31,49;  Peter  de, 
Z6  ;  Peter,  son  of  Nicholas,  538 ; 
Philadelphia,  537, 538 ;  proprietors 
of  Molesden,  86;  Richard,  538; 
Ric.,  persona  de,  538  ;  Robert,  38, 
451,  520  ter,  521  ter,  538  bis;  Ro- 
bert, esq.,  30;  Robert,  M.P.,  532; 
Robert,  high-sheriff  of  Yorkshire, 
in  1 702,  537 ;  Sarah,  538  ;  sir  John, 
269,  537  passim;  sir  William,  441  ; 
Sybil!,  daur.  of  John,  lord  of,  39  ; 
Thomas,  397,  499,  500,  537  ;  Wil- 
liam 498,  499  bis,  537,  538  ;  Wil- 
liam and  Robert,  sons  of  Robert, 
of  Sighill,  394  ;  William  of  Scar- 
borough, 537  ;  William,  son  of  sir 
John,  536  ; — vicars  of,  30 — 32. 

Modese  William,  497- 

Moises  rev.  W.  B.,  vicar  of  Felton, 
331  ;  rev.  Hugh,  326. 

Moleston  sir  William,  chaplain,  65. 

Molesden  Wm.,  son  of  Roger,  536. 

Molloy  Frances,  da.  of  James,  71- 

Molyneaux  Elizabeth,  d.  of  viscount, 
104. 

Moor  Alex,  de  la,  123. 

Moore  Edward,  of  Bankhill,  3,  18. 

Mooteham  Dorcas,  daur.  of  John,  of 
Topesfield,  97- 

Monboucher  family,  of  Horton,  pedi- 
gree of,  261  ;— Bertram,  234,  264, 
267,  269,  274  bis,  340 ;  Christian, 
252 ;  Nicholas,  274. 

Monck  general,  519. 

Monck  sir  C.  M.  L.,  pi-oprietor  of 
Edington,  85 ;  property  in  New- 
bigging  by  the  Sea,  217,  219. 

Monroe,  450. 

Montealto  Hugo  de,  348. 

Montefurd  Robert  de,  260,  274. 

M  ontfort  Petsr  de,  37  ;  Simon  de, 
earl  of  Leicester,  38. 

Mora  Richard  de,  steward  of  Mor- 
peth,  484. 

Morall  sir  John,  518. 

More  Richard,  94  ;  llichd.  de  la,  484. 

Morell  Joan,  da.  of  Mich.,  453 

Morley  Wm.,  his  grant  of  Morwich 
to  St.  Cuthbert,  469. 

Mornington  lord,  104. 

Morpeth  Adam  de,  491  ;  John  de, 
492  bis ;  Peter  de,  469  ;  Reginald 
de,  chaplain,  398.  399,  487  ;  Hich. 
de,  490  ;  Richard,  clerk,  487  ;  Ric., 
bailiff,  490 ;  Ric.,  founds  a  chantry 
in  Morpeth  chapel,  397 ;  Robert 
de,  a  monk  of  Newminster,  544 ; 
sir  Walter,  rector  of,  306  ;  sir  Wal- 
ter, vicar  of,  335 ;  William  de,  489; 
viscount,  519;  viscount  Charles, 
532  bis  ;  Edward,  532  ter  ;  Henry, 
532,  533  ter. 

Morrison  Robert,  D.D.,  account  of, 
525,  526. 


Morton  George,  274 ;  Radulphus  de, 
151. 

Morwick  Hugo  de,  123,  159,  249, 
334,  335,  415;  Hugh,  and  Alina 
his  wife,  171  ;  Joties  de,  172  ; 
Thomas,  494. 

Mowbray  earl  Robert,  147,  179,  420, 
479;  dns  Rogerus,  107. 

Mowse  John,  498,  499,  500  bis. 

Moxon  Robert,  esq.,  of  London,  had 
lands  in  Woodhorn  in  1774,  189. 

Mubrai  Witts  de,  128. 

M  unchensi  Joan,  da.  of  Warine  de, 
41. 

Mundaville  Johes,  469. 

Mundham  Johes  de,  336. 

Mundy  Adam,  536. 

Murray  James,  38;  John,  earl  of 
Annandale,  538. 

Muscamp  Rofes  de,  345. 

Muschante  Thomas,  337- 

Musgrave  Barbara,  477;  Cuthbert, 
20  i  ;  Mary,  daur.  of  Thomas,  252, 
323;  sir  Richard,  of  Norton,  325  ; 
sir  Richd.,  of  Hayton  Castle,  382 ; 
Thomas,  marshal  of  Berwick,  120  ; 
William,  322 ;  Wilgefrid,  daur.  of 
Marjory  Fen  wick,  120.  t 

Mynn  Nicholas,  M.P.,  531. 

Nassington  Johes,  chis  de  Meldon,  ?•  | 

Naylcr  Mr,  rector  of  Morpeth,  524 ; 
Mrs,  530. 

Neal  Beatrix,  da.  of  Ralph,  constable 
of  France,  41. 

Neave  Cath.-Mary,  d.  of  sir  Ric.,  477- 

Nedderton  Robert  de,  350. 

Nedirton  William  de,  and  Catharine 
his  wife,  366. 

Neile  family,  pedigree  of,  297,  298 ; 
sir  Richard,  302,  520. 

Nelson  Mr  George,  451. 

Nesse  Adam  del,  489. 

Nesbitt  dns  Rofi  de,  117;  Rob.de, 
117;  James,  of  London,  333. 

Neubreg  John  de,  clicus,  540. 

Neumore  Agnes,  wife  of  Wm.,  son  of 
Ric.  de  la,  540. 

Nevins  Robert,  528. 

Neville  Alicia  de,  474 ;  Elizabeth,  da. 
of  Neville,  of  Stainton,  ;  Henry, 
331;  Sarah,  113;  Ralph,  lord  of 
Bernard  Castle,  377;  Richard,  of 
Billingbear,  331 ;  Rotit,  and  Joan 
his  wife,  40 ;  sir  Anthony,  44  ;  Ne- 
ville family,  owners  in  Ellington, 
197- 

Nevins  Robert,  528. 

Newburn  Gilb.  vie.  de,  7 ;  John  de, 
491  ;  Roger  de,  488  ter.  489  qua- 
ter,  490  bis,  491,  492 ;  William  de, 
487- 

Newbigging  John  de,  494,  540  ;  Jo- 
hes de  clericus,  219,  247,  258; 
Ralph,  son  of  Alex,  de,  215,  219. 


Newham  Ro'bs  de,  248;  Witts  de, 
127. 

Newland  George,  M.P.,  532. 

Newminster,  abbot  of,  35 ;  Adam,  ab- 
bot of,  118,  306,  332,  342,  344, 
345  ;  John,  abbot,  344 ;  Stephen, 
abbot  of,  336. 

Newthorpe  John  de,  151. 

Newton  John,  340,  492  ;  John,  vicar 
of  Newton,  in  Glendale,  ;  Isa- 
bella, 468 ;  Richard,  497  quinquies; 
sir  Isaac,  M  SS.  nf,  527 ;  Thomas, 
,504 ;  William,  487,  491,  492  bis, 
493  bis,  494  quater,  495  ter. 

Nichol  Geo.,  508 ;  Hehry,  505,  507. 

Nicholas,  son  of  Matthew,  35,  52. 

Nicholas  Mary,  daur.  of  rev.  Mr$  of 
Prestoncapes,  116. 

Nicholls  George,  523  bis,  524  septies, 
532 ;  Mr,  447  ;  Oliver,  524. 

Nicholson  Edward,  vicar  of  Mitford, 
162  ;  Henry,  507  ;  John,  512  ;  Isa- 
bella, 514;  Mr  Peter,  437;  Richd., 
341 ;  Robert,  505.  506  bis,  507  bis, 
508  ter,  509,  515;  Roger,  514; 
Thomas,  505. 

Normanville  Johan  de,  49 ;  Thomas 
de,  180,  210. 

Norham  Johes  de,  7- 

Northumberland  duke  of,  has  tithes 
in  Woodhorn,  183;  earl  of,  495; 
Thomas,  earl  of,  538. 

Norton  Thomas,  462,  503,  504  bis; 
William,  503,  504 ;  William,  mas- 
ter of  a  hospital  in  Berwick  upon 
Tweed  ;  rector  of  Whalton,  504. 

Novo-castro  Daniel  de,  151  ;  Wittus 
vie.  de,  7- 

Nowell  Herry,  M.P.,  531 ;  Philippa, 
498. 

Nunwick  Hugo,  550  ;  Hugo  fit  Hu- 
gonis,  250  ;  Waldevus,  250. 

Ogle  Anne,  widow  of  Mark,  177 » 
Anne,  da.  of  William,  of  Cawsey 
Park,  115;  Mrs  Anne's  legacy  to 
Horsley  School,  94 ;  Barbara,  d.  of 
John,  of  Ogle  Castle,  113;  Cath., 
widow  of  John,  of  Cawsey  Park, 
esq.,  146  ;  Constance,  d.  of  sir  Ro- 
bert, 46  ;  Cuthbert,  6  ;  Cuthbert 
lord  Ogle,  137,  169 ;  Cuthbert,  of 
Choppington,  46 ;  sir  Cuthbert, 
475;  deanOgle'sOde  to  theBlythe, 
308;  Gawen,  511;  George,  476; 
George,  of  London,  173;  Gilbertus 
de,  127,  224,  248;  Gregory,  of 
Cha  ington,  364 ;  Henry  endows 
Hebburn  Chapelry  School,  129, 
extract  from  his  will,  142  ;  Jacob, 
169  ;  James,  120 ;  James,  of  Caw- 
sey Park,  and  family,  130 ;  Jane, 
da.  of  Lancelot,  of  Burradon,  135 ; 
John,  270,  571 ;  John  de,  126, 
470,  485;  Johes  de,  258,  336. 


560 


INDEX. 


Joties  fil  Johis,  345 ;  John,  of  Caw- 
sey Park,  94,  236,  297 ;  John,  of 
Cawsey  Park,  presented  at  a  visi- 
tation, 92  ;  John,  of  Eglingham, 
esq.,  291;  John,  of  Hirst,  192; 
John,  of  North  Middleton,  160; 
rev.  John  Saville,  453,  467  ;  Isa- 
bell,  of  Newcastle,  359  ;  Isabella, 
da.  of  Robert  lord,  235 ;  sir  John, 
49,  258,  306,  453,  485,  486,  535  ; 
lord,  475 ;  Mr,  of  Nunnykirk,  531 ; 
Margaret,  297 ;  Margaret,  da.  of 
Robert,  6th  lord,  236 ;  Maria  fit 
Witti  de  Cockle  Pk,  254  ;  Martha, 
of  Bothal,  115;  Mary,  540 ;  Mary, 
daur.  of  William,  of  Cawsey  Park, 
235  ;  Matthew,  82,  511, 544 ;  Mat- 
thew, Charles,  and  John,  have  the 
great  tithes  of  Longhorsley,  91 ; 
Oswine,  467 ;  pedigree,  additions 
to,  543 ;  of  Bebside,  pedigree  of, 
276 ;  of  Cawsey  Park,  pedigree  of, 
135  ;  of  Choppington,  pedigree  of, 
365 ;  of  Tritlington,  138 ;  of  Hirst, 
192  ;  Philippa,  da.  of  John,  of  Ogle 
Castle,  135,  2?6;  Radulphus,  211 ; 
Ralph,  son  of  Matthew,  stabs  one 
Rosse  in  Stannington  church,  289 ; 
Ralph,  third  lord,  145;  Robert, 
115,  118,  511;  Robert,  created  a 
peer  in  1461,  140;  Rob.  de,  119, 
126,  334,  467;  Rob.  lord  Ogle, 
190,  133,  235,  367,  467 ;  Rob.  of 
Eslington,  351  ;  Robert,  of  Shil- 
vington,  393 ;  Robert,  senior,  453 ; 
sir  Robert  de,  108 ;  sir  Robert,  kt., 
seizes  Bothal  Castle,  170  ;  sir  Rob. 
of  Ogle,  453  ;  Samuel,  75  ;  Thos., 
106;  Thos.  de,  118  bis,  151,  231, 
259,  343, 344, 482 ;  Thomas,  gent., 
274 ;  Thomas  had  lands  in  Long- 
horsley 9  Edw.  II.,  106 ;  Thomas, 
of  Chopington,  364 ;  of  Tritling- 
ton's  will,  142  ;  Umfrid.  de,  248  ; 
William,  21 1. 

Oglethorpe  John,  M.P.,  532. 

Oliver  Edward,  524 ;  Elizabeth,  d.  of 
James,  of  Hexham,  291  ;  Robert, 
514. 

Oran  John,  514. 

Orchard  Wm.  del,  151. 

Orme  Edward,  71. 

Ormesby  Rofctus  de,  212. 

Orton  (Horton)  Osbertus,  presbyter 
de,  248,  275. 

Ord  Jemima,  daur.  of  William,  of 
Fenham,  99 ;  John,  535  ;  John, 
esq.,  533;  Margaret,  da.  of  John, 
of  Newbiggin,  7 1  ;  Mr,  449  ;  Ro- 
bert, esq.,  M.P.,  533  ter;  William, 
414,  533  ;  William,  esq.,  84,  450; 
William,  esq.,  M.P.,  534  passim. 

Orde  Anne,  daur.  of  Wm.,  of  Sandy 
Banks,  135;  Eleanor,  da.  ofGeo., 


of  Longridge,  71  ;  George,  475  ; 
Harriet,  daur.  of  Daniel,  of  Long- 
ridge,  136;  William,  jun.,  of  Fech- 
lington,  136;  William,  of  Nunny- 
kirk, 84. 

Osbaldeson  Mary,  daur.  of  Richard, 
of  Hunmanby,  4  7. 

Oslington  Johes  de,  343,  344. 

Otilwic  Acharius  de,  172. 

Ousley  Dorothea,  daur.  of  John,  of 
Hallaton,  116. 

Owen  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  David, 
44. 

Owlton  Adam  de,  488. 

Oxford  Edward,  earl  of,  219. 

Oxley  Amos,  515  bis,  516  bis,  519; 
Cuthbert,  516,  517. 

Paganus  venator,  127. 

Page  William,  536. 

Palmer  Alice,  daur.  of  ,  135; 

John,  498  ;  Robt,  of  Little  Slyke- 
burn,  350 ;  Roger,  483 ;  William, 
484,  486. 

Pampiswray  John  de,  487. 

Panetre  William,  396. 

Pantile  (Pantyl,  Pantill,  Pantyle) 
Adam,  484,  486;  John,  485,  486 
quater,  487  bis,  488  quater,  489 
quater,  49 1  ;  Peter,  486 ;  Roger, 
399,  497  bis,  498  ;  William,  486. 

Par  sir  William,  475. 

Parchier  Gaufrid,  469. 

Parckhurst  John,  466. 

Parco  Nicholaus  de,  473,  486. 

Park  Ric.  del,  6. 

Parke  John,  261. 

Parkenson  George,  46. 

Parker  John,  500,  501  ;  sir  Harry,  of 
Melford  hall,  202. 

Parkynson  Ricus,  348. 

Parys  (Paris)  John,  489,  490  passim, 
491  passim,  492;  William  de,  312, 
313,  335,  345;  Wm.  de  Schoton, 
336  ;  William,  and  notices  about 
the  Paris  family,  313. 

Pascha  William,  claims  Widdrington, 
224. 

Pashenham  John  de,  397,  399,  474, 
493,  494  quater,  495  bis. 

Paterson  Thomas,  521. 

Patricius  dns  fit  Walteri,  1 1 7. 

Patrick,  the  hangman,  488. 

Paul  Thomas,  337 ;  Thomas,  of  New- 
castle, 546,  and  a  proprietor  in  Pies- 
sis,  315. 

Pawell  Thomas,  339. 

Pawson  Wm.,  of  Shawden,  esq.,  449. 

Pawlyn  Beatrix,  1 95,  21 1 . 

Payn  Tabitha,  daur.  of  Henry,  97. 

Paynel  dns  Johes,  212. 

Payton  Catharine,  17. 

Pearson  Isabella,  a  proprietor  in  New- 
bigging,  219;  Matthew,  172;  Ro- 
bert, 168 ;  Roger,  of  Titlington,331 . 


Pelton  William  de,  493, 495. 

Piper  William,  497. 

Pembroke  earl  of,  457;  — Maria,  coun- 
tess of,  211;  grants  Woodhorn  to 
John  de  Denton,  181. 

Pendmore  Hugo  fit  Alexi  de,  540. 

Pepys  sir  Lucas,  bart.,  1 99. 

Percy  Elizabeth,  44  ;  family  patrons 
of  Longhorsley,  90;  Georgius,  255; 
Henricus  comes  Northumberland, 
252 ;  Hen.  comes  Northumt).  et 
Hen.  fit  suus,  334 ;  Henry,  536  ; 
Henry,  M.  P.,  551  ;  Henry,  of 
Athol,  54,  62,  131  ;  sir  Henry  de, 
109;  Margaret,  da.  of  sir  Ralph, 
262  ;  Margery,  daur.  of  sir  Henry, 
235  ;  Margery,  daur.  of  sir  Hugh, 
297  ;  sir  Ralph,  knt.,  43  ;  Thomas 
de,  211,  334  ;  Thos.,  earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland, possessed  of  Mitford, 
S3  ;  Thomas,  second  son  of  Henry 
Algernon,  262  ;  sir  Thomas,  43 ; 
sir  William,  476. 

Perceval  lady  Frances,  71. 

Perington  Adam  de,  179. 

Perkins  sir  Charles,  M.P.,  531  bis. 

Perkinson  Henry,  of  Beaumont-hill, 
236. 

Perkyns  Augustus,  esq.,  239. 

Perpound  Edmond,  274. 

Peter,  son  of  John  Parson,  of  Mit- 
ford, 52;  the  hangman  of  Morpeth, 
489 ;  the  page  of  Robert,  son  of 
Rob.  de  Stulleville,  58. 

Petre  Henry,  of  Dunkenhaugh,  477  j 
the  hon.  Henry,  477  ;  William 
lord,  477. 

Petrus  fit  Herefiti,  345. 

Peuerell  Johes  de  Baelcamp,  47 1 . 

Pickering  sir  William,  M.P.,  532. 

Pigot  Anne,  daur.  of  Thomas,  esq., 
239. 

Pikden  William,  497. 

Pilkington  James,  365;  James, bishop 
of  Durham,  393. 

Pirn  Mr,  buys  Ulgham-Grange,  173. 

Pincerne  Ralph,  313,  345. 

Pinkneo  Arnaldus  de,  clericus,  48  bis. 

Periton  family,  proprietors  of  Elling- 
ton, and  pedigree  of,  196. 

Place  Thomas,  507. 

Plescrope  Henry,  498. 

Plessis  (Plessetum,  &c.)  pedigree  of 
the  family  of,  295,  296  ;  Adam  de, 
100,  101,  119,  172,  249,  *93,  538, 
341 ,  344,  345,  546,  535 ;— John  de, 
7,  118,  119,  169,  249,  258,  277, 
283,  293,  304,  512,  314,  354,  336, 
337  bis,  338,  339,  340,  341,  342, 
343,  344,  345  bis,  346,  347,  361, 
473,  481,  482,  485;  John  de,  chosen 
a  conservator  of  the  peace,  294 ; 
John  de,  endows  the  chapel  of  Shot- 
ton  and  Plessy ;  John  de,  gives 


INDEX. 


561 


lands  in  Shotton  to  Ric.  de  Hors- 
ley,  314;  John  de,  grants  Herford- 
bridge  to  Brinkburne,  504 ;  John, 
son  of  Rich.,  311  ;  John,  son  of  Si- 
mon, 507 ;  sir  John  de,  5,  4 1 5, 5 1 2 ; 
sir  John,  seneschall  of  M orpeth, 
482  ;  sir  John,  sheriff  of  Northum- 
berland, 274;  Richard  de,  258,  535, 
337,  346,  480,  538  ;  Richard  de, 
and  Margaret,  his  wife,  51 1,  358  ; 
Richard,  son  of  Richard.,  336" ;  Ro- 
bert and  Sybill,  his  daur.,  293 ; 
Roger,  258,  294, 535,  480 ;  Sybilla 
tit  Rob.,  335;  Symon  de,  267,  304, 
512,  328,  335,  536,  341,  348,  470  ; 
Simon,  demises  Plessis  mill  to  Ro- 
ger de  Akeden,  311. 

Plomer  William,  494. 

Plumpton  sir  William,  316. 

Preston  Adam,  489  bis,  490  sexties  ; 
Anne,  daur.  of  John,  of  Furness, 
477;  Catharine,  172;  George,  of 
Holcar,  in  county  of  Lancaster, 
254  ;  John  de,  108,  534,  558,  539, 
491  ter;  John,  of  Newcastle,  chap- 
lain, 285  ;  Robert,  of  Newcastle, 
161  ;  Robert,  of  East  Matfen,  292; 
William  de,  357. 

Prestwick  ( Alan,  son  of  John,  474 ; 
John  de,  119;  John  de,  son  of 
John  de  Horsley,  119;  William 
de,  117,346,347,  361. 

Printell  Robert,  M.P.,  531. 

Prudholme  Witts,  473. 

Prudhow  John  de,  chaplain,  7. 

Pole  William,  35,  53. 

Pollard  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Robert 
Topesfield,  97. 

Pomfret  Thos.,  of  Stony  Stratford,  47. 

Pont  William  del,  471. 

Ponteland  Johes  vie  de,  7. 

Port  Mattheus  de,  337. 

Portland  duke  of,  proprietor  of  Ashing- 
ton,  167,  of  Cambois,  362,  of  Hurst, 
191,  in  Longhirst,  172,  in  Tritling- 
ton,  138,  and  Pegsworth,  164. 

Pott  John,  of  Nunnykirk,476 ;  Richd., 
of  Coltpark,  476." 

Potte  Robert,  503. 

Potter  John,  497  ;  Isabella,  503  ; 
Thimble,  of  Layer-de-lay-hay,  97  ; 
William,  518  ;  William,  of  Hawk- 
well,  esq.,  291. 

Potts  Eleanor,  341 ;  George,  of  Low- 
lin,  551  ;  George,  of  Shilford,  and 
family,  191  ;  John,  498;  Mrs,  of 
Killingworth,  274;  Mr  Peter,  of 
Cowpen,  274;  Thos.,  508  ;  Thos., 
a  proprietor  in  North  Seaton,  1 90, 
and  in  Tritlington,  1 39. 

Powel  Sarah,  daur.  of  Henry,  of 
London,  47. 

Psameter  Robert,  and  Alice  his  wife, 
536. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


Pudsey  Hugh,  bishop  of  Durham, 
409. 

Pudding  Walterus,  248. 

Pulleine  Henry  Percy,  of  Carleton- 
hall,  199. 

Pultney  Dr,  his  opinion  of  Turner  as 
a  botanist,  457. 

Punchardon  Nichus  de,  556,  557, 
338  ;  Ricus  de,  546  ;  Robertus  de, 
558,  340  ;  Walterus  de,  128. 

Purvis,  of  Earsden,  pedigree  of,  555, 
554;  Charles-Dalston,  esq.,  191; 
Elizabeth,  354  ;  R.  A.  esq.,  1 94. 

Pye,  family  of,  450,  451  ;  Charles, 
524;  Cuthbert,  511;  Cuthbert, 
had  a  grant  of  lands  in  Mitford, 
83  ;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Edward, 
520 ;  Mr  Edward,  proprietor  of 
Newminster  and  Highlaws,  84  ; 
John,  540,  515,  516  bis,  518  bis, 
419  quinque,  420  sexties,  521  ;  Mr 
John,  of  Morpeth,  proprietor  of 
East  Dudden,  288 ;  Mrs,  hanged 
for  witchcraft,  457  ;  Richard,  512, 
513,  514  bis;  Thomas,  517,  518, 
519,  530  bis;  Thomas, of Newmin. 
ster  abbey,  46  ;  William,  520  ter. 

Pykeden  Thomas  de,  492. 

QuelpdaleJohn  de,  497 — (See  Whelp- 
dale.  ) 

Quithell  John  de,  492,  493  ter.— 
(See  Whithitt.) 

Quitlawe (See  Whittawe.) 

Radcliff  (Ratcliff),  of  Dilston,  pro- 
prietors of  Meldon,  13;  Cuthbert, 
475;  Edward,  18;  Elizabeth,  d.  of 
sir  Edward,  of  Dilston,  17  ;  Fran- 
cis, 468; — Francis  has  half  the 
tithes  of  Mitford,  82;  Gilbert,512; 
James,  18  ;  John,  of  Hitchen,  383 ; 
lady  Mary,  299,  341  ;  Mary,  d.  of 
Francis,  237 ;  sir  Francis,  1 8  bis, 
209  ;  his  seal,  4 ;  sir  Edward,  of 
Dilston,  543  ;  possessed  Donkston, 
83 ;  a  proprietor  in  Cresswell  in 
1663,  203;— Thomas,  esq.,  298, 
403;  col.  Thomas,  299, 311  ;  Thos., 
notary  public,  7- 

Railston  James,  528  bis,  529  bis,  530 
ter ;  Robert,  530. 

Ralph  Fitz-Ralph,  375. 

Ralph  Fitz-William,  375. 

Rames  (Raimes,  Ravmes,)  Jacobus, 
6  ;  John,  333 ;  Nicn,  252,  334,  4?2; 
Rofis  de,  sheriff  of  Nortbumb.,  410. 

Ramsey  Madam,  of  Stanton,  110. 

Rand  Richard,  511. 

Rapier  Christopher,  530,  544. 

Rastwick  John,  523. 

Raw  John,  350. 

Rawling  Henry,  esq.,  69  ;— has  half 
the  tithes  of 'Mitford,  82  ;  sir  Ben- 
jamin, 82. 

Raye  Richard,  397- 


Rayness  Nichoi,  252. 

Raynton  Thomas  de,  188. 

Redesdale  John  lord,  71 ;  lord,  536. 

Redhead  (Readheued)  Adam,  490, 
492,  493,  494  ;  Thomas,  6,  516  bis, 
517;  William,  503,  515  ter,  516 
ter. 

Redman ,  of  Ireby,  70  ;  sir  Mat- 
thew, 377,  495. 

Redshaw  John,  170. 

Redworth  Thomas  of,  65. 

Ree  sir  Richard,  presbyter,  508. 

Reed  (Rede,  Reid,  Read),  of  West 
Hartford,  family  pedigree  of,  276  ; 
Alexander,  515,  516;  Archibald, 
515;  Catharine,  of  West  Hart- 
forth,  543;  Elizabeth,  da.  of  John, 
of  Acklington,  esq.,  191;  Eliz.- 
Mary,  da.  of  Gilford  Lawson,  202  ; 
Henry,  493  bis;  John,  503  ter, 
504  passim,  505  ;  Robert,  of  Wid- 
drington,  curious  anecdote  of,  241 ; 
sir  William,  244 ;  Thomas,  495, 
499,  500  ;  William,  esq.,  proprietor 
of  West  Hartford,  268. 

Reginald  fit  Wlfve,  469. 

Reiner ,  371,  469. 

Renner  John,  proprietor  in  New- 
bigging,  219. 

Repton  John  Stanley,  esq.,  194. 

Revel,  of  Widdrington,  descents  from, 
239,  543. 

Reveley,  of  Ancroft  and  Newton  Un- 
derwood, pedigree  of,  70 — 72 ;  Ber- 
tram, epitaph  of,  27,  28 ;  Edward, 
son  of  George,  of  Tweedmouth,  73; 
George,  72 ;  George,  of  Newton 
Underwood,  47 ;  Geo.,  of  Ancroft, 
70 ;  William,  254. 

Reynell  sir  Thomas,  M.P.,  532  ter ; 
Thomas,  M.P.,  531. 

Reynes  John,  333. 

Reynold  the  Brewer,  57. 

Reynolds  Mrs,  292. 

Richard,  abbot  of  Tinemouth,  182; 
Ricus  fit  Stanceli,  248  ;  Richard,  of 
Morpeth,  clerk,  founder  of  a  chan- 
try in  Morpeth  chapel,  484,  485 
bis,  486  ;  Richard,  parson  of  Wood- 
horn,  211  ;  Richard,  son  of  Argy- 
lic,  267  ;  Richard,  son  of  Robert, 
123  ;  Richard,  s.  of  Thurston,  123. 

Richardson  Andrew,  524 ;  Edw.,  424 
passim,  525  ;  Elizabeth,  d.  of  John, 
of  Durham,  298  ;  Henry,  of  Little 
Tosson,  76  ;  John,  504  bis  ;  Thos., 
522  bis  ;  William,  448. 

Richmond  Mary,  duchess  of,  382. 

Riddell  (Ridal,  Riddle,)  Edw.,  211;— 
grants  lands  in  Hurst  to  Robert 
lord  Ogle,  192 ;  Ed  ward- Widdring- 
ton, esq.,  539  ;  Johanna,  da.  of  sir 
William,  542  ;  sir  James,  proprie- 
tor in  East  Sleckburn  in  1788,  368; 


502 


INDEX. 


sir  Thomas,  254 ;  sir  William,  knt, 
237  ;  Thos.,  of  Fenham,  esq.,  268 ; 
Thomas,  of  Swinburne  Castle,  esq., 
104,  238  ;  William,  254. 

Ridley,  of  Blagdon,  &c.,  pedigree  of, 
322 — 327  ;  proprietors  of  part  of 
Carnois,  362 ;  bishop,  460  ;  Henri- 
etta-Elizabeth, da.  of  sir  Matthew- 
White,  194  ;  Hugh,  479  ;  Johanna 
de  ux  Nictii,  348 ;  John,  of  the 
Walltown,  323;  Matthew- White, 
esq.,  builds  Blagdon  Hall,  32? ; 
Mr  John,  a  proprietor  in  Elling- 
ton in  16G3,  198  ;  Nictis  de,  250  ; 
Nicti  fit  Thome  de,  348 ;  Nicti,  of 
Willy  mounts  wick,  513  ;  Odardus 
de,  348;  Itichard,  340;  Itobert, 
514  ;  sir  Math.  W.,  280,  363  ;— sir 
Matthew,  M.P.,  533;— sir  Mat- 
thew, proprietor  in  East  Sleckburn 
in  1788,  368  ;  in  prop,  of  Plessis, 
&c.,  299  ;  of  Rivergreen,  24 ;  pur- 
chases Catraw,  284  ; — sir  Nicholas, 
120,  475,  479,  vie  Northum ,  322 ; 
Witts  de,  348,  4?8,  479 ;  William, 
of  Tecket,  17  ;  William,  of  West- 
wood,  17. 

Riggesby  Isabella  de,  6,  13,  362. 

Rihill  Rofis  de,  251 . 

Ripley  Luke,  404,  530,  544. 

Ripplyngton  Thomas,  6. 

Rither  Ralph,  262. 

Roach  Anne,  da.  of  George  of  Ports- 
mouth, 326. 

Robert,  first  abbot  of  Newminster, 
406. 

Robert,  son  of  Aunger,  318. 

Robertus  fit  Normanni,  469  ;  fit  Pe- 
tri,  172,  248,  371,  469;  fit  Radi, 
123;  fit  Ricardi,  335,  345  ;  fit  Ro- 
berti,  127  ;  fit  Rogeri,  345. 

Roberts  Richard, 330, — purchases  the 
corn  tythes  of  Clifton,  281. 

Robinson  (Robynson,  Robyson,)  Ga- 
wine,  513,  514  passim,  5*15;  Geo., 
sen.,  of  Tynemouth,  506 ;  James, 
505  ;  John,  sen.,  340  bis ;  Robert, 
proprietor  in  Newbigging,  219; 
Thomas,  533;  William,  499  bis, 

500,  503. 

Robson   Gilbert,   352,    366;    John, 

501,  503;  John,  "person,"  of  Mor- 
peth,  390 ;   John,  rector  of  Mor- 
peth,  531  ;  Robert,  4?8. 

Rochesboro  Walterus  de,  469. 
Rochester  Edward,  506  bis ;  James, 

504;  John,  509. 
Rocke  Nichot  de,  346. 
Rodbertus  eps,  127- 
Rodum  Jolies  fil.  Ade  de,  339  ;  Tho. 

de  and  Emma  his  wife,  539. 
Rogers  Thomas,  516. 
Rogerson   John,   and   Margaret  his 

wife,  271,  277. 


Rogerus  fit  Ade,  335 ;  fit  Grimbaldi, 
172,  248;  fit  Radi,  342,  344,  345  ; 
fit  Witti,  219,  345. 

Rokeby  William  de,  391,  484,  485 
ter,  486  ter,  488. 

Rokewood  Edmund,  44. 

Rooke  James,  esq.,  18. 

Roos  Roger,  337. 

Roper  Melior,  97- 

Ros  John,  493  ;  Robert  de,  480. 

Rose  Adam,  of  Morpeth,  397 ;  sir 
Adam,  chap.,  488,  489  ter;  Wil- 
liam, 506. 

Roseles  John  de,  and  Beatrix  his  w., 
160. 

Rosell  Johes  de,  251. 

Rossil  Bridget,  da.  of  Gervaise,  239  ; 

Rotheby  master  Robert  de,  489. 

Rotheram  Caleb,  D.D.,  of  Kendal, 
444. 

Rotherford  Aymer  de,  232. 

Roule  Thomas,  476. 

Routhbury  (Rothebury,  Roudbury,) 
John  de,  496  bis,  497  ;  Thomas  de, 
490 ;  Thomas  de,  cap.  de  Novo 
Castro.  7- 

Rowntree  Thomas,  218. 

Rucester  Eilofde,  127;  Marjery  de, 
35. 

Rue  John,  son  of  Robert,  193  ;  Ro- 
bert de,  179,  249;— holds  Line- 
mouth  of  John  de  Bailiol  in  1240, 
191. 

Rukeby  Joties  de,  473. 

Rundell  Elizabeth,  sister  of  Philip, 
98  ;  Maria,  daur.  of  Thomas,  99  ; 
Thomas,  333. 

Russ  William,  505. 

Russell  Hugo,  250  bis  ;  sir  Francis, 
made  prisoner  at  the  Redeswire, 
120. 

Rutherford  lord  Robert,  resides  at 
Rockington  in  1769,  169  ;  Thomas, 
esq ,  and  family,  194  bis. 

Rutter  Margaret,  daur.  of  William, 
of  Newcastle,  135. 

Ryche  master,  466. 

Rychester  George,  450,  504  ;  James, 
504  bis  ;  John,  512 ;  Thomas,  504. 

Rycroft  Elizabeth,  da.  of  sir  Richard, 
541. 

Sabram  John,  511  ;  Nicholas,  274. 

Sackville  Robert,  earl  of  Dorset,  381. 

Sadler  John,  prop,  in  Longhirst,  172; 
prop,  in  Tritlington,  139 ;  pur- 
chases property  in  Tritlington,  540 ; 
Robert,  1?2;  Thomas,  495  ;  Wm., 
520 ;  prop,  in  Newbigging.  2 1 9. 

Sadlingstanes  Alicia  de,  holds  lands 
in  Shotton,  337. 

Saint  Bees  master  Gilbert  de,  37. 

Saint  Edward  .John  de,  58. 

Saint  Paul  Mary  de,  countess  of  Pem- 
broke, 43,  48  bis. 


Saham  sir  Robert,  rector  of  Morpeth, 
484. 

Salkeld  William,  322. 

Salmon  Robert,  501. 

Saltwick  (Salwic,  Saltwyke,)  Edulfus 
de,  469 ;  Ric.  de,  119,  289,  335, 
336,  344,  482,  483,  543 ;  Robert, 
484  ;  Roger  de,  289;  William,  289, 
346,  453,  485,  486. 

Salvin  Isabella,  daur.  of  William,  of 
Croxdale,  105  ;  lieut.-col,  son  of 
Gerrard,  of  Croxdale,  71  ;  Marg., 
da.  of  William,  105;  Rabecca,  da. 
of  Robert,  104. 

Sample  John,  of  Rockmoor  House, 
331. 

Sanderson  Elizabeth,  d.  of  sir  James, 
1 94  ;  rev.  Robert,  202  ;  Wm.,  403 ; 
Wm.,  of  Armithwate  Castle,  477. 

Sandford  Mabel,  235,  297  ;  sir  Ric., 
M.P.,  532  ter ;  Thomas,  of  Ask- 
ham,  236  bis. 

Sapy  Robt.  de,  escheator  citra  Tren- 
tam,  250. 

Saville  baron,  his  opinion  on  a  case 
respecting  the  corporation  of  Mor- 
peth, 515  ;  George,  M.P.,  531. 

Sawyer  Edmund,  330  ;  Edward,  284. 

Scauceby  Eudo  de,  48. 

Scharperton  Thomas,  101. 

Schauceby  William  de,  35. 

Scheles  Joties  de,  213. 

Schotton  (Shotlon,  Shoton,)  Adam,  s. 
of  Gilbert,  267 ;  Gilbert  de,  312, 
524  ;  Margaret  de,  312  ;  Nich.  de, 
332,  346,  482;  Olivia  de,  312; 
Ralph,  516;  Ralph  de  and  Alice 
his  widow,  65  ;  Richard,  son  of  Ro- 
bert, 314,  345;  Robert,  son  of 
Hangerai  de,  313,  314  ;  Thos.  cap. 
de,  335  ;  Walter  de,  313 ;  William, 
son  of  Roger  de,  312  bis,  449. 

Sco-Claro  Will's  de,  250. 

Sco-Kyrwith  Elizabeth,  334. 

Sco-Petro  fam.  de,  owners  of  Eding- 
ton,  Pigdon,  &c.  temp  Henry  II., 
84 ;  Constance  de,  36,  81  ;  Ralph 
de,  33,  47,  48,  128,  248;— holds 
two  knights  fees  in  the  barony  of 
Mitford,  81 ;  Richard  de,  306, 335, 
336,  348, 483  ;  Walter  de,  34,  336; 
William  de,  538. 

Scorzewe  John  de,  496. 

Scot  (Scott)  Adam,  495  ;  Adam,  vicar 
of  Horsley,  539 ;  Ann,  daur.  of 
William,  esq.,  of  Newcastle,  276 ; 
Charlotte,  da.  of  rev.  James,  99  ; 
Gilbert  de  Yerdham,  254  ;  Hugo, 
545  ;  Isabella  fit  Rici,  5  ;  John,  of 
Alnwick,  277  ;  the  hon.  John,  527; 
Nicholas,  vie.  Northumberland,  4 ; 
Ric.  fil  Rici,  5  ;  Richard,  of  New- 
castle, 15  ;  Richard,  jun.,  6  ;  Ro- 
bert, 58;  Thomas,  351  ;  Thomas 


INDEX. 


56S 


de  Warton,  356 ;  William,  coal-fit- 
ter and  merchant,  in  Newcastle, 
father  of  lords  Stowell  and  Eldon, 
193. 
Scotherskelf  Johes  de,  escheator,  4, 

5,  6. 

Scroggs  John,  476. 
Scroope  dame  Elizabeth,  536. 
Scrope  Henry,  lord  of  Boltou,  379  ; 
sir  Geoifrey,   baron   of  Whalton, 
225;  sir  John,  495,  536  ;  sir  John 
and  Elizabeth  de  Strathbolgie,  his 
wife,  67 ;  sir  John,  son  of  Geof- 
frey, 43. 

Scryvane  William  de,  539. 

Scurfield  Ralph,  of  Kachwick,  291. 

Seaton  (Seton,  Sethon)  Edmund  de, 
211 ;  Henricus,  213;  John  de,  189, 
219,  258;  John,  of  Durham,  298; 
Robert,  son  of  Robert,  188,  258, 
338  ;  Roger  de,  249  ;  William  de, 
274,  340  ;  William,  son  of  Isabel- 
la de,  190. 

Sedley  Elizabeth  Rebecca,  240. 

Selby  Ada  de,  274;  Frances,  110; 
Isabella,  daur.  of  Percival,  of  Bid- 
dleston,  75  ;  Margaret,  daur.  of 
William,  17  ;  Persevel,  476  ;  Pri- 
deaux  John,  of  Twizell-house,  esq. 
47  ;  sir  Gei  >rge,  1 6  ;  Thomas  de, 
345  ;  Thomas,  of  Biddleston,  and 
Agnes  Heron,  his  wife,  17  ;  Wal- 
ter de,  264  ;  William,  of  Newcas- 
tle, and  Agnes,  his  wife,  536. 

Serjeant  William,  of  Morpeth,  486. 

Seriane  Joties,  213. 

Seymour  Edward,  earl  of  Hertford, 
531  ;  Lawrence  de,  159. 

Shalech  Thomas,  65. 

Shaftoe  (Shafthou,  Shaftowe)  Edwd., 
of  Babington,  475 ;  Elizabeth,  5 1  ; 
Johes  de,  341  ;  John,  of  Little 
Bavington,  114;  Thomas  de,  4, 
368  ;  William  de,  4,  6. 

Shakespear  Arthur,  of  Stepnay,  323. 

Shannrev.  C.,  441. 

Sharparrowe  Richard,  498,  499. 

Shaw  Bernard,  135. 

Shelcross  Humphrey,  414. 

Shewtiod  Frances,  daur.  of  John,  of 
Cambridge,  97. 

Shield  Barbara,  daur.  of  William,  of 
Newcastle,  135. 

Shilvington  Robert  de,  major  Novi 
castri,  128. 

Shirburne  Mary,  duchess  of  Nor- 
folk, and  daur.  of  sir  Nicholas,  of 
Stonyhurst,  258;  William,  170. 

Shipley  Thomas,  530. 

Shipside  George,  325. 

Shipwash  rectors  of,  148 — 149. 

Shotton. — (  See  Schotton.j 

Shrewsbury  earl  of,  457  ;  Francis, 
earl  of,  379. 


Shute  Thomas,  403. 
Shuttleworth  Richard,  esq.,  47, 536 
Richd.  Hesketh,  of  Turnover  hall 
Lancashire,  538. 

Sibthorpe  Henry,  of  London,  414. 
Side  Hugh  del,  410. 
Sidney  Marlow,  esq.,  270;  Marlow 

Francis,  273. 

Silvertop  William,  340,  341. 
Simcoe  lieut.-gen.    John,   92 ;    rev 
William,  vicar  of  Longhorsley,  91 
of  Woodhorn,  191. 
Simon  fil  Maugi,  219  ;  fil  Hugo,  538 
Simpson   Isabella,  277 ;   John,  esq. 
368  ;    Miss,    proprietor  in  West 
Sleckburn,   568 ;    Richard,    348  ; 
Thomas,  511. 
Singleton  archdeacon,  394 ;  William, 

203,  528  bis. 
Sisterton  Roger,  341. 

Skelton  Alice,  daur.  of Skelton, 

of  Bramfort,  323. 
Skilling  Michael,  5. 
Skinner  Adam,  496  ;  Arthur,  inscrip- 
tii  m  on  his  grave-stone  in  Meldon 
church,  11  ;  Robert,  475. 
Skipsey   family   of,   Bedlington,  ac- 
count of,  351. 
Skirlaw  Walter,  bishop  of  Durham, 

90. 

Skutt  Benjamin,  of  Brompton,  553. 
Slegg  William,  500. 
Sligo  Louisa-Catharine,  marchioness 

of,  1 94. 

Slingsby    Mary,   daur.   of  the   rev. 

Charles,  rector  of  Rothbury,  290  ; 

sir  Francis,  knt.,  of  Scriven,  262  ; 

sir  Robert,  of  Nowsells,  1 7. 

Sloane  Thomas,  529  ;  William,  esq., 

383. 

Slykburne  John  de,  271,  350. 
Smalis  Richard,  497. 
Smallridge    rev.    George,  rector  of 

Bothal,  202. 
Smetham  Sarah,  210. 
Smith  Anne,  of  Stockton,  76  ;  Cuth- 
bert,  515  bis,  516  ter,  517,  518; 
George,  5O5,  506,  507,  512,  513, 
514,  515;  Jane,  of  Togston,  162  ; 
John,  493,  498,  500,  519;  John, 
of  Hawtwesil,  348  ;  John,  vicar  of 
Newcastle,  213;  Margery,  a  pro- 
prietor in  Ellington,  in  1663,  198; 
Mary,  477  ;  Rich.,  484,  486  ;  Ro- 
bert,* 215,  272,  390,  503,  518;  Ro- 
bert, of  Plessy,  esq.,  159  ;  sir  Da- 
vid, 55  ;  Stephanus,  348  ;  Susan- 
nah, 354  ;  Thomas,  548,  459,  489, 
490  passim,  491  ;  William,  492 ; 
William,  of  Cressing  Temple,  esq., 
97. 
Smithson  Langdale,  son  of  sir  Hugh, 

of  Stan  wick,  71  bis. 
Snawdon  (Snowdon)  John,  512  bis, 


514  bis;  Robert,  5J4  bis;  Sande, 
476. 

Softley  Lawrence,  518 ;  Thomas,  524. 
Somer  (Somyr)    Adam,    490,    492; 

Ricus  de,  340,  505. 
Somerset  (Sommerset)  duke  of,  457  ; 
— an  improprietor  of  Woodhorn, 
187. 

Sommerville  lady  Joan,  415 ;  lieut.- 
col.,  governor  of  Morpeth  castle, 
385  ;  lord  Robert,  251  ;  Philip  de, 
109,  414,  472;  Robert  de,  175, 
373,  376,  472  ;  Robert  de,  knt. 
455  ;  Robert  de,  and  Isabella,  his 
wife,  289,  572  ;  Roger  de,  95,  281, 
410,  472  ;  sir  John,  485;  sir  Ro- 
bert, 485,  sir  William,  1 1 8. 
Sotherine  Anthony,  161  ;  Thomas, 

172. 
Sothwyke  (Southwik)  John,  496, 497 

passim. 
Soulsby  Mary,  539  ;  Ralph,  of  Hal- 

lington,  esq.,  114. 
Southcote  Edward,  of  Blitheborough, 

238. 
Spearman  of  Eachwick,  pedigree  ofj, 

291 ;  John,  341. 
Spence  Margaret,  525. 
Spencer  lady  Frances,  382. 
Spendelof    (Spendlove,    Spendlowe) 
John,  493  bis,  494  ter,  495  ter, 
496  ter;   John,  of  Ulgham,  buys 
his  freedom  from  lord  Greystock, 
540. 

Spicer  Mariota,  488. 
Spittle  John,   bailiff  of  Bedlington, 

350. 

Spore  Jannet,  172;  Richard,  507. 
Spur  John,  501 . 
Spurnell  William,  483,  485. 
Stafford  col.,  526. 
Stamfordham  Robert  de  cap.,  332. 
Standish  Edward,  477. 
Stanhope  Robert,  365. 
Stannington  Johes,  rector  de,  7  ;  sir 
Stephen,  rector  de,  506,  355  ;  Wil- 
liam  fit  Witti  de,  556, — conveys 
land  in  Blagdon  to  Simon  de  Pies- 
sis,  319. 

Stanour  Eleanour  de,  49. 
Stanton  Rogerus  de,  335 ;  Thomas 
de,  65;  William,  presbyter  de,  471. 
tapleton  Catharine,  daur.  of  Thos., 
esq.,  539 ;   William,  of  Edenhall, 
522,  525,  548. 
Starkey  John,  350. 
Startup  Andrew,  467. 
Statelington  Johes  de,  250. 
Steele  Charlotte,  daur.  of  the  right 

hon.  T.,  327;  Cuth.,  520;  , 

daur.  of  Aaron,  of  North  Dissing- 
ton,  291. 

tephanus  fif  Eici,  335  ;  Stephanus, 
rector  de  Morpeth,  345. 


564 


INDEX. 


Stephen,  son  of  Utred,  55. 

Stephenson  John,  proprietor  in  New- 
bigging,  219  ;  Rob.  Capts,  348. 

Steward  John,  viscountGairlies,M.P., 
533 ;  Thomas,  453. 

Stikeburne  John,  and  Margaret,  his 
daur.,  271. 

Stiklaw  William  de,  274,  336. 

Stitchel  Robert,  bishop  of  Durham, 
86. 

Stobham  William  de,  346. 

StockeRadde,  211. 

Stoddart  Charles,  520  ter ;  John, 
522. 

Stokesfeld  Elys  de,  49 ;  Gilbert  de, 
48. 

Stokhalgh  Rowland,  501  bis. 

Stokoe  Edward,  of  Carlisle,  325  ; 
Mr  Michael,  of  Hay  don  Bridge, 
325. 

Stoorat  Robert,  512. 

Storer  Anthony,  esq.,  M.P.,  534. 

Storey  Andrew,  of  Berwick,  271, 
277;  Robert,  168,  520;  William, 
523. 

Storrs  Anne,  199. 

Stote  Richard,  519. 

Stoteville  Robert  de,  49. 

Stourton  Charles-Philip,  14th  lord 
of,  238. 

Strabolgie  (Strathbolgie)  David,  earl 
of  Athol,  42,  48,  536,  538  ;  Eliza- 
beth, wid.  of  sir  Thos.  Percy,  536. 

Straker  William,  1 72. 

Strangeways  sir  James,  380. 

Stratton  Roger  de,  313. 

Stredlam  Hosbertus  de,  249. 

Strickland  Thomas  de  Sisergh,  in 
Westmoreland,  9.54. 

Strivelyn  Johes  de,  5,  6 ;  John  de, 
and  Joan,  his  wife,  316  ;  sir  John 
de,  233, — has  lands  in  Bedlington- 
shire,  362. 

Strother  Alan  del,  vie.  Northumber- 
land, 253  ;  bailiff  of  Tindale,  542  ; 
Elizabeth,  da.  of  col.,  of  Fowber- 
ry,  135 ;  Joan,  wife  of  Robert 
Horsley,  103;  Mary  del,  75,  115, 
115;  Maud,  235;  Robt.,  and  Phi- 
lippa,  his  wife,  536  ;  Thomas,  son 
of  Alan  del,  321  ;  Witts  1  Johan- 
na ux,  1 18. 

Stubble  Thomas,  499, 

Stute  Robert,  486. 

Stuteville  Alice  de,  daur.  of  Roger, 
374 ;  Robert  de,  57,  57,  58  ;  Witts, 
480. 

Styford  Witts  fit  Thome,  4. 

Subtiller  John,  537. 

Sules  Johes  de,  250  bis;  Witts  de, 
justic.  Laodonie,  250. 

Sunderland  Anne,  daur.  of  Thomas, 
of  Ulverston,  199  ;  Mary,  daur.  of 
Thomas,  of  Bigland  Hall,  541. 


Surtees  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Aubone, 
esq.,  and  wife  of  the  earl  of  Eldon, 
1 94  ;  Frances,  326 ;  Mary,  daur. 
of  Robert,  esq.,  of  Milkhouseburn, 
191  ;  Mary,  daur.  of  Robert,  of 
Milkwellburn,  554;  sir  Thos.,  542; 
William,  esq.,  of  Newcastle,  pro- 
prietor of  Pigdon,  82. 

Sutton  Mary,  daur.  of  Richard,  lord 
of,  261. 

Swaby  Simon  de,  212. 

Swain  Johes,  337. 

Swallow  Mr  John,  of  Morpeth,  pro- 
prietor of  Ulgham  Hall,  177. 

Swan  Mr  Joseph,  524  ;  Sarah,  468  ; 
Thomas,  502,  503,  505,  529  bis, 
530 ;  William,  a  proprietor  in  El- 
lington, in  1663,  198. 

Sweethope  (Swethop)  Thos.  de,  347  ; 
Warinus  de,  251  ;  Witts  de,  250, 
347,  348  ;  Witts  fit  Witti,  339. 

Swinburne,  of  Swineburne,  pedigree 
of,  with  that  of  Widdrington,  230 
— 233,  249—251  ;  family  of,  in 
Morpeth,  454  ;  Adam  de,  4,  60, 
241  ;  Ada  fit  dni  Johis  de,  250 ; 
dns  Ada  de,  240;  Alexander  de, 
101,  250;  Barnaba  fit  Ade,  251  ; 
Catharine,  da.  of  Gawine,  of  Chees- 
burne  Grange,  542  ;  Christian,  da. 
of  sir  Adam  de,  225  ;  Edwd.,  505  ; 
Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir  Wm.,  103, 
234  ;  Johes  de,  7  ;  dns  Johes  de, 
4,  249 ;  John,  of  Chopwell,  475  ; 
Johes  de  1  Agnes  ux,  251  ;  dns 
J  ohes  1  Anicia  ux,  250 ;  Margaret, 
daur.  of  Cuthbert,  of  Longwitton, 
199;  Maria  ux  Witti  de,  117; 
Nicholas  de,  226 ;  rev.  Robert,  vie. 
of  Finden,  Sussex,  291  ;  Ri£.  fit 
Alan,  250;  Roger,  507,  508;  sir 
Adam  de,  imprisoned  at  Berwick, 
250  ;  sir  John,  11,  255  ;  sir  John, 
of  Capheaton,  18;  sir  Thomas, 
246;  sir  William,  51,  366;  Tho- 
mas, 537,  — of  Nafferton,  501 ; 
Ulfchill  de,  descendants  of,  230, 
248;  Witts  de,  250,  253;  Witt, 
of  Capheaton,  475,  4?6 ;  Witt,  of 
Longwitton,  esq.,  1 1 4. 

Swinhoe  Anne,  da.  of  William,  201 ; 
Ralph,  of  Rock,  475 ;  Walter  de, 
63. 

Swinford  Witts  de,  336. 

Syggyston  Robert,  500,  501. 

Sjlvester  John,  rector  of  Bothal, 
147. 

Syward  Ricus,  250. 

Tailboys  Henry,  6;  sir  Robert,  410. 

Talbot  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  George, 
earl  of  Shrewsbury,  379 ;  William, 
esq.,  394. 

Tankerville  Lord,  impropriator  of 
Stannington,  329. 


Tasca  William,  248. 

Tate  (Tayte)  Robert,  537 ;  Mr  Ro- 
bert, 55 ;  Thomas,  499  ;  Thomas, 
vicar  of  Haltwhistle,  ;  William, 
522,  523,  524,  sexties,  525  ter. 

Tatham  Jane,  of  Burrow  Hall,  76 ; 
John,  of  Cautifield,  esq.,  76. 

Taylor  (Talyour,  Taylier)  Alex., 
497  ;  Meadows,  esq.,  of  Harold's 
Cross,  Ireland,  47  ;  Richard,  350 ; 
Roger,  512,  514;  Thomas,  476, 
499;  William,  489,  511 ;  William, 
son  of  William,  of  Felton,  clerk, 
328. 

Teasdale  Cuthbert,  292. 

Teisa  Emma  de,  wife  of  Ralph,  375. 

Teket  magister  Johes  de,  250. 

Tempest  Jane,  daur.  of  sir  Thomas, 
of  Stella,  238 ;  sir  Nicholas,  254 ; 
sir  Richard,  475. 

Tempilman  Peter, 

Terewithe-Scheles  Hugo  de,  250. 

Terwhitt  Anne,  daur.  of  sir  William, 
of  Kettilby,  44. 

Tewert  William,  of  Monkwearmoutb, 
162. 

Themilby  William,  170  ;  clericus, 
539. 

Thirkeld  Johes,  523. 

Thirlwall  George,  of  Rothbury,  236 
bis ;  Johes  fit  Witti  de,  250  ;  Lan- 
celot, 255  ;  Rowland  de,  348 ;  Ri- 
cus  de,  250  bis. 

Thoburn  James,  a  proprietor  in  New- 
bigging,  219. 

Thomas  fit  Liulfi,  258 ;  of  the  Ab- 
bey, 486. 

Thompson  Edward,  520  ;  Elizabeth, 
513;  George,  508;  James,  515, 
526  bis,  528;  John,  498;  John, 
of  Bothal,  clerk,  172;  Messrs,  of 
Espley,  84;  of  Muckley,  105;  Mi- 
chael, 520  bis ;  Ralph,  439  ;  Rog- 
er, 506  ter;  Thomas,  6,  520,  521 ; 
Thomas,  takes  the  name  of  Bul- 
lock, 77  ;  Witts,  253;  the  rev.  W. 
D.,  of  Horton,  275. 

Thorald  John,  192,  195,  215,  219; 
Thorald  Johes  de,  Newbigging, 
219  ;  Mary,  daur.  of  Anthony,  of 
Blankney,  237;  Robert  de,  21 9^ 
Robert,  sen.,  248. 

Thoresby  Johes  de,  253. 

Thorngrafton  Nicholas  fil  Andrew, 
250. 

Thornton  Dorothy,  daur.  of  Roger, 
of  Witton,  ;  Galfrid,  497,  498 ; 
Henry  de,  248  ;  Henry  de,  chap- 
lain, 221  ;  sir  Henry  de,  221  ; 
John  520 ;  John,  esq.,  403  ;  John, 
proprietor  in  Todburn,  1 07 ;  Ni- 
cholas, 475  ;  Nicholas,  of  Witton, 
476 ;  sir  Nicholas,  of  Netherwitton, 
237 ;  Richard,  has  free  warren  in 


INDEX. 


565 


Bellasis,  &c.,  290;  Roger,  473; 
Roger,  of  Netherwitton,  378 ;  Ro- 
ger, burgess  of  Newcastle,  415; 
sir  Roger,  253 ;  sir  Roger,  rector 
of  Folketon,  486 ;  Witts  Capetts, 
212. 

Thoroton  lieut-col.,  2?3 ;  Robert,  of 
Harrington,  273 ;  rev.  Sevitt,  273. 

Threlkeld  Deodatus,  138  ;  Henry, 
136;  John,  son  of  Deodatus,  136; 
of  Tritlington,  tomb  in  Hebburn 
chapel,  131. 

Thrilby  Thomas,  2?4,  493,  494. 

Throckmorton  Mary,  da.  of  William, 
of  Coughton,  105. 

Throklaw  Robert  de,  313,  345. 

Throphill  (Trophill)  Wihekrd  de,  3, 
47,  72,  248. 

Thursby  Richard,  clerk,  curate  of 
Morpeth,  576. 

Tincler  Ralph,  485. 

Tindale  (Tindal,  Tyndall)  Adam  de, 
335 ;  Francis,  M.P.,  531 ;  John, 
proprietor  in  Longhurst,  172 ;  Ro- 
bert, 57 ;  Witts  de  miles,  4. 

Tinemouth  Clement,  prior  of,  252  ; 
Ric.  abbas  de,  182;  Simo  de,  151 ; 
John,  vie.  de,  7- 

Tison  (Tysun)  Germanus,  258 ;  Ri- 
cus,  4,  469  ;  Ric.,  son  of  Gilbert, 
lord  of  Alnwick,  318  ;  Wido,  248 ; 
Wittus,  128. 

Tizack,  family  account  of,  129 ;  Jo- 
seph, a  proprietor  in  Tritlington, 
139. 

Todd  (Tode)  John,  esq.,  of  Tranby, 
194;  Richard,  508,  509;  Robert, 
a  mediciner  and  charmer  of  cattle, 
515;  Roger,  son  of  Nicholas,  318. 

Toggesden  Agnes,  uxor  Rogeri,  302, 
336;  Roger,  296,  332,  335,  336, 
343,  344,  346  ;  Witts  de,  336. 

Touleville  John  de,  169. 

Townley  Mary,  Anne,  and  Dorothy, 
477 ;  Richard,  of  Townley  haU, 
esq.,  238. 

Towry  captain,  329. 

Traversius  Anthonius,  460. 

Trehaneton  Petrus  de,  258. 

Trevanian  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  sir 
Hugh,  236. 

Trevylyan  and  Witham,  proprietors 
in  Wingates,  108. 

Trewyk  Henry  de,  117  ;  Robt,  505. 

Treygoz  dns  Johes,  212. 

Trilbeye  Thomas  de,  274,  493,  494. 

Triplet  Dr,  his  benefaction  to  Wood- 
horn,  187. 

Tritlington  Walterua  de,  172. 

Troll  Richard,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
536. 

Tronan  Adam,  486. 

Trotter  Robert,  448. 

Trouan  Robert,  486,  489. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


Trus  Robertus,  346. 

Tudor  lady  Mary,  18. 

Tughall  Robert,  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  288  ;  Toghall  Robert  de,  387- 

Tulip  Henry,  esq.,  a  proprietor  in 
Newbigging,  217,  219. 

Tunstall  George,  M.D,  47. 

Tur  William  de  la,  35,  72 ;  and  Mar- 
gery his  wife,  34. 

TurbeviUe  Witts  de,  118. 

Turbreville  Witts  de,  248. 

Turner  (Torner,  Tornour)  Cecilia, 
da.  and  heir  of  Robert,  ;  John, 
459,  498,  500,  501,  502,  504  ;  Pe- 
ter, son  of  Dr,  465;  Robert,  459 
bis,  499  bis,  500  bis,  512,  513,  514 
his,  515  ter ;  William,  401  ;  Dr 
William,  158,  account  of  his  life 
and  writings,  455—467  ;  rev.  Wil- 
liam, of  Newcastle,  441 ;  William, 
tanner,  459. 

Turpyn  Johes,  49;  Nichs,  119. 

TwisUl  John,  366. 

Tyler  Jane-Ogle,  527. 

Tyok  Nich.  Capetts  de  novo  castro, 
7. 

Tytymsale  Ric  clericus,  46  bis. 

Udard  miracle  on,  at  Mitford,  64. 

Ulcester  William  de,  258. 

Ullesby  Thomas  capets,  252. 

Umfreville  Alice,  daur.  of  Robert, 
40,  125  ;  Gilbert  de,  232,  470 ; 
Jordan  de,  383 ;  Margery,  da.  of 
Richard,  375,  470;  Odinel  de,  127, 
224,  248;  Ric  de,  470;  Robert, 
252,  274  ;  sir  G.  de,  4]0  ;  sir  Odi- 
nel, 414 ;  sir  Thomas  de,  252,  410; 
William,  383. 

Unfreth,  the  brother  of  Robert,  son 
of  Norman,  469. 

TJnnying  Edgar,  so  called,  415. 

Unthank  John,  476. 

Ussher  (Uscher,  Usscher)  Ric,  500 ; 
Robert,  334,  491  ter,  492  bis,  493; 
Roger,  496  bis,  498,  501,  502,  503 
bis;  Rowland,  501. 

Urwin  William,  519. 

Uvedale  sir  William,  382. 

Vale  Gilbertus  de  la,  470 — (See  De- 
laval.) 

Valence  William  de,lord  of  Mitford, 
pedigree  of,  41  ;  Agnes  de,  180 ; 
Agnes,  wid.  of  Hugh,  216  ;  Aym- 
er  de,  43,  49,  59,  535. 

Valencia  William  de,  earl  of  Pem- 
broke, 36. 

Vallibus  Johes  de,  49,  250. 

Vanbrugh  sir  John,  454. 

Vane  Frances,  daur.  of  sir  George, 
of  Longnewton,  47 ;  Jane,  da.  of 
sir  George,  of  Rogerly,  537. 

Vans  Adam  de  1  Alice  ux,  252; 
Adam  de,  271,  277  ;  Gilbert  de, 
6,  340 ;  John,  son  of  Adam  de,  234 

7E 


bis,  253 ;  Robert  de,  252. 

Veitch,  the  covenanter,  and  his  daurs. 
account  of,  109. 

Venis  William,  505,  508  bis,  512. 

Vere  Isabella  de,  41. 

Vernon,  of  Widdrington,  pedigree  of, 
239;  Edmond  de,  284;  Esmond 
de,  334;  George  lord,  nominates 
to  Wodrington,  248;  lady,  pro- 
prietor in  Newbigging,  219;  Mr, 
representative  of  three  barons,  543. 

Verty  Isabel,  493  ;  Maud,  493. 

Vesey  Agnes,  498 ;  Catharine  de,  45; 
Eustach  de,  345  ;  William  de,  180, 
210,  211,  212,  285,  334;  Witt  de, 
and  Isabella  de  Piriton,  196. 

Vigerus  (Vigur,  Vigrus,  Vikerous) 
Hugo,  48,  336,  341  ;  Simon,  497 
ter,  498 — (See  Wigerous.) 

Vilur  Brun  de,  35,  85. 

Waddilove  rev.  Robert  Darley,  of 
Topclive,  proprietor  in  Woodhorne 
in  1774,  189. 

Wailes  Margaret,  daur.  of  James,  of 
Heugh,  291. 

Wake  Mary-Anne,  468. 

Waknole,  in  Novo  Castro  Ricus  Mi- 
nister  de,  253. 

Walcher,  bishop  of  Durham,  420, 47  9. 

Walibrig  Adam,  489. 

Walker  Alexander,  508 ;  Elizabeth- 
Anne,  daur.  of  Robert,  of  Stokers- 
ton,  116  bis;  Jane,  351;  Johan, 
460  ;  Johes  de,  1 28,  514  bis ;  Ric., 
497;  Thomas,  490;  Thomas,  of 
Killingbeck  house,  447. 

Wallis  (Walys)  Anne,  of  Alkeld,  46; 
Hugo  de,  250  ;  John,  503 ;  Ralph, 
of  Copeland  castle,  and  descen- 
dants, 136  ;  William,  of  Knares- 
dale,  323;  Mr  William,  of  Newcas- 
tle, proprietor  of  Rivergreen,  23. 
(See  Walsch.j 

Wallington  Johes  de,  4,  6, 118,  251, 
368. 

Walsch  (Walsh,  Walsche,  Walisch) 
Johes,  346,  495,  496 ;  Nicholas, 
495,  496,  497  passim,  498  ;  Ralph, 
492;  Roger,  491,  494  ter — (See 
Welsh.) 

Walson  John,  503. 

Walton  Hugh  de,  366  ;  rev.  John, 
162;  Thomas,  253,  315,  32O,  534, 
346 ;  Thomas  de,  son  of  Elizabeth, 
of  St.  Kyrwith,  285. 

Walter,  master  bailiff  of  Morpeth, 
488. 

Walters  Thomas,  esq.,  326. 

Walterus  fit  Petri,  248  ;  fit  Philippi 
de  Lineton,  211  ;  fit  Rici,  335  ;  fit 
Stanceli,  248 ;  rector  de  Staneton, 
345. 

Wanclino  magro,  336. 

Wankeline  the  Porter,  58. 


566 


INDEX. 


Wanles  Job,  of  the  Byrkheds,  476 ; 
Thomas,  514. 

Wansforth  Robert  de,  500. 

Warburton  Anne,  da.  of  Peter,  esq., 
262. 

Ward,  of  Bebside,  ped.  of,  277 ;  Ag- 
nes, 495 ;  Edward,  98  ;  Edw.  and 
Jane,  530 ;  John,  341, 450,  492  bis, 
493  bis,  494  ter,  498,  499,  530; 
Dr.  John,  of  Gresham  College,  ac- 
count of  his  copy  of  the  Britannia 
Tlomana,  447  ;  Robert,  esq.,  of 
London,  2?0  ;  Robert,  M.P.,  531 ; 
William,  gent.,  54 ;  William,  M.P., 
531  ter;  William,  esq.,  resides  at 
Stannington  bridge  in  1774,284; 
Sophia,  543. 

Wardle  John,  of  Fenchurch  Street, 
London,  193. 

Wardhaugh  John,  476 ;  Richd.,  500  ; 
Robert,  518  bis;  Thomas,  519  bis, 

520  bis ;  William,  497, 498  passim. 
Warkworth  sir  Roger,  lord  of,  415. 
Warmouth  John,  497,  499  bis. 
Warnell  John,  506,  507. 
Warren,  lords  of  Widdrington,  ped. 

of,  239 ;  John,  serjeant  of  Mor- 
peth,  492 ;  sir  George,  219,  222, 
245  ; — gives  £50  for  the  repairs  of 
Widdrington  chapel,  249. 
Warrener  John,  500, 515 ;  Robert  de, 
540;  Thomas,  515  bis,  516,  521 
bis,  522  passim,  523 ;  William,  517, 

521  bis. 

Warwick  earl  of,  457  ;  Francis,  477  ; 
John,  of  Warwick  Hall,  Cumber- 
land, 477- 

Washington  rev.  John,  of  Winches- 
ter, and  Amy  his  da.,  199. 

Waskerlye  Simon  de,  49. 

Waterton  Joan,  d.  of  sir  Robert,  1 97 ; 
Thomas,  of  Walton,  94. 

Watson,>af  North  Seaton,  pedigree  of, 
191,  540  ;  fam.  burial  place  in  Hor- 
ton  chapel,  276  ; — proprietors  in 
North  Seaton  in  1663, 190;  Bridget, 
da.  of  John,  of  Goswick,  esq.,  199  ; 
Cuthbert,  271,  351,  352;— of  Cow- 
pen,  191 ;  Cuthbt.,  a  sleep  walker, 
355;  Dorothy,  354;  Dorothy,  d.  of 
Thomas,  of  Ellingham,  135,  276 ; 
Dorothy,  da.  of  Dr.,  of  Linemouth, 
191 ;  Edward,  516, 51?  bis;  James, 
368,  499,  500  bis,  528  ;  Jane,  d.  of 
Dr.,  of  Linemouth,  193 ;  John, 
528  bis,  529  bis;  John,  M.P.,  531  ; 
John,  prop,  in  Newbigging,  219 ; 
John,  of  Willington,  162;  Mr,  of 
North  Seaton,  prop,  of  Hurst,  191 ; 
Mrs  Elizabeth,  520;  Peter,  7; 
Ralph,  of  North  Seaton,  162;  Re- 
becca, 468 ;  Richard,  506  ;  Robert, 
476,  529,  530 ;  Robert,  of  Walling- 
ton,  17;  Stephen,  of  Ashington, 


prop,  in  West  Slekburn,  368 ;  Ste- 
phen, esq.,  of  North  Seaton,  368 ; 
Thomas,  351,  498,  499  bis,  500, 
503,  504  ter,  513,  518,  519,  540; 
Wm.,  351,  500,  501  bis,  540 ;  Wm- 
John  Pearson,  born  Dec.  18, 1831 ; 
William,  prop. in  Newbigging,  219; 
William,  esq.,  prop,  of  North  Sea- 
ton,  190. 

Watt  John,  prop.in  Newbigging,  219. 

Watts  Barbara,  daur.  of  George,  of 
Norwich,  97  ;  Edward,  341. 

Wawn  Christ.,  esq.,  prop,  in  Newbig- 
ging, 219. 

Weallans  Mr,  449. 

Weatherhead  Thos.,  523,  524  bis. 

Webb  Anna-Maria,  d.  of  sir  John,  of 
Camford,  18. 

Weddle  John,  506. 

Wedeslade  Johes  de,  345. 

Welbore  Geo.-James,  583. 

Weld  Eliz.,  of  Lulworth  Castle,  104. 

Weldon,  513,  514  bis ;  Francis,  341 ; 
William,  of  Weldon,  324. 

Welles  family,  lords  of  Ellington, 
ped.  of,  196  ;  Isabella,  212  ;  Matil- 
da ux  Johis,  id. 

Welham  Robert,  of  Longstretton, 
313^345. 

Welsh  (Welch)  Arthur,  M.P.,  531 ; 
John,  496  bis  ;  Nich.,  498  ;  Roger, 
493.— (See  Welch  and  Wallis.) 

Well-the-wid  Wm.,  497. 

Weltden  Symo  de,  4,  119. 

Weltun  (Whalton)  Osbertus,  presby- 
ter de,  248. 

Wendhugs  John,  clerk,  keeper  of 
Mitford  Spital,  77. 

Wendout  John,  195. 

Wentworth  Rosamond,  da.  of  Mich., 
237,  254  ;  Thomas  lord,  460. 

Wercopp  Witts  de,  274. 

Weremouth  John,  499  bis,  500  ter, 
501  bis. 

Werkwerth  Rob.  fii  Rogi,  dns  de,  254 
bis  ;  Witts  de,  capells  de  Novo- 
Castro,  7- 

West  Lettice,  w.  of  lieut.  H.,  354. 

Westmorland  earl  of,  457;  Ralph, 
earlof,prop.inBedlingtonshire,362. 

Withering  Thomas,  M.P.,  532. 

Wethwode  Thomas  de,  118. 

Witeslade  Galf.  de,  274 ;  Johes  de, 
117. 

Wedeslade-north  Wm.,  son  of  Rich., 
gives  lands  in  Blagdon  to  German 
de  Hilton,  318.  (See  Wydeslade.) 

Wharton  George,  of  Spital-hill,  77 ; 
George,  prop,  in  Longhurst,  172  ; 
lord  Philip,  236;  Mary,  daur.  of 
Christopher,  of  Wingates,  46 ;  Phi- 
ladelphia, daur.  of  Humphrey,  of 
Gillingwood,  Yorkshire,  46,  51  ; 
Thos.,  son  of  Philip  lord  W.}  236. 


Wheeler  Eliz.,  aged  104,  121 ;  sir 
Wm.,  of  Leamington-Hastang,  104. 

Wheldane  Christ.,  508 ;  Edward,  514, 
515  bis.  (See  Weldon.) 

Whelpale  Richard,  499. 

Whelpdale  Ric.,  499  passim;  Wm. 
de,  340,  498. 

Whelpdane  George,  507  ;  Hen.,  505. 

Whelpinton  Robert,  340;  William, 
rector  de,  7- 

Wheteley  Robert,  M.P.,  531. 

Whitchester  sir  William,  knt.,  234, 
297- 

White  John,  512,  518,  520  ;  Marga- 
ret, 325  ;  Matthew,  esq.,  277 ;  ped. 
of,  325 ;  Matthew,  esq.,  of  Blag- 
don, 329  ; — purchases  Plessis,  &c., 
299;  rev.  Dr.,  rector  of  Hampstead, 
183;  Richard,  520;  Robert,  318; 
William,  500. 

Whitehead  (Whitheved,  Whithefd,) 
Akn  de,  173,  334,  342;  Alan, 
chap.,  285;  Earth.,  de  Seighale, 
345 ;  Henry,  esq.,  owner  of  Espley 
in  1774,  84 ;  Johes  de,  213 ;  John, 
of  Welbeck,  gent.,  1?2  ;  Nich.,  of 
Morpeth,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
189;  William,  339. 

Whitehill  John  de,  493. 

Whitfield  (Witefield)  Dorothy,  daur. 
of  George,  of  Newcastle,  276  ;  Gil- 
bert, 506,  507 ;  James,  523  ;  John, 
475 ;  John,  son  of  Matt.,  of  Whit- 
field,  45  ;  Matthew  de,  252,  324 ; 
Nicholas  de,  322. 

Whitford  Alice-Lucy,  da.  of  sir  John, 
240. 

Whitlawe  Johes  de,  346 ;  Wm.  de,  of 
Cramlington,  346. 

Whittingham  Cath.,  w.  of  Wm.,  82. 

Whotton  Ricus  de,  345. 

Whythingham  Vincent  de,  345. 

Widdrington  (Wodrington,  Wode- 
rynton,  Uddrington,  Wdrington, 
&c.)  pedigree  of,  230-239;  Wid- 
drington, of  Plessis,  ped.  of,  296 — 
299;  curates  of;  248;  Adam  de, 
210,  petitions  the  king  against  Ag- 
nes de  Valence,  180 ;  Barbara,  321 ; 
Barnaba  fit  Rog,  253  ;  Bertram  de, 

224,  248  ;  Cath.,  d.  of  Robert,  135 ; 
Catharine,  wife  of  John,  of  Cawsey 
Park,  161 ;  Christiana,  daur.  of  sir 
Roger,  261 ;  Dorothv,  daur.  of  sir 
Henry,  381 ;  Duncan  de,  197,  212: 
Edmund  de,  339 ;  Edward,  son  of 
Edward,  104  ;  Elizabeth,  1 13, 1 15 ; 
Elizabeth,  d.  of  John,  of  Hauxlev, 
104  ;  lady  Elizabeth,  254 ;  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  sir  Roger,  75  ;  Eliz., 
w.  of  sir  Wm.  Swinburne,  of  Cap- 
heaton,  234;    Galfridus  de,  127, 
211  ;    Gerrard  de,  51,  211,  221, 

225,  241,  249,  251,  253,  334,  335, 


INDEX. 


567 


337,  338,  339,  340,  347,  369 ;  dns 
Gerardus,  258  bis,  535 ;  dns  Ger- 
rardus  de  1  Johes  fit,  24-9;  Ger- 
rardus  de  fit  Christiana,  251 ;  Ger- 
ardus fit  Rogi,  253;  sir  Gerrard, 
181,  247,  248,  306,  540 ;  Hector,  of 
Berwick,  254  ;  Henry  de,  of  Wid- 
rington  Castle,  254  bis ;  Mr  Henry, 
knighted  by  king  James  at  Wid- 
drington,  244 ;  sir  Hen.  dies  seized 
of  land  in  Cresswell  in  1517,  203; 
sir  Henry,  knt.,  and  family,  254 ; 
sir  Henry,  of  Blackheddon,  189; 
John  de,  54,  119,  211,  212,  241, 
252,  258,  336,  346,  348,  469,  4?0 ; 
John  1  Agnes  ux,  210  ;  John  and 
Roger  have  lands  in  Cowpen  temp. 
Edw.  III.,  271 ;  dns  Johes  de,  248, 
335;  lord  John,  221 ;  sir  John,  106, 
170,  316 ;  sir  John  de,  and  Chris- 
tian  his  wife,  225  ;  sir  John  dies 
seized  of  lands  in  Horsley  26  Hen. 
VI.,  106;  Johes  de  Denton,  535; 
Johes  de  Hawkesley,  254, 540 ;  John 
of  Stonecroft,  189,  190  ;  Johes  de 
Widdrington,  254  ;  John  de,  544  ; 
Isabella,  d.  of  Robert,  75  ;  Lewis, 
esq.,  272 ;  Margaret,  d.  of  sir  Hen., 
477;  Michael,  451,  519  bis,  520 
passim ;  Radulphus  de,  253,  340  ; 
Ralph,  254;  sir  Ralph,  317;  Re- 
becca, 254 ;  Reginald  de,  250  ;  Ro- 
bert, esq.,  272 ;  Rob.  fit  Johis  de 
Swinburne  Magna,  253 ;  Robert, 
of  Monkwearmouth,  244  ;  Robert, 
of  Widdrington,  513  ;  Robert,  son 
of  Isaac,  254 ;  Roger,  295, 306, 311, 
314,  334,  3JR,  470;  Rogerus  de, 
212,  251  bis,  252,  253,  274  bis,  337, 

338,  339,  340,  345  his,  347  ;  Roger 
de  Denton,  252  ;  1' ;>ger,  brother  of 
sir  Gerard,  251,  320  ;  dns  Rog.  de, 
251 ;    Roger,  esq.,   of  Harbottle, 
254 ;  Thomas,  518 ;  Thomas,  gent., 
451  ;  sir  Thomas,  519  ;  Wm.,  512, 
519;  William,  of  Widdrington  Cas- 
tle, 519  ;  William,  4th  lord  Wid- 
drington, 402,  attainted,  and  his 
estates  forfeited,  228,  account   of 
his  trial,  255—257;   William,  of 
Bolton,  esq.,  519;  sir  William,  226; 
Widdrington  pedigree,  additions  to, 
542,  543. 

Wicestre  Rot5s  de,  151. 

Wichens  rev ,  rector  of  Pet- 
worth,  Sussex,  47. 

Wicliff  Rol5s  de,  capetts  ebor  dyec, 
274. 

Wideslade  Will,  de,  258,  480.— (See 
Wy  deslade. ) 

Wignal  Ellen,  da.  of  John,  97. 

Wildebare  Will.,  493. 


Wilkie  Thomas,  proprietor  in  New- 

bigging>  219- 

Wilkinson  Alice,  daur.  of  Christopher, 
of  Thorpe,  99  ;  Barbara,  359 ;  Ca- 
tharine, da.  of  John,  359  ;  Christo- 
pher, of  Thorpe,  114,  539  ;  George, 
of  Bedlington,  354 ;  Jacob,  of  Wid- 
rington,  368  ;  James,  539 ;  John, 
451,  521,  530;  Margaret,  539  bis; 
Mary,  w.  of  Isaac  Cookson,  esq., 
114  ;  Mrs,  110;  Robert,  of  Ship- 
wash,  354 ;  Stephen,  528. 

William,  son  of  the  Cook,  35,  484 ; 
son  of  Osolf,  35  ;  son  of  Payne,  35; 
presbyter  of  Stainton,  328,  469  ; 
son  of  Ralph,  56,  482  ;  son  of  Ra- 
nulph,  469,  491 ;  son  of  William 
of  Morpeth,  488. 

Williams  Dr  Daniel,  444 ;  Margaret, 
da.  of  Henry,  of  Stambourne,  97. 

Williamson  sir  Thomas,  knt.  of  East 
Markham,  116. 

Willimothwick  Huddard  de,  322. 

Willoughby  Jane,  daur.  of  sir  Hen- 
ry, of  Woolaston,  262;  Joan,  daur. 
of  Robert,  197  ;  Isabella,  daur.  of 
sir  Richard,  of  Woolaston,  261. 

Wills  Amos,  520. 

Witts  fit  Ade,  172  ;  fit  Alfredi,  248  ; 
fit  Radi,  483 ;  fit  Reginald,  258  ; 
fit  Watteri,  127;  fit  With',  345. 

Wilson  Anne,  epitaph  on,  149  ;  Ca- 
tharine, 351  ;  Catharine,  of  Pegs- 
worth,  172  ;  Christopher,  365  ; 
Diones,  of  Pegsworth,  172  ;  Mrs 
Dinah,  396,  529  ;  Edward,  of  Dur- 
ham, 1 72 ;  family  of,  from  Toath- 
man,  in  Westmorland,  439  ;  Mrs 
Faith,  520;  George,  509,  530,— 
killed  while  fowling,  439  ;  George, 
of  Hepscote,  his  benefaction  to 
Morpeth  poor,  591  ;  John,  511, 
528  passim  ;  John,  of  Kendal,  76 ; 
John,  of  Old  Moor,  172;  Mary, 
daur.  of  Edward,  of  Ulgham,  468  ; 
Mathias,  (ats  Edward  Knott,)  165; 
Richard,  esq.,  of  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields,  proprietor  of  East  Dtidden 
in  1830,  288  ;  Sampson,  500;  Tho- 
mas, 499,  500,  502,  503  bis  ;  Wil- 
liam, 528  ;  William,  of  Longfram- 
lington,  451. 

Winchesle  Radulphus  de,  469. 

Windeg  Barthol.,  532. 

Windgates  Aldret  de,  469  ;  Barthol. 
de,  1 19,  334,  535;  Gilbert  de,  491 ; 
Witts  de,  419.— (See  Wyndgates.) 

Windsor  sir  Thomas,  380. 

Wintour  sir  John,  of  Lindney,  581. 

Witham  Ann,  daur  of  Henry,  477. 

Witton  John  de,  70;  Thomas  de, 
473,  492,  495  ;  Walter,  483. 


Wodall  Thomas,  170. 

Wodhewer  Thomas,  496. 

Wolsey  cardinal,  476. 

Wood  Anthony,  462,  464  ;  John,  rec- 
tor of  Meldon,  9 ;  Thomas,  449 ; 
William,  521  passim. 

Woodburne  Johes  de,  6;  Thomas, 
258 ;  William,  559. 

Woodhorn  vicars  of,  185,  186. 

Woodman  family  pedigree  of,  468  ; 
Benjamin,  401,  528  passim,  529 
bis, — presented  with  a  silver  cup, 
529;  Ralph,  151;  Thomas,  274, 
525, — proprietor  of  Heron's  close, 
in  1663,  131  ;  William,  524. 

Woodruffe  George,  521  ;  John,  519 
bis,  520  bis. 

Worcester  Anne  Somerset,  daur.  of 
Henry  earl  of,  262. 

Worral  Robert,  keeper  of  the  King's 
woods  at  Chopwell,  7. 

Wotton  John  de,  492. 

Wren,  of  Bellasis,  pedigree  of,  292. 

Wright  Cuthbert,  516  ;  Gilbert,  516, 
517;  Hugh,  495,  494;  Johes  ca- 
petts,  255  ;  Lawrence,  494 ;  Ro- 
bert, 541  ;  Thomas,  522  quater. 

WritelRogus,  212. 

Wroth  Richard,  M.P.,  531. 

Wychester  William  of,  264. 

Wydeslade  Anselm,  356 ;  Galfrid  de, 
in  1240,  572  ;  Johes  de,  335,  347  ; 
Ricus  de,  336;  Wittus  de,  304, 
335,  356,  544,  345,  346,  347  ;  Ri- 
cus de  North,  547. — (See  Wides- 
lade. ) 

Wygerouse  Hugo  de  Craklaw,  535. 
— (See  Vigrus,  §c.J 

Wyke  Louisa,  72. 

Wyndgates  Gilbert,  490;  William 
de,  490,  493. 

Wynton  John  de,N496. 

Wythill  John  de,  493,  496.— (See 
Qwithitt  1  Whitehill.) 

Wytton  Thomas,  334,  496  ;  Walter, 
1 1 9,  482  ;  Walter  clericus,  344  ; 
William,  498.— (See  Witton.  J 

Wysman  Lancelot,  512. 

Yate  Elizabeth,  daur.  of  rev.  Thos., 
116. 

Yeitham  Adam  de,  250. 

York  Buildings  Co.  purchase  the 
Widdrington  Estates,  244,  247. 

Young  sir  Andrew,  7,  352 ;  Dorothy, 
338  ;  Edward,  524;  Frances,  467  ; 
John,  340;  Lady,  has  property  in 
North  Seaton,  1*90  ;  Richard,  352  ; 
Thomas,  476;  William,  528  ter. 

Yue  ?  Rue,  RolSts.) 


568 


INDEX. 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


Where  the  number  nevt  after  any  name  has  an  (*)  asterisk  added  to  it,  the  history  of  the  place  will  be  found:  places  are 
only  accidentally  mentioned  where  the  numbers  are  unasterisked. 


AHSUIELDS,  109  bis. 
Addershaugh,  in  Mitford,  53. 
Airdlaw,  467- 
Aldmoor,  160,  166,  172.      (See  Old- 

moor.J 
Aldworth,  424,*  32  ;  in  Mitford  pa- 

rish,  52  ;  Aldworth  Grange,    31, 

414. 

Andersnake,  in  Germany,  463,  466. 
Alnem  (Alnham),  476. 
Alnwick,  195 ;  burnt  by  king  John  in 
1216,  481 ;  Alnwick  Moor,  height 

of  above  the  sea,  105. 
Alwenton,  476. 
Ancona,  466. 
Ancroft,  476. 
Antwerp,  460. 
Ashington  68,*  159,  169. 
Aurike,  463. 
Baldwinswood  (now  Nunriding),  40, 

74. 

Baln-we-sic,  159. 
Bamburgh,  268. 
Bamburghshire,  tenants  of,  476 ;  lands 

in,  537. 

Barkerfield,  449. 
Barmour,  476. 
Barnby,  500. 
Barnsrow,  32. 
Barton,  13. 

Basil,  or  Basle,  462,  463. 
Bath,  in  High   Germany,  460 ;  in 

Somersetshire,  461,  466  bis. 
Bavington  (Babington),  36,  468;— 

Great,  268. 
Baxtandene,  300,  306,  313,  314,335, 

336. 

Beanley,  manor  of,  383. 
Beau-mis  (Beamish)  on  the  Team, 

264. 

Bebside,   268;*   belonged  to  Tine- 
mouth,  269  ;  grange,  269,  2?0. 
Bedlington  parish,  348—369,*  5  bis ; 

church,  352 — 356  ;  corn  mill,  359 ; 

extent,  boundaries,  and  population, 

349—352 ;  incumbents,  356—358 ; 

iron  works,  359,  360 ;  jura  regalia 

in,  350;  leaseholders  in,  351,  352  ; 

rectory,  544 ;  registers,  358 ;  rental 

of  bishop's  lands,  351 ;  village,  357. 


Bednel,  461. 

Bellasis,  289,*  334,  472. 

Bempton  Great  (Benton),  334. 

]  Jen  elands,  301. 

Benridge,  79—81*;  36;  East,  79; 
hag,  79 ;  middle,  79 ;  moor,  79  ; 
West,  ib. 

Benton,  471,  472,  473;  Little,  134, 
160,  178  ;  Long,  160 ;  mill  of,  473 ; 
moor  of,  472. 

Berousford  (Barrowsford),  manor  of, 
470. 

Berry  hill,  in  Stanton,  109  ter. 

Berwick  on  Tweed,  garrison  of,  475. 

Berwick-on-the-hill,  69. 

Bewcastle,  231. 

Bittlesden,  476. 

Black  close,  in  Bothal,  165,  166. 

Blackdene  House,  near  Cockle  park, 
139. 

Black  dike,  451. 

Black  Heddon,  height  of,  105. 

Blackpool,  near  Longhorsley,  105. 

Blagdon  (Blakeden),  317—328,*  268, 
278,  279,  293,  304,  336,  337,  47 1 ; 
hall,  327.* 

Blakelaw,  300. 

Blakemoor,  209,  210.* 

Blubberymires,  140,  173. 

Blythe,  467 ;  river,  ode  to,  308 ;  Blye, 
305,  310. 

Bockingfield,  536. 

Boghall,  289,  292.* 

Bolbeck  Hall,  127- 

Bologna,  in  Italy,  460,  462,  463. 

Bolton,  chapel  of,  416. 

Bon;  near  Slyde,  in  Germany,  458, 
460,  462. 

Botevant,  prebend  of,  in  York  church, 
464. 

Bothal  parish,  121—173*  ;  Barns, 
165;  barns  farm  in,  158;  barony 
of,  122—128;  castle,  151—157; 
castle  farm  in,  158 ;  church,  144 — 
147 ;  derivation  of  the  name,  144  ; 
delapidations  of  chancel,  540 ;  de- 
mesne, 165,  166 ;  glebe  land  of, 
158;  manor  of,  157;  miscellanea 
respecting,  169 — 173;  monumental 
inscriptions,  149;  new  chapel  at, 


158;  parish  school  of,  147,  158; 
park  farm  in,  158;  parochial  visi- 
tations, 150 ;  parsonage  house,  147 ; 
patronage,  149;  presentments,  150; 
rectors -of,  148, 149 ;  registers,  149 ; 
Riding,  165,  467;  Riding  farm, 
158;  village,  144;  wood,  459. 

Brabant,  near  Barrowe,  459. 

Bradeford,  252. 

Bradley  on  the  Wall,  31. 

Branspeth,  lord  Dacre  dies  at,  474. 

Branxton,  476. 

Breches,  300. 

Bringkelaume,  301. 

Brinkburn,  extracts  from  the  char- 
tulary  of,  267 ;  grant  of  Felton 
church  confirmed  to,  47  ;  grant  to, 
by  Roger  de  Merlay,  470 ;  priory 
of,  215. 

Brinklawe  lands  in,  granted  to  John 
Mitford,  536. 

Bristowe  (Bristol),  461,  466. 

Brygfield,  210. 

Bucliffe,  51. 

Buller's  green  (Bowie's  green),  425,* 
505, 506.  (See  under  Morpeth.) 

Burgundia  (Burraton)  a  moiety  of, 
granted  to  Bertram  Widrington, 
224,  248. 

Burnmouth,  300,  314. 

Burradon,  224,  225. 

Burrodon  on  Coquet,  476. 

Byker,  chapel  of  St.  Lawrence  at,  342. 

Byngfield,  Hexham,  252. 

Byrkheads,  476. 

Bywell,  49 ;  Albarius  senescallus  de, 
128;  Will.  Coderlin  senescal  de,  49. 

Bywell  St.  Peter,  church  of,  182. 

Caistron,  415. 

Caldlawe,  348. 

Caldstream,  311,  312,  344. 

Callerton  High,  193,515,516,536; 
Little,  69. 

Calverdon,  4,  36,  81. 

Cambhou,  or  Camboe,  4,  9. 

Cambois  (Cambhous,  Camboys),  360 
—363,*  4,  5,  15,  349,  467  ;  salmon 
fishing  at,  360 ;  salt-pans,  362  ;  vil- 
lage and  township,  360 ;  Camhus,  4. 

Campsmeadow,  300. 


INDEX. 


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Candy,  (Candia,)  460. 

Capheaton,  4f>8. 

Carter  Fell,  height  of  the  road  over, 

105. 

Cary-coates,  413. 
Catchburn,  427,*  474. 

Gawsey  park,  131  ;*  chapel  at,  131  ; 
house]  of,  1 33  ;  school,  i  34  ;  St. 
Cuthbert's  body  rests  at,  132 ; 
tithe  of  J  73. 

Charde,  461,466. 

Charlton,  254. 

Cheeseburn-grange,  246. 

Chelverton  (Chollerton)  church  of, 
416. 

Chertosa,  463. 

Cheviot  level  of  above  the  sea,  105 ; 
moors  of,  414. 

Chevington,  246. 

Chibburn,  246,*  229. 

Chilham,  in  Kent,  535. 

Chill  ingham,  153. 

Chipchase,  chapel  of,  416. 

Chirm-colliery  and  hall,  107. 

Chollerton,  251. 

Choppington  township,  363 — 366,*  5 
bis,  15,349,351. 

Chopwell,  409 ;  King's  woods  of,  7. 

Clero  or  Clethro,  in  Wales,  448. 

Clifford-castle  and  town,  446. 

Clifton,  284,*  285,*  279,  332,  415, 
471,  473;  corn  tithes  of  Clifton, 
281,283;  grange  of,  (Scraplawe,) 
285 ;  lands  in,  given  to  the  chantry 
in  Stannington  church,  286. 

Clifton-field,  letters  respecting  it, 
512,  513,  514. 

Cockle-park,  139 — 141*;  tower  of, 
140. 

Colchester,  461. 

Coldside  east,  32 ;  east,  west,  and 
middle,  in  Mitford,  83. 

Coldwell,  284,*  285,*  279,  332,  415, 
471. 

Collwell,  4,  10,  117,  225,  252,  254; 
bridal  of,  478  ;  mill  of,  118. 

Cologne,  457,  459,  460,  462,  465. 

Coltpark,  476. 

Come,  city  of,  460. 

Coney-garth,  165,  166. 

Conscliff  chantry,  474. 

Coquet-island,  182. 

Cornell,  (Cornhill,)  476. 

Corbridge,  30 ;  domus  Leprosorum 
juxta,  342, 

Coteyards,  413. 

Cottingburn,  409,  434,  467,  468. 

Cottingwood,  31O,  434,  458,  460, 469, 
470;  deed  respecting  it,  5 1 6,  517. 

Cour,  larch  and  plants  near,  463. 

Cowpen,  270—274,*  252,  268,  269, 
277,  278  ;  colliery  commenced  at, 
278  ;  Cup  well  near,  271  ;  proprie- 
tors of,  in  1 663,  272  ;  rentals  of, 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


in  1663  and  1829,  272  j  village, 
270. 

Cowpen-blythe,  273. 

Cresswell,  199—209,*  179,  212;  de- 
rivation of  the  name,  199  ;  house, 
205 — 209  ;  lands  and  water  corn 
mill  in,  541;  old  tower  of;  204 ; 
proprietors  in,  203 ;  village,  203, 
.  204. 

Crookroods,  300. 

Crossed-friars,  London,  465. 

Dederig,  300. 

Denton,  21O,  225  ;  in  Gillsland,  252. 

Denum,  4,  1O,  16. 

Dikefurlang,  301. 

Dissington  north,  4O2. 

Ditchburn,  (Dikeburn,)  254 ;  west, 
5,  15. 

Divot-hill,  250. 

Dochill,  108. 

Donkston  in  Mitford  parish,  83. 

Druridge,  (Driridge,)  246,  247,*  229, 
247,  253. 

Dudden,  (Duddo,)  476  ;  east,  476 ; 
east  and  west,  286—288,*  278, 
471,  472,  473  ;  little,  334. 

Dunkirke,  in  Flanders,  466. 

Each  wick,  410. 

Earsdon,  near  Hebburn, — 136,  137.* 

165,  166;  forest  of,  137;  moor,  137. 
Eccles,  311,341. 

Eddel ingham  church,  417. 

Edington,  84,*  69,  81,  414.— (See 
Idington.) 

Eland  great,  36 ;  parva,  4,  36. 

Elenborough,  equestrian  statue  at, 
446. 

Ellege,  in  Longhorsley,  88. 

Ellington,  195— 199,*  179,  190,  195, 
211,  212,225. 

Ellulle  or  Ellullefield,  53. 

Elsdon,  level  of,  105. 

Emden,  in  Friesland,  463. 

Eshet  entail  of,  in  1358,  417. 

Espley  granted  to  John  Mitford,  536; 
high  and  low,  84 ;  lands  in,  forfeit- 
ed by  John  de  Esple,  539. 

Espley- wood,  in  North  Tyndale,  250, 
251. 

Essendon  (Ashington)  manor  of,  128, 

166,  173. 
Etheling,  314,  335. 
Ettele,  476. 

Fangfosse,  in  Yorkshire,  500. 

Farmley  upper,  409. 

Farnilaw,  3OO. 

Fauden,  3OO,  301,314. 

Fauunslath,  ib. 

Felton-bridge  level  of,  105;  grange, 

414  ;  manor  and  forest  of,  48,  49  ; 

moor,  413. 
Fenrother,  131,*  16,  95,  165,  166; 

Heron's  close  in,  131. 
Fenton,  47f>. 

7F 


Fenwyke  manor  of,  254. 

Ferrara,  in  Italy,  462,  463,  466. 

Flores,  263,  301,  306,  436,  483  bis. 

Font-river,  467. 

Forde,  476. 

Forum,  in  Ulgham,  177,  246. 

Freeholders  quarter  in  Longhorsley, 

105,  106.* 

Gallow-house  close,  in  Bothal,  1 66. 
Garretlee,  108. 
Gateshead,  474. 
Gerrardlee,  252. 
Gibbes-close,  95. 
Gilbred  pulle,  300. 
Glantley,  (Glentley,)  287  ;  ville  of, 

50 ;  in  Felton,  36. 
Glantedon,  13. 
Glanton-hill,  height  of  the  road  over* 

105. 

Gorfen-letch,  near  Fenrother,  131. 
Goseford,  127. 
Goseforth  north,  334,  341  ;  chantry 

at,  542. 

Graham's  dikes,  in  Scotland,  451. 
Graystock-castle,  474. 
Greendike,  300. 
Grenleys,  253. 
Grenslath,  300. 
Grimthorpe  manor  of,  474. 
Grindon-hillr  in  Morpeth,  437. 
Grindon-rigg,  in  Norham,  476. 
Grubba,  in  Bedlington,  349. 
Gubeon,  83, 528 ;  Gubion-moore,  433. 
Gudgeon-close,  in  Mitford,  29,  32. 
Gun  war  ton,  231. 
Haggerston,  476. 
Halghton,  (Haughton,)  225, 242, 251, 

253,   254  ;   castle  and  manor  es-> 

cheated  in  1373,  542  ;  restored  to 

Gerrard  Widdrington  in  1 358,  542. 
Halghton-green,  254. 
Hallyfax,  461 . 
Hallywell,  195,"  160,  179. 
Hanging-leaves,  in  Hebburn,  173. 
Harbottle,  476  ;  castle,  531. 
Haredean,  in  Longhorsley,  100 ;  farm 

of,  439. — (See  Harding  family. ) 
Harelaw,  109  bis. 
Harestanes,  49,  83;  in  Mitford,  31, 

32. 

Harestone  east,  32. 
Harforth,  274. 
Harnham-hall,  109. 
Hart  river,  467. 
Hartburn,  467. 
Hartburn-grange,  415. 
Hartford  east,  267"  ;  west,  268.* — 

(See  Herford.) 
Hartford-house,  in  Bedlingtonshire, 

358.* 

Hartington-hall.  12. 
Haulton,  342. 
Hautwesill,  348 ;  the  Stanehouse  in, 

348, 


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INDEX. 


Hayden,  179;  in  Ellington,  195,541. 
— ( See  Heydone.) 

Hay  den-letch,  54 1 . 

Heaton  and  Heton,  178,  476;  mag- 
iui,  250. 

Hebburn  chapelry,  128—144,'  166, 
409  ;  —  chapel,  archdeacons  visita- 
tions of,  150  ; — demesne,  modus  for 
the  tithe  of,  173;  Heron's-close  in, 
468;  hill,  173;  moor,  164;  regis- 
ters of,  142;  township,  129;  vil- 
lage, 129. 

Heddon,  212  ;  sup  mur,  470. 

Hedgehope  height  of,  105. 

Hedrestone,  74. 

Heiferlawe-tower,  height  of  the  road 
at,  105. 

Helderskelf  or  Hilderskelf,  41 1, 474. 

Helesden,  409. 

Helm-on-the-hill,  height  of  the  road 
over,  105. 

Henshalgh,  348.— ( SeeHolmshalgh  and 
Hounshalgh. ) 

Hephale,  pasture  of,  410 ;  soldierg-in, 
476. 

Hepscot,  (Heppescotes,)  439,*  287, 
469,  471,  472,  473  ;  house,  439. 

Herford,  267,*  341  ;  possessions  of 
Tynemouth  priory  in,  267. 

Herford-bridge,  church  and  hospital 
of,  303—307,*  342,  343. 

Herford-bridge  chapel,  336. 

Heron's  close  juxta  Fenrother,  6, 
131  ;  in  Hebburn  chapelry,  468. 

Hertwayton  west,  535. 

Hesleyhirst,  in  the  forest  of  Witton, 
471. 

Hesleyside,  a  waste,  348. 

Hexham,  416,  468  ;  canons  of,  215  ; 
convent  of,  280 ;  hermitage  near, 
537. 

Heydone,  212. 

Heylau-grange,  414. 

Higham-dikes,  178. 

Highberkheads,  413. 

Highlaws,  high  and  low,  83,* 

Holehouse,  193. 

Hole-on-the-hill,  80. 

Holestrother,  118. 

Holford,  316,*  300,  314,  335,  338, 
346;  in  Shotton,  316. 

Holmshalgh,  251,  253,  254.— (See 
Henshalgh  and  Hounshalgh.) 

Holy-island,  459. 

Horsley,  471,  472,473. 

Horsley-long,  parish  of,  81—121,* 
468  ; — boundaries  of,  86  ;  Bricks, 
1 00  ;  Burns,  1 00  ; — church,  88 — 
94  ;  advowson  of,  474,  granted  to 
Brinkburne,  539  ;  visited,  93, 
94 ;  Cob's  cawsey  track  of,  88  ; 
forest,  95  ;  Freeholders  quarter  in, 
105,  106  ;  Hirst,  95  ;  Linden  quar- 
ter in,  95  ;  manor  of,  94  ;  miscel- 


lanea respecting,  117 — 121  ;  moor, 
105  ;  North,  106;  rectors  of  90 — 
92 ;  Riddels  quarter  in,  100— 105  ; 
village  of,  106. 

Horsridge,  in  Glendale,  474. 

Horton-chapelry,  258  —  277,*  183; 
castle,  263  ;  chapel,  265  —  267  ;  de- 
rivation of,  258  ;  extent,  bounda- 
ries, and  population,  259;  grange 
of,  414  ;  incumbents  and  curates 
of,  275 ;  miscellanea  respecting,  274 
—277  ;  Low  Horton,  263  ;*  regis- 
ters, 275  ;  rental  of  the  chapelry, 
275,  276  ;  revenues  of  the  chapel, 
275  ;  village,  262  ;  visitation  mi- 
nutes, 274. 

Hosbernebrig,  300. 

Houndenlee,  24  6. 

Hounshalgh,  holden  of  the  manor  of 
Wark,  542.— (See  Holmshalgh  and 
Henshalgh.) 

Howtell  Swyre,  475. 

Hurst,  (Hirst,)  191,  192,«  165,  166, 
179,195,211. 

Idington,  342. — (See  Edington.) 

Ilderton,  soldiers  boarded  at,  476. 

Ingham,  476. 

I6nes-chesters,  306**  355,  341. 

Isehaugh,  in  Mitford,  53. 

Jarrow,  celle  of,  414. 

Jarrow-slake,  367. 

Jesmue,  287.     Yesemouth,  252. 

Kelso,  abbey  and  town,  475. 

Killingworth,  471,  472,  41 Z. 

Kinglaw,  300. 

Kirkburn,  484  bis. 

Kirkharle-burn,  468. 

Kirkley,  36,  69  bis,  467. 

Kirkmeadow,  300. 

Knapwell,  465. 

Kynfen,  in  Newbigging,  172. 

Ladyland,  in  Shotton,  315,*  337, 338, 
346  ;  in  Mitford,  54,  413. 

Lambcotefurlong,  306,  314,  355. 

Lanercost,  29. 

Langdike-head,  300. 

Langhurst,  (Longhurst,)  159 — 172*; 
grange  of,  172. 

Langshaws  and  mill,  116,  117,*  109. 

Langton,  in  Glendale,  117. 

Lauterburgh,  463. 

Laverton,  in  Cumberland,  225. 

Leverchilde,(Learchild,)  94, 1 09, 47 1 
472. 

Lilburne,  476. 

Linchewode,  48. 

Linden,  house  and  hill,  level  of  above 
the  sea,  105  ;  mansion-house,  96 ; 
quarter,  95—99.* 

Lindisfarne,  349 — {See  Holy  Island.) 

Line,  river,  description  of,  by  Harri- 
son, 193. 

Linemouth,  192 — 194,*  179;  a  whale 
taken,  at,  192. 


Linton,  247,*  179,  198,  258;  mill  of, 

248. 

Littlecrows,  253. 
Littleharle,  467,  468. 
Loaningend,  in  Mitford,  83. 
Longtotfurlangk,  300. 

Lough-house,  80. 

Lowyke,  476. 

Lunisdon-law,  in  Redesdale,  height 
of,  105. 

Lusburn,  in  North  Tindale,  251. 

Lynhalvhe,  283,  305,  31 1. 

Maiden  Hall,  in  Pigdon,  81. 

Meldon  Parish,  1—21*,  4,  86,  536; 
— church  of,  19,  20;  commissions 
respecting,  7 ;  patronage  of,  10 ; 
plate  belonging  to,  11;  derivation 
of  name,  1,  2  ;  manor  of,  3,  13 ; 
Meg  of,  11 ;  mesne  lords  of,  13; 
mills,  11;  park,  3,*  468;  park- 
keeper's  house,  3  ;  proprietors,  4— 
13 ;  rectors  of;  6, 9, 10;  registers  of, 
10  ;  tower  of,  18. 

Melfells,  in  Cumberland,  488. 

Merdisfen,  4,  36  ;  Mersfen,  lands  in, 
granted  to  Thomas  Swinburne,  537- 

Middleton  bridge,  468;  hall,  476; 
Morel,  chapel  of,  342  ;  North,  415  ; 
South,  16. 

Milan,  463. 

Milburne-grange,  413,  443. 

Milnfordhaugh,  15. 

Milnhaugh,  283,  315. 

Milnehouse,  348  ;  Milnside,  283, 315, 
332. 

Mitford  parish,  25— 86,*  467;  barony, 
32 — 39 ;  borough,  63  ;  boundaries, 
25 ;  castle,  49,  54,  474 ;  different 
grants  of,  538 ;  keeping  of,  granted 
to  sir  J.  M  itford,  536  ;  scite  of,  ex- 
cepted  in  a  grant  to  Cuth.  Mitford, 
537  ; — church,  26  ;  coal  and  lime 
in,  25  ;  ladylands  in,  54,  413  ;  ma- 
nor, 49 ;  manor-house,  old  and  new, 
66,  67  ;  market,  65 ;  mill,  26 ;  mis- 
cellanea, 82 — 84 ;  Newgate-street, 
536 ;  park,  3,  6,  7?  8  ;  plants  grow- 
ing near,  83 ;  presentments  at  visi- 
tations, 32 ;  Priest's-pool  in,  29, 
32  ;  rectors,  31  ;  rectory,  82  ;  re- 
gisters, 32 ;  Shuttleworth's  collec- 
tions respecting,  536  ;  Spital,  76, 
77,  342,' 411;  terrier,  29;  town- 
ship, 52 ;  vicars,  31 ;  visitations  of 
the  church,  29,  30 ;  well  in,  and 
miracles  at,  64. 

Molesburn,  86. 

Molesdon,  85,*  86,*  4,  5,  13, 20;  con- 
veyed by  the  earl  of  Athol  to  sir 
John  de  Mitford,  538. 

Moneybanks,  83. 

Monkseaton,  189. 

Morewic,  grant  of  to  the  monks  of 
Durham,  469.  , 


INDEX. 


571 


MORPETH  parish,  369 — 634. 
Allery-bank,  508  bis ;  reservoir  for 

water  upon,  468. 
Aldgate,  503,  504. 

Aldgate-street,  506.  (See  Oldgate.) 

Antiquities,  424. 

Barony  of  Morpeth,  371,  373. 

Barkerfield,  449,  501,  502. 

Barker's  bank,  508,  513. 

Beggar  Road,  513. 

Berehalgh  (Berehalvh),  424,»  482. 

Benefactions  to  the  parish,  391, 
530. 

Boundaries  of  the  parish,  425  ;  of 
the  town  and  borough,  425. 

Boroughland,  491. 

Bowling  green,  425,  520. 

Bowie's  green,  or  Buller's  green, 
425,*  512. 

Bridges,  425,  427*  ;  level  from  the 
sea  of  the  chapel  bridge,  105; 
new  chapel,  530. 

Briggate,  425,*  503,  506,  512. 

Briggate-street,  507,  513. 

Brig-street,  501. 

Burgesses  in  parliament  for  Mor- 
peth, 531— 534. 

Capath,  409. 

Castle,  account  of,  384—389 ;  bro- 
ken by  Tindale  men,  507 ;  Hors- 
ley's  notice  of,  446 ;  siege  of, 
385—388 ;  a  township  with 
Catchburne,  42?. 

Gatchburne,  427,*  4?4. 

Chantry,  All  Saints,  at  the  Bridge 
end,  and  its  chaplains,  397  ;  of 
Our  Lady,  397,  and  its  chap- 
lains, 399;  cf  St.  George  the 
Martyr,in  Morpeth  church,  391 ; 
of  Thomas  de  Heppiscotes,  in 
Morpeth  church,  391. 

Chantry  close,  436. 

Chantry  place,  501. 

Chapel  of  All  Saints,  on  Morpeth 
bridge,  395,  396 ;  licence  to  im- 
prove its  revenues,  487. 

Charities  in,  391,  530. 

Charters  to  the  town  from  the 
Merlay  family,  480,  481 ;  from 
the  king  for  the  corporation,  519; 
for  a  fair  and  market,  480- 

Church,  390—395;  advowson,  394 ; 
chantry  and  guild  in,  391 ;  in- 
scriptions in,  394  ;  rectors  of, 
392 — 394 ;  revenues  and  procu- 
rations, 394. 

Clifton  and  Coldwell,  284,*  285, 
279,  S32,  415,  471.  • 

Clifton  field,  letters  about,  512, 
513,  514. 

Coal  in  the  parish,  427- 

Commons,  427,  428  ;  low  common, 
524. 

Corporation,  428 — 434 ;  aldermen, 


MORPETH  continued. 

431  ;  bailiffs,  432,  and  in  annals 
from  p.  487  to  p.  530 ;  brothers 
and  their  privileges,  431  ;  com 
panies  of,  429,  431 ;  election  o 
officers,  429  ;  courts,  434,  517 
freemen  or  free  burgesses,  432 
and  table  of  their  number  at  dif- 
ferent periods,  530 ;  mace  of,  and 
arms  upon  it,  433,  and  plate  of 
them  at  p.  384  ;  payments  made 
by  to  the  lord,  483 ;  proctors  of, 
431 ;  rents  of,  529  ;  serjeant-at- 
mace,  432;  seal  of,  433 ;  senes- 
challs  or  stewards  of,  481,  and 
downwards — (See  Stewards.) 

Correction,  Northumberland  house 
of,  433,  434. 

Cottingburn,  409,  434,  467,  468. 

Cottingwood,  310,  434,  460,  469, 
470,  558  ;  deed  respecting,  516, 
517;  Lane,  468. 

Cordwainers'  company,  430. 

Crosses,  324,  435. 

Courts,  434,  435,  517,  &c.—(See 
Seneschalls. ) 

Dispensary,  435. 

Doggerdike,  435,*  507. 

Dunce's  close,  435,*  439. 

Fairs,  441,  484,  485. 

Faldyates,  508. 

Fires  in,  481.  520,  521. 

Fisheries,  436. 

Fisherway,  536. 

Floors,  436* ;  Florys,  483  bis. 

Fulbeck,  409,  436,*  467. 

Fulbokside  marie,  470. 

Fullers'  and  Dyers'  company,  430. 

Gallilaw,  438. 

Gaol,  436, 437 ;  broken,  523 ;  escapes 
from,  523,  528 ;  attempt  to  escape 
from,  526  ;  new  gaol,  529. 

Gleydhough,  503. 

Goosehill,  43?. 

Graham's  dike,  451. 

Grave-gate-yate,  507- 

Greenbutts,  519. 

Grendon,  in  Morpeth  Field,  437. 

Gubeon  and  Gubeon  family,  438,* 
83,  452,  528. 

Guild  of  Saint  George  in  Morpeth 
church,  391; 

Gybson  (or  Gibson)  Thos.,  memoir 
of,  438. 

Hangman  land,  439,  501. 

Harding  family,  439. 

Harle  Dr.  Jonathan,  M.D.,  memoir 
of,  441,  442. 

Helde,  in  Morpeth  Field,  439 ; 
near  Sturdyside,  484. 

Hellegate,  439. 

Hepscot,  439. 

High  Church,  439,  440. 

Highfield,  in  Morpeth,  503. 


MORPETH  continued. 

High  hill,  or  Ha'  hill,  389,  390. 

Hillgate,  507  ;  Hylgate,  503,  504. 

Hirings  for  hinds  and  servants,  440. 

Hospital,  "Wm.  de  Merlay's  grant 
to,  469. 

Holeburn,  440,  469. 

Holewood,  439. 

Horsley  John,  memoir  of,  443, 448; 
his  burial,  522. 

Hynning  field,  473. 

Hutch,  The  Town's,  454. 

Infield,  437. , 

Infirmary,  440. 

Key  (Quay)  of  Morpeth,  money  al- 
lowed to  repair  the,  520. 

Law  The,  in  Newgate,  440,*  491. 

Library,  440. 

Lights  in  Morpeth  church,  392. 

Longrisste,  474. 

Loninghead,  413. 

Lowersteps  close,  518. 

Mace,  433. 

Manufactory  of  Manchester  goods, 
524. 

Mansion-house    in    Brigge-street, 

506,  516. 

Maps,  Plans,  &c.  of  Morpeth,  440. 

Markets,  &c.,  441  ;  the  tolls  of  be- 
long  to  the  lord  of  the  manor,  51 7- 

Mechanics'  Institution,  449. 

M  eeting  Houses : — Independent, 
449;  Methodists,  449;  Presby- 
terians, 441  ;  Roman  Catholic, 
441—449. 

Merchants'  and  Taylors'  company, 
429. 

Mergaitesteed,  506,  50?.  (See 
Market.) 

Merden,  449,*  409,  501,  502. 

Milnhaugh,  457,  505. 

Mills,  449  ;  manor  mill,  obligation 
to  grind  at,  483,  517. 

Ministers  dissenting,  441,  449. 

Mote,  The  Old,  498,  450. 

Morpeth,  derivations  of  its  name 
— Camden's,  369;  Horsley 's,  and 
the  Author's  remark  upon,  449, 

Newgate-street,    450,*    50),  505, 

507,  515,  536. 

Newminster  Abbey,  403—419. 

Oakwood   sold  to  Tanners'  Com- 
pany, 429. 

Oldgate,  450,*  512,  514. 

Parsonage  house,  395.         ;    , 

Pethgate,  450,*  490,  498,  504. 

Pinfold,  519. 

Plague  at  Morpeth,  519,  520. 

Poors'  rate,  37  h 

Population,  370. 

Presentments  at  visitations,  520. 

Priestley,  450. 

Pye  family,  450. 

Races,  451. 


572 


INDEX. 


MORPETH  continued. 

Rectors  of  Morpeth,  392—394. 

Registers,  Parish,  394. 

Rermald's  green,  451. 

Ruthdyke,  451. 

Ryding,  The,  451. 

Savings  bank,  451. 

Schaldfen,  452,*  310,  439. 

Seal  of  Morpeth,  433. 

Seneschalls  or  Stewards  of  Mor- 
peth : — Bellasis  John  de,  493  ; 
JBennet  Bartholomew  de,  488 ; 
Bond  Richard,  498;  Chessman 
Win.,  497  ;  Dudden  John  de, 
486,  488;  Eshet  Edm.  de,  491, 
492,  493;  Gretheud  Thomas, 
491;  Grey  Henry,  496,  500; 
Harding  Sampson,  497,  498 ; 
Harding  William,  498, 499,  500; 
Harmorar  Thomas,  505 ;  Hep- 
piscote  Alan  de,  489,  490 ;  He- 
roun  John,  503 ;  Lawson  Wm., 
501;  Mytford  John  de,  494; 
Plessiz  John  de,  481  ;  Walshe 
John  de,  495,  496 ;  Widdrington 
Thomas,  518. 

Shilvington,  452,»  453,»  4?1,  472, 
473 ;  mill,  415. 

Skinners'  &  Glovers'  Company,  43 1 . 

Smiths',  Saddlers',  and  Armourers* 
Company,  430. 

Spen,  482. 

Schools: English  Free  School, 

401  ;  Infantile,  401 ;  King  Ed- 
ward's,  399 — 402  ;  agreement 
about,  507;  charter  of,  507— 
511 ;  grants  to,  by  earl  of  Car- 
lisle, and  others,  519,  530;  mas- 
ters of.  402,  404,  rental  of  lands, 
516,  520;  surveys  of  lands,  515, 
516. 

Stanbrigg,  453. 

Stanner's  High  and  Low,  453. 

Stanyflat,  453,"  482,  501  ;  and 
bark-house  on,  500. 

Startup,  in  Twyzle,  469. 

Stayndanstane,  483. 

Stobhill,  454. 

Stobbiswood  pasture  in,  granted  to 
Newminster,  472. 

Streets  alphabetically  described, 
424—469 ;  Macadamised,  529. 

Sturdyside,  454. 

Swinburne,  family  in,  454. 

Sydgate,  454,»  500. 

Tanners'  Company,  429. 

Terrace  The,  454. 

Thorneyford,  in  Twizle,  467> 

Threpmore,  between  Morpeth  and 
Mitford,  495,  496. 

Tolbooth,  454. 

Town  of  Morpeth  described,  419 
—423. 

Town  Hall,  454t 


MORPETH  continued. 

Towers  in  Morpeth,  466 — 474.* 
Tithes,  524. 

Turner  Wm.,M.D.,memoir  of,  464. 
Tranwell,  455*,  226,  251,  367,  455, 

471,  472,  473. 
Twyzle,  46?,*  252,  279,  287,  471, 

476. 

Udydyg,  469. 

Volunteers  of  Morpeth,  528. 
Watches  nightly,  near  Morpeth, 

511. 

Wellmeadow,  501,  503. 
Wells,  468. 

Wheteleyway,  468,*  470. 
Woodman  family,  468. 
Wyncherleyway,  469,*  78. 
Wynenside,  469. 

Morspot,  300. 

Mossehouse,  474. 

Muckley,  in  Longhorsley,  105. 

NafFerton,  341. 

Nedderton,  366,  367,*  349. 

Neisbreche,  306,  335. 

Netherwitton,  290 ;  chantry  of  Saint 
Giles,  in  the  chapel  of,  400 ;  agree- 
ment about  the  lands  there  belong- 
ing to  Morpeth  school,  522. 

Newbigginfif-by-the-Sea,  chapelry  of, 
213—220,*  195,  210,  211,  248  ;  bo- 
rough of,  217,*  179;  boundaries, 
213;  brewery,  217;  carr,  213; 
chapel,  214,  215,  repaired,  541, 
542  ;  curates,  218  ;  fair,  216;  fish- 
ermen at,  account  of,  213 ;  hospital, 
217,*  190;  Links,  213;  manor, 
215,  216;  market  and  fair,  216; 
parochial  visitations,  218  ;  port  of, 
216  ;  proprietors  in,  in  1829,  219  ; 
search  for  dead  man's  bones  at, 
213;  tithe  offish  taken  at,  218. 

Newbigging,  in  Norham,  476. 

Newbrough,  in  Tindale,  30. 

Newcastle,  460. 

Newminster  Abbey,  403 — 419,*  467, 
471,  472  ;  abbots  of,  416,  417;  be- 
nefactors to,  416;  charter  to  the 
monks  of,  483  ;  evidences  respect- 
ing, 417  ;  grants  to,  408—412  ; 
John  of  Hexham's  account  of  the 
foundation  of,  479;  obits,  414; 
township  of,  449 ;  valuation  of  the 
lands  temp.  Hen.  8,  412,  413. 

Newmoor,  deed  respecting,  540. 

New  moor,  in  Bothal,  165,  166. 

Newsham,  341. 

Newton,  36,  409,  476. 

Newton  grange,  413. 

Newton,  in  Glendale,  117» 

Newton,  near  Ellington,  198. 

Newton,  in  Edlingham,  251. 

Newton-under-wood,  68 — 72*  ; — de- 
rivation of  the  name,  68  ;  village, 
72. 


Newton  park,  77,  78.  * 

Nidde,  manor  of,  474. 

Norden,  in  Friesland,  459. 

Norham,  476. 

Noimandy,  William  de  Merlay  had 
lands  in,  480. 

North  Blythe,  in  Cambois,  363. 

North  Seaton,  189—191,*  164,  540  ; 
Spital  quarry  in,  190. 

Notasse,  in  Glamorgan,  211. 

Nunnykirke,  413. 

Nunriding,  73*  ;  antiently  called 
Baldwineswood,  40,  74. 

Offerton,  lands  in  released  to  John  de 
Denum,  535. 

Oldmoor,  168*.  172* 

Ormyston,  tower  of,  475. 

Ottercops  (Altyrcopys),  51  ;  forest  of, 
40. 

Oswald's  St.,  454. 

Overgares  ville,  36. 

Paxton  Dene,  in  Longhorsley,  100. 

Padua,  in  Italy,  463. 

Pegsworth,  164,  165*,  166. 

Pendmoor,  167,*  159,  294,  540  ;  near 
Lynton,  212,  24?. 

Penny-hill,  24. 

Pigdon,  (Pykedon,  Pokedon,)  81*; 
derivation,  ib. ;  three  deeds  respect- 
ing, 538 ;  granted  to  Thomas  de 
Themilby,  539. 

Pinkie-house,  supposed  birth-place  of 
Horsley,  the  antiquary,  444. 

Pittlawe,  314.    Py  tlaw,  300, 303, 335. 

Plessis,  292 — 312,*  210,  226,  278, 
336,  337,  338,  539,  340;  chapel 
at,  300 ;  coal-pits-  in,  305 ;  farms 
in,  340;  hall,  302,  336;  lands  in, 
restored  to  Roger  Widdrington,  in 
1 358, 542 ;  manor  of,  252,  274,  293 ; 
mills  of,  5,  285,  502,  308,  343,  545 ; 
village  of,  299,  300. 

Plessy  new-houses,  303. 

Plenmeller,  120. 

Portjoye  haluh,  283,  383. 

Portyet,  51,348. 

Pottershihera,  near  Newcastle,  383. 

Potterstrother,  314,  316. 

Prestwick,  4,  36,  173,  335,  402 ;  villa 
de,  535. 

Puddle-meadow,  3CKX 

Pylaw,  300. 

Pytlaustrother,  503. 

Qwitstane-flat,  516. 

Qwhynitklieff,  252; 

Randolph -brigge,  in  Benton-moor, 
472. 

Raseth,  415. 

Ravensburn,  in  North  Tyndale,  250. 

Rayburn,  467. 

Redewood,  near  Newburn,  225. 

RevehoW. — (See  Rwer-yreen. ) 

RiddelPs  quarter,  in  Longhorsley, 
100—105, 


INDEX. 


573 


Rille  (Ryle)  little,  334. 
Rimside-moor,  height    of  the   road 

over,  105. 
River-green,  21 — 24,*  4,  9,  16  ;  clay 

at,  22  ;  pottery  at,  22 ;  proprietors 

ofj  23. 

Riplington,  5,  1 5,  536. 
Ritton  east,  415,476. 
Ritton's,  471,472. 
Roadly -castle,  level  of,  105. 
Rothbury-forest,  476. 
Rothley,  69  ;  tower  of,  417. 
Rothome,  (Uoddam,)  476. 
Roughlaw,  105,  109. 
Ruwedyfh,  300. 
Russell-dene,  467. 
Ruthdike  account  of,  451. 
Ruthlaw,  415. 
Saint  Leonard's  hospital,  at  Mitford, 

76. 

Saint  Olaves'  church,  London,  465. 
Saint  Oswald's,  4  08. 
Saltwick,  288, »  289,*  279,  471,  472  ; 

manor  of,  granted  to  R,  de  Ogle  in 

1372,  543. 

Schippemedow,  315. 
Scortbuttes,  301. 
Scranwood,  102,  476. 
Sculdfen,  310,  335,  439.  453.* 
Seton  north,  (See  North-sealonJ  190, 

Seaton-ilelaval,  264. 
Shaftou,  4  4    Shaftoe,   10 ;    Shaftoe 

chapel,  342. 

Shelefield,  in  Byker,  274. 
Shawdon,  449. 
Shilvington,   452,*   453,*   471,  472, 

473  ;  mill,  415. 
Shilbottle-moor,   level  of  the  road 

upon,  105. 
Shipwash,    148—151*,    166;  bridge 

of,  &c.,  363 ;  great  hail  storm  at, 

514;  rectors  of,  148. 
Shoreswood,  476. 
Sighall,  tower  of,  264. 
Sillesdoneburne,  74. 
Simonside,  height  of,  1 05. 
Simondburne,  manor  of,  250,  251. 
Shotton,  312—317,*   210,  226,   279, 

293,  30O,  304,   334,   335,  336,  337, 

471,472;   dike-nook,   274;   dene, 

300 ;  chapel,  336  ;  farms  in,  340  ; 

manse  at,  300 ;  mills,  417;  schippe- 

meadow  in,  1 1 7 ;  the  brakes  in,  1 1 7 ; 

ville  of,  252. 

Skeldale,  in  Yorkshire,  406. 
Skremerston,  476. 
Sleckburn,  367,*   368,*   549;    east. 

368*;  west,  368,*  5,  15. 
Smallburn,  in  Longhorsley,  1 00. 
Softersmere,  in  Stannington,  332, 383. 
Sourland,  in  Cleves,  463. 
Stamford,  manor  of,  38. 
Stanbrig,  453. 
Stanchorleche,  300. 

PART  II.  VOL.  II. 


Stannington  parish,  277 — 348,*  471, 
473 ;  boundaries  of,  277  ;  bridge, 
£84 ;  bridge  estate,  334 ;  church 
of,  279—281;  advowson  of,  415, 
472  ;  extracts  from  archdeacon's 
books  respecting,  329  ;  chantry  in, 
474  ;  patronage,  value  of,  &c.  329; 
rectory,  281,  330,  331,  544;  rectors 
and  vicars  of,  328,  329 ;  terriers 
and  tilhes,  330,  532  ; — mill,  2S3  ; 
miscellanea,  328, 348  ;  part  of  Mer- 
lay  barony,  279  ;  population  of, 
278  ;  village  of,  282,  284. 

Stancroft,  in  Tindale,  225,  252,  253, 
542. 

Stanton,  108— 116,*  471,  472:  cha- 
pel at,  111  ;  limekiln  flat,  and 
stone  cross,  111;  mill,  415  ;  tower 
of,  1 10. 

Stanton  sheles,  108. 

Stanyknoll,  SI 5. 

Startup,  in  Twyzle,  467. 

Steldene,  251. 

Sticklaw,  263,*  267,  274. 

Stingcross,  altitude  of  ground  at,  105. 

Stobbyford,  178,  410. 

Stobhill,  454.* 

Stretton-grange,  414. 

Summerlaws  tower  of,  in  Scotland, 
475. 

Swainsthorn.  300. 

Swarland,  36. 

Sweethope  lough,  467. 

Swereland,  287. 

Swilderburn,  468. 

Swinburn,  231,  258;  east,  251;  great, 
226,  253. 

Taunfield,  274. 

^Thernham,  tower  of,  100. 

Thockerington,  478. 

Thorneyford,  467  ;  Thorneylaw,  301. 

Thorngrafton,  348. 

Thornton,  6 ;  manor,  474  ;  in  Tin- 
dale.  252  ;  juxta  Hertburne,  354  ; 
temple,  16,  334  ;  nearNorham,  15, 
476. 

Threpfurlangs,  159. 

Throphill.  72,*  73,*  56,  536. 

Thropton,  534. 

Thrownton,  15. 

Tilmouth,  475,  476. 

Tindale,  on  the  state  of,  477,  478. 

Toathman.  in  Westmorland,  439. 

Todburn,  106,*  107,*  95. 

Tndhole,  near  Tritlington,  172. 

Toggesdon,  252. 

Tone  or  Tolland.  414;  Towland,254. 

Tranwell,  455,*  225,  251,  367,  455, 
471,  472,  473. 

Trewhit,  high,  252. 

Trewhitley,  108,  109. 

Tritlington,  137,*  16,  165,  166,  172, 
415,  540. 

Twistis,  314,  355. 


Twizle,  467,»  279,  287,  452,  4H71, 
476 ;  Parva,  467  ;  in  Bedlington- 
shire,  549. 

Tynmouth,  liberties  granted  to,  on 
Benton-moor,  472;  priory  of,  182. 

Tynnynghaulgh,  55. 

Ulgham,  chapelry  of,  173—178* ; 
accidental  notices  of,  190,  409, 
439,  471,  472,  473  ;— chapel  of, 
174;  view  of^  595;  visited  by  arch- 
deacon  Singleton,  529  ; — grange 
of,  177,  178,*  413;  coal  mines  in, 
-  sold  in  1600,  174;  John  Spende- 
lov  of,  540 ;  stackyard  of,  consum- 
ed by  fire,  524  ;  hall,  177  ;  manor, 
175, 176;  population  and  resources 
of,  under  the  defence  and  security 
act,  370,  571  ;  village,  176. 

Ulvsacre,  300. 

Unthank,  476. 

Vanspeke,  (Wansbeck,)  459. 

Venice,  463. 

Wallknowl,  near  Newcastle,  253. 

Walker,  254,  471,  472,  473. 

Wallington,  4,  254,  468. 

Wansbeck,  190,«  467*;  Vanspebe, 
459  ;  two  sisters  drowned  in,  528. 

Wanyhouse-crags,  great  and  little, 
467. 

Wark,  in  Tindale,  251 ;  on  Tweed, 
172  ;  burnt  by  King  John, 481  ; 
castle  of,  475. 

Warwodeheuid,  314,  535. 

Warkworth,  1 95 ;  granted  by  Ceol- 
wulf  to  Lindisfarne,  225. 

Warrener's-house,  in  Mitford,  83. 

Watery-buts,  500. 

Waymoor,  500. 

Way  woodhead,  500, 306,  335. 

Weels,  253. 

Weldon-bridge,  its  level  above  the 
sea,  105. 

Weisenburgh,  460,  461,  462,  463, 
464. 

Wells,  and  its  deanery,  460,  461, 
464,  466. 

West-moor,  near  Longhorsley,  105, 

Wetetiaskes,  500. 

Weteslade,  or  Wydeslade,  252  ;  del 
North,  279,  293,  536,  364,  471, 
472;  south,  471,  472. 

Weteworth,  165,*  166,*  190. 

Wetewode,  476. 

Whalton6, 16. 

Whelpington,  460,  467. 

Wherrihill,  415. 

Whirmeyhill,  109,  281. 

White-house,  on  Filton-moor,  414. 

Whitlee,  in  Redesdale,  449. 

Whittingham,  15,  476. 

Whittle-hill,  near  Throp-hill,  83. 

Whittington,  15,  342, 548  ;  magna,  4. 

Whittonstall,  4. 

Whitwhome,  473. 


INDEX. 


Widdrington  chapelry,  220—258"; 
Cadwaller  defeated  at,  542 ;  castle 
of,  241,  246 ; — chapel  of,  220, 221  ; 
altar  of  St.  Edmund  in,  247,  248 ; 
its  revenues,  248,  249;  visited, 
249 ;— colliery  at,  220  ;  curates 
„£  248; — manor  of,  223,  230; 
meeting-house,  240  ;  miscellanea, 
248—258  ;  park,  220,  246  ;  regis- 
ters, 249;  rain,  account  of  that 
fell  here  in  1772  and  1733,  444; 
village  of,  24O. 

Wingates,  107,*  108,»  471,  472;  spa 
at,ib. 


Wisnam,  461. 

"VVissard-sheels,  in  liedesdale,  252. 

Witton,  471,  472. 

Witton-shield,  108. 

Witton-stall,16. 

Witton  underwood,  109,  334. 

Woodhorn  parish,  178 — 277*;  cha- 
rities, 187  ;  church,  182—188  ;  in- 
scriptions in  the  church,  186  ;  de- 
mesne, 189;  manor  of,  211  ;  mis- 
cellanea, 210 — 213  ;  presentments 
at  visitations,  187;  school,  188; 
lledhouse,  189;  terrier,  186;  vi- 


carage, 266 ;  vicars  of,  185,  186  ; 
village,  188 ;  visitation  minutes 
about  its  church,  &c.,  187. 

Woodhouses,  near  Hebburn,  173. 

Wooler,  475,  476. 

Wolsingham,  409. 

Worms,  463. 

Wychenley-Park,  36. 

Wyndleston,  540. 

Yerdhill,  254. 

Yerehalve,  283,  305,  311. 

Zurick,  in  Switzerland,  463. 


INDEX. 


575 


INDEX   OF  SUBJECTS. 


ALE-HOUSES  in  Morpeth,  bailiffs 
fined  for  not  suppressing  them, 
519. 

Blythe  river,  ode  to,  308. 

Bovate  of  land,  two  in  Ellington  were 
60  acres,  195.  See  more  on  this 
subject  at  p.  319. 

Branks,  punishment  of,  in  Morpeth, 
523. 

Chantries  in  Morpeth,  391,  397- 

Churches,  extracts  from  minutes  of 
visitations  of,  see  index  of  places. 

Civil  war  and  rebellions,  notices  of, 
518,  519,  522,  523,  524. 

Coal  pit,  a  man  is  eight  days  shut  up 
in  one  at  Newton-west-bank,  25. 

Cobs  Causeway,  88. 

Coffin,  a  stone  one  found  in  ruins  of 
Herford  church,  303. 

Commissioners  for  enquiring  into  cha- 
rities, their  report  of  Morpeth,  530. 

Community,  under  Morpeth,  is  used 
instead  of  commonalty,  to  p.  504, 
on  the  supposition  that  communitas 
means  a  corporation  of  persons  en- 
joying immunities  granted  to  them 
by  the  king,  or  their  superior  lord, 
as  indeed  commonalty  does.  They 
were  privileged  persons,  having 
certain  municipal  or  political  rights: 
not  the  people  in  general— people 
without  freehold  property,  or  un- 
admitted to  the  freedom  of  corpora- 
tions. 

Crosses. — Bedlington,  inscribed  part 
of  one,  354.  Morpeth,  Bowles 
Green,  and  market,  435,  in  church 
yard,  324.  Plessy,  broken  cross  in, 
300,  320,  347.  Shotton  east  cross, 
312.  Stanton,  a  Clavering  killed 
at,  111.  Ulgham,  1?6. 
Derivations,  or  meanings  of  names. — 
Addershaugh,  53.  Akeskeugh,  or 
Askew,  surname,  198.  Battling- 
stone,  12.  Bavington,  268.  Bax- 
tandene,  306.  Bebside,268.  Bed- 
lington,  357.  Bellasis,  289.  Ben. 


ridge,  79.  Berhalve,  424.  Blag- 
don,orBlakedene,3!7.  Blakemoor, 
209.  Bothal,  144.  Cambois,  or 
Cambhouse,  360.  Chibburn,  246. 
Choppington,  363.  Cowpen,  270. 
Cresswell,  199.  Ellington,  195, 
541.  Ellulle,  or  Ellullefield,  53. 
Floors,  263.  Fousebridge,  in  Mit- 
ford,  63.  Graham's  dikes,  in  Scot- 
land, Horsley's  derivation  of,  451. 
Hay,  as  the  Hay  of  Elchamp,  1 76  ; 
see  also  Haia,  471,  472.  Hare- 
stanes,  in  Mitford  parish,  83.  Heb- 
burn,  129.  Hellegate,  439.  Her- 
ford, 267.  Hirst,  166.  Horsley, 
87.  Horton,  258.  Isehaugh,  53. 
Lady  lands,  54,  315.  Lynehalve, 
305.  Meldon,  1,  2.  Mitford,  63. 
Mollesden,85.  Morpath.369,449. 
Newbigging,  68.  Nunriding,  74. 
Park,  as  Bothal  park,  158.  Pigdon, 
Pykeden,  81.  Plessey,  293.  Rack, 
meaning  of,  19.  Revehow,  River- 
green,  21.  Riding,  as  in  Nun- 
riding,  68.  Shilvington,  452.  Ship, 
wash,  148.  Shotton,  312.  Skiel, 
pail,  64.  Sleckburn,  36?.  Spital 
Hill,  76.  Stanners,  high  and  low, 
in  Morpath,  518.  Thirlage,  or  suit 
of  mill,  309.  Throphill,  72.  Tod- 
burn,  1 06.  Tranwell,  455.  Twi- 
zle,467.  UJgham,  173, 174.  Wal- 
lace, surname,  35.  Wansbeck,  85, 
476.  Widdrington,  240.  Win- 
gates,  107.  Woodhorn,  178.  Ye- 
rehalve,  305. 

Dial,  a  curious  one  at  Cawsey  park, 
134. 

Diluvial  deposits,  2,  641. 

Entrenchments,  83. 

Excommunication,  523. 

Floods   in  the  Wansbeck,  in  1761, 
524;  in  1782,  526. 

Fox  hunt,  anecdote  of,  77- 

Flail  storm,  at  Sheepwash,  514. 

Hedepennys,  419. 

Heights  of  various  places  in  the  coun* 


ty,  above  the  level  of   the  sea, 
105. 
Human  remains,  found  at  Mitford 

castle,  56 ;  at  Morpeth,  397- 
Incendiarism,  instance  of  at  Ulgham 

grange,  in  1 759,  524. 
Longevity,   instances  of,  114,   121, 

524. 

Marches,  places  on  the  East  and  Mid- 
dle, proper  for  garrisons,  476. 
Meg  of  Meldon,  tricks  of  her  ghost, 

11,  12. 

Miscellanea. — Bothal  church,  148 — 
151  ;  parish,  169 — 173.  Hebburn 
chapelry,  142 — 144.  Horton  cha- 
pelry,  274  —  277.  Longhorsley 
church,  90 — 94  ;  parish,  1 1 7 — 
121.  Meldon,  3  —  12.  Mitford 
church,  28 — 32  ;  parish,  82 — 84  ; 
Morpeth  church,392 — 394 ;  parish, 
469 — 479  ;  Newbigging  chapelry, 
218  —  220,  Stannington,  328 — 
348.  Widdringtun  chapelry,  248 
— 258.  Woodhorn  church,  185 — 
188;  parish,  210 — 213. 
Miracle  performed  by  the  relics  of 

St.  Cuthbert  at  Mitford,  64. 
Natural  History. — Aconitum,  Lib- 
bardbane,  4.58,  459.  Albera,  the 
white  asp,  463.  Aquilegia  vulga- 
ris.  83.  Ban  wort,  457.  Bean  of 
Egypt,  Colocasia,  460.  Bees  kept 
at  Widdrington,  241.  Carex,  use 
of  in  making  foot-brushes,  458. 
Clay  for  glass-house  and  common 
pots,  22.  Cistus,  or  rock  rose,  a 
genus  of,  called  Turnerus  in  honour 
of  Turner,  the  botanist,  467. 
Clinopodium,  460.  Codling,  461. 
Cytisus  tree,  460.  Daisy,  457. 
Dictamnye,  of  Candia,  460.  Eu- 
phojbia,  found  in  a  fossil  state  near 
Cresswell,  205.  Fieldfares,  how 
cooked  about  Bonn,  in  Germany, 
460.  Filix  Thelypteris,  the  bra- 
con,  459.  Fish,  different  kinds 
taken  at  Newbigging,  213.  Flax 


INDEX. 


or  line,  460.  Fossil  trees  at  New- 
bigging-by-the-sea,  541.  Fringilla, 
the  chaffinch,  461.  Gentisk,  466. 
Glaux,  466.  Haddok,  461.  Hel- 
lebore, black,  461.  Hether,  right 
of  pulling  in  1323,  320,  347. 
Irica  heath,  460.  Irion,  466.  Ju- 
mper tree,  460.  Larix,  or  Larch, 
turpentine  in,  460.  Lepidium,  dit- 
tany, 459,  460.  Limestone  at 
River-green,  25.  Lucern,  466. 
Mellfeli,  great  and  little,  in 
Cumberland,  how  composed,  488. 
Meum,  Houka,  458,  460.  Mith- 
ridatium,  462.  Myosotis  Silvati- 
ca  floribus  albis,  83.  Nursery 
grounds  at  River-green,  the  first 
in  the  north,  22.  Oak,  galls  on, 
461  ;  different  woods  of,  in  the 
county,  429,  430.  Organ,  Orga- 
num  Cretense,  466.  Ornithoga- 
lum  luteurn,  83.  Orobanche  major, 
Newchapel  flower,  159,  459,  460. 
Petasites,  Eldin,  or  Ell-docken, 
460.  Phalaris,  460.  Pistatia,  or 
fistic  nut,  492.  Folium,  463.  Po- 
pulago  faragium,  Chameleuce,  or 


Lucken  Golland,  458.  Pyrola  ro- 
tundifolia,  159.  Rhamnus,  christs- 
thorn,  463.  Salmon  fishery  at 
Morpeth,  483  ;  smelts  taken  in 
the  Font,  111.  Scorpiones  tayle, 
460.  Sea  cole,  460.  Sea  worm- 
wood, 459.  Sorbus  ornatum,  or 
rowan  tree,  461.  Terra-cotta,  sug- 
gestions for  making,  367.  Theria- 
ca  Andromachi,  462.  Thistle,  it3 
name  in  Greek,  467.  Tragopogon 
pratense,  or  yellow  goat's  beard, 
541.  Triacle  salt,  462.  Turf  used 
at  Blagdon  in  1323,  32O,  347. 
Verbascum  Sylvestre,  or  Mollen, 
466.  Veronica  montana  floribus 
albis,  83.  Whale,  a  spermaceti 
taken  at  Linemouth,  1 92.  Wheat, 
strange  account  of  its  degenerating 
in  Sourland,  463.  Wilder  Ber- 
tram, the  Ptarmica  of  Dioscorides, 
535  ;  moon,  sonnet  to,  219. 

Penance,  instance  of  at  Morpeth, 
523. 

Plague  at  Morpeth  in  1665,  519. 

Presentments  at  the  Morpeth  courts 
for  not  grinding  at  the  lord's  mill, 


and  not  baking  at  the  lord's  com- 
mon bakehouse,  519. 

Printing  established  at  Morpeth, 
528. 

Sieges,  of  Mitford-castle  in  1217,  57 ; 
of  Bothal-castle  in  1410,  154;  of 
Morpeth-castle  in  1215,  422 ;  of 
the  same  in  1644,  385—388. 

Specification  for  building  and  thatch- 
ing a  house  in  Morpeth  in  1505, 
505. 

Tanning,  454u 

Tournament,  acount  of  one  at  Lon- 
don-bridge, 196. 

Wager  of  battle,  what,  223,  224. 

Watches  border,  511. 

Wells  at  St.  Margaret's,  Ashingtoa, 
168;  Bavington,  St.  Mary's,  466; 
Cowpen,  Cupwell,  271 ;  Hartford, 
Pilgrims,  306  ;  Morpeth,  Medici- 
nal, 447,  The  Bogbog,  468.  St. 
Thomas,  442,  468.  Plessey,  flax, 
300;  Wuluyn,  301.  FlakeswelL, 
114.  Wingate's  spa,  107.  Wuluyn, 
300.  Ulgham  Errad's,  177. 

Wrecks  of  Fishermen,  213. 


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